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The following table summarizes the fair value composition of our venture capital investment portfolio at December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2005.

		December 31,
Category		2006			2005
Tiny Technology			99.9	%		99.9	%
Other Venture Capital Investments			0.1	%		0.1	%
Total Venture Capital Investments			100.0	%		100.0	%

December 31, 2005

At December 31, 2005, our total assets and net assets were $132,938,120 and $117,987,742, respectively. Our net asset value ("NAV") per share at that date was $5.68, and our shares outstanding increased to 20,756,345 versus 17,248,845 at December 31, 2004.

 

During the 12 months ended December 31, 2005, significant financial developments included the receipt of proceeds from our public offering of common stock and the sale of our investment in NeuroMetrix, Inc. Gross proceeds from the issuance of 3,507,500 new shares of our common stock totaled $37,091,813, less costs of $565,246, for net proceeds of $36,526,567. The Company received proceeds of $34,591,136 from the sale of its 1,137,570 shares of NeuroMetrix. In addition, the value of our venture capital investments increased by $1,565,373, to $33,187,333.

During the 12 months ended December 31, 2005, the value of our venture capital investments increased from $31,621,960 at December 31, 2004 to $33,187,333 at December 31, 2005. This increase included $16,251,339 from four new and 11 follow-on venture capital investments and increases in the valuations of NanoGram Corporation, Nanosys, Inc. and Nantero, Inc. of $313,534, $870,113 and $813,771, respectively, offset by the sale of our interests in Agile Materials & Technologies, Inc., Experion Systems, Inc., Nanotechnologies, Inc., NeuroMetrix, Inc., and Optiva, Inc., and by decreases in the valuation of our investments in AlphaSimplex Group LLC, CSwitch Corporation, Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., NanoOpto Corporation, Polatis, Inc., and Zia Laser, Inc., of $109,464, $500,000, $563,097, $529,997, $169,827 and $1,312,500, respectively.

 

The increase in the value of our investment in U.S. government and agency securities, from $44,622,722 at December 31, 2004, to $96,250,864 at December 31, 2005, resulted primarily from the receipt of net proceeds of $36,526,567 pursuant to the issuance of 3,507,500 new shares of our common stock and proceeds from the sale of NeuroMetrix of $34,591,136. These increases were partially offset by four new venture capital investments and eleven follow-on investments totaling $16,251,339, as well as by operating expenses.

The Company's liabilities increased from $4,616,652 at December 31, 2004, to $14,959,881 at December 31, 2005. The increases were attributable to an increase of $1,796,264 in the profit- sharing accrual, the provision of $8,122,367 for taxes payable by the Company on behalf of shareholders on the deemed dividend and provision for current taxes payable of $1,524,470.

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The following table is a summary of additions to our portfolio of venture capital investments during the 12 months ended December 31, 2005:

New Investment		Amount
eLite Optoelectronics, Inc.		$	1,000,000
Kereos, Inc.			800,000
Kovio, Inc.			3,000,000
Zia Laser, Inc.			1,500,000
Follow-on Investments
Cambrios Technologies Corporation		$	511,006
Chlorogen, Inc.			364,261
Kereos, Inc.			160,000
Molecular Imprints, Inc.			2,500,000
Nanomix, Inc.			250,000
NanoOpto Corporation			411,741
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.			683,000
Nanosys, Inc.			3,000,003
Nantero, Inc.			571,329
NeoPhotonics Corporation			999,999
Starfire Systems, Inc.			500,000
Total		$	16,251,339

Cash Flow

Year Ended December 31, 2006

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2006, was $14,955,302, primarily owing to the payment of various federal, state and local taxes, including the tax paid on behalf of shareholders for the deemed dividend, and to the payment of operating expenses.

Cash provided by investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2006, was $13,198,611, primarily reflecting net proceeds from the sale of U.S. government and agency securities of $37,593,589, less investments in private placements of $24,408,187.

 

Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2006, was $2,615,190, reflecting the issuance of shares in connection with the Stock Plan.

Year Ended December 31, 2005

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2005, was $2,914,285, primarily owing to an increase in our operating expenses.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2005, was $33,049,325, primarily reflecting a net increase in our investment in U.S. government and agency securities of $52,144,482 and investments in private placements of $16,251,339, less proceeds from the sale of venture capital investments of $35,392,200.

Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2005, was $36,526,567, reflecting net proceeds from the issuance of 3,507,500 new shares of our common stock on September 14, 2005, in an underwritten follow-on offering.

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Year Ended December 31, 2004

Net cash used in operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2004, was $3,809,805, primarily owing to an increase in our operating expenses.

Cash used in investing activities for the year ended December 31, 2004, was $32,093,612, primarily reflecting an increase in our investment in U.S. government and agency securities of $17,823,606 and investments in private placements of $16,731,216.

Cash provided by financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2004, was $36,128,175, reflecting net proceeds from the issuance of 3,450,000 new shares of our common stock on July 7, 2004, in an underwritten follow-on offering.

Background and Overview

We incorporated under the laws of the state of New York in August 1981. In 1983, we completed an initial public offering and invested $406,936 in Otisville BioTech, Inc., which also completed an initial public offering later that year. In 1984, Charles E. Harris purchased a controlling interest in us which also made him the control person of Otisville. We then divested our other assets and became a financial services company, with the investment in Otisville as the initial focus of our business activity.

In 1992, we registered as an investment company under the 1940 Act, commencing operations as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company. In 1995, we elected to become a business development company subject to the provisions of Sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act.

Throughout our corporate history, we have made early stage venture capital investments in a variety of industries. We define venture capital investments as investments in start-up firms and small businesses with exceptional growth potential. We have invested a substantial portion of our assets in venture capital investments of private, development stage or start-up companies. These private businesses tend to be thinly capitalized, unproven, small companies that lack management depth, have little or no history of operations and are developing unproven technologies. At December 31, 2006, $53,667,831, or 47.1 percent, of our net assets at fair value consisted of private venture capital investments, net of unrealized depreciation of $8,450,969. At December 31, 2005, $33,187,333, or 28.1 percent, of our net assets at fair value consisted of private venture capital investments, net of unrealized depreciation of $4,519,009.

Since our investment in Otisville in 1983 through December 31, 2006, we have made a total of 73 venture capital investments, including four private placement investments in securities of publicly traded companies. We have sold 44 of these 73 investments, realizing total proceeds of $143,614,382 on our invested capital of $51,229,202. As measured from first dollar in to last dollar out, the average and median holding periods for these 44 investments were 3.63 years and 3.19 years, respectively. As measured by the 149 separate rounds of investment within these 44 investments, the average and median holding periods for the 149 separate rounds of investment were 2.84 years and 2.44 years, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash, receivables and freely marketable securities, net of short-term indebtedness. Our secondary sources of liquidity are restricted securities of companies that are publicly traded.

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash, receivables and freely marketable securities, net of short-term indebtedness. Our secondary sources of liquidity are restricted securities of companies that are publicly traded.

At March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, our total net primary liquidity was $58,829,464 and $61,323,306, respectively, and our secondary liquidity was $0 and $0, respectively.

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The decrease in our primary liquidity from December 31, 2006, to March 31, 2007, is primarily owing to the use of funds for investments and payment of net operating expenses.

In September 2005, we completed the sale of 3,507,500 common shares, for total gross proceeds of $37,091,813; net proceeds, after offering costs of $565,246, were $36,526,567. We intend to use, and have been using, the net proceeds of this offering to make new investments in tiny technology, as well as for follow-on investments in our existing venture capital investments and for working capital. Through March 31, 2007, we have used $25,048,657 of the net proceeds from this offering for these purposes.

December 31, 2006

 

At December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2005, our total net primary liquidity was $61,323,306 and $97,797,219, respectively, and our secondary liquidity was $0 and $0, respectively.

Our net primary sources of liquidity are more than adequate to cover our gross cash operating expenses over the next 12 months. Our gross cash operating expenses for 2006 and 2005 totaled $5,285,448 and $5,021,066, respectively.

The decrease in our primary liquidity from December 31, 2005, to December 31, 2006, is primarily owing to the use of funds for investments, profit-sharing and tax payments, as well as for net operating expenses.

In 2004, we registered with the SEC for the sale of up to 7,000,000 shares of our common stock from time to time. In July 2004, we sold 3,450,000 common shares for gross proceeds of $36,501,000; net proceeds, after offering costs of $372,825, were $36,128,175. In September 2005, we completed the sale of 3,507,500 common shares, for total gross proceeds of $37,091,813; net proceeds, after offering costs of $565,246, were $36,526,567. We intend to use, and have been using, the net proceeds of the offerings to make new investments in tiny technology as well as follow-on investments in our existing venture capital investments, and for working capital. Through December 31, 2006, we used $53,932,228 from these two offerings for these purposes.

December 31, 2005

 

At December 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004, our total net primary liquidity was $97,797,219 and $45,353,691, respectively, and our secondary liquidity was $0 and $13,113,822, respectively.

Our net primary sources of liquidity were more than adequate to cover our gross cash operating expenses over the next 12 months. Our gross cash operating expenses for 2005 and 2004 totaled $5,021,066 and $3,878,610, respectively.

The increase in our primary source of liquidity from December 31, 2004, to December 31, 2005, was primarily owing to the receipt of the net proceeds from the issuance of 3,507,500 new shares of our common stock and the net proceeds from the sale of our investment in NeuroMetrix, Inc. These receipts were partially offset by our investments in Cambrios, Inc., Chlorogen, Inc., eLite Optoelectronics, Inc., Kereos, Inc., Kovio, Inc., Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., Molecular Imprints, Inc., Nanomix, Inc., NanoOpto Corporation, Nanosys, Inc., Nantero, Inc., NeoPhotonics Corporation, Starfire Systems, Inc., and Zia Laser, Inc., and the use of funds for net operating expenses.

On November 19, 2001, we established an asset account line of credit. The asset account line of credit was secured by U.S. government and agency securities. Under the asset account line of credit, we were able to borrow up to $8,000,000. The asset account line of credit could be increased to up to 95 percent of the current value of the U.S. government and agency securities with which we secure the line. The asset account line of credit carried interest at a rate of the Broker Call Rate plus 50 basis points. Our outstanding balance under the asset account line of credit at December 31, 2004, was $0. The Company terminated this line of credit on November 1, 2005.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRUBUTION

Global Crown Capital, LLC (the “placement agent”), located at 101 California Street, Suite 4550, San Francisco, CA 94111, has entered into a placement agency agreement with us in which they have agreed to act as placement agent in connection with this offering. Under the terms of the placement agency agreement, the placement agent has agreed to be our exclusive placement agent in connection with the issuance and sale by us of up to 1,300,000 shares of our Common Stock for $10.79 in a proposed takedown from our registration statement. The offering price was determined by the 10-day volume-weighted average price (VWAP) minus five percent. The placement agent is not purchasing or selling any shares by this Prospectus Supplement or accompanying Prospectus, nor is it required to arrange for the purchase or sale of any specific number or dollar amount of shares, but has agreed to use best efforts to arrange for the sale of all 1,300,000 shares.

The terms of any such offering will be subject to market conditions and negotiations between us, the placement agent, and prospective purchasers. The shares will be offered to prospective purchasers for $10.79 per share. The placement agency agreement provides that the obligations of the placement agent are subject to certain conditions precedent, including the absence of any material adverse change in our business and the receipt of certain certificates, opinions and letters from us and our counsel.

The placement agent proposes to arrange for the sale to one or more purchasers of the Common Stock offered pursuant to this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus through direct subscription agreements between the purchasers and us. Confirmations and definitive prospectuses will be distributed to all investors who agree to purchase the Common Stock, informing investors of the closing date as to such shares. We currently anticipate that closing of the sale of 1,300,000 shares of Common Stock will take place on or about June 20, 2007.

On the scheduled closing date, the following will occur:

·	we will receive funds in the amount of the aggregate purchase price; and

·	Global Crown Capital, LLC will receive the placement agent’s fee in accordance with the terms of the placement agent agreement.

We will deliver the Common Stock being issued to the purchasers electronically upon receipt of purchaser funds for the purchase of the shares of our Common Stock offered pursuant to this Prospectus Supplement. We will not issue certificated shares of Common Stock to purchasers in this offering.

The placement agent has informed us that it will not engage in over-allotment, stabilizing transactions or syndicate covering transactions in connection with this offering.

 

In order to facilitate the closing, certain purchaser funds will be deposited into a non-interest bearing escrow account and held by Citibank, N.A., as escrow agent, until jointly released by us and the placement agent in a written instruction to the escrow agent on the date the shares are delivered to the purchasers. The escrow agent will not accept any purchaser funds until the date of this Prospectus Supplement. The escrow agent or its affiliates may provide investment banking, additional commercial banking and/or other services to us from time to time, for which it may in the future receive customary fees and expenses.

 

We have agreed to indemnify the placement agent against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the 1933 Act, or to contribute to payments the placement agent may be required to make in respect of those liabilities; provided that such indemnification shall not extend to any liability or action resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the placement agent.

 

Commissions and Discounts

 

We have agreed to pay the placement agent a fee equal to 6.0 percent (6%) of the proceeds of this offering. Under no circumstances will the fee, commission or discount received by the placement agent or any other NASD member or independent broker-dealer exceed eight percent (8%) of the gross proceeds to us in this offering or any other offering in the United States pursuant to the Prospectus. The following table shows the per share and total fees we will pay to the placement agent in connection with the sale of the shares being offered pursuant to this Prospectus Supplement and the accompanying Prospectus, assuming the purchase of all the shares offered hereby.

 

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Per share placement agent’s fee		$	0.65
Total placement agent’s fee		$	841,620

We estimate that the total expenses of this offering that will be payable by us, excluding the placement agent’s fee and the reimbursement of the placement agent for other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with this offering, will be approximately $124,500. After deducting certain fees due to the placement agent and our estimated offering expenses, we expect the net proceeds from this offering to be up to approximately $13,060,880.

LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters will be passed on by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, our special counsel in connection with the offering of Common Stock.

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CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES

Documents		Page
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting		S-23
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		S-24
Audited Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December 31, 2006, and 2005		S-26
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004		S-27
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004		S-28
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004		S-29
Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2006		S-30
Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2005		S-38
Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments		S-44
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		S-47
Financial Highlights for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004		S-60
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006		S-61
Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006		S-62
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006		S-63
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and year ended December 31, 2006		S-64
Consolidated Schedule of Investments as of March 31, 2007		S-65
Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments		S-73
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements		S-76
Financial Highlights for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006		S-83

 

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Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company's principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the Company's Board of Directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:

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pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

·

provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

·

provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management has assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006. In making its assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Based on the results of this assessment, management (including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer) has concluded that, as of December 31, 2006, the Company's internal control over financial reporting was effective.

Our management's assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm.

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Harris & Harris Group, Inc.:

We have completed integrated audits of Harris & Harris Group, Inc.’s consolidated financial statements and of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Our opinions, based on our audits, are presented below.

Consolidated financial statements

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements listed in the accompanying index  present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (the "Company") at December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, and the results of its operations, its cash flows, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit of financial statements includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2006 by correspondence with the custodian, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

As more fully disclosed in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the financial statements include investments valued at $53,667,831 (47.1% of net assets) at December 31, 2006, the fair values of which have been estimated by the Board of Directors in the absence of readily ascertainable market values. Those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material.

Internal control over financial reporting

Also, in our opinion, management’s assessment, included in Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting appearing under Item 9A, that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006 based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on those criteria. Furthermore, in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2006, based on criteria established in Internal Control - Integrated Framework issued by COSO. The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express opinions on management’s assessment and on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. An audit of internal control over financial reporting includes obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we consider necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

March 15, 2007

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

		December 31, 2006			December 31, 2005
ASSETS
Investments, at value (Cost: $121,331,398 at 12/31/06, $134,026,747 at 12/31/05		$	112,323,978		$	129,438,197
Cash and cash equivalents			2,071,788			1,213,289
Restricted funds (Note 6)			2,149,785			1,730,434
Receivable from portfolio company			0			75,000
Receivable from broker (Note 3)			819,905			0
Interest receivable			625,372			248,563
Prepaid expenses			10,945			2,993
Other assets			326,817			229,644
Total assets		$	118,328,590		$	132,938,120
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (Note 6)		$	4,115,300		$	3,174,183
Accrued profit sharing (Note 4)			261,661			2,107,858
Deferred rent			21,326			31,003
Current taxes payable			0			1,514,967
Taxes payable on behalf of shareholders (Note 7)			0			8,122,367
Total liabilities			4,398,287			14,950,378
Net assets		$	113,930,303		$	117,987,742
Net assets are comprised of:
Preferred stock, $0.10 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized; none issued		$	0		$	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized at 12/31/06 and 30,000,000 at 12/31/05; 22,843,757 issued at 12/31/06 and 22,585,085 issued at 12/31/05			228,438			225,851
Additional paid in capital (Note 9)			129,801,201			122,149,642
Accumulated net realized income (loss)			(3,747,912	)		3,781,905
Accumulated unrealized depreciation of investments			(9,007,420	)		(4,764,125	)
Unrecognized net gain on retirement benefit plans (Note 6)			61,527
Treasury stock, at cost (1,828,740 shares at 12/31/06 and 12/31/05)			(3,405,531	)		(3,405,531	)
Net assets		$	113,930,303		$	117,987,742
Shares outstanding			21,015,017			20,756,345
Net asset value per outstanding share		$	5.42		$	5.68

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

		Year Ended December 31, 2006			Year Ended December 31, 2005			Year Ended December 31, 2004
Investment income:
Interest from:
Fixed-income securities		$	2,991,261		$	1,409,273		$	614,728
Portfolio companies			0			65,620			22,834
Miscellaneous income			37,500			65,969			0
Total investment income			3,028,761			1,540,862			637,562
Expenses:
Salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation (Note 3)			7,933,276			2,459,033			1,928,088
Administration and operations			1,250,080			1,319,354			718,530
Profit-sharing provision (Note 4)			50,875			1,796,264			311,594
Professional fees			737,828			830,062			667,311
Rent			239,846			211,582			151,434
Directors' fees and expenses			340,750			308,874			209,210
Depreciation			64,916			64,713			43,151
Custodian fees			24,125			16,741			17,023
Total expenses			10,641,696			7,006,623			4,046,341
Net operating loss			(7,612,935	)		(5,465,761	)		(3,408,779	)
Net realized gain from investments:
Realized gain from investments			31,338			23,862,037			813,994
Income tax (benefit) expense (Note 7)			(227,355	)		9,653,248			(44,509	)
Net realized gain from investments			258,693			14,208,789			858,503
Net (increase) decrease in unrealized depreciation on investments:
Change as a result of investment sales			0			(23,181,420	)		915,118
Change on investments held			(4,418,870	)		19,790,298			264,170
Change in unrealized depreciation on investments			(4,418,870	)		(3,391,122	)		1,179,288
Income tax (benefit) expense (Note 7)			0			(1,364,470	)		695,126
Net decrease (increase) in unrealized depreciation on investments			(4,418,870	)		(2,026,652	)		484,162
Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations:
Total		$	(11,773,112	)	$	6,716,376		$	(2,066,114	)
Per average basic and diluted outstanding share		$	(0.57	)	$	0.36		$	(0. 13	)
Average outstanding shares			20,759,547			18,471,770			15,476,714

