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                  TECHNE CORPORATION DECLARES DIVIDEND


Minneapolis/August 2, 2011/ -- Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) announced
that its Board of Directors has decided to pay a dividend of $0.27 per
share for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.  The quarterly dividend will
be payable August 26, 2011 to all common shareholders of record on August
12, 2011.  Future cash dividends will be considered by the Board of
Directors on a quarterly basis.


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Techne Corporation has two operating subsidiaries:  Research and
Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (R&D Systems) of Minneapolis, Minnesota and R&D
Systems Europe, Ltd. (R&D Europe) of Abingdon, England.  R&D Systems is a
specialty manufacturer of biological products.  R&D Systems has four
subsidiaries, BiosPacific, Inc. (BiosPacific), located in Emeryville,
California, Boston Biochem, Inc., located in Cambridge, Massachusetts,
R&D Systems China Co. Ltd., (R&D China), located in Shanghai, China and
Tocris, Inc, located in Saint Louis, Missouri.  BiosPacific is a
worldwide supplier of biologics to manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic
systems and immunodiagnostic kits. Boston Biochem is a leading developer
and manufacturer of ubiquitin-related research products. R&D China and
R&D Europe distribute biotechnology products.  R&D Europe has two
subsidiaries, Tocris Holding, Ltd (Tocris) of Bristol, England and R&D
Systems GmbH, a German sales operation.  Tocris is a leading supplier of
reagents for non-clinical life science research.

Contact:  Greg Melsen, Chief Financial Officer
          Kathy Backes, Controller
          (612) 379-8854