---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-23-025959"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BLFS"
cik: "0000834365"
company_name: "BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC"
filed_at: "2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T01:36:47.894535+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BioLife Solutions stockholders re-elect directors, approve executive compensation and 2023 Incentive Plan

## Summary
- Re-elected all seven director nominees: Michael Rice, Joydeep Goswami, Joseph Schick, Amy DuRoss, Rachel Ellingson, Roderick de Greef, and Timothy Moore.
- Approved non-binding advisory vote on named executive officer compensation: 28,011,724 for, 5,972,831 against.
- Ratified appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent auditor for FY2023: 38,080,800 votes for.
- Approved 2023 Omnibus Performance Incentive Plan: 32,018,463 votes for, 1,961,503 against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-23-025959
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BLFS
- cik: 0000834365
- company_name: BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC
- filed_at: 2023-07-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000162828023025959/0001628280-23-025959-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000162828023025959/blfs-20230721.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment by the Board of the Company of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-07-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-21
  source text: Proposal No. 3 - Ratification of the appointment by the Board of the Company of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000162828023025959/0001628280-23-025959-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC shareholders approved Election of directors: Michael Rice, Joydeep Goswami, Joseph Schick, Amy DuRoss, Rachel Ellingson, Roderick de Greef, and Timothy Moore at the 2023-07-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-21
  source text: Proposal No. 1 - Election of directors . Michael Rice, Joydeep Goswami, Joseph Schick, Amy DuRoss, Rachel Ellingson, Roderick de Greef, and Timothy Moore were elected to serve until the 2024 annual meeting of stockholders or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal or otherwise is disqualified from serving as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000162828023025959/0001628280-23-025959-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC shareholders approved Approval of the 2023 Omnibus Performance Incentive Plan at the 2023-07-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-21
  source text: Proposal No. 4 - Approval of the 2023 Omnibus Performance Incentive Plan . The 2023 Omnibus Performance Incentive Plan was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000162828023025959/0001628280-23-025959-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC shareholders approved Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers at the 2023-07-21 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-21
  source text: Proposal No. 2 - Approval, by non-binding advisory vote, of the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. The compensation for the Company’s named executive officers, by non-binding advisory vote, was approved.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000162828023025959/0001628280-23-025959-index.htm

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