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

		Year Ended			Year Ended			Year Ended
		December 31, 2006			December 31, 2005			December 31, 2004
Cash flows used in operating activities:
Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations		$	(11,773,112	)	$	6,716,376		$	(2,066,114	)
Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash used in operating activities:
Net realized and unrealized loss (gain) on investments			4,420,619			(20,470,915	)		(1,993,282	)
Deferred income taxes			0			(1,364,470	)		695,126
Depreciation and amortization			(426,168	)		346,019			43,151
Taxes payable on behalf of shareholders on deemed dividend			0			8,122,367			0
Stock-based compensation expense			5,038,956			0			0
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Restricted funds			(419,351	)		(138,463	)		(379,893	)
Receivable from portfolio company			75,000			(65,000	)		(10,000	)
Interest receivable			(376,808	)		(189,603	)		(58,510	)
Income tax receivable			0			(7,023	)		14,895
Prepaid expenses			(7,951	)		539,496			(535,648	)
Other receivables			(819,905	)		0			0
Other assets			(176,325	)		11,599			(8,666	)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			1,002,643			268,525			182,260
Accrued profit sharing			(1,846,197	)		1,796,264			311,594
Deferred rent			(9,677	)		(3,927	)		(4,718	)
Current income tax liability			(9,637,026	)		1,524,470			0
Net cash used in operating activities			(14,955,302	)		(2,914,285	)		(3,809,805	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Net (purchase) sale of short-term investments
and marketable securities			37,593,589			(52,144,482	)		(17,823,606	)
Investment in private placements and loans			(24,408,187	)		(16,251,339	)		(16,731,216	)
Proceeds from sale of investments			28,295			35,392,200			2,530,483
Purchase of fixed assets			(15,086	)		(45,704	)		(69,273	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities			13,198,611			(33,049,325	)		(32,093,612	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from public offering, net (Note 9)			0			36,526,567			36,128,175
Proceeds from stock option exercises (Note 3)			2,615,190			0			0
Net cash provided by financing activities			2,615,190			36,526,567			36,128,175
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year			1,213,289			650,332			425,574
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year			2,071,788			1,213,289			650,332
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		$	858,499		$	562,957		$	224,758
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Income taxes paid		$	9,425,922		$	0		$	0

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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		Year Ended December 31, 2006			Year Ended December 31, 2005			Year Ended December 31, 2004
Changes in net assets from operations:
Net operating loss		$	(7,612,935	)	$	(5,465,761	)	$	(3,408,779	)
Net realized income (loss) on investments			258,693			14,208,789			858,503
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized depreciation on investments as a result of sales			0			(23,181,420	)		915,118
Net (increase) decrease in unrealized depreciation on investments held			(4,418,870	)		19,790,298			264,170
Net change in deferred taxes			0			1,364,470			(695,126	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations			(11,773,112	)		6,716,376			(2,066,114	)
Changes in net assets from capital stock transactions:
Issuance of common stock upon the exercise of stock options			2,587			0			0
Proceeds from sale of stock			0			35,075			34,500
Additional paid in capital on common stock issued			2,612,603			36,491,492			36,093,675
Stock based compensation expense			5,038,956			0			0
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital stock transactions			7,654,146			36,526,567			36,128,175
Changes in net assets from adoption of SFAS No. 158			61,527			0			0
Net (decrease) increase in net assets			(4,057,439	)		43,242,943			34,062,061
Net Assets:
Beginning of the year			117,987,742			74,744,799			40,682,738
End of the year		$	113,930,303		$	117,987,742		$	74,744,799

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006

 

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/ Principal			Value
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (6)(7) - 15.61% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 15.61% of net assets
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC (2) — Investment management company headed by Dr. Andrew W. Lo, holder of the Harris & Harris Group Chair at MIT Limited Liability Company Interest			(B)			—		$	10,521
Exponential Business Development Company (1)(2) — Venture capital partnership focused on early stage companies Limited Partnership Interest			(B)			—			0
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (1)(2) — Manufacturing nanoimprint lithography capital equipment
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			1,333,333			2,000,000
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			1,250,000			2,500,000
Warrants at $2.00 expiring12/31/11			(B)			125,000			0
									4,500,000
Nanosys, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing zero and one-dimensional inorganic nanometer-scale materials for use in nanotechnology- enabled systems
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			803,428			2,370,113
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			1,016,950			3,000,003
									5,370,116
Nantero, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing a high-density, nonvolatile, random access memory chip, enabled by carbon nanotubes
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			345,070			1,046,908
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			207,051			628,172
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			188,315			571,329
									2,246,409

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (6)(7) - 15.61% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 15.61% of net assets (cont.)
NeoPhotonics Corporation (1)(2) — Developing and manufacturing planar optical devices and components
Common Stock			(C)			716,195		$	133,141
Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			1,831,256			1,831,256
Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			741,898			741,898
Series 3 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			2,750,000			2,750,000
Warrants at $0.15 expiring 01/26/10			(C)			16,364			164
Warrants at $0.15 expiring 12/05/10			(C)			14,063			140
									5,456,599
Polatis, Inc. (1)(2)(5)(10) — Developing optical networking components by merging materials, MEMS and electronics technologies
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			16,775			0
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			71,611			141,520
Series A-4 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			4,774			9,435
Series A-5 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			5,491			45,127
									196,082
Total Unaffiliated Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $18,107,124)								$	17,779,727
Total Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (cost: $18,107,124)								$	17,779,727

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) -28.20% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 28.20% of net assets
BridgeLux, Inc. (1)(2)(11) — Manufacturing high-power light emitting diodes
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			1,861,504		$	1,000,000
Cambrios Technologies Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Developing nanowire- enabled electronic materials for the display industry
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			1,294,025			1,294,025
Chlorogen, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing patented chloroplast technology to produce plant-made proteins
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			4,478,038			785,000
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			2,077,930			364,261
Secured Convertible Bridge Note (including interest)			(A)		$	221,438			225,697
									1,374,958
Crystal IS, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing single-crystal aluminum nitride substrates for optoelectronic devices
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			391,571			305,425
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			1,300,376			1,014,294
Warrants at $0.78 expiring 05/05/2013			(B)			15,231			0
Warrants at $0.78 expiring 05/12/2013			(B)			2,350			0
Warrants at $0.78 expiring 08/08/2013			(B)			4,396			0
									1,319,719
CSwitch, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing next-generation, system-on-a-chip solutions for communications-based platforms
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			6,700,000			3,350,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/ Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 28.20% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 28.20% of net assets (cont.)
D-Wave Systems, Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5)(13) — Developing high-performance quantum computing systems
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			2,000,000		$	1,716,444
Warrants at $0.85 expiring 10/19/07			(B)			1,800,000			0
									1,716,444
Innovalight, Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5) - Developing renewable energy products enabled by silicon-based nanomaterials
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			16,666,666			2,500,000
Kereos, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing emulsion-based imaging agents and targeted therapeutics to image and treat cancer and cardiovascular disease
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			349,092			960,000
Kovio, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing semiconductor products using printed electronics and thin-film technologies
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			2,500,000			3,000,000
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (1)(2)(5)(12) — Developing advanced polymers for drug delivery
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			68,452			136,904
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			616,500			1,233,000
Warrants at $2.00 expiring 10/21/10			(B)			91,625			0
									1,369,904
Metabolon, Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5) - Discovering biomarkers through the use of metabolomics
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			2,173,913			2,500,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/ Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 28.20% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 28.20% of net assets (cont.)
NanoGram Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Developing a broad suite of intellectual property utilizing nanotechnology
Series I Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			63,210		$	64,259
Series II Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			1,250,904			1,271,670
Series III Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			1,242,144			1,262,764
									2,598,693
Nanomix, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Producing nanoelectronic sensors that integrate carbon nanotube electronics with silicon microstructures
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			9,779,181			790,000
NanoOpto Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Manufacturing discrete and integrated optical communications sub-components on a chip by utilizing nano manufacturing and nano coating technology
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			267,857			16,400
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			3,819,935			560,328
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			1,932,789			425,266
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock			(B)			1,397,218			204,951
Warrants at $0.4359 expiring 03/15/10			(B)			193,279			0
									1,206,945
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing thin-film thermoelectric devices
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			1,000,000			1,000,000
Questech Corporation (1)(2) — Manufacturing and marketing proprietary metal and stone decorative tiles
Common Stock			(B)			655,454			996,683
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/21/07			(B)			3,750			77
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/19/08			(B)			5,000			103
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/19/09			(B)			5,000			103
									996,966

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006

 

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/ Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 28.20% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 28.20% of net assets (cont.)
Solazyme, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing energy-harvesting machinery of photosynthetic microbes to produce industrial and pharmaceutical molecules
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			988,204		$	385,400
Starfire Systems, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Producing ceramic-forming polymers
Common Stock			(A)			375,000			150,000
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			600,000			600,000
									750,000
Xradia, Inc. (1)(2)(4) - Designing, manufacturing and selling ultra high resolution 3D x-ray microscopes and fluorescence imaging systems.
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			3,121,099			4,000,000
Zia Laser, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing quantum dot semiconductor lasers
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			1,500,000			15,000
Total Non-Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $39,571,676)								$	32,128,054
Total Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $39,571,676)								$	32,128,054

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2006

 

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/ Principal			Value
Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(9) - 3.30% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 3.30% of net assets
Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5) — Developing nanotechnology-enhanced approaches for the resolution of chiral molecules
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(A)			5,870,021		$	2,800,000
SiOnyx, Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5) — Developing silicon-based optoelectronic products enabled by its proprietary, "Black Silicon"
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			233,499			70,050
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C)			2,966,667			890,000
									960,050
Total Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $4,440,000)								$	3,760,050
Total Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $4,440,000)								$	3,760,050
U.S. Government and Agency Securities - 51.48% of net assets
U.S. Treasury Bill — due date 1/18/07			(J)			2,217,000			2,212,677
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 11/30/07, coupon 4.25%			(H)			6,500,000			6,455,345
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 02/15/08, coupon 3.375%			(H)			9,000,000			8,842,860
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 05/15/08, coupon 3.75%			(H)			9,000,000			8,862,210
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 09/15/08, coupon 3.125%			(H)			5,000,000			4,861,350
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 01/15/09, coupon 3.25%			(H)			3,000,000			2,910,930
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 02/15/09, coupon 4.50%			(H)			5,100,000			5,069,145
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 04/15/09, coupon 3.125%			(H)			3,000,000			2,893,830
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 07/15/09, coupon 3.625%			(H)			3,000,000			2,920,890
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 10/15/09, coupon 3.375%			(H)			3,000,000			2,894,310
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 01/15/10, coupon 3.625%			(H)			3,000,000			2,907,420
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 04/15/10, coupon 4.00%			(H)			3,000,000			2,935,560
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 07/15/10, coupon 3.875%			(H)			3,000,000			2,920,560
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 10/15/10, coupon 4.25%			(H)			2,000,000			1,969,060
Total Investments in U.S. Government and Agency Securities (cost: $59,212,598)								$	58,656,147
Total Investments (cost: $121,331,398)								$	112,323,978

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

(1)	Represents a non-income producing security. Equity investments that have not paid dividends within the last 12 months are considered to be non-income producing.

(2)	Legal restrictions on sale of investment.

(3)	See Footnote to Schedule of Investments for a description of the Valuation Procedures.

(4)	Initial investment was made during 2006.

(5)

These investments are development stage companies. A development stage company is defined as a company that is devoting substantially all of its efforts to establishing a new business, and either it has not yet commenced its planned principal operations, or it has commenced such operations but has not realized significant revenue from them.

(6)

Investments in unaffiliated companies consist of investments in which we own less than five percent of the voting shares of the portfolio company. Investments in non-controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own five percent or more, but less than 25 percent, of the voting shares of the portfolio company or where we hold one or more seats on the portfolio company’s Board of Directors. Investments in controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own 25 percent or more of the voting shares of the portfolio company.

(7)	The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated companies is $18,107,124. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $1,732,194. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $2,059,591.

(8)

The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated companies is $39,571,676. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $333,269. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $7,776,891.

(9)	The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in controlled affiliated companies is $4,400,000. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $0. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $679,950.

(10)	Continuum Photonics, Inc., merged with Polatis, Ltd., to form Polatis, Inc.

(11)	BridgeLux, Inc., was previously named eLite Optoelectronics, Inc.

(12)	Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., was previously named Nanopharma Corp.

(13)

D-Wave Systems, Inc., is located and is doing business primarily in Canada. We invested in D-Wave Systems, Inc., through D-Wave USA, a Delaware company. Our investment is denominated in Canadian dollars and is subject to foreign currency translation. Refer to Note 2 "Significant Accounting Policies."

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this consolidated schedule.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005

 

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (6)(7) - 13.2% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 13.2% of net assets
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC (2) — Investment management company headed by Dr. Andrew W. Lo, holder of the Harris & Harris Group Chair at MIT Limited Liability Company Interest			(B	)		—		$	16,315
Crystal IS, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing a technology to grow single-crystal boules of aluminum nitride for gallium nitride electronics
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		274,100			199,983
Exponential Business Development Company (1)(2) —
Venture capital partnership focused on early stage companies
Limited Partnership Interest			(B	)		—			0
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (1)(2) — Manufacturing nanoimprint lithography capital equipment
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		1,333,333			2,000,000
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		1,250,000			2,500,000
Warrants at $2.00 expiring12/31/15			(B	)		125,000			0
									4,500,000
Nanosys, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing nanotechnology-enabled systems
incorporating zero and one-dimensional inorganic
nanometer-scale materials
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		803,428			2,370,113
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,016,950			3,000,003
									5,370,116
Nantero, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing a high-density, nonvolatile, random access memory chip, using nanotechnology
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		345,070			1,046,908
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		207,051			628,172
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		188,315			571,329
									2,246,409

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (6)(7) - 13.2% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 13.2% of net assets (cont.)
NeoPhotonics Corporation (1)(2) — Developing and manufacturing
planar optical devices and components
Common Stock			(C	)		716,195		$	67,736
Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,831,256			2,014,677
Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		741,898			878,120
Warrants at $0.15 expiring 01/26/10			(C	)		16,364			164
Warrants at $0.15 expiring 12/05/10			(C	)		14,063			140
									2,960,837
Polatis, Inc. (1)(2)(5)(9) — Developing optical networking components
by merging materials, MEMS and electronics technologies
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		16,775			47,828
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		71,611			204,172
									252,000
Total Unaffiliated Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $15,469,546)								$	15,545,660
Total Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (cost: $15,469,546)								$	15,545,660

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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		Method of						Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 15.0% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 15.0% of net assets
Cambrios Technologies Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Developing commercially relevant materials by evolving biomolecules to express control over nanostructure synthesis
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		1,294,025		$	1,294,025
Chlorogen, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing patented chloroplast technology
to produce plant-made proteins
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		4,478,038			785,000
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		2,077,930			364,261
									1,149,261
CSwitch, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing next-generation, system-on-a-chip
solutions for communications-based platforms
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		1,000,000			500,000
eLite Optoelectronics Inc. (1)(2)(4) — Manufacturing high-power light
emitting diodes
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		1,861,504			1,000,000
Kereos, Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5) — Developing molecular imaging agents
and targeted therapeutics to image and treat cancer and
cardiovascular disease
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		349,092			960,000
Kovio , Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5) — Developing semi-conductor products
using printed electronics and thin-film technologies
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		2,500,000			3,000,000
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (1)(2)(5)(10) — Developing advanced
polymers for drug delivery
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		68,452			136,904
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		616,500			1,233,000
Warrants at $2.00 expiring 10/21/10			(B	)		91,625			0
									1,369,904

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 15.0% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 15.0% of net assets (cont.)
NanoGram Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Developing a broad suite of intellectual property utilizing nanotechnology
Series I Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		63,210		$	64,259
Series II Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		1,250,904			1,271,670
									1,335,929
Nanomix, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Producing nanoelectronic sensors that
integrate carbon nanotube electronics with silicon microstructures
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		9,779,181			2,500,000
NanoOpto Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Manufacturing discrete and integrated optical communications sub-components on a chip by utilizing nano-manufacturing technology
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		267,857			32,490
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		3,819,935			1,110,073
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,932,789			842,503
Warrants at $0.4359 expiring 03/15/10			(C	)		193,279			0
									1,985,066
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing thin-film,
superlattice thermoelectric devices
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		500,000			500,000
Questech Corporation (1)(2) — Manufacturing and markets
proprietary metal decorative tiles
Common Stock			(C	)		646,954			724,588
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 08/03/06			(B	)		8,500			0
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/21/07			(B	)		3,750			0
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/19/08			(B	)		5,000			0
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/19/09			(B	)		5,000			0
									724,588

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 15.0% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 15.0% of net assets (cont.)
Solazyme, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing energy-harvesting
machinery of photosynthetic microbes to produce industrial
and pharmaceutical molecules
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		988,204		$	385,400
Starfire Systems, Inc. (1)(2)(5) —Producing ceramic-forming polymers
Common Stock			(A	)		375,000			150,000
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		600,000			600,000
									750,000
Zia Laser, Inc. (1)(2)(4)(5) — Developing quantum dot semiconductor lasers
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		1,500,000			187,500
Total Non-Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $22,236,796)								$	17,641,673
Total Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $22,236,796)								$	17,641,673
U.S. Government and Agency Securities - 81.5% of net assets
U.S. Treasury Bills — due date 01/05/06			(J	)		24,500,000		$	24,495,590
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 02/28/06, coupon 1.625%			(H	)		810,000			806,963
U.S. Treasury Bills — due date 03/02/06			(J	)		32,845,000			32,640,376
U.S. Treasury Bills — due date 03/16/06			(J	)		4,750,000			4,712,855
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 03/31/06, coupon 1.5%			(H	)		4,616,000			4,586,965
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 11/30/07, coupon 4.25%			(H	)		6,500,000			6,480,955
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 02/15/08, coupon 3.375%			(H	)		9,000,000			8,814,690
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 05/15/08, coupon 3.75%			(H	)		9,000,000			8,872,020
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 09/15/08, coupon 3.125%			(H	)		5,000,000			4,840,450
Total Investments in U.S. Government and Agency Securities (cost: $96,320,405)								$	96,250,864
Total Investments (cost: $134,026,747)								$	129,438,197

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2005

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

(1)	Represents a non-income producing security. Equity investments that have not paid dividends within the last 12 months are considered to be non-income producing.

