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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-09-054076
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090910
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090911
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090911

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000875582
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CONVERTED PAPER & PAPERBOARD PRODS (NO CONTAINERS/BOXES) [2670]
		IRS NUMBER:				410857886
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0831

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11038
		FILM NUMBER:		091064179

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4201 WOODLAND ROAD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 69
		CITY:			CIRCLE PINES
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55014
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(763) 225-6601

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4201 WOODLAND ROAD
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 69
		CITY:			CIRCLE PINES
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55014

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NORTHERN INSTRUMENTS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">SECURITIES AND
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported):&#160; <b>September&nbsp;10,
2009</b></font></p>

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TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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  Woodland Road</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"><br>
  <b>P.O.&nbsp;Box 69</b><br>
  <b>Circle Pines, Minnesota</b></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">55014</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">(763) 225-6600</font></b></p>

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Area Code)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Not
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the appropriate box below if the Form&nbsp;8-K filing is intended to
simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
following provisions:</font></p>

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communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
230.425)</font></p>

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material pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)</font></p>

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communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14d-2(b)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))</font></p>

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communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;13e-4(c)&nbsp;under the Exchange Act (17
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 2.02.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Results of Operations and Financial
Condition.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On September&nbsp;10,
2009, Northern Technologies International Corporation (&#147;NTIC&#148;) publicly
announced certain preliminary financial information for the fourth quarter and
fiscal year ended August&nbsp;31, 2009.&#160;
For further information, please refer to the press release attached
hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1, which is incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
information contained in this report and the exhibit hereto shall not be deemed
to be &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filings
made by NTIC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act,
except as may be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.01.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Regulation FD Disclosure</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On September&nbsp;5,
2008, shortly prior to his death, Philip M. Lynch, founder and former Executive
Officer of Inter Alia Holding Company (&#147;IAHC&#148;), as well as former Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of NTIC, pledged 295,000 shares of NTIC common stock
owned by IAHC (the &#147;Pledged Shares&#148;) as collateral for a promissory note issued
by International Barcode Corporation (d/b/a &#147;BTI&#148;) made payable to Park Avenue
Bank (the &#147;Note&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NTIC
was recently informed by IAHC, an entity now partially owned by G. Patrick
Lynch, NTIC&#146;s current President and Chief Executive Officer and a director,
together with the three other surviving members of the Lynch family, that IAHC
has recently learned that BTI had defaulted on the Note and that Park Avenue
Bank has made various attempts to foreclose on the collateral of 295,000 shares
of NTIC common stock.&#160; NTIC also was
informed by IAHC that IAHC is currently involved in litigation with Park Avenue
Bank, Oppenheimer&nbsp;&amp; Co. Inc., as well as BTI, regarding the Pledged
Shares and the possible foreclosure and sale of the Pledged Shares by Park
Avenue Bank.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IAHC
beneficially owns 852,068 shares of NTIC common stock, or approximately 22.7
percent of NTIC&#146;s outstanding common stock, as of August&nbsp;31, 2009,
including the 295,000 Pledged Shares.&#160; As
of August&nbsp;31, 2009, an additional 83,167 shares of NTIC common stock owned
by IAHC were pledged as collateral to another bank for other loan obligations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 9.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Financial
Statements and Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160; <i>Exhibits</i>.</font></p>

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  No.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Press Release Issued by Northern Technologies
  International Corporation on September&nbsp;10, 2009</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated:&#160; <b>&#160;</b>September&nbsp;10, 2009</font></p>

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INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;text-transform:none;">CURRENT
REPORT ON FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>

