UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 1, 2017 (May 25, 2017)

BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:     (425) 402-1400

Not Applicable 

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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Item 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 25, 2017, BioLife Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its 2017 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). The number of shares of stock entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting was 13,298,883 consisting of 13,016,533 shares of common stock and 282,350 shares of restricted stock (collectively, the “Voting Stock”). The number of shares of Voting Stock present or represented by valid proxy at the Annual Meeting was 10,757,883 shares. All matters submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders at the Annual Meeting were approved, and Raymond Cohen, Thomas Girschweiler, Andrew Hinson, Michael Rice, and Joseph Schick were elected as directors.

The following is a tabulation of the voting on the proposals presented at the Annual Meeting:

(i) To elect five (5) directors, each of whom will be elected for a term of one year, or until the election and qualification of their successors.

(ii) To approve an amendment and restatement to the Company’s 2013 Performance Incentive Plan to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock available for issuance under the Plan from 3,100,000 to 4,100,000.

(iii) To ratify the appointment by the Board of Directors of Peterson Sullivan LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.