10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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þQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009

OR

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from       to_______

Commission File Number 0-18170

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

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Delaware	94-3076866
(State or Other  Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 310

Bothell, WA 98021

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

(425) 402-1400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes þ  No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes ¨  No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):

Large Accelerated Filer  ¨	Accelerated Filer  ¨
Non-Accelerated Filer   ¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company  þ

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes ¨  No þ

The registrant had 69,639,854 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding as of July 31, 2009.

BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Balance Sheets
(unaudited)

	June 30,				December 31,
	2009				2008
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$	86,403			$	98,724
Accounts receivable, trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $9,000 and $29,000 at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively			199,192				279,192
Inventories			379,230				625,291
Prepaid expenses and other current assets			44,655				19,483
Total current assets			709,480				1,022,690
Property and equipment
Leasehold improvements			202,270				––
Furniture and computer equipment			164,748				109,753
Manufacturing and other equipment			319,224				210,558
Subtotal			686,242				320,311
Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization			(228,438	)			(190,214	)
Net property and equipment			457,804				130,097
Long term deposits			36,166				17,835
Total assets		$	1,203,450			$	1,170,622
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency)
Current liabilities
Accounts payable		$	400,277			$	659,133
Accrued expenses			222,425				242,182
Deferred revenue			8,334				25,833
Promissory notes payable, related parties			6,963,127				––
Accrued interest, related parties			504,080				––
Total current liabilities			8,098,243				927,148
Long term liabilities
Promissory notes payable, related parties			––				5,063,127
Accrued interest, related parties			––				278,961
Deferred revenue, long term			67,500				72,500
Total liabilities			8,165,743				6,341,735
Commitments and Contingencies
Stockholders' equity (deficiency)
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, 69,639,854 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008			69,640				69,640
Additional paid-in capital			42,261,432				42,202,117
Accumulated deficit			(49,293,365	)			(47,442,870	)
Total stockholders' equity (deficiency)			(6,962,293	)			(5,171,113	)
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficiency)		$	1,203,450			$	1,170,622

See accompanying notes.

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Statements of Operations
(unaudited)

	Three-month Period Ended June 30,						Six-month Period Ended June 30,
	2009			2008			2009			2008
Revenue
Product sales	$	271,528		$	266,713		$	639,473		$	573,096
Licensing revenue		5,000			11,250			14,167		22,500
Total revenue		276,528			277,963			653,640		595,596
Cost of product sales		218,851			227,361			449,127		385,762
Gross profit		57,677			50,602			204,513		209,834
Operating expenses
Research and development		141,946			103,377			275,570		214,679
Sales and marketing		211,038			76,415			334,619		172,501
General and administrative		379,172			465,502			833,247		977,959
Manufacturing start-up costs		218,254			––			385,205		––
Total  operating expenses		950,410			645,294			1,828,641		1,365,139
Operating loss		(892,733	)		(594,692	)		(1,624,128	)	(1,155,305		)
Other income (expenses)
Interest income		195			485			876		4,740
Other income		––			10,495			––		10,495
Interest expense		(118,267	)		(78,782	)		(225,120	)	(124,200		)
Loss on disposal of property and equipment		(2,123	)		––			(2,123	)	––
Amortization of deferred financing costs		––			––			––		(43,750		)
Total other income (expenses)		(120,195	)		(67,802	)		(226,367	)	(152,715		)
Net Loss	$	(1,012,928	)	$	(662,494	)	$	(1,850,495	)	$	(1,308,020	)
Basic and diluted net loss per common share	$	(0.01	)	$	(0.01	)	$	(0.03	)	$	(0.02	)
Basic and diluted weighted average common shares used to calculate net loss per common share		69,639,854			69,639,854			69,639,854		69,639,854

See accompanying notes.

