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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )


MOCON, INC.
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2009 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
MOCON, INC.
7500 BOONE AVENUE NORTH
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55428

You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., CDT, at MOCON's headquarters which are located at 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428.

Whether or not you plan to attend the meeting, please date, sign and return the enclosed proxy in the envelope provided as soon as possible so that your vote will be recorded.

PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN
THE ENCLOSED PROXY PROMPTLY
TO SAVE US THE EXPENSE
OF ADDITIONAL SOLICITATION.

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of MOCON, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., CDT, at MOCON's headquarters which are located at 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428, for the following purposes:

The close of business on March 20, 2009 has been fixed as the record date for the determination of shareholders who are entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournments of the meeting.

The Board of Directors of MOCON, Inc. is soliciting your proxy for use at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The Notice of Annual Meeting, this proxy statement and the enclosed form of proxy are being mailed to shareholders beginning on or about April 13, 2009.

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of MOCON, Inc. a Minnesota corporation, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., CDT, at MOCON's headquarters which are located at 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428, or at any adjournment or adjournments of the meeting, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

Only holders of record of our common stock at the close of business on March 20, 2009 will be entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting. On March 20, 2009, there were 5,589,694 shares of our common stock outstanding. Each outstanding share on that date entitles its holder to one vote, in person or by proxy, on each matter to be voted on at the Annual Meeting.

Your vote is important. If you are a shareholder whose shares are registered in your name, you may vote your shares in person at the meeting or by completing, signing, dating and mailing the enclosed proxy card in the envelope provided. If your shares are held in "street name" (through a broker, bank or other nominee), you may receive a separate voting instruction form with this proxy statement.

You are solicited on behalf of our Board of Directors to SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY CARD IN THE ACCOMPANYING ENVELOPE. No postage is required if your returned proxy card is mailed within the United States.

If you return your signed proxy card before the Annual Meeting, the named proxies will vote your shares as you direct. You have three choices on each matter to be voted on.

If you send in your proxy card, but do not specify how you want to vote your shares, the proxies will vote your shares FOR all nine nominees for director and FOR the other proposal set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting.

THE BOARD RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE OF MEETING AND FOR EACH OF THE NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR NAMED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.

Any shareholder giving a proxy may revoke it at any time prior to its use at the Annual Meeting by giving written notice of such revocation to our Corporate Secretary, by filing a revoking instrument or duly executed proxy bearing a later date with our Corporate Secretary, or by appearing at the Annual Meeting and voting in person.

Our Bylaws provide that the presence at the Annual Meeting, in person or by proxy, of the holders of 33¹/3% of the outstanding shares of our common stock entitled to vote at the meeting (1,863,232 shares) is required for a quorum for the transaction of business. In general, shares of our common stock represented by a properly signed and returned proxy card will be counted as shares present and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining a quorum. Shares represented by proxies marked "Abstain" or "Withheld" are counted in determining whether a quorum is present. In addition, a "broker non-vote" is considered in determining whether a quorum is present. A "broker

non-vote" is a proxy returned by a broker on behalf of its beneficial owner customer that is not voted on a particular matter because voting instructions have not been received by the broker from the customer, and the broker does not have discretionary authority to vote on behalf of such customer on such matter.

Our Articles of Incorporation provide that the election of a nominee for director, the approval of the proposal to ratify the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm, and any other proposals that may come before the Annual Meeting described in this proxy statement, require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present and entitled to vote in person or by proxy on that matter.

If your shares are held in "street name" and you do not indicate how you wish to vote, your broker is permitted to exercise its discretion to vote your shares on certain "routine" matters that include the election of directors (Proposal One) and the ratification of the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm (Proposal Two). If you do not direct your broker how to vote on a proposal that is not considered a routine matter, your broker may not exercise discretion and may not vote your shares. This is called a "broker non-vote." "Broker non-votes" are not considered to be entitled to vote, and will therefore not be counted in determining the votes cast on that matter, although broker non-votes are considered in determining whether a quorum is present. Abstentions and withheld votes will be counted, and will have the effect of a negative vote.

We will bear the cost of soliciting proxies, including the preparation, assembly and mailing of the proxies and soliciting material, as well as the cost of forwarding such material to the beneficial owners of our common stock. In addition to solicitation by mail, our directors, officers and regular employees may, without compensation other than their regular compensation, solicit proxies by telephone, electronic transmission, and personally. We may reimburse brokerage firms and others for expenses in forwarding proxy materials to the beneficial owners of our common stock.

Some banks, brokers and other nominee record holders may be participating in the practice of "householding" proxy statements and annual reports. This means that only one copy of our proxy statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or 2008 annual report to shareholders may have been sent to multiple shareholders in each household. We will promptly deliver a separate copy of either document to any shareholder upon written or oral request to MOCON, Inc., Attention: Chief Financial Officer, 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428, telephone: (763) 493-6370. Any shareholder who wants to receive separate copies of our proxy statement or annual report to shareholders in the future, or any shareholder who is receiving multiple copies and would like to receive only one copy per household, should contact the shareholder's bank, broker, or other nominee record holder, or the shareholder may contact MOCON at the above address and phone number.

The presiding officer at the Annual Meeting will determine how business at the Annual Meeting will be conducted. Only matters brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with our Bylaws will be considered.

Only a natural person present at the Annual Meeting who is either one of our shareholders or is acting on behalf of one of our shareholders may make a motion or second a motion. A person acting on behalf of a shareholder must present a written statement executed by the shareholder or the duly authorized representative of the shareholder on whose behalf the person purports to act.

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 20, 2009 unless otherwise noted by (a) each shareholder who is known to us to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, (b) each director and each executive officer named in the Summary Compensation Table and (c) all of our executive officers and directors as a group.

Shares are deemed to be "beneficially owned" by a person or entity if such person or entity, directly or indirectly, has sole or shared power to vote or to direct the voting of such shares or sole or shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of such shares. Except as otherwise indicated, we believe that each of the beneficial owners of our common stock listed below, based on information provided by such person, has sole dispositive and voting power with respect to such person's shares, subject to community property laws where applicable. Shares not outstanding but deemed beneficially owned by virtue of the right of a person or member of a group to acquire them within 60 days are treated as outstanding only when determining the amount and percent owned by such person or group. The ownership percentages are based on 5,589,694 shares outstanding as of March 20, 2009.

	Shares of Common Stock Beneficially Owned

Name	Amount(1)			Percent of Class
Ironwood Investment Management, LLC		649,687	(2)		11.6	%
Wells Fargo & Company		354,819	(2)		6.3	%
Robert L. Demorest		323,798	(3)		5.6	%
Dean B. Chenoweth		68,423			1.2	%
Donald N. DeMorett		7,000			*
J. Leonard Frame		33,648	(4)		*
Robert F. Gallagher		10,500			*
Daniel W. Mayer		161,517			2.8	%
Ronald A. Meyer		134,653	(5)		2.4	%
Richard A. Proulx		34,625			*
Tom C. Thomas		26,500			*
Darrell B. Lee		24,250			*
Douglas J. Lindemann		75,366	(6)		1.3	%
All current directors and executive officers as a group (12 persons)		913,980	(7)		14.9	%

Our Bylaws provide that the number of our directors to be elected at each annual meeting of shareholders shall be the number elected by our shareholders at our last annual meeting of shareholders or the number set by resolution of our Board of Directors. Therefore, the number of directors to be elected at the Annual Meeting will be nine. The persons named in the enclosed proxy will vote to elect as directors the nominees designated by the Board, whose names are listed below, unless the proxy is marked otherwise. Each of the nominees has indicated his willingness to serve, if elected. There are no family relationships between or among any officers or directors of MOCON, Inc.

Our Board, upon recommendation of the Nominating Committee, has nominated the nine individuals identified below to serve as directors until our 2010 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors have been elected and qualified.

Our Board recommends a vote FOR the election of each of the nine nominees identified above. In absence of other instructions, the proxies will be voted FOR the election of each of the nine nominees named above. If, prior to the Annual Meeting, our Board should learn that any nominee will be unable to serve by reason of death, incapacity or other unexpected occurrence, the proxies that otherwise would have been voted for such nominee will be voted for such substitute nominee as selected by our Board. Alternatively, the proxies, at our Board's discretion, may be voted for such fewer number of nominees as results from such death, incapacity or other unexpected occurrence. Our Board has no reason to believe that any of the nominees will be unable to serve.

The following information has been furnished to us, as of March 20, 2009, by the persons who have been nominated for election to our Board of Directors.

Robert L. Demorest has been our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since April 2000. Prior to that time, Mr. Demorest had been our President for more than five years. Mr. Demorest is also a director of Marten Transport, Ltd., a publicly traded company.

Dean B. Chenoweth is retired. Prior to his retirement in 2003, Mr. Chenoweth served as Executive Vice President of Advantek, Inc., a packaging product company, for more than five years.

Donald N. DeMorett has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of GearGrid Corporation, a manufacturer of commercial storage systems, since March 2007. Prior to that time, Mr. DeMorett served as a business management consultant specializing in strategic planning and organizational development for primarily manufacturing companies. From 2001 until 2005, Mr. DeMorett served as the President of Robert Bosch Packaging Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Robert Bosch Corporation that specializes in packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, food and confectionery industries and which is part of the global Packaging Technology Division of Robert Bosch GmbH.

J. Leonard Frame has served as Chairman of Phoenix Solutions Co., a designer and manufacturer of high temperature heating equipment, for more than five years.

Robert F. Gallagher has served as Chief Financial Officer of Stratasys, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of rapid prototyping systems, since March 2005. Prior to that time, Mr. Gallagher served as Chief Financial Officer of IntriCon Corporation, formerly Selas Corporation of America, a designer,

engineer and manufacturer of microminiaturized medical and electronic products, from October 2003 to March 2005.

Daniel W. Mayer has been our Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer for more than five years.

Richard A. Proulx has served as an Independent Consultant for more than five years.

Tom C. Thomas has been a partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, a law firm, for more than five years.

Our Board of Directors consists of six independent directors and three members of our senior management team. Each of our directors, except for Robert L. Demorest, Daniel W. Mayer and Ronald A. Meyer, is an "independent director" under the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System. Nasdaq's independence definition includes a series of objective tests. For example, an independent director may not be employed by us and may not engage in certain types of business dealings with our company. In addition, as further required by Nasdaq's rules, our Board has made a subjective determination as to each independent director that no relationship exists which, in the opinion of our Board, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of a director. In making these determinations, our Board reviewed and discussed information provided by the directors and by our company with regard to each director's business and personal activities as they may relate to our company and our management.

