Troy Wichterman - Dec 22, 2023 Form 4 Insider Report for BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC (BLFS)

Role
Chief Financial Officer
Signature
/s/ Troy Wichterman
Stock symbol
BLFS
Transactions as of
Dec 22, 2023
Transactions value $
-$5,272
Form type
4
Date filed
12/28/2023, 04:46 PM
Previous filing
Dec 19, 2023
Next filing
Jan 23, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction BLFS Common Stock Sale -$5.27K -314 -0.46% $16.79 67.3K Dec 22, 2023 Direct F1
* 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 sale reported herein was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 (c) trading plan adopted by the reporting person effective as of 06-19-2020 to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted stock.