(2)	Legal restrictions on sale of investment.

(3)	See Footnote to Schedule of Investments for a description of the Valuation Procedures.

(4)	Initial investment was made during 2005.

(5)

These investments are development stage companies. A development stage company is defined as a company that is devoting substantially all of its efforts to establishing a new business, and either it has not yet commenced its planned principal operations, or it has commenced such operations but has not realized significant revenue from them.

 

(6)

Investments in unaffiliated companies consist of investments in which we own less than five percent of the voting shares of the portfolio company. Investments in non-controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own five percent or more, but less than 25 percent, of the voting shares of the portfolio company or where we hold one or more seats on the portfolio company’s Board of Directors. Investments in controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own 25 percent or more of the voting shares of the portfolio company.

(7)	The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated companies is $15,469,546. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $1,732,194. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $1,656,080.

(8)

The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated companies is $22,236,796. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $313,534. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $4,908,657.

(9)	Continuum Photonics, Inc., merged with Polatis, Ltd., to form Polatis, Inc.

(10)	Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., was previously named Nanopharma Corp.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this consolidated schedule.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. FOOTNOTE TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

VALUATION PROCEDURES

Our investments can be classified into five broad categories for valuation purposes:

·	Equity-Related Securities;

 

·	Investments in Intellectual Property or Patents or Research and Development in Technology or Product Development;

 

·	Long-Term Fixed-Income Securities;

 

·	Short-Term Fixed-Income Investments; and

 

·	All Other Investments.

 

The 1940 Act requires periodic valuation of each investment in our portfolio to determine net asset value. Under the 1940 Act, unrestricted securities with readily available market quotations are to be valued at the current market value; all other assets must be valued at "fair value" as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Our Board of Directors is responsible for (1) determining overall valuation guidelines and (2) ensuring the valuation of investments within the prescribed guidelines.

Our Valuation Committee, comprised of three or more independent Board members, is responsible for reviewing and approving the valuation of our assets within the guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

Fair value is generally defined as the amount that an investment could be sold for in an orderly disposition over a reasonable time. Generally, to increase objectivity in valuing our assets, external measures of value, such as public markets or third-party transactions, are utilized whenever possible. Valuation is not based on long-term work-out value, nor immediate liquidation value, nor incremental value for potential changes that may take place in the future.

The values assigned to these investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, as these amounts depend on future circumstances and cannot reasonably be determined until the individual investments are actually liquidated or become marketable.

Our valuation policy with respect to the five broad investment categories is as follows:

Equity-Related Securities

Equity-related securities are valued using one or more of the following basic methods of valuation:

A. Cost. The cost method is based on our original cost. This method is generally used in the early stages of a company’s development until significant positive or negative events occur subsequent to the date of the original investment that dictate a change to another valuation method. Some examples of these events are: (1) a major recapitalization; (2) a major refinancing; (3) a significant third-party transaction; (4) the development of a meaningful public market for the company’s common stock; and (5) significant positive or negative changes in a company’s business.

B. Analytical Method. The analytical method is generally used to value an investment position when there is no established public or private market in the company’s securities or when the factual information available to us dictates that an investment should no longer be valued under either the cost or private market method. This valuation method is inherently imprecise and ultimately the result of reconciling the judgments of our Valuation Committee members, based on the data available to them. The resulting valuation, although stated as a precise number, is necessarily within a range of values that vary depending upon the significance attributed to the various factors being considered. Some of the factors considered may include the financial condition and operating results of the company, the long-term potential of the business of the company, the values of similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses, the proportion of the company’s securities we own and the nature of any rights to require the company to register restricted securities under applicable securities laws.

 

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C. Private Market. The private market method uses actual, executed, historical transactions in a company’s securities by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation. The private market method may also use, where applicable, unconditional firm offers by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation.

D. Public Market. The public market method is used when there is an established public market for the class of the company’s securities held by us or into which our securities are convertible. We discount market value for securities that are subject to significant legal and contractual restrictions. Other securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are carried at market value as of the time of valuation. Market value for securities traded on securities exchanges or on the Nasdaq Global Market is the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. For other securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that day, market value is the mean of the closing bid price and asked price on that day. This method is the preferred method of valuation when there is an established public market for a company’s securities, as that market provides the most objective basis for valuation.

 

Investments in Intellectual Property or Patents or Research and Development in Technology or Product Development

These investments are carried at fair value using the following basic methods of valuation:

E. Cost. The cost method is based on our original cost. This method is generally used in the early stages of commercializing or developing intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development until significant positive or adverse events occur subsequent to the date of the original investment that dictate a change to another valuation method.

F. Analytical Method. The analytical method is used to value an investment after analysis of the best available outside information where the factual information available to us dictates that an investment should no longer be valued under either the cost or private market method. This valuation method is inherently imprecise and ultimately the result of reconciling the judgments of our Valuation Committee members. The resulting valuation, although stated as a precise number, is necessarily within a range of values that vary depending upon the significance attributed to the various factors being considered. Some of the factors considered may include the results of research and development, product development progress, commercial prospects, term of patent and projected markets.

G. Private Market. The private market method uses actual third-party investments in intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development as a basis for valuation, using actual executed historical transactions by responsible third parties. The private market method may also use, where applicable, unconditional firm offers by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation.

As of December 31, 2006, we do not have any investments in intellectual property or patents or research and development in technologies or products.

Long-Term Fixed-Income Securities

H. Readily Marketable. Fixed-income securities for which market quotations are readily available are carried at market value as of the time of valuation using the most recent bid quotations when available.

 

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I. Not Readily Marketable. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are carried at fair value using one or more of the following basic methods of valuation:

·	Fixed-income securities are valued by independent pricing services that provide market quotations based primarily on quotations from dealers and brokers, market transactions, and other sources.

 

·	Other fixed-income securities that are not readily marketable are valued at fair value by our Valuation Committee.

 

Short-Term Fixed-Income Investments

J. Short-term fixed-income investments are valued at market value at the time of valuation. We value short-term debt with remaining maturity of 60 days or less at amortized cost.

All Other Investments

K. All other investments are reported at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee. As of December 31, 2006, we do not have any of these investments.

The reported values of securities for which market quotations are not readily available and for other assets reflect the Valuation Committee’s judgment of fair values as of the valuation date using the outlined basic methods of valuation. They do not necessarily represent an amount of money that would be realized if we had to sell the securities in an immediate liquidation. Thus, valuations as of any particular date are not necessarily indicative of amounts that we may ultimately realize as a result of future sales or other dispositions of investments we hold.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1. THE COMPANY

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (the "Company," "us," "our" and "we"), is a venture capital company operating as a business development company ("BDC") under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). We operate as an internally managed company whereby our officers and employees, under the general supervision of our Board of Directors, conduct our operations.

We elected to become a BDC on July 26, 1995, after receiving the necessary governmental approvals. From September 30, 1992, until the election of BDC status, we operated as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company under the 1940 Act. Upon commencement of operations as an investment company, we revalued all of our assets and liabilities in accordance with the 1940 Act. Prior to September 30, 1992, we were registered and filed under the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as an operating company and, while an operating company, operated directly and through subsidiaries.

Harris & Harris Enterprises, Inc.^SM ("Enterprises"), is a 100 percent wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Enterprises is a partner in Harris Partners I, L.P.^SM and is taxed under Subchapter C of the Code (a "C Corporation"). Harris Partners I, L.P, is a limited partnership and owns our interest in AlphaSimplex Group, LLC. The partners of Harris Partners I, L.P., are Enterprises (sole general partner) and Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (sole limited partner).

We filed for the 1999 tax year to elect treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") and qualified for the same treatment for the years 2000 through 2005. However, there can be no assurance that we will qualify as a RIC for 2006 or subsequent years. In addition, under certain circumstances, even if we qualified for Subchapter M treatment for a given year, we might take action in a subsequent year to ensure that we would be taxed in that subsequent year as a C Corporation, rather than as a RIC. As a RIC, we must, among other things, distribute at least 90 percent of our investment company taxable income and may either distribute or retain our realized net capital gains on investments.

 

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements:

Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for investment companies and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and contingent assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. The most significant estimates relate to the fair valuations of certain of our investments. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include money market instruments with maturities of less than three months.

 

Portfolio Investment Valuations. Investments are stated at "value" as defined in the 1940 Act and in the applicable regulations of the SEC. Value, as defined in Section 2(a)(41) of the 1940 Act, is (i) the market price for those securities for which a market quotation is readily available and (ii) the fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors for all other assets. (See "Valuation Procedures" in the "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.") At December 31, 2006, our financial statements include private venture capital investments valued at $53,667,831 the fair values of which were determined in good faith by, or under the direction, of the Board of Directors. Upon sale of investments, the values that are ultimately realized may be different from what is presently estimated. The difference could be material.

 

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Foreign Currency Translation. The accounting records of the Company are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the rate of exchange of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. At December 31, 2006, included in the unrealized loss on investments was $34,103 resulting from foreign currency translation.

Securities Transactions. Securities transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date); dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date; and interest income is accrued as earned. The Company ceases accruing interest when securities are determined to be non-income producing and writes off any previously accrued interest. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined by specific identification for financial reporting and tax reporting.

Stock-Based Compensation. The Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan. The Company accounts for the plan in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment." See Note 3 for further discussion.

Income Taxes. Prior to our conversion to a RIC in 1999, our taxes were accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109.

We pay federal, state and local income taxes on behalf of our wholly owned subsidiary, Harris & Harris Enterprises, which is a C corporation. (See "Note 7. Income Taxes.")

Restricted Funds. The Company maintains a rabbi trust for the purposes of accumulating funds to satisfy the obligations incurred by us for the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") under the employment agreement with Charles E. Harris.

 

Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are included in "Other Assets" and are carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation of $274,566. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the premises and equipment.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" (FIN 48). FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an entity’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes," and prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. Additionally, FIN 48 provides guidance on subsequent de-recognition of tax positions, financial statement classification, recognition of interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, and disclosure and transition requirements. FIN 48 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2007, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating FIN 48.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, "Fair Value Measurements" ("SFAS No. 157"). SFAS No. 157 clarifies the principle that fair value should be based on the assumptions market participants would use when pricing an asset or liability and establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to develop those assumptions. Under the standard, fair value measurements would be separately disclosed by level within the fair value hierarchy. SFAS No. 157 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2008, with early adoption permitted. The Company is in the process of evaluating SFAS No. 157.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, "Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R)" ("SFAS No. 158"). SFAS No. 158 requires an employer that sponsors one or more single-employer defined benefit plans and other postretirement benefit plans to (a) recognize the over-funded or under-funded status of their benefit plans in its statement of financial position, (b) recognize as a component of other comprehensive income, net of tax, the gains or losses and prior service costs or credits that arise during the period but are not recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost pursuant to SFAS No. 87, "Employers’ Accounting for Pensions," or SFAS No. 106, "Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions," (c) measure the fair value of plan assets and obligations as of the date of the employer’s fiscal year-end and (d) disclose in the notes to financial statements additional information about certain effects on net periodic benefit cost for the next fiscal year that arise from delayed recognition of the gains or losses, prior service costs or credits, and transition asset or obligation. The Company adopted SFAS No. 158 effective December 31, 2006, which had the effect of increasing net assets and accrued liabilities by $61,527. See Note 6 for further discussion of the effects of adopting SFAS No. 158 on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTE 3. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On March 23, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company voted to terminate the Employee Profit-Sharing Plan and establish the Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Stock Plan"), subject to shareholder approval. This proposal was approved at the May 4, 2006 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Stock Plan provides for the grant of equity-based awards of stock options and restricted stock (subject to receipt of an exemption order described below) to our directors, officers and employees who are selected by our Compensation Committee for participation in the plan and subject to compliance with the 1940 Act.

On July 11, 2006, the Company filed an application with the SEC regarding certain provisions of the Stock Plan. In the event that the SEC provides the exemptive relief requested by the application and any additional stockholder approval required by the SEC, the Compensation Committee may, in the future, authorize awards under the Stock Plan to certain former officers of the Company, non-employee directors of the Company, authorize grants of restricted stock and adjust the exercise price of options to reflect taxes paid for deemed dividends.

A maximum of 20 percent of our total shares of our common stock issued and outstanding are available for awards under the Stock Plan. Under the Stock Plan, no more than 25 percent of the shares of stock reserved for the grant of the awards under the Stock Plan may be restricted stock awards at any time during the term of the Stock Plan. If any shares of restricted stock are awarded, such awards will reduce on a percentage basis the total number of shares of stock for which options may be awarded. If the Company does not receive exemptive relief from the SEC to issue restricted stock, all shares granted under the Stock Plan may be subject to stock options.

If the Company does receive such exemptive relief and issues 25 percent of the shares of stock reserved for grant under the Stock Plan as restricted stock, no more than 75 percent of the shares granted under the Stock Plan may be subject to stock options. No more than 1,000,000 shares of our common stock may be made subject to awards under the Stock Plan to any individual in any year.

On June 26, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved individual stock option awards for certain officers and employees of the Company. Both non-qualified stock options ("NQSOs") and incentive stock options ("ISOs"), subject to the limitations of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, were awarded under the Stock Plan. The terms and conditions of the stock options granted were determined by the Compensation Committee and set forth in award agreements between the Company and each award recipient. A total of 3,958,283 stock options were granted with vesting periods ranging from December 2006 to June 2014 and with an exercise price of $10.11. Upon exercise, the shares will be issued from our previously authorized shares. The full Board of Directors ratified and approved the grants on August 3, 2006, on which date the Company's common stock price fluctuated between $9.76 and $10.00.

 

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The Company accounts for the Stock Plan in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment," which requires that we determine the fair value of all share-based payments to employees, including the fair value of grants of employee stock options, and record these amounts as an expense in the Statement of Operations over the vesting period with a corresponding increase to our additional paid-in capital. At December 31, 2006, the increase to our operating expenses was offset by the increase to our additional paid-in capital, resulting in no net impact to our net asset value. Additionally, the Company does not record the tax benefits associated with the expensing of stock options because the Company intends to qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code.

The fair value of each stock option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model as permitted by SFAS No. 123(R). The stock options were awarded in five different grant types, each with different contractual terms. The assumptions used in the calculation of fair value using the Black-Scholes model for each contract term were as follows:

 

Type of Award		Term			Number of Options Granted			Expected Term in Yrs			Expected Volatility Factor			Expected Dividend Yield			Risk- free Interest Rates			Weighted Average Fair Value Per Share
Non-qualified stock options			1 Year			1,001,017			0.75			37.4	%		0	%		5.16	%	$	1.48
Non-qualified stock options			2 Years			815,000			1.625			45.2	%		0	%		5.12	%	$	2.63
Non-qualified stock options			3 Years			659,460			2.42			55.7	%		0	%		5.09	%	$	3.81
Non-qualified stock options			10 Years			690,000			5.75			75.6	%		0	%		5.08	%	$	6.94
Incentive stock options			10 Years			792,806			7.03			75.6	%		0	%		5.08	%	$	7.46
Total						3,958,283														$	4.25

An option's expected term is the estimated period between the grant date and the exercise date of the option. As the expected term period increases, the fair value of the option and the compensation cost will also increase. The expected term assumption is generally calculated using historical stock option exercise data. The Company does not have historical exercise data to develop such an assumption. In cases where companies do not have historical data and where the options meet certain criteria, SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 107 ("SAB 107") provides the use of a simplified expected term calculation. Accordingly, the Company calculated the expected terms using the SAB 107 simplified method.

 

Expected volatility is the measure of how the stock's price is expected to fluctuate over a period of time. An increase in the expected volatility assumption yields a higher fair value of the stock option. Expected volatility factors for the stock options were based on the historical fluctuations in the Company’s stock price over the expected term of the option, adjusted for stock splits and dividends.

 

The expected dividend yield assumption is traditionally calculated based on a company's historical dividend yield. An increase to the expected dividend yield results in a decrease in the fair value of option and resulting compensation cost. Although the Company has declared deemed dividends in previous years, most recently in 2005, the amounts and timing of any future dividends cannot be reasonably estimated. Therefore, for purposes of calculating fair value, the Company has assumed an expected dividend yield of 0 percent.

The risk-free interest rate assumptions are based on the annual yield on the measurement date of a zero-coupon U.S Treasury bond the maturity of which equals the option’s expected term. Higher assumed interest rates yield higher fair values.

 

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The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is based on the fair value of the awards the Company expects to vest, recognized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis for each award, and adjusted for actual forfeitures that occur before vesting. The forfeiture rate is estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if the actual forfeiture rate differs from the estimated rate.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, the Company recognized $5,038,956 of compensation expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of December 31, 2006, there was approximately $10,544,535 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.75 years.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, a total of 258,672 shares were exercised for total proceeds to the Company of $2,615,190. At December 31, 2006, the Company had a broker receivable totaling $819,905 for proceeds from stock option exercises transacted on December 29, 2006. The Company received these proceeds on January 3, 2007.

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, the calculation of the net decrease in net assets resulting from operations per share excludes the stock options because such options were anti-dilutive. The options may be dilutive in future periods in which there is a net increase in net assets resulting from operations in the event that there is a significant increase in the average stock price or significant decreases in the amount of unrecognized compensation cost.

A summary of the changes in outstanding stock options is as follows:

 

		Shares			Weighted Average Exercise Price			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value			Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Yrs)			Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Options Outstanding at June 1, 2006			-
Granted			3,958,283		$	10.11		$	4.25
Exercised			258,672		$	10.11		$	1.79					$	512,171
Forfeited or Expired			-
Options Outstanding at December 31, 2006			3,699,611		$	10.11		$	4.43			4.64		$	7,325,230
Options Exercisable at December 31, 2006			1,067,029		$	10.11		$	3.11			3.11		$	2,112,717
Options Exercisable and Expected to be Exercisable at December 31, 2006			3,531,996		$	10.11		$	4.28			4.41		$	6,993,352

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above is calculated as the difference between the Company's closing stock price of $12.09 on the last trading day of 2006 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options. This represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders fully vested and exercised their awards on December 31, 2006.

