February 3, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Techne Corp.’s (NASDAQ: TECH) board of directors has decided to pay a dividend of $0.26 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2009. The quarterly dividend will be payable February 26, 2010 to all common shareholders of record on February 12, 2010.

Minneapolis-based Techne has two operating subsidiaries: Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota and R&D Systems Europe, Ltd. of Abingdon, England.

R&D Systems is a specialty manufacturer of biological products. R&D Systems has two subsidiaries, BiosPacific, Inc., located in Emeryville, California and R&D Systems China Co. Ltd.,, located in Shanghai, China.

BiosPacific is a worldwide supplier of biologics to manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic systems and immunodiagnostic kits. R&D China and R&D Europe distribute biotechnology products.

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