Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board · BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC (BLFS)

Roderick de Greef

A named executive officer of BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2017 to FY2024. Every figure below is printed as the company filed it and cited to the filing it came from.

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Total disclosed compensation, FY2024

$7,046,205

FY2023: $5,316,798

1st of 6 named executive officers at Biolife Solutions by FY2024 total.

6 named officers on file for BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, FY2024

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Compensation figures as of the proxy filed July 8, 2025 (DEF 14A). Insider transactions since that proxy, current to 2026-11-06.

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Roderick de Greef compensation by year

BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 5 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2017FY2018FY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$300,000$350,000$450,000$198,890$744,450
Bonus$45,000$52,500$0$62,740$0
Stock awards$0$87,498$1,747,823$4,588,883$5,571,874
Option awards$175,015$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$185,850$0$655,116
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0
All other$0$0$0$466,285$74,765
Total$520,015$489,998$2,383,673$5,316,798$7,046,205

Each year as stated in that year's proxy. A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. Source: BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC DEF 14A filed July 8, 2025, accession 0000834365-25-000007, and prior-year filings. Open the filing on EDGAR.

How this page was built: the BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC filed document, accession 0000834365-25-000007. Every figure is read from that document and cited to the page and table it appears in. Filed July 8, 2025.

$520K
$490K
$2.4M
$5.3M
$7.0M
FY17
FY18
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsOption awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU296,142$7,687,846—
PSU219,024$5,685,863—

Per the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End table in BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC's FY2024 proxy; value at the fiscal year-end close, as the company printed it.

Insider transactions since the last proxy

16 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed July 8, 2025)
current to 2026-11-06 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-06Grant or award—225,670—567,186
2026-10-06Tax withholding—364,872$38.61439,774
2026-10-06Disposition to the issuer—826,454—0
2026-10-06Grant or award—237,460—804,646
2026-09-18Tax withholding—2,775$36.69728,196
2026-06-18Tax withholding—2,775$26.04730,971
2026-03-19Tax withholding—11,101$19.12733,746
2026-02-24Grant or award—219,024—831,033

The 8 most recent of 16 lines, each as reported on the Form 4. "10b5-1" marks a trade the filing reports under a pre-arranged trading plan. View every Form 4 filing on EDGAR →

Change-in-control & termination

estimated payments BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS discloses, by trigger · FY2024
TriggerCash severanceAccelerated equityBenefits continuationTotal as disclosed
Change in control and involuntary termination$1,488,900$13,373,709$73,352$15,591,077
Death—$13,373,709—$14,028,825
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$744,450$13,373,709$36,676$14,154,835
Change in control and resignation for good reason$1,488,900$13,373,709$73,352$15,591,077
Involuntary termination without cause$744,450$13,373,709$36,676$14,154,835
Disability—$13,373,709—$14,028,825

Per the Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control table in BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC's FY2024 proxy. Estimates as the company printed them; a dash means it printed no figure.

BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS’s named executive officers, FY2024

as the company reported each
Named executive officerRoleFY2024 total
Roderick de Greef · this pageChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board$7,046,205
Troy WichtermanChief Financial Officer$2,554,007
Aby MathewExecutive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer$1,733,494
Karen FosterChief Quality and Operations Officer$1,515,139
Garrie RichardsonFormer Chief Revenue Officer$1,387,288
Todd BerardChief Commercial Officer$1,127,495

Board service

BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS board · FY2023–FY2024
Director compensation in US dollars, as BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS reports it. Most recent year first; a dash means the company reported no figure in that column.
Fiscal yearCash feesStock awardsOption awardsOtherTotal
FY2024—————
FY2023$112,740$170,444——$283,184

Each year as the company reported it in BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS's director compensation table. Totals are the company's own disclosed totals.

How this board is paid

Company policy: BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS pays directors a $60,000 cash retainer and $180,000 in RSUs. As stated in BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS's FY2024 proxy.

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How this record is built

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