10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020

☐    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 001-36362

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE	94-3076866
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3303 MONTE VILLA PARKWAY, SUITE 310, BOTHELL, WASHINGTON, 98021

(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices, Zip Code)

(425) 402-1400

(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  ☑   No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (S232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit said files). Yes  ☑   No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ☐   Accelerated filer  ☑   Non-accelerated filer  ☐   Smaller reporting company  ☑    Emerging Growth Company  ☐  

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.   ☐

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

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading symbol	Name of exchange on which registered
BioLife Solutions, Inc. Common Shares	BLFS	NASDAQ Capital Market

As of May 26, 2020, 25,993,028 shares of the registrant’s common stock were outstanding.

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BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC.

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED MARCH 31, 2020

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Explanatory Note		3
PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION		4
Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019	7
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	26
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk	32
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	32
PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	33
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	33
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	33
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	33
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	33
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	33
Item 5.	Other Information	33
Item 6.	Exhibits	34
	Signatures	35

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Explanatory Note

The Company is filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (the “10-Q”) on a delayed basis in accordance with the order (the “Order”) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2020 in Release No. 34-88465 relating to the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company was unable to file the Form 10-Q in a timely manner because the Seattle area, including the location of the Company’s corporate headquarters and its media production facility and warehouse was, and is currently, at an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. The Company has been following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for its team members for the past several months, including the temporary closures of its offices and having team members work remotely, and, as a result, the Form 10-Q was not able to be completed by the filing deadline. Reference is made to our disclosures in this Form 10-Q regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the Company and to the disclosures in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 filed on May 15, 2020, including those disclosures discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” therein.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

	March 31,			December 31,
(In thousands, except per share and share data)	2020			2019
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	6,400		$	6,448
Accounts receivable, trade, net		8,205			5,345
Inventories		10,829			10,972
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,016			1,348
Total current assets		26,450			24,113
Assets held for rent, net		4,875			3,922
Property and equipment, net		5,407			5,572
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		892			1,040
Long-term deposits and other assets		36			50
Investments		2,500			2,500
Accrued interest receivable		27		––
Intangible assets, net		21,294			21,982
Goodwill		33,506			33,637
Total assets	$	94,987		$	92,816
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	3,522		$	3,119
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		3,080			3,369
Lease liabilities, operating, current portion		826			804
Contingent consideration, current portion		365			377
Warrant liability		17,667		––
Total current liabilities		25,460			7,669
Warrant liability	––				39,602
Contingent consideration, long-term		1,486			1,537
Lease liabilities, operating, long-term		332			550
Other long-term liabilities	––				4
Total liabilities		27,278			49,362
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, Series A, 4,250 shares designated, and 0 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively		—			—
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized, 21,148,771 and 20,825,452 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31 2019, respectively		21			21
Additional paid-in capital		145,432			143,485
Accumulated deficit		(77,744	)		(100,052	)
Total shareholders’ equity		67,709			43,454
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	94,987		$	92,816

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.  

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except per share and share data)	2020			2019
Product revenue	$	11,727		$	5,770
Rental revenue		435			—
Total product and rental revenue		12,162			5,770
Operating expenses
Cost of product and rental revenue (exclusive of intangible assets amortization)		4,568			1,647
Research and development		1,663			359
Sales and marketing		1,576			837
General and administrative		3,135			2,153
Intangible assets amortization		688			—
Acquisition costs		225			208
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(63	)		—
Total operating expenses		11,792			5,204
Operating income (loss)		370			566
Other income (expense)
Change in fair value of warrant liability		21,914			(19,663	)
Interest income		29			171
Interest expense		(1	)		(3	)
Other expense		(4	)		—
Loss from equity method investment in SAVSU		—			(232	)
Total other income (expenses)		21,938			(19,727	)
Net income (loss) before provision for income taxes		22,308			(19,161	)
Income tax (benefit)		—			—
Net income (loss)		22,308			(19,161	)
Net income attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	$	18,364		$	(19,161	)
Diluted	$	(174	)	$	(19,161	)
Earnings per share attributable to common stockholders
Basic	$	0.87		$	(1.03	)
Diluted	$	(0.01	)	$	(1.03	)
Weighted average shares used to compute earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic		21,010,817			18,648,397
Diluted		21,010,817			18,648,397

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.  

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity

(unaudited)

(In thousands, except share data)	Preferred Stock Shares – Series A		Preferred Stock Amount – Series A		Common Stock Shares		Common Stock Amount		Additional Paid-in Capital		Accumulated Deficit			Total Shareholders’ Equity/(Deficit)
Balance, December 31, 2018		—		—		18,547,406	$	19	$	113,008	$	(98,395	)	$	14,632
Stock-based compensation		—		—		—		—		531		—			531
Stock option exercises		—		—		99,697		—		161		—			161
Warrant exercises						5,000		—		97		—			97
Stock issued – on vested RSUs		—		—		64,992		—		—		—			—
Net loss		—		—		—		—		—		(19,161	)		(19,161	)
Balance, March 31, 2019		—	$	—		18,717,095	$	19	$	113,797	$	(117,556	)	$	(3,740	)
Balance, December 31, 2019		—		—		20,825,452	$	21	$	143,485	$	(100,052	)	$	43,454
Stock issued as 2019 bonus payout		—		—		—		—		314		—			314
Stock-based compensation		—		—		—		—		1,113		—			1,113
Stock option exercises		—		—		268,293		—		490		—			490
Warrant exercises		—		—		2,000		—		30		—			30
Stock issued – on vested RSUs		—		—		53,026		—		—		—			—
Net income		—		—		—		—		—		22,308			22,308
Balance, March 31, 2020		—	$	—		21,148,771	$	21	$	145,432	$	(77,744	)	$	67,709

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.  

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  (unaudited)

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss)	$	22,308		$	(19,161	)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation		413			98
Amortization of intangible assets		688			—
Stock-based compensation		1,113			531
Non cash lease expense		148			124
Gain from equity method investment in SAVSU		—			232
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(63	)		—
Change in fair value of warrant liability		(21,914	)		19,663
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable, trade		(2,929	)		118
Inventories		143			(551	)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		317			6
Accounts payable		561			—
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		304			(469	)
Other		(402	)		555
Net cash provided by operating activities		687			1,146
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property and equipment		(146	)		—
Purchase of assets held for rent, net		(1,081	)		(156	)
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,227	)		(156	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options		490			161
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		9			23
Other		(7	)		(7	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		492			177
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(48	)		1,167
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period		6,448			30,657
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period	$	6,400		$	31,824
Non-cash investing and financing activities
Reclassification of warrant liability to equity upon exercise	$	21		$	73
Purchase of property & equipment not yet paid	$	6		$	46
Stock issued as 2019 bonus payout	$	314			—

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

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BioLife Solutions, Inc.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(unaudited)

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Business

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (“BioLife,” “us,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”) is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of a portfolio of bioproduction tools including; proprietary biopreservation media, automated thawing devices, cloud-connected shipping containers, and freezer technology for cell and gene therapies. Our CryoStor® freeze media and HypoThermosol® hypothermic storage are optimized to preserve cells in the regenerative medicine market. These novel biopreservation media products are serum-free and protein-free, fully defined, and are formulated to reduce preservation-induced cell damage and death; offering commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function. Our ThawSTAR® product line is comprised of a family of automated thawing devices for frozen cell and gene therapies packaged in cryovials and cryobags. These products improve the quality of administration of high-value, temperature-sensitive biologic therapies to patients by standardizing the thawing process and reducing the risks of contamination and overheating, which are inherent with the use of traditional water baths. Our evo shipping containers are innovative high-performance cloud-connected passive storage and transport containers for temperature-sensitive biologics and pharmaceuticals. Our cryogenic freezer technology provides for controlled rate freezing and storage of biologic materials.

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by BioLife Solutions, Inc. in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), for Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and do not include all of the information and footnote disclosures required by GAAP. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Astero Bio Corporation (“Astero,” and the Astero product line, “ThawStar” acquired on April 1, 2019), SAVSU Technologies, Inc. (“SAVSU” acquired on August 8, 2019), and Arctic Solutions, Inc. dba Custom Biogenic Systems (“CBS” acquired on November 12, 2019). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire year.

Financial Statement Reclassification

Certain classifications on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows related to Non cash lease expense and Accrued expenses and other current liabilities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 were reclassified to conform to current period presentation. These reclassifications have no impact on previously reported total revenue, net income (loss), net assets, or total operating cash flows.

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no significant changes to the accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2020, as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had $6.4 million in cash and cash equivalents. We acquired Astero on April 1, 2019 for $12.5 million in cash and contingent consideration of up to $8.5 million (which payment requirement has not been triggered or otherwise paid to date). We anticipate paying $484,000 for the earnout related to 2019 revenues of Astero in the second quarter of 2020. On August 8, 2019, we acquired SAVSU for 1,100,000 shares of common stock. On November 12, 2019, we acquired CBS for $11.0 million in cash, $4.0 million in shares of our common stock, and up to $15.0 million in contingent consideration payable in cash or stock (which payment requirement has not been triggered or otherwise paid to date).

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On May 22, 2020, the Company closed on a share purchase agreement with Casdin Capital LLC, a current stockholder of the Company (“Casdin”), pursuant to which Casdin invested $20 million in the Company. Based on our current expectations with respect to our future revenue and expenses, we believe that our current level of cash and cash equivalents including proceeds from the Casdin investment, will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next 12 months. However, if our revenues do not grow as expected, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and if we are not able to manage expenses sufficiently, we may be required to obtain additional equity or debt financing if our cash resources are depleted. Further, the Company may choose to raise additional capital through a debt or equity financing in an attempt to mitigate the heightened level of business uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, or in order to pursue additional acquisition or strategic investment opportunities. Additional capital, if required, may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all. 

Risks and Uncertainties

On March 10, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. The virus and actions taken to mitigate its spread have had and are expected to continue to have a broad adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the geographical areas in which the Company operates and conducts its business. In particular, the Seattle area, including the location of our corporate headquarters and our media production facility and warehouse, is at one of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. We are currently following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for our team members and visitors.  However, the scale and scope of this pandemic is unknown and the duration of the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. While we have implemented specific business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-19 and believe that we have sufficient biopreservation media inventory to meet previously forecasted demand for the next six to nine months, there is no guarantee that our continuity plan, once in place, will be successful or that our inventory will meet forecasted or actual demand.

We have already experienced certain disruptions to our business such as temporary closure of our offices and similar disruptions may occur for our customers or suppliers that may materially affect our ability to obtain supplies or other components for our products, produce our products or deliver inventory in a timely manner. This would result in lost product revenue, additional costs, or penalties, or damage our reputation. Similarly, COVID-19 could impact our customers and/or suppliers as a result of a health epidemic or other outbreak occurring in other locations which could reduce their demand for our products or their ability to deliver needed supplies for the production of our products. The extent to which COVID-19 or any other health epidemic may impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain COVID-19 or treat its impact, among others. Accordingly, COVID-19 could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

There are many uncertainties regarding the current pandemic of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”), and the Company is closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of its business, including how it will impact its customers, employees, suppliers, vendors, business partners and distribution channels. While COVID-19 did not materially affect the Company’s financial results and business operations in the Company’s first quarter ended March 31, 2020, the Company is unable to predict the impact that COVID-19 may have on its financial position and operations moving forward due to numerous uncertainties. We estimate that we received approximately $1.5-$2.0 million in incremental media revenue resulting from what we believe were safety stock purchases of media. These estimates may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company will continue to assess the evolving impact of COVID-19 and will make adjustments to its operations as necessary.  

Concentrations of credit risk and business risk

In the three months ended March 31, 2020, we derived approximately 25% of our product revenue from two customers. In the three months ended March 31, 2019, we derived approximately 34% of our product revenue from two customers. No other customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue in the three months ended March 31, 2020 or 2019. In the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, we derived approximately 66% and 90%, of our revenue from CryoStor products, respectively. Due to our acquisitions in 2019, we expect both our revenue concentration related to CryoStor, and our customer concentration to be reduced for the year ended December 31, 2020. At March 31, 2020, two customers accounted for approximately 33% of total gross accounts receivable. At December 31, 2019, two customers accounted for approximately 25% of total gross accounts receivable. 

The following table represents the Company’s total revenue by geographic area (based on the location of the customer):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations	2020			2019
United States		74	%		60	%
Canada		11	%		23	%
Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)		12	%		13	%
Other		3	%		4	%
Total revenue		100	%		100	%

Recent accounting pronouncements 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” ASU 2018-13 includes amendments that aim to improve the effectiveness of fair value measurement disclosures. The amendments in this guidance modify the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements based on the concepts in FASB Concepts Statement, “Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting—Chapter 8: Notes to Financial Statements,” including the consideration of costs and benefits. The amendments become effective for the Company in the year ending December 31, 2020 and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this guidance January 1, 2020 and there was no material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” ASU 2019-12 simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740, including, but not limited to, the exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items, the exceptions related to the recognition of a deferred tax liability related to an equity method investment and the exception to methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. ASU 2019-12 becomes effective for the Company in the year ended December 31, 2021, including interim periods. The Company is considering early adoption in 2020. Due to the full valuation allowance on the Company’s net deferred tax assets, the Company is currently expecting no material impact from the adoption of ASU 2019-12 on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” ASU 2016-13 requires companies to measure credit losses utilizing a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. For Smaller Reporting Companies as defined by the SEC, ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the impact of the guidance on its financial statements. 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, “Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract”, which clarifies the accounting for implementation costs in cloud computing arrangements. ASU 2018-15 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will adopt the standard prospectively on January 1, 2020. The Company adopted this guidance January 1, 2020 and there was no material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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2. Fair Value Measurement  

In accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” (“ASC Topic 820”), the Company measures its cash and cash equivalents and investments at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company also measures certain assets and liabilities at fair value on a non-recurring basis when applying acquisition accounting. ASC Topic 820 clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, ASC Topic 820 establishes a three-tier value fair hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level 1 – Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities.

Level 3 – Unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability.

As of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company valued the Astero and CBS contingent consideration and warrant liability at fair value.

There were no remeasurements to fair value during the three months ended March 31, 2020 of financial assets and liabilities that are not measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

The following tables set forth the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, based on the three-tier fair value hierarchy:

(In thousands)

As of March 31, 2020	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	6,400	$	—	$	—	$	6,400
Convertible debt held at fair value		—		—		1,000		1,000
Total		6,400		—		1,000		7,400
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration - business combinations		—		—		1,851		1,851
Warrant liability		—		—		17,667		17,667
Total	$	—	$	—	$	19,518	$	19,518

As of December 31, 2019	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	6,448	$	—	$	—	$	6,448
Convertible debt held at fair value		—		—		1,000		1,000
Total		6,448		—		1,000		7,448
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration - business combinations		—		—		1,914		1,914
Warrant liability		—		—		39,602		39,602
Total	$	—	$	—	$	41,516	$	41,516

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The fair values of money market funds classified as Level 1 were derived from quoted market prices as active markets for these instruments exist. The fair values of investments, warrant liability and contingent consideration classified as Level 3 were derived from management assumptions. There have been no transfers of assets or liabilities between the fair value measurement levels. The following table presents the changes in investments held at fair value which are measured using Level 3 inputs:

	March 31,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2020		2019
Beginning balance	$	1,000	$	1,000
Purchases		—		—
Change in fair value recognized in net income		—		—
Total	$	1,000	$	1,000

The following table presents the changes in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities which are measured using Level 3 inputs:

	March 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	1,914		$	—
Additions		—			2,347
Change in fair value recognized in net income		(63	)		50
Payments earned, reclassified to accrued liabilities		—			(483	)
Total	$	1,851		$	1,914

The following table presents the changes in fair value of warrant liabilities which are measured using Level 3 inputs:

	March 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	39,602		$	28,516
Exercised warrants		(21	)		(1,749	)
Change in fair value recognized in net income		(21,914	)		12,835
Ending balance	$	17,667		$	39,602

3. Acquisitions

Astero Acquisition 

On April 1, 2019, BioLife completed the acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Astero. Astero’s ThawSTAR product line is comprised of a family of automated thawing devices for frozen cell and gene therapies packaged in cryovials and cryobags. The products improve the quality of administration of high-value, temperature-sensitive biologic therapies to patients by standardizing the thawing process and reducing the risks of contamination and overheating, which are inherent with the use of traditional water baths.

In connection with the acquisition, the Company paid (i) a base payment in the amount of $12.5 million consisting of (x) an initial cash payment of $8.0 million at the closing of the transactions, subject to adjustment for working capital, net debt and transaction expenses, and (y) a deferred cash payment that was paid into escrow of $4.5 million payable upon the earlier of Astero meeting certain product development milestones or one year after the date of the Closing and (ii) earnout payments in calendar years 2019, 2020 and 2021 of up to an aggregate of $3.5 million, which shall be payable upon Astero achieving certain specified revenue targets in each year and a separate earnout payment of $5.0 million for calendar year 2021, which shall be payable upon Astero achieving a cumulative revenue target over the three-year period from 2019 to 2021.

Consideration transferred

The Astero acquisition was accounted for as a purchase of a business under FASB ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations”. The Astero acquisition was funded through payment of approximately $12.5 million in cash and under the terms of the share purchase agreement, Astero shareholders are eligible to receive up to an additional $8.5 million of contingent consideration in cash over the next three years based on attainment of specific revenue targets. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Astero were recorded as of the acquisition date, at their respective fair values, and consolidated with those of BioLife. The fair value of the contingent consideration of $1.5 million was determined using an option pricing model. The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately $324,000, the fair value of the intangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately $4.1 million, and the residual goodwill is estimated to be approximately $9.5 million. The fair value estimates required critical estimates, including, but not limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue and expense projections, discount rates, revenue volatility, and royalty rates. BioLife believes these estimates to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Total consideration recorded for the acquisition of Astero is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Cash consideration	$	12,521
Contingent consideration		1,491
Working capital adjustment		(71	)
Total consideration transferred	$	13,941

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Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

The table below represents the purchase price allocation to the net assets acquired based on their estimated fair values (amounts in thousands). Such amounts were estimated using the most recent financial statements from Astero as of March 31, 2019.

Cash and cash equivalents	$	11
Accounts receivable, net		154
Inventory		456
Customer relationships		160
Tradenames		470
Developed technology		2,840
In-process research and development		650
Goodwill		9,515
Other assets		99
Accounts payable		(250	)
Other liabilities		(164	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	13,941

The fair value of Astero’s identifiable intangible assets and estimated useful lives have been estimated as follows (amounts in thousands except years):

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	160		4
Tradenames		470		9
Developed technology		2,840	5	–	9
In-process research and development		650		9
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	4,120

Fair value measurement methodologies used to calculate the value of any asset can be broadly classified into one of three approaches, referred to as the cost, market and income approaches. In any fair value measurement analysis, all three approaches must be considered, and the approach or approaches deemed most relevant will then be selected for use in the fair value measurement of that asset. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets was determined by third-party appraisal primarily using variations of the income approach, which is based on the present value of the future after-tax cash flows attributable to each identifiable intangible asset. The fair value of inventories was determined using both the cost approach and the market approach. 

Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of intangible asset fair values, from the perspective of a market participant, include, but are not limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future cash flows (including revenue and expenses), (ii) the discount rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the future cash flows, (iii) the assessment of the asset’s life cycle, and (iv) the competitive trends impacting the asset. Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in valuing the contingent consideration, include, but are not limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future revenue, (ii) the volatility rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the revenue, and (iii) risk free interest rate.

Acquired Goodwill

The goodwill of $9.5 million represents future economic benefits expected to arise from synergies from combining operations and commercial organizations to increase market presence and the extension of existing customer relationships. All but $1.1 million of the goodwill recorded is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

SAVSU Acquisition 

On August 8, 2019, we closed the acquisition of SAVSU pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, SAVSU Origin, LLC agreed to transfer to us and we agreed to acquire from the seller 8,616 shares of common stock of SAVSU, representing the remaining 56% of the outstanding shares of SAVSU that we did not previously own, in exchange for 1,100,000 shares of BioLife common stock. As a result of the acquisition, SAVSU became a wholly-owned subsidiary on August 8, 2019, the acquisition date.

