SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Bartholdson John A. (Last) (First) (Middle) 4721 EMPEROR BOULEVARD, SUITE 100 (Street) DURHAM NC 27703 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 01/08/2023	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Bioventus Inc. [ BVS ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. If Amendment, Date of 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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	4,593,463	I	See Footnotes(1)(2)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Consists of (i) 3,347,758 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Juniper Targeted Opportunity Fund, L.P. ("Juniper Fund"), (ii) 1,208,855 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Juniper Targeted Opportunities, L.P. ("Juniper Targeted Opportunities") and (iii) 36,850 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Juniper Multi-Strategy Fund, L.P. ("Juniper Multi-Strategy" and, together with Juniper Fund, Juniper Targeted Opportunities and Juniper Multi-Strategy, the "Juniper Entities").

2. Juniper HF Investors II, LLC ("Juniper HF II"), Juniper Targeted Opportunity Investors, LLC ("Juniper TO") and Juniper HF Investors, LLC ("Juniper HF") are each the general partner of Juniper Fund, Juniper Targeted Opportunities and Juniper Multi-Strategy, respectively. Juniper Investment Company, LLC ("Juniper Investment Company") provides investment advisory and management services and acts as the investment manager of Juniper Fund, Juniper Targeted Opportunities and Juniper Multi-Strategy. The Reporting Person is a managing member of Juniper Investment Company, Juniper HF II, Juniper TO and Juniper HF and shares voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by the Juniper Entities. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

Remarks:

Exhibit 24

	/s/ Anthony D'Adamio, Attorney-in-Fact	01/10/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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