Our business and affairs are managed by our Board. Our Board met five times and took action by written consent two times during 2008. Committees established by our Board consist of the Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Nominating Committee, each of which has the composition and responsibilities described below. Our Board may from time to time establish other Board committees to facilitate the management of our company and may change the composition and the responsibilities of our existing committees.

In 2008, we formed a Special Committee, consisting of Robert Gallagher, Donald DeMorett and Tom Thomas, to assist the full Board in evaluating strategic alternatives. This Special Committee met telephonically three times in 2008. Although this committee still exists, it does not meet on any regular basis, and has not met or otherwise taken any action since August 2008. The Board intends to terminate this Special Committee at its next regularly scheduled Board meeting.

All of our directors attended 90% or more of the aggregate meetings of our Board and all Board committees on which they served during 2008.

Responsibilities. The primary function of the Audit Committee is to provide assistance to our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibility relating to our consolidated financial statements and the financial reporting process, our systems of internal accounting, financial and disclosure controls, the annual independent audit of our consolidated financial statements and our legal compliance and ethics programs as established by management and our Board. The Audit Committee has sole authority to appoint, retain, oversee and compensate the work of our independent registered public accounting firm and must pre-approve all audit services and permissible non-audit services to be performed for us by our independent registered public accounting firm, subject to de minimis exceptions under federal securities laws.

The Audit Committee operates under a written charter adopted by our Board. A printed copy of such charter can be found on the Investors—Corporate Governance—Board Committees section of our corporate website at www.mocon.com and is available to any shareholder upon request to our

Corporate Secretary at MOCON, Inc., 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428 or by telephone at (763) 493-6370.

The Audit Committee has the authority to engage the services of outside experts and advisors as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities.

Composition. The current members of the Audit Committee are Donald N. DeMorett, Robert F. Gallagher and Richard A. Proulx. Mr. Proulx is the chair of the Audit Committee. Each member of the Audit Committee qualifies as "independent" for purposes of membership on the Audit Committee pursuant to the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is "financially literate" as required by the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System. In addition, our Board has determined that Mr. Proulx qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined by the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and meets the qualifications of "financial sophistication" under the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System as a result of his experience as a certified public accountant for over 35 years. Other members of the Audit Committee who have served as chief executive officers or chief financial officers of public companies or have similar experience or understanding with respect to certain accounting and auditing matters may also be considered audit committee financial experts. Mr. Gallagher also qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" due to his position as chief financial officer of a publicly traded company. Shareholders should understand that these designations related to our Audit Committee members' experience and understanding with respect to certain accounting and auditing matters do not impose upon any of them any duties, obligations or liabilities that are greater than those generally imposed on a member of the Audit Committee or of our Board.

Meetings and Other Information. The Audit Committee met five times and took action by written consent twice during 2008. At four of the five meetings, the Audit Committee met in private session with our independent registered public accounting firm. Additional information regarding the Audit Committee and our independent registered public accounting firm is disclosed under headings entitled "Proposal Two—Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" and the "Audit Committee Report" included elsewhere in this proxy statement.

Responsibilities. The primary function of the Nominating Committee is to assist our Board by identifying individuals qualified to become members of our Board and recommending director nominees for each annual meeting of shareholders and to fill any vacancies that may occur between meetings of the shareholders.

The Nominating Committee operates under a written charter adopted by our Board. A printed copy of such charter can be found on the Investors—Corporate Governance—Board Committees section of our corporate website at www.mocon.com and is available to any shareholder upon request to our Corporate Secretary at MOCON, Inc., 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428 or by telephone at (763) 493-6370.

The Nominating Committee has the authority to engage the services of outside experts and advisors as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities.

Composition. The current members of the Nominating Committee are Dean B. Chenoweth and Tom C. Thomas. Mr. Thomas is the chair of the Nominating Committee. Each of Messrs. Chenoweth and Thomas is considered "independent" under the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System.

Director Nominations Process. In selecting nominees for our Board, the Nominating Committee first determines whether the incumbent directors whose terms expire at the meeting are qualified to serve, and wish to continue to serve, on our Board. The Nominating Committee believes that MOCON and its shareholders benefit from the continued service of qualified incumbent directors because those directors have familiarity with and insight into our corporate affairs that they have accumulated during their tenure with the company. Appropriate continuity of Board membership also contributes to our Board's ability to work as a collective body. Accordingly, it is the practice of the Nominating Committee, in general, to re-nominate an incumbent director whose term expires at the upcoming annual meeting of shareholders if the director wishes to continue his or her service with our Board, the director continues to satisfy the Nominating Committee's criteria for membership on our Board, the Nominating Committee believes the director continues to make important contributions to our Board, and there are no special, countervailing considerations against re-nomination of the director.

In identifying and evaluating new candidates for election to our Board, the Nominating Committee will solicit recommendations for nominees from persons whom the Nominating Committee believes are likely to be familiar with qualified candidates having the qualifications, skills and characteristics required for Board nominees from time to time. Such persons may include members of our Board and our senior management. In addition, the Nominating Committee may engage a search firm to assist it in identifying qualified candidates. The Nominating Committee will review and evaluate each candidate whom it believes merits serious consideration, taking into account available information concerning the candidate, any qualifications or criteria for Board membership established by the Nominating Committee, the existing composition of our Board, and other factors that it deems relevant. In conducting its review and evaluation, the Nominating Committee may solicit the views of our management, other Board members, and any other individuals it believes may have insight into a candidate. The Nominating Committee may designate one or more of its members and/or other Board members to interview any proposed candidate.

The Nominating Committee will consider recommendations for the nomination of directors submitted by our shareholders. For more information, see the information set forth under the heading "Shareholder Proposals for 2010 Annual Meeting." The Nominating Committee will evaluate candidates recommended by shareholders in the same manner as those recommended as stated above, except that the Nominating Committee may consider, as one of the factors in its evaluation of shareholder recommended nominees, the size and duration of the interest of the recommending shareholder or shareholder group in the equity of MOCON.

There are no formal requirements or minimum qualifications that a candidate must meet in order for the Nominating Committee to recommend the candidate to our Board. The Nominating Committee believes that each nominee should be evaluated based on his or her merits as an individual, taking into account the needs of our company and our Board. However, in evaluating candidates, there are a number of criteria that the Nominating Committee generally views as relevant and is likely to consider. Some of these factors include whether the candidate is an "independent director" under the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System and meets any other applicable independence tests under the federal securities laws and rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange

Commission; whether the candidate is "financially sophisticated" and otherwise meets the requirements for serving as a member of an audit committee under the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System; whether the candidate is an "audit committee financial expert" under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission; the needs of our company with respect to the particular talents and experience of its directors; the personal and professional integrity and reputation of the candidate; the candidate's level of education and business experience; the candidate's broad-based business acumen; the candidate's level of understanding of our business and its industry; the fit of the candidate's skills and personality with those of other directors and potential directors in building a board that is effective and responsive to the needs of our company; whether the candidate possesses strategic thinking and a willingness to share ideas; the candidate's diversity of experiences, expertise and background; the candidate's ability to represent the interests of all shareholders and not a particular interest group; and the candidate's willingness to devote adequate time to work for our Board and its committees.

Meetings and Other Information. The Nominating Committee met one time during 2008. Additional information regarding the Nominating Committee and its process for nominating directors for our 2010 annual meeting of shareholders can be found under the heading "Shareholder Proposals for 2010 Annual Meeting" included elsewhere in this proxy statement.

Responsibilities. The primary functions of the Compensation Committee are to provide assistance to our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibility relating to compensation of our Chief Executive Officer and other executive officers and to administer our equity compensation plans and review, assess and approve overall strategies for attracting, developing, retaining and motivating our management and employees. In addition, the Compensation Committee reviews and discusses with management the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section and based on such review and discussions make a recommendation to our Board as to whether the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section should be included in our annual meeting proxy statement.

The Compensation Committee operates under a written charter adopted by our Board. A printed copy of such charter can be found on the Investors—Corporate Governance—Board Committees section of our corporate website at www.mocon.com and is available to any shareholder upon request to our Corporate Secretary at MOCON, Inc., 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428 or by telephone at (763) 493-6370.

The Compensation Committee has the authority to engage the services of outside experts and advisors as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties and responsibilities.

Composition. The current members of the Compensation Committee are J. Leonard Frame and Tom C. Thomas. Mr. Thomas is the chair of the Compensation Committee. Each of Messrs. Frame and Thomas is considered "independent" under the Marketplace Rules of the Nasdaq Global Market System.

Processes and Procedures for Consideration and Determination of Executive Compensation. Our Board has delegated to the Compensation Committee the responsibility, among other things, to determine any and all compensation payable to our executive officers, including annual salaries, incentive compensation, long-term incentive compensation and any other compensation, and to

administer our equity and incentive compensation plans applicable to our executive officers. Decisions regarding executive compensation made by the Compensation Committee are considered final and are not generally subject to Board review or ratification. Under the terms of its written charter, the Compensation Committee has the power and authority to delegate any of its duties and responsibilities to subcommittees as the Compensation Committee may deem appropriate in its sole discretion. Historically, the Compensation Committee has not generally delegated any of its duties and responsibilities to subcommittees, but rather has taken such actions as a committee, as a whole.

Our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer assists the Compensation Committee in gathering compensation related data regarding our executive officers and makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee regarding the form and amount of compensation to be paid to each executive officer (other than himself). In making its final decisions regarding the form and amount of compensation to be paid to our executive officers, the Compensation Committee considers the recommendations of our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, but also considers other factors, such as its own views as to the form and amount of compensation to be paid, competitive compensation surveys and studies, the achievement by the company of financial and earnings objectives, the general performance of the company and the individual officers, the performance of the company's stock price and other factors that may be relevant. However, final deliberations and decisions by the Compensation Committee concerning executive officer compensation, including compensation to be paid to our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, are made by the Compensation Committee, without the presence of the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer or any other executive officer of our company.

Meetings and Other Information. The Compensation Committee met three times and took action by written consent one time during 2008. Additional information regarding the Compensation Committee is disclosed under the headings entitled "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" and "Compensation Committee Report" included elsewhere in this proxy statement.

It is the policy of our Board that directors standing for re-election are strongly encouraged, but not required, to attend our annual meeting of shareholders. At our 2008 annual meeting of shareholders, all nine of our directors were present.