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Consideration transferred

The SAVSU acquisition was accounted for as a purchase of a business under FASB ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations”. The acquisition of 56% of SAVSU was funded through a transfer of 1,100,000 shares of BioLife common stock, which had a fair value of $18.12 per share or $19.9 million at time of closing. The total value of 100% of SAVSU consisting of the fair value of the stock issued and the fair value of our existing investment in SAVSU was $35.8 million at time of closing. Prior to the acquisition, we accounted for our investment of SAVSU using the equity method of accounting which resulted in a recorded book value of $5.8 million at the acquisition date. We remeasured to fair value the equity interest in SAVSU held immediately before the business combination. The fair value of our equity interest was determined to be $15.9 million on our existing 44% ownership based on the fair value of shares transferred at the time of acquisition for the 56% we did not previously own. As a result, we recorded a non-operating gain of $10.1 million.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from SAVSU were recorded as of the acquisition date, at their respective fair values, and consolidated with those of BioLife. The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately $4.2 million, the fair value of the intangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately $12.2 million, and the residual goodwill is estimated to be approximately $19.5 million. The fair value estimates required critical estimates, including, but not limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue and expense projections, discount rates, revenue volatility, and royalty rates. BioLife believes these estimates to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Total consideration paid for the acquisition of SAVSU is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Stock consideration for 55.6% equity interest purchased $ 19,932

This stock consideration plus the fair value of our existing equity investment in SAVSU of $15.9 million results in the total purchase price for accounting purposes of $35.8 million.

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

The table below represents the purchase price allocation to the net assets acquired based on their estimated fair values (amounts in thousands). Such amounts were estimated using the most recent financial statements from SAVSU as of August 7, 2019.

Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,251
Accounts receivable, net		753
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		19
Property, plant and equipment, net		546
Operating right-of-use asset		233
Assets held for rent, net		2,441
Customer relationships		80
Tradenames		1,320
Developed technology		10,750
Goodwill		21,037
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(807	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(1,541	)
Other liabilities		(232	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	35,850

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The fair value of SAVSU’s identifiable intangible assets and estimated useful lives have been estimated as follows (amounts in thousands except years):

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	80		6
Tradenames		1,320		9
Developed technology		10,750	7	–	8
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	12,150

Fair value measurement methodologies used to calculate the value of any asset can be broadly classified into one of three approaches, referred to as the cost, market and income approaches. In any fair value measurement analysis, all three approaches must be considered, and the approach or approaches deemed most relevant will then be selected for use in the fair value measurement of that asset. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets was determined primarily using variations of the income approach, which is based on the present value of the future after-tax cash flows attributable to each identifiable intangible asset. The fair value of assets held for rent and property, plant and equipment was determined using both the cost approach and the market approach.

Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of intangible asset fair values, from the perspective of a market participant, include, but are not limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future cash flows (including revenue and expenses), (ii) the discount rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the future cash flows, (iii) the assessment of the asset’s life cycle, and (iv) the competitive trends impacting the asset. Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the in valuing the contingent consideration, include, but are not limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future revenue, (ii) the volatility rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the revenue, and (iii) risk free interest rate.

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Acquired Goodwill

The goodwill of $21.0 million represents future economic benefits expected to arise from synergies from combining operations and commercial organizations to increase market presence and the extension of existing customer relationships. None of the goodwill recorded is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Custom Biogenic Systems Acquisition 

On November 10, 2019, we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company, Arctic Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Custom Biogenic Systems, Inc., a Michigan corporation (“CBS Seller”), pursuant to which we agreed to purchase from the CBS Seller substantially all of CBS Seller’s assets, properties and rights (the “CBS Acquisition”). The CBS Seller, a privately held company with operations located near Detroit, Michigan, designs and manufactures liquid nitrogen laboratory freezers and cryogenic equipment and also offers a related cloud-based monitoring system that continuously assesses biologic sample storage conditions and alerts equipment owners if a fault condition occurs. The Acquisition closed on November 12, 2019.

In connection with the CBS Acquisition, we paid to CBS Seller (i) a base payment in the amount of $15.0 million, consisting of a cash payment of $11.0 million paid at the closing of the CBS Acquisition, less a cash holdback escrow of $550,000 to satisfy certain indemnification claims, and an aggregate number of shares of our common stock, with an aggregate fair value equal to $4.0 million, less a holdback escrow of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to $3.0 million to satisfy potential payments related to any product liability claims outstanding as of March 13, 2019, and (ii) potential earnout payments in calendar years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 of up to an aggregate of, but not exceeding, $15.0 million payable to CBS Seller upon achieving certain specified revenue targets in each year for certain product lines.

The CBS acquisition was accounted for as a purchase of a business under FASB ASC Topic 805, “Business Combinations”. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the acquired assets and liabilities assumed from CBS were recorded as of the acquisition date, at their fair values, and consolidated with BioLife. The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired is $6.0 million, the fair value of the identifiable intangibles is $6.8 million, and the residual goodwill is $3.1 million. The fair value estimates required critical estimates, including, but not limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue and expense projections, discount rates, revenue volatility, and royalty rates. BioLife believes these estimates to be reasonable. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Total consideration transferred (in thousands):

Cash consideration	$	11,000
Stock consideration		4,000
Contingent consideration		856
Total consideration transferred	$	15,856

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

The table below represents the purchase price allocation to the net assets acquired based on their fair values (amounts in thousands). Such amounts were estimated using the most recent financial statements from CBS as of November 11, 2019.

Accounts receivable, net	$	1,044
Inventory		3,232
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		29
Property, plant and equipment, net		3,615
Customer relationships		560
Tradenames		800
Developed technology		5,430
Goodwill		2,954
Accounts payable		(1,197	)
Other liabilities		(611	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	15,856

The fair value of CBS’s identifiable intangible assets and weighted average useful lives have been estimated as follows (amounts in thousands except years):

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	560		6
Tradenames		800		6
Developed technology		5,430		9
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	6,790

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Fair value measurement methodologies used to calculate the value of any asset can be broadly classified into one of three approaches, referred to as the cost, market and income approaches. In any fair value measurement analysis, all three approaches must be considered, and the approach or approaches deemed most relevant will then be selected for use in the fair value measurement of that asset. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets was determined primarily using variations of the income approach, which is based on the present value of the future after-tax cash flows attributable to each identifiable intangible asset. The fair value of inventories was determined using both the cost approach and the market approach and the fair value of property, plant and equipment was determined using the cost and market approach. 

Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of intangible asset fair values, from the perspective of a market participant, include, but are not limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future cash flows (including revenue and expenses), (ii) the discount rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the future cash flows, (iii) the assessment of the asset’s life cycle, and (iv) the competitive trends impacting the asset. Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in valuing the contingent consideration, include, but are not limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future revenue, (ii) the volatility rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the revenue, and (iii) risk free interest rate.

Acquired Goodwill

The goodwill of $3.0 million represents future economic benefits expected to arise from synergies from combining operations and commercial organizations to increase market presence and the extension of existing customer relationships. All of the goodwill recorded is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

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4. Inventory  

Inventory consists of the following at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Raw materials	$	3,282	$	2,979
Work in progress		1,658		1,896
Finished goods		5,889		6,097
Total	$	10,829	$	10,972

5. Assets held for rent

Assets held for rent consist of the following at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Shippers placed in service	$	3,748		$	3,073
Accumulated deprecation		(302	)		(174	)
Net		3,446			2,899
Shippers and related components in production		1,429			1,023
Total	$	4,875		$	3,922

Shippers and related components in production include shippers complete and ready to be deployed and placed in service upon a customer order, shippers in the process of being assembled, and components available to build shippers. We recognized $128,000 in depreciation expense related to assets held for rent during the three months ended March 31, 2020. We did not have any depreciation expense related to assets held for rent during the three months ended March 31, 2019

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6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets 

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the difference between the purchase price and the estimated fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill acquired in a business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life is not amortized, but instead is tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with ASC 350. The following table represents the change in the carrying value of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

(In thousands)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	33,637
Correction of an error related to CBS goodwill		(131	)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	33,506

We adjusted goodwill from the CBS acquisition related to an immaterial error of $131,000 in payables that were paid during closing and incorrectly recorded as liabilities in our purchase price accounting as of December 31, 2019. We reduced our goodwill and accounts payable by $131,000.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following at March 31, 2020:

(In thousands, except weighted average useful life)	March 31, 2020
Finite-lived intangible assets:	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value		Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)
Customer Relationships	$	800	$	(88	)	$	712		5.0
Tradenames		2,590		(205	)		2,385		7.4
Technology – acquired		19,020		(1,473	)		17,547		7.8
In-process R&D(1)		650		—			650		9.0
Total intangible assets	$	23,060	$	(1,766	)	$	21,294		7.7

(1)   In-process R&D represents the fair value of incomplete research and development that has not yet reached technological feasibility. We will amortize the asset upon technological feasibility, which has reached technological feasibility and been placed in service in the second quarter of 2020.

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following at December 31, 2019:

(In thousands, except weighted average useful life)	December 31, 2019
Finite-lived intangible assets:	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value		Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)
Customer Relationships	$	800	$	(51	)	$	749		5.6
Tradenames		2,590		(123	)		2,467		8.1
Technology – acquired		19,020		(904	)		18,116		8.4
In-process R&D(1)		650		—			650		9.0
Total intangible assets	$	23,060	$	(1,078	)	$	21,982		8.3

(1)   In-process R&D represents the fair value of incomplete research and development that has not yet reached technological feasibility. We will amortize the asset upon technological feasibility, which has reached technological feasibility and been placed in service in the second quarter of 2020.

Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets was $688,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020. We had no amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets for the three months ended March 31, 2019. In-process research and development was put into service in the second quarter of 2020, as such we have included the amortization in the schedule below based on an estimated life of 9 years. As of March 31, 2020, the Company expects to record the following amortization expense:

(In thousands) For the Years Ended December 31,	Estimated Amortization Expense
2020 (9 months remaining)	$	2,100
2021		2,825
2022		2,825
2023		2,795
2024		2,770
Thereafter		7,979
Total	$	21,294

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7. Share-based Compensation          

Service Vesting-Based Stock Options

The following is a summary of service vesting based stock option activity for the three month period ended March 31, 2020, and the status of stock options outstanding at March 31, 2020:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2020
	Options			Weighted Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		1,570,455		$	1.96
Granted		—		$	—
Exercised		(251,180	)	$	1.84
Forfeited		—		$	—
Expired		—		$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020		1,319,275		$	1.98
Service vesting-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020		1,263,377		$	1.96

We recognized stock compensation expense of $61,000 and $144,000 related to service vesting-based options during the three month periods ending March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, there was $9.9 million of aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding service vesting-based stock options, including $9.5 million of aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable service vesting-based stock options. Intrinsic value is the total pretax intrinsic value for all “in-the-money” options (i.e., the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the quarter and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on March 31, 2020. This amount will change based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock. During the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 intrinsic value of service vesting-based awards exercised was $3.0 million and $1.4 million, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation cost of service vesting-based stock options at March 31, 2020 of $86,000 is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.2 years.

Performance-based Stock Options

The following is a summary of performance-based stock option activity under our stock option plans for the three months ended March 31, 2020, and the status of performance-based stock options outstanding at March 31, 2020:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Options			Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		737,497		$	1.64
Granted		—		$	—
Exercised		(17,113	)	$	1.64
Outstanding performance-based at March 31, 2020		720,384		$	1.64
Performance-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020		720,384		$	1.64

As of March 31, 2020, there was $5.7 million of aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable performance-based stock options. Intrinsic value is the total pretax intrinsic value for all “in-the-money” options (i.e., the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the quarter and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on March 31, 2020. This amount will change based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock. The weighted average remaining contractual life of performance-based options outstanding and exercisable at March 31, 2020, is 1.7 years. All compensation cost of performance-based stock options outstanding at March 31, 2020 has been recognized.

There were no stock options granted to employees and non-employee directors in the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019.

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Restricted Stock

Service vesting-based restricted stock

Service vesting-based restricted stock generally vests over a four-year period, with 25% vesting on the first anniversary of the date of grant and the remainder vesting in equal quarterly installments thereafter. The following is a summary of service vesting-based restricted stock activity for the three month period ended March 31, 2020, and the status of unvested service vesting-based restricted stock outstanding at March 31, 2020:

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2020
	Number of Restricted Shares			Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested outstanding at beginning of period		429,399		$	13.25
Granted		175,971		$	9.43
Vested		(53 026	)	$	12.90
Forfeited		(7,000	)	$	15.92
Unvested outstanding at March 31, 2020		545,344		$	12.01

The aggregate fair value of the service vesting-based awards granted during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $1.7 million and $2.6 million, respectively, which represents the market value of BioLife common stock on the date that the restricted stock awards were granted. The aggregate fair value of the service vesting-based restricted stock awards that vested was $813,000 and $853,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively.

We recognized stock compensation expense of $394,000 and $255,000 related to service vesting-based restricted stock awards for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2019, respectively. As of March 31, 2020, there was $5.7 million in unrecognized compensation costs related to service vesting-based restricted stock awards. We expect to recognize those costs over 3.3 years.

Performance-based restricted stock

On March 25, 2020 the Company granted 82,805 shares of performance-based stock to its executives in the form of restricted stock. The shares granted contain a performance condition based on several Company metrics related to 2020 performance. The performance-based restricted stock awards will vest as to between 0% and 125% of the number of restricted shares granted to each recipient. The grant date fair value of this award was $9.18 per share. The fair value of this award will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period ending on December 31, 2020.

We recognized stock compensation expense of $189,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 related to performance-based restricted stock awards. As of March 31, 2020, there was $571,000 in unrecognized non-cash compensation costs related to performance-based restricted stock awards expected to vest. We expect to recognize those costs over 0.8 years.

Performance-based restricted stock in lieu of cash

On March 25, 2020 the board of directors granted 34,154 restricted stock awards, at a fair value grant date of $9.18 per share, in lieu of the 2019 cash performance bonus for our executive compensation plan. The award vests in full on September 25, 2020 regardless of employment status on that date. All expenses related to these awards were incurred in the year ended December 31, 2019.

Market-based restricted stock

On February 25, 2019 the Company granted 94,247 shares and on April 1, 2019 granted 29,604 shares of market-based stock to its executives in the form of restricted stock. The shares granted contain a market condition based on Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”). The TSR market condition measures the Company’s performance against a peer group. The market-based restricted stock awards will vest as to between 0% and 200% of the number of restricted shares granted to each recipient based on our total shareholder return during the period beginning on January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020 as compared to the total shareholder return of 20 of our peers. The fair value of this award was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation with the following assumptions: a historical volatility of 69%, 0% dividend yield and a risk-free interest rate of 2.5%. The historical volatility was based on the most recent 2-year period for the Company and correlated with the components of the peer group. The stock price projection for the Company and the components of the peer group assumes a 0% dividend yield. This is mathematically equivalent to reinvesting dividends in the issuing entity over the performance period. The risk-free interest is based on the yield on the U.S. Treasury Strips as of the Measurement Date with a maturity consistent with the 2-year term associated with the market condition of the award. The fair value of this award will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the grant date to the vesting date of December 31, 2020.

On March 25, 2020 the Company granted 109,140 shares of market-based stock to its executives in the form of restricted stock. The shares granted contain a market condition based on TSR. The TSR market condition measures the Company’s performance against a peer group. The market-based restricted stock awards will vest as to between 0% and 200% of the number of restricted shares granted to each recipient based on our total shareholder return during the period beginning on January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021 as compared to the total shareholder return of 20 of our peers. The fair value of this award was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation with the following assumptions: a historical volatility of 78%, 0% dividend yield and a risk-free interest rate of 0.3%. The historical volatility was based on the most recent 2-year period for the Company and correlated with the components of the peer group. The stock price projection for the Company and the components of the peer group assumes a 0% dividend yield. This is mathematically equivalent to reinvesting dividends in the issuing entity over the performance period. The risk-free interest is based on the yield on the U.S. Treasury Strips as of the Measurement Date with a maturity consistent with the 2-year term associated with the market condition of the award. The fair value of this award will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the grant date to the vesting date of December 31, 2021.

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We recognized stock compensation expense of $469,000 and $132,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively, related to market-based restricted stock awards. As of March 31, 2020, there was $2.6 million in unrecognized non-cash compensation costs related to market-based restricted stock awards expected to vest. We expect to recognize those costs over 1.2 years.

We recorded total stock compensation expense for the three month periods ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2020		2019
Research and development costs	$	174	$	67
Sales and marketing costs		229		154
General and administrative costs		577		278
Cost of product sales		133		32
Total	$	1,113	$	531

8. Warrants  

In March 2014, in a registered public offering and in accordance with a separate note conversion agreement with certain note holders, the Company issued warrants to purchase 6,910,283 shares of common stock at $4.75 per share. The warrants expire in March 2021.

In May 2016, in connection with a credit facility with WAVI Holding AG, a significant stockholder of the Company, the Company issued a warrant to purchase 550,000 shares of common stock at $1.75 per share. The warrant was immediately exercisable and expires in May 2021.

The following table summarizes warrant activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

	Shares			Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2019		3,959,005		$	4.33
Exercised		(2,000	)		4.75
Outstanding at March 31, 2020		3,957,005		$	4.33

On May 14, 2020, the Company entered into separate warrant exercise agreements with WAVI Holding AG and Taurus4757 GmbH pursuant to which the warrant holders immediately exercised their respective warrants via a “cashless” exercise as agreed to by the Company. As a result of the cashless exercise, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,747,970 shares of Company common stock upon cashless exercise of an aggregate of 3,871,405 warrants. There are 85,600 warrants remaining at an exercise price of $4.75.

9. Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC Topic 740 – Income Taxes. Under this standard, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future tax benefits or consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled

We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. As we continue to have multiple quarters of positive net income, we will assess our valuation allowance. Based on all available evidence, we determined that we have not yet attained a sustained level of profitability. Therefore, we have maintained the full valuation allowance as of March 31, 2020. We may release all, or a portion, of the valuation allowance in the near-term, dependent on the verifiable positive evidence observed in future quarters.

On March 27, 2020, President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") into law. The Company has reviewed the aspects of this law as it relates to income taxes and have concluded that at this time, the CARES Act will have no material impact to the Company’s 2020 provision for income taxes. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of the CARES Act on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

As of March 30, 2020, the company started deferring the employer side of social security payments. We will pay back 50% of our total deferred payments in 2021 and the remaining 50% in 2022.

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10. Net Income (Loss) per Common Share                  

The Company considers its unexercised warrants and unvested restricted shares, which contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends, participating securities, and includes such participating securities in its computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. Basic earnings per share for the two classes of stock (common stock and warrants) is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and warrants outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the potentially dilutive effect of common equivalent shares outstanding determined under both the two class method and the treasury stock method, whichever is more dilutive.

In periods when we have a net loss, common stock equivalents are excluded from our calculation of earnings per share as their inclusion would have an antidilutive effect. For the three month period ended March 31, 2020, we excluded 1.9 million common stock options, 2.7 million warrants, and a nominal amount of unvested stock awards from our calculation of diluted weighted average shares because they were antidilutive. For the three month period ended March 31, 2019, we excluded 2.7 million common stock options, 3.0 million warrants, and a nominal amount of unvested stock awards from our calculation of diluted weighted average shares because they were antidilutive.

The following table presents computations of basic and diluted earnings per share under the two class method:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except per share and share data)	2020			2019
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	$	18,364		$	(19,161	)
Diluted	$	(174	)	$	(19,161	)
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding		21,010,817			18,648,397
Basic earnings per share	$	0.87		$	(1.03	)
Diluted earnings per share	$	(0.01	)	$	(1.03	)

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11. Commitments and Contingencies

Employment agreements

We have employment agreements with our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Chief Science Officer, Chief Quality Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Vice President, Freezer Technologies, Vice President of Sales, Thaw Technologies, Vice President of Product Development, Thaw Technologies, and Vice President, Cold Chain Technologies Sales. None of these employment agreements is for a definitive period, but rather each will continue indefinitely until terminated in accordance with its terms. The agreements provide for a base annual salary, payable in monthly (or shorter) installments. In addition, the agreement with the Chief Executive Officer provides for incentive bonuses at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Under certain conditions and for certain of these officers, we may be required to pay additional amounts upon terminating the officer or upon the officer resigning for good reason.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company is subject to various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business, none of which are currently material to the Company’s business. The Company’s industry is characterized by frequent claims and litigation, including claims regarding intellectual property. As a result, the Company may be subject to various legal proceedings from time to time. The results of any future litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on the Company because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors. Management is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation.

