William Geist compensation by year
BIO-TECHNE Summary Compensation Table · all 3 fiscal years held| Component | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $239,600 | $530,000 | $573,200 |
| Bonus | $0 | — | $0 |
| Stock awards | $1,224,789 | $449,915 | $1,206,585 |
| Option awards | $674,897 | $1,350,043 | $593,448 |
| Non-equity incentive | $425,000 | $0 | $748,026 |
| Pension and deferred compensation | $0 | — | $0 |
| All other | $0 | $3,669 | $18,040 |
| Total | $2,564,286 | $2,333,628 | $3,139,299 |
Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BIO-TECHNE Corp DEF 14A filed September 19, 2025, accession 0001308179-25-000599, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.
Equity holdings
unvested awards at FY2024 year-end| Type | Unvested units | Value at year-end | Exercise price |
|---|---|---|---|
| PSU | 26,362 | $1,356,325 | — |
| RSU | 9,911 | $509,921 | — |
| PSU | 9,074 | $466,857 | — |
| RSU | 7,869 | $404,860 | — |
| PSU | 7,140 | $367,353 | — |
| Option | 14,800 | — | $94.52 |
| Option | 3,976 | — | $100.39 |
| Option | 22,544 | — | $84.61 |
| Option | 22,200 | — | $94.52 |
| Option | 24,424 | — | $84.61 |
| Option | 21,204 | — | $74.91 |
Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in BIO-TECHNE Corp's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.
Insider transactions since the last proxy
12 Form 4 lines since the FY2025 proxy (filed September 19, 2025)current to 2026-09-24 · updated nightly
| Date | Transaction | Plan | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | Grant or award derivative | — | 14,762 | $0.00 | 14,762 |
| 2026-08-17 | Grant or award derivative | — | 23,985 | $0.00 | 23,985 |
| 2026-08-15 | Tax withholding | — | 1,976 | $72.40 | 24,943 |
| 2026-08-15 | Exercise or conversion derivative | — | 567 | $0.00 | 8,507 |
| 2026-08-15 | Exercise or conversion derivative | — | 2,623 | $0.00 | 2,623 |
| 2026-08-15 | Disposition to the issuer derivative | — | 22,898 | $0.00 | 1,526 |
| 2026-08-15 | Exercise or conversion derivative | — | 3,226 | $0.00 | 6,452 |
| 2026-08-15 | Disposition to the issuer derivative | — | 8,507 | $0.00 | 0 |
The 8 most recent of 12 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →
BIO-TECHNE’s named executive officers, FY2025
as the company reported each| Named executive officer | Role | FY2025 total |
|---|---|---|
| Kim Kelderman | President and CEO | $8,151,181 |
| James Hippel | Executive Vice President and CFO | $7,027,382 |
| William Geist · this page | President, Protein Sciences | $3,139,299 |
| Matthew McManus | President, Diagnostics and Spatial Biology | $2,846,619 |
| Shane Bohnen | Senior Vice President and General Counsel | $1,980,732 |
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