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)

	Six-month Period Ended June 30,
	2009			2008
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss	$	(1,850,495	)	$	(1,308,020	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
Depreciation		40,159			13,594
Loss on disposal of property and equipment		2,123			––
Amortization of deferred financing costs		––			43,750
Share-based compensation expense		59,315			37,160
Change in operating assets and liabilities
(Increase) Decrease in
Accounts receivable, trade		80,000			71,574
Inventories		246,060			(22,593	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(43,503	)		(193,088	)
Increase (Decrease) in
Accounts payable		(258,856	)		265,429
Accrued expenses		(19,756	)		(88,062	)
Accrued interest, related parties		225,120			124,200
Deferred revenue		(22,499	)		(8,333	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(1,542,332	)		(1,064,389	)
Cash flows from investing activity
Purchase of property and equipment		(369,989	)		(6,726	)
Net cash used in investing activity		(369,989	)		(6,726	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from promissory notes payable, related parties		1,900,000			1,100,000
Proceeds from exercise of options		––			2,333
Net cash provided by financing activities		1,900,000			1,102,333
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(12,321	)		31,218
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period		98,724			56,497
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$	86,403		$	87,715
Non-cash items:
Transfer of accrued interest to promissory notes payable	$	––		$	113,127

See accompanying notes.

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements
(unaudited)

1.

Nature of the Business

BioLife Solutions, Inc. ("BioLife” or the “Company”) develops, manufactures, and markets patented hypothermic storage and cryopreservation solutions for cells, tissues, and organs, and provides contracted research and development and consulting services related to optimization of biopreservation processes and protocols. Its proprietary HypoThermosol^® and CryoStor^™ biopreservation media products are marketed to companies, laboratories, and academic institutions engaged in research and commercial clinical applications. The Company’s line of serum-free and protein-free biopreservation solutions are fully defined and formulated to reduce preservation-induced, delayed-onset cell damage and death. This platform enabling technology provides academic and clinical researchers significant improvement in biologic source material shelf life and also post-thaw isolated cell, tissue, and organ viability and function.

2.

Financial Condition

The Company has been unable to generate sufficient income from operations in order to meet its operating needs and has an accumulated deficit of approximately $49 million at June 30, 2009. This raises substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

In February, June and September, 2007, in order to secure capital necessary to continue its operations, the Company borrowed an aggregate of $2,750,000 in equal amounts, from Thomas Girschweiler, a director and stockholder of the Company, and Walter Villiger, an affiliate of the Company, each a non-U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) (collectively, the “Investors”). Each loan was evidenced by a Promissory Note (collectively, “Notes”). Each Note, together with interest accrued thereon at the rate of 7% per annum (collectively, the “Conversion Amount”), was due and payable in one lump sum on the earlier of (a), in the case of the February Notes, the second anniversary of the date thereof and, in the case of the June Notes and the September Notes, June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008, respectively, (b) an Event of Default (as defined in the Notes) or (c ) sale, merger or change in control of the Company, as defined. In addition, if any Note was outstanding at the time of any bona fide equity financing of the Company of at least $1,000,000 (a “Financing”), then the Note holder was able to convert the Note into that number of shares or units of the equity securities of the Company sold in the Financing (“New Equity Securities”) as is equal to the Conversion Amount divided by, in the case of the February Notes, 85% of the per share or per unit purchase price of the New Equity Securities and, in the case of the June Notes and September Notes, 100% of the per share or per unit purchase price of the New Equity Securities.

On January 11, 2008, the Company entered into a Secured Convertible Multi-Draw Term Loan Facility Agreement with each of the Investors, pursuant to which each Investor extended to the Company a secured convertible multi-draw term loan facility (the “Facility”) of $2,500,000, which Facility (a) incorporates (i) a refinancing of the existing indebtedness of the Company to the Investor, represented by the Notes, and accrued interest thereon, in the aggregate amount of $1,431,563.30, (ii) a current advance of $300,000, and (iii) a commitment to advance to the Company, from time to time, additional amounts up to a maximum of $768,436.70, (b) bears interest at the rate of 7% per annum on the principal balance outstanding from time to time, (c) is evidenced by a secured convertible multi-draw term loan note (the “Multi-Draw Term Loan Note”), due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon, the earlier of (i) January 11, 2010, or (ii) an Event of Default (as defined in the Multi-Draw Term Loan Note), (d) if outstanding at the time of any bona fide equity financing of the Company of at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (a “Financing”), at the option of the Investor, may be converted into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares or units of the equity security(ies) of the Company sold in the Financing (“New Equity Securities”) as is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the principal amount of the Facility outstanding at the time of the conversion plus accrued interest thereon by 85% of the per share or per unit purchase price of the New Equity Securities, and (e) is secured by all of the Company’s assets.

