HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC — Director's Dealing 2013

Oct 22, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC (HBIO)
CIK: 0001123494
Period of Report: 2013-10-18

Reporting Person: LUSCINSKI SUSAN M (Chief Operating Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-10-18	Common Stock	M	47247	$3.18	Acquired	492764	Direct
2013-10-18	Common Stock	F	36265	$5.50	Disposed	456499	Direct
2013-10-18	Common Stock	M	100000	$1.99	Disposed	556499	Direct
2013-10-18	Common Stock	F	65960	$5.50	Disposed	490539	Direct
2013-10-18	Common Stock	M	38025	$4.28	Disposed	528564	Direct
2013-10-18	Common Stock	F	33377	$5.50	Disposed	495187	Direct
2013-10-18	Common Stock	M	12500	$2.98	Disposed	507687	Direct
2013-10-18	Common Stock	F	9343	$5.50	Disposed	517030	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-10-18	Stock option (right to buy)	$3.18	M	47247	Disposed	2019-05-21	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (47247)	Direct
2013-10-18	Stock option (right to buy)	$1.99	M	100000	Disposed	2018-12-04	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (100000)	Direct
2013-10-18	Stock option (right to buy)	$4.28	M	38025	Disposed	2016-08-09	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (38025)	Direct
2013-10-18	Stock option (right to buy)	$2.98	M	12500	Disposed	2015-05-25	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (12500)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Includes (a) a deferred stock award of 16,700 restricted stock units which will vest on Jan 1, 2014; (b) a deferred stock award of 9,374 restricted stock units which vest in equal installments on Jan 1, 2014 and Jan 1, 2015; (c) a deferred stock award of 30,954 restricted stock units which vest in equal installments on Jan 1, 2014, Jan 1, 2015, and Jan 1, 2016; (d) and a deferred stock award of 19,337 restricted stock units which vest in equal installments on Jan 1, 2014, Jan 1, 2015, Jan 1, 2016, and Jan 1, 2017; and (e) 369,152 shares of common stock held by Ms. Luscinski.

F2: Represents the number of shares of common stock that the Reporting Person attested to the ownership thereof in accordance with the Issuer's 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, in connection with the payment of the option exercise price and related withholding taxes. With respect to each option exercise, the Issuer only delivered the net amount of the option shares (after reducing the option shares by the amount of shares subject to such attestation) to the Reporting Person and such attestation shares were not sold by the Reporting Person or delivered to the Issuer. Nevertheless, the SEC deems such exercise and related attestation to be a disposition of shares for purposes of Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

F3: Represents exercise of stock options granted pursuant to the Issuer's 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended.