---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001171843-23-003988"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HBIO"
cik: "0001123494"
company_name: "HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC"
filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T20:36:12.552920+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Harvard Bioscience appoints Jennifer Cote as permanent CFO; $300k base salary, 50% bonus target

## Summary
- Jennifer Cote, previously interim CFO since January 2023, appointed permanently as CFO and Treasurer effective June 19, 2023.
- Employment agreement includes base salary of $300,000 and annual bonus target of 50% of base salary.
- Prior to HBIO, Cote held finance leadership roles at Bose Corporation and was an Audit Manager at Arthur Andersen.
- Cote is a CPA and CGMA; she joined the company as VP of Global Finance in May 2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001171843-23-003988
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HBIO
- cik: 0001123494
- company_name: HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC
- filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184323003988/0001171843-23-003988-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184323003988/f8k_062023.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-003988
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-003988.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001171843-23-003988.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jennifer Cote was appointed as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On June 20, 2023, Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the appointment of Jennifer Cote as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer effective as of June 19, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1123494/000117184323003988/0001171843-23-003988-index.htm

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