UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): March 13, 2023

HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

84 October Hill Road

Holliston, MA 01746

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(508) 893-8999

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (“we” or “us”) holds a de minimis amount of cash in accounts held with Silicon Valley Bank and certain of its foreign affiliates. In view of recent announcements by the U.S. Department of Treasury and others, we expect to have full access to such cash and that any inability to do so would not have a material impact on our financial condition or operations.

As previously disclosed, we are party to a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Citizens Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and Silicon Valley Bank (together, the “Lenders”). The Credit Agreement provides for a term loan of $40.0 million and a $25.0 million senior revolving credit facility (including a $10.0 million sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit and a $10.0 million swingline loan sub-facility) (collectively, the “Credit Facility”).

We continue to expect that our available cash, cash generated from current operations and debt capacity from the Lenders other than Silicon Valley Bank will be sufficient to finance our current operating plans and expected cash flow obligations, notwithstanding any inability of Silicon Valley Bank to fund its portion of the Credit Facility.

A copy of the Credit Agreement, as currently amended, is filed as Exhibit 10.18 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2023.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. We discuss many of these risks in detail under the caption “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We may not update these forward-looking statements, even though our situation may change in the future, unless we have obligations under the federal securities laws to update and disclose material developments related to previously disclosed information.

SIGNATURE

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.