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Segment Results - 1st Quarter Fiscal Year 2007

TECHNE CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
(in thousands of $’s, except per share data)
  Fiscal 2007 Increase(Decrease) From Fiscal 2006
  First Quarter Percent Of Sales First Quarter
Sales 52,351 100% 4,642
Cost of sales 11,237 21% 141
Gross margin 41,114 79% 4,501
       
Gross margin percentage 78.5%    
       
SG&A expense 7,067 13% 613
R&D expense 4,855 9% 138
Amortization expense 403 1% (89)
Interest expense 268 1% 45
Interest income (1,676) (3%) (702)
Othernon-operating exp., net 485 1% 274
  11,402 22% 279
Earnings before income taxes 29,712 57% 4,222
Income taxes 10,081 20% 1,592
  19,631 37% 2,630
       
Diluted earnings per share .50    
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding 39,469    

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HEMATOLOGY DIVISION
(in thousands of $’s)
  Fiscal 2007 Increase(Decrease)From Fiscal 2006
First Quarter Percent Of Sales First Quarter
Sales 3,502 100% (32)
Cost of sales 2,098 60% (7)
Gross margin 1,404 40% (25)
       
Gross margin percentage 40.1%    
       
SG&A expense 398 11% 14
R&D expense 180 5% (5)
Interest, net (81) (2%) (44)
  497 14% (35)
Pretax result 907 26% 10

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BIOTECHNOLOGY DIVISION (1)
(in thousands of $’s)

  Fiscal 2007 Increase(Decrease) From Fiscal 2006
First Quarter Percent Of Sales First Quarter
Sales 41,621 100% 4,022
Intersegment sales (5,699)   (400)
  35,922   3,622
       
Cost of sales 8,482 20% 12
Intersegment sales (5,524)   (201)
  2,958   (189)
       
Gross margin 32,964 80% 3,811
       
Gross margin percentage 79.6%    
       
SG&A expense 4,013 10% 374
R&D expense 4,675 11% 143
Amortization expense 403 1% (89)
Interest, net (595) (1%) (327)
  8,496 21% 101
Pretax result 24,468 59% 3,710

(1) Fiscal 2006 includes R&D Systems' Biotechnology Division, Fortron Bio Science, Inc., and BiosPacific, Inc.

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R&D SYSTEMS EUROPE
(in thousands of £'s) 

  Fiscal 2007 Increase(Decrease) From Fiscal 2006
First Quarter Percent Of Sales First Quarter
Sales 6,870 100% 180
Cost of sales 3,285 48% (7)
Gross margin 3,585 52% 187
Gross margin percentage 52.2%    
       
SG&Aexpense 1,074 16% 70
Interest income (410) (6%) (84)
Exchange loss/(gain) 78 1% 63
  742 11% 49
Pretax result 2,843 41% 138

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R&D SYSTEMS EUROPE
(in thousands of $’s)

  Fiscal 2007 Increase(Decrease) From Fiscal 2006
First Quarter Percent Of Sales First Quarter
Sales 12,927 100% 1,052
Cost of sales 6,181 48% 337
Gross margin 6,746 52% 715
       
Gross margin percentage 52.2%    
       
SG&A expense 2,020 16% 238
Interest income (771) (6%) (192)
Exchangeloss 147 1% 119
  1,396 11% 165
Pretax result 5,350 41% 550

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CORPORATE AND OTHER (2)
(in thousands of $’s)

  Fiscal 2006 Increase(Decrease) From Fiscal 2007
First Quarter First Quarter
Interest income 229 139
Rental income 299 (43)
  528 96
     
SG&A expense 636 (13)
Interest expense 268 45
Other-Hemerus losses 510 67
Other-Building expenses 127 45
  1,541 144
Pretax result 1,013) (48)

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2) Unallocated corporate expenses and Techne’s share of losses by Hemerus Medical, LLC