Bio-Techne (TECH) executive compensation, 2025 proxy

Kim Kelderman, President and CEO, was paid $8.2M in 2025, up 19% from $6.9M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 89:1, on median employee pay of $91,707.

Filed
September 19, 2025
Annual meeting
October 30, 2025
Pay year
2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$8.2M+19% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
89:1median $91,707
CEO pay in equity
72%$5.9M in awards
Prior say-on-pay support
35%of votes cast
CEO equity awards
$5.9MStock and option awards
CFO total compensation
$7.0M
Average non-PEO NEO pay
$3,748,508Fiscal 2025 average
Maximum organic-revenue payout
105%Bonus payout band

How Kelderman was paid

$8.2M in total for 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary11%Stock awards48%Option awards24%Non-equity incentive16%All other compensation0%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Kim KeldermanPresident and CEO$8,151,181
James HippelExecutive Vice President and CFO$7,027,382
William GeistPresident, Protein Sciences$3,139,299
Matthew McManusPresident, Diagnostics and Spatial Biology$2,846,619
Shane BohnenSenior Vice President and General Counsel$1,980,732

What changed and why

  • $8.2M$8,151,181 CEO total compensation increased from $6,852,495 in fiscal 2024.
  • 50%50% of equity awards are performance-vesting RSUs, with 25% time-vesting RSUs and 25% stock options.
  • Relative TSR was introduced as a performance metric, with a negative cap on relative TSR payouts.
  • 105%105% is the maximum organic-revenue bonus payout band, while adjusted EBITA’s maximum is 108%.
  • 35%35% of shareholders supported say-on-pay in 2023, prompting a comprehensive compensation-program review.
  • Enterprise performance goals will be modeled during fiscal 2026 for possible formal adoption in fiscal 2027.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.