Unless earlier terminated by our Board of Directors, the Stock Plan will expire on May 4, 2016. The expiration of the Stock Plan will not by itself adversely affect the rights of plan participants under awards that are outstanding at the time the Stock Plan expires. Our Board of Directors may terminate, modify or suspend the plan at any time, provided that no modification of the plan will be effective unless and until any required shareholder approval has been obtained. The Compensation Committee may terminate, modify or amend any outstanding award under the Stock Plan at any time, provided that in such event, the award holder may exercise any vested options prior to such termination of the Stock Plan or award.

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NOTE 4. EMPLOYEE PROFIT-SHARING PLAN

Prior to the adoption of the Stock Plan, the Company operated the Amended and Restated Harris & Harris Group, Inc. Employee Profit-Sharing Plan (the "2002 Plan"). Effective May 4, 2006, the 2002 Plan was terminated.

The 2002 Plan (and its predecessor) provided for profit sharing by our officers and employees equal to 20 percent of our "qualifying income" for that plan year.

As soon as practicable following the year-end, the Compensation Committee determined whether, and if so how much, qualifying income existed for a plan year. Approximately, ninety percent of the amount determined by the Compensation Committee was then paid out to Plan participants pursuant to the distribution percentages set forth in the 2002 Plan. The remaining payment was paid out after we finalized our tax returns for that plan year.

Each quarter, we performed a calculation to determine the accrual for profit sharing. We calculated 20 percent of qualifying income (i.e., realized income) pursuant to the terms of the 2002 Plan and estimated the amount of additional qualifying income, if any, that would result from selling all the portfolio investments that were valued above cost (i.e., that were in an unrealized appreciation position). Although the accrual would fluctuate as a result of changes in qualifying income and changes in unrealized appreciation, payments were made only to the extent that qualifying income existed. At December 31, 2006, and December 31, 2005, we accrued $261,661 and $2,107,858, respectively, for profit sharing. On March 1, 2006, the Company paid $1,897,072 to plan participants (employees and former employees), which represented approximately 90 percent of the total estimated profit-sharing payment for 2005. The Company recorded $50,875 of expense for the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, based on updated estimates of its ultimate tax liability for 2005. The balance of $261,661 was paid on January 31, 2007, upon finalization of our tax returns.

As discussed in Note 3, subject to receiving exemptive relief from the SEC, the Company may permit certain former officers of the Company to be participants of the Stock Plan. Alternatively, the SEC may provide relief which would permit us to pay out the remainder, if any, of the former officers' grandfathered participations under the terminated 2002 Plan.

NOTE 5. DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS

As of December 31, 2006, December 31, 2005, and December 31, 2004, there were no distributable earnings. The difference between the book basis and tax basis components of distributable earnings is primarily nondeductible deferred compensation and net operating losses.

On December 20, 2005, the Company declared a designated undistributed capital gain dividend ("deemed dividend") for shareholders of record as of December 31, 2005. The deemed dividend for 2005 was $23,206,763. See Note 7. "Income Taxes." The Company did not declare dividends for the years ended December 31, 2006, or December 31, 2004.

NOTE 6. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Employment Agreement with CEO

On October 19, 1999, Charles E. Harris signed an employment agreement with us, which superseded an employment agreement that was about to expire on December 31, 1999. The agreement was to terminate on December 31, 2004 (the "Term"); provided, on January 1, 2000, and on each day thereafter, the Term extends automatically by one day unless at any time we or Mr. Harris, by written notice, decide not to extend the Term, in which case the Term will expire five years from the date of the written notice. On October 14, 2004, Mr. Harris signed an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with us (the "Employment Agreement") for the purpose of changing the termination date to be consistent with his retirement date under the Company's Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan. The Employment Agreement provides that the term of Mr. Harris's employment may not be extended beyond December 31, 2008, unless a committee of the Board consisting of non-interested Directors extends the date by one year pursuant to the Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan, and Mr. Harris agrees to serve beyond December 31, 2008.

 

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During the period of employment, Mr. Harris shall serve as our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; be responsible for the general management of our affairs and all our subsidiaries, reporting directly to our Board of Directors; serve as a member of the Board for the period of which he is and shall from time to time be elected or reelected; and serve, if elected, as an officer and director of any subsidiary or affiliate of us.

Mr. Harris is to receive compensation under his Employment Agreement in the form of base salary, with automatic yearly adjustments to reflect inflation. In addition, the Board may increase such salary, and consequently decrease it, but not below the level provided for by the automatic adjustments described above.

In 2006, the base salary of Mr. Harris was increased from $246,651, the amount due to him for 2006 pursuant to his Employment Agreement, to $300,000 (thereby also increasing his SERP benefit) in part in recognition of a 74 percent decrease in Mr. Harris's profit-sharing allocation in recent years in order to provide additional profit sharing to other employees. This was the first salary increase for Mr. Harris, other than cost of living adjustments, since 1994. Mr. Harris's base salary for 2007 was increased to $306,187 based on a cost of living adjustment.

Mr. Harris is also entitled to participate in our Profit-Sharing Plan as well as in all compensation or employee benefit plans or programs, and to receive all benefits, perquisites, and emoluments for which salaried employees are eligible. Under the Employment Agreement, we furnish Mr. Harris with certain perquisites which include a company car, a personal trainer, membership in certain clubs and up to a $5,000 annual reimbursement for personal, financial or tax advice, adjusted for inflation.

The Employment Agreement provides Mr. Harris with life insurance for the benefit of his designated beneficiaries in the amount of $2,000,000; provides reimbursement for uninsured medical expenses, not to exceed $10,000 per annum, adjusted for inflation, over the period of the contract; provides Mr. Harris and his spouse with long-term care insurance; and with disability insurance in the amount of 100 percent of his base salary. These benefits are for the term of the Employment Agreement.

The Employment Agreement provides severance pay in the event of termination without cause or by constructive discharge and also provides for certain death benefits payable to the surviving spouse equal to the executive's base salary for a period of two years.

In addition, Mr. Harris is entitled to receive severance pay pursuant to the severance compensation agreement that he entered into with us, effective August 15, 1990. The severance compensation agreement provides that if, following a change in our control, as defined in the agreement, his employment is terminated by us without cause or by the executive within one year of such change in control, he shall be entitled to receive compensation in a lump sum payment equal to 2.99 times his average annualized compensation and payment of other welfare benefits. If Mr. Harris's termination is without cause or is a constructive discharge, the amount payable under the Employment Agreement will be reduced by the amounts paid pursuant to the severance compensation agreement.

SERP

The Employment Agreement provides that we adopt a supplemental executive retirement plan (the "SERP") for the benefit of Mr. Harris. Under the SERP, we will cause an amount equal to one-twelfth of Mr. Harris's current annual salary to be credited each month (a "Monthly Credit") to a special account maintained for this purpose on our books for the benefit of Mr. Harris (the "SERP Account"). The amounts credited to the SERP Account are deemed invested or reinvested in such investments as determined by Mr. Harris. The SERP Account is credited and debited to reflect the deemed investment returns, losses and expenses attributed to such deemed investments and reinvestments. Mr. Harris's benefit under the SERP equals the balance in the SERP Account and such benefit will always be 100 percent vested (i.e., not forfeitable). In 2005, Mr. Harris received a $125,000 distribution from the SERP Account. The balance in the SERP Account will be distributed to Mr. Harris in a lump sum on December 31, 2008; provided, however, in the event of the termination of his employment, the balance in the SERP Account will be distributed to Mr. Harris or his beneficiary, as the case may be, in a lump-sum payment within 30 days of such termination. The obligations incurred by us under the SERP, which amounted to $2,149,785 and $1,730,434 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively, are included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities. We have established a rabbi trust for the purpose of accumulating funds to satisfy such obligations which are reflected as restricted funds on the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Mr. Harris's rights to benefits pursuant to this SERP will be no greater than those of a general creditor of us.

 

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401(k) Plan

As of January 1, 1989, we adopted an employee benefits program covering substantially all of our employees under a 401(k) Plan and Trust Agreement. As of January 1, 1999, we adopted the Harris & Harris Pension Plan and Trust, a money purchase plan that would allow us to stay compliant with the 401(k) top-heavy regulations and deduction limitation regulations. In 2001, Congress enacted the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, which has increased the deduction limits for plans such as the 401(k) Plan. This Act eliminated the need for us to maintain two separate plans. Effective December 31, 2001, the Pension Plan merged into the 401(k) Plan, with the 401(k) Plan being the surviving plan. Matching contributions to the plan are at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. For the year ended December 31, 2006, the Compensation Committee approved a 100 percent match which amounted to $155,000. The 401(k) Company match for the years ended December 31, 2005 and 2004 was $119,360 and $99,249, respectively.

Retiree Medical Benefit Plan

On June 30, 1994, we adopted a plan to provide medical and dental insurance for retirees, their spouses and dependents who, at the time of their retirement, have ten years of service with us and have attained 50 years of age or have attained 45 years of age and have 15 years of service with us. On February 10, 1997, we amended this plan to include employees who "have seven full years of service and have attained 58 years of age." On November 3, 2005, we amended this plan to reverse the 1997 amendment for future retirees and to remove dependents other than spouses from the plan. The coverage is secondary to any government or subsequent employer provided health insurance plans. The annual premium cost to us with respect to the entitled retiree shall not exceed $12,000, subject to an index for inflation. On December 8, 2003, the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the "Act") was signed into law. The Act introduces a prescription drug benefit under Medicare (Medicare Part D) as well as a federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that is at least actuarially equivalent to Medicare Part D. The Act, which went into effect January 1, 2006, provides a 28 percent subsidy for post-65 prescription drug benefits. Our liability assumes our plan is actuarially equivalent under the Act.

The plan is unfunded and has no assets. The following disclosures about changes in the benefit obligation under our plan to provide medical and dental insurance for retirees are as of the measurement date of December 31:

 

		2006			2005
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation at Beginning of Year		$	675,334		$	546,090
Service Cost			79,381			49,990
Interest Cost			33,786			32,573
Actuarial (Gain)/Loss			(84,879	)		57,091
Benefits Paid			(6,795	)		(10,410	)
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation at End of Year		$	696,827		$	675,334

 

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In accounting for the plan, the assumption made for the discount rate was 5.75 percent and 5.5 percent for the years ended December 31, 2006, and 2005, respectively. The assumed health care cost trend rates in 2006 were 9 percent grading to 6 percent over three years for medical and 3 percent per year for dental. The assumed health care cost trend rates in 2005 were 10.0 percent grading to 6.0 percent over four years and 3.0 percent for dental. The effect on disclosure information of a one percentage point change in the assumed health care cost trend rate for each future year is shown below.

		1% Decrease in Rates			Assumed Rates			1% Increase in Rates
Aggregated Service and Interest Cost		$	93,584		$	113,167		$	132,289
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation		$	602,552		$	696,827		$	780,977

The net periodic postretirement benefit cost for the year is determined as the sum of service cost for the year, interest on the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation and amortization of the transition obligation (asset) less previously accrued expenses over the average remaining service period of employees expected to receive plan benefits. The following is the net periodic postretirement benefit cost for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, and 2004:

		2006			2005			2004
Service Cost		$	79,381		$	49,990		$	60,788
Interest Cost on Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation			33,786			32,573			26,343
Amortization of Transition Obligation			0			0			0
Amortization of Net (Gain)/Loss			0			0			0
Net Periodic Post Retirement Benefit Cost		$	113,167		$	82,563		$	87,131

The Company estimates the following benefits to be paid in each of the following years:

2007		$	16,968
2008		$	25,388
2009		$	27,093
2010		$	24,781
2011		$	26,465
2012 through 2016		$	162,990

The contribution payable for 2007 is estimated to be $16,968.

On December 31, 2006, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of SFAS No. 158. SFAS No. 158 required the Company to recognize the funded status of its retirement benefit plans in the December 31, 2006 statement of assets and liabilities with a corresponding adjustment to net assets. The adjustment to net assets at adoption of $61,527 represents the net unrecognized actuarial gains of $95,145 applicable to the healthcare benefit plan net of $33,618 of unrecognized actuarial losses applicable to the Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan. Such amounts previously were reflected as a net increase of the plan's funded status in the Company's statement of assets and liabilities pursuant to the provisions of SFAS Nos. 106 and 187. These amounts will be subsequently recognized as net periodic benefit cost pursuant to the Company's historical accounting policy for amortizing such amounts. Further, actuarial gains and losses that arise in subsequent periods and are not recognized as net periodic benefit cost in the same periods will be recognized as a component of net assets. Those amounts will be subsequently recognized as a component of net periodic benefit cost on the same basis as the amounts recognized at adoption of SFAS No. 158.

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The adoption of SFAS No. 158 had no effect on the Company's consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2006, or for any prior period presented.

Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan

On March 20, 2003, in order to begin planning for eventual management succession, the Board of Directors voted to establish the Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan for individuals who are employed by us in a bona fide executive or high policy making position. There are currently three such individuals that qualify under the plan, Charles E. Harris, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Douglas W. Jamison, the President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer and Mel P. Melsheimer, the former President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Under this plan, mandatory retirement will take place effective December 31 of the year in which the eligible individuals attain the age of 65. On an annual basis beginning in the year in which the designated individual attains the age of 65, a committee of the Board consisting of non-interested directors may determine to postpone the mandatory retirement date for that individual for one additional year for our benefit.

Under applicable law prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of age, we can impose a mandatory retirement age of 65 for our executives or employees in high policy-making positions only if each employee subject to the mandatory retirement age is entitled to an immediate retirement benefit at retirement age of at least $44,000 per year. The benefits payable at retirement to Mr. Harris and Mr. Melsheimer under our existing 401(k) plan do not equal this threshold. A plan was established to provide the difference between the benefit required under the age discrimination laws and that provided under our existing plans. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, we had accrued $347,075 and $281,656, respectively, for benefits under this plan. At December 31, 2006, $241,836 was accrued for Mr. Melsheimer and $105,239 was accrued for Mr. Harris. Currently, there is no accrual for Mr. Jamison. In 2006, the Company recorded an unrecognized loss in net assets of $33,618 for the Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan, pursuant to the adoption of SFAS No. 158. The Company also recorded an additional liability of $33,618. On December 31, 2004, Mr. Melsheimer retired pursuant to the Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan. His annual benefit under the plan is $22,915. Mr. Harris's projected mandatory benefit is $15,458 upon his retirement.

NOTE 7. INCOME TAXES

Provided that a proper election is made, a corporation taxable under Subchapter C of the Code or a C Corporation that elects to qualify as a RIC continues to be taxable as a C Corporation on any gains realized within 10 years of its qualification as a RIC (the "Inclusion Period") from sales of assets that were held by the corporation on the effective date of the RIC election ("C Corporation Assets"), to the extent of any gain built into the assets on such date ("Built-In Gain"). If the corporation fails to make a proper election, it is taxable on its Built-In Gain as of the effective date of its RIC election. We had Built-In Gains at the time of our qualification as a RIC and made the election to be taxed on any Built-In Gain realized during the Inclusion Period.

 

To the extent that we retain capital gains and declare a deemed dividend to shareholders, the dividend is taxable to the shareholders. We would pay tax on behalf of shareholders, at the corporate rate, on the distribution, and the shareholders would receive a tax credit equal to their proportionate share of the tax paid. We took advantage of this rule for 2005. Included in net realized income from investments for the year ended December 31, 2005, were net realized gains before taxes of $23,862,037, which consisted primarily of a net realized long term capital gain on the sale of our investment in Neurometrix, Inc., offset by realized net long term capital losses on the sales of Agile Materials & Technologies, Inc., Experion Systems, Inc., Nanotechnologies, Inc., and Optiva, Inc. We applied $140,751 of our capital loss carryforwards and $501,640 of our pre-1999 loss carryforwards on Built-In Gains to these gains.

In December 2005, we declared a deemed dividend on net taxable realized long-term capital gains of $23,206,763. The Company recorded a tax payable on its Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities of $8,122,367 for taxes payable on behalf of its shareholders. This distribution of $8,122,367 was also recorded as an income tax expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2005. Shareholders of record at December 31, 2005, received a tax credit of $0.39131971 per share. The balance of $15,084,396 was retained by the Company. The Company paid $8,122,367 of taxes on behalf of its shareholders on January 30, 2006. At December 31, 2005, we had $1,514,967 accrued for federal and state income taxes payable upon filing of our 2005 tax returns.

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During the twelve months ended December 31, 2006, we paid $9,378,520 in federal income taxes. At December 31, 2006, we had $0 accrued for federal, state and local taxes payable by the Company.

We pay federal, state and local taxes on behalf of our wholly owned subsidiary, Harris & Harris Enterprises, Inc., which is taxed as a C Corporation. For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, our income tax expense (benefit) for Harris & Harris Enterprises, Inc., was $9,475, ($6,411) and $44,509, respectively.

For the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company's income tax (benefit) expense was allocated as follows:

		2006			2005			2004
Investment operations		$	0		$	0		$	0
Realized income on investments			(227,355	)		1,530,881			(44,509	)
Taxes paid on behalf of shareholders			0			8,122,367			0
Increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation on investments			(0	)		(1,364,470	)		695,126
Total income tax (benefit) expense		$	(227,355	)	$	8,288,778		$	650,617

The above tax expense consists of the following:

		2006			2005			2004
Current		$	(227,355	)	$	9,653,248		$	(44,509	)
Deferred — Federal			0			(1,364,470	)		695,126
Total income tax (benefit) expense		$	(227,355	)	$	8,288,778		$	650,617

Continued qualification as a RIC requires us to satisfy certain investment asset diversification requirements in future years. Our ability to satisfy those requirements may not be controllable by us. There can be no assurance that we will qualify as a RIC in subsequent years.

NOTE 8. COMMITMENTS

On April 17, 2003, we signed a seven-year sublease for office space at 111 West 57^th Street in New York City. On December 17, 2004, we signed a sublease for additional office space at our current location. The subleases expire on April 29, 2010. Total rent expense for our office space in New York City was $174,625 for 2006, $171,171 in 2005 and $130,518 in 2004. Future minimum sublease payments in each of the following years are: 2007 -- $184,968; 2008 -- $188,598; 2009 -- $192,318; and thereafter, for the remaining term -- $64,301.

NOTE 9. CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS

In 1998, the Board of Directors approved that effective January 1, 1998, 50 percent of all Directors' fees be used to purchase our common stock from us. However, effective March 1, 1999, the Board of Directors approved that Directors may purchase our common stock in the open market, rather than from us.

