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                    TECHNE CORPORATION DECLARES DIVIDEND


Minneapolis/January 31, 2012/ -- Techne Corporation (NASDAQ:TECH) announced
that its Board of Directors has decided to pay a dividend of $0.28 per share
for the quarter ended December 31, 2011.  The quarterly dividend will be
payable February 24, 2012 to all common shareholders of record on February
10, 2012.  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