Harvard Bioscience Inc. (HBIO)

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7:04AM Harvard Biosci announces receipt of private letter ruling and affirms plan to spin-off harvard apparatus regenerative technology following its IPO; HART has set a price range of $10.00 - $12.00 per share of common stock (HBIO) 5.74 : Co announced that it has received a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service that subject to certain conditions, the anticipated spin-off of Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc. will be tax-free for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Harvard Apparatus Regenerative Technology, Inc., or HART, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harvard Bioscience, has filed a registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering of HART's common stock. HART has set a price range of $10.00 - $12.00 per share of common stock and has commenced its "road show". It is expected that the offering of HART's common stock will price in early April, with the offering closing shortly thereafter. With respect to the offering, Summer Street Research Partners is sole book-running manager, and Maxim Group LLC is co-lead manager.