Shareholders may communicate with our Board or any one or more particular directors by sending correspondence, addressed to our Corporate Secretary, MOCON, Inc., 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN 55428 with an instruction to forward the communication to our Board of Directors or any one or more particular directors. Our Corporate Secretary will promptly forward all such shareholder communications to our Board or any one or more particular directors, with the exception of any advertisements, solicitations for periodical or other subscriptions and other similar communications.

The following table provides summary information concerning the compensation of each individual who served as a director of our company during the year ended December 31, 2008, other than Robert L. Demorest, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Daniel W. Mayer, our Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, whose compensation is described under the heading "Executive Compensation" included elsewhere in this proxy statement.

Name			Exercise Price ($/Share)

Dean B. Chenoweth	12/31/08	2,000	$	8.575	12/30/2015	4,840
Donald N. DeMorett	12/31/08	2,000		8.575	12/30/2015	4,840
J. Leonard Frame	12/31/08	2,000		8.575	12/30/2015	4,840
Robert F. Gallagher	12/31/08	2,000		8.575	12/30/2015	4,840
Ronald A. Meyer	12/31/08	1,000		8.575	12/30/2015	2,400
Richard A. Proulx	12/31/08	2,000		8.575	12/30/2015	4,840
Tom C. Thomas	12/31/08	2,000		8.575	12/30/2015	4,840

Name			Exercise Price(s)

Dean B. Chenoweth	27,500	25,500/2,000	$	6.16 - 12.07	11/14/10 - 12/30/15
Donald N. DeMorett	9,000	7,000/2,000		8.58 - 12.07	12/22/13 - 12/30/15
J. Leonard Frame	27,500	25,500/2,000		6.16 - 12.07	11/14/10 - 12/30/15
Robert F. Gallagher	12,500	10,500/2,000		8.58 - 12.07	12/22/13 - 12/30/15
Ronald A. Meyer	36,500	35,500/1,000		5.63 - 12.07	2/01/10 - 12/30/15
Richard A. Proulx	26,500	24,500/2,000		6.16 - 12.07	11/14/10 - 12/30/15
Tom C. Thomas	27,500	25,500/2,000		6.16 - 12.07	11/14/10 - 12/30/15

Overview. Our non-employee directors currently consist of Dean B. Chenoweth, Donald N. DeMorett, J. Leonard Frame, Robert F. Gallagher, Richard A. Proulx and Tom C. Thomas. We use a combination of cash and long term equity-based incentive compensation to attract and retain qualified candidates to serve on our Board. In setting non-employee director compensation, we follow the process and procedures described below under the heading "—Processes and Procedures for the Determination of Director Compensation." We also consider the significant amount of time that directors spend in fulfilling their duties to our company, as well as the skill-level required by our company of members of our Board.

We pay each of our non-employee directors a quarterly cash retainer, as well as an additional cash payment for each Board meeting or Board committee meeting attended. The chair of the Audit Committee also receives an additional quarterly cash retainer. In addition, we grant our non-employee directors stock options upon their initial appointment or election to the Board and thereafter on an annual basis. We reimburse each non-employee director for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attending Board and Board committee meetings. We do not provide any perquisites or other personal benefits to our non-employee directors. We also maintain the MOCON, Inc. Director Retirement Plan pursuant to which a non-employee director who has served on our Board for at least

five years will, upon retirement, receive an amount equal to the annual retainer fee such director would have been entitled to receive during the fiscal year in which such director's retirement occurs. Each of these elements of our non-employee director compensation program is described in more detail below.

Cash Compensation. In 2008, we paid each of our non-employee directors a quarterly cash retainer of $2,500. In addition, we paid the chair of the Audit Committee an additional quarterly cash retainer of $750. Also, each of our non-employee directors was paid $500 for each Board meeting or Board committee meeting attended in person or via telephone. We also paid two non-employee directors $6,500, and one $7,500, for services rendered on a Special Committee appointed by the Board.

Long-Term Equity-Based Incentive Compensation. We also grant options to purchase shares of our common stock to our non-employee directors. Under our current policy, each non-employee director receives an annual grant of an option to purchase such number of shares of our common stock as is determined by our Compensation Committee at the time the grant is made. The Compensation Committee looks at several factors when determining the number of shares that will be made subject to the annual option grant, considers fees paid to directors of comparable public companies, the number of board and committee meetings that our directors are expected to attend, and other factors that may be relevant. During the years 2006 and 2007, each non-employee director received an option to purchase 3,500 shares of our common stock, while in 2008 the number was reduced to 2,000.

We generally make an option grant to our non-employee directors in the last week of December each year. These options will typically have a term of seven years and vest or become exercisable in full one year after the date of grant and have a per share exercise price equal to the average of the high and low sale price of our common stock on the date of grant. We refer you to the table in footnote 2 to the Director Compensation Table above for a summary of all option grants to our non-employee directors during the year ended December 31, 2008. We refer you to footnote 3 to the Director Compensation Table above for a summary of all options to purchase shares of our common stock held by our non-employee directors as of December 31, 2008.

Director Retirement Plan. Pursuant to the MOCON, Inc. Director Retirement Plan, a non-employee director who has served on our Board for at least five years will, upon retirement, receive an amount equal to the annual retainer fee such director would have been entitled to receive during the fiscal year in which such director's retirement occurs. This payment, however, will not be made to a director who, following the director's retirement, continues to serve as a consultant to us. Any amount payable under the retirement plan will be paid as determined by our Board in its sole discretion following such director's retirement. As of December 31, 2008, all of our current non-employee directors, with the exception of Messrs. DeMorett and Gallagher, were eligible to receive payments pursuant to the retirement plan upon their retirement from our Board.

Our inside directors—Robert L. Demorest, Daniel W. Mayer and Ronald A. Meyer—were compensated during 2008 for their services as officers of our company. For information relating to compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to Messrs. Demorest and Mayer, see "Executive Compensation" included elsewhere in this proxy statement and for information relating to compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to Mr. Meyer, see the information described below. We do not separately compensate Messrs. Demorest, Mayer and Meyer for their services as directors of our company, although we do reimburse them for any out-of-pocket expenses they incur in connection with

attending Board and Board committee meetings. Information regarding stock option grants to Messrs. Demorest and Mayer during the year ended December 31, 2008 is set forth under the heading "Executive Compensation—Grants of Plan-Based Awards" and information regarding all stock options held by Messrs. Demorest and Mayer as of December 31, 2008 is set forth under the heading "Executive Compensation—Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End" included elsewhere in this proxy statement. Information regarding stock option grants to Mr. Meyer during the year ended December 31, 2008 and all stock options held by Mr. Meyer as of December 31, 2008 is described below and in footnotes 2 and 3 above under "Director Compensation—2008."

Mr. Meyer earned $35,381 in salary and $12,691 in bonus under the MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan and received $1,393 in contributions that we made under the MOCON, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan during the year ended December 31, 2008. As indicated in footnote 2 to the Director Compensation Table above, on December 31, 2008, Mr. Meyer was granted an option to purchase 1,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $8.58 per share, which price represented the average of the high and low sale prices of a share of our common stock on that date. This option vests with respect to 25% of the underlying shares of our common stock on each of March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31, 2009, and will remain exercisable until December 30, 2015 in accordance with the provisions of the MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. Mr. Meyer did not receive any other compensation during 2008.

Our Board has not delegated to any Board committee the responsibility to review and make recommendations to our Board concerning compensation for non-employee members of our Board, including but not limited to retainers, Board meeting fees, Board committee meeting fees, committee chair fees, equity compensation, benefits and perquisites. Decisions regarding director compensation are made by our entire Board, which has not in the past generally delegated to any Board committee or any one or more directors any duties and responsibilities relating to director compensation.

Our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, with the assistance of our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, assists our Board in gathering compensation related data regarding director compensation. In making decisions regarding compensation to be paid to our non-employee directors, our Board considers fees paid to directors of comparable public companies, the number of board and committee meetings that our directors are expected to attend, and other factors that may be relevant.

The purpose of this "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section is to discuss the material elements of the compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our executive officers who are considered "named executive officers" as a result of their officer positions and the amount of compensation they earned during the year ended December 31, 2008. This discussion analyzes the information contained in the tables and related footnotes and narratives under the heading "Executive Compensation" included elsewhere in this proxy statement. In so doing, this discussion describes our compensation philosophy, policies and practices with respect to our named executive officers. Although this discussion focuses primarily on compensation awarded to, earned by and paid to our named executive officers during 2008, this discussion also describes executive compensation actions prior to 2008 and actions taken after 2008 to the extent it enhances the understanding of or gives context to our executive compensation disclosures for 2008.

As described in more detail under the heading "Corporate Governance—Compensation Committee" included elsewhere in this proxy statement, our Board of Directors has delegated to the Compensation Committee the responsibility, among other things, to determine any and all compensation payable to our executive officers, including annual salaries, incentive compensation, long-term incentive compensation and all other compensation, and to administer our equity and incentive compensation plans applicable to our executive officers. The processes and procedures the Compensation Committee use to consider and determine executive compensation are described under the heading "Corporate Governance—Compensation Committee—Processes and Procedures for Consideration and Determination of Executive Compensation" included elsewhere in this proxy statement.

Our executive compensation program and the decisions of the Compensation Committee are based on the following philosophy and principles:

In determining the amount of compensation to pay our named executive officers, the Compensation Committee considers factors, such as the executive's position within the company and the level of responsibility and skills required by the executive's position; the executive's qualifications; the attainment of or failure to attain our financial and earnings goals; individual performance of the executive; current and historical compensation levels; the executive's length of service with our company and other considerations the Compensation Committee deems relevant.

One of the other considerations the Compensation Committee looks at is the compensation that public companies that are similar to us paid to their executive officers. To assist in that analysis, in 2008 the Compensation Committee looked at information provided to it by an outside consulting firm concerning the compensation paid to the executive officers of 31 public companies that are engaged in the manufacturing of scientific and technical instruments and have market capitalizations of less than $100 million. The Compensation Committee particularly focused on the compensation paid to the executive officers of the companies included in this information that had a market capitalization, revenues and net income similar to ours. We refer to these companies in this discussion as our "peer group companies."

Our executive compensation program as a whole and each individual element of the program is designed to provide a level of compensation that is competitive for public companies that are comparable to us in terms of profitability, complexity and size in order to attract, motivate and retain executives necessary to the achievement of our desired financial and earnings goals. We generally target total compensation of our executive officers to be within the range of the aggregate compensation that our peer companies pay to its executive officers, but we do not focus on whether or not the total compensation of our executives is above or below the mean or median compensation that is paid to the executive officers of our peer group companies because we recognize that trying to tie the compensation that we pay to our executives to any specific metric that is based on the compensation paid by other companies can result in volatility from year to year based on circumstances unique to those companies which may not impact us.