Indemnification

As permitted under Delaware law and in accordance with the Company’s bylaws, the Company is required to indemnify its officers and directors for certain errors and occurrences while the officer or director is or was serving in such capacity. The Company is also party to indemnification agreements with its directors. The Company believes the fair value of the indemnification rights and agreements is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has not recorded any liabilities for these indemnification rights and agreements as of March 31, 2020.

12. Revenue

We currently operate as one operating segment focusing on biopreservation tools.

We generate revenue from the sale of bioproduction products, equipment devices, and related consumables used with these equipment devices to customers in the life science and biopharmaceutical industries. Under ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” revenue is recognized when, or as, obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied, which occurs when control of the promised products or services is transferred to customers.

The Company also generates revenue from the leasing of our evo cold chain systems, which are typically cloud-connected shippers with enabling cold chain cloud applications, to customers pursuant to rental arrangements entered into with the customer. Revenue from the rental of cold chain systems is not within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 606 as it is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic 842, “Leases”. All customers leasing shippers currently do so under month-to-month rental arrangements. We account for these rental transactions as operating leases and record rental revenue on a straight-line basis over the rental term.

The following table represents revenues by product line:  

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except percentages)	2020		2019
Biopreservation media	$	8,672	$	5,770
Automated thawing		394	––
evo shippers		438	––
Freezers and accessories		2,658	––
Total revenue	$	12,162	$	5,770

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13. Leases

We lease approximately 32,106 square feet in our Bothell, Washington headquarters. The term of our lease continues until July 31, 2021 with two options to extend the term of the lease, each of which is for an additional period of five years, with the first extension term commencing, if at all, on August 1, 2021, and the second extension term commencing, if at all, immediately following the expiration of the first extension term. In accordance with the amended lease agreement, our monthly base rent is approximately $63,000 at March 31, 2020, with scheduled annual increases each August and again in October for the most recent amendment. We are also required to pay an amount equal to the Company’s proportionate share of certain taxes and operating expenses.

We lease approximately 1,250 square feet in our Menlo Park, California location. The term of our lease continues until July 1, 2020. In accordance with the lease agreement, the monthly base rent is approximately $5,000 at March 31, 2020. We are also required to pay an amount equal to the Company’s proportionate electrical expenses.

We lease approximately 9,932 square feet in our Albuquerque, New Mexico location. The term of our lease continues until December 31, 2021 with two options to extend the terms of the lease, each of which is for an additional period of three years, with the first extension term commencing, if at all, on December 1, 2021, and the second extension term commencing, if at all, December 1, 2024. In accordance with the lease agreement, the monthly base rent is approximately $9,000 at March 31, 2020, with a monthly increase if the term is extended.

We lease approximately 106,998 square feet in our Detroit, Michigan location. The term of our lease continues until November 30, 2020 with one option to extend the term of the lease, for an additional sixty months, with the extension term commencing, if at all, on November 12, 2020. These extension options are not accounted for under ASC Topic 842, “Leases” because we are not reasonably certain we will enter into the renewal options in their current terms and the current term is less than 12 months. With adequate notice prior to expiration of the option notice period, we have the right to purchase the premises for a purchase price that is mutually acceptable to landlord and tenant as agreed to by the parties on or before the expiration of the option notice period. In the event that the parties are unable to mutually agree on the option purchase price then each party shall obtain, at its sole cost and expense, an appraisal of the premises and the option purchase price will be the average of the two appraisals. For the avoidance of doubt, our right to elect to purchase the premises for the option purchase price will terminate upon the expiration of the option notice period, but we will not be obligated to close on the purchase of the premises prior to the expiration of the initial term. In accordance with the lease agreement, the monthly base rent is approximately $15,000 at March 31, 2020, with scheduled annual increases if the term is extended.

Operating leases recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheet are primarily related to our Bothell, Washington headquarters space lease and our Albuquerque, New Mexico, SAVSU, space lease. We have not included extension options in our right of use assets or lease liabilities as we are not reasonably certain we will enter into the renewal options in their current terms. Our Detroit, Michigan and Menlo Park, California lease are not recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as the term expires in one year or less.

Our financing lease is related to research equipment.

We used a weighted average discount rate of 6.5%, our market collateralized borrowing rate, and 8.1%, the weighted average implied interest on our leases, to determine our operating and financing lease liabilities, respectively. The weighted average remaining term of our operating and financing leases are 1.5 years and 0.9 years, respectively. We initially recognized $1.3 million in operating lease right of use assets and initially recognized $1.8 million in operating lease liabilities. Through the SAVSU acquisition we acquired $233,000 in operating lease right of use assets and acquired $232,000 in operating lease liabilities. The operating lease costs recognized in the three months ended March 31, 2020 were $229,000, which consist of $170,000 in operating lease costs and $59,000 in short-term lease costs, we did not have any variable lease costs. The operating lease cash paid in the three months ended March 31, 2020 of $217,000. Rent expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019, was recognized under prior GAAP (ASC 840) and amounted to $142,000.

Maturities of our operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2020 is as follows:

(In thousands)	Operating Leases			Financing Leases
2020	$	656		$	11
2021		559			3
Total lease payments		1,215			14
Less: interest		(57	)		(1	)
Total present value of lease liabilities	$	1,158		$	13

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14. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet Detail

Property and Equipment

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Property and equipment
Leasehold improvements	$	2,137		$	2,112
Furniture and computer equipment		810			794
Manufacturing and other equipment		5,261			5,187
Subtotal		8,208			8,093
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(2,801	)		(2,521	)
Net property and equipment	$	5,407		$	5,572

Depreciation expense for property and equipment was $285,000 and $98,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	337	$	302
Other payables		676		1,018
Accrued compensation		1,762		1,554
Deferred revenue		282		324
Other		23		171
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	3,080	$	3,369

15. Employee Benefit Plan

The Company sponsors a 401(k) defined contribution plan for its employees. This plan provides for pre-tax and post-tax contributions for all employees. Employee contributions are voluntary. Employees may contribute up to 100% of their annual compensation to this plan, as limited by an annual maximum amount as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company matches employee contributions in amounts to be determined at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company made $84,000 and $50,000 contributions to the plan for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. 

16. Subsequent Event

Paycheck Protection Program 

We determined that we met the original eligibility requirements per the guidelines original established by the U.S. federal government as part of the CARES Act for the Pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”). As such, on April 20, 2020, the Company received $2,175,320 in support from the PPP. Because the U.S. government subsequently changed its position and guidelines related to the PPP and publicly traded companies, the Company repaid the load on April 29, 2020.

Casdin Financing

On May 22, 2020, the Company closed on a share purchase agreement with Casdin Capital LLC, a current stockholder of the Company, pursuant to which Casdin invested $20 million in the Company at a price per share of $10.50. Pursuant to the terms of the share purchase agreement, the Company issued to Casdin 1,904,762 shares of Company common stock. The Company also granted Casdin certain registration rights requiring the Company to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale by Casdin of the shares issued in the transaction.

Cashless warrant exercises

On May 14, 2020, the Company entered into separate warrant exercise agreements with WAVI Holding AG and Taurus4757 GmbH pursuant to which the warrant holders immediately exercised their respective warrants via a “cashless” exercise as agreed to by the Company. As a result of the cashless exercise, the Company issued an aggregate of 2,747,970 shares of Company common stock upon cashless exercise of an aggregate of 3,871,405 warrants.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties. We caution readers that any forward-looking statement is not a guarantee of future performance and that actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statement. These statements are based on current expectations of future events. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about our products, including our newly acquired products, customers, regulatory approvals, the potential utility of and market for our products and services, our ability to implement our business strategy and anticipated business and operations, in particular following our 2019 acquisitions, future financial and operational performance, our anticipated future growth strategy, including the acquisition of synergistic cell and gene therapy manufacturing tools and services or technologies or other companies or technologies, capital requirements, intellectual property, suppliers, joint venture partners, future financial and operating results, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, revenues, costs and expenses, interest rates, outcome of contingencies, financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, business strategies, regulatory filings and requirements, the estimated potential size of markets, capital requirements, the terms of any capital financing agreements, cost savings, objectives of management and other statements that are not historical facts. You can find many of these statements by looking for words like “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “could,” “plan,” “intend,” or similar expressions in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We intend that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby.

These forward-looking statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. If underlying assumptions prove inaccurate or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results may differ materially from current expectations and projections. 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, 2019 filed with the SEC. 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.

You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or, in the case of documents referred to or incorporated by reference, the date of those documents.

All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under applicable U.S. securities law. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.

Overview

Management’s discussion and analysis provides additional insight into the Company and is provided as a supplement to, and should be read in conjunction with, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC.

We were incorporated in Delaware in 1987 under the name Trans Time Medical Products, Inc. In 2002, the Company, then known as Cryomedical Sciences, Inc., and engaged in manufacturing and marketing cryosurgical products, completed a merger with our wholly-owned subsidiary, BioLife Solutions, Inc., which was engaged as a developer and marketer of biopreservation media products for cells and tissues. Following the merger, we changed our name to BioLife Solutions, Inc.

We develop, manufacture and market bioproduction tools to the cell and gene therapy (“C&GT”) industry, which are designed to improve quality and de-risk biologic manufacturing and delivery. Our products are used in basic and applied research, and commercial manufacturing of biologic-based therapies. Customers use our products to maintain the health and function of biologic material during sourcing, manufacturing, storage, and distribution of cells and tissues.

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We currently operate as one bioproduction tools business with product lines that support several steps in the biologic material manufacturing and delivery process. We have a diversified portfolio of tools that focus on biopreservation, frozen storage, and thawing of biologic materials. We have in-house expertise in cryobiology and continue to capitalize on opportunities to maximize the value of our product platform for our extensive customer base through both organic growth innovations and acquisitions.

Our Products

Our bioproduction tools are comprised of four main product lines

● Biopreservation media

● Automated thawing devices

● Cloud connected “smart” shipping containers

● Freezer and storage technology and related components

Biopreservation media

Our proprietary biopreservation media products, HypoThermosol® FRS and CryoStor®, are formulated to mitigate preservation-induced, delayed-onset cell damage and death, which result when cells and tissues are subjected to reduced temperatures. Our technology can provide our C&GT customers with significant shelf life extension of biologic source material and final cell products, and can also greatly improve post-preservation cell and tissue viability and function. Our biopreservation media is serum-free, protein-free, fully defined, and manufactured under current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP). We strive to source wherever possible, the highest available grade, multi-compendium raw materials. We estimate our media products have been incorporated in over 400 customer clinical applications, including numerous chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell and other cell types. 

Stability (i.e. shelf-life) and functional recovery are crucial aspects of academic research and clinical practice in the biopreservation of biologic-based source material, intermediate derivatives, and isolated/derived/expanded cellular products and therapies. Limited stability is especially critical in the C&GT field, where harvested cells and tissues will lose viability over time, if not maintained appropriately at normothermic body temperature (37ºC) or stored in a hypothermic state in an effective preservation medium. Chilling (hypothermia) is used to reduce metabolism and delay degradation of harvested cells and tissues. However, subjecting biologic material to hypothermic environments induces damaging molecular stress and structural changes. Although cooling successfully reduces metabolism (i.e., lowers demand for energy), various levels of cellular damage and death occur when using suboptimal methods. Traditional biopreservation media range from simple “balanced salt” (electrolyte) formulations to complex mixtures of electrolytes, energy substrates such as sugars, osmotic buffering agents and antibiotics. The limited stability which results from the use of these traditional biopreservation media formulations is a significant shortcoming that our optimized proprietary products address with great success.

Our scientific research activities over the last 20+ years enabled a detailed understanding of the molecular basis for the hypothermic and cryogenic (low-temperature induced) damage/destruction of cells through apoptosis and necrosis. This research led directly to the development of our HypoThermosol® FRS and CryoStor® technologies. Our proprietary biopreservation media products are specifically formulated to:

● Minimize cell and tissue swelling

● Reduce free radical levels upon formation

● Maintain appropriate low temperature ionic balances

● Provide regenerative, high energy substrates to stimulate recovery upon warming

● Avoid the creation of an acidic state (acidosis)

● Inhibit the onset of apoptosis and necrosis

A key feature of our biopreservation media products is their “fully-defined” profile. All of our cGMP products are serum-free, protein-free and are formulated and filled using aseptic processing. We strive to use USP/Multicompendial grade or the highest quality available synthetic components. We believe that all of these features benefit prospective customers by facilitating the qualification process required to incorporate our products into their regulatory filings.

The results of independent testing demonstrate that our biopreservation media products significantly extend shelf-life and improve cell and tissue post-thaw viability and function. Our products have demonstrated improved biopreservation outcomes, including greatly extended shelf-life and post-thaw viability, across a broad array of cell and tissue types.

Competing biopreservation media products are often formulated with simple isotonic media cocktails, animal serum, potentially a single sugar or human protein. A key differentiator of our proprietary HypoThermosol FRS formulation is the engineered optimization of the key ionic component concentrations for low temperature environments, as opposed to normothermic body temperature around 37°C, as found in culture media or saline-based isotonic formulas. Competing cryopreservation freeze media is often comprised of a single permeating cryoprotectant such as dimethyl sulfoxide (“DMSO”). Our CryoStor formulations incorporate multiple permeating and non-permeating cryoprotectant agents which allow for multiple mechanisms of protection and reduces the dependence on a single cryoprotectant. We believe that our products offer significant advantages over in-house formulations, or commercial “generic” preservation media, including, time saving, improved quality of components, more rigorous quality control release testing, more cost effective and improved preservation efficacy.

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We estimate that annual revenue from each customer commercial application in which our products are used could range from $0.5 million to $2.0 million, if such application is approved and our customer commences large scale commercial manufacturing of the biologic based therapy.

Automated, Water-Free Thawing Products

In April 2019, we acquired Astero Bio Corporation (“Astero”), to expand our bioprocessing tools portfolio and diversify our revenue streams. The Astero ThawSTAR® line includes automated vial and cryobag thawing products that control the heat and timing of the thawing process of biologic material. Our customizable, automated, water-free thawing products uses algorithmic programmed, heating plates to consistently bring biologic material from a frozen state to a liquid state in a controlled and consistent manner. This helps reduce damage during the temperature transition. The ThawSTAR products can reduce risks of contamination versus using a traditional water bath.

evo® Cloud Connected Shipping Containers

In August 2019, we acquired the remaining shares of SAVSU Technologies, Inc. (“SAVSU”) we did not previously own. SAVSU is a leading developer and supplier of next generation cold chain management tools for cell and gene therapies. The evo.is cloud app allows biologic products to be traced and tracked in real time. Our evo platform consists of rentable cloud-connected shippers and include technologies that enable tracking software provides real-time information on geolocation, payload temperature, ambient temperature, tilt of shipper, humidity, altitude, and real-time alerts when a shipper has been opened. Our internally developed evo.is software allows customers to customize alert notifications both in data measurements and user requirements. The evo Dry Vapor Shipper (“DVS”) is specifically marketed to cell and gene therapies. The evo DVS has improved form factor and ergonomics over the traditional dewar, including extended thermal performance, reduced liquid nitrogen recharge time, improved payload extractors and ability to maintain temperature for longer periods on its side.

We utilize couriers who already have established logistic channels and distribution centers. Our strategy greatly reduces the cash need to build out specialized facilities around the world. Our partnerships with several white glove couriers allow us to scale our sales and marketing effort by utilizing their salesforce. Our courier partnerships market our evo platform to their existing cell and gene therapy customers as a cost effective and innovative solution. We also market directly to our existing and prospective customers who can utilize the evo platform through our courier partnerships.     

Liquid Nitrogen Freezer and Storage Devices

In November 2019, we acquired Custom Biogenic Systems, Inc. (“CBS”) a global leader in the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art liquid nitrogen laboratory freezers, cryogenic equipment and accessories. The addition of CBS allows for product line growth, diversification of revenue and reduction of supply chain costs for our evo dry vapor shippers.

Included in CBS’s product line of liquid nitrogen freezers are the Isothermal LN2 freezers, constructed with a patented system which stores liquid nitrogen in a jacketed space in the walls of the freezer. This dry storage method eliminates liquid nitrogen contact with stored specimens, reduces the risk of cross-contamination and provides increased user safety in a laboratory setting. To accommodate customer requirements, we offer customizable features including wide bodied and extended height.

Our freezer offerings also include high capacity rate freezers which are fully customizable to customer needs with temperature range of -180°C to +50°C and freezing rates of 0.01 to 99.9 per minute. Password protected software aids in compliance with 21 CFR Part 11 and unlimited programming capability, these high capacity rate freezers provide a searchable database for freeze run history and allow freeze data to be saved.

To accompany the offerings of cryogenic freezer equipment, we supply equipment for storing critically important biological materials. This storage equipment includes upright freezer racks, chest freezer racks, liquid nitrogen freezer racks, canisters/cassettes and frames as well as laboratory boxes and dividers. Due to our onsite design and manufacturing capability, racks and canisters can be customized to address customers’ varying requirements,

In order to provide customers with a proactive approach to safety and monitoring of equipment containing liquefied gas, CBS offers Versalert, a patented wireless remote asset monitoring system that can monitor and record temperatures from -200°C to +50°C, and monitor and record two additional variables using 0-5v or 4-20mA inputs. With an intelligent mesh network with three times the range of competing products, the system enables customers to view current equipment conditions and receive alarm notification on smartphones, tablets or personal computers and maintain permanent electronic records for regulatory compliance and legal verification.

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Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

A “critical accounting policy” is one which is both important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results and requires management’s most difficult, subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. For a description of our critical accounting policies that affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, refer to Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and our significant accounting policies in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the SEC.

Results of Operations

We did not observe significant impacts on our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 due to the global outbreak of novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”). We estimate that we received approximately $1.5-$2.0 million in incremental media revenue resulting from what we believe were safety stock purchases of media. The ultimate impacts of COVID-19 on our business and results of operations are currently unknown. We expect to continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further precautionary and preemptive actions as may be required by federal, state or local authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of public health and safety and that of our patient community, employees, partners, suppliers and stockholders. We cannot predict the effects that such actions, or the impact of COVID-19 on global business operations and economic conditions, may have on our business or strategy, including the effects on our financial and operating results.

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and the related footnotes thereto.

Revenues

In 2019, we acquired three companies which resulted in increased revenue diversification compared to prior years, in which nearly all revenue was derived from our biopreservation media product line. In the three months ended March 31, 2020, we saw a more diversified revenue, both in terms of product and customer concentration, a trend we expect to see continue through 2020.

The following table represents revenues by product line for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019:  

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except percentages)	2020		2019
Biopreservation media	$	8,672	$	5,770
Automated thawing		394		—
evo shippers		438		—
Freezers and accessories		2,658		—
Total revenue	$	12,162	$	5,770

Revenue increased by $6.4 million, or 111%, in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with 2019. The increase is due to the acquisitions throughout 2019 and an increase in product revenue of our biopreservation media products. Product revenue of our biopreservation media products increased by $2.9 million, or 50% in the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. We estimate that we received approximately $1.5-$2.0 million in incremental media revenue resulting from what we believe were safety stock purchases of media as a result of COVID-19. Our biopreservation media products continued to be adopted by customers in the C> market and we realized a higher selling price per liter in 2020 compared to 2019. Revenue is impacted by the relatively high degree of customer concentration, the timing of orders, the development efforts of our customers or end-users and regulatory approvals for biologics that incorporate our products, which may result in significant quarterly fluctuations. Such quarterly fluctuations are expected, but they may not be predictive of future revenue or otherwise indicative of a trend. We also expect to see quarterly fluctuations based on large customer ordering patterns throughout 2020.