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INDEX</font></b></p>

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  International Corporation on September&nbsp;10, 2009</font></p>
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99.1</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NORTHERN TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
PRELIMINARY FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL 2009 FINANCIAL RESULTS AND BUSINESS
HIGHLIGHTS</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CIRCLE PINES, MN, September&nbsp;10,
2009</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> &#151; Northern Technologies International Corporation (NASDAQ: NTIC), a
developer and marketer of proprietary environmentally beneficial products and
technical services, has provided preliminary fourth quarter and full year
fiscal 2009 financial results and business highlights.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">G. Patrick Lynch, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Northern Technologies International said, &#147;NTIC
continues to transition and expand our business by focusing its efforts on
developing markets for our new technologies.&#160;
Although we expect to experience decreased sales and earnings during fiscal
2009 primarily as a consequence of the global economic recession, the cost
savings initiatives we implemented in January&nbsp;2009 should place us in a
solid position to benefit from the anticipated worldwide economic recovery and
an anticipated increase in activity in our new emerging businesses.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">He continued, &#147;The oil and
gas industry is coming to appreciate the full potential of our Zerust&#174; Oil&nbsp;&amp;
Gas corrosion protection technologies.&#160;
During fiscal 2009, we secured both commercial as well as research and
development contracts with Petr&#243;leo Brasileiro S.A. &#151; &#147;Petrobras&#148; (NYSE: PBR)
in Brazil, and have either commenced or established plans for trial projects
with several other oil and gas companies.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">He added, &#147;We also continue
to make progress with our Natur-Tec&#174; bio-plastic products as we entered into
several distributor and independent manufacturer&#146;s representative arrangements
and received modest initial orders from a few large companies over the past
several months.&#160;&#160; Finally, we are pleased
to announce that our Polymer Energy, LLC joint venture has shipped a third
Polymer Energy&#153; machine to the Hua Hin Municipality in Thailand.&#160; The need to address the growing worldwide
plastic waste pollution problem is dramatically increasing the interest in this
technology.&#160; All of these developments
provide us with guarded optimism for fiscal 2010.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Some business highlights for
fiscal 2009 and most recently fourth quarter include:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NTIC secured initial
commercial and R&amp;D contracts and/or field trials with many new clients
including Petr&#243;leo Brasileiro S.A., for
Zerust&#174; Oil&nbsp;&amp; Gas;</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">-more-</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NTIC signed 14 new
distributors and independent manufacturer&#146;s representatives and secured initial
orders from several new customers for its Natur-Tec&#174; bio-plastics
business.&#160; These developments are
particularly encouraging following several initial setbacks that NTIC believes
were influenced primarily by the effects of the economic recession;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NTIC&#146;s Polymer Energy, LLC
joint venture shipped the third commercial Polymer Energy&#153; machine from its
plant in Chennai, India to Thailand during fourth quarter. These machines,
which sell for approximately US $1.5 million to $1.8 million each, convert
plastic waste into a mixture of diesel, gasoline and mid-distillates.
Installation and commissioning of this machine is scheduled to be completed by
the end of October&nbsp;2009;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NTIC continued to benefit
from the cost reduction measures instituted during its second quarter of fiscal
2009, which resulted in an approximate 30 percent reduction in overall
operating expenses and joint venture support expenses as compared to first quarter
of fiscal 2009;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Recent strength in NTIC&#146;s
core Zerust&#174; rust and corrosion inhibiting products provide management with
some confidence that a possible broader economic recovery is gaining some
momentum.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the fourth quarter ended
August&nbsp;31, 2009, NTIC expects its net sales from its North American
operations to range between $1.6 million and $1.9 million and to incur a net
loss of between $(450,000) to $(825,000), or between $(0.12) and $(0.22) per
share. This compares with current analyst estimates of $1.7 million in net
sales and a net loss of $(600,000), or $(0.15) per share, and last year&#146;s
fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 net sales of $3.2 million, and net income of
$448,000, or $0.11 per diluted share.&#160;
NTIC expects to report working capital of approximately $4.6 million at August&nbsp;31,
2009, including approximately $395,000 in cash and cash equivalents.&#160; As of August&nbsp;31, 2009, NTIC had
approximately $1.1 million of borrowings under its $2.3 million demand line of
credit.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Matthew C. Wolsfeld, Chief
Financial Officer of NTIC said, &#147;While we expect our fourth quarter operating
results to be on par with our third quarter fiscal 2009 results, we have made
significant progress in our oil and gas business and other emerging businesses
during fiscal 2009 and believe we will begin to realize the potential of such
businesses as well as continue to benefit from the cost reduction measures we
