BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC. (NASDAQ:BLFS) Files An 8-K Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
Item 4.01 Changes in Registrant\’s Certifying Accountant.
(a) On November 1, 2019, the partners and professional staff of Peterson Sullivan LLP (“PS”), which was engaged as the independent registered public accounting firm of BioLife Solutions, Inc. (the \”Company\”) joined BDO USA, LLP (\”BDO\”). As a result of this transaction, PS resigned as the Company\’s independent registered public accounting firm on December 12, 2019. On December 13, 2019, following the resignation of PS, the Company, through and with the approval of its Audit Committee, appointed BDO as its independent registered public accounting firm.
The reports of PS on the financial statements of the Company for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, did not contain any adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
During the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and through December 10, 2019, there were no disagreements between the Company and PS on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of PS, would have caused PS to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in connection with its audit reports on the Company’s financial statements. During the Company’s past fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the interim period through December 12, 2019, PS did not advise the Company of any of the matters specified in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.
The Company provided PS with a copy of this report on Form 8-K in accordance with Item 304(a) of Regulation S-K prior to its filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission and requested that PS furnish the Company with a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements and, if it does not agree, the respects in which it does not agree. A copy of the letter from PS is filed as Exhibit 16.1 hereto.
(b) During the Company’s two most recently completed fiscal years and through the date of engagement of BDO, neither the Company nor anyone on behalf of the Company consulted with BDO regarding (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s financial statements as to which the Company received a written report or oral advice that was an important factor in reaching a decision on any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue; or (b) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event as defined in Items 304(a)(1)(iv) and (v), respectively, of Regulation S-K.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC Exhibit
EX-16.1 2 ex_167626.htm EXHIBIT 16.1 ex_167626.htm Exhibit 16.1 December 16,…
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About BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC. (NASDAQ:BLFS)
BioLife Solutions, Inc. (BioLife) is engaged in the developing, manufacturing and marketing a portfolio of biopreservation tools and services for cells, tissues and organs, including clinical grade cell and tissue hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media and a related cloud hosted biologistics cold chain management application for shippers. The Company’s product offerings include hypothermic storage and cryopreservation freeze media products for cells, tissues, and organs; generic blood stem cell freezing and cell thawing media products; custom product formulation and custom packaging services; cold chain logistics services incorporating precision thermal packaging products and cloud-hosted Web applications, and contract aseptic manufacturing formulation, fill and finish services of liquid media products. Its products include HypoThermosol FRS, CryoStor, BloodStor, Cell Thawing Media, PrepaStor and biologistex cold-chain management service.