The principal elements of our executive compensation program consist of base salary, annual incentive compensation, long-term equity-based incentive compensation in the form of stock options, and other compensation as described in more detail below under the heading "—Elements of Our Executive Compensation Program."

We believe these elements achieve the objectives of our compensation program by providing a base salary which is adjusted to reflect an executive's individual performance, requiring that our financial and earnings goals be met or exceeded to earn a bonus under our annual cash incentive plan, requiring each executive to meet or surpass specific performance goals to earn a special annual incentive bonus, and awarding stock options with an exercise price equal to the price of our common stock on the date of grant so that the options will only have value if the market price of our common stock increases over time.

In determining the form of compensation to pay our named executive officers, the Compensation Committee views these elements of our executive compensation program as related but distinct. Although the Compensation Committee reviews total compensation, it does not believe that significant compensation derived by an executive from one element of our compensation program should necessarily negate or result in a reduction in the amount of compensation the executive receives from other elements or that, on the flip side, minimal compensation derived from one element of compensation should necessarily result in an increase in the amount the executive should receive from one or more other elements of compensation.

Except as described below, the Compensation Committee has not adopted any formal or informal policies or guidelines for allocating compensation between long-term and currently paid out compensation, between cash and non-cash compensation, or among different forms of non-cash compensation. However, the Compensation Committee's philosophy is to make a greater percentage of an executive's compensation performance-based, and therefore at risk, as the executive's position and responsibility increases given the influence more senior level executives generally have on company performance. It is also the Compensation Committee's view to keep cash compensation at a competitive level while providing the opportunity to be fairly rewarded through long-term equity-based incentive compensation, in the form of stock options, if the company's stock price performs well over time. Thus, individuals with greater roles and responsibilities associated with achieving our company's financial and earnings goals, and thus presumably increasing the total return to our shareholders, should bear a greater proportion of the risk that those goals are not achieved than other employees and should receive a greater proportion of the reward if those goals are met or surpassed.

The principal elements of our executive compensation program for 2008 consisted of:

In addition, our executive compensation program also includes certain change in control arrangements and post-termination severance arrangements, which are described in more detail below under the heading "—Change in Control and Post-Termination Severance Arrangements."

General. We provide a base salary for our named executive officers that is not subject to company or individual performance risk. We recognize the need for most executives to receive at least a portion of their total compensation in the form of a guaranteed base salary that is paid in cash regularly throughout the year to support a reasonable standard of living.

We initially set base salaries for our executives at a level that we believe enables us to hire and retain them in a competitive environment and to reward satisfactory individual performance and a satisfactory level of contribution to our overall business objectives. The Compensation Committee reviews base salaries for our named executive officers each year beginning in November and generally approves any increases for the following year in December or as soon as practicable thereafter. Regardless of when the final decision regarding base salaries for a calendar year is made by the Compensation Committee, any increases in base salaries are effective as of January 1 of that year, which could result in a retroactive payment to the executive shortly after the final decision is made.

The Compensation Committee's determination regarding the base salaries of our named executive officers are based on a number of factors, including: the executive's level of responsibility, prior experience, base salary for the prior year, base salary and other compensation data for similarly situated executives from some of our peer group companies, the skills required by the position, length of service with our company (or predecessors), past individual performance and other considerations the Compensation Committee deems relevant. The Compensation Committee also recognizes that in addition to the typical responsibilities and duties held by our executives by virtue of their positions, they often possess additional responsibilities and perform additional duties that typically would be delegated to others in most organizations with additional personnel and resources.

Analysis. Annualized base salary rates for 2007, 2008 and 2009 for our named executive officers are as follows:

We have historically granted our executive officers a mid-single digit percentage increase in their base salary each year, although the percentage may be higher or lower if the responsibilities of the executive increased or decreased during the year. Each of our executive officers was granted a 5% increase to his base compensation for 2008 and a 4% increase for 2009, which are typical increases for years in which none of our executive officers experienced material changes to their job duties and responsibilities. The percentage increase for 2009 was lower due to indications of a global slowdown in economic activity.

For 2008, base salaries accounted for approximately 52% of total compensation for our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and approximately 58% on average for the other named executive officers. Our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer having the lowest percentage of his overall compensation consisting of his base salary is consistent with our philosophy that executives with greater responsibility for achieving our desired financial and earnings goals should have a greater percentage of compensation subject to performance risk.

General. In addition to base compensation, we provide our named executive officers the opportunity for annual incentive compensation, which is designed to provide a direct financial incentive to our executives to achieve annual financial, earnings and other goals of our company. We provide our named executive officers and other employees a direct financial incentive to achieve our annual profit goals through the MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan. In addition, we have a special performance related bonus arrangement for our named executive officers and other employees to further motivate them to achieve other company-related performance goals. We believe that the combination of our Incentive Pay Plan, which rewards our executives for achieving and exceeding annual financial and earnings goals, and the special performance related bonus, which rewards our executives for successfully executing on initiatives that we believe will have a positive long-term impact, provides appropriate monetary incentives for our executives to help our company achieve both near term and long term success.

MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan. The MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan directly links our annual financial results with our executives' overall compensation. For 2008 and 2009, the target for each of our named executives was a specified amount of our annual net income before income taxes and incentives.

At the end of each calendar year, our Board analyzes budgets and projections for the upcoming year provided by our executive officers. After discussions with our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and other executives, our Board approves a budget that includes a targeted amount of pre-tax income. The Compensation Committee establishes goal amounts for our named executive officers based on such pre-tax income target and then determines the percentage of salary at goal for each executive for the following year. The percentage of salary at goal for each executive will typically be consistent with prior years. Our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer typically has a target bonus amount that is a higher percentage of his base salary as compared to our other executive officers to reflect our philosophy that as the executive officer with the highest level of responsibility for achieving our desired financial and earnings goals, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer should have the highest percentage of his compensation at risk.

The 2008 percentages of salary at goal, which were set by the Compensation Committee in December 2007, range from 40% to 65% of 2008 base salary, with the actual incentive paid based on the percentage of goal achieved, up to a maximum of 150% of the target. The base bonus amount for Mr. Demorest was set at 65% of his base salary for 2008 and is set at 65% of his base salary for 2009. The base bonus amounts for our other named executive officers ranged from 40% to 45% of their base salary for 2008 and 2009.

Bonuses are paid if we achieve our profit goals, which are generally set by the Compensation Committee at the end of the prior year. To the extent that our profits are less than or greater than established goals, the actual bonus amounts paid are proportionally reduced or increased but may not exceed 150% of the base bonus amount. There is no floor amount for the bonus amount, so long as we have positive net income before income taxes and incentives, each of our executive officers (and other employees who participate in our Incentive Pay Plan) will be paid a bonus. Although many bonus plans do include minimum performance targets that must be reached in order for any bonus amount to be paid (commonly referred to as a "floor"), we believe that the presence of a floor can have a negative impact on the motivation of participants in our Incentive Pay Plan if there was a reasonable likelihood that any applicable minimum target would not be met, and the purpose of our Incentive Pay Plan is to constantly provide our executive officers and employees with a monetary incentive to help us achieve our financial goals. Therefore, we feel the absence of a floor in our Incentive Pay Plan is appropriate.

Special Performance Related Bonus Arrangements. We currently offer each of our named executive officers the opportunity to earn a bonus each year through an individual incentive plan by successfully attaining a goal that is set each year by the Compensation Committee. The goal may be financial or non-financial in nature, and the Compensation Committee has the sole discretion in determining each year whether or not the goal has been achieved. In setting the goal each year, the Compensation Committee will choose one or more objectives that are important to the long-term success of our company, but that may or may not have a significant short-term financial impact. The Compensation Committee believes that this special performance related bonus arrangement is an important element of our overall executive compensation program because it motivates our executives to successfully execute on certain specific initiatives that the Compensation Committee believes will have a long-term impact on our company. The terms of the special performance related bonus arrangements are typically set forth in resolutions approved by the Compensation Committee and are not otherwise set forth in any written agreements between us and our named executive officers.

If the special performance related bonus is earned by an executive in 2009, it will be paid in the form of an extra week of vacation plus an all-expense paid trip for two, up to maximum amounts ranging from $10,000 to $13,000. The Compensation Committee has decided to pay the bonus in this form so that both the executive and his/her spouse experience an immediate and tangible reward for the sacrifices that are made during the year by both the executive and his/her family in order for the specific performance related goal to be achieved.

Analysis. The annual incentive compensation opportunities for our named executive officers for 2007, 2008 and 2009 under the MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan are summarized below.

		Incentive Pay Plan Opportunity

		Target Performance					Max. Performance(1)
		% Salary			$ Amount		% Salary			$ Amount
Robert L. Demorest	2007		65	%	$	162,757		98	%	$	245,387
	2008		65	%		170,895		98	%		257,657
	2009		65	%		177,731		98	%		267,963
Darrell B. Lee	2007		35	%		48,898		53	%		74,015
	2008		40	%		58,653		60	%		87,980
	2009		40	%		60,999		60	%		91,499
Douglas J. Lindemann	2007		40	%		64,482		60	%		96,723
	2008		45	%		76,169		68	%		115,100
	2009		45	%		79,216		68	%		119,704
Daniel W. Mayer	2007		40	%		75,634		60	%		113,452
	2008		40	%		79,416		60	%		119,124
	2009		40	%		82,593		60	%		123,889

Payouts made to our named executive officers under the MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan for 2008 were as follows:

For 2008, target annual incentive compensation opportunities for our named executive officers under the MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan was set at 39% of total projected cash compensation for our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and 29% on average for the other named executive officers. Actual Incentive Pay Plan payouts for the named executive officers, including our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, were 103% of target because our actual 2008 operating results were 103% of the financial goal set as the target by our Compensation Committee.

Each of our named executive officers was awarded the special performance related bonus for 2008 because the Compensation Committee determined that each of our executives had successfully completed the pre-determined criteria as set by our Compensation Committee at the end of 2007. The bonus will be paid in 2009 in the form of an extra week of vacation and an all-expense paid trip for two, subject to a $13,000 cap in the case of Mr. Demorest and a $10,000 cap in the case of each of Messrs. Lee, Lindemann and Mayer.

