-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, HVu4vKNu0YYJ/kSUFlM3EJs7JTyexurz86AJR5JsIIupAHIoB35CJhKL8AUc5Spc paZLUghpRwDlvPSKEmiLwA== 0000892251-05-000760.txt : 20051014 0000892251-05-000760.hdr.sgml : 20051014 20051014084430 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000892251-05-000760 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20051004 FILED AS OF DATE: 20051014 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20051014 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000794172 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: IN VITRO & IN VIVO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES [2835] IRS NUMBER: 310888197 STATE OF INCORPORATION: OH FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3471 RIVER HILLS DR CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45244 BUSINESS PHONE: 5132713700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45244 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERIDIAN DIAGNOSTICS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Motto Todd W CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341216 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-14902 FILM NUMBER: 051137747 BUSINESS ADDRESS: BUSINESS PHONE: 513-271-3700 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC. STREET 2: 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE CITY: CINCINNATI STATE: OH ZIP: 45244 3 1 tmotto3100405_ex.xml X0202 3 2005-10-04 0 0000794172 MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE INC VIVO 0001341216 Motto Todd W C/O MERIDIAN BIOSCIENCE, INC. 3471 RIVER HILLS DRIVE CINCINNATI OH 45244 0 1 0 0 VP, Sales and Marketing Common Stock 444750 I By Trusts Common Stock 213248 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 8.75 1996-10-01 2006-09-30 Common Stock 150 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 4.42 1998-10-27 2008-10-26 Common Stock 300 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 4.29 1999-04-20 2009-04-19 Common Stock 1500 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 2.06 2001-04-24 2011-04-23 Common Stock 2250 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 3.13 2011-09-30 Common Stock 7500 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 6.79 2013-12-02 Common Stock 10500 D Stock Option (Right to Buy) 10.92 2014-12-07 Common Stock 10500 D Shares beneficially owned by reporting person in his capacity as a beneficiary of certain irrevocable trusts. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. Stock options vest on 10/01/2010. Stock options vest one-third per year on 11/17/2005, 11/17/2006 and 11/17/2007. Stock options vest one-third per year on 12/07/2006, 12/07/2007 and 12/07/2008. Melissa Lueke, Attorney-in-Fact for Todd W. Motto 2005-10-14 EX-24 2 tmottopoa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Power of Attorney

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, Todd W. Motto, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jack Kraeutler, Melissa Lueke, Bryan Baldasare, Gary P. Kreider, Mark A. Weiss, F. Mark Reuter, Michael J. Moeddel, and Joseph C. Alter, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)

execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a director or officer of Meridian Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder.

(2)

do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 and 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)

take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the rules thereunder.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 12th day of October, 2005.

/s/Todd W. Motto
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Todd W. Motto
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