BUZZ-Bio-Techne soars on $11.3 billion buyout deal

Bio-Techne Corporation

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** Shares of life sciences firm Bio-Techne TECH.O rise 21.8% to $71.73 premarket

** Merck KGaA MRCG.DE says it will buy Bio-Techne for $73 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of about $11.3 billion

** The offer price represents a 24% premium on TECH's last close

** Merck says the acquisition will be funded through a combination of existing cash and proceeds from new debt

** Up to last close, TECH mostly flat YTD