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(e) On March 21, 2024, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the 2024 annual cash incentive plan (the “Plan”). Pursuant to the Plan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have each been assigned a target award amount determined as a percentage of his or her 2024 base salary and will have the opportunity to earn between 0% and 150% of the target award amount based on the achievement of certain pre-defined corporate financial objectives.
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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: March 26, 2024 | By: | /s/ John Fry |
| John Fry | ||
| Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary | ||