SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Unninayar Kamalam (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC. 84 OCTOBER HILL ROAD (Street) HOLLISTON MA 01746 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC [ HBIO ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/07/2019
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	03/07/2019		A		37,995(1)	A	$0.00	54,861(2)	D
Common Stock	03/07/2019		A		18,997(3)	A	$0.00	73,858(4)	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock option (right to buy)	$3.79	03/07/2019		A		91,139		(5)	03/07/2029	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	91,139	$0.00	91,139	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents a deferred stock award of 37,995 restricted stock units which shall vest in four equal installments on January 1, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

2. Includes (a) a deferred stock award of 37,995 restricted stock units which shall vest in four equal installments on January 1, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; (b) a deferred stock award of 13,852 restricted stock units which vest in equal installments on January 1, 2020, 2021 and 2022; and (c) 3,014 shares of common stock held by the Reporting Person.

3. Represents a deferred stock award of 18,997 restricted stock units with performance based vesting conditions. These restricted stock units shall vest in equal installments on March 7, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and are linked to the achievement of a relative total shareholder return of the Issuer's common stock from March 7, 2019 to the earlier of (i) March 7, 2020 or (ii) upon a change of control (measured relative to the NASDAQ Biotechnology index and based on the 20-day trading average price before each such date). The target number of these restricted stock units that may be earned is reported above; the maximum amount is 150% of the number reported.

4. Includes (a) the shares and awards described in footnote (2) above, and (b) the award described in footnote (3) above.

5. The options vest in four equal installments on January 1, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Remarks:

This form has been signed under power of attorney.

	/s/ Chad Porter, by power of attorney	04/02/2019
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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