Press Release

HOLLISTON, Mass., July 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer, and marketer of a broad range of equipment, instruments and solutions to advance life science, will announce results for its second quarter before market trading hours on Thursday, July 31, 2014. A conference call to discuss the company's second quarter and its operations is scheduled for that same date at 11:00 AM ET. On that call, management may respond to questions from the audience and provide information on any of a number of topics related to the business, including operations, plans and outlook.

Participating in the call will be Jeffrey A. Duchemin, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Robert Gagnon, Chief Financial Officer of Harvard Bioscience. Investors can access the live conference call by dialing the following phone numbers: toll-free 877-303-7611, or international: 970-315-0445, and referencing the pass code "66391603."

The conference call will be simultaneously broadcast over the Internet and can be accessed through the Harvard Bioscience website. To listen to the webcast, log on to the website at www.harvardbioscience.com and click on the Earnings Call icon. Financial information presented on the call, including the earnings release, will also be available on the investor relations section of the website.

If you are unable to listen to the live conference call, the webcast will be available on the Company's website through August 7, 2014.

Schedule this webcast into MS-Outlook calendar (click open when prompted):

http://apps.shareholder.com/PNWOutlook/t.aspx?m=64976&k=00D6365D

About Harvard Bioscience

Harvard Bioscience is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of equipment, instruments and solutions to advance life science. Our products are sold to thousands of researchers in over 100 countries through our global sales organization, catalogs, websites, and through distributors including GE Healthcare, Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., VWR and other specialized distributors. We have sales and manufacturing operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Spain, France and Canada. For more information, please visit our website at www.harvardbioscience.com.

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For investor inquiries, please call (508) 893-8066. Press releases may be found on our web site.

CONTACT: Harvard Bioscience

         Jeffrey A. Duchemin

         President and Chief Executive Officer

         Tel: (508) 893-8999

         

         Investor and Public Relations:

         Dian Griesel Int'l.

         Cheryl Schneider/Susan Forman

         (212) 825-3210