recently instituted into fiscal 2010 and beyond.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;Lynch concluded, &#147;Not
only do we enter fiscal 2010 with a more optimistic outlook, we are also proud
that our expanding technological base is expected to make a growing beneficial
impact on the global environment. As the economy continues to stabilize in the
coming months we anticipate our growth will accelerate in fiscal 2011 and
beyond.&#148;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Because NTIC does not yet
have financial results from its 29 corporate joint ventures, it is unable to
provide additional details of its financial expectations at this time. The
company expects to report its audited fourth quarter and full year fiscal 2009
results by mid-November, and does not intend to provide preliminary quarterly
guidance going forward.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">About
Northern Technologies International Corporation</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Northern Technologies
International Corporation develops and
markets proprietary environmentally beneficial products and technical services
either directly or via a network of joint ventures and independent distributors
in over 50 countries to the automotive, electronics, electrical, mechanical,
military and retail consumer markets.&#160;
NTIC&#146;s primary business is corrosion prevention. NTIC has been selling
its proprietary ZERUST&#174; and EXCOR&#174; rust and corrosion inhibiting products and
services for over 30 years. NTIC also offers worldwide on-site technical
consulting for rust and corrosion issues.&#160;
NTIC&#146;s technical service consultants work directly with the end users of
NTIC&#146;s products to analyze their specific needs and develop systems to meet
their technical requirements.&#160; Most
recently, NTIC has begun to partner with major oil and gas companies to sell
NTIC&#146;s corrosion inhibiting technology to the oil and gas industry.&#160; In addition, NTIC markets a new product line
of compounds and finished products based on a portfolio of proprietary
bio-plastic technologies under the Natur- Tec&#174; brand.&#160; NTIC
also markets and sells plastic waste to fuel conversion technology through its
joint venture, Polymer Energy, LLC.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The NTIC logo, Zerust&#174;,
EXCOR&#174;, Natur-Tec&#174; and Polymer Energy&#153; are trademarks of Northern Technologies
International Corporation, its subsidiaries and/or joint ventures, registered
in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks and trade names referred
to in this release are the property of their respective owners.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Forward-Looking Statements</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Statements contained in this
release that are not historical information are forward-looking statements as
defined within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such
statements include, but are not limited to, statements about NTIC&#146;s preliminary
financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2009; future
market demand for and sales of NTIC&#146;s products and services; the level of
activity and future success of NTIC&#146;s other emerging new businesses, including
its Natur-Tec</font></i><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">&#174;</font></i><i><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;"> bio-plastic products, its
process technology that converts plastic waste into fuel and the application of
its corrosion inhibiting technology into the oil and gas industry; the effect
of NTIC&#146;s recent cost control measures; the anticipated timing for an economic
recovery and such other statements which can be identified by words such as &#147;expect,&#148;
&#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;would,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;potential,&#148; &#147;outlook&#148; or
words of similar meaning and any other statements that are not historical
facts. Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and
expectations of NTIC&#146;s management and are inherently subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected or implied.&#160; Such potential
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, in no particular
order: NTIC&#146;s dependence on the success of its joint ventures and technical
fees and dividend distributions that NTIC receives from them; NTIC&#146;s
relationships with its joint ventures and its ability to maintain those
relationships; risks associated with NTIC&#146;s international operations; exposure
to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the current worldwide
economic recession, and its effect in particular on the U.S. automotive
industry; the size and level of growth in NTIC&#146;s markets; NTIC&#146;s investments in
research and development efforts; acceptance of existing and new products;
increased competition; the success of NTIC&#146;s emerging new businesses; the costs
and effects of complying with changes in tax, fiscal, government and other
regulatory policies; and NTIC&#146;s reliance on its intellectual property rights
and the absence of infringement of the intellectual property rights of others.
More detailed information on these and additional factors which could affect
NTIC&#146;s operating and financial results is described in the company&#146;s filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent annual
report on Form&nbsp;10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form&nbsp;10-Q.
NTIC urges all interested parties to read these reports to gain a better
understanding of the many business and other risks that the company faces.
Additionally, NTIC undertakes no obligation to publicly release the results of
any revisions to these forward-looking statements, which may be made to reflect
events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events.</font></i></p>

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