Michael Rice - Sep 24, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC (BLFS)

Signature
/s/ Michael Rice
Stock symbol
BLFS
Transactions as of
Sep 24, 2023
Transactions value $
-$11,767
Form type
4
Date filed
10/2/2023, 05:07 PM
Previous filing
Sep 12, 2023
Next filing
Oct 10, 2023

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction BLFS Common Stock Award +290 +0.07% 419K Sep 24, 2023 Direct F1
transaction BLFS Common Stock Sale -$11.8K -831 -0.2% $14.16 419K Sep 28, 2023 Direct F2
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The shares of restricted stock reported herein were issued to the reporting person in lieu of a portion of cash salary at the last closing price as of the date of grant.
F2 The sale reported herein was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 (c) trading plan adopted by the reporting person effective as of 03-25-2020 to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted stock.