---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-001638"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBIO"
cik: "0001123494"
company_name: "HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T04:13:45.411857+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harvard Bioscience reports de minimis SVB exposure, no material impact expected

## Summary
- Cash held in Silicon Valley Bank accounts is de minimis; expects full access and no material impact on financial condition or operations.
- Credit agreement with Citizens Bank, Wells Fargo, and SVB provides $40M term loan and $25M senior revolving credit facility.
- Expects sufficient liquidity from cash, operations, and non-SVB lenders even if SVB cannot fund its portion of the credit facility.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-001638
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBIO
- cik: 0001123494
- company_name: HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184323001638/0001171843-23-001638-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184323001638/f8k_031323.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-001638.txt

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