Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
UVEGES GEORGE
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
HARVARD BIOSCIENCE INC [HBIO] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
207 WILLOW BROOK DRIVE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/17/2016
(Street)

WAYLAND, MA 01778-5124		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/17/2016   M   6,589 A $ 3.01 91,960 (1) D  
Common Stock 05/17/2016   F   6,140 (2) D $ 3.23 85,820 (3) D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock option (right to buy) $ 3.01 05/17/2016   M     6,589 (4) 05/25/2009 05/25/2016 Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 6,589 $ 0 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
UVEGES GEORGE
207 WILLOW BROOK DRIVE
WAYLAND, MA 01778-5124		   X      

Signatures

 /s/ Chad Porter, by power of attorney   05/18/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Includes (a) a deferred stock award of 14,400 restricted stock units which fully vest on the earlier of (i) the date of the Issuer's next Annual Meeting of Stockholders after June 4, 2015, immediately prior to the commencement of such meeting, and (ii) June 4, 2016; (b) a deferred stock award of 13,650 restricted stock units which vest quarterly in equal installments on June 30, 2016, September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2016; and (c) 63,910 shares of common stock held by the Reporting Person.
(2) Represents the number of shares of common stock that the Reporting Person attested to the ownership thereof in accordance with the Issuer's Third Amended and Restated 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended, in connection with the payment of the option exercise price. 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.
(3) Includes (a) a deferred stock award of 14,400 restricted stock units which fully vest on the earlier of (i) the date of the Issuer's next Annual Meeting of Stockholders after June 4, 2015, immediately prior to the commencement of such meeting, and (ii) June 4, 2016; (b) a deferred stock award of 13,650 restricted stock units which vest quarterly in equal installments on June 30, 2016, September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2016; and (c) 57,770 shares of common stock held by the Reporting Person.
(4) Represent the exercise of stock options granted pursuant to the Issuer's 2000 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended.
 
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