General. Although we do not have any stock retention or ownership guidelines, our Board encourages our named executive officers to have a financial stake in our company in order to align the interests of our shareholders and management. We therefore provide long-term equity-based incentive compensation to our named executive officers, as well as to all of our employees, in the form of stock options. We believe that stock options are an important part of our overall compensation program. In particular, we believe that stock options align the interests of our executives and other employees with shareholder interests and long-term value creation and enable these individuals to achieve meaningful equity ownership in our company. Through the grant of stock options, we seek to align the long-term interests of our executives and other employees with the long-term interests of our shareholders by creating a strong and direct linkage between compensation and long-term shareholder return. When our executives deliver positive returns to our shareholders, in the form of increases in our stock price or otherwise, stock options allow our executives to share in this positive return. We believe stock options also may enable us to attract, retain and motivate executives and other employees by maintaining competitive levels of total compensation. However, unless our stock price increases after stock option grants are made, the stock options deliver no value to the option holders. A stock option becomes valuable only if our common stock price increases above the option exercise price and the holder of the option remains employed during the period required for the option to "vest." This provides an incentive for an option holder to remain employed by us.

All of the stock options held by our executives and other employees have been granted under the MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan or our predecessor plan, the MOCON, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan. Both of these plans have been approved by our shareholders. Under the 2006 plan, we have the ability to grant stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, stock unit awards, performance awards and stock bonuses. To date, only incentive and non-statutory stock options have been granted. The 2006 plan contains both an overall limit on the number of shares of our common stock that may be issued, as well as individual and other grant limits. For more information regarding the terms of our 2006 plan, we refer you to "Executive Compensation—Grants of Plan-Based Awards—MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan."

In March 2007, we adopted a Policy and Procedures Regarding the Grant of Stock Options and Other Equity-Based Incentive Awards. Under this policy, the Compensation Committee has retained all authority to grant options and other equity-based incentive awards to eligible recipients, other than directors, and, none of its authority may be delegated to our management in the form of "mass" or "block" grants to be allocated among employees by our management. Grants to be made in connection with new hires and promotions will be recommended by our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and will be considered and acted upon by the Compensation Committee at the next Compensation Committee meeting or by unanimous written consent resolutions, or in the case of executive officers, as part of their compensation package at the time of hire or promotion. Current executive officers and other employees are eligible for option grants thereafter on a periodic basis. We do not have, nor have we ever had, a program, plan or practice to time stock option grants to executives in coordination with the release of material nonpublic information.

The policy also sets forth the general terms and conditions of our stock option grants. For example, we generally grant "incentive stock options" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, in order to provide our executives and other employees the additional tax benefit associated with incentive stock options, which we believe at this time outweighs our interest in obtaining the tax deduction which would be available if we granted non-statutory stock options which were later exercised by the optionees. The stock options granted to our executives and other employees typically vest or become exercisable over a period of four years from the date of grant, with one-fourth of the underlying shares vesting in each year on the anniversary of the date of grant or over one year following the date of grant, with one-fourth of the underlying shares vesting each three months after the date of grant. Stock options typically remain exercisable for a period of seven years from the date of grant, so long as the optionee continues to be employed by us. When we adopted our 2006 plan, we reduced the maximum term of options granted under the plan to seven years from 10 years in order to reduce the amount of compensation expense we are required to recognize upon the grant of stock options under the plan.

It is our policy to set the per share exercise price of all stock options granted under the 2006 plan at an amount equal to the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant. For purposes of the 2006 plan, the fair market value of our common stock is the mean between the high and low sale price of our common stock, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market System. We believe the use of the average of the high and low sale price of our common stock on the date of grant removes potential same day stock volatility from the determination of the exercise price. The Compensation Committee may not, under the terms of the 2006 plan, without prior approval of our shareholders, seek to effect any re-pricing of any previously granted, "underwater" option by amending or modifying the terms of the underwater option to lower the exercise price, cancelling the underwater

option and granting replacement options having a lower exercise price, or other incentive award in exchange, or repurchasing the underwater options and granting new incentive awards under the plan. For purposes of the 2006 plan, an option is deemed to be "underwater" at any time when the fair market value of our common stock is less than the exercise price. Other typical terms of the stock options we grant to our executives and other employees are described elsewhere in this proxy statement under the heading "Executive Compensation—Grants of Plan-Based Awards—MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan."

Our stock option programs are broad-based and in 2008 all of our employees located in the United States received stock option grants. Approximately 59% of the options covered by those grants went to employees other than our named executive officers.

We review the long-term equity-based incentives for our named executive officers, on an individual basis and on an aggregate basis, at least once each year at the time we determine base salaries and the terms of our annual incentive compensation arrangements for the upcoming year. The Compensation Committee's determinations regarding the number of stock options to grant our named executive officers are based on a number of factors, including: the executive's position within the company and the level of responsibility, skills and experiences required by the executive's position; the attainment of or failure to attain company objectives and the difficulty in achieving desired company objectives; individual performance of the executive; the executive's length of service to our company; the executive's percentage ownership of our common equity outstanding, including stock options, and competitive compensation data, including outstanding options held by an executive as a percentage of our common equity outstanding.

Analysis. The long-term incentive compensation information for our named executive officers for 2008 included in the Summary Compensation Table—2008 (Option Awards) under the heading "Executive Compensation—Summary of Cash and Other Compensation" contained elsewhere in this proxy statement shows that we recognized an expense in 2008 with respect to options granted to our executive officers. The number that appears in the Summary Compensation table is the amount we recognized as an expense for financial reporting purposes under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in accordance with SFAS 123(R). This expense was related to options that were granted in 2007 and vested (became exercisable) in 2008. We refer you to note 9 to our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 for a discussion on how this expense is calculated.

We did grant stock options to all of our U.S. based employees during 2008, including to each of our named executive officers. The stock options granted to our named executive officers during 2008 are described in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards—2008 Table under the heading "Executive Compensation—Grants of Plan-Based Awards" and the number of stock options held by our named executive officers as of December 31, 2008 is included in the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End—2008 Table under the heading "Executive Compensation—Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End" contained elsewhere in this proxy statement.

For 2008, the value of stock options granted to our named executive officers, as a percentage of their 2008 total compensation, was as follows:

General. It is generally our policy not to extend significant perquisites to our executives that are not available to our employees, with the exception that we provide to our named executive officers the personal use of a company owned vehicle and the right to purchase such vehicle at its depreciated value. Our executives also receive benefits, which are also received by our other employees, including participation in the MOCON, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan and health, dental and life insurance benefits. Under the MOCON, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan, all eligible participants, including our named executive officers, may voluntarily request that we reduce his or her pre-tax compensation by up to 75% (subject to certain special limitations) and contribute such amounts to a trust. We contributed an amount equal to 50% of the first 6% of the amount that each participant contributed under this plan during 2008. We do not provide pension arrangements or post-retirement health coverage for our executives or employees. We also do not provide any nonqualified defined contribution or other deferred compensation plans.

All of our employees, including our named executive officers, are employed at will and do not have employment agreements. We have, however, entered into written severance agreements with all of our named executive officers, which provide for certain cash and other benefits upon the termination of the executive's employment with us under certain circumstances, as described below.

Our stock incentive and option plans, and the individual agreements entered into in connection with the grant of stock options under our plans, provide for the immediate vesting of all stock options then held by our named executive officers, as well as all other employees, upon the completion of a change in control of our company. In addition, our named executive officers have severance agreements with us that provide for the immediate vesting of all stock options then held by our named executive officers upon the completion of a change in control of our company and also provide for a severance payment upon the termination of their employment with us under certain circumstances, including in connection with or within 24 months of a change in control of our company. This severance payment is structured as a lump sum cash payment that is equal to the highest annual salary that the executive had

in effect prior to the date of termination in the case of a termination of the executive that is not made in connection with (or within 24 months of) a change in control and is not for "cause."

If we (or any successor organization) terminate the executive's employment or the executive voluntarily terminates his employment for "good reason" in connection with (or at any time within 24 months following) a change in control and the termination is for any reason other than for "cause," the severance payment is structured as a lump sum payment that is equal to twice the highest annual salary that the executive had in effect prior to the date of termination less any compensation paid to the executive for service after the change in control, although such reduction cannot reduce the amount of the severance payment below an amount equal to the highest annual salary that the executive had in effect prior to the date of termination. These arrangements, including the quantification of the payment and benefits provided under these arrangements, are described in more detail elsewhere in this proxy statement under the heading "Executive Compensation—Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control."

The severance agreements with our named executive officers which provide for these severance and change in control arrangements were originally entered into in November 2000 in the case of each of Messrs. Demorest, Mayer and Lindemann and in December 2006 in the case of Mr. Lee. In November 2007, we made changes to the Change in Control Severance Agreements, solely to comply with final regulations published by the Internal Revenue Service under an exception to Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. There have been no changes to the economic terms of the Change in Control Severance Agreements since they were adopted.

We believe that the severance and change in control protections provided in the agreements are relevant and an important part of our executive compensation program. We believe such protections continue to provide important retention value, especially during critical time periods. We also believe similar protections are typically provided by other companies, including companies with which we compete for executive talent, and thus believe we must continue to offer such protections in order to be competitive. All cash severance payments are conditioned upon the executive signing a general release of all claims against us.

We believe the change in control provisions in our stock incentive and option plans and the agreements evidencing stock options under such plans and the severance agreements are particularly important. Pursuant to these provisions, all stock options held by our named executive officers (as well as all other optionees) become immediately vested and exercisable upon the completion of a change in control of our company. Thus, the immediate vesting of stock options is triggered by the change in control and thus is known as a "single trigger" change in control arrangement. While "single trigger" change in control arrangements are often criticized as creating a "windfall" for optionees, we, nonetheless, believe such arrangements are appropriate since they provide important retention value during what can often be an uncertain time for employees and provide executives additional monetary motivation to complete a transaction that our Board believes is in the best interests of our shareholders. If an executive were to leave prior to the completion of the change in control, unvested stock options held by the executive would terminate.

In order for our named executive officers to receive any other payment or benefit as a result of a change in control of our company, however, there must be a termination event, such as a termination of the executive's employment by us without cause or a termination of the executive's employment by

the executive for good reason, either in connection with the change in control or within 24 months of the change in control. The termination of the executive's employment by the executive without good reason will not give rise to any additional payments or benefits either in a change in control situation or otherwise. Thus, these additional payments and benefits will not just be triggered by a change in control, but will also require a termination event not within the control of the executive, and thus are known as "double trigger" change in control arrangements. We believe these "double trigger" change in control arrangements are also important since they too provide important retention value and because they are not "single trigger" arrangements, they prevent the executive from receiving what could be considered by some shareholders as too significant a windfall upon a change in control.