Costs and Operating Expenses

Total costs and operating expenses for three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019			% Change
Operating expenses:
Cost of product and rental revenue	$	4,568		$	1,647			177	%
Research and development		1,663			359			363	%
Sales and marketing		1,576			837			88	%
General and administrative		3,135			2,153			46	%
Intangible assets amortization		688			—			100	%
Acquisition costs		225			208			8	%
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(63	)		—			(100	%)
Total costs and operating expenses	$	11,792		$	5,204			127	%
% of revenue		97	%		90	%

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Cost of product and rental revenue

In the three months ended March 31, 2020 cost of revenue increased $2.9 million, or 177% when compared to the same period in 2019, due primarily to the increase in revenue mentioned above. We expect that cost of product revenue may fluctuate in future quarters based on production volumes and product mix. The product lines acquired in 2019 have a higher cost of product revenue than our biopreservation media products.

Cost of product revenue as a percentage of revenue was 38%, and 29% for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Cost of product revenue in 2020 includes $196,000 in inventory step-up related amortization recorded in the purchase accounting of our Astero and CBS acquisitions. The increase in cost of product revenue as a percentage of revenue is a result of the inventory step-up, and higher costs of product revenue as a percentage of revenue for the product lines acquired in 2019 through the Astero, Savsu and CBS acquisitions.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development (“R&D”) expense consist primarily of salaries and other personnel-related costs, consulting and external product development services.

R&D expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased $1.3 million in 2019, or 363%, compared with the same period in 2019. The increase is primarily due to our three acquisitions in 2019 and stock compensation expense.

We expect our R&D expense to increase as we continue to expand, develop and refine the product lines we acquired in 2019.

Sales and Marketing Expenses

Sales and marketing expense (“S&M”) consists primarily of salaries and other personnel-related costs, stock compensation expense, trade shows, sales commissions and advertising.

S&M expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased $0.7 million, or 88%, compared with the same period in 2019. The increase reflects the S&M costs we absorbed related to our acquisitions, stock compensation expense and an increase in our direct selling costs.

We expect S&M expense to increase, as we expand our direct selling efforts to support the broader product line offerings resulting from our 2019 acquisitions.  

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative (“G&A”) expense consists primarily of personnel-related expenses, non-cash stock-based compensation for administrative personnel and members of the board of directors, professional fees, such as accounting and legal, and corporate insurance.

G&A expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2020 increased by $1.0 million, or 46%, compared with the same period in 2019. The increase reflects the assumption of G&A expenses related to our 2019 acquisitions, and the continued buildout of our administrative infrastructure, primarily through increased headcount and information technology expenditures, to support expected future growth and stock compensation expense.

We expect G&A expense to increase reflecting the infrastructure and costs related to supporting the larger expected enterprise created as a result of our 2019 acquisitions.

Intangible asset amortization expense

Amortization expense consists of charges related to the amortization of intangible assets associated with acquisitions, Astero, SAVSU and CBS in which we acquired definite-lived intangible assets.

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Acquisition costs

Acquisition costs consist of legal, accounting, third-party valuations, and other due diligence costs incurred related to our Astero, SAVSU and CBS acquisitions.

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

Change in fair value of contingent consideration consists of changes in estimated fair value of our potential earnouts related to our Astero acquisition.

Other Income and Expense

Total other income and expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 were comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except percentages)	2020			2019			$ Change			% Change
Change in fair value of warrant liability	$	21,914		$	(19,663	)	$	41,577			211	%
Interest income (expense), net		28			168			(140	)		(83	%)
Other		(4	)		—			(4	)		—
Loss on equity method investment – SAVSU		—			(232	)		(232	)		100	%
Total other income (expenses)	$	21,938		$	(19,727	)	$	41,665			211	%

Change in fair value of warrant liability. Reflects the changes in fair value associated with the periodic “mark to market” valuation of certain warrants that were issued in 2014. Due to the change in our stock price during the three months ended March 31, 2020 from December 31, 2019, we had a lower warrant liability and a corresponding unrealized, non-cash gain of $21.9 million due to the change in fair value of our warrant liability.

Interest income (expense), net. We earn interest on cash held in our money market account. We had a lower weighted average cash balance in our money market account for the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to 2019. Interest expense is related to equipment financing.

Loss on equity method investment. The non-cash loss associated with our proportionate share of the net loss in our investment in SAVSU prior to our acquisition of the remaining shares of SAVSU and subsequent consolidation of SAVSU in our financial statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, we had $6.4 million in cash and cash equivalents. We acquired Astero on April 1, 2019 for $12.5 million in cash and contingent consideration of up to $8.5 million (which payment requirement has not been triggered or otherwise paid to date). We anticipate paying $484,000 for the earnout related to 2019 revenues of Astero in the second quarter of 2020. On August 8, 2019, we acquired SAVSU for 1,100,000 shares of common stock. On November 12, 2019, we acquired CBS for $11.0 million in cash, $4.0 million in shares of our common stock, and up to $15.0 million in contingent consideration payable in cash or stock (which payment requirement has not been triggered or otherwise paid to date).

On May 22, 2020, the Company closed on a share purchase agreement with Casdin Capital LLC, a current stockholder of the Company, pursuant to which Casdin invested $20 million in the Company. Based on our current expectations with respect to our future revenue and expenses, we believe that our current level of cash and cash equivalents including proceeds from the Casdin investment, will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next 12 months. However, if our revenues do not grow as expected, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and if we are not able to manage expenses sufficiently, we may be required to obtain additional equity or debt financing if our cash resources are depleted. Further, the Company may choose to raise additional capital through a debt or equity financing in an attempt to mitigate the heightened level of business uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, or in order to pursue additional acquisition or strategic investment opportunities. Additional capital, if required, may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all. 

Cash Flows

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019			$ Change
Operating activities	$	687		$	1,146		$	(459	)
Investing activities		(1,227	)		(156	)		(1,071	)
Financing activities		492			177			315
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	$	(48	)	$	1,167		$	(1,215	)

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Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, net cash provided by operating activities was $687,000 compared to $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was the result of increase operating expenses from our 2019 acquisitions.

Net Cash Used In Investing Activities

Net cash used by investing activities totaled $1.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020 compared to $156,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in investing activities was the result of purchasing assets held for rent for SAVSU. Both period investing activities included purchases of property and equipment.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities totaled $492,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2020, compared to $177,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2019. Net cash provided by financing activities in the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was primarily the result of proceeds received from stock option exercises and warrant exercises.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of March 31, 2020, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements. 

Contractual Obligations

We previously disclosed certain contractual obligations and contingencies and commitments relevant to us within the financial statements and Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the SEC. There have been no significant changes to these obligations in the three months ended March 31, 2020.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk    

Not applicable.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures    

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-Q were not effective due to the existence of a material weakness in our internal controls over complex equity transactions because we have insufficient technical resources to appropriately analyze and account for complex financial instruments, specifically with regard to our prior interpretation of ASC 480, “Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity”, as it related to the initial classification and subsequent accounting of certain of our outstanding warrants as equity instruments dating back to March 2014, and ASC 718, “Stock Compensation” as it related to the accounting for stock awards with market-based vesting conditions. Errors in the accounting for these transactions resulted in the restatement of previously issued financial statements.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Limitations on Effectiveness of Control. Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within BioLife Solutions have been detected.

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PART II: Other Information

Item 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business. We are not currently aware of any such proceedings or claims that we believe will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Item 1A. RISK FACTORS

The matters discussed in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include forward-looking statements that involve risks or uncertainties. These statements are neither promises nor guarantees, but are based on various assumptions by management regarding future circumstances, over many of which BioLife has little or no control. A number of important risks and uncertainties, including those identified under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2019 and in subsequent filings, could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. There are no material changes to the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2019.

Item 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

None.

Item 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

Item 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

Item 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
31.1	Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2	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
32.2	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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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: May 29, 2020	/s/ Roderick de Greef
	Roderick de Greef
	Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer (Duly authorized officer and principal financial and accounting 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
31.2	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
32.2	Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

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EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE 13a-14(a) or RULE 13d-14(a) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are 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 our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us 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 our 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 our 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. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our 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: May 29, 2020

/s/ Michael Rice

Michael Rice

Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

RULE 13a-14(a) or RULE 13d-14(a) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

I, Roderick de Greef, 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. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are 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 our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us 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 our 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 our 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. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our 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: May 29, 2020

/s/ Roderick de Greef

Roderick de Greef

Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of BioLife Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Michael Rice, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 29, 2020

/s/ Michael Rice

Michael Rice

Chief Executive Officer

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of BioLife Solutions, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2020, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Roderick de Greef, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: May 29, 2020

/s/ Roderick de Greef

Roderick de Greef

Chief Financial and Chief Operating Officer

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Note 14 - Consolidated Balance Sheet Detail (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Depreciation, Total	$ 285,000	$ 98,000

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Note 12 - Revenue (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020
Number of Operating Segments	1

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Note 5 - Assets Held for Rent - Assets Held for Rent (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Shippers placed in service	$ 3,748	$ 3,073
Accumulated deprecation	(302)	(174)
Net	3,446	2,899
Shippers and related components in production	1,429	1,023
Total	$ 4,875	$ 3,922

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Note 2 - Fair Value Measurement - Fair Value of Warrant Liabilities Using Level 3 Inputs (Details) - Warrant Liabilities [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Beginning balance	$ 39,602	$ 39,602	$ 28,516
Exercised warrants	(21)		(1,749)
Change in fair value recognized in net income	(21,914)		12,835
Total	$ 17,667	$ 39,602	$ 39,602

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Note 3 - Acquisitions - Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Nov. 12, 2019	Nov. 11, 2019	Aug. 08, 2019	Aug. 07, 2019	Apr. 01, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
Goodwill	$ 33,506,000	$ 33,637,000
Astero [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents							$ 11,000
Accounts receivable, net							154,000
Inventory							456,000
Intangible assets							12,150,000	$ 4,120,000
Goodwill							9,515,000	9,500,000
Other assets							99,000
Accounts payable							(250,000)
Other liabilities							164,000
Fair value of net assets acquired							13,941,000
Other liabilities							(164,000)
Fair value of net assets acquired							13,941,000
Inventory							456,000
Astero [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Intangible assets							160,000	160,000
Astero [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Intangible assets							470,000	470,000
Astero [Member] | Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Intangible assets							2,840,000	2,840,000
Astero [Member] | In Process Research and Development [Member]
Intangible assets							$ 650,000	$ 650,000
SAVSU [Member]
Cash and cash equivalents						$ 1,251,000
Accounts receivable, net						753,000
Intangible assets					$ 12,200,000
Goodwill					19,500,000	21,037,000
Accounts payable						(807,000)
Other liabilities						232,000
Fair value of net assets acquired					35,800,000	35,850,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets						19,000
Property, plant and equipment, net						546,000
Operating right-of-use asset					233,000	233,000
Assets held for rent, net						2,441,000
Deferred tax liabilities						(1,541,000)
Other liabilities						(232,000)
Fair value of net assets acquired					$ 35,800,000	35,850,000
SAVSU [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Intangible assets						80,000
SAVSU [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Intangible assets						1,320,000
SAVSU [Member] | Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Intangible assets						$ 10,750,000
CBS Acquisition [Member]
Accounts receivable, net				$ 1,044,000
Inventory				3,232,000
Intangible assets			$ 6,800,000	6,790,000
Goodwill			$ 3,100,000	2,954,000
Accounts payable				(1,197,000)
Other liabilities				611,000
Fair value of net assets acquired				15,856,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets				29,000
Property, plant and equipment, net				3,615,000
Other liabilities				(611,000)
Fair value of net assets acquired				15,856,000
Inventory				3,232,000
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Intangible assets				560,000
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Intangible assets				800,000
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Intangible assets				$ 5,430,000

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Note 1 - Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Revenue from External Customers by Products and Services [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations	2020			2019
United States		74	%		60	%
Canada		11	%		23	%
Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)		12	%		13	%
Other		3	%		4	%
Total revenue		100	%		100	%

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Note 14 - Consolidated Balance Sheet Detail

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Supplemental Balance Sheet Disclosures [Text Block]

14.

C

ondensed

Consolidated Balance Sheet Detail

Property and Equipment

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Property and equipment
Leasehold improvements	$	2,137		$	2,112
Furniture and computer equipment		810			794
Manufacturing and other equipment		5,261			5,187
Subtotal		8,208			8,093
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(2,801	)		(2,521	)
Net property and equipment	$	5,407		$	5,572

Depreciation expense for property and equipment was

$285,000

and

$98,000

for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019,

respectively.

Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	337	$	302
Other payables		676		1,018
Accrued compensation		1,762		1,554
Deferred revenue		282		324
Other		23		171
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	3,080	$	3,369

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Note 5 - Assets Held for Rent (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Scheduleof Assets Held for Rent [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Shippers placed in service	$	3,748		$	3,073
Accumulated deprecation		(302	)		(174	)
Net		3,446			2,899
Shippers and related components in production		1,429			1,023
Total	$	4,875		$	3,922

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Note 2 - Fair Value Measurement - Fair Value of Assets Using Level 3 Input (Details) - Investments [Member] - USD ($) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Beginning balance	$ 1	$ 1
Purchases
Change in fair value recognized in net income
Total	$ 1	$ 1

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Note 8 - Warrants (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Stockholders' Equity Note, Warrants or Rights [Table Text Block]

	Shares			Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2019		3,959,005		$	4.33
Exercised		(2,000	)		4.75
Outstanding at March 31, 2020		3,957,005		$	4.33

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Note 14 - Consolidated Balance Sheet Detail (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Property and equipment
Leasehold improvements	$	2,137		$	2,112
Furniture and computer equipment		810			794
Manufacturing and other equipment		5,261			5,187
Subtotal		8,208			8,093
Less: Accumulated depreciation		(2,801	)		(2,521	)
Net property and equipment	$	5,407		$	5,572

Schedule of Accrued Liabilities [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020		December 31, 2019
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	337	$	302
Other payables		676		1,018
Accrued compensation		1,762		1,554
Deferred revenue		282		324
Other		23		171
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$	3,080	$	3,369

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Note 10 - Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

10

. Net Income (Loss) per Common Share

The Company considers its unexercised warrants and unvested restricted shares, which contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends, participating securities, and includes such participating securities in its computation of earnings per share pursuant to the

two

-class method. Basic earnings per share for the

two

classes of stock (common stock and warrants) is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and warrants outstanding during the reporting period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the potentially dilutive effect of common equivalent shares outstanding determined under both the

two

class method and the treasury stock method, whichever is more dilutive.

In periods when we have a net loss, common stock equivalents are excluded from our calculation of earnings per share as their inclusion would have an antidilutive effect. For the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2020,

we excluded

1.9

million common stock options,

2.7

million warrants, and a nominal amount of unvested stock awards from our calculation of diluted weighted average shares because they were antidilutive. For the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2019,

we excluded

2.7

million common stock options,

3.0

million warrants, and a nominal amount of unvested stock awards from our calculation of diluted weighted average shares because they were antidilutive.

The following table presents computations of basic and diluted earnings per share under the

two

class method:

	Three Month s Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except per share and share data)	2 020			201 9
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	$	18,364		$	(19,161	)
Diluted	$	(174	)	$	(19,161	)
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding		21,010,817			18,648,397
Basic earnings per share	$	0.87		$	(1.03	)
Diluted earnings per share	$	(0.01	)	$	(1.03	)

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Note 6 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

6.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets 

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the difference between the purchase price and the estimated fair value of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill acquired in a business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life is

not

amortized, but instead is tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with ASC

350.

The following table represents the change in the carrying value of goodwill for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020:

(In thousands)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	33,637
Correction of an error related to CBS goodwill		(131	)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	33,506

We adjusted goodwill from the CBS acquisition related to an immaterial error of

$131,000

in payables that were paid during closing and incorrectly recorded as liabilities in our purchase price accounting as of

December 31, 2019.

We reduced our goodwill and accounts payable by

$131,000.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following at

March 31, 2020:

(In thousands, except weighted average useful life)	March 31, 2020
Finite-lived intangible assets:	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value		Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)
Customer Relationships	$	800	$	(88	)	$	712		5.0
Tradenames		2,590		(205	)		2,385		7.4
Technology – acquired		19,020		(1,473	)		17,547		7.8
In-process R&D (1)		650		—			650		9.0
Total intangible assets	$	23,060	$	(1,766	)	$	21,294		7.7

(

1

)   In-process R&D represents the fair value of incomplete research and development that has

not

yet reached technological feasibility. We will amortize the asset upon technological feasibility, which has reached technological feasibility and been placed in service in the

second

quarter of

2020.

Intangible assets, net consisted of the following at

December 31, 2019:

(In thousands, except weighted average useful life)	December 31, 2019
Finite-lived intangible assets:	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value		Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)
Customer Relationships	$	800	$	(51	)	$	749		5.6
Tradenames		2,590		(123	)		2,467		8.1
Technology – acquired		19,020		(904	)		18,116		8.4
In-process R&D (1)		650		—			650		9.0
Total intangible assets	$	23,060	$	(1,078	)	$	21,982		8.3

(

1

)   In-process R&D represents the fair value of incomplete research and development that has

not

yet reached technological feasibility. We will amortize the asset upon technological feasibility, which has reached technological feasibility and been placed in service in the

second

quarter of

2020.

Amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets was

$688,000

for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020.

We had

no

amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2019.

In-process research and development was put into service in the

second

quarter of

2020,

as such we have included the amortization in the schedule below based on an estimated life of

9

years. As of

March 31, 2020,

the Company expects to record the following amortization expense:

(In thousands) For the Years Ended December 31,	Estimated Amortization Expense
2020 (9 months remaining)	$	2,100
2021		2,825
2022		2,825
2023		2,795
2024		2,770
Thereafter		7,979
Total	$	21,294

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) (Parentheticals) - $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized (in shares)	1,000,000	1,000,000
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, authorized (in shares)	150,000,000	150,000,000
Common stock, issued (in shares)	21,148,771	20,825,452
Common stock, outstanding (in shares)	21,148,771	20,825,452
Series A Preferred Stock [Member]
Preferred stock, shares designated (in shares)	4,250	4,250
Preferred stock, issued (in shares)	0	0
Preferred stock, outstanding (in shares)	0	0

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Note 1 - Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

1.

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

Business

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (“BioLife,” “us,” “we,” “our,” or the “Company”) is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of a portfolio of bioproduction tools including; proprietary biopreservation media, automated thawing devices, cloud-connected shipping containers, and freezer technology for cell and gene therapies. Our CryoStor® freeze media and HypoThermosol® hypothermic storage are optimized to preserve cells in the regenerative medicine market. These novel biopreservation media products are serum-free and protein-free, fully defined, and are formulated to reduce preservation-induced cell damage and death; offering commercial companies and clinical researchers significant improvement in shelf life and post-preservation viability and function. Our ThawSTAR® product line is comprised of a family of automated thawing devices for frozen cell and gene therapies packaged in cryovials and cryobags. These products improve the quality of administration of high-value, temperature-sensitive biologic therapies to patients by standardizing the thawing process and reducing the risks of contamination and overheating, which are inherent with the use of traditional water baths. Our evo shipping containers are innovative high-performance cloud-connected passive storage and transport containers for temperature-sensitive biologics and pharmaceuticals.Our cryogenic freezer technology provides for controlled rate freezing and storage of biologic materials.

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by BioLife Solutions, Inc. in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), for Quarterly Reports on Form

10

-Q and Article

10

of Regulation S-

X

and do

not

include all of the information and footnote disclosures required by GAAP. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10

-K for the fiscal year ended

December 31, 2019.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Astero Bio Corporation (“Astero,” and the Astero product line, “ThawStar” acquired on

April 1, 2019),

SAVSU Technologies, Inc. (“SAVSU” acquired on

August 8, 2019),

and Arctic Solutions, Inc. dba Custom Biogenic Systems (“CBS” acquired on

November 12, 2019).

All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are

not

necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire year.

Financial Statement Reclassification

Certain classifications on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows related to Non cash lease expense and Accrued expenses and other current liabilities for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2019

were reclassified to conform to current period presentation. These reclassifications have

no

impact on previously reported total revenue, net income (loss), net assets, or total operating cash flows.