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Since 1998, we have repurchased a total of 1,859,047 of our shares for a total of $3,496,388, including commissions and expenses, at an average price of $1.88 per share. These treasury shares were reduced by the purchases made by the Directors. On July 23, 2002, because of our strategic decision to invest in tiny technology, the Board of Directors reaffirmed its commitment not to authorize the purchase of additional shares of stock in the foreseeable future.

On November 29, 2006, we filed a registration statement with the SEC on Form N-2 with respect to 4,000,000 shares of our common stock. On December 11, 2006, we filed an amended registration statement with the SEC. After the effective date, the common stock may be sold at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more supplements to the prospectus from time to time.

In September of 2005, we completed the sale of 3,507,500 shares for gross proceeds of $37,091,813; net proceeds of the offering, after offering costs of $565,246, were $36,526,567. We intend to use, and have been using, the net proceeds of the offering to make new investments in tiny technology as well as for follow-on investments in our existing venture capital investments and for working capital.

NOTE 10. OTHER

At December 31, 2004, we had a total of $255,486 of funds in escrow as a result of the merger of NanoGram Devices Corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Wilson Greatbatch Technologies, Inc. The funds were held for one year, until March 16, 2005, in an interest-bearing escrow account to secure the indemnification obligations of the former stockholders of NanoGram Devices Corporation. During 2004, we set up, by a charge to realized income from investments, a reserve of 100 percent of the $255,486. On March 16, 2005, we received the entire $255,486, released the reserve and realized the income.

NOTE 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In January 2007, the Company issued 189,990 shares of common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options. The Company received proceeds of $1,920,799.

On January 31, 2007, the Company paid the final installment of the 2005 profit-sharing balance to participants totaling $261,661.

On February 2, 2007, we made a $350,877 follow-on investment in a privately held tiny technology portfolio company.

On February 6, 2007, we made a $540,000 follow-on investment in a privately held tiny technology portfolio company.

On February 9, 2007, we made a $500,000 follow-on investment in Solazyme, Inc.

On February 15, 2007, we made a $268,654 follow-on investment in a privately held tiny technology portfolio company.

On February 20, 2007, we made a $1,147,826 new investment in a privately held tiny technology portfolio company.

In February 2007, the Company issued 136,022 shares of common stock upon the exercise of employee stock options. The Company received proceeds of $1,375,180.

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Late in the first quarter of 2007, one of our portfolio companies decided to curtail its fund-raising efforts and to move to sell its assets. If this company sold all of its assets, we believe that the aggregate net proceeds to us, if any, for our ownership interest would probably be substantially less than the valuation that we placed on our ownership interest in this company as a going concern at December 31, 2006. At December 31, 2006, we valued our ownership interest in this company at slightly more than one percent of our gross assets.

NOTE 12. SELECTED QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)

		2006
		1st Quarter			2nd Quarter			3rd Quarter			4th Quarter
Total investment income		$	804,862		$	785,265		$	719,619		$	719,015
Net operating loss		$	(767,743	)	$	(693,887	)	$	(2,988,790	)	$	(3,162,515	)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		$	(1,653,990	)	$	(1,282,997	)	$	(2,588,092	)	$	(6,248,033	)
Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations per average outstanding share		$	(0.08	)	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.12	)	$	(0.31	)

		2005
		1st Quarter			2nd Quarter			3rd Quarter			4th Quarter
Total investment income		$	260,108		$	158,717		$	315,374		$	801,662
Net operating loss		$	(745,590	)	$	(3,302,094	)	$	(3,273,797	)	$	1,851,274
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations		$	(2,233,447	)	$	7,001,847		$	7,336,923		$	(5,388,947	)
Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from operations per average outstanding share		$	(0.13	)	$	0.41		$	0.40		$	(0.26	)

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

		Year Ended December 31, 2006			Year Ended December 31, 2005			Year Ended December 31, 2004
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value per share, beginning of year		$	5.68		$	4.33		$	2.95
Net operating (loss) income*			(0.37	)		(0.30	)		(0.22	)
Net realized income (loss) on investments*			0.01			0.77			0.06
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as a result of sales*						(1.18	)		0.06
Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments held*			(0.21	)		1.07			(0.03	)
Total from investment operations*			(0.57	)		0.36			(0.13	)
Net increase as a result of stock-based compensation			0.24			0			0
Net increase as a result of proceeds from exercise of options			0.07			0			0
Net increase as a result of stock offering			0			0.99			1.51
Total increase from capital stock transactions			0.31			0.99			1.51
Net asset value per share, end of year		$	5.42		$	5.68		$	4.33
Stock price per share, end of year		$	12.09		$	13.90		$	16.38
Total return based on stock price(1)			(13.0	)%		(15.1	)%		42.1	%
Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of year		$	113,930,303		$	117,987,742		$	74,744,799
Ratio of expenses to average net assets(1)			9.2	%		7.5	%		7.4	%
Ratio of net operating loss to average net assets(1)			(6.6	)%		(5.8	)%		(6.3	)%
Cash dividends paid per share		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00
Taxes payable on behalf of shareholders on the deemed dividend per share		$	0		$	0.39		$	0.00
Number of shares outstanding, end of year			21,015,017			20,756,345			17,248,845

*Based on average shares outstanding.

⁽¹⁾Not annualized.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

		March 31, 2007			December 31, 2006
		(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Investments, at value (Cost: $125,055,760 at 3/31/07, $121,331,398 at 12/31/06)		$	112,410,877		$	112,323,978
Cash and cash equivalents			550,452			2,071,788
Restricted funds			2,258,665			2,149,785
Receivable from broker			0			819,905
Interest receivable			563,375			625,372
Prepaid expenses			427,580			10,945
Other assets			297,754			326,817
Total assets		$	116,508,703		$	118,328,590
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		$	3,906,008		$	4,115,300
Accrued profit sharing (Note 5)			0			261,661
Deferred rent			19,626			21,326
Current taxes payable			56,767			0
Total liabilities			3,982,401			4,398,287
Net assets		$	112,526,302		$	113,930,303
Net assets are comprised of:
Preferred stock, $0.10 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized; none issued		$	0		$	0
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 45,000,000 shares authorized at 3/31/07 and 12/31/06; 23,169,769 issued at 3/31/07 and 22,843,757 issued at 12/31/06			231,698			228,438
Additional paid-in capital (Note 8)			134,784,100			129,801,201
Accumulated net realized loss			(6,500,609	)		(3,747,912	)
Accumulated unrealized depreciation of investments			(12,644,883	)		(9,007,420	)
Unrecognized net gain on retirement benefit plans			61,527			61,527
Treasury stock, at cost (1,828,740 shares at 3/31/07 and 1,828,740 shares at 12/31/06)			(3,405,531	)		(3,405,531	)
Net assets		$	112,526,302		$	113,930,303
Shares outstanding			21,341,029			21,015,017
Net asset value per outstanding share		$	5.27		$	5.42

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2007			Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
Investment income:
Interest from:
Fixed income securities		$	652,498		$	802,362
Miscellaneous income			0			2,500
Total investment income			652,498			804,862
Expenses:
Salaries, benefits and stock-based Compensation (Note 4)			2,534,766			786,361
Administration and operations			380,865			322,449
Professional fees			182,195			289,887
Rent			59,507			61,238
Directors' fees and expenses			141,196			85,902
Depreciation			15,313			16,768
Custodian fees			5,774			10,000
Total expenses			3,319,616			1,572,605
Net operating loss			(2,667,118	)		(767,743	)
Net realized gain (loss) from investments:
Realized (loss) gain from investments			(674	)		11,953
Income tax expense (Note 7)			84,905			9,606
Net realized (loss) gain from investments			(85,579	)		2,347
Net realized loss			(2,752,697	)		(765,396	)
Net increase in unrealized depreciation on investments:
Change as a result of investment sales			0			0
Change on investments held			(3,637,463	)		(888,594	)
Change in unrealized depreciation on investments			(3,637,463	)		(888,594	)
Net increase in unrealized depreciation on investments			(3,637,463	)		(888,594	)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations:
Total		$	(6,390,160	)	$	(1,653,990	)
Per average basic and diluted outstanding share		$	(0.30	)	$	(0.08	)
Average outstanding shares			21,277,576			20,756,345

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2007			Three Months Ended March 31, 2006
Cash flows used in operating activities:
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations		$	(6,390,160	)	$	(1,653,990	)
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets resulting from operations to net cash used in operating activities:
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments			3,638,137			876,641
Depreciation and amortization			(65,730	)		(295,811	)
Stock-based compensation expense			1,690,181			0
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Restricted funds			(108,880	)		(170,644	)
Receivable from portfolio company			0			75,000
Interest receivable			61,997			(316,696	)
Receivable from broker			819,905			0
Prepaid expenses			(416,635	)		(449,037	)
Other assets			(10,191	)		0
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities			(209,292	)		236,796
Accrued profit sharing			(261,661	)		(1,897,072	)
Deferred rent			(1,700	)		(1,701	)
Current income tax liability			80,795			(8,282,830	)
Net cash used in operating activities			(1,173,234	)		(11,879,344	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of short-term investments and marketable securities			(10,952,109	)		(67,883,929	)
Sale of short-term investments and marketable securities			12,165,656			92,418,871
Investment in private placements and loans			(4,857,357	)		(9,412,764	)
Proceeds from sale of investments			0			20,688
Purchase of fixed assets			(270	)		(5,989	)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities			(3,644,080	)		15,136,877
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from stock option exercises (Note 4)			3,295,978			0
Net cash provided by financing activities			3,295,978			0
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents:
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period			2,071,788			1,213,289
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period			550,452			4,470,822
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		$	(1,521,336	)	$	3,257,533
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Income taxes paid		$	10,252		$	8,291,973

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

		Three Months Ended March 31, 2007			Year Ended December 31, 2006
		(Unaudited)
Changes in net assets from operations:
Net operating loss		$	(2,667,118	)	$	(7,612,935	)
Net realized (loss) gain on investments			(85,579	)		258,693
Net increase in unrealized depreciation on investments held			(3,637,463	)		(4,418,870	)
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations			(6,390,160	)		(11,773,112	)
Changes in net assets from capital stock transactions:
Issuance of common stock upon the exercise of stock options			3,260			2,587
Additional paid-in capital on common stock issued			3,292,718			2,612,603
Stock-based compensation expense			1,690,181			5,038,956
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital stock transactions			4,986,159			7,654,146
Changes in net assets from adoption of SFAS No. 158			0			61,527
Net decrease in net assets			(1,404,001	)		(4,057,439	)
Net assets:
Beginning of the period			113,930,303			117,987,742
End of the period		$	112,526,302		$	113,930,303

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (6)(7) - 15.97% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 15.97% of net assets
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC (2) — Investment management company headed by Dr. Andrew W. Lo, holder of the Harris & Harris Group Chair at MIT Limited Liability Company Interest			(B	)		—		$	11,036
Exponential Business Development Company (1)(2) — Venture capital partnership focused on early stage companies Limited Partnership Interest			(B	)		—			0
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (1)(2) — Manufacturing nanoimprint lithography capital equipment
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		1,333,333			2,000,000
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		1,250,000			2,500,000
Warrants at $2.00 expiring 12/31/11			(B	)		125,000			0
									4,500,000
Nanosys, Inc. (1)(2)(5) —Developing zero and one-dimensional inorganic nanometer-scale materials and devices
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		803,428			2,370,113
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,016,950			3,000,003
									5,370,116
Nantero, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing a high-density, nonvolatile, random access memory chip, enabled by carbon nanotubes
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		345,070			1,046,908
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		207,051			628,172
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		188,315			571,329
									2,246,409

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (6)(7) - 15.97% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 15.97% of net assets (cont.)
NeoPhotonics Corporation (1)(2) — Developing and manufacturing optical devices and components
Common Stock			(C	)		716,195		$	133,141
Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,831,256			1,831,256
Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		741,898			741,898
Series 3 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		2,750,000			2,750,000
Warrants at $0.15 expiring 01/26/10			(C	)		16,364			164
Warrants at $0.15 expiring 12/05/10			(C	)		14,063			140
									5,456,599
Polatis, Inc. (1)(2)(5)(10) — Developing MEMS-based optical networking components
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		16,775			0
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		71,611			320,282
Series A-4 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		4,774			21,353
Series A-5 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		5,491			45,127
									386,762
Total Unaffiliated Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $18,106,450)								$	17,970,922
Total Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (cost: $18,106,450)								$	17,970,922

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 30.39% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 30.39% of net assets
Adesto Technologies Corporation (1)(2)(4)(5) — Developing
semiconductor-related products enabled at the nanoscale
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		3,416,149		$	1,147,826
BridgeLux, Inc. (1)(2)(11) — Manufacturing high-power light
emitting diodes
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		1,861,504			1,000,000
Secured Convertible Bridge Note (including interest)			(A	)	$	350,877			355,398
									1,355,398
Cambrios Technologies Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Developing
nanowire-enabled electronic materials for the display industry
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,294,025			1,294,025
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,300,000			1,300,000
									2,594,025
Chlorogen, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing patented chloroplast
technology to produce plant-made proteins
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		4,478,038			0
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		2,077,930			0
Secured Convertible Bridge Note (including interest)			(B	)	$	221,438			0
									0
Crystal IS, Inc. (1)(2)(5)— Developing single-crystal
aluminum nitride substrates for optoelectronic devices
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		391,571			305,425
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,300,376			1,014,294
Warrants at $0.78 expiring 05/05/2013			(B	)		15,231			0
Warrants at $0.78 expiring 05/12/2013			(B	)		2,350			0
Warrants at $0.78 expiring 08/08/2013			(B	)		4,396			0
									1,319,719
CSwitch, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing next-generation, system-on-
a-chip solutions for communications-based platforms
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		6,700,000			3,350,000

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 30.39% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 30.39% of net assets (cont.)
D-Wave Systems, Inc. (1)(2)(5)(13) — Developing high-
performance quantum computing systems
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		2,000,000		$	1,734,600
Warrants at $0.85 expiring 10/19/07			(B	)		1,800,000			0
									1,734,600
Innovalight, Inc. (1)(2)(5) - Developing renewable energy
products enabled by silicon-based nanomaterials
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		16,666,666			2,500,000
Kereos, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing emulsion-based imaging
agents and targeted therapeutics to image and treat cancer
and cardiovascular disease
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		545,456			1,500,000
Kovio, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing semiconductor products
using printed electronics and thin-film technologies
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		2,500,000			3,000,000
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (1)(2)(5)(12) — Developing advanced
polymers for drug delivery
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		68,452			136,904
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		616,500			1,233,000
Warrants at $2.00 expiring 10/21/10			(B	)		91,625			0
									1,369,904
Metabolon, Inc. (1)(2)(5) - Discovering biomarkers through
the use of metabolomics
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		2,173,913			2,500,000

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/ Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 30.39% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 30.39% of net assets (cont.)
NanoGram Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Developing a broad suite of intellectual
property utilizing nanoscale materials
Series I Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		63,210		$	64,259
Series II Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,250,904			1,271,670
Series III Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,242,144			1,262,764
									2,598,693
Nanomix, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Producing nanoelectronic sensors that
integrate carbon nanotube electronics with silicon microstructures
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		9,779,181			330,228
NanoOpto Corporation (1)(2)(5) — Manufacturing discrete and integrated
optical communications sub-components on a chip by utilizing
nano manufacturing and nano coating technology
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		267,857			0
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		3,819,935			0
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		1,932,789			0
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		1,397,218			49,121
Secured Convertible Bridge Note (including interest)			(B	)		268,654			537,308
Warrants at $0.4359 expiring 03/15/10			(B	)		193,279			0
									586,429
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing thin-film
thermoelectric devices for cooling and energy conversion
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		1,750,000			1,750,000
Questech Corporation (1)(2) — Manufacturing and marketing
proprietary metal and stone decorative tiles
Common Stock			(B	)		655,454			905,050
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/21/07			(B	)		3,750			0
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/19/08			(B	)		5,000			0
Warrants at $1.50 expiring 11/19/09			(B	)		5,000			0
									905,050

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

		Method of			Shares/
		Valuation (3)			Principal			Value
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(8) - 30.39% of net assets (cont.)
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 30.39% of net assets (cont.)
Solazyme, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing energy-harvesting
machinery of photosynthetic microbes to produce industrial
and pharmaceutical molecules
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		988,204 $			385,400
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		495,246			500,000
									885,400
Starfire Systems, Inc. (1)(2)(5) —Producing ceramic-forming polymers
Common Stock			(A	)		375,000			150,000
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		600,000			600,000
									750,000
Xradia, Inc. (1)(2) - Designing, manufacturing and selling ultra high
resolution 3D x-ray microscopes and fluorescence imaging systems.
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock			(A	)		3,121,099			4,000,000
Zia Laser, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing quantum dot semiconductor lasers
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		1,500,000			15,000
Total Non-Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $44,432,534)								$	34,192,272
Total Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $44,432,534)								$	34,192,272

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

		Method of Valuation (3)			Shares/ Principal			Value
Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (6)(9) - 2.25% of net assets
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) - 2.25% of net assets
Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing
nanoscale-enhanced approaches for the resolution of
chiral molecules
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(B	)		5,870,021		$	1,571,719
SiOnyx, Inc. (1)(2)(5) — Developing silicon-based
optoelectronic products enabled by its proprietary "Black Silicon"
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		233,499			70,050
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock			(C	)		2,966,667			890,000
									960,050
Total Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $4,440,000)								$	2,531,769
Total Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $4,440,000)								$	2,531,769
U.S. Government and Agency Securities - 51.29% of net assets
U.S. Treasury Bill — due date 4/12/07			(J	)		1,000,000			998,620
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 11/30/07, coupon 4.25%			(H	)		6,500,000			6,468,540
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 02/15/08, coupon 3.375%			(H	)		9,000,000			8,880,120
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 05/15/08, coupon 3.75%			(H	)		9,000,000			8,892,810
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 09/15/08, coupon 3.125%			(H	)		5,000,000			4,886,500
U.S. Treasury Notes— due date 01/15/09, coupon 3.25%			(H	)		3,000,000			2,927,940
U.S. Treasury Notes— due date 02/15/09, coupon 4.50%			(H	)		5,100,000			5,086,434
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 04/15/09, coupon 3.125%			(H	)		3,000,000			2,914,350
U.S. Treasury Notes— due date 07/15/09, coupon 3.625%			(H	)		3,000,000			2,938,470
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 10/15/09, coupon 3.375%			(H	)		3,000,000			2,915,400
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 01/15/10, coupon 3.625%			(H	)		3,000,000			2,927,940
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 04/15/10, coupon 4.00%			(H	)		3,000,000			2,954,070
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 07/15/10, coupon 3.875%			(H	)		3,000,000			2,942,460
U.S. Treasury Notes — due date 10/15/10, coupon 4.25%			(H	)		2,000,000			1,982,260
Total Investments in U.S. Government and Agency Securities (cost: $58,076,776)								$	57,715,914
Total Investments (cost: $125,055,760)								$	112,410,877

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

(1)	Represents a non-income producing security. Equity investments that have not paid dividends within the last 12 months are considered to be non-income producing.

(2)	Legal restrictions on sale of investment.

(3)	See Footnote to Schedule of Investments for a description of the Valuation Procedures.

(4)	Initial investment was made during 2007.

(5)

These investments are development stage companies. A development stage company is defined as a company that is devoting substantially all of its efforts to establishing a new business, and either it has not yet commenced its planned principal operations, or it has commenced such operations but has not realized significant revenue from them.

(6)

Investments in unaffiliated companies consist of investments in which we own less than five percent of the voting shares of the portfolio company. Investments in non-controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own five percent or more, but less than 25 percent, of the voting shares of the portfolio company or where we hold one or more seats on the portfolio company’s Board of Directors. Investments in controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own 25 percent or more of the voting shares of the portfolio company.

(7)	The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated companies is $18,106,450. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $1,732,194. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $1,867,722.

(8)

The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated companies is $44,432,534. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $333,269. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $10,573,531.

(9)	The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in controlled affiliated companies is $4,440,000. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $0. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $1,908,231.

(10)	Continuum Photonics, Inc., merged with Polatis, Ltd., to form Polatis, Inc.

(11)	BridgeLux, Inc., was previously named eLite Optoelectronics, Inc.

 

(12)	Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., was previously named Nanopharma Corp.

(13)

D-Wave Systems, Inc., is located and is doing business primarily in Canada. We invested in D-Wave Systems, Inc., through D-Wave USA, a Delaware company. Our investment is denominated in Canadian dollars and is subject to foreign currency translation. Refer to Note 3 "Significant Accounting Policies."

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this consolidated schedule.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. FOOTNOTE TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)

VALUATION PROCEDURES

Our investments can be classified into five broad categories for valuation purposes:

·	Equity-Related Securities;

 

·	Investments in Intellectual Property or Patents or Research and Development in Technology or Product Development;

 

·	Long-Term Fixed-Income Securities;

 

·	Short-Term Fixed-Income Investments; and

 

·	All Other Investments.

 

The 1940 Act requires periodic valuation of each investment in our portfolio to determine net asset value. Under the 1940 Act, unrestricted securities with readily available market quotations are to be valued at the current market value; all other assets must be valued at "fair value" as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Our Board of Directors is responsible for (1) determining overall valuation guidelines and (2) ensuring the valuation of investments within the prescribed guidelines.

Our Valuation Committee, comprised of all of our independent Board members, is responsible for reviewing and approving the valuation of our assets within the guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

Fair value is generally defined as the amount that an investment could be sold for in an orderly disposition over a reasonable time. Generally, to increase objectivity in valuing our assets, external measures of value, such as public markets or third-party transactions, are utilized whenever possible. Valuation is not based on long-term work-out value, nor immediate liquidation value, nor incremental value for potential changes that may take place in the future.

The values assigned to these investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, as these amounts depend on future circumstances and cannot reasonably be determined until the individual investments are actually liquidated or become marketable.

Our valuation policy with respect to the five broad investment categories is as follows:

Equity-Related Securities

Equity-related securities are valued using one or more of the following basic methods of valuation:

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A. Cost. The cost method is based on our original cost. This method is generally used in the early stages of a company’s development until significant positive or negative events occur subsequent to the date of the original investment that dictate a change to another valuation method. Some examples of these events are: (1) a major recapitalization; (2) a major refinancing; (3) a significant third-party transaction; (4) the development of a meaningful public market for the company’s common stock; and (5) significant positive or negative changes in a company’s business.

B. Analytical Method. The analytical method is generally used to value an investment position when there is no established public or private market in the company’s securities or when the factual information available to us dictates that an investment should no longer be valued under either the cost or private market method. This valuation method is inherently imprecise and ultimately the result of reconciling the judgments of our Valuation Committee members, based on the data available to them. The resulting valuation, although stated as a precise number, is necessarily within a range of values that vary depending upon the significance attributed to the various factors being considered. Some of the factors considered may include the financial condition and operating results of the company, the long-term potential of the business of the company, the values of similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses, the proportion of the company’s securities we own and the nature of any rights to require the company to register restricted securities under applicable securities laws.

C. Private Market. The private market method uses actual, executed, historical transactions in a company’s securities by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation. The private market method may also use, where applicable, unconditional firm offers by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation.

D. Public Market. The public market method is used when there is an established public market for the class of the company’s securities held by us or into which our securities are convertible. We discount market value for securities that are subject to significant legal and contractual restrictions. Other securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are carried at market value as of the time of valuation. Market value for securities traded on securities exchanges or on the Nasdaq Global Market is the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. For other securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that day, market value is the mean of the closing bid price and asked price on that day. This method is the preferred method of valuation when there is an established public market for a company’s securities, as that market provides the most objective basis for valuation.

Investments in Intellectual Property or Patents or Research and Development in Technology or Product Development

These investments are carried at fair value using the following basic methods of valuation:

E. Cost. The cost method is based on our original cost. This method is generally used in the early stages of commercializing or developing intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development until significant positive or adverse events occur subsequent to the date of the original investment that dictate a change to another valuation method.

F. Analytical Method. The analytical method is used to value an investment after analysis of the best available outside information where the factual information available to us dictates that an investment should no longer be valued under either the cost or private market method. This valuation method is inherently imprecise and ultimately the result of reconciling the judgments of our Valuation Committee members. The resulting valuation, although stated as a precise number, is necessarily within a range of values that vary depending upon the significance attributed to the various factors being considered. Some of the factors considered may include the results of research and development, product development progress, commercial prospects, term of patent and projected markets.

G. Private Market. The private market method uses actual third-party investments in intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development as a basis for valuation, using actual executed historical transactions by responsible third parties. The private market method may also use, where applicable, unconditional firm offers by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation.

 

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As of March 31, 2007, we do not have any investments in intellectual property or patents or research and development in technologies or products.

Long-Term Fixed-Income Securities

H. Readily Marketable. Fixed-income securities for which market quotations are readily available are carried at market value as of the time of valuation using the most recent bid quotations when available.

I. Not Readily Marketable. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are carried at fair value using one or more of the following basic methods of valuation:

·	Fixed-income securities are valued by independent pricing services that provide market quotations based primarily on quotations from dealers and brokers, market transactions, and other sources.

 

·	Other fixed-income securities that are not readily marketable are valued at fair value by our Valuation Committee.

 

Short-Term Fixed-Income Investments

J. Short-term fixed-income investments are valued at market value at the time of valuation. We value short-term debt with remaining maturity of 60 days or less at amortized cost.

All Other Investments

K. All other investments are reported at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee. As of March 31, 2007, we do not have any of these investments.

The reported values of securities for which market quotations are not readily available and for other assets reflect the Valuation Committee’s judgment of fair values as of the valuation date using the outlined basic methods of valuation. They do not necessarily represent an amount of money that would be realized if we had to sell the securities in an immediate liquidation. Thus, valuations as of any particular date are not necessarily indicative of amounts that we may ultimately realize as a result of future sales or other dispositions of investments we hold.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

NOTE 1. THE COMPANY

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (the "Company," "us," "our" and "we"), is a venture capital company operating as a business development company ("BDC") under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). We operate as an internally managed company whereby our officers and employees, under the general supervision of our Board of Directors, conduct our operations.

We elected to become a BDC on July 26, 1995, after receiving the necessary shareholder approvals. From September 30, 1992, until the election of BDC status, we operated as a closed-end, non-diversified investment company under the 1940 Act. Upon commencement of operations as an investment company, we revalued all of our assets and liabilities in accordance with the 1940 Act. Prior to September 30, 1992, we were registered and filed under the reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 as an operating company and, while an operating company, operated directly and through subsidiaries.

Harris & Harris Enterprises, Inc.^SM ("Enterprises"), is a 100 percent wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Enterprises is a partner in Harris Partners I, L.P.^SM and is taxed under Subchapter C of the Code (a "C Corporation"). Harris Partners I, L.P, is a limited partnership and owns our interest in AlphaSimplex Group, LLC. The partners of Harris Partners I, L.P., are Enterprises (sole general partner) and Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (sole limited partner).

We filed for the 1999 tax year to elect treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") and qualified for the same treatment for the years 2000 through 2005 pursuant to Section 851(e) of the Code. On March 29, 2007, we filed for RIC certification under Section 851(e) of the Code for 2006, although we qualified as a RIC for 2006 without such certification. However, there can be no assurance that we will qualify as a RIC for 2007 or subsequent years. In addition, under certain circumstances, even if we qualified for Subchapter M treatment for a given year, we might take action in a subsequent year to ensure that we would be taxed in that subsequent year as a C Corporation, rather than as a RIC. As a RIC, we must, among other things, distribute at least 90 percent of our investment company taxable income and may either distribute or retain our realized net capital gains on investments.

NOTE 2. INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Our interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all information and disclosures necessary for a presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for such periods. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

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NOTE 3. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements:

Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for investment companies and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and contingent assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2007 and 2006. The most significant estimates relate to the fair valuations of certain of our investments. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents. Cash and cash equivalents include money market instruments with maturities of less than three months.

 

Portfolio Investment Valuations. Investments are stated at "value" as defined in the 1940 Act and in the applicable regulations of the SEC. Value, as defined in Section 2(a)(41) of the 1940 Act, is (i) the market price for those securities for which a market quotation is readily available and (ii) the fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors for all other assets. (See "Valuation Procedures" in the "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.") At March 31, 2007, our financial statements include private venture capital investments valued at $54,694,963, the fair values of which were determined in good faith by, or under the direction, of the Board of Directors. Upon sale of investments, the values that are ultimately realized may be different from what is presently estimated. The difference could be material.

Foreign Currency Translation. The accounting records of the Company are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the rate of exchange of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. At March 31, 2007, included in the unrealized loss on investments was $15,947 resulting from foreign currency translation.

Securities Transactions. Securities transactions are accounted for on the date the securities are purchased or sold (trade date); dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date; and interest income is accrued as earned. The Company ceases accruing interest when securities are determined to be non-income producing and writes off any previously accrued interest. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined by specific identification for financial reporting and tax reporting.

Stock-Based Compensation. The Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan. The Company accounts for the plan in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment." See Note 4 for further discussion.

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Income Taxes. Prior to our conversion to a RIC in 1999, our taxes were accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 109.

We pay federal, state and local income taxes on behalf of our wholly owned subsidiary, Harris & Harris Enterprises, which is a C corporation. (See "Note 7. Income Taxes.")

In June 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" ("FIN 48"), an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes." FIN 48 clarifies the accounting and reporting for income taxes where interpretation of the law is uncertain. FIN 48 prescribes a comprehensive model for the financial statement recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of income tax uncertainties with respect to positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company adopted this Statement on January 1, 2007, which had no effect on the Company's financial statements. The Company recognizes interest and penalties in income tax expense. See Note 7 for further discussion.

Restricted Funds. The Company maintains a rabbi trust for the purposes of accumulating funds to satisfy the obligations incurred by us for the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") under the employment agreement with Charles E. Harris.

 

Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are included in "Other Assets" and are carried at cost, less accumulated depreciation of $289,880. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the premises and equipment.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement No. 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities" ("SFAS 159"). SFAS 159 would allow the Company an irrevocable election to measure certain financial assets and liabilities at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses on the elected items recognized in earnings at each reporting period. The fair value option may only be elected at the time of initial recognition of a financial asset or financial liability or upon the occurrence of certain specified events. The election is applied on an instrument by instrument basis, with a few exceptions, and is applied only to entire instruments and not to portions of instruments. SFAS 159 also provides expanded disclosure requirements regarding the effects of electing the fair value option on the financial statements. SFAS 159 is effective prospectively for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating this Statement. However, as investments are carried at fair value, the Company does not anticipate that this statement will have a significant impact on the consolidated financial statements.

 

NOTE 4. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

On March 23, 2006, the Board of Directors of the Company voted to terminate the Employee Profit-Sharing Plan and establish the Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Stock Plan"), subject to shareholder approval. This proposal was approved at the May 4, 2006, Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The Stock Plan provides for the grant of equity-based awards of stock options and restricted stock (subject to receipt of an exemption order described below) to our directors, officers and employees who are selected by our Compensation Committee for participation in the plan and subject to compliance with the 1940 Act.

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On July 11, 2006, the Company filed an application with the SEC regarding certain provisions of the Stock Plan. In the event that the SEC provides the exemptive relief requested by the application and we receive any additional stockholder approval required by the SEC, the Compensation Committee may, in the future, authorize awards under the Stock Plan to certain former officers of the Company, non-employee directors of the Company, authorize grants of restricted stock and adjust the exercise price of options to reflect taxes paid for deemed dividends.

A maximum of 20 percent of our total shares of our common stock issued and outstanding are available for awards under the Stock Plan. Under the Stock Plan, no more than 25 percent of the shares of stock reserved for the grant of the awards under the Stock Plan may be restricted stock awards at any time during the term of the Stock Plan. If any shares of restricted stock are awarded, such awards will reduce on a percentage basis the total number of shares of stock for which options may be awarded. If the Company does not receive exemptive relief from the SEC to issue restricted stock, all shares granted under the Stock Plan may be subject to stock options. No more than 1,000,000 shares of our common stock may be made subject to awards under the Stock Plan to any individual in any year.

On June 26, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved individual stock option awards for certain officers and employees of the Company. Both non-qualified stock options ("NQSOs") and incentive stock options ("ISOs"), subject to the limitations of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code, were awarded under the Stock Plan. The terms and conditions of the stock options granted were determined by the Compensation Committee and set forth in award agreements between the Company and each award recipient. A total of 3,958,283 stock options were granted with vesting periods ranging from December 2006 to June 2014 and with an exercise price of $10.11. Upon exercise, the shares will be issued from our previously authorized shares. The full Board of Directors ratified and approved the grants on August 3, 2006, on which date the Company's common stock price fluctuated between $9.76 and $10.00.

The Company accounts for the Stock Plan in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment," which requires that we determine the fair value of all share-based payments to employees, including the fair value of grants of employee stock options, and record these amounts as an expense in the Statement of Operations over the vesting period with a corresponding increase to our additional paid-in capital. At March 31, 2007, the increase to our operating expenses was offset by the increase to our additional paid-in capital, resulting in no net impact to our net asset value. Additionally, the Company does not record the tax benefits associated with the expensing of stock options because the Company intends to qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code.

The amount of stock-based compensation expense recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations is based on the fair value of the awards the Company expects to vest, recognized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis for each award, and adjusted for actual forfeitures that occur before vesting. The forfeiture rate is estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods if the actual forfeiture rate differs from the estimated rate.

For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the Company recognized $1,690,181 of compensation expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of March 31, 2007, there was approximately $8,393,087 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 1.86 years.

For the three months ended March 31, 2007, options to purchase a total of 326,012 shares were exercised for total proceeds to the Company of $3,295,978.

For the three months ended March 31, 2007, the calculation of the net decrease in net assets resulting from operations per share excludes the stock options because such options were anti-dilutive. The options may be dilutive in future periods in which there is a net increase in net assets resulting from operations in the event that there is a significant increase in the average stock price in the stock market or significant decreases in the amount of unrecognized compensation cost.

 

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A summary of the changes in outstanding stock options is as follows:

											Weighted
					Weighted			Weighted			Average
					Average			Average			Remaining			Aggregate
					Exercise			Grant Date			Contractual			Intrinsic
		Shares			Price			Fair Value			Term (Yrs)			Value
Options Outstanding at January 1, 2007			3,699,611		$	10.11		$	4.43
Granted			-			-			-
Exercised			326,012		$	10.11		$	1.74					$	916,094
Forfeited or Expired			-
Options Outstanding at March 31, 2007			3,373,599		$	10.11		$	4.68			4.76		$	9,479,813
Options Exercisable at March 31, 2007			741,017		$	10.11		$	3.71			3.84		$	2,082,258
Options Exercisable and Expected to be Exercisable at March 31, 2007			3,007,610		$	10.11		$	4.63			4.71		$	8,451,384

 

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above is calculated as the difference between the Company's closing stock price of $12.92 on the last trading day of the first quarter of 2007 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options. This represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders fully vested and exercised their awards on March 31, 2007.

Unless earlier terminated by our Board of Directors, the Stock Plan will expire on May 4, 2016. The expiration of the Stock Plan will not by itself adversely affect the rights of plan participants under awards that are outstanding at the time the Stock Plan expires. Our Board of Directors may terminate, modify or suspend the plan at any time, provided that no modification of the plan will be effective unless and until any required shareholder approval has been obtained. The Compensation Committee may terminate, modify or amend any outstanding award under the Stock Plan at any time, provided that in such event, the award holder may exercise any vested options prior to such termination of the Stock Plan or award.

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NOTE 5. EMPLOYEE PROFIT-SHARING PLAN

Prior to the adoption of the Stock Plan, the Company operated the Amended and Restated Harris & Harris Group, Inc. Employee Profit-Sharing Plan (the "2002 Plan"). Effective May 4, 2006, the 2002 Plan was terminated.

The 2002 Plan (and its predecessor) provided for profit sharing by our officers and employees equal to 20 percent of our "qualifying income" for that plan year.

 

As soon as practicable following the year-end, the Compensation Committee determined whether, and if so how much, qualifying income existed for a plan year. Approximately, 90 percent of the amount determined by the Compensation Committee was then paid out to Plan participants pursuant to the distribution percentages set forth in the 2002 Plan. The remaining payment was paid out after we finalized our tax returns for that plan year.

At March 31, 2007, and December 31, 2006, we accrued $0 and $261,661, respectively, for profit sharing. On March 1, 2006, the Company paid $1,897,072 to plan participants (employees and former employees), which represented approximately 90 percent of the total estimated profit-sharing payment for 2005. The balance of $261,661 was paid on January 31, 2007, upon finalization of our tax returns.

 

As discussed in Note 4, subject to receiving exemptive relief from the SEC, the Company may permit certain former officers of the Company to be participants of the Stock Plan. Alternatively, the SEC may provide relief which would permit us to pay out the remainder, if any, of the former officers' grandfathered participations under the terminated 2002 Plan.

 

NOTE 6. DISTRIBUTABLE EARNINGS

As of December 31, 2006, and March 31, 2007, there were no distributable earnings. The difference between the book basis and tax basis components of distributable earnings is primarily nondeductible deferred compensation and net operating losses.

NOTE 7. INCOME TAXES

Provided that a proper election is made, a corporation taxable under Subchapter C of the Code or a C Corporation that elects to qualify as a RIC continues to be taxable as a C Corporation on any gains realized within 10 years of its qualification as a RIC (the "Inclusion Period") from sales of assets that were held by the corporation on the effective date of the RIC election ("C Corporation Assets"), to the extent of any gain built into the assets on such date ("Built-In Gain"). If the corporation fails to make a proper election, it is taxable on its Built-In Gain as of the effective date of its RIC election. We had Built-In Gains at the time of our qualification as a RIC and made the election to be taxed on any Built-In Gain realized during the Inclusion Period.

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We adopted FIN 48 as of January 1, 2007, the beginning of our fiscal year. As of January 1, 2007, we had unrecognized tax benefits of $0 and did not record any cumulative effect adjustment to net assets as a result of adopting FIN 48.

 

For federal tax purposes, the Company’s 2003 through 2006 tax years remain open for examination by the tax authorities under the normal three year statute of limitations. Generally, for state tax purposes, the Company’s 2002 through 2006 tax years remain open for examination by the tax authorities under a four year statute of limitations.

During the first quarter of 2007, we paid $9,455 in federal income taxes. At March 31, 2007, we had $74,454 accrued for interest and penalties.

We pay federal, state and local taxes on behalf of our wholly owned subsidiary, Harris & Harris Enterprises, Inc., which is taxed as a C Corporation. For the three months ended March 31, 2007, and 2006, our income tax expense (benefit) for Harris & Harris Enterprises, Inc., was $0 and $9,606, respectively.

Continued qualification as a RIC requires us to satisfy certain investment asset diversification requirements in future years. Our ability to satisfy those requirements may not be controllable by us. There can be no assurance that we will qualify as a RIC in subsequent years.

NOTE 8. CAPITAL TRANSACTIONS

On November 29, 2006, we filed a registration statement with the SEC on Form N-2 with respect to 4,000,000 shares of our common stock. On December 11, 2006, and on April 23, 2007, we filed amended registration statements with the SEC. After the effective date, the common stock may be sold at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more supplements to the prospectus from time to time.

In September of 2005, we completed the sale of 3,507,500 shares for gross proceeds of $37,091,813; net proceeds of the offering, after offering costs of $565,246, were $36,526,567. We intend to use, and have been using, the net proceeds of the offering to make new investments in tiny technology as well as follow-on investments in our existing venture capital investments, and for working capital.

NOTE 9. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On April 26, 2007, we made a $233,918 follow-on investment in a privately held tiny technology portfolio company.

On April 30, 2007, we made a $680,240 follow-on investment in a privately held tiny technology portfolio company.

On May 3, 2007, we made an $800,000 new investment in a privately held tiny technology portfolio company.

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (Unaudited)

 

 

		Three Months Ended March 31
		2007			2006
Per Share Operating Performance
Net asset value per share, beginning of period		$	5.42		$	5.68
Net operating loss*			(0.13	)		(0.04	)
Net realized income (loss) on investments*			0			0
Net increase in unrealized depreciation
as a result of sales*			0			0
Net increase in unrealized depreciation
on investments held*			(0.17	)		(0.04	)
Total from investment operations*			(.30	)		(0.08	)
Net increase as a result of stock-based
compensation			0.08			0
Net increase as a result of proceeds from
exercise of options			0.07			0
Total increase from capital stock
transactions			0.15			0
Net asset value per share, end of period		$	5.27		$	5.60
Stock price per share, end of period		$	12.92		$	13.95
Total return based on stock price (1)			6.87	%		0.36	%
Supplemental Data:
Net assets, end of period		$	112,526,302		$	116,333,752
Ratio of expenses to average net assets (1)			2.9	%		1.3	%
Ratio of net operating loss to average net assets (1)			(2.4	)%		(0.7	%)
Cash dividends paid per share		$	0		$	0
Deemed dividend per share		$	0		$	0
Number of shares outstanding, end of period			21,341,029			20,756,345

 

*Based on Average Shares Outstanding.
(1) Not Annualized

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of this schedule.

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4,000,000 Shares

 

Common Stock

 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc.^®, is a venture capital company specializing in tiny technology that operates as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. We may offer, from time to time, shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share ("Common Stock"), in one or more delayed offerings. The Common Stock may be offered at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more supplements to this Prospectus (each a "Prospectus Supplement"). The offering price per share of our Common Stock will not be less than the net asset value per share of our Common Stock at the time we make the offering exclusive of any underwriting commissions or discounts. You should read this Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus Supplement carefully before you invest in our Common Stock.

 

Our Common Stock may be offered directly to one or more purchasers through agents designated from time to time by us, or to or through underwriters or dealers. The Prospectus Supplement relating to the offering will identify any agents or underwriters involved in the sale of our Common Stock, and will set forth any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement between us and our agents or underwriters, or among our underwriters, or the basis upon which such amount may be calculated. We may not sell any of our Common Stock through agents, underwriters or dealers without delivery of a Prospectus Supplement describing the method and terms of the particular offering of our Common Stock. Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "TINY." On April 19, 2007, the last reported sale price of our Common Stock was $13.67.

 

An Investment in the Securities Offered in this Prospectus Involves a High Degree of Risk. You Should Consider Investing in Us Only if You Are Capable of Sustaining the Loss of Your Entire Investment. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 11.

 

This Prospectus sets forth concisely the information about us that a prospective investor should know before investing. You should read this Prospectus, before deciding whether to invest in our Common Stock, and retain it for future reference. You may obtain our annual reports, request other information about us and make shareholder inquiries by calling toll free 1-877-TINY TECH. Additional information about us has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and is available upon written or oral request and without charge. We also make available our annual reports, free of charge, on our website at www.TinyTechVC.com. Information on our website is not part of this Prospectus and should not be considered as such when making your investment decision. Material incorporated by reference and other information about us can be obtained from the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov).

 

Neither the SEC nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this Prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

The date of the Prospectus is May 11, 2007.

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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this Prospectus. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

In this Prospectus, unless otherwise indicated, "Harris & Harris," "Company," "us," "our" and "we" refer to Harris & Harris Group, Inc.^® "Harris & Harris Group, Inc." is a registered service mark. This Prospectus also includes trademarks owned by other persons.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY			1
TABLE OF FEES AND EXPENSES			7
SELECTED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA			8
SELECTED QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)			9
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE			10
AVAILABLE INFORMATION			10
RISK FACTORS			11
FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION			20
USE OF PROCEEDS			20
PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK			21
BUSINESS			22
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF OUR PORTFOLIO COMPANIES			29
DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE			35
INVESTMENT POLICIES			38
MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY			43
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS			43
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION			51
OTHER INFORMATION			66
BROKERAGE			67
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS			67
TAXATION			67
CERTAIN GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS			70
CAPITALIZATION			72
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION			72
LEGAL MATTERS			73
EXPERTS			73
FURTHER INFORMATION			74
PRIVACY POLICY			74

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

 

This summary highlights information that is described more fully elsewhere in this Prospectus and in the documents to which we have referred. It may not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand the offering fully, you should read the entire document carefully, including the risk factors beginning on page 11.

 

Our Business

 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc., is a venture capital company, specializing in tiny technology, that operates as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which we refer to as the 1940 Act. For tax purposes, we operate as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, which we refer to as the Code. We are an internally managed investment company; that is, our officers and employees, rather than an investment adviser, manage our operations under the general supervision of our Board of Directors. Our investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation, rather than current income, by making venture capital investments in early-stage companies. Our approach includes patient examination of available early stage opportunities, thorough due diligence and close involvement with management.

 

We make initial venture capital investments exclusively in "tiny technology," which we define as nanotechnology, microsystems and microelectromechanical systems (which we refer to as MEMS). We consider a company to be a tiny technology company if a product or products, or intellectual property covering a product or products, that we consider to be at the microscale or smaller is material to its business plan. Most of our current portfolio companies are significantly involved with work on objects or devices with dimensions of 100 nanometers or smaller, which we refer to as the nanoscale. Our portfolio includes insignificant non-tiny technology investments made prior to 2001, and we may make follow-on investments in either tiny or non-tiny technology companies. At December 31, 2006, 45.4 percent of our total assets and 99.9 percent of our venture capital portfolio were invested in tiny technology investments. Accordingly, we do not expect a material portion of our venture capital portfolio will include non-tiny technology companies. By making these investments, we seek to provide our shareholders with a specific focus on tiny technology through a portfolio of venture capital investments that addresses a variety of markets and products. We believe that we are the only publicly traded business development company making initial venture capital investments exclusively in tiny technology.

 

Tiny technology is multidisciplinary and widely applicable, and it incorporates technology that is significantly smaller than is currently in widespread commercial use in most fields. Nanotechnology is measured in nanometers, which are units of measurement in billionths of a meter. Microsystems are measured in micrometers, which are units of measurement in millionths of a meter. Because it is in many respects a new field, tiny technology has significant scientific, engineering, regulation and commercialization risks. See "Business" and "Risk Factors."

 

As a venture capital company, we make it possible for our investors to participate at an early stage in this emerging field, while our portfolio companies are still private. By making investments in companies that control intellectual property relevant to tiny technology, we are building a portfolio that we believe will be difficult to replicate in the future, as we believe it will likely become increasingly difficult to create new foundational intellectual property in nanotechnology. Because we typically invest as part of a syndicate of venture capital firms, the syndicate's time horizon often determines ours, though we may provide seed capital before forming a syndicate with other investors, or maintain our investment in an investee company after it goes public, even after our co-investors sell or distribute their shares. To the investor, we offer:

 

·	a portfolio consisting of investments that are generally available only to a small, highly specialized group of professional venture capital firms as investors;

 

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a team of professionals, including five full-time members of management, four of whom are designated as Managing Directors, Charles E. Harris, Douglas W. Jamison, Daniel V. Leff and Alexei A. Andreev, and a Vice President, Daniel B. Wolfe, to evaluate and monitor investments. Two of our directors are also consultants to us, Kelly S. Kirkpatrick and Lori D. Pressman. These seven professionals collectively have expertise in venture capital investing, intellectual property and tiny technology;

 

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·	the opportunity to benefit from our experience in a new field expected to permeate a variety of industries; and

 

·	through the ownership of our publicly traded shares, a measure of liquidity not typically available in underlying venture capital portfolio investments.

 

The number of tiny technology investment opportunities available to us has increased over the past five years, through both new opportunities and opportunities for follow-on investments in our existing portfolio companies. We believe that our expertise and record of prior investments in tiny technology are likely to lead us to additional tiny technology investment opportunities in the future. We intend to use the net proceeds of this offering to:

 

·	increase our capital in order to take advantage of these investment opportunities;

 

·	lower our expenses as a percentage of assets and otherwise achieve certain economies and advantages of scale in our operations, as our costs are primarily fixed. As our assets increase by the net proceeds of this offering, our fixed costs will represent a smaller percentage of our assets; and

 

·	pay operating expenses, including due diligence expenses on potential investments.

 

We identify investment opportunities primarily through four channels:

 

·	our involvement in the field of tiny technology;

 

·	research universities that seek to transfer their scientific discoveries to the private sector;

 

·	other venture capital companies seeking co-investors or referring deals to us; and

 

·	direct calls and business plan submissions by companies, business incubators and individuals seeking venture capital.

 

Since registering as an investment company in 1992, we have invested in a variety of industries. In 1994, we invested in our first tiny technology company, Nanophase Technologies Corporation. In 1995, we elected to be regulated as a business development company. Recognizing the potential of tiny technology, we continued to monitor developments in the field, and since 2001, we have made tiny technology our exclusive focus for initial investments. From August 2001 through December 2006, all 31 of our initial investments have been in companies involved in the development of products and technologies based on tiny technology. At December 31, 2006, our portfolio includes investments in a total of 29 companies, 27 of which we consider to be involved in tiny technology.

 

As is usual in the venture capital industry, our venture capital investments are generally in convertible preferred stock, which is usually the most senior security in a portfolio company’s equity capital structure until the company has substantial revenues, and which gives us seniority over the holders of common stock (usually including the founders) while preserving fully our participation in the upside potential of the portfolio company through the conversion feature. Our portfolio investments in some instances include a dividend right payable in kind (which increases our participation in the portfolio company) or potentially in cash. In-kind distributions are primarily made in additional shares of convertible preferred stock. We expect to continue to invest in convertible securities.

 

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Tiny Technology

 

In our view, tiny technology is neither an industry nor a single technology, but a variety of enabling technologies with critical dimensions below 100 micrometers. Tiny technology manifests itself in tools, materials, systems and devices that address broad markets, including instrumentation, electronics, photonics, computing, medical devices, pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug delivery and drug discovery. The development and commercialization of tiny technology often require the integration of multiple disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, computer science and the engineering sciences.

 

Examples of tiny technology-enabled products currently on the market are quite diverse. They include sensors, accelerometers used in automobiles to sense impact and deploy airbags, cosmetics with ingredients that block ultraviolet light but are invisible to the human eye, nanoclays used for strength in the running boards of minivans, textiles with liquid-stain repellant surfaces, fast acting painkillers and certain pharmaceutical therapeutics.

 

Harris & Harris Group currently has 13 companies in its tiny technology portfolio with products on the market offering a range of products including components for optical networking, high-brightness LEDs, carbon nanotube-based sensors, optical switches, silicon carbide brake rotors, chiral columns for the pharmaceutical industry, metabolomic profiling services and decorative tiles.

 

Within tiny technology, microsystems and MEMS both refer to materials, devices and processes that are on a micrometer size scale. A micrometer, which is also referred to as a micron, is 0.000001 meter, or one millionth of a meter. In practice, any device, or device enabled by components, in a size range from 100 microns down to 0.1 micron may be considered "micro." Nanotechnology refers to materials, devices and processes with critical dimensions below 0.1 micron, equal to 100 nanometers. A nanometer is 0.000000001 meter, or one billionth of a meter. It is at the scale below 100 nanometers, the nanoscale, that quantum effects begin to dominate classical macroscale physics. At the nanoscale, size- and shape-dependent properties of materials allow previously unattainable material and device performance.

 

Although the practical application of tiny technology requires great expertise to implement in manufacturing processes, we believe that tiny technology’s broad applicability presents significant and diverse market opportunities.

 

Risk Factors

 

Set forth below is a summary of certain risks that you should carefully consider before investing in our Common Stock. See "Risk Factors" beginning on page 11 for a more detailed discussion of the risks of investing in our Common Stock.

 

Risks related to the companies in our portfolio.

 

·	A continuing lack of initial public offering opportunities may cause companies to stay in our portfolio longer, leading to lower returns, write-downs and write-offs.

 

·	Investing in small, private companies involves a high degree of risk and is highly speculative.

 

·	We may invest in companies working with technologies or intellectual property that currently have few or no proven commercial applications.

 

·	Our portfolio companies may not successfully develop, manufacture or market their products.

 

·	Our portfolio companies working with tiny technology may be particularly susceptible to intellectual property litigation.

 

·	Unfavorable general economic conditions, as well as unfavorable conditions specific to the venture capital industry, could result in the inability of our portfolio companies to access additional capital, leading to financial losses in our portfolio.

 

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·	The value of our portfolio could be adversely affected if the technologies utilized by our portfolio companies are found or even rumored or feared, to cause health or environmental risks, or if legislation is passed that limits the commercialization of any of these technologies.

 

·	Public perception(s) of ethical and social issues, including health and environment risks regarding nanotechnology, may limit or discourage the use of nanotechnology-enabled products, which could reduce our portfolio companies’ revenues and harm our business.

 

·	Our portfolio companies may generate revenues from the sale of non-tiny technology-enabled products.

 

Risks related to the illiquidity of our investments.

 

·	We invest in illiquid securities and may not be able to dispose of them when it is advantageous to do so, or ever.

 

·	Unfavorable economic conditions and regulatory changes could impair our ability to engage in liquidity events.

 

·	Even if some of our portfolio companies complete initial public offerings, the returns on our investments in those companies would be uncertain.

 

Risks related to our Company.

 

·	Because there is generally no established market in which to value our investments, our Valuation Committee’s value determinations may differ materially from the values that a ready market or third party would attribute to these investments.

 

·	Changes in valuations of our privately held, early stage companies tend to be more volatile than changes in prices of public traded securities.

 

·	We expect to continue to experience material write-downs of securities of portfolio companies.

 

·	Because we are a non-diversified company with a relatively concentrated portfolio, the value of our business is subject to greater volatility than the value of companies with more broadly diversified investments.

 

·	We are dependent upon key management personnel for future success and may not be able to retain them.

 

·	We will need to hire additional employees as the size of our portfolio increases.

 

·	The market for venture capital investments, including tiny technology investments, is highly competitive.

 

·	In addition to the difficulty of finding attractive investment opportunities, our status as a regulated business development company may hinder our ability to participate in investment opportunities or to protect the value of existing investments.

 

·	Our failure to make follow-on investments in our portfolio companies could impair the value of our portfolio.

 

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Bank borrowing or the issuance of debt securities or preferred stock by us, to fund investments in portfolio companies or to fund our operating expenses, would make our total return to common shareholders more volatile. The use of debt would leverage our available common equity capital, magnifying the impact of changes in the value of our investment portfolio on our net asset value. In addition, the cost of debt or preferred stock financing could exceed the return on the assets the proceeds are used to acquire, in which case the use of leverage would have an adverse impact on the holders of our Common Stock.

 

·	We are authorized to issue preferred stock, which would convey special rights and privileges to its owners senior to those of Common Stock shareholders.

 

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·	Loss of status as a RIC would reduce our net asset value and distributable income.

 

·	We operate in a heavily regulated environment, and changes to, or non-compliance with, regulations and laws could harm our business.

 

·	Market prices of our Common Stock will continue to be volatile.

 

·	Quarterly results fluctuate and are not indicative of future quarterly performance.

 

·	To the extent that we do not realize income or choose not to retain after-tax realized capital gains, we will have a greater need for additional capital to fund our investments and operating expenses.

 

·	Investment in foreign securities could result in additional risks.

 

Risks related to this offering.

 

·	Investing in our stock is highly speculative and an investor could lose some or all of the amount invested.

 

·	We will have discretion over the use of proceeds of this offering.

 

·	Our shares might trade at discounts from net asset value or at premiums that are unsustainable over the long term.

 

·	You have no right to require us to repurchase your shares.

