Insider trade

Officer sold ~$4.5K of BLFS shares in the open market

Traded Mar 3, 2026 · Filed Mar 5, 2026

~$4.5K
Approx. value · 219 sh @ $20.74: 93K
Holds after · shares reported: +91.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.9%, $20.17 → $38.61 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

BioLife Solutions's Chief Human Resources Officer sold $4.5K of BioLife Solutions shares. The filing says it was made under a pre-arranged trading plan.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Mar 3, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 5, 2026

Officer<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$4,542

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

5 days after results of Feb 26, 2026, 65 days before results of May 7, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	−7.5%	−1.5%	−6.0%
30 days	−3.0%	−2.0%	−1.0%
90 days	+36.4%	+12.6%	+23.8%
180 days	+80.9%	+13.8%	+67.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001628280-26-015337
Filed / recorded: Mar 5, 2026, 10:10 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 6, 2026, 10:14 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v2
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC
Issuer CIK: 834365
Ticker: BLFS
Reporting person: Sarah Aebersold
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Human Resources Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Mar 3, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 219
Price per share: $20.74
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 93,360
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The sale reported herein was made pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 (c) trading plan adopted by the reporting person effective as of 02-24-2022 to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted stock.