Biolife Solutions, Inc. · NASDAQ:BLFS

Biolife Solutions — Proxy Contest (July 2024)

8 slides from Biolife Solutions's proxy contest presentation, Jul 26, 2024

  1. Slide 1: Material Weaknesses and 2024 Remediation Plan

    biolifesolutions.com P R O V E N B I O P R O D U C T I O N E X P E R T I S E Material Weaknesses and 2024 Remediation Plan Exhibit 99.1

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda CONFIDENTIAL ©2024 BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 2 Background FY23 Material Weaknesses • General control environment • IT change management and Segregation of Duties • Procure to pay and Revenue controls Remediation Strategy FY24 SOX Program FY23 BOD Attendanc

  3. Slide 3: Background

    Background CONFIDENTIAL ©2024 BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 3 BioLife strives to be a leading supplier of class-defining bioproduction tools and services for the cell and gene therapies and broader biopharma markets. From 2019 – 2021, BioLife acquired six private companies. BioL

  4. Slide 4: Progress

    FY23 Progress CONFIDENTIAL ©2024 BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 4 •Ensured system administrator access is restricted to appropriate individuals. •Made a significant investment in hiring additional resources •Redesigned controls in all financial reporting processes and

  5. Slide 5: Material Weaknesses and Remediation Plan

    FY23 Material Weaknesses and Remediation Plan CONFIDENTIAL ©2024 BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 5 Root Causes 2024 Remediation Plan Manual controls due to lack of ERP and system integration -Created internal business systems development team (4 FTEs) in Q4 2023 -Replaced outsourced ERP

  6. Slide 6: FY24 SOX Program Structure

    FY24 SOX Program Structure CONFIDENTIAL ©2024 BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 6 Core SOX Activities Foundational activities that occur annually, such as risk assessment, scoping, training, certification…etc. SOX Control Activities Business process and IT controls guidance on desig

  7. Slide 7: BOD Attendance – Joydeep Goswami

    FY23 BOD Attendance – Joydeep Goswami CONFIDENTIAL ©2024 BIOLIFE SOLUTIONS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 7 • Joydeep Goswami attended slightly less than 75% of meetings in 2023 due in part to overlapping commitments as CFO of Illumina which was facing shareholder activism issues in 2023 &#8

  8. Slide 8: Questions?

    biolifesolutions.com P R O V E N B I O P R O D U C T I O N E X P E R T I S E Questions? Exhibit 99.1

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