Significant

Accounting P

olicies

There have been

no

significant changes to the accounting policies during the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020,

as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form

10

-K.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On

March 31, 2020

and

December 31, 2019,

we had

$6.4

million in cash and cash equivalents. We acquired Astero on

April 1, 2019

for

$12.5

million in cash and contingent consideration of up to

$8.5

million (which payment requirement has

not

been triggered or otherwise paid to date). We anticipate paying

$484,000

for the earnout related to

2019

revenues of Astero in the

second

quarter of

2020.

On

August 8, 2019,

we acquired SAVSU for

1,100,000

shares of common stock. On

November 12, 2019,

we acquired CBS for

$11.0

million in cash,

$4.0

million in shares of our common stock, and up to

$15.0

million in contingent consideration payable in cash or stock (which payment requirement has

not

been triggered or otherwise paid to date).

On

May 22, 2020,

the Company closed on a share purchase agreement with Casdin Capital LLC, a current stockholder of the Company (“Casdin”), pursuant to which Casdin invested

$20

million in the Company. Based on our current expectations with respect to our future revenue and expenses, we believe that our current level of cash and cash equivalents including proceeds from the Casdin investment, will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next

12

months. However, if our revenues do

not

grow as expected, including as a result of the COVID-

19

pandemic, and if we are

not

able to manage expenses sufficiently, we

may

be required to obtain additional equity or debt financing if our cash resources are depleted. Further, the Company

may

choose to raise additional capital through a debt or equity financing in an attempt to mitigate the heightened level of business uncertainty caused by the COVID-

19

pandemic, or in order to pursue additional acquisition or strategic investment opportunities. Additional capital, if required,

may

not

be available on reasonable terms, if at all. 

Risks and Uncertainties

On

March 10, 2020,

the World Health Organization declared the COVID-

19

outbreak a pandemic. The virus and actions taken to mitigate its spread have had and are expected to continue to have a broad adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the geographical areas in which the Company operates and conducts its business. In particular, the Seattle area, including the location of our corporate headquarters and our media production facility and warehouse, is at

one

of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. We are currently following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for our team members and visitors.  However, the scale and scope of this pandemic is unknown and the duration of the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. While we have implemented specific business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-

19

and believe that we have sufficient biopreservation media inventory to meet previously forecasted demand for the next

six

to

nine

months, there is

no

guarantee that our continuity plan, once in place, will be successful or that our inventory will meet forecasted or actual demand.

We have already experienced certain disruptions to our business such as temporary closure of our offices and similar disruptions

may

occur for our customers or suppliers that

may

materially affect our ability to obtain supplies or other components for our products, produce our products or deliver inventory in a timely manner. This would result in lost product revenue, additional costs, or penalties, or damage our reputation. Similarly, COVID-

19

could impact our customers and/or suppliers as a result of a health epidemic or other outbreak occurring in other locations which could reduce their demand for our products or their ability to deliver needed supplies for the production of our products. The extent to which COVID-

19

or any other health epidemic

may

impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which

may

emerge concerning the severity of COVID-

19

and the actions to contain COVID-

19

or treat its impact, among others. Accordingly, COVID-

19

could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

There are many uncertainties regarding the current pandemic of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-

19”

), and the Company is closely monitoring the impact of COVID-

19

on all aspects of its business, including how it will impact its customers, employees, suppliers, vendors, business partners and distribution channels. While COVID-

19

did

not

materially affect the Company’s financial results and business operations in the Company’s

first

quarter ended

March 31, 2020,

the Company is unable to predict the impact that COVID-

19

may

have on its financial position and operations moving forward due to numerous uncertainties. We estimate that we received approximately

$1.5

-

$2.0

million in incremental media revenue resulting from what we believe were safety stock purchases of media. These estimates

may

change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company will continue to assess the evolving impact of COVID-

19

and will make adjustments to its operations as necessary.  

Concentrations of credit risk and business risk

In the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020,

we derived approximately

25%

of our product revenue from

two

customers. In the

three

months ended

March 31, 2019,

we derived approximately

34%

of our product revenue from

two

customers.

No

other customer accounted for more than

10%

of revenue in the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

or

2019.

In the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019,

we derived approximately

66%

and

90%,

of our revenue from CryoStor products, respectively. Due to our acquisitions in

2019,

we expect both our revenue concentration related to CryoStor, and our customer concentration to be reduced for the year ended

December 31, 2020.

At

March 31, 2020,

two

customers accounted for approximately

33%

of total gross accounts receivable. At

December 31, 2019,

two

customers accounted for approximately

25%

of total gross accounts receivable. 

The following table represents the Company’s total revenue by geographic area (based on the location of the customer):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations	2020			2019
United States		74	%		60	%
Canada		11	%		23	%
Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)		12	%		13	%
Other		3	%		4	%
Total revenue		100	%		100	%

Recent accounting pronouncements 

In

August 2018,

the FASB issued ASU

2018

-

13,

“Fair Value Measurement (Topic

820

): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” ASU

2018

-

13

includes amendments that aim to improve the effectiveness of fair value measurement disclosures. The amendments in this guidance modify the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements based on the concepts in FASB Concepts Statement, “Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting—Chapter

8:

Notes to Financial Statements,” including the consideration of costs and benefits. The amendments become effective for the Company in the year ending

December 31, 2020

and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this guidance

January 1, 2020

and there was

no

material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In

December 2019,

the FASB issued ASU

2019

-

12,

“Income Taxes (Topic

740

) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” ASU

2019

-

12

simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic

740,

including, but

not

limited to, the exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items, the exceptions related to the recognition of a deferred tax liability related to an equity method investment and the exception to methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. ASU

2019

-

12

becomes effective for the Company in the year ended

December 31, 2021,

including interim periods. The Company is considering early adoption in

2020.

Due to the full valuation allowance on the Company’s net deferred tax assets, the Company is currently expecting

no

material impact from the adoption of ASU

2019

-

12

on its consolidated financial statements.

In

June 2016,

the FASB issued ASU

No.

2016

-

13,

“Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic

326

): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” ASU

2016

-

13

requires companies to measure credit losses utilizing a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. For Smaller Reporting Companies as defined by the SEC, ASU

2016

-

13

is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December 15, 2022,

including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the impact of the guidance on its financial statements. 

In

August 2018,

the FASB issued ASU

No.

2018

-

15,

“Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic

350

-

40

): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract”, which clarifies the accounting for implementation costs in cloud computing arrangements. ASU

2018

-

15

is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December 15, 2019,

including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will adopt the standard prospectively on

January 1, 2020.

The Company adopted this guidance

January 1, 2020

and there was

no

material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Note 7 - Share-based Compensation (Details Textual) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Mar. 25, 2020	Apr. 01, 2019	Feb. 25, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense				$ 1,113,000	$ 531,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense				61,000	144,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value				9,900,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Intrinsic Value				9,500,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value				3,000,000	1,400,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount, Total				$ 86,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition (Year)				1 year 73 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross (in shares)				0		0
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross (in shares)
Performance Shares [Member] | Management Performance Bonus Plan 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Intrinsic Value				$ 5,700,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercisable, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Year)				1 year 255 days
Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense				$ 394,000	255,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount, Total				$ 5,700,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition (Year)				3 years 109 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Fair Value				$ 1,700,000	2,600,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Vested in Period, Fair Value				$ 813,000	853,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares)				175,971
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share)				$ 9.43
Performance-based Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense				$ 189,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount, Total				$ 571,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition (Year)				292 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares)	82,805
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share)	$ 9.18
Performance-based Restricted Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Awards	0.00%
Performance-based Restricted Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Awards	125.00%
Performance-based Restricted Stock in Lieu of Cash [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares)	34,154
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value (in dollars per share)	$ 9.18
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member]
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expense				$ 469,000	$ 132,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Amount, Total				$ 2,600,000
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Nonvested Award, Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition (Year)				1 year 73 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period (in shares)	109,140	29,604	94,247
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number, Ending Balance	78.00%			69.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Dividend Rate	0.00%			0.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant	0.30%			2.50%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Expiration Period (Year)	2 years			2 years
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Awards	0.00%			0.00%
Market-based Restricted Stock [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Awards	200.00%			200.00%

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Note 6 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments	$ (131,000)
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable, Total	561,000
Amortization of Intangible Assets, Total	688,000	$ 0
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Immaterial Error [Member]
Goodwill, Purchase Accounting Adjustments	(131,000)
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable, Total	$ (131,000)

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Note 8 - Warrants (Details Textual) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended
	May 14, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	May 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2014
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in dollars per share)		$ 4.33	$ 4.33
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercised During Period (in shares)		2,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding (in shares)		3,957,005	3,959,005
Warrants to Purchase Common Stock [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in shares)					6,910,283
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in dollars per share)					$ 4.75
Warrants in Connection with WAVI Credit Facility [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights (in shares)				550,000
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in dollars per share)				$ 1.75
WAVI Holding AG and Taurus4757 GmbH Warrants [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercise Price of Warrants or Rights (in dollars per share)	$ 4.75
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Warrant Exercises (in shares)	2,747,970
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercised During Period (in shares)	3,871,405
Class of Warrant or Right, Outstanding (in shares)	85,600

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Note 7 - Share-based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity [Table Text Block]

	Three Month s Ended
	March 31, 20 20
	Options			Weighted Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		1,570,455		$	1.96
Granted		—		$	—
Exercised		(251,180	)	$	1.84
Forfeited		—		$	—
Expired		—		$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020		1,319,275		$	1.98
Service vesting-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020		1,263,377		$	1.96

	Three Month s Ended March 31, 2020
	Options			Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		737,497		$	1.64
Granted		—		$	—
Exercised		(17,113	)	$	1.64
Outstanding performance-based at March 31, 2020		720,384		$	1.64
Performance-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020		720,384		$	1.64

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit, Activity [Table Text Block]

	Thr ee Months Ended March 31, 20 20
	Number of Restricted Shares			Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested outstanding at beginning of period		429,399		$	13.25
Granted		175,971		$	9.43
Vested		(53 026	)	$	12.90
Forfeited		(7,000	)	$	15.92
Unvested outstanding at March 31, 2020		545,344		$	12.01

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	20 20		201 9
Research and development costs	$	174	$	67
Sales and marketing costs		229		154
General and administrative costs		577		278
Cost of product sales		133		32
Total	$	1,113	$	531

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Note 13 - Leases (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	Operating Leases			Financing Leases
2020	$	656		$	11
2021		559			3
Total lease payments		1,215			14
Less: interest		(57	)		(1	)
Total present value of lease liabilities	$	1,158		$	13

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Note 2 - Fair Value Measurement - Financial Assets and Liabilities on Recurring Basis (Details) - Fair Value, Recurring [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Assets	$ 7,400	$ 7,448
Liabilities	19,518	41,516
Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities	1,851
Warrant Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities	17,667	39,602
Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets	6,400	6,448
Convertible Debt Securities [Member]
Assets	1,000	1,000
Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities		1,914
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Assets	6,400	6,448
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Warrant Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets	6,400	6,448
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Convertible Debt Securities [Member]
Assets
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] | Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Assets
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Warrant Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Convertible Debt Securities [Member]
Assets
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] | Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Assets	1,000	1,000
Liabilities	19,518	41,516
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities	1,851
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Warrant Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities	17,667	39,602
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Assets
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Convertible Debt Securities [Member]
Assets	$ 1,000	1,000
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member] | Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member]
Liabilities		$ 1,914

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Note 11 - Commitments and Contingencies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

1

1

. Commitments and Contingencies

Employment agreements

We have employment agreements with our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Chief Science Officer, Chief Quality Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Vice President, Freezer Technologies, and Vice President, Cold Chain Technologies Sales.

None

of these employment agreements is for a definitive period, but rather each will continue indefinitely until terminated in accordance with its terms. The agreements provide for a base annual salary, payable in monthly (or shorter) installments. In addition, the agreement with the Chief Executive Officer provides for incentive bonuses at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Under certain conditions and for certain of these officers, we

may

be required to pay additional amounts upon terminating the officer or upon the officer resigning for good reason.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company is subject to various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business,

none

of which are currently material to the Company’s business. The Company’s industry is characterized by frequent claims and litigation, including claims regarding intellectual property. As a result, the Company

may

be subject to various legal proceedings from time to time. The results of any future litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, and regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on the Company because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors. Management is

not

aware of any pending or threatened litigation.

Indemnification

As permitted under Delaware law and in accordance with the Company’s bylaws, the Company is required to indemnify its officers and directors for certain errors and occurrences while the officer or director is or was serving in such capacity. The Company is also party to indemnification agreements with its directors. The Company believes the fair value of the indemnification rights and agreements is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has

not

recorded any liabilities for these indemnification rights and agreements as of

March 31, 2020.

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Note 7 - Share-based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Text Block]

7

.

Share-based Compensation  

Service Vesting-Based Stock Options

The following is a summary of service vesting based stock option activity for the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2020,

and the status of stock options outstanding at

March 31, 2020:

	Three Month s Ended
	March 31, 20 20
	Options			Weighted Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		1,570,455		$	1.96
Granted		—		$	—
Exercised		(251,180	)	$	1.84
Forfeited		—		$	—
Expired		—		$	—
Outstanding at March 31, 2020		1,319,275		$	1.98
Service vesting-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020		1,263,377		$	1.96

We recognized stock compensation expense of

$61,000

and

$144,000

related to service vesting-based options during the

three

month periods ending

March 31, 2020

and

2019,

respectively. As of

March 31, 2020,

there was

$9.9

million of aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding service vesting-based stock options, including

$9.5

million of aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable service vesting-based stock options. Intrinsic value is the total pretax intrinsic value for all “in-the-money” options (i.e., the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the quarter and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on

March 31, 2020.

This amount will change based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock. During the quarters ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019

intrinsic value of service vesting-based awards exercised was

$3.0

million and

$1.4

million, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation cost of service vesting-based stock options at

March 31, 2020

of

$86,000

is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of

1.2

years.

Performance-based Stock Options

The following is a summary of performance-based stock option activity under our stock option plans for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020,

and the status of performance-based stock options outstanding at

March 31, 2020:

	Three Month s Ended March 31, 2020
	Options			Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of period		737,497		$	1.64
Granted		—		$	—
Exercised		(17,113	)	$	1.64
Outstanding performance-based at March 31, 2020		720,384		$	1.64
Performance-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020		720,384		$	1.64

As of

March 31, 2020,

there was

$5.7

million of aggregate intrinsic value of outstanding and exercisable performance-based stock options. Intrinsic value is the total pretax intrinsic value for all “in-the-money” options (i.e., the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the quarter and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of shares) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their options on

March 31, 2020.

This amount will change based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock. The weighted average remaining contractual life of performance-based options outstanding and exercisable at

March 31, 2020,

is

1.7

years. All compensation cost of performance-based stock options outstanding at

March 31, 2020

has been recognized.

There were

no

stock options granted to employees and non-employee directors in the

three

month periods ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019.

Restricted Stock

Service vesting-based restricted stock

The following is a summary of service vesting-based restricted stock activity for the

three

month period ended

March 31, 2020,

and the status of unvested service vesting-based restricted stock outstanding at

March 31, 2020:

	Thr ee Months Ended March 31, 20 20
	Number of Restricted Shares			Grant-Date Fair Value
Unvested outstanding at beginning of period		429,399		$	13.25
Granted		175,971		$	9.43
Vested		(53 026	)	$	12.90
Forfeited		(7,000	)	$	15.92
Unvested outstanding at March 31, 2020		545,344		$	12.01

The aggregate fair value of the service vesting-based awards granted during the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019

was

$1.7

million and

$2.6

million, respectively, which represents the market value of BioLife common stock on the date that the restricted stock awards were granted. The aggregate fair value of the service vesting-based restricted stock awards that vested was

$813,000

and

$853,000

for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

March 31, 2019,

respectively.

We recognized stock compensation expense of

$394,000

and

$255,000

related to service vesting-based restricted stock awards for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

March 31, 2019,

respectively. As of

March 31, 2020,

there was

$5.7

million in unrecognized compensation costs related to service vesting-based restricted stock awards. We expect to recognize those costs over

3.3

years.

Performance-based restricted stock

On

March 25, 2020

the Company granted

82,805

shares of performance-based stock to its executives in the form of restricted stock. The shares granted contain a performance condition based on several Company metrics related to

2020

performance. The performance-based restricted stock awards will vest as to between

0%

and

125%

of the number of restricted shares granted to each recipient. The grant date fair value of this award was

$9.18

per share. The fair value of this award will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period ending on

December 31, 2020.

We recognized stock compensation expense of

$189,000

for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

related to performance-based restricted stock awards. As of

March 31, 2020,

there was

$571,000

in unrecognized non-cash compensation costs related to performance-based restricted stock awards expected to vest. We expect to recognize those costs over

0.8

years.

Performance-based restricted stock in lieu of cash

On

March 25, 2020

the board of directors granted

34,154

restricted stock awards, at a fair value grant date of

$9.18

per share, in lieu of the

2019

cash performance bonus for our executive compensation plan. The award vests in full on

September 25, 2020

regardless of employment status on that date. All expenses related to these awards were incurred in the year ended

December 31, 2019.

Market-based restricted stock

On

February 25, 2019

the Company granted

94,247

shares and on

April 1, 2019

granted

29,604

shares of market-based stock to its executives in the form of restricted stock. The shares granted contain a market condition based on Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”). The TSR market condition measures the Company’s performance against a peer group. The market-based restricted stock awards will vest as to between

0%

and

200%

of the number of restricted shares granted to each recipient based on our total shareholder return during the period beginning on

January 1, 2019

through

December 31, 2020

as compared to the total shareholder return of

20

of our peers. The fair value of this award was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation with the following assumptions: a historical volatility of

69%,

0%

dividend yield and a risk-free interest rate of

2.5%.

The historical volatility was based on the most recent

2

-year period for the Company and correlated with the components of the peer group. The stock price projection for the Company and the components of the peer group assumes a

0%

dividend yield. This is mathematically equivalent to reinvesting dividends in the issuing entity over the performance period. The risk-free interest is based on the yield on the U.S. Treasury Strips as of the Measurement Date with a maturity consistent with the

2

-year term associated with the market condition of the award. The fair value of this award will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the grant date to the vesting date of

December 31, 2020.

On

March 25, 2020

the Company granted

109,140

shares of market-based stock to its executives in the form of restricted stock. The shares granted contain a market condition based on TSR. The TSR market condition measures the Company’s performance against a peer group. The market-based restricted stock awards will vest as to between

0%

and

200%

of the number of restricted shares granted to each recipient based on our total shareholder return during the period beginning on

January 1, 2020

through

December 31, 2021

as compared to the total shareholder return of

20

of our peers. The fair value of this award was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation with the following assumptions: a historical volatility of

78%,

0%

dividend yield and a risk-free interest rate of

0.3%.

The historical volatility was based on the most recent

2

-year period for the Company and correlated with the components of the peer group. The stock price projection for the Company and the components of the peer group assumes a

0%

dividend yield. This is mathematically equivalent to reinvesting dividends in the issuing entity over the performance period. The risk-free interest is based on the yield on the U.S. Treasury Strips as of the Measurement Date with a maturity consistent with the

2

-year term associated with the market condition of the award. The fair value of this award will be expensed on a straight-line basis over the grant date to the vesting date of

December 31, 2021.

We recognized stock compensation expense of

$469,000

and

$132,000

for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019,

respectively, related to market-based restricted stock awards. As of

March 31, 2020,

there was

$2.6

million in unrecognized non-cash compensation costs related to market-based restricted stock awards expected to vest. We expect to recognize those costs over

1.2

years.

