BIO-RAD LABORATORIES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 16, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: BIO RAD LABORATORIES INC (BIO, BIOB)
CIK: 0000012208
Period of Report: 2011-12-14

Reporting Person: SCHWARTZ DAVID (Director, Chairman of the Board, 10% Owner)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-14	Bio-Rad B Common Stock	M	54850	$28.88	Acquired	516776	Direct
2011-12-14	Bio-Rad B Common Stock	F	34338	$89.31	Disposed	482438	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-12-14	Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)	$28.88	M	54850	Disposed	2012-02-06	Bio-Rad B Common Stock (54850)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Bio-Rad A Common Stock	1998089	Direct
Bio-Rad A Common Stock	774823	Indirect
Bio-Rad A Common Stock	34311	Indirect
Bio-Rad B Common Stock	4060054	Indirect
Bio-Rad B Common Stock	41176	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The shares are held by a limited partnership of which the reporting person is a limited and general partner.

F2: The shares are held by a limited partnership of which the reporting person is a general partner.

F3: The option vested in five equal annual installments beginning on February 6, 2003