Harvard Bioscience Q2 2015 Revenues Increase 7% Year-over-Year, 12% in Constant Currency, to $28.8 Million

-Conference Call To Be Held at 8:30 AM ET Today-

HOLLISTON, Mass., July 30, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq:HBIO), a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of solutions to advance life science, today reported financial highlights for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015.

Revenues for the second quarter increased to $28.8 million, and non-GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.05.

Jeffrey A. Duchemin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Harvard Bioscience, stated, "We are pleased to report a strong second quarter which highlights our ability to execute on our long-term strategy. Despite continued foreign exchange headwinds, sales increased 7% over second quarter last year. In particular, sales from our electrophysiology product lines produced strong results, and China sales contributed to the top-line growth. We remain confident in our business, our employees, and our ability to execute our long-term strategy."

Second Quarter Reported Results

• Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2015 were $28.8 million, an increase of approximately $1.8 million, or 7% compared to revenues of $27.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2014. Excluding currency translation, revenues increased 12% or $3.1 million. For a reconciliation of changes in revenues, refer to Exhibit 8 below.
   
• Net income, as measured under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), was $0.3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2015 compared to $1.0 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the same quarter in 2014.
   
• Net income, on a non-GAAP basis, was $1.6 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2015, compared to $1.9 million, or $0.06 per diluted share, for the three months ended June 30, 2014. For a reconciliation between the GAAP and non-GAAP net income, refer to Exhibits 5 and 6 below. 

Year-to-Date Reported Results

• Revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2015 were $54.6 million, an increase of approximately $1.7 million, or 3% compared to revenues of $52.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014. Excluding currency translation, revenues increased 8% or $4.1 million. For a reconciliation of changes in revenues, refer to Exhibit 8 below.     
   
• Net loss, as measured under GAAP, was $1.1 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2015 compared to net income of $1.7 million, or $0.05 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2014.
   
• Net income, on a non-GAAP basis, was $2.3 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, for the six months ended June 30, 2015 compared to $3.6 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the same period in 2014. For a reconciliation between the GAAP and non-GAAP net income, refer to Exhibits 5 and 6 below.

Financial Guidance

Harvard Bioscience, or the Company, is reaffirming its updated financial guidance for the full year 2015 issued on April 30, 2015. The Company continues to expect revenues to be approximately $110 million to $112 million.

The Company expects to report full-year 2015 non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.21 to $0.23. This translates to an updated GAAP diluted earnings per share of approximately $0.06 to $0.08. Refer to our earnings release, issued on April 30, 2015, for additional details on guidance.

The Company may incur charges, realize gains or experience other events in 2015 that could cause actual results to vary from this guidance. Refer to Exhibit 7 below for a reconciliation between the GAAP and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share guidance.

Conference Call Details

Harvard Bioscience will be hosting a conference call and webcast today at 8:30 am ET. Participating in the call will be Jeffrey A. Duchemin, President and Chief Executive Officer and Robert Gagnon, Chief Financial Officer of Harvard Bioscience. Investors can access the live conference call by dialing the following phone number: toll-free 800-708-4539, or international 847-619-6396, and referencing the conference ID 40052858.

The conference call will be simultaneously webcast and can be accessed through the Harvard Bioscience website. To listen to the webcast, log on to the website at: http://investor.harvardbioscience.com/events.cfm and click on the Earnings Call icon. Financial information presented on the call, including the earnings release, will also be available on the investor relations section of the website. On that call, management may respond to questions from the audience and provide information on any of a number of topics related to the business, including operations, plans and outlook.

If you are unable to listen to the live conference call, the webcast will be available on the Company's website through August 6, 2015.

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

In this press release, we have included non-GAAP financial information including revenues, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per diluted share. We believe that this non-GAAP financial information provides investors with an enhanced understanding of the underlying operations of the business. For the periods presented, these non-GAAP financial measures of revenues and income have excluded certain revenues and expenses and income primarily resulting from purchase accounting or events that we do not believe are related to the underlying operations of the business such as currency translation, amortization of intangibles related to acquisitions, costs related to acquisition initiatives, transaction costs, severance and restructuring expenses and stock-based compensation expense. They also exclude the tax impact of the reconciling items. This non-GAAP financial information approximates information used by our management to internally evaluate the operating results of the Company. Tabular reconciliations of our non-GAAP adjusted operating income, non-GAAP adjusted net income and non-GAAP adjusted earnings per diluted share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 are included as exhibits below in this press release.

The non-GAAP financial information provided in this press release should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, the financial information provided and presented in accordance with GAAP.

About Harvard Bioscience

Harvard Bioscience is a global developer, manufacturer and marketer of a broad range of solutions to advance life science. Our products are sold to thousands of researchers in over 100 countries through our global sales organization, websites, catalogs, and through distributors including Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., VWR, GE Healthcare, and other specialized distributors. We have sales and manufacturing operations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, Spain, France, Canada and China. For more information, please visit our website at www.harvardbioscience.com.

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