Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 2010

 

 

HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   000-31923   04-3306140

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

84 October Hill Road, Holliston, MA   01746
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(508) 893-8999

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On April 23, 2010, Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) mailed its 2009 Annual Report (the “Annual Report”) to stockholders. Excerpts from the Annual Report are furnished hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01 in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD.

The information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Title

99.1    Excerpts from Annual Report


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.
Date: April 23, 2010     By:   /S/    THOMAS MCNAUGHTON        
     

Thomas McNaughton

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Title

99.1    Excerpts from Annual Report