Chief Financial Officer · BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC (BLFS)

Troy Wichterman

A named executive officer of BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS in every fiscal year CompBrief holds from FY2019 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

$2,554,007

FY2023: $1,697,221

2nd 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 2026-11-10.

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Troy Wichterman compensation by year

BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS Summary Compensation Table · all 6 fiscal years held
In US dollars, as BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS reports it. Most recent year shaded. Totals are the company’s disclosed totals.
ComponentFY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024
Salary$162,813$192,308$249,077$375,000$472,000$472,000
Bonus$10,000$40,000$30,000$0$0$0
Stock awards$34,627$346,109$280,024$1,245,968$1,212,021$1,820,443
Option awards$0$0$0$0$0$0
Non-equity incentive$0$0$0$121,688$0$249,216
Pension and deferred compensation$0$0$0$0$0$0
All other$7,412$8,892$11,643$12,200$13,200$12,348
Total$214,852$587,309$570,744$1,754,856$1,697,221$2,554,007

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.

$215K
$587K
$571K
$1.8M
$1.7M
$2.6M
FY19
FY20
FY21
FY22
FY23
FY24
SalaryBonusNon-equity incentiveStock awardsAll other

Equity holdings

unvested awards at FY2024 year-end
TypeUnvested unitsValue at year-endExercise price
RSU41,715$1,082,921—
PSU41,715$1,082,921—
PSU34,296$890,324—
RSU19,292$500,820—
RSU7,302$189,560—
RSU355$9,216—

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

23 Form 4 lines since the FY2024 proxy (filed July 8, 2025)
current to 2026-11-10 · updated nightly
DateTransactionPlanSharesPriceHeld after
2026-10-06Grant or award—62,300—279,181
2026-10-06Tax withholding—95,933$38.61183,248
2026-10-06Grant or award—76,204—216,881
2026-10-06Disposition to the issuer—256,000—0
2026-09-18Tax withholding—937$36.69211,286
2026-09-08Tax withholding—1,026$35.38212,223
2026-07-07Tax withholding—844$27.79213,249
2026-06-18Tax withholding—937$26.04214,093

The 8 most recent of 23 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
Involuntary termination without cause$472,000$3,755,763$22,714$4,250,477
Death—$3,755,763—$4,004,979
Resignation for good reason, no change in control$472,000$3,755,763$22,714$4,250,477
Change in control and resignation for good reason$472,000$3,755,763$22,714$4,499,693
Disability—$3,755,763—$4,004,979
Change in control and involuntary termination$472,000$3,755,763$22,714$4,499,693

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 GreefChief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board$7,046,205
Troy Wichterman · this pageChief 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

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