In May and July 2008, the Company received an additional $1,000,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facility. On October 20, 2008, each Facility was increased by $2,000,000 to $4,500,000 (an aggregate of $9,000,000), and, on October 24, 2008, the Company received an additional $600,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities. In January and May 2009, the Company received an additional $1,900,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan

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Facilities, which brought the Company’s total principal balance owed under the Multi-Draw Term Loan Notes to $6,963,127, which leaves $2,036,873 left to draw from the Facilities at June 30, 2009. In July and August 2009, the Company received an additional $625,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the Facilities.

Management believes that continued access to the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities, in combination with cash generated from operations, will provide sufficient funds for the next twelve months. However, the Company would require additional capital in the immediate short term if its ability to draw on the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities is restricted or terminated. Other factors that would negatively impact the Company’s ability to finance its operations include (i) significant reductions in revenue (ii) increased capital expenditures (iii) significant increases in cost of goods and operating expenses or; (iv) an adverse outcome resulting from current litigation. The Company expects that it may need additional capital to reach a sustainable level of positive cash flow. Although the Investors who have provided the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities historically have demonstrated a willingness to grant access to the Facilities, there is no assurance they will continue to do so in the future. If the Investors were to become unwilling to provide access to additional funds through the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities, the Company would need to find immediate additional sources of capital. There can be no assurance that such capital would be available at all, or, if available, that the terms of such financing would not be dilutive to other stockholders. If the Company is unable to secure additional capital as circumstances require, it may not be able to continue its operations.

These financial statements assume that the Company will continue as a going concern. If the Company is unable to continue as a going concern, it may be unable to realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or to amounts and classification of liabilities that may be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

3.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited financial statements have been prepared by the Company according to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and, therefore, certain information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been omitted.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial statements for the periods presented reflect all adjustments, which are normal and recurring, necessary to fairly state the financial position, results of operations and cash flows. These unaudited financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements included on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts in the financial statements have been reclassified to conform to current period presentation. There has been no impact on previously reported net loss or shareholders’ equity.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 168, The “FASB Accounting Standards Codification” and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. This standard replaces SFAS No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, and establishes only two levels of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), authoritative and nonauthoritative. The FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) will become the source of authoritative, nongovernmental GAAP, except for rules and interpretive releases of the SEC, which are sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. All other nongrandfathered, non-SEC accounting literature not included in the Codification will become nonauthoritative. This standard is effective for financial statements for interi m or annual reporting periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Company will begin to use the new guidelines and numbering system prescribed by the Codification when referring to GAAP in the third quarter of fiscal 2009. As the Codification was not intended to change or alter existing GAAP, it will not have any impact on the Company’s financial statements.

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Fair value of financial instruments

The Company generally has the following financial instruments: cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses and notes payable. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair value based on the short-term nature of these financial instruments. The carrying value of notes payable approximate their fair value because interest rates of notes payable approximate market interest rates.

4.

Inventories

	June 30, 2009		December 31, 2008
Product, Finished Goods	$	311,473	$	502,089
Product, Work in Progress		––		113,382
Raw Materials		67,757		9,820
Total Inventory	$	379,230	$	625,291

5.

Share-based Compensation

During 1998, the Company adopted the 1998 Stock Option Plan. An aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of common stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of options granted under the plan. In September 2005, the shareholders approved an increase in the number of shares available for issuance to 10,000,000 shares. The purchase price of the common stock underlying each option may not be less than the fair market value at the date the option is granted (110% of fair market value for optionees that own more than 10% of the voting power of the Company). The plan expired on August 31, 2008. The options are exercisable for up to ten years from the grant date.

During the six month period ended June 30, 2009, and subsequent to the expiration of the Company’s 1998 Stock Option Plan, the Company issued, outside of its plans, non-incentive stock options for an aggregate of 1,765,000 shares of Company common stock to five directors and four employees. Options to purchase 750,000 shares were awarded to five outside directors which vest 100% on the first anniversary date of the awards. Options to purchase 1,015,000 shares were awarded to four employees which vests as follows: twenty-five percent on the first anniversary date of the award, and then one-thirty sixth of the remaining balance in each of the ensuing thirty-six months following the first anniversary date of the award.

Under SFAS No. 123R, the Company recorded stock compensation expense of $59,315 and $37,160 for the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

As of June 30, 2009, the Company had approximately $170,218 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options. The Company expects to recognize this compensation expense over a weighted average period of approximately two and one quarter years.

The Company uses the Black-Scholes options-pricing model (Black-Scholes model) to value share-based employee and non-employee director stock option awards. The determination of fair value of stock-based payment awards using an option-pricing model requires the use of certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of share-based compensation cost recognized in the Statements of Operations. Among these are expected term of options, estimated forfeitures, expected volatility of the Company’s stock price, expected dividends and risk-free interest rate.

The fair value of share-based payments made to employees and non-employee directors was estimated on the measurement date using the Black-Scholes model using the following weighted average assumptions:

	Three-month Period Ended  June 30,		Six-month Period Ended June 30,
	2009	2008	2009	2008
Risk free interest rate	––	––	1.78%	2.67%
Dividend yield	––	––	0.0%	0.0%
Expected term (in years)	––	––	6.4	7
Volatility	––	––	82.27%	73.74%

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A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information for the six months ended June 30, 2009 is as follows: 

				Wgtd. Avg.
				Exercise
	Shares			Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2008		8,000,000		$	0.09
Granted		1,765,000			0.09
Exercised		––			––
Forfeited/expired		(40,000	)		0.25
Outstanding at June 30, 2009		9,725,000		$	0.08
Outstanding options vested and exercisable at June 30, 2009		4,955,834		$	0.09

There were no option awards granted during the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. The weighted average grant-date fair value of option awards granted was $.06 and $.04 per share during the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Information related to options outstanding at June 30, 2009 is as follows:

Range of Exercise Prices	Number of Shares	Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (in years)	Weighted Average Exercise Price
$0.04-$0.07	3,000,000	8.05	$0.06
$0.08-$0.09	5,910,000	7.99	$0.08
$0.10-$1.25	815,000	6.93	$0.16
	9,725,000	7.92	$0.08

6.

Net Loss per Common Share

Basic net income (loss) per common share is calculated by dividing the net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income (loss) by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Common stock equivalents are excluded for the periods ending June 30, 2009 and 2008 as the effect would be anti-dilutive. Common stock equivalents include stock options, warrants, and convertible debt.

7.

Related Party Transactions

The Company incurred $1,851 and $19,020 in legal fees during the three months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, for services provided by a law firm in which a director and stockholder of the Company is a partner. Pursuant to a consulting agreement disclosed on the Company’s 8-K filing dated November 19, 2007, the Company incurred $30,000 in consulting fees in each three month period ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, for services provided by a director and stockholder of the Company.

During the six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 the Company incurred $17,807 and $63,642 in legal fees for services provided by a law firm in which a director and stockholder of the Company is a partner. The Company incurred $60,000 in consulting fees in each six month period ended June 30, 2009 and 2008, for services provided by a director and stockholder of the Company.

Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses is $17,851 and $37,116 due to related parties for services rendered as of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

8.