We recorded total stock compensation expense for the

three

month periods ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019,

as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	20 20		201 9
Research and development costs	$	174	$	67
Sales and marketing costs		229		154
General and administrative costs		577		278
Cost of product sales		133		32
Total	$	1,113	$	531

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Current Period Unaudited) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 6,400,000	$ 6,448,000
Accounts receivable, trade, net	8,205,000	5,345,000
Inventories	10,829,000	10,972,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,016,000	1,348,000
Total current assets	26,450,000	24,113,000
Assets held for rent, net	4,875,000	3,922,000
Property and equipment, net	5,407,000	5,572,000
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net	892,000	1,040,000
Long-term deposits and other assets	36,000	50,000
Investments	2,500,000	2,500,000
Accrued interest receivable	27,000
Intangible assets, net	21,294,000	21,982,000
Goodwill	33,506,000	33,637,000
Total assets	94,987,000	92,816,000
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	3,522,000	3,119,000
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	3,080,000	3,369,000
Lease liabilities, operating, current portion	826,000	804,000
Contingent consideration, current portion	365,000	377,000
Warrant liability	17,667,000
Total current liabilities	25,460,000	7,669,000
Warrant liability		39,602,000
Contingent consideration, long-term	1,486,000	1,537,000
Lease liabilities, operating, long-term	332,000	550,000
Other long-term liabilities		4,000
Total liabilities	27,278,000	49,362,000
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 11)
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 1,000,000 shares authorized, Series A, 4,250 shares designated, and 0 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 150,000,000 shares authorized, 21,148,771 and 20,825,452 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31 2019, respectively	21,000	21,000
Additional paid-in capital	145,432,000	143,485,000
Accumulated deficit	(77,744,000)	(100,052,000)
Total shareholders’ equity	67,709,000	43,454,000
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$ 94,987,000	$ 92,816,000

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Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Cash flows from operating activities
Net loss		$ 22,308,000	$ (19,161,000)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
Depreciation		413,000	98,000
Amortization of intangible assets		688,000	0
Stock-based compensation		1,113,000	531,000
Non cash lease expense	[1]	148,000	124,000
Gain from equity method investment in SAVSU			232,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration		(63,000)
Change in fair value of warrant liability		(21,914,000)	19,663,000
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable, trade		(2,929,000)	118,000
Inventories		143,000	(551,000)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		317,000	6,000
Increase (Decrease) in Accounts Payable, Total		561,000
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	[1]	304,000	(469,000)
Other		(402,000)	555,000
Net cash provided by operating activities		687,000	1,146,000
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property and equipment		(146,000)
Purchase of assets held for rent, net		(1,081,000)	(156,000)
Net cash used in investing activities		(1,227,000)	(156,000)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from exercise of common stock options		490,000	161,000
Proceeds from exercise of warrants		9,000	23,000
Other		(7,000)	(7,000)
Net cash provided by financing activities		492,000	177,000
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(48,000)	1,167,000
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period		6,448,000	30,657,000
Cash and cash equivalents - end of period		6,400,000	31,824,000
Non-cash investing and financing activities
Reclassification of warrant liability to equity upon exercise		21,000	73,000
Purchase of property & equipment not yet paid		6,000	46,000
Stock issued as 2019 bonus payout		$ 314,000

[1] Reclass of operating lease liabilities related to updated treatment of leases under ASC 842

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Note 8 - Warrants - Summary of Warrant Activity (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares
Outstanding, number of shares (in shares) | shares	3,959,005
Outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 4.33
Exercised, number of shares (in shares) | shares	(2,000)
Exercised, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 4.75
Outstanding, number of shares (in shares) | shares	3,957,005
Outstanding, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 4.33

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Note 7 - Share-based Compensation - Stock Option Activity (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	1,570,455
Outstanding at beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.96
Granted (in shares)	0	0
Granted, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Exercised (in shares)	(251,180)
Exercised, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.84
Forfeited (in shares)
Forfeited, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Expired (in shares)
Expired, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Outstanding (in shares)	1,319,275	1,570,455
Outstanding at beginning of year, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.98	$ 1.96
Service vesting-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020 (in shares)	1,263,377
Service vesting-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020 (in dollars per share)	$ 1.96
Performance Shares [Member]
Outstanding at beginning of period (in shares)	737,497
Outstanding at beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 1.64
Granted (in shares)
Granted, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)
Exercised (in shares)	(17,113)
Exercised, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.64
Outstanding (in shares)	720,384	737,497
Outstanding at beginning of year, weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)	$ 1.64	$ 1.64
Service vesting-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020 (in shares)	720,384
Service vesting-based stock options exercisable at March 31, 2020 (in dollars per share)	$ 1.64

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Note 6 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Goodwill (Details) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Balance	$ 33,637
Correction of an error related to CBS goodwill	(131)
Balance	$ 33,506

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Note 14 - Consolidated Balance Sheet Detail - Property and Equipment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Property and equipment	$ 8,208	$ 8,093
Less: Accumulated depreciation	(2,801)	(2,521)
Net property and equipment	5,407	5,572
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property and equipment	2,137	2,112
Furniture and Computer Equipment [Member]
Property and equipment	810	794
Manufacturing Facility [Member]
Property and equipment	$ 5,261	$ 5,187

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Note 12 - Revenue - Revenues by Product Line (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Total revenue	$ 12,162	$ 5,770
Biopreservation Media [Member]
Total revenue	8,672	5,770
Automated Thawing Products [Member]
Total revenue	394
Evo Shippers [Member]
Total revenue	438
Freezers and Accessories [Member]
Total revenue	$ 2,658

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Note 2 - Fair Value Measurement - Fair Value of Liabilities Using Level 3 Input (Details) - Contingent Consideration Liabilities [Member] - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Beginning balance	$ 1,914
Additions		2,347
Change in fair value recognized in net income	(63)	50
Payments earned, reclassified to accrued liabilities		(483)
Total	$ 1,851	$ 1,914

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Note 3 - Acquisitions - Consideration (Details) (Parentheticals)	Aug. 08, 2019
SAVSU [Member]
Percentage equity interest purchased	55.60%

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Note 5 - Assets Held for Rent (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Assets Held for Rent, Depreciation	$ 128,000	$ 0

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Note 6 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Goodwill [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)
Balance as of December 31, 2019	$	33,637
Correction of an error related to CBS goodwill		(131	)
Balance as of March 31, 2020	$	33,506

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

(In thousands, except weighted average useful life)	March 31, 2020
Finite-lived intangible assets:	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value		Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)
Customer Relationships	$	800	$	(88	)	$	712		5.0
Tradenames		2,590		(205	)		2,385		7.4
Technology – acquired		19,020		(1,473	)		17,547		7.8
In-process R&D (1)		650		—			650		9.0
Total intangible assets	$	23,060	$	(1,766	)	$	21,294		7.7

(In thousands, except weighted average useful life)	December 31, 2019
Finite-lived intangible assets:	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Value		Weighted Average Useful Life (in years)
Customer Relationships	$	800	$	(51	)	$	749		5.6
Tradenames		2,590		(123	)		2,467		8.1
Technology – acquired		19,020		(904	)		18,116		8.4
In-process R&D (1)		650		—			650		9.0
Total intangible assets	$	23,060	$	(1,078	)	$	21,982		8.3

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

(In thousands) For the Years Ended December 31,	Estimated Amortization Expense
2020 (9 months remaining)	$	2,100
2021		2,825
2022		2,825
2023		2,795
2024		2,770
Thereafter		7,979
Total	$	21,294

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Note 2 - Fair Value Measurement (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block]

As of March 31, 20 20	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	6,400	$	—	$	—	$	6,400
Convertible debt held at fair value		—		—		1,000		1,000
Total		6,400		—		1,000		7,400
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration - business combinations		—		—		1,851		1,851
Warrant liability		—		—		17,667		17,667
Total	$	—	$	—	$	19,518	$	19,518

As of December 31, 2019	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	6,448	$	—	$	—	$	6,448
Convertible debt held at fair value		—		—		1,000		1,000
Total		6,448		—		1,000		7,448
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration - business combinations		—		—		1,914		1,914
Warrant liability		—		—		39,602		39,602
Total	$	—	$	—	$	41,516	$	41,516

Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	March 31,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2020		2019
Beginning balance	$	1,000	$	1,000
Purchases		—		—
Change in fair value recognized in net income		—		—
Total	$	1,000	$	1,000

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	March 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	1,914		$	—
Additions		—			2,347
Change in fair value recognized in net income		(63	)		50
Payments earned, reclassified to accrued liabilities		—			(483	)
Total	$	1,851		$	1,914

Warrant Liabilities [Member]

Notes Tables

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

	March 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	39,602		$	28,516
Exercised warrants		(21	)		(1,749	)
Change in fair value recognized in net income		(21,914	)		12,835
Ending balance	$	17,667		$	39,602

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Note 15 - Employee Benefit Plan

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Defined Contribution Plan [Text Block]

1

5

.

Employee Benefit Plan

The Company sponsors a

401

(k) defined contribution plan for its employees. This plan provides for pre-tax and post-tax contributions for all employees. Employee contributions are voluntary. Employees

may

contribute up to

100%

of their annual compensation to this plan, as limited by an annual maximum amount as determined by the Internal Revenue Service. The Company matches employee contributions in amounts to be determined at the Company’s sole discretion. The Company made

$84,000

and

$50,000

contributions to the plan for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019,

respectively. 

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Note 9 - Income Taxes

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]

9.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC Topic

740

– Income Taxes. Under this standard, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future tax benefits or consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled

We have recorded a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. As we continue to have multiple quarters of positive net income, we will assess our valuation allowance. Based on all available evidence, we determined that we have

not

yet attained a sustained level of profitability. Therefore, we have maintained the full valuation allowance as of

March 31, 2020.

We

may

release all, or a portion, of the valuation allowance in the near-term, dependent on the verifiable positive evidence observed in future quarters.

On

March 27, 2020,

President Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") into law. The Company has reviewed the aspects of this law as it relates to income taxes and have concluded that at this time, the CARES Act will have

no

material impact to the Company’s

2020

provision for income taxes. The Company will continue to evaluate the impact of the CARES Act on its financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

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Note 5 - Assets Held for Rent

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Assets Held For Rent [Text Block]

5.

Assets held for rent

Assets held for rent consist of the following at

March 31, 2020

and

December 31, 2019:

(In thousands)	March 31, 2020			December 31, 2019
Shippers placed in service	$	3,748		$	3,073
Accumulated deprecation		(302	)		(174	)
Net		3,446			2,899
Shippers and related components in production		1,429			1,023
Total	$	4,875		$	3,922

Shippers and related components in production include shippers complete and ready to be deployed and placed in service upon a customer order, shippers in the process of being assembled, and components available to build shippers. We recognized

$128,000

in depreciation expense related to assets held for rent during the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020.

We did

not

have any depreciation expense related to assets held for rent during the

three

months ended

March 31, 2019

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Note 13 - Leases

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Lessee, Leases [Text Block]

1

3

. Leases

We lease approximately

32,106

square feet in our Bothell, Washington headquarters. The term of our lease continues until

July 31, 2021

with

two

options to extend the term of the lease, each of which is for an additional period of

five

years, with the

first

extension term commencing, if at all, on

August 1, 2021,

and the

second

extension term commencing, if at all, immediately following the expiration of the

first

extension term. In accordance with the amended lease agreement, our monthly base rent is approximately

$63,000

at

March 31, 2020,

with scheduled annual increases each

August

and again in

October

for the most recent amendment. We are also required to pay an amount equal to the Company’s proportionate share of certain taxes and operating expenses.

We lease approximately

1,250

square feet in our Menlo Park, California location. The term of our lease continues until

July 1, 2020.

In accordance with the lease agreement, the monthly base rent is approximately

$5,000

at

March 31, 2020.

We are also required to pay an amount equal to the Company’s proportionate electrical expenses.

We lease approximately

9,932

square feet in our Albuquerque, New Mexico location. The term of our lease continues until

December 31, 2021

with

two

options to extend the terms of the lease, each of which is for an additional period of

three

years, with the

first

extension term commencing, if at all, on

December 1, 2021,

and the

second

extension term commencing, if at all,

December 1, 2024.

In accordance with the lease agreement, the monthly base rent is approximately

$9,000

at

March 31, 2020,

with a monthly increase if the term is extended.

We lease approximately

106,998

square feet in our Detroit, Michigan location. The term of our lease continues until

November 30, 2020

with

one

option to extend the term of the lease, for an additional

sixty

months, with the extension term commencing, if at all, on

November 12, 2020.

These extension options are

not

accounted for under ASC Topic

842,

“Leases” because we are

not

reasonably certain we will enter into the renewal options in their current terms and the current term is less than

12

months. With adequate notice prior to expiration of the option notice period, we have the right to purchase the premises for a purchase price that is mutually acceptable to landlord and tenant as agreed to by the parties on or before the expiration of the option notice period. In the event that the parties are unable to mutually agree on the option purchase price then each party shall obtain, at its sole cost and expense, an appraisal of the premises and the option purchase price will be the average of the

two

appraisals. For the avoidance of doubt, our right to elect to purchase the premises for the option purchase price will terminate upon the expiration of the option notice period, but we will

not

be obligated to close on the purchase of the premises prior to the expiration of the initial term. In accordance with the lease agreement, the monthly base rent is approximately

$15,000

at

March 31, 2020,

with scheduled annual increases if the term is extended.

Operating leases recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheet are primarily related to our Bothell, Washington headquarters space lease and our Albuquerque, New Mexico, SAVSU, space lease. We have

not

included extension options in our right of use assets or lease liabilities as we are

not

reasonably certain we will enter into the renewal options in their current terms. Our Detroit, Michigan and Menlo Park, California lease are

not

recorded on our condensed consolidated balance sheet as the term expires in

one

year or less.

Our financing lease is related to research equipment.

We used a weighted average discount rate of

6.5%,

our market collateralized borrowing rate, and

8.1%,

the weighted average implied interest on our leases, to determine our operating and financing lease liabilities, respectively. The weighted average remaining term of our operating and financing leases are

1.5

years and

0.9

years, respectively. We initially recognized

$1.3

million in operating lease right of use assets and initially recognized

$1.8

million in operating lease liabilities. Through the SAVSU acquisition we acquired

$233,000

in operating lease right of use assets and acquired

$232,000

in operating lease liabilities. The operating lease costs recognized in the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

were

$229,000,

which consist of

$170,000

in operating lease costs and

$59,000

in short-term lease costs, we did

not

have any variable lease costs. The operating lease cash paid in the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

of

$217,000.

Rent expense for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2019,

was recognized under prior GAAP (ASC

840

) and amounted to

$142,000.

Maturities of our operating lease liabilities as of

March 31, 2020

is as follows:

(In thousands)	Operating Leases			Financing Leases
2020	$	656		$	11
2021		559			3
Total lease payments		1,215			14
Less: interest		(57	)		(1	)
Total present value of lease liabilities	$	1,158		$	13

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Note 10 - Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

	Three Month s Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except per share and share data)	2 020			201 9
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	$	18,364		$	(19,161	)
Diluted	$	(174	)	$	(19,161	)
Denominator:
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding		21,010,817			18,648,397
Basic earnings per share	$	0.87		$	(1.03	)
Diluted earnings per share	$	(0.01	)	$	(1.03	)

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Note 1 - Organization and Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual)				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 12, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 08, 2019 USD ($) shares	Apr. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	May 22, 2020 USD ($)	May 14, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value, Ending Balance				$ 6,400,000	$ 31,824,000		$ 6,448,000			$ 30,657,000
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Revenue Benchmark [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage				25.00%	34.00%
Number of Major Customers				2	2
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Accounts Receivable [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage				33.00%			25.00%
Number of Major Customers				2			2
CryoStor Products [Member] | Customer Concentration Risk [Member] | Revenue Benchmark [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage				66.00%	90.00%
Minimum [Member] | Biopreservation Media [Member]
Expected Incremental Revenue				$ 1,500,000
Maximum [Member] | Biopreservation Media [Member]
Expected Incremental Revenue				$ 2,000,000
Subsequent Event [Member] | Casdin Capital LLC [Member]
Share Repurchase Agreement, Amount of Shares to be Issued								$ 20,000,000	$ 20,000,000
Astero [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 12,521,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Change in Range of Outcomes, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Value, High			8,500,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Initial Cash Payment			8,000,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High			$ 8,500,000
Astero [Member] | Forecast [Member]
Payment for Contingent Consideration Liability, Investing Activities						$ 484,000
SAVSU [Member]
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in shares) | shares		1,100,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable		$ 19,932,000
CBS Acquisition [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 11,000,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Initial Cash Payment	11,000,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable	4,000,000
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Earning Payments Payable in Each Calendar Year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 [Member]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High	$ 15,000,000

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Note 7 - Share-based Compensation - Stock Compensation Expense (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Stock compensation expense	$ 1,113	$ 531
Research and Development Expense [Member]
Stock compensation expense	174	67
Selling and Marketing Expense [Member]
Stock compensation expense	229	154
General and Administrative Expense [Member]
Stock compensation expense	577	278
Cost of Sales [Member]
Stock compensation expense	$ 133	$ 32

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Note 6 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Future Amortization Expense (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
2020 (9 months remaining)	$ 2,100
2021	2,825,000
2022	2,825,000
2023	2,795,000
2024	2,770,000
Thereafter	7,979,000
Total	$ 21,294,000	$ 21,982,000

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Note 2 - Fair Value Measurement

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

2.

Fair Value Measurement

In accordance with FASB ASC Topic

820,

“Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures,” (“ASC Topic

820”

), the Company measures its cash and cash equivalents and investments at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company also measures certain assets and liabilities at fair value on a non-recurring basis when applying acquisition accounting. ASC Topic

820

clarifies that fair value is an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, ASC Topic

820

establishes a

three

-tier value fair hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:

Level

1

– Observable inputs that reflect quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level

2

– Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level

1

for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are

not

active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related assets or liabilities.

Level

3

– Unobservable data points for the asset or liability, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability.

As of

March 31, 2020

and

December 31, 2019,

the Company valued the Astero and CBS contingent consideration and warrant liability at fair value.

