secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS INC (BLFS)
CIK:        0000834365
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-04-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-22-008498
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 4.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BioLife Solutions dismisses BDO, engages Grant Thornton as new auditor; BDO had adverse opinion on internal controls
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- Dismissed BDO USA as independent auditor; engaged Grant Thornton effective April 6, 2022.
- BDO's audit reports on financial statements for FY 2021 and 2020 were unqualified with no disagreements.
- BDO's internal control report for FY 2021 had adverse opinion citing material weaknesses (entity-level controls, risk assessment, monitoring, IT).
- Material weaknesses previously disclosed in the 2021 10-K; no other reportable events occurred.
- Company provided BDO with a copy of the 8-K; BDO's letter is filed as Exhibit 16.1.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774922008498/0001437749-22-008498-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/834365/000143774922008498/bioli20220406_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-22-008498

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