Subsequent Event

Subsequent to period ended June 30, 2009, the Company received an additional $625,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities. This draw will provide funds for the Company’s operating expenses in the third quarter of 2009.

In accordance with SFAS No. 165, the Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date and time the financial statements were issued on August 14, 2009.

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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including under the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company management’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect,” “plan” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is based on its current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting it will be those that the Company anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include those factors described in greater detail in the risk factors disclosed in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.

Overview

Management’s discussion and analysis provides additional insight into BioLife Solutions, Inc. and is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, its annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

We develop, manufacture, and market patented hypothermic storage and cryopreservation solutions for cells, tissues, and organs, and provide contracted research and development and consulting services related to optimization of biopreservation processes and protocols. Our proprietary HypoThermosol^® and CryoStor^™ biopreservation media products are marketed to companies, laboratories, and academic institutions engaged in research and commercial clinical applications. Our line of serum-free and protein-free biopreservation solutions are fully defined and formulated to reduce preservation-induced, delayed-onset cell damage and death. This platform enabling technology provides academic and clinical researchers significant improvement in biologic source material shelf life and also post-thaw isolated cell, tissue, and organ viability and function.

Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

Management’s discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations is based on its financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial reporting. The preparation of financial statements requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods presented. On an ongoing basis, it evaluates estimates, including those related to share-based compensation and expense accruals. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on other factors that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabiliti es that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates have not changed significantly from those policies and estimates disclosed under the heading “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” under Item 7 in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Results of Operations

Three- and Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2009 compared to the Three- and Six-Month Periods Ended June 30, 2008

Revenue

Product sales for the three months ended June 30, 2009 increased $4,815, or 2%, to $271,528, compared to $266,713 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. Product sales for the six months ended June 30, 2009 increased $66,377,

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or 12%, to $639,473, compared to $573,096 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. This increase in revenue is primarily due to the acquisition of new customers. Additionally, the Company had licensing revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2009 of $14,167, compared to $22,500 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 related to product license agreements. Despite the slight increase in year-over-year revenue growth, the Company did see some customers postpone or reduce order sizes due to the general economic slowdown, particularly in the cord blood banking and cell supplier market segments.

Cost of Product Sales

Cost of product sales for the three months ended June 30, 2009 decreased by $8,510, or 4%, to $218,851, compared to $227,361 for the three months ended June 30, 2008, resulting in a gross margin as a percentage of revenue of 21% as compared to 18% for the same period in 2008. The decrease is primarily the result of the Company manufacturing its products starting in May 2009.

Cost of product sales for the six months ended June 30, 2009 increased by $63,365, or 16%, to $449,127, compared to $385,762 for the six months ended June 30, 2008, resulting in a gross margin as a percentage of revenue of 31% as compared to 35% for the same period in 2008. The increase is primarily attributable to higher costs for product purchased from the Company’s contract manufacturing organization (“CMO”).

Research and Development Expenses

Expenses relating to research and development for the three months ended June 30, 2009 increased $38,569, or 37%, to $141,946, compared to $103,377 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The increase primarily is due to approximately $19,000 in personnel related costs due to new hires, an increase in contracted research projects of approximately $13,000, and an increase of approximately $9,000 in lab supplies and small equipment associated with the research and development lab facility build-out. These increases were offset by a decrease of approximately $3,000 in travel and related expenses.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, research and development expenses increased $60,891, or 28%, to $275,570, compared to $214,679 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The increase is due to higher personnel related costs, an increase in lab supplies and small equipment expenses, offset by a decrease in travel related costs.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

For the three months ended June 30, 2009, sales and marketing expenses increased $134,623, or 176%, to $211,038, compared to $76,415 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The increase primarily is due to approximately $57,000 in personnel related costs due to new hires in sales and marketing, an increase of approximately $53,000 in trade show expenses, and an increase of approximately $20,000 in advertising and market research costs attributable to the Company’s sales and marketing strategy.  