There were

no

remeasurements to fair value during the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

of financial assets and liabilities that are

not

measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

The following tables set forth the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of 

March 31, 2020

and 

December 

31,

2019,

based on the

three

-tier fair value hierarchy:

(In thousands)

As of March 31, 20 20	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	6,400	$	—	$	—	$	6,400
Convertible debt held at fair value		—		—		1,000		1,000
Total		6,400		—		1,000		7,400
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration - business combinations		—		—		1,851		1,851
Warrant liability		—		—		17,667		17,667
Total	$	—	$	—	$	19,518	$	19,518

As of December 31, 2019	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Money market accounts	$	6,448	$	—	$	—	$	6,448
Convertible debt held at fair value		—		—		1,000		1,000
Total		6,448		—		1,000		7,448
Liabilities:
Contingent consideration - business combinations		—		—		1,914		1,914
Warrant liability		—		—		39,602		39,602
Total	$	—	$	—	$	41,516	$	41,516

The fair values of money market funds classified as Level

1

were derived from quoted market prices as active markets for these instruments exist. The fair values of investments, warrant liability and contingent consideration classified as Level

3

were derived from management assumptions. There have been

no

transfers of assets or liabilities between the fair value measurement levels. The following table presents the changes in investments held at fair value which are measured using Level

3

inputs:

	March 31,		December 31,
(In thousands)	2020		2019
Beginning balance	$	1,000	$	1,000
Purchases		—		—
Change in fair value recognized in net income		—		—
Total	$	1,000	$	1,000

The following table presents the changes in fair value of contingent consideration liabilities which are measured using Level

3

inputs:

	March 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	1,914		$	—
Additions		—			2,347
Change in fair value recognized in net income		(63	)		50
Payments earned, reclassified to accrued liabilities		—			(483	)
Total	$	1,851		$	1,914

The following table presents the changes in fair value of warrant liabilities which are measured using Level

3

inputs:

	March 31,			December 31,
(In thousands)	2020			2019
Beginning balance	$	39,602		$	28,516
Exercised warrants		(21	)		(1,749	)
Change in fair value recognized in net income		(21,914	)		12,835
Ending balance	$	17,667		$	39,602

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Note 16 - Subsequent Event (Details Textual) - USD ($)				3 Months Ended
	May 14, 2020	Apr. 29, 2020	Apr. 20, 2020	Mar. 31, 2020	May 22, 2020
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercised During Period (in shares)				2,000
Subsequent Event [Member]
Proceeds from Paycheck Protection Program Under CARES Act			$ 2,175,320
Repayments of Loan From Paycheck Protection Program Under CARES Act		$ 2,175,320
Subsequent Event [Member] | WAVI Holding AG and Taurus4757 GmbH Warrants [Member]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Warrant Exercises (in shares)	2,747,970
Class of Warrant or Right, Exercised During Period (in shares)	3,871,405
Subsequent Event [Member] | Casdin Capital LLC [Member]
Share Repurchase Agreement, Amount of Shares to be Issued	$ 20,000,000				$ 20,000,000
Share Repurchase Agreement, Shares Issued, Price Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 10.50
Share Repurchase Agreement, Shares to be Issued (in shares)	1,904,762

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Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue	$ 12,162,000	$ 5,770,000
Operating expenses
Cost of product and rental revenue (exclusive of intangible assets amortization)	4,568,000	1,647,000
Research and development	1,663,000	359,000
Sales and marketing	1,576,000	837,000
General and administrative	3,135,000	2,153,000
Amortization of intangible assets	688,000	0
Acquisition costs	225,000	208,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration	(63,000)
Total operating expenses	11,792,000	5,204,000
Operating income (loss)	370,000	566,000
Other income (expense)
Change in fair value of warrant liability	21,914,000	(19,663,000)
Interest income	29,000	171,000
Interest expense	(1,000)	(3,000)
Other expense	(4,000)
Loss from equity method investment in SAVSU		(232,000)
Total other income (expenses)	21,938,000	(19,727,000)
Net income (loss) before provision for income taxes	22,308,000	(19,161,000)
Income tax (benefit)
Net income (loss)	22,308,000	(19,161,000)
Net income attributable to common stockholders:
Basic	18,364,000	(19,161,000)
Diluted	$ (174,000)	$ (19,161,000)
Earnings per share attributable to common stockholders
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.87	$ (1.03)
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ (0.01)	$ (1.03)
Weighted average shares used to compute earnings per share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (in shares)	21,010,817	18,648,397
Diluted (in shares)	21,010,817	18,648,397
Product [Member]
Revenue	$ 11,727,000	$ 5,770,000
Rental Revenue [Member]
Revenue	$ 435,000

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Note 3 - Acquisitions (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Nov. 12, 2019	Aug. 08, 2019	Apr. 01, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Nov. 11, 2019	Aug. 07, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
Goodwill, Ending Balance				$ 33,506,000	$ 33,637,000
Equity Method Investments				$ 27,000
SAVSU [Member]
Equity Method Investments		$ 5,800,000
Astero [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross			$ 12,521,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Initial Cash Payment			8,000,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Deferred Cash Payment			4,500,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred			1,491,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High			8,500,000
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Total			1,500,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Net Tangible Assets			324,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets			4,100,000
Goodwill, Ending Balance			9,515,000					$ 9,500,000
Business Acquisition, Goodwill, Expected Tax Deductible Amount			1,100,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net, Total			13,941,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles			12,150,000					$ 4,120,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total			13,941,000
Astero [Member] | Earnout Payments Payable in Each Calendar Years of 2019, 2020 and 2021 [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred			3,500,000
Astero [Member] | Earnout Payment for Calendar Year 2021 [Member]
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred			$ 5,000,000
SAVSU [Member]
Goodwill, Ending Balance		$ 19,500,000					$ 21,037,000
Business Combinations, Number of Shares Acquired (in shares)		8,616
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired		55.60%
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares (in shares)		1,100,000
Share Price (in dollars per share)		$ 18.12
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable		$ 19,932,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net, Total		35,800,000					$ 35,850,000
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value		$ 15,900,000
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Percentage		44.00%
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Remeasurement Gain (Loss), Net, Total		$ 10,100,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Tangible Assets, Net		4,200,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles		12,200,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination, Total		$ 35,800,000
CBS Acquisition [Member]
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross	$ 11,000,000
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Initial Cash Payment	11,000,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred	856,000
Goodwill, Ending Balance	3,100,000					$ 2,954,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable	4,000,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Net, Total						15,856,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Tangible Assets, Net	6,000,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles	6,800,000					$ 6,790,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total	15,856,000
Business Combination, Cash Holdback Escrow to Satisfy Indemnification Claims	550,000
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interests Issued and Issuable, Escrow Holdback	3,000,000
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Earning Payments Payable in Each Calendar Year 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 [Member]
Business Combination, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Range of Outcomes, Value, High	$ 15,000,000

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Note 3 - Acquisitions - Acquired Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($)			3 Months Ended
	Nov. 11, 2019	Apr. 01, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019	Nov. 12, 2019
Astero [Member]
Intangible assets		$ 12,150,000	$ 4,120,000
Astero [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Intangible assets		$ 160,000	$ 160,000
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)		6 years	4 years
Astero [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Intangible assets		$ 470,000	$ 470,000
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)		9 years	9 years
Astero [Member] | Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Intangible assets		$ 2,840,000	$ 2,840,000
Astero [Member] | Developed Technology Rights [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)			5 years
Astero [Member] | Developed Technology Rights [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)			9 years
Astero [Member] | Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Intangible assets		$ 10,750,000
Astero [Member] | Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)		7 years
Astero [Member] | Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)		8 years
Astero [Member] | In Process Research and Development [Member]
Intangible assets		$ 650,000	$ 650,000
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)			9 years
CBS Acquisition [Member]
Intangible assets	$ 6,790,000			$ 6,800,000
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Customer Relationships [Member]
Intangible assets	$ 560,000
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)	6 years
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Trade Names [Member]
Intangible assets	$ 800,000
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)	6 years
CBS Acquisition [Member] | Developed Technology Rights [Member]
Intangible assets	$ 5,430,000
Intangible assets, estimated useful life (Year)	9 years

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Note 13 - Leases - Maturities of Lease Liabilities (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Jan. 01, 2019
2020, operating leases	$ 656,000
2020, financing leases	11,000
2021, operating leases	559,000
2021, financing leases	3,000
Total operating lease payments	1,215,000
Total financing lease payments	14,000
Less: operating lease interest	(57,000)
Less: financing lease interest	(1,000)
Total present value of operating lease liabilities	1,158,000	$ 1,800,000
Total present value of financing lease liabilities	$ 13,000

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Note 10 - Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share - Calculation of Diluted Shares (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Basic	$ 18,364	$ (19,161)
Diluted	$ (174)	$ (19,161)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding (in shares)	21,010,817	18,648,397
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.87	$ (1.03)
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ (0.01)	$ (1.03)

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Note 15 - Employee Benefit Plan (Details Textual) - Defined Contribution Plan, 401 K [Member] - Pension Plan [Member] - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Matching Contribution, Percent of Employees' Gross Pay	100.00%
Defined Contribution Plan, Employer Discretionary Contribution Amount	$ 84,000	$ 50,000

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Note 4 - Inventory (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Inventory, Current [Table Text Block]

(In thousands)	March 31, 20 20		December 31, 201 9
Raw materials	$	3,282	$	2,979
Work in progress		1,658		1,896
Finished goods		5,889		6,097
Total	$	10,829	$	10,972

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Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by BioLife Solutions, Inc. in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), for Quarterly Reports on Form

10

-Q and Article

10

of Regulation S-

X

and do

not

include all of the information and footnote disclosures required by GAAP. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10

-K for the fiscal year ended

December 31, 2019.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Astero Bio Corporation (“Astero,” and the Astero product line, “ThawStar” acquired on

April 1, 2019),

SAVSU Technologies, Inc. (“SAVSU” acquired on

August 8, 2019),

and Arctic Solutions, Inc. dba Custom Biogenic Systems (“CBS” acquired on

November 12, 2019).

All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments, consisting of only normal, recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. The results of operations for the interim periods presented are

not

necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire year.

Financial Statement Reclassification

Certain classifications on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows related to Non cash lease expense and Accrued expenses and other current liabilities for the

three

months ended

March 31, 2019

were reclassified to conform to current period presentation. These reclassifications have

no

impact on previously reported total revenue, net income (loss), net assets, or total operating cash flows.

Significant

Accounting P

olicies

There have been

no

significant changes to the accounting policies during the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020,

as compared to the significant accounting policies described in our Annual Report on Form

10

-K.

Liquidity and Capital Resources [Policy Text Block]

Liquidity and Capital Resources

On

March 31, 2020

and

December 31, 2019,

we had

$6.4

million in cash and cash equivalents. We acquired Astero on

April 1, 2019

for

$12.5

million in cash and contingent consideration of up to

$8.5

million (which payment requirement has

not

been triggered or otherwise paid to date). We anticipate paying

$484,000

for the earnout related to

2019

revenues of Astero in the

second

quarter of

2020.

On

August 8, 2019,

we acquired SAVSU for

1,100,000

shares of common stock. On

November 12, 2019,

we acquired CBS for

$11.0

million in cash,

$4.0

million in shares of our common stock, and up to

$15.0

million in contingent consideration payable in cash or stock (which payment requirement has

not

been triggered or otherwise paid to date).

On

May 22, 2020,

the Company closed on a share purchase agreement with Casdin Capital LLC, a current stockholder of the Company (“Casdin”), pursuant to which Casdin invested

$20

million in the Company. Based on our current expectations with respect to our future revenue and expenses, we believe that our current level of cash and cash equivalents including proceeds from the Casdin investment, will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs for at least the next

12

months. However, if our revenues do

not

grow as expected, including as a result of the COVID-

19

pandemic, and if we are

not

able to manage expenses sufficiently, we

may

be required to obtain additional equity or debt financing if our cash resources are depleted. Further, the Company

may

choose to raise additional capital through a debt or equity financing in an attempt to mitigate the heightened level of business uncertainty caused by the COVID-

19

pandemic, or in order to pursue additional acquisition or strategic investment opportunities. Additional capital, if required,

may

not

be available on reasonable terms, if at all. 

Risk and Uncertainties, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Risks and Uncertainties

On

March 10, 2020,

the World Health Organization declared the COVID-

19

outbreak a pandemic. The virus and actions taken to mitigate its spread have had and are expected to continue to have a broad adverse impact on the economies and financial markets of many countries, including the geographical areas in which the Company operates and conducts its business. In particular, the Seattle area, including the location of our corporate headquarters and our media production facility and warehouse, is at

one

of the epicenters of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. We are currently following the recommendations of local health authorities to minimize exposure risk for our team members and visitors.  However, the scale and scope of this pandemic is unknown and the duration of the business disruption and related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. While we have implemented specific business continuity plans to reduce the potential impact of COVID-

19

and believe that we have sufficient biopreservation media inventory to meet previously forecasted demand for the next

six

to

nine

months, there is

no

guarantee that our continuity plan, once in place, will be successful or that our inventory will meet forecasted or actual demand.

We have already experienced certain disruptions to our business such as temporary closure of our offices and similar disruptions

may

occur for our customers or suppliers that

may

materially affect our ability to obtain supplies or other components for our products, produce our products or deliver inventory in a timely manner. This would result in lost product revenue, additional costs, or penalties, or damage our reputation. Similarly, COVID-

19

could impact our customers and/or suppliers as a result of a health epidemic or other outbreak occurring in other locations which could reduce their demand for our products or their ability to deliver needed supplies for the production of our products. The extent to which COVID-

19

or any other health epidemic

may

impact our results will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which

may

emerge concerning the severity of COVID-

19

and the actions to contain COVID-

19

or treat its impact, among others. Accordingly, COVID-

19

could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.

There are many uncertainties regarding the current pandemic of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-

19”

), and the Company is closely monitoring the impact of COVID-

19

on all aspects of its business, including how it will impact its customers, employees, suppliers, vendors, business partners and distribution channels. While COVID-

19

did

not

materially affect the Company’s financial results and business operations in the Company’s

first

quarter ended

March 31, 2020,

the Company is unable to predict the impact that COVID-

19

may

have on its financial position and operations moving forward due to numerous uncertainties. We estimate that we received approximately

$1.5

-

$2.0

million in incremental media revenue resulting from what we believe were safety stock purchases of media. These estimates

may

change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and actual results could differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The Company will continue to assess the evolving impact of COVID-

19

and will make adjustments to its operations as necessary.  

Concentration Risk, Credit Risk, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Concentrations of credit risk and business risk

In the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020,

we derived approximately

25%

of our product revenue from

two

customers. In the

three

months ended

March 31, 2019,

we derived approximately

34%

of our product revenue from

two

customers.

No

other customer accounted for more than

10%

of revenue in the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

or

2019.

In the

three

months ended

March 31, 2020

and

2019,

we derived approximately

66%

and

90%,

of our revenue from CryoStor products, respectively. Due to our acquisitions in

2019,

we expect both our revenue concentration related to CryoStor, and our customer concentration to be reduced for the year ended

December 31, 2020.

At

March 31, 2020,

two

customers accounted for approximately

33%

of total gross accounts receivable. At

December 31, 2019,

two

customers accounted for approximately

25%

of total gross accounts receivable. 

The following table represents the Company’s total revenue by geographic area (based on the location of the customer):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations	2020			2019
United States		74	%		60	%
Canada		11	%		23	%
Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA)		12	%		13	%
Other		3	%		4	%
Total revenue		100	%		100	%

New Accounting Pronouncements, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Recent accounting pronouncements 

In

August 2018,

the FASB issued ASU

2018

-

13,

“Fair Value Measurement (Topic

820

): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.” ASU

2018

-

13

includes amendments that aim to improve the effectiveness of fair value measurement disclosures. The amendments in this guidance modify the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements based on the concepts in FASB Concepts Statement, “Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting—Chapter

8:

Notes to Financial Statements,” including the consideration of costs and benefits. The amendments become effective for the Company in the year ending

December 31, 2020

and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted this guidance

January 1, 2020

and there was

no

material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In

December 2019,

the FASB issued ASU

2019

-

12,

“Income Taxes (Topic

740

) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes.” ASU

2019

-

12

simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic

740,

including, but

not

limited to, the exception to the incremental approach for intraperiod tax allocation when there is a loss from continuing operations and income or a gain from other items, the exceptions related to the recognition of a deferred tax liability related to an equity method investment and the exception to methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period when a year-to-date loss exceeds the anticipated loss for the year. ASU

2019

-

12

becomes effective for the Company in the year ended

December 31, 2021,

including interim periods. The Company is considering early adoption in

2020.

Due to the full valuation allowance on the Company’s net deferred tax assets, the Company is currently expecting

no

material impact from the adoption of ASU

2019

-

12

on its consolidated financial statements.

In

June 2016,

the FASB issued ASU

No.

2016

-

13,

“Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic

326

): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments.” ASU

2016

-

13

requires companies to measure credit losses utilizing a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. For Smaller Reporting Companies as defined by the SEC, ASU

2016

-

13

is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December 15, 2022,

including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is evaluating the impact of the guidance on its financial statements. 

In

August 2018,

the FASB issued ASU

No.

2018

-

15,

“Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic

350

-

40

): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract”, which clarifies the accounting for implementation costs in cloud computing arrangements. ASU

2018

-

15

is effective for fiscal years beginning after

December 15, 2019,

including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will adopt the standard prospectively on

January 1, 2020.

The Company adopted this guidance

January 1, 2020

and there was

no

material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

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Note 3 - Acquisitions - Consideration (Details) - USD ($)	Nov. 12, 2019	Aug. 08, 2019	Apr. 01, 2019
Astero [Member]
Cash consideration			$ 12,521,000
Contingent consideration			1,491,000
Working capital adjustment			(71,000)
Total consideration transferred			$ 13,941,000
SAVSU [Member]
Stock consideration		$ 19,932,000
CBS Acquisition [Member]
Cash consideration	$ 11,000,000
Contingent consideration	856,000
Total consideration transferred	15,856,000
Stock consideration	$ 4,000,000

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Note 4 - Inventory - Summary of Inventories (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Raw materials	$ 3,282	$ 2,979
Work in progress	1,658	1,896
Finished goods	5,889	6,097
Total	$ 10,829	$ 10,972

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Note 14 - Consolidated Balance Sheet Detail - Accrued Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$ 337	$ 302
Other payables	676	1,018
Accrued compensation	1,762	1,554
Deferred revenue	282	324
Other	23	171
Total accrued expenses and other current liabilities	$ 3,080	$ 3,369

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Note 13 - Leases (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) ft²	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 08, 2019 USD ($)	Aug. 07, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2019 USD ($)
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent	6.50%
Finance Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent	8.10%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (Year)	1 year 182 days
Finance Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (Year)	328 days
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset	$ 892,000		$ 1,040,000			$ 1,300,000
Operating Lease, Liability, Total	1,158,000					$ 1,800,000
Lease Cost, Operating Leases	229,000
Operating Lease, Cost	170,000
Short-term Lease, Cost	59,000
Variable Lease, Cost	0
Operating Lease, Payments	$ 217,000
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net, Total		$ 142,000
SAVSU [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Operating Lease Right-of-use Asset				$ 233,000	$ 233,000
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Operating Lease Liability				$ 232,000
Bothell, Washington Headquarters [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property (Square Foot) | ft²	32,106
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term (Year)	5 years
Monthly Base Rent Expense	$ 63,000
Menlo Park, California Location [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property (Square Foot) | ft²	1,250
Monthly Base Rent Expense	$ 5,000
Albuquerque, New Mexico Location [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property (Square Foot) | ft²	9,932
Monthly Base Rent Expense	$ 9,000
Detroit, Michigan Location [Member]
Area of Real Estate Property (Square Foot) | ft²	106,998
Lessee, Operating Lease, Renewal Term (Year)	5 years
Monthly Base Rent Expense	$ 15,000

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Note 10 - Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share (Details Textual) - shares shares in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in shares)	1.9	2.7
Warrant [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount (in shares)	2.7	3.0

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Note 3 - Acquisitions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Business Acquisitions, by Acquisition [Table Text Block]

Cash consideration	$	12,521
Contingent consideration		1,491
Working capital adjustment		(71	)
Total consideration transferred	$	13,941

Stock consideration for 55.6% equity interest purchased $ 19,932

Cash consideration	$	11,000
Stock consideration		4,000
Contingent consideration		856
Total consideration transferred	$	15,856

Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block]

Cash and cash equivalents	$	11
Accounts receivable, net		154
Inventory		456
Customer relationships		160
Tradenames		470
Developed technology		2,840
In-process research and development		650
Goodwill		9,515
Other assets		99
Accounts payable		(250	)
Other liabilities		(164	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	13,941

Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,251
Accounts receivable, net		753
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		19
Property, plant and equipment, net		546
Operating right-of-use asset		233
Assets held for rent, net		2,441
Customer relationships		80
Tradenames		1,320
Developed technology		10,750
Goodwill		21,037
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(807	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(1,541	)
Other liabilities		(232	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	35,850

Accounts receivable, net	$	1,044
Inventory		3,232
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		29
Property, plant and equipment, net		3,615
Customer relationships		560
Tradenames		800
Developed technology		5,430
Goodwill		2,954
Accounts payable		(1,197	)
Other liabilities		(611	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	15,856

Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block]

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	160		4
Tradenames		470		9
Developed technology		2,840	5	–	9
In-process research and development		650		9
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	4,120

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	80		6
Tradenames		1,320		9
Developed technology		10,750	7	–	8
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	12,150

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	560		6
Tradenames		800		6
Developed technology		5,430		9
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	6,790

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Note 16 - Subsequent Event

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

1

6

. Subsequent Event

Paycheck Protection Program 

We determined that we met the original eligibility requirements per the guidelines original established by the U.S. federal government as part of the CARES Act for the Pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”). As such, on

April 20, 2020,

the Company received

$2,175,320

in support from the PPP. Because the U.S. government subsequently changed its position and guidelines related to the PPP and publicly traded companies, the Company repaid the load on

April 29, 2020.

Casdin Financing

On

May 22, 2020,

the Company closed on a share purchase agreement with Casdin Capital LLC, a current stockholder of the Company, pursuant to which Casdin invested

$20

million in the Company at a price per share of

$10.50.

Pursuant to the terms of the share purchase agreement, the Company issued to Casdin

1,904,762

shares of Company common stock. The Company also granted Casdin certain registration rights requiring the Company to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission covering the resale by Casdin of the shares issued in the transaction.

