Biolife Solutions Inc S-3/A, filed Nov 30, 2023
Biolife Solutions Inc (BLFS)
S-3/A
2023-11-30
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 30, 2023.
Registration No. 333-275645
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1
to
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BioLife Solutions, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 94-3076866 | ||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||||
3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 310, Bothell, Washington, 98021
(425) 402-1400
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Roderick de Greef
Chief Executive Officer
BioLife Solutions, Inc.
3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Suite 310
Bothell, Washington, 98021
(425) 402-1400
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Michael A. Hedge
Jason C. Dreibelbis
K&L Gates LLP
1 Park Plaza
Twelfth Floor
Irvine, California 92614
(949) 253-0900
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ☐
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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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☐
The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) is being filed to amend the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-275645), originally filed by the registrant on November 17, 2023 (the “Registration Statement”). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to include Exhibit 10.1, the Securities Purchase Agreement, dated October 19, 2023, by and between the registrant and the selling stockholder, as an exhibit on the Exhibit Index hereto. Accordingly, this Amendment consists only of the cover page of the Registration Statement, this Explanatory Note, the amended Exhibit Index to the Registration Statement and the signature pages. This Amendment does not modify any provision of the prospectus contained in Part I or the balance of Part II of the Registration Statement.
Item 16. Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
| 3.1** | ||||||||
| 3.2** | ||||||||
| 3.3** | ||||||||
| 3.4** | ||||||||
| 4.1** | ||||||||
| 4.2** | ||||||||
| 5.1** | ||||||||
| 10.1 | ||||||||
| 23.1** | ||||||||
| 23.2** | ||||||||
| 23.3** | ||||||||
| 24.1** | ||||||||
| 107** | ||||||||
__________________
**Previously filed.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bothell, State of Washington, on November 30, 2023.
| BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS, INC. | |||||
| By: | /s/ Roderick de Greef | ||||
| Roderick de Greef | |||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) | |||||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
| Signature | Title | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ Roderick de Greef | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer) | November 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Roderick de Greef | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ Troy Wichterman | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | November 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Troy Wichterman | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | November 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Joseph Schick | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | November 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Amy DuRoss | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | November 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Rachel Ellingson | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | November 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Joydeep Goswami | ||||||||||||||
| * | Director | November 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Tim Moore | ||||||||||||||
__________________
*By Troy Wichterman as Attorney-in-Fact.