 

Other Information

 

Our website is www.TinyTechVC.com and is not incorporated by reference into this Prospectus. We make available free of charge through our website the following materials (which are not incorporated by reference unless specifically stated in this Prospectus) as soon as reasonably practicable after filing or furnishing them to the SEC:

 

·	our annual report on Form 10-K;

 

·	our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q;

 

·	our current reports on Form 8-K; and

 

·	amendments to those reports.

 

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The Offering    

 

Common Stock offered ....................................................................	We may offer, from time to time, up to a total of 4,000,000 shares of our Common Stock available under this Prospectus on terms to be determined at the time of the offering. Our Common Stock may be offered at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more Prospectus Supplements. The offering price per share of our Common Stock net of underwriting commissions or discounts will not be less than the net asset value per share of our Common Stock.
Use of proceeds .................................................................................	Although we will make initial investments exclusively in tiny technology, we can make follow-on investments in non-tiny technology companies currently in our portfolio. Further, while considering venture capital investments, we may invest the proceeds in U.S. government and agency securities, which may yield less than our operating expense ratio. We expect to invest or reserve for potential follow-on investment the net proceeds of any sale of shares under this Prospectus within two years from the completion of such sale. We may also use the proceeds of this offering for operating expenses, including due diligence expenses on potential investments. Our portfolio companies rarely pay us dividends or interest, and we do not generate enough income from fixed income investments to meet all of our operating expenses. For this purpose, we do not expect to reserve for follow-on investments in any particular portfolio holding more than the greater of twice the investment to date in that portfolio holding or five times the initial investment in the case of seed-stage investments, though we may invest more than the amount reserved for this purpose in any particular portfolio holding.
Dividends and Distributions ...........................................................	To the extent that we retain any net capital gain, we may make deemed capital gain dividends. If we do make a deemed capital gain dividend, you will not receive a cash distribution, but instead you will receive a tax credit and increase in basis equal to your proportionate share of the tax paid by us on your behalf. We currently intend to retain our net capital gains for investment and pay the associated federal corporate income tax. We may change this policy in the future. See "Taxation."
Nasdaq Global Market symbol ................................................................................................	TINY

 

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TABLE OF FEES AND EXPENSES

 

The following tables are intended to assist you in understanding the various costs and expenses directly or indirectly associated with investing in our Common Stock. Amounts are for the current fiscal year after giving effect to anticipated net proceeds of the offering for the 4,000,000 shares registered pursuant to this Prospectus, assuming that we incur the estimated offering expenses. The price per share used in this calculation was the closing price of our Common Stock on April 19, 2007 of $13.67.

 

Shareholder Transaction Expenses
Sales Load(1) (as a percentage of offering price)			N/A
Offering Expenses (as a percentage of offering price)			0.60	%
Annual Expenses (as a percentage of net assets attributable to Common Stock)
Management Fees(2)			N/A
Other Expenses(3)
Salaries and Benefits(4)			4.74	%
Administration and Operations(5)			1.14	%
Professional Fees			.44	%
Total Annual Expenses(6)			6.32	%

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Example

 

The following examples illustrate the dollar amount of cumulative expenses that would be incurred over various periods with respect to a hypothetical investment in our Common Stock. These amounts are based upon payment by us of expenses at levels set forth in the above table, including the non-cash, stock-based compensation expenses.

 

On the basis of the foregoing, including the non-cash, stock-based compensation expense, you would pay the following expenses on a $10,000 investment, assuming a five percent annual return:^*

 

1 Year		3 Years		5 Years		10 Years
$684		$1,908		$3,099		$5,943

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This example includes non-cash, stock-based compensation. Excluding the non-cash, stock-based compensation, you would pay expenses of $394 in 1 year, $1,078 in 3 years, $1,785 in 5 years and $3,659 in 10 years, on a $10,000 investment, assuming a five percent return.

The foregoing table is to assist you in understanding the various costs and expenses that an investor in our Common Stock will bear directly or indirectly. The assumed five percent annual return is not a prediction of, and does not represent, the projected or actual performance of our Common Stock. The above example should not be considered a representation of future expenses, and actual expenses and annual rates of return may be more or less than those assumed for purposes of the example. 

 

(1)	In the event that the shares of Common Stock to which this Prospectus relates are sold to or through underwriters, a corresponding Prospectus Supplement will disclose the sales load.

 

(2)	The Company has no external management fees because it is internally managed.

 

(3)	"Other Expenses" are based on amounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.

 

(4)

"Salaries and Benefits" includes non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $5,038,956. The Company accounts for stock-based compensation expense pursuant to SFAS No. 123(R) "Share-Based Payment," which requires that we determine the fair value of all share-based payments to employees, including the fair value of grants of employee stock options, and record these amounts as an expense in the Statement of Operations over the vesting period with a corresponding increase to our additional paid-in capital. There is no effect on net asset value from stock-based compensation expense at the time of grant. If options are exercised, net asset value per share will be decreased if the net asset value per share at the time of exercise is higher than the exercise price and net asset value per share will be increased if the net asset value per share at the time of exercise is lower than the exercise price. Excluding the non-cash, stock-based compensation expense, "Salaries and benefits" totals $2,945,195 or 1.78 percent of net assets attributable to Common Stock.

 

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(5)	"Administration and Operations" includes expenses incurred for administration, operations, rent, directors’ fees and expenses, depreciation and custodian fees.

 

(6)	"Total Annual Expenses" includes non-cash compensation expense of $5,038,956. See Footnote (4) above. Cash-based total annual expenses as a percentage of net assets attributable to Common Stock is 3.39%.

 

SELECTED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

 

The information below should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data and the notes thereto. Financial information as of and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002, has been derived from our financial statements that were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. These historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in the future.

 

BALANCE SHEET DATA

 

Financial Position as of December 31:

		2006			2005			2004			2003			2002
Total assets		$	118,328,590		$	132,938,120		$	79,361,451		$	44,115,128		$	35,951,969
Total liabilities		$	4,398,287		$	14,950,378		$	4,616,652		$	3,432,390		$	8,695,923
Net assets		$	113,930,303		$	117,987,742		$	74,744,799		$	40,682,738		$	27,256,046
Net asset value per outstanding share		$	5.42		$	5.68		$	4.33		$	2.95		$	2.37
Cash dividends paid		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00
Cash dividends paid per outstanding share		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00		$	0.00
Shares outstanding, end of year			21,015,017			20,756,345			17,248,845			13,798,845			11,498,845

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Operating Data for year ended December 31:

		2006			2005			2004			2003			2002
Total investment income		$	3,028,761		$	1,540,862		$	637,562		$	167,785		$	253,461
Total expenses1		$	10,641,696		$	7,006,623		$	4,046,341		$	2,731,527		$	2,124,549
Net operating (loss) income		$	(7,612,935	)	$	(5,465,761	)	$	(3,408,779	)	$	(2,563,742	)	$	(1,871,088	)
Total tax (benefit) expense2		$	(227,355	)	$	8,288,778		$	650,617		$	13,761		$	199,309
Net realized income (loss) from
investments		$	258,693		$	14,208,789		$	858,503		$	(984,925	)	$	2,390,302
Net (increase) decrease in unrealized
depreciation on investments		$	(4,418,870	)	$	(2,026,652	)	$	484,162		$	343,397		$	(3,241,408	)
Net (decrease) increase in net assets
resulting from operations		$	(11,773,112	)	$	6,716,376		$	(2,066,114	)	$	(3,205,270	)	$	(2,722,194	)
(Decrease) Increase in net assets
resulting from operations per
average outstanding share		$	(0.57	)	$	0.36		$	(0.13	)	$	(0.28	)	$	(0.27	)

 

¹Included in total expenses are the following profit-sharing expenses/(reversals): $50,875 in 2006; $1,796,264 in 2005; $311,594 in 2004; and ($163,049) in 2002. Also included in total expenses is non-cash, stock-based compensation expense of $5,038,956 in 2006. There was no stock-based compensation expense in 2005, 2004, 2003 or 2002.

²Included in total tax expense are the following taxes paid by the Company on behalf of shareholders: $0 in 2006, $8,122,367 in 2005, $0 in each of 2004, 2003 and 2002.

 

SELECTED QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)

		2006
		1st Quarter			2nd Quarter			3rd Quarter			4th Quarter
Total investment income		$	804,862		$	785,265		$	719,619		$	719,015
Net operating loss		$	(767,743	)	$	(693,887	)	$	(2,988,790	)	$	(3,162,515	)
Net increase (decrease) in net
assets resulting from operations		$	(1,653,990	)	$	(1,282,997	)	$	(2,588,092	)	$	(6,248,033	)
Net (decrease) increase in net
assets resulting from operations
Per average outstanding share		$	(0.08	)	$	(0.06	)	$	(0.12	)	$	(0.31	)

		2005
		1st Quarter			2nd Quarter			3rd Quarter			4th Quarter
Total investment income		$	260,108		$	158,717		$	315,374		$	801,662
Net operating loss		$	(745,590	)	$	(3,302,094	)	$	(3,273,797	)	$	1,851,274
Net increase (decrease) in net
assets resulting from operations		$	(2,233,447	)	$	7,001,847		$	7,336,923		$	(5,388,947	)
Net (decrease) increase in net
assets resulting from operations
Per average outstanding share		$	(0.13	)	$	0.41		$	0.40		$	(0.26	)

 

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SELECTED QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)

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		2004
		1st Quarter			2nd Quarter			3rd Quarter			4th Quarter
Total investment income		$	56,536		$	79,231		$	253,581		$	248,214
Net operating loss		$	(749,865	)	$	(774,584	)	$	(978,773	)	$	(905,557	)
Net increase (decrease) in net
assets resulting from operations		$	820,515		$	(2,237,037	)	$	1,111,121		$	(1,760,713	)
Net (decrease) increase in net
assets resulting from operations
Per average outstanding share		$	0.06		$	(0.16	)	$	0.06		$	(0.09	)

 

INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

The financial statements as of December 31, 2006, and 2005, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, have been incorporated by reference into the Prospectus from the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, which either accompanies this Prospectus or has previously been provided to the person to whom this Prospectus is being sent.

 

The information required by Item 4.2 "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" as of December 31, 2006, and 2005, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006, have been incorporated by reference into the Prospectus from the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, which either accompanies this Prospectus or has previously been provided to the person to whom this Prospectus is being sent.

 

We will furnish, without charge, a copy of the financial statements upon request by writing to 111 West 57^th Street, Suite 1100, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Investor Relations, or by calling 1-877-TINY-TECH.

 

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. You can inspect any materials we file with the SEC, without charge, at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 202-942-8090 for further information on the Public Reference Room. The SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding registrants, including us, that file such information electronically with the SEC. The address of the SEC’s web site is www.sec.gov. Information contained on the SEC’s web site about us is not incorporated into this Prospectus and you should not consider information contained on the SEC’s web site to be part of this Prospectus.

You may obtain our annual reports, request other information about us and make shareholder inquiries by calling toll free 1-877-TINY TECH. We also make available our annual reports, free of charge, on our website at www.TinyTechVC.com. Information on our website is not part of this Prospectus and should not be considered as such when making your investment decision.

 

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RISK FACTORS

 

Investing in our Common Stock involves significant risks relating to our business and investment objective. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below before you purchase any of our Common Stock. These risks and uncertainties are not the only ones we face. Unknown additional risks and uncertainties, or ones that we currently consider immaterial, may also impair our business. If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In this event, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

 

Risks related to the companies in our portfolio.

A continuing lack of initial public offering opportunities may cause companies to stay in our portfolio longer, leading to lower returns, write-downs and write-offs.

Beginning about 2001, many fewer venture capital-backed companies per annum have been able to complete initial public offerings (IPOs) than in the years of the previous decade.  Moreover, in 2006, the venture capital-backed companies that completed IPOs had a median age of about eight years, which was older than the median age of venture capital-backed IPOs in any period since 2001-2002.  Now that some of our companies are becoming more mature, a continuing lack of IPO opportunities for venture capital-backed companies could lead to companies staying longer in our portfolio as private entities still requiring funding.  In the best case, such stagnation would dampen returns, and in the worst case, could lead to write-downs and write-offs as some companies ran short of cash and had to accept lower valuations in private fundings or were not able to access additional capital at all.  A continuing lack of IPO opportunities for venture capital-backed companies is also causing some venture capital firms to change their strategies, which is causing some of them to reduce funding of their portfolio companies, making it more difficult for such companies to access capital and to fulfill their potential, leading in some cases to write-downs and write-offs of such companies by other venture capital firms, such as ourselves, who are co-investors in such companies.

Investing in small, private companies involves a high degree of risk and is highly speculative.

We have invested a substantial portion of our assets in privately held development stage or start-up companies, the securities of which are inherently illiquid. These businesses tend to lack management depth, to have limited or no history of operations and to have not attained profitability. Tiny technology companies are especially risky, involving scientific, technological and commercialization risks. Because of the speculative nature of these investments, these securities have a significantly greater risk of loss than traditional investment securities. Some of our venture capital investments are likely to be complete losses or unprofitable, and some will never realize their potential. We have been and will continue to be risk seeking rather than risk averse in our approach to venture capital and other investments. Neither our investments nor an investment in our Common Stock is intended to constitute a balanced investment program.

 

We may invest in companies working with technologies or intellectual property that currently have few or no proven commercial applications.

 

Nanotechnology, in particular, is a developing area of technology, of which much of the future commercial value is unknown, difficult to estimate and subject to widely varying interpretations. There are as of yet relatively few nanotechnology products commercially available. The timing of additional future commercially available nanotechnology products is highly uncertain.

Our portfolio companies may not successfully develop, manufacture or market their products.

The technology of our portfolio companies is new and in many cases unproven. Their potential products require significant and lengthy product development, manufacturing and marketing efforts. To date, many of our portfolio companies have not developed any commercially available products. In addition, our portfolio companies may not be able to manufacture successfully or to market their products in order to achieve commercial success. Further, the products may never gain commercial acceptance. If our portfolio companies are not able to develop, manufacture or market successful tiny technology-enabled products, they will be unable to generate product revenue or build sustainable or profitable businesses.

 

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Our portfolio companies working with tiny technology may be particularly susceptible to intellectual property litigation.

Research and commercialization efforts in tiny technology are being undertaken by a wide variety of government, academic and private corporate entities. As additional commercially viable applications of tiny technology emerge, ownership of intellectual property on which these products are based may be contested. From time to time, our portfolio companies are or have been involved in intellectual property disputes and litigation. Any litigation over the ownership of, or rights to, any of our portfolio companies’ technologies or products could have a material adverse effect on those companies’ values.

Unfavorable general economic conditions, as well as unfavorable conditions specific to the venture capital industry, could result in the inability of our portfolio companies to access additional capital, leading to financial losses in our portfolio.

Most of the companies in which we have made or will make investments are susceptible to economic slowdowns or recessions. An economic slowdown or adverse capital or credit market conditions may affect the ability of a company in our portfolio to raise additional capital from venture capital or other sources or to engage in a liquidity event such as an initial public offering or merger. Adverse economic, capital or credit market conditions may lead to financial losses in our portfolio.

The value of our portfolio could be adversely affected if the technologies utilized by our portfolio companies are found, or even rumored or feared, to cause health or environmental risks, or if legislation is passed that limits the commercialization of any of these technologies.

Our portfolio companies work with new technologies, which could have potential environmental and health impacts. Tiny technology in general and nanotechnology in particular are currently the subject of health and environmental impact research. If health or environmental concerns about tiny technology or nanotechnology were to arise, whether or not they had any basis in fact, our portfolio companies might incur additional research, legal and regulatory expenses, and might have difficulty raising capital or marketing their products. Legislation could be passed that could circumscribe the commercialization of any of these technologies.

Public perception(s) of ethical and social issues, including health and environment risks regarding nanotechnology, may limit or discourage the use of nanotechnology-enabled products, which could reduce our portfolio companies' revenues and harm our business.

Nanotechnology has received both positive and negative publicity and is the subject increasingly of public discussion and debate. Government authorities could, for social or other purposes, prohibit or regulate the use of nanotechnology. Ethical and emotional concerns about nanotechnology could adversely affect acceptance of the potential products of our portfolio companies or lead to new government regulation of nanotechnology-enabled products. For example, debate regarding the production of materials that could cause harm to the environment or the health of individuals could raise concerns in the public’s perception of nanotechnology, not all of which might be rational or scientifically based.

Our portfolio companies may generate revenues from the sale of non-tiny technology-enabled products.

We consider a company to be a tiny technology company if a product or products, or intellectual property covering a product or products, that we consider to be at the microscale or smaller is material to its business plan. The core business of some of these companies may not be tiny technology-enabled products, and therefore their success or failure may not be dependent upon the tiny technology aspects of their business. In addition to developing products that we consider tiny technology, some of these companies may also develop products that we do not consider enabled by tiny technology. Some of these companies will generate revenues from the sale of non-tiny technology-enabled products. Additionally, it is possible that a portfolio company may decide to change its business focus after our initial investment and decide to develop and commercialize non-tiny technology-enabled products.

 

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Risks related to the illiquidity of our investments.

We invest in illiquid securities and may not be able to dispose of them when it is advantageous to do so, or ever. 

Most of our investments are or will be equity or equity-linked securities acquired directly from small companies. These equity securities are generally subject to restrictions on resale or otherwise have no established trading market. The illiquidity of most of our portfolio of equity securities may adversely affect our ability to dispose of these securities at times when it may be advantageous for us to liquidate these investments. We may never be able to dispose of these securities.

Unfavorable economic conditions and regulatory changes could impair our ability to engage in liquidity events.

Our business of making private equity investments and positioning our portfolio companies for liquidity events might be adversely affected by current and future capital markets and economic conditions. The public equity markets currently provide less opportunity for liquidity events than at times in the past when there was more robust demand for initial public offerings, even for more mature technology companies than those in which we typically invest. The potential for public market liquidity could further decrease and could lead to an inability to realize potential gains or could lead to financial losses in our portfolio and a decrease in our revenues, net income and assets. Recent government reforms affecting publicly traded companies, stock markets, investment banks and securities research practices have made it more difficult for privately held companies to complete successful initial public offerings of their equity securities, and such reforms have increased the expense and legal exposure of being a public company. Slowdowns in initial public offerings may also be having an adverse effect on the frequency and prices of acquisitions of privately held companies. A lack of merger and/or acquisition opportunities for privately held companies also may be having an adverse effect on the ability of these companies to raise capital from private sources. Public equity market response to companies offering nanotechnology-enabled products is uncertain. An inability to engage in liquidity events could negatively affect our liquidity, our reinvestment rate in new and follow-on investments and the value of our portfolio