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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · BioLife Solutions (BLFS)

BioLife Solutions: Chief Quality and Operations Officer Karen Foster to retire March 31, 2026

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

BioLife Solutions said its Chief Quality and Operations Officer, Karen Foster, will retire effective March 31, 2026, after giving notice on January 8, 2026. The company states her decision was not due to any disagreement over its operations, policies or practices.

Key points

  • Karen Foster, Chief Quality and Operations Officer, gave notice of retirement on January 8, 2026
  • Retirement is effective March 31, 2026
  • The filing states no disagreement with the company on operations, policies or practices
  • Filing does not name a successor

The filing

CompanyBioLife Solutions (BLFS)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 9, 2026, 5:03 PM ET
Accession number0001628280-26-001649

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:07 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 09, 2026.

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