We believe our change in control arrangements mitigate some of the risk that exists for executives working in a small profitable publicly held company where there is a meaningful likelihood that the company may be acquired in the future. These arrangements are also intended to attract and retain qualified executives that have alternatives that may appear to them to be less risky absent these arrangements, and mitigate a potential disincentive to consideration and execution of such an acquisition, particularly where the services of these executive officers may not be required by the acquirer.

We believe our change in control and severance arrangements are an important part of our compensation program due to the important retention and motivational value. We also believe the change in control provision in our stock incentive and option plans and the agreements evidencing stock options under such plans and the severance agreements are consistent with the design provisions and benefit levels of other companies disclosing such protections, as provided in public Securities and Exchange Commission filings and as periodically published in various surveys and research reports.

The base salary for 2008 of the named executive officers, other than our CEO, accounted for between 57%—59% of the total compensation of the named executive officers while incentive compensation (consisting of amounts paid under the MOCON Incentive Pay Plan, the special performance bonus arrangement and the fair value of options granted) accounted for approximately 38% of the total compensation of the named executive officers. In determining these percentages, we are using the fair value of options granted to our executives during 2008 as part of their compensation, and not the amount of expense we recognized in connection with these options for financial reporting purposes. This overall mix is consistent with our philosophy of putting a substantial portion of our executives' pay at risk.

The base salary of our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer accounted for approximately 52% of his total compensation, while the base salary of our other executive officers accounted for a higher percentage of their total compensation, which is consistent with our philosophy of having the executive with the greatest responsibility have the greatest portion of his compensation at risk.

We account for equity compensation paid to our employees under the rules of SFAS 123(R), which requires us to estimate and record an expense over the service period of the award. Accounting rules also require us to record cash compensation as an expense at the time the obligation is accrued.

We structure cash base salary and annual incentive compensation so that it is taxable to our executives at the time it becomes available to them. We currently intend that all cash compensation paid will be tax deductible for us. In addition, with respect to equity compensation awards, all of our executives have received equity compensation awards in the form of incentive stock options, which would entitle us to a tax deduction if there was a disqualifying disposition by the executive. However, some of the incentive stock options that have been granted have exceeded the $100,000 per year dollar limitation (with respect to exercisability) set forth in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, the incentive stock options granted in excess of this $100,000 per year limitation will be treated as non-qualified stock options for tax purposes. We will, therefore, be entitled to a tax deduction in the year in which the non-qualified stock option is exercised in an amount equal to the amount by which the fair market value of the shares underlying the non-qualified stock options on the date of exercise exceeds the option exercise price.

Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code requires that we meet specific criteria, including shareholder approval of certain stock and incentive plans, in order to deduct, for federal income tax purposes, compensation over $1 million per individual paid to our named executive officers. Since none of our named executive officers received compensation over $1 million during 2008, we were not affected by the limitations of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

This report is furnished by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors with respect to the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section of this proxy statement.

The primary purpose of the Compensation Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in discharging its responsibilities relating to the compensation of our executive officers. In performing its oversight role, the Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section of this proxy statement with our management.

Based on the review and discussions of the Compensation Committee described above, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" section be included in this proxy statement for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The foregoing Compensation Committee Report shall not be deemed to be "soliciting material" or to be "filed" with the Securities and Exchange Commission or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of our previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might incorporate future filings, including this proxy statement, in whole or in part, the foregoing Compensation Committee Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any such filings.

The members of the Compensation Committee in 2008 were Messrs. Frame and Thomas. Messrs. Frame and Thomas continue to serve on the Compensation Committee. None of the individuals who served on the Compensation Committee during 2008 or currently serve on the Compensation Committee is or has been an officer or employee of our company or any of our subsidiaries or has had any relationship requiring disclosure by us under Item 404 of SEC Regulation S-K. Although Mr. Demorest is not a member of the Compensation Committee, he periodically attends the meetings for the purpose of providing continuity and detailed information about employees and compensation plans. Mr. Demorest does not participate in any option grant or incentive award decision or any decision of the Compensation Committee that might affect him personally. During 2008, none of our executive officers served on the Compensation Committee (or equivalent), or the board of directors, of another entity whose executive officer(s) served on our Compensation Committee or our Board of Directors.

The following table provides summary information concerning all compensation awarded to, earned by or paid to our principal executive officer, our principal financial officer, and our two other most highly compensated executive officers, other than our principal executive officer or principal financial officer, who earned more than $100,000 during the year ended December 31, 2008. We refer to these individuals in this proxy statement as our "named executive officers."

Name and Principal Position		Salary		Bonus		Option Awards(1)		Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation(2)		All Other Compensation(3)		Total

Robert L. Demorest	2008	$	268,982	$	0	$	32,100	$	176,153	$	12,380	$	502,615
Chairman of the Board,									13,000
President and Chief Executive	2007		260,507		0		50,850		161,254		10,424		496,035
Officer									13,000
	2006		245,350		0		0		204,490		11,305		474,145
									13,000
Darrell B. Lee(4)	2008		146,821		0		24,075		60,413		10,734		252,043
Vice President, Chief Financial									10,000
Officer, Treasurer and Secretary	2007		141,313		0		33,900		48,459		8,910		242,582
									10,000
	2006		133,305		0		6,300		61,473		8,361		219,439
									10,000
Douglas J. Lindemann	2008		169,265		0		24,075		78,539		13,153		295,032
Vice President and General									10,000
Manager	2007		161,205		0		33,900		63,837		24,306		293,248
									10,000
	2006		153,529		0		0		62,268		11,390		237,187
									10,000
Daniel W. Mayer	2008		201,594		0		24,075		81,798		19,084		336,551
Executive Vice President and									10,000
Chief Technical Officer	2007		189,086		0		33,900		74,878		16,202		324,066
									10,000
	2006		187,268		0		0		95,077		14,324		306,669
									10,000

Explanation Regarding Disclosure of Salary in Summary Compensation Table. Amounts paid to named executive officers for forfeited vacation during 2008 are reported in the "Salary" column of the Summary Compensation Table.

Employment Agreements. All of our employees, including our named executive officers, are employed at will and do not have employment agreements that guarantee them any particular base salary, annual incentive cash compensation or any other compensation or benefits. We have, however, entered into written severance agreements with our named executive officers, which agreements are described in more detail under the heading "Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control" contained elsewhere in this proxy statement.

MOCON Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan. Under the MOCON, Inc. Savings and Retirement Plan, participants, including our named executive officers, may voluntarily request that we reduce his or her pre-tax compensation by up to 75% (subject to certain special limitations) and contribute such amounts to a trust. In 2008, we contributed an amount equal to 50% of the first 6% of the amount that each participant contributed under this plan.

Total Compensation Mix. Based on the fair value of option awards granted to named executive officers in 2008 and the base salary of the named executive officers, "Salary" accounted for over 57% of the total compensation of each of our named executive officers other than our CEO, while incentive compensation (consisting of amounts paid under the MOCON Incentive Pay Plan, the special performance plan and the fair value of options granted) accounted for approximately 38% of the total compensation of the named executive officers. The value of certain option awards included in calculating the percentage recited above is based on the SFAS 123(R) value rather than the fair value, and therefore the percentages may not be able to be derived using the amounts reflected in the table above. For additional information regarding how total compensation for our named executive officers for 2008 was allocated between performance and non-performance based components, how performance based compensation is allocated between annual and long-term components and how total compensation is allocated between cash and equity components, we refer you to the information under the heading "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" included elsewhere in this proxy statement.

The following table provides information concerning grants of plan-based awards to each of our named executive officers during the year ended December 31, 2008.

			Estimated Future Payouts Under Non-Equity Incentive Plan Awards(1)

									Exercise or Base Price of Option Awards ($/Sh)(3)
											Grant Date Fair Value of Option Awards(4)
Name	Grant Date		Target ($)		Maximum ($)						Grant Date Fair Value of Option Awards(4)
Robert L. Demorest		12/31/08	—		—		10,000	(5)	$	8.58	$	24,000
			$177,731	(6)	$267,963	(6)	—			—		—
			13,000	(7)	—		—			—		—
Darrell B. Lee		12/31/08	—		—		7,500	(5)		8.58		18,000
			60,999	(6)	91,499	(6)	—			—		—
			10,000	(7)	—		—			—		—
Douglas J. Lindemann		12/31/08	—		—		7,500	(5)		8.58		18,000
			79,216	(6)	119,704	(6)	—			—		—
			10,000	(7)	—		—			—		—
Daniel W. Mayer		12/31/08	—		—		7,500	(5)		8.58		18,000
			82,593	(6)	123,889	(6)	—			—		—
			10,000	(7)	—		—			—		—

MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan. Under the terms of the MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, our named executive officers, in addition to other employees and individuals, are eligible to receive equity compensation awards, such as stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, stock bonuses and performance awards. To date, only incentive and non-statutory stock options have been granted under the plan. The plan contains both an overall limit on the number of shares of our common stock that may be issued, as well as individual and other grant limits.

Incentive stock options must be granted with a per share exercise price equal to at least the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant. For purposes of the plan, the fair market value of our common stock is the mean between the reported high and low sale price of our common stock, as reported by the Nasdaq Global Market System. We generally set the per share exercise price of all stock options granted under the plan at an amount equal to the fair market value of a share of our common stock on the date of grant.

Except in connection with certain specified changes in our corporate structure or shares, the Compensation Committee may not, without prior approval of our shareholders, seek to effect any re-pricing of any previously granted, "underwater" option by amending or modifying the terms of the underwater option to lower the exercise price, cancelling the underwater option and granting replacement options having a lower exercise price, or other incentive award in exchange, or repurchasing the underwater options and granting new incentive awards under the plan. For purposes of the plan, an option is deemed to be "underwater" at any time when the fair market value of our common stock is less than the exercise price.

Options will become exercisable at such times and in such installments as may be determined by the Compensation Committee, provided that options may not be exercisable after seven years from their date of grant. We generally provide for the vesting of stock options in equal annual installments over a four-year period commencing on the one-year anniversary of the date of grant or over a one year period with one-fourth of the underlying shares vesting at the end of each three month period following the grant date.

Optionees may pay the exercise price of stock options in cash, except that the Compensation Committee may allow payment to be made (in whole or in part) by (1) using a broker-assisted cashless exercise procedure pursuant to which the optionee, upon exercise of an option, irrevocably instructs a broker or dealer to sell a sufficient number of shares of our common stock or loan a sufficient amount of money to pay all or a portion of the exercise price of the option and/or any related withholding tax obligations and remit such sums to us and directs us to deliver the shares to be issued upon such exercise directly to such broker or dealer; or (2) using a cashless exercise procedure pursuant to which the optionee surrenders to us shares of our common stock either underlying the option or that are otherwise held by the optionee.