Cashless warrant exercises

On

May 14, 2020,

the Company entered into separate warrant exercise agreements with WAVI Holding AG and

Taurus4757

GmbH pursuant to which the warrant holders immediately exercised their respective warrants via a “cashless” exercise as agreed to by the Company. As a result of the cashless exercise, the Company issued an aggregate of

2,747,970

shares of Company common stock upon cashless exercise of an aggregate of

3,871,405

warrants.

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Note 12 - Revenue

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block]

1

2

. Revenue

We currently operate as

one

operating segment focusing on biopreservation tools.

We generate revenue from the sale of bioproduction products, equipment devices, and related consumables used with these equipment devices to customers in the life science and biopharmaceutical industries. Under ASC

606,

“Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” revenue is recognized when, or as, obligations under the terms of a contract are satisfied, which occurs when control of the promised products or services is transferred to customers.

The Company also generates revenue from the leasing of our evo cold chain systems, which are typically cloud-connected shippers with enabling cold chain cloud applications, to customers pursuant to rental arrangements entered into with the customer. Revenue from the rental of cold chain systems is

not

within the scope of FASB ASC Topic

606

as it is within the scope of FASB ASC Topic

842,

“Leases”. All customers leasing shippers currently do so under month-to-month rental arrangements. We account for these rental transactions as operating leases and record rental revenue on a straight-line basis over the rental term.

The following table represents revenues by product line:  

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except percentages)	2020		2019
Biopreservation media	$	8,672	$	5,770
Automated thawing		394	––
evo shippers		438	––
Freezers and accessories		2,658	––
Total revenue	$	12,162	$	5,770

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Note 8 - Warrants

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Warrants [Text Block]

8

. Warrants

 

In

March 2014,

in a registered public offering and in accordance with a separate note conversion agreement with certain note holders, the Company issued warrants to purchase

6,910,283

shares of common stock at

$4.75

per share. The warrants expire in

March 2021.

In

May 2016,

in connection with a credit facility with WAVI Holding AG, a significant stockholder of the Company, the Company issued a warrant to purchase

550,000

shares of common stock at

$1.75

per share. The warrant was immediately exercisable and expires in

May 2021.

The following table summarizes warrant activity for the

three

months ended

March 

31,

2020:

	Shares			Wtd. Avg. Exercise Price
Outstanding at December 31, 2019		3,959,005		$	4.33
Exercised		(2,000	)		4.75
Outstanding at March 31, 2020		3,957,005		$	4.33

On

May 14, 2020,

the Company entered into separate warrant exercise agreements with WAVI Holding AG and

Taurus4757

GmbH pursuant to which the warrant holders immediately exercised their respective warrants via a “cashless” exercise as agreed to by the Company. As a result of the cashless exercise, the Company issued an aggregate of

2,747,970

shares of Company common stock upon cashless exercise of an aggregate of

3,871,405

warrants. There are

85,600

warrants remaining at an exercise price of

$4.75.

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Note 4 - Inventory

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

4

. Inventory

Inventory consists of the following at

March 31, 2020

and

December 

31,

2019:

(In thousands)	March 31, 20 20		December 31, 201 9
Raw materials	$	3,282	$	2,979
Work in progress		1,658		1,896
Finished goods		5,889		6,097
Total	$	10,829	$	10,972

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Note 12 - Revenue (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes Tables

Revenues By Product Line [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands, except percentages)	2020		2019
Biopreservation media	$	8,672	$	5,770
Automated thawing		394	––
evo shippers		438	––
Freezers and accessories		2,658	––
Total revenue	$	12,162	$	5,770

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Note 1 - Organization and Significant Accounting Policies - Concentrations Risk by Geographic Locations (Details) - Revenue Benchmark [Member] - Geographic Concentration Risk [Member]	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations, percentage	100.00%	100.00%
UNITED STATES
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations, percentage	74.00%	60.00%
CANADA
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations, percentage	11.00%	23.00%
EMEA [Member]
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations, percentage	12.00%	13.00%
Geographic, Other [Member]
Revenue by customers’ geographic locations, percentage	3.00%	4.00%

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Note 7 - Share-based Compensation - Restricted Stock Activity (Details) - Restricted Stock [Member]	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020 $ / shares shares
Unvested outstanding at beginning of period (in shares) | shares	429,399
Unvested outstanding at beginning of period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 13.25
Unvested granted (in shares) | shares	175,971
Granted, grant date fair value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 9.43
Vested (in shares) | shares	(53,026)
Vested, grant date fair value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 12.90
Forfeited (in shares) | shares	(7,000)
Forfeited, grant date fair value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 15.92
Unvested outstanding (in shares) | shares	545,344
Unvested outstanding, grant date fair value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 12.01

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Note 6 - Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Intangible Assets (Details) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Gross Carrying Value		$ 23,060,000	$ 23,060,000
Accumulated Amortization		(1,766,000)	(1,078,000)
Net Carrying Value		$ 21,294,000	$ 21,982,000
Weighted Average [Member]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)		7 years 255 days	8 years 109 days
Customer Relationships [Member]
Gross Carrying Value		$ 800,000	$ 800,000
Accumulated Amortization		(88,000)	(51,000)
Net Carrying Value		$ 712,000	$ 749,000
Customer Relationships [Member] | Weighted Average [Member]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)		5 years	5 years 219 days
Trade Names [Member]
Gross Carrying Value		$ 2,590,000	$ 2,590,000
Accumulated Amortization		(205,000)	(123,000)
Net Carrying Value		$ 2,385,000	$ 2,467,000
Trade Names [Member] | Weighted Average [Member]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)		7 years 146 days	8 years 36 days
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member]
Gross Carrying Value		$ 19,020,000	$ 19,020,000
Accumulated Amortization		(1,473,000)	(904,000)
Net Carrying Value		$ 17,547,000	$ 18,116,000
Technology-Based Intangible Assets [Member] | Weighted Average [Member]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)		7 years 292 days	8 years 146 days
In Process Research and Development [Member]
Gross Carrying Value	[1]	$ 650,000	$ 650,000
Accumulated Amortization
Net Carrying Value	[1]	$ 650,000	$ 650,000
In Process Research and Development [Member] | Weighted Average [Member]
Weighted Average Useful Life (Year)	[1]	9 years	9 years

[1] In-process R&D represents the fair value of incomplete research and development that has not yet reached technological feasibility. We will amortize the asset upon technological feasibility, which has reach technological feasibility and been placed in service in the second quarter of 2020.

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Document And Entity Information - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	May 26, 2020
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000834365
Trading Symbol	blfs
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares)		25,993,028
Entity Shell Company	false
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2020
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Amendment Flag	false
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share

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Statements of Shareholders' Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Preferred Stock [Member] Series A Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Total
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018		18,547,406
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018		$ 19	$ 113,008	$ (98,395)	$ 14,632
Stock-based compensation			531		531
Stock option exercises (in shares)		99,697
Stock option exercises			161		161
Warrant exercises (in shares)		5,000
Warrant exercises			97		97
Stock issued – on vested RSUs (in shares)		64,992
Stock issued – on vested RSUs
Net loss				(19,161)	(19,161)
Net income				(19,161)	(19,161)
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2019		18,717,095
Balance at Mar. 31, 2019		$ 19	113,797	(117,556)	(3,740)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019		20,825,452
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019		$ 21	143,485	(100,052)	43,454
Stock-based compensation			1,113		1,113
Stock option exercises (in shares)		268,293
Stock option exercises			490		490
Warrant exercises (in shares)		2,000
Warrant exercises			30		30
Stock issued – on vested RSUs (in shares)		53,026
Stock issued – on vested RSUs
Net loss				22,308	22,308
Stock issued as 2019 bonus payout			314		314
Net income				22,308	22,308
Balance (in shares) at Mar. 31, 2020		21,148,771
Balance at Mar. 31, 2020		$ 21	$ 145,432	$ (77,744)	$ 67,709

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Note 3 - Acquisitions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Notes to Financial Statements

Business Combination Disclosure [Text Block]

3.

Acquisitions

Astero Acquisition 

On

April 1, 2019,

BioLife completed the acquisition of all the outstanding shares of Astero. Astero’s ThawSTAR product line is comprised of a family of automated thawing devices for frozen cell and gene therapies packaged in cryovials and cryobags. The products improve the quality of administration of high-value, temperature-sensitive biologic therapies to patients by standardizing the thawing process and reducing the risks of contamination and overheating, which are inherent with the use of traditional water baths.

In connection with the acquisition, the Company paid (i) a base payment in the amount of

$12.5

million consisting of (

x

) an initial cash payment of

$8.0

million at the closing of the transactions, subject to adjustment for working capital, net debt and transaction expenses, and (y) a deferred cash payment that was paid into escrow of

$4.5

million payable upon the earlier of Astero meeting certain product development milestones or

one

year after the date of the Closing and (ii) earnout payments in calendar years

2019,

2020

and

2021

of up to an aggregate of

$3.5

million, which shall be payable upon Astero achieving certain specified revenue targets in each year and a separate earnout payment of

$5.0

million for calendar year

2021,

which shall be payable upon Astero achieving a cumulative revenue target over the

three

-year period from

2019

to

2021.

Consideration transferred

The Astero acquisition was accounted for as a purchase of a business under FASB ASC Topic

805,

“Business Combinations”. The Astero acquisition was funded through payment of approximately

$12.5

million in cash and under the terms of the share purchase agreement, Astero shareholders are eligible to receive up to an additional

$8.5

million of contingent consideration in cash over the next

three

years based on attainment of specific revenue targets. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Astero were recorded as of the acquisition date, at their respective fair values, and consolidated with those of BioLife. The fair value of the contingent consideration of

$1.5

million was determined using an option pricing model. The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately

$324,000,

the fair value of the intangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately

$4.1

million, and the residual goodwill is estimated to be approximately

$9.5

million. The fair value estimates required critical estimates, including, but

not

limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue and expense projections, discount rates, revenue volatility, and royalty rates. BioLife believes these estimates to be reasonable. Actual results

may

differ from these estimates.

Total consideration recorded for the acquisition of Astero is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Cash consideration	$	12,521
Contingent consideration		1,491
Working capital adjustment		(71	)
Total consideration transferred	$	13,941

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

The table below represents the purchase price allocation to the net assets acquired based on their estimated fair values (amounts in thousands). Such amounts were estimated using the most recent financial statements from Astero as of

March 31, 2019.

Cash and cash equivalents	$	11
Accounts receivable, net		154
Inventory		456
Customer relationships		160
Tradenames		470
Developed technology		2,840
In-process research and development		650
Goodwill		9,515
Other assets		99
Accounts payable		(250	)
Other liabilities		(164	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	13,941

The fair value of Astero’s identifiable intangible assets and estimated useful lives have been estimated as follows (amounts in thousands except years):

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	160		4
Tradenames		470		9
Developed technology		2,840	5	–	9
In-process research and development		650		9
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	4,120

Fair value measurement methodologies used to calculate the value of any asset can be broadly classified into

one

of

three

approaches, referred to as the cost, market and income approaches. In any fair value measurement analysis, all

three

approaches must be considered, and the approach or approaches deemed most relevant will then be selected for use in the fair value measurement of that asset. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets was determined by

third

-party appraisal primarily using variations of the income approach, which is based on the present value of the future after-tax cash flows attributable to each identifiable intangible asset. The fair value of inventories was determined using both the cost approach and the market approach. 

Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of intangible asset fair values, from the perspective of a market participant, include, but are

not

limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future cash flows (including revenue and expenses), (ii) the discount rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the future cash flows, (iii) the assessment of the asset’s life cycle, and (iv) the competitive trends impacting the asset. Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in valuing the contingent consideration, include, but are

not

limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future revenue, (ii) the volatility rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the revenue, and (iii) risk free interest rate.

Acquired Goodwill

The goodwill of

$9.5

million represents future economic benefits expected to arise from synergies from combining operations and commercial organizations to increase market presence and the extension of existing customer relationships. All but

$1.1

million of the goodwill recorded is

not

expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

SAVSU Acquisition 

On

August 8, 2019,

we closed the acquisition of SAVSU pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement. Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, SAVSU Origin, LLC agreed to transfer to us and we agreed to acquire from the seller

8,616

shares of common stock of SAVSU, representing the remaining

56%

of the outstanding shares of SAVSU that we did

not

previously own, in exchange for

1,100,000

shares of BioLife common stock. As a result of the acquisition, SAVSU became a wholly-owned subsidiary on

August 8, 2019,

the acquisition date.

Consideration transferred

The SAVSU acquisition was accounted for as a purchase of a business under FASB ASC Topic

805,

“Business Combinations”. The acquisition of

56%

of SAVSU was funded through a transfer of

1,100,000

shares of BioLife common stock, which had a fair value of

$18.12

per share or

$19.9

million at time of closing. The total value of

100%

of SAVSU consisting of the fair value of the stock issued and the fair value of our existing investment in SAVSU was

$35.8

million at time of closing. Prior to the acquisition, we accounted for our investment of SAVSU using the equity method of accounting which resulted in a recorded book value of

$5.8

million at the acquisition date. We remeasured to fair value the equity interest in SAVSU held immediately before the business combination. The fair value of our equity interest was determined to be

$15.9

million on our existing

44%

ownership based on the fair value of shares transferred at the time of acquisition for the

56%

we did

not

previously own. As a result, we recorded a non-operating gain of

$10.1

million.

Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from SAVSU were recorded as of the acquisition date, at their respective fair values, and consolidated with those of BioLife. The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately

$4.2

million, the fair value of the intangible assets acquired is estimated to be approximately

$12.2

million, and the residual goodwill is estimated to be approximately

$19.5

million. The fair value estimates required critical estimates, including, but

not

limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue and expense projections, discount rates, revenue volatility, and royalty rates. BioLife believes these estimates to be reasonable. Actual results

may

differ from these estimates.

Total consideration paid for the acquisition of SAVSU is as follows (amounts in thousands):

Stock consideration for 55.6% equity interest purchased $ 19,932

This stock consideration plus the fair value of our existing equity investment in SAVSU of

$15.9

million results in the total purchase price for accounting purposes of

$35.8

million.

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

The table below represents the purchase price allocation to the net assets acquired based on their estimated fair values (amounts in thousands). Such amounts were estimated using the most recent financial statements from SAVSU as of

August 7, 2019.

Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,251
Accounts receivable, net		753
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		19
Property, plant and equipment, net		546
Operating right-of-use asset		233
Assets held for rent, net		2,441
Customer relationships		80
Tradenames		1,320
Developed technology		10,750
Goodwill		21,037
Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(807	)
Deferred tax liabilities		(1,541	)
Other liabilities		(232	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	35,850

The fair value of SAVSU’s identifiable intangible assets and estimated useful lives have been estimated as follows (amounts in thousands except years):

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	80		6
Tradenames		1,320		9
Developed technology		10,750	7	–	8
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	12,150

Fair value measurement methodologies used to calculate the value of any asset can be broadly classified into

one

of

three

approaches, referred to as the cost, market and income approaches. In any fair value measurement analysis, all

three

approaches must be considered, and the approach or approaches deemed most relevant will then be selected for use in the fair value measurement of that asset. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets was determined primarily using variations of the income approach, which is based on the present value of the future after-tax cash flows attributable to each identifiable intangible asset. The fair value of assets held for rent and property, plant and equipment was determined using both the cost approach and the market approach.

Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of intangible asset fair values, from the perspective of a market participant, include, but are

not

limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future cash flows (including revenue and expenses), (ii) the discount rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the future cash flows, (iii) the assessment of the asset’s life cycle, and (iv) the competitive trends impacting the asset. Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the in valuing the contingent consideration, include, but are

not

limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future revenue, (ii) the volatility rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the revenue, and (iii) risk free interest rate.

Acquired Goodwill

The goodwill of

$21.0

million represents future economic benefits expected to arise from synergies from combining operations and commercial organizations to increase market presence and the extension of existing customer relationships.

None

of the goodwill recorded is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

Custom Biogenic Systems Acquisition 

On

November 10, 2019,

we entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement, by and among the Company, Arctic Solutions, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Custom Biogenic Systems, Inc., a Michigan corporation (“CBS Seller”), pursuant to which we agreed to purchase from the CBS Seller substantially all of CBS Seller’s assets, properties and rights (the “CBS Acquisition”). The CBS Seller, a privately held company with operations located near Detroit, Michigan, designs and manufactures liquid nitrogen laboratory freezers and cryogenic equipment and also offers a related cloud-based monitoring system that continuously assesses biologic sample storage conditions and alerts equipment owners if a fault condition occurs. The Acquisition closed on

November 12, 2019.

In connection with the CBS Acquisition, we paid to CBS Seller (i) a base payment in the amount of

$15.0

million, consisting of a cash payment of

$11.0

million paid at the closing of the CBS Acquisition, less a cash holdback escrow of

$550,000

to satisfy certain indemnification claims, and an aggregate number of shares of our common stock, with an aggregate fair value equal to

$4.0

million, less a holdback escrow of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to

$3.0

million to satisfy potential payments related to any product liability claims outstanding as of

March 13, 2019,

and (ii) potential earnout payments in calendar years

2020,

2021,

2022,

2023

and

2024

of up to an aggregate of, but

not

exceeding,

$15.0

million payable to CBS Seller upon achieving certain specified revenue targets in each year for certain product lines.

The CBS acquisition was accounted for as a purchase of a business under FASB ASC Topic

805,

“Business Combinations”. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the acquired assets and liabilities assumed from CBS were recorded as of the acquisition date, at their fair values, and consolidated with BioLife. The fair value of the net tangible assets acquired is

$6.0

million, the fair value of the identifiable intangibles is

$6.8

million, and the residual goodwill is

$3.1

million. The fair value estimates required critical estimates, including, but

not

limited to, future expected cash flows, revenue and expense projections, discount rates, revenue volatility, and royalty rates. BioLife believes these estimates to be reasonable. Actual results

may

differ from these estimates.

Total consideration transferred (in thousands):

Cash consideration	$	11,000
Stock consideration		4,000
Contingent consideration		856
Total consideration transferred	$	15,856

Fair Value of Net Assets Acquired

The table below represents the purchase price allocation to the net assets acquired based on their fair values (amounts in thousands). Such amounts were estimated using the most recent financial statements from CBS as of

November 11, 2019.

Accounts receivable, net	$	1,044
Inventory		3,232
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		29
Property, plant and equipment, net		3,615
Customer relationships		560
Tradenames		800
Developed technology		5,430
Goodwill		2,954
Accounts payable		(1,197	)
Other liabilities		(611	)
Fair value of net assets acquired	$	15,856

The fair value of CBS’s identifiable intangible assets and weighted average useful lives have been estimated as follows (amounts in thousands except years):

	Estimated Fair Value		Estimated Useful Life (Years)
Customer relationships	$	560		6
Tradenames		800		6
Developed technology		5,430		9
Total identifiable intangible assets	$	6,790

Fair value measurement methodologies used to calculate the value of any asset can be broadly classified into

one

of

three

approaches, referred to as the cost, market and income approaches. In any fair value measurement analysis, all

three

approaches must be considered, and the approach or approaches deemed most relevant will then be selected for use in the fair value measurement of that asset. The fair value of identifiable intangible assets was determined primarily using variations of the income approach, which is based on the present value of the future after-tax cash flows attributable to each identifiable intangible asset. The fair value of inventories was determined using both the cost approach and the market approach and the fair value of property, plant and equipment was determined using the cost and market approach. 

Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in the development of intangible asset fair values, from the perspective of a market participant, include, but are

not

limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future cash flows (including revenue and expenses), (ii) the discount rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the future cash flows, (iii) the assessment of the asset’s life cycle, and (iv) the competitive trends impacting the asset. Some of the more significant assumptions inherent in valuing the contingent consideration, include, but are

not

limited to (i) the amount and timing of projected future revenue, (ii) the volatility rate selected to measure the risks inherent in the revenue, and (iii) risk free interest rate.

Acquired Goodwill

The goodwill of

$3.0

million represents future economic benefits expected to arise from synergies from combining operations and commercial organizations to increase market presence and the extension of existing customer relationships. All of the goodwill recorded is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.