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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><i>Under </i></b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><i>the Securities Act of 1933 </i></b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>41-1427402</b></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>614 McKinley Place N.E. </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413-2610 </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Bio-Techne Corporation </b><b>Second </b><b>Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive</b><b> Plan</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>James Hippel</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Senior </b><b>Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Bio-Techne Corporation</b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>614 McKinley Place N.E. </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413-2610 </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>(612) 379-8854 </b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b><i>Copies to: </i></b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Melodie R. Rose </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Fredrikson&nbsp;&amp; Byron, P.A. </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000 </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Minneapolis, MN 55402 </b></p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Fax: (612)&nbsp;492-7162</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:justify;">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</p>

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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 4.8%; border-top: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">&#9746;</td>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0pt; text-align: justify;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp; &nbsp;&#9744;</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(Reserved for Future Sales)</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">900,000</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 14%; border-bottom: thin solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$166.51</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$149,859,000.00</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">$18,162.91</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(1)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &quot;Securities Act&quot;), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant&rsquo;s&nbsp;common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which may become issuable under the Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement&nbsp;by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant&#39;s outstanding shares of common stock.&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(2)</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock on November 1, 2018, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b>Statement of Incorporation By Reference</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Bio-Techne Corporation (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) to register 900,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance under the Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, which common stock is in addition to the 3,000,000 shares of common stock registered on the Company&#39;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 12, 2010 (File No. 333-170576), the 800,000 shares of common stock registered on the Company&#39;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 30, 2015 (File No. 333-207710), and the 2,648,000 shares of common stock registered on the Company&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 26, 2017 (File No. 333-221143 (collectively, the &ldquo;Prior Registration Statements&rdquo;). This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except for Item&nbsp;8, Exhibits.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>PART II</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </b></p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">5.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:14pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_128301.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Opinion of Fredrikson&nbsp;&amp; Byron, P.A., filed herewith.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">23.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:14pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_128302.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, filed herewith.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">23.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:14pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="ex_128301.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Consent of Fredrikson&nbsp;&amp; Byron, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1), filed herewith.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">24.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:14pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="#poa" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">99.1</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:14pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842023/000143774917017673/ex_97613.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company&rsquo;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2017.</a></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">99.2</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:14pt;margin-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/842023/000143774918018887/ex_126497.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;">Amendment to the Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 the Company&rsquo;s 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2018.</a></p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>SIGNATURES</b></p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on November 7, 2018.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><b>BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">By:</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ James Hippel</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">James Hippel</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Financial Officer</p>
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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;"><a id="poa" name="poa"></a>Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Charles R. Kummeth and James Hippel his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Bio-Techne Corporation relating to the Company&rsquo;s Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8 Registration Statement, and any or all future Form S-8 Registration Statements filed for the purpose of registering additional shares resulting from share increases under the Company&rsquo;s Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</p>

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<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date listed below.</p>

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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Signature</b></p>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Title</b></p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;"><b>Date</b></p>
			</td>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Charles R. Kummeth</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(principal executive officer)</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">November 7, 2018</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Charles R. Kummeth</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ James Hippel</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Senior Vice President&mdash;Finance and Chief Financial Officer</p>

			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">(principal financial and accounting officer)</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">November 7, 2018</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">James Hippel</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Robert V. Baumgartner</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">November 7, 2018</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Robert V. Baumgartner</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ John L. Higgins</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">November 7, 2018</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">John L. Higgins</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Joseph D. Keegan</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">November 7, 2018</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Joseph D. Keegan</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Roeland Nusse</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">November 7, 2018</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Roeland Nusse</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">
			<p style="margin: 0pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, Times, serif; font-size: 10pt;">&nbsp;</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Alpna Seth</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:center;">November 7, 2018</p>
			</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Alpna Seth</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Randolph Steer</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%; text-align: center;">November 7, 2018</td>
		</tr>
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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 32%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Randolph Steer</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 32%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%;">&nbsp;</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">/s/ Harold J. Wiens</p>
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			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td colspan="1" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 44%;">
			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Director</p>
			</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%;">&nbsp;</td>
			<td style="vertical-align: middle; width: 20%; text-align: center;">November 7, 2018</td>
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			<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;text-align:left;">Harold J. Wiens</p>
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tech20181106_s8.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
the Securities Act of 1933
BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Minnesota
41-1427402
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
614 McKinley Place N.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413-2610
(Address of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
Bio-Techne Corporation
Second
Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive
Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
James Hippel
Senior
Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Bio-Techne Corporation
614 McKinley Place N.E.
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55413-2610
(612) 379-8854
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
Melodie R. Rose
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402
Fax: (612) 492-7162
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
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Emerging growth company
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Exchange Act.   ☐
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount
to be
Registered
(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share
(
2
)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
(
2
)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
(Reserved for Future Sales)
900,000
$166.51
$149,859,000.00
$18,162.91
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, which may become issuable under the Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the registrant's outstanding shares of common stock.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on November 1, 2018, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market.
Statement of Incorporation By Reference
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Bio-Techne Corporation (the "Company" or the "Registrant") to register 900,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, for issuance under the Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, which common stock is in addition to the 3,000,000 shares of common stock registered on the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on November 12, 2010 (File No. 333-170576), the 800,000 shares of common stock registered on the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 30, 2015 (File No. 333-207710), and the 2,648,000 shares of common stock registered on the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on October 26, 2017 (File No. 333-221143 (collectively, the "Prior Registration Statements"). This Registration Statement relates to securities of the same class as that to which the Prior Registration Statements relate and is submitted in accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8 regarding Registration of Additional Securities. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated herein by reference and made part of this Registration Statement, except for Item 8, Exhibits.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 8. Exhibits.
5.1
Opinion of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A., filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. (included in Exhibit 5.1), filed herewith.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
99.1
Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2017.
99.2
Amendment to the Bio-Techne Corporation Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 the Company's 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 26, 2018.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on November 7, 2018.
BIO-TECHNE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ James Hippel
James Hippel
Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief
Financial Officer
Each of the undersigned constitutes and appoints Charles R. Kummeth and James Hippel his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Bio-Techne Corporation relating to the Company's Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8 Registration Statement, and any or all future Form S-8 Registration Statements filed for the purpose of registering additional shares resulting from share increases under the Company's Second Amended and Restated 2010 Equity Incentive Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date listed below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Charles R. Kummeth
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
November 7, 2018
Charles R. Kummeth
/s/ James Hippel
Senior Vice President—Finance and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
November 7, 2018
James Hippel
/s/ Robert V. Baumgartner
Director
November 7, 2018
Robert V. Baumgartner
/s/ John L. Higgins
Director
November 7, 2018
John L. Higgins
/s/ Joseph D. Keegan
Director
November 7, 2018
Joseph D. Keegan
/s/ Roeland Nusse
Director
November 7, 2018
Roeland Nusse
/s/ Alpna Seth
Director
November 7, 2018
Alpna Seth
/s/ Randolph Steer
Director
November 7, 2018
Randolph Steer
/s/ Harold J. Wiens
Director
November 7, 2018
Harold J. Wiens