Under the terms of the plan, unless otherwise provided in a separate agreement, if a named executive officer's employment or service with our company terminates for any reason, the unvested portion of the option will immediately terminate and the executive's right to exercise the then vested portion of the option will:

As set forth in the plan, the term "cause" is as defined in any employment or other agreement or policy applicable to the named executive officer or, if no such agreement or policy exists, means (i) dishonesty, fraud, misrepresentation, embezzlement or deliberate injury or attempted injury, in each case related to us or any subsidiary, (ii) any unlawful or criminal activity of a serious nature, (iii) any intentional and deliberate breach of a duty or duties that, individually or in the aggregate, are material in relation to the overall duties, or (iv) any material breach of any employment, service, confidentiality, non-compete or non-solicitation agreement entered into with us or any subsidiary.

As described in more detail under the heading "—Change in Control and Post-Termination Severance Arrangements" if there is a change in control of our company, then, under the terms of agreements evidencing options granted to our named executive officers and other employees under the plan, all outstanding options will become immediately exercisable in full and will remain exercisable for the remainder of their terms, regardless of whether the executive to whom such options have been granted remains in the employ or service of us or any of our subsidiaries.

MOCON, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan. Prior to the effectiveness of the MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan on May 16, 2006, the date our shareholders approved the plan, we granted options to purchase shares of our common stock under the terms of the MOCON, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan. The terms of the 1998 plan are similar to the terms of the MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan described above.

MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan. We maintain the MOCON, Inc. Incentive Pay Plan to directly link our annual financial results with our executives' overall compensation. For 2008, the target for each of Messrs. Demorest, Lee, Lindemann and Mayer, our executives who have overall corporate responsibility, was a specified amount of our annual net income before income taxes and incentives.

At the end of each calendar year, the Compensation Committee establishes goal amounts for our named executive officers and determines the percentage of salary at goal for each executive for the following year. The 2008 percentages of salary at goal, which were set by the Compensation Committee in December 2007, range from 40% to 65% of 2008 base salary earned, at goal, with the actual incentive paid based on the percentage of goal achieved, up to a maximum of 150%. The base bonus amount for Mr. Demorest was set at 65% of his base salary for 2008 and is currently set at 65% of his base salary for 2009. The base bonus amounts for our other named executive officers ranged from 40% to 45% of their base salary for 2008 and are the same for 2009.

Bonuses are paid if we achieve our profit goals, which are set by the Board of Directors at the end of the prior year. To the extent that our profits are less than or greater than established goals, the actual bonus amounts paid are proportionally reduced or increased but may not exceed 150% of the base bonus amount.

The payouts actually received by each of Messrs. Demorest, Lee, Lindemann and Mayer for 2008 under the Incentive Pay Plan were $176,153, $60,413, $78,539 and $81,798, respectively.

Special Performance Related Bonus Arrangements. We offer each of our named executive officers the opportunity to earn a special performance related bonus each year by successfully attaining a non-financial goal that is set each year by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has the sole discretion in determining each year whether or not the goal has been achieved. The Compensation Committee, with substantial input from our Board, sets one or more non-financial objectives that are important to the long-term success of our company, but that may or may not have a significant short-term financial impact. For more information on this bonus arrangement, see the discussion under "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Annual Incentive Compensation" above.

Other Information Regarding Plan-Based Awards. Under severance agreements we have entered into with our named executive officers, upon the occurrence of a change in control, all stock options then held by the officer pursuant to our stock incentive plans would be accelerated and all such options would become fully vested and immediately exercisable as described in more detail under the heading "—Change in Control and Post-Termination Severance Arrangements."

The following table provides information regarding unexercised stock options for each of our named executive officers that remained outstanding at December 31, 2008. We did not have any stock awards outstanding at December 31, 2008.

	Option Awards

Name	Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable		Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Unexercisable			Option Exercise Price ($)		Option Expiration Date
Robert L. Demorest		9,000		0			5.625		02/01/2010
		30,000		0			5.938		10/18/2010
		40,000		0			6.700		09/21/2011
		25,000		0			7.295		12/05/2012
		25,000		0			8.075		12/22/2013
		10,000		0			9.175		12/23/2014
		10,000		0			8.905		12/28/2015
		15,000		0			12.065		12/21/2013
		10,000		0			10.95		12/30/2014
		0		10,000	(1)		8.575		12/30/2015
Darrell B. Lee		625		625			8.905		12/28/2015
		1,000		0			8.900		01/23/2016
		10,000		0			12.065		12/21/2013
		7,500		0			10.95		12/30/2014
		0		7,500	(1)		8.575		12/30/2015
Douglas J. Lindemann		7,500		0			5.938		10/18/2010
		12,000		0			6.700		09/21/2011
		10,000		0			7.295		12/05/2012
		10,000		0			8.075		12/22/2013
		5,000		0			9.175		12/23/2014
		5,000		0			8.905		12/28/2015
		10,000		0			12.065		12/21/2013
		7,500		0			10.95		12/30/2014
		0		7,500	(1)		8.575		12/30/2015
Daniel W. Mayer		7,500		0			5.625		02/01/2010
		10,000		0			5.938		10/18/2010
		17,500		0			6.700		09/21/2011
		12,000		0			7.295		12/05/2012
		12,000		0			8.075		12/22/2013
		5,000		0			9.175		12/23/2014
		5,000		0			8.905		12/28/2015
		10,000		0			12.065		12/21/2013
		7,500		0			10.95		12/30/2014
		0		7,500	(1)		8.575		12/30/2015

The following table provides information regarding the exercise of stock options during the year ended December 31, 2008 for each of our named executive officers on an aggregated basis. We do not have any outstanding stock awards and thus did not have any stock awards vest during the year ended December 31, 2008.

Severance Agreements. We have in place a severance agreement with each of our named executive officers. These severance agreements have no stated expiration dates and unless modified by the parties to such agreements will remain in place until the executives are no longer employed by us and all benefits payable under the agreements have been paid.

The severance agreements provide for the payment to the executive of a lump sum amount upon the occurrence of the following termination events involving the executive, in each case conditioned upon the executive signing a general release of any and all claims he may have against us:

In addition to the severance payment described above, and regardless of whether the executive remains employed by us or not, if a "change in control" of our company occurs, any unvested stock options then held by the executive will vest in full.

A "change in control" is generally defined as the occurrence of any of the following events:

An executive is entitled to terminate his employment for "good reason" if any of the following occurs within 24 months following a change in control of our company:

Change in Control Arrangements under Our Equity-Based Compensation Plans. The stock options held by our named executive officers were granted under either our current MOCON, Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan or the MOCON, Inc. 1998 Stock Option Plan. Under the terms of these plans and agreements evidencing stock options granted under these plans, stock options become fully vested or exercisable following a "change in control" of our company, which is defined under the plans as:

Effect of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. In any event, if any payments to a named executive officer under the severance agreements or otherwise are considered contingent upon a "change in control" for purposes of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and would therefore constitute a "parachute payment" under the Code, then such payments would be reduced to the largest amount as will result in no portion of such payments being subject to the tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Potential Payments to Named Executive Officers. The following table describes the potential payments to each of our named executive officers in the event of a change in control of our company on December 31, 2008 or a termination of the executive's employment with us on December 31, 2008 either in connection with or within 24 months following a change in control of our company or not in connection with a change in control:

Name	Executive Benefits and Payments	Occurrence of Change in Control		Involuntary Not-for-Cause Termination Not in Connection with a Change in Control		Involuntary Not-for-Cause or Good Reason Termination in Connection with or Within 24 Months Following Change in Control

Robert L. Demorest	Base Salary(1)	$	—	$	262,915	$	525,830
	Unvested and Accelerated
	Stock Options(2)		2,400		—		2,400

	Total:		2,400		262,915		528,230
Darrell B. Lee	Base Salary(1)		—		146,633		293,266
	Unvested and Accelerated
	Stock Options(2)		1,800		—		1,800

	Total:		1,800		146,633		295,066
Douglas J. Lindemann	Base Salary(1)		—		169,265		338,530
	Unvested and Accelerated
	Stock Options(2)		1,800		—		1,800

	Total:		1,800		169,265		340,330
Daniel W. Mayer	Base Salary(1)		—		198,540		397,080
	Unvested and Accelerated
	Stock Options(2)		1,800		—		1,800

	Total:		1,800		198,540		398,880

Please see "Director Compensation" and "Executive Compensation" for information regarding the compensation of our directors and executive officers and for information regarding agreements we have entered into with our directors and executive officers.

Our Board of Directors has delegated to the Audit Committee, pursuant to the terms of a written policy, the authority to review, approve and ratify related party transactions. If it is not feasible for the Audit Committee to take an action with respect to a proposed related party transaction, our Board or another committee of our Board, may approve or ratify it. No member of our Board or any Board committee may participate in any review, consideration or approval of any related party transaction with respect to which such member or any of his or her immediate family members is the related party.

Our policy defines a "related party transaction" as a transaction, arrangement or relationship (or any series of similar transactions, arrangements or relationships) in which we (including any of our subsidiaries) were, are or will be a participant and the amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $10,000 in any calendar year, and in which any related party had, has or will have a direct or indirect interest.

Prior to entering into or amending any related party transaction, the party involved must provide notice to our Finance Department of the facts and circumstances of the proposed transaction, including:

If the Finance Department, with the assistance of our legal counsel, determines the proposed transaction is a related party transaction, the proposed transaction will be submitted to the Audit Committee for consideration. In determining whether to approve a proposed related party transaction, the Audit Committee will consider, among other things, the following:

We also produce quarterly reports of any amounts paid or payable to, or received or receivable from, any related party. These reports allow us to identify any related party transactions that were not previously approved or ratified. In that event, the transaction will be promptly submitted to the Audit Committee for consideration of all the relevant facts and circumstances, including those considered when a transaction is submitted for pre-approval. Under our policy, certain related party transactions as defined under our policy will be deemed to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee and will not be subject to these procedures.

PROPOSAL TWO—RATIFICATION OF SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Audit Committee of our Board has again selected KPMG LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. Although it is not required to do so, our Board wishes to submit the selection of KPMG LLP for shareholder approval at the Annual Meeting. Even if the selection is ratified by our shareholders, the Audit Committee may in its discretion change the appointment at any time during the year, if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of our company and its shareholders. A representative of KPMG LLP will be present at the Annual Meeting, will have an opportunity to make a statement if they so desire, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. If the shareholders do not approve the selection of KPMG LLP, our Board will reconsider its selection.

