Troy Wichterman - 19 Jan 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC (BLFS)

Signature
/s/ Troy Wichterman
Issuer symbol
BLFS
Transactions as of
19 Jan 2024
Net transactions value
-$40,542
Form type
4
Filing time
23 Jan 2024, 17:29:48 UTC
Previous filing
28 Dec 2023
Next filing
23 Feb 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction BLFS Common Stock Sale $40,542 -2,419 -3.6% $16.76 64,920 19 Jan 2024 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 01-03-2023 to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted stock.