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, sales and marketing expenses increased $162,118, or 94%, to $334,619, compared to $172,501 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The increase primarily is due to higher personnel related costs and an increase in expenses associated with advertising, market research and the Company’s attendance at trade shows.

General and Administrative Expenses

For the three months ended June 30, 2009, general and administrative expenses decreased $86,330, or 19%, to $379,172, compared to $465,502 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The reduction primarily is due to a decrease of approximately $115,000 in litigation related legal fees. This decrease was offset by an increase of approximately $18,000 in stock-based compensation and an increase of approximately $17,000 in facility related expenses associated with the addition of the new production facility.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, general and administrative expenses decreased $144,712, or 15%, to $833,247, compared to $977,959 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The decrease is due to lower litigation related legal fees offset by an increase in stock-based compensation.

Manufacturing Start-up Costs

For the three months ended June 30, 2009, manufacturing start-up costs were $218,254. In the third quarter of 2008, to reduce cost of product sales and enhance its production flexibility, the Company decided to transition its manufacturing process in-house. The first production run was completed half way through the second quarter in May 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, manufacturing start-up costs were $385,205.

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Interest Expense

Interest expense increased to $118,267 for the three months ended June 30, 2009 from $78,782 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. The increase is due to a higher average debt balance.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, interest expense increased to $225,120, compared to $124,200 for the same period ended June 30, 2008. The increase is due to a higher average debt balance.

Operating Expenses and Net Loss

For the three months ended June 30, 2009, operating expenses (excluding product costs) increased $305,116, or 47%, to $950,410, compared to $645,294 for the three months ended June 30, 2008. This increase primarily is attributed to the manufacturing start-up costs as the Company transitioned the manufacturing process in-house. The Company reported a net loss of ($1,012,928) for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared to a net loss of ($662,494) for the three months ended June 30, 2008.

For the six months ended June 30, 2009, operating expenses (excluding product costs) increased $463,502, or 34%, to $1,828,641, compared to $1,365,139 for the six months ended June 30, 2008. The Company reported a net loss of ($1,850,495) for the six months ended June 30, 2009, compared to the net loss of ($1,308,020) for the six months ended June 30, 2008.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2009, the Company had $86,403 in cash and cash equivalents. To date, the Company has financed its operations primarily through proceeds from debt instruments including the Secured Convertible Multi-draw Term Loan Facilities described in detail below.

On January 11, 2008, the Company entered into a Secured Convertible Multi-Draw Term Loan Facility Agreement with each of Thomas Girschweiler, a director and stockholder of the Company, and Walter Villiger, an affiliate of the Company (the “Investors”), pursuant to which each Investor extended to the Company a secured convertible multi-draw term loan facility (the “Facility”) of $2,500,000, which Facility (a) incorporates (i) a refinancing of the existing indebtedness of the Company to the Investor, represented by the Notes, and accrued interest thereon, in the aggregate amount of $1,431,563.30, (ii) a current advance of $300,000, and (iii) a commitment to advance to the Company, from time to time, additional amounts up to a maximum of $768,436.70, (b) bears interest at the rate of 7% per annum on the principal balance outstanding from time to time, (c) is evidenced by a secured convertible multi-draw term loan note (the “Multi-Dra w Term Loan Note”), due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon, the earlier of (i) January 11, 2010, or (ii) an Event of Default (as defined in the Multi-Draw Term Loan Note), (d) if outstanding at the time of any bona fide equity financing of the Company of at least Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000) (a “Financing”), at the option of the Investor, may be converted into that number of fully paid and non-assessable shares or units of the equity security(ies) of the Company sold in the Financing (“New Equity Securities”) as is equal to the quotient obtained by dividing the principal amount of the Facility outstanding at the time of the conversion plus accrued interest thereon by 85% of the per share or per unit purchase price of the New Equity Securities, and (e) is secured by all of the Company’s assets.

In May and July 2008, the Company received an additional $1,000,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facility. On October 20, 2008, each Facility was increased by $2,000,000 to $4,500,000 (an aggregate of $9,000,000), and, on October 24, 2008, the Company received an additional $600,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities. In January and May 2009, the Company received an additional $1,900,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the amended Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities, which brought the Company’s total principal balance owed under the Multi-Draw Term Loan Notes to $6,963,127, which leaves $2,036,873 left to draw from the Facilities at June 30, 2009. In July and August 2009, the Company received an additional $625,000 in total from the Investors pursuant to the Facilities.

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

For the six month period ended June 30, 2009, net cash used in operating activities was $(1,542,332) as compared to net cash used in operating activities of $(1,064,389) for the six month period ended June 30, 2008. The $477,943 increase in net cash used by operations primarily is reflected in the higher net loss for the year to date, partially offset by non-cash operating expenses including depreciation and share-based compensation, and changes in operating assets and liabilities.

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Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities consist of purchases of property and equipment. For the six month period ended June 30, 2009, the aggregate investment in property and equipment was $(369,989), compared to $(6,726) for the six month period ended June 30, 2008 primarily due to the manufacturing facility build-out.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $1,900,000 for the six month period ended June 30, 2009, which resulted from the draws taken on the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities. Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $1,102,333 for the six month period ended June 30, 2008 resulting primarily from draws taken on the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities.

Operating Capital and Capital Expenditure Requirements

The Company believes that continued access to the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities, in combination with cash generated from operations, will provide sufficient funds for the next twelve months. However, the Company would require additional capital in the immediate short term if the Company’s ability to draw on the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities is restricted or terminated. Other factors that would negatively impact the Company’s ability to finance its operations include (i) significant reductions in revenue (ii) increased capital expenditures (iii) significant increases in cost of goods and operating expenses or; (iv) an adverse outcome resulting from current litigation. The Company expects that it may need additional capital to reach a sustainable level of positive cash flow. Although the Investors who have provided the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities have historically demonstrated a willingness to grant access to the Facilities, there is no assuran ce they will continue to do so in the future. If the Investors were to become unwilling to provide access to additional funds through the Multi-Draw Term Loan Facilities, the Company will need to find immediate additional sources of capital and there can be no assurance that such capital would be available at all, or if available, that the terms of such financing would not be dilutive to other stockholders. If the Company is unable to secure additional capital, as circumstances require, it may not be able to continue its operations.

Contractual Obligations

The Company did not enter into any significant contractual obligations during the six month period ended June 30, 2009. It had no significant contractual obligations not fully recorded on its Balance Sheets or fully disclosed in the Notes to our Financial Statements in Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined in S-K 303(a)(4)(ii). 

Item 4T.

Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that it is able to collect the information required to be disclosed in the reports that are filed with the SEC, and to record, process, summarize and disclose this information within the time periods specified in the rules of the SEC. Based on an evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report conducted by its management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive/Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Executive/Chief Financial Officer believes that these controls and procedures are effective.

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the second quarter of fiscal 2009 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, its internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II: Other Information

Item 6.

Exhibits

See accompanying Index to Exhibits included after the signature page of this report for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report.

Exhibit No.	Description
31.1*	Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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*Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Dated: August 14, 2009	/s/ MICHAEL RICE
	Michael Rice
	President and Chief Executive Officer
	(Principal Executive and Financial Officer)

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.	Description
31.1*	Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1*	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

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*Filed herewith

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Michael Rice, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of BioLife Solutions, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. I am responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under my supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: August 14, 2009

/s/ MICHAEL RICE

Michael Rice

Chief Executive Officer and

Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PERIODIC REPORT

I, Michael Rice, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of BioLife Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”), certify, for the purposes of section 1350 of chapter 63 of title 18 of the United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to his knowledge, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2009 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in such report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company. This written statement is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to such Form 10-Q. A signed original of this statement has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Dated: August 14, 2009

/s/ MICHAEL RICE

Michael Rice

Chief Executive Officer and

Chief Financial Officer