The following table presents the aggregate fees billed and estimated amounts to be billed for audit services and fees billed for all other professional services rendered by KPMG LLP for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2008.

The Audit Committee has adopted procedures pursuant to which all audit, audit-related and tax services, and all permissible non-audit services provided by KPMG LLP to us and our subsidiaries, are pre-approved by the Audit Committee. All services rendered by KPMG LLP to us and our subsidiaries during 2008 were permissible under applicable laws and regulations, and all such services provided by KPMG LLP to us were approved in advance by the Audit Committee in accordance with the rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to implement requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Our Board recommends a vote FOR ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. In absence of other instructions, proxies will be voted FOR the approval of the proposal to ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009.

This report is furnished by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors with respect to our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008.

One of the purposes of the Audit Committee is to oversee our accounting and financial reporting processes and the audit of our annual financial statements. Our management is responsible for the preparation and presentation of complete and accurate financial statements. Our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP, is responsible for performing an independent audit of our financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and for issuing a report on their audit.

In performing its oversight role, the Audit Committee has reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 with our management. Management represented to the Audit Committee that our consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Audit Committee has discussed with KPMG LLP, our independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, Communication with Audit Committees (Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards, AU 380), as in effect for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from KPMG LLP required by Independence Standards Board Standard No. 1 (Independence Discussions with Audit Committees), as in effect for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. The Audit Committee has discussed with KPMG LLP its independence and concluded that the independent registered public accounting firm is independent from our company and our management.

Based on the review and discussions of the Audit Committee described above, in reliance on the unqualified opinion of KPMG LLP regarding our audited financial statements, and subject to the limitations on the role and responsibilities of the Audit Committee described above and in the Audit Committee's charter, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board of Directors that our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 for filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The foregoing Audit Committee Report shall not be deemed to be "soliciting material" or to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of that act. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in any of our previous filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that might incorporate future filings, including this proxy statement, in whole or in part, neither of the reports shall be incorporated by reference into any such filings.

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, requires each of our directors and executive officers, and each person who owns more than 10% of our outstanding common stock, to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of our common stock and of our other equity securities. Executive officers, directors and greater than 10% shareholders are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all Section 16(a) reports they file. To our knowledge, based on review of the copies of such reports furnished to us during the year ended December 31, 2008, and based on representations by our directors and executive officers, all of our directors, executive officers and greater than 10% shareholders complied with all Section 16(a) filings requirements.

Proposals of shareholders intended to be presented in the proxy materials relating to our 2010 annual meeting of shareholders must be received by us at our principal executive offices on or before December 14, 2009, unless the date of the meeting has been changed by more than 30 calendar days, and must satisfy the requirements of the proxy rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. A shareholder who wishes to make a proposal at our 2010 annual meeting of shareholders without including the proposal in our proxy statement must notify us by February 27, 2010, unless the date of the meeting has been changed by more than 30 calendar days. If a shareholder fails to provide notice by this date, then the persons named as proxies in the proxies that we solicit for the next annual meeting will have discretionary authority to vote on the proposal.

The Nominating Committee will consider recommendations for the nomination of directors submitted by our shareholders. Any shareholder of our company seeking to recommend a nominee for director for the Nominating Committee's consideration must submit a letter addressed to the Nominating Committee, c/o Corporate Secretary, MOCON, Inc., 7500 Boone Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428, clearly identified as "Director Nominee Recommendation." Submissions must be made by mail, courier or personal delivery. E-mailed submissions will not be considered. All recommendation letters must contain the following information concerning the recommending shareholder:

All recommendation letters must contain the information required by Items 401, 403 and 404 of SEC Regulation S-K concerning the proposed nominee. The nominating recommendation must describe all relationships between the proposed nominee and the recommending shareholder and any agreements or understandings between the recommending shareholder and the nominee regarding the nomination. The nominating recommendation must describe all relationships between the proposed nominee and any of our competitors, customers, suppliers, or other persons with special interests regarding our company.

The nominating recommendation must be accompanied by the consent of the proposed nominee to be interviewed by the Nominating Committee, if the Nominating Committee chooses to do so in its discretion (and the recommending shareholder must furnish the proposed nominee's contact information for this purpose), and, if nominated and elected, to serve as a director of our company.

To assure time for meaningful consideration and evaluation of the nominees by the Nominating Committee, shareholders seeking to recommend a nominee for director must submit their recommendation letter, as provided above, not later than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the prior annual meeting of shareholders. In the event that the date of the annual meeting of shareholders for the current year is more than 30 days following the first anniversary date of the annual meeting of shareholders for the prior year, the submission of a recommendation will be considered timely if it is submitted a reasonable time in advance of the mailing of our proxy statement for the annual meeting of shareholders for the current year. The Nominating Committee will consider only those shareholder recommendations whose submissions comply with these procedural requirements.

The Nominating Committee will evaluate candidates recommended by shareholders in the same manner as those recommended as stated above, except that the Nominating Committee may consider, as one of the factors in its evaluation of shareholder recommended nominees, the size and duration of the interest of the recommending shareholder or shareholder group in the equity of our company.

Our management does not intend to present other items of business and knows of no items of business that are likely to be brought before the Annual Meeting except those described in this proxy statement. However, if any other matters should properly come before the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed proxy will have discretionary authority to vote such proxy in accordance with their best judgment on such matters.

WE HAVE SENT TO EACH OF OUR SHAREHOLDERS A COPY OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS, INCLUDING OUR ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K (WITHOUT EXHIBITS) FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008. WE WILL FURNISH A COPY OF ANY EXHIBIT TO OUR FORM 10-K UPON RECEIPT FROM ANY SUCH PERSON OF A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH EXHIBITS UPON THE PAYMENT OF OUR REASONABLE EXPENSES IN FURNISHING THE EXHIBITS. SUCH REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO: 7500 BOONE AVENUE NORTH, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA 55428; ATTN: SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, please vote your shares of common stock by marking, signing, dating and promptly returning the enclosed proxy card in the envelope provided. No postage is required for mailing in the United States.



MOCON, INC.
7500 Boone Avenue North
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55428 Proxy

This Proxy is solicited by the Board of Directors

Important Notice Regarding Internet Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting: The Proxy Statement and Annual Report for the Annual Meeting on May 19, 2009 are available at http://materials.proxyvote.com/607494.

The undersigned hereby appoints Robert L. Demorest and Darrell B. Lee and each of them, as proxies, each with full power of substitution, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, as designated below, all the shares of common stock of MOCON, Inc. held of record by the undersigned on March 20, 2009, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, or any adjournment of the meeting.

x Please mark your votes as in this example.

1. Election of Directors:

FOR all nominees listed below
(except as marked to the contrary below)

Vote WITHHELD for all nominees listed below

Robert L. Demorest	Dean B. Chenoweth	Donald N. DeMorett

J. Leonard Frame	Robert F. Gallagher	Daniel W. Mayer

Ronald A. Meyer	Richard A. Proulx	Tom C. Thomas

(INSTRUCTION: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee, strike a line through the nominee’s name.)

2. Ratify the selection of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009.

o FOR o AGAINST o ABSTAIN

(Please Sign on Reverse Side)

This proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed herein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted FOR all nominees named in Proposal 1 above, FOR Proposal 2 above and, in the proxies’ discretion, upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting. Please sign exactly as name appears below. When shares are held by joint tenants, both should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee or guardian, please give full title as such. If a corporation, please sign in full corporate name by President or other authorized officer. If a partnership, please sign in partnership name by authorized person.

	Dated:	, 2009


	Signature


	Signature if held jointly

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Name	2007		2008				2009

Robert L. Demorest	$	250,395	$	262,915	5.0	%	$	273,432	4.0	%
Darrell B. Lee		139,650		146,633	5.0	%		152,498	4.0	%
Douglas J. Lindemann		161,205		169,265	5.0	%		176,036	4.0	%
Daniel W. Mayer		189,086		198,540	5.0	%		206,482	4.0	%

Name	401(k) Match		Life Insurance Premiums		Personal Use of Auto

Robert L. Demorest	$	7,441	$	1,687	$	3,252
Darrell B. Lee		4,203		768		5,763
Douglas J. Lindemann		3,385		331		9,437
Daniel W. Mayer		6,912		769		11,403

	Aggregate Amount Billed

Services Rendered	2007		2008
Audit Fees(1)	$	181,000	$	191,000
Audit-Related Fees		0		0
Tax Fees(2)		57,000		61,000
All Other Fees		0		0


		Very truly yours,

		Robert L. Demorest Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer


		By Order of the Board of Directors,

		Darrell B. Lee Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

Name of Nominee		Principal Occupation

Robert L. Demorest	63	Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of MOCON, Inc.	1995
Dean B. Chenoweth	87	Retired Executive Vice President of Advantek, Inc.	1980
Donald N. DeMorett	50	President and Chief Executive Officer of GearGrid Corporation	2006
J. Leonard Frame	84	Chairman of Phoenix Solutions Co.	1983
Robert F. Gallagher	53	Chief Financial Officer of Stratasys, Inc.	2005
Daniel W. Mayer	58	Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of MOCON, Inc.	2000
Ronald A. Meyer	58	Vice President of MOCON, Inc.	2000
Richard A. Proulx	75	Independent Consultant	1991
Tom C. Thomas	49	Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP	1997

	Incentive Pay Plan Payouts for 2008 Performance

	Incentive Pay Plan Payouts for 2008 Performance					Incentive Pay Plan Payout as % of 2008 Total Compensation
	$ Amount		% Target			Incentive Pay Plan Payout as % of 2008 Total Compensation
Robert L. Demorest	$	176,153		103	%		35	%
Darrell B. Lee		60,413		103	%		24	%
Douglas J. Lindemann		78,539		103	%		27	%
Daniel W. Mayer		81,798		103	%		24	%


		Compensation Committee
		Tom C. Thomas, Chairman J. Leonard Frame

	Option Awards

Name	Number of Shares Acquired on Exercise (#)		Value Realized on Exercise ($)(1)
Robert L. Demorest		8,500	$	51,797
Darrell B. Lee		625		1,209
Douglas J. Lindemann		1,500		3,251
Daniel W. Mayer		7,500		41,953


		Audit Committee
		Richard A. Proulx, Chairman Donald N. DeMorett Robert F. Gallagher


		BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

		Darrell B. Lee Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary