HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC — Regulatory Filings 2008

Apr 9, 2008

8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 9, 2008

HARVARD BIOSCIENCE, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware	000-31923	04-3306140
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

84 October Hill Road, Holliston, MA 01746

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(508) 893-8999

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The letter to shareholders of the Company from the Chief Executive Officer and President included in the Company’s 2007 Annual Report, intended to be mail mailed on or about April 16, 2007, is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01 in satisfaction of the public disclosure requirements of Regulation FD. The letter to shareholders is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K and the Exhibit attached shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Title
99.1	Letter to Shareholders, included in the 2007 Annual Report

SIGNATURES

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.

/s/ Bryce Chicoyne
Bryce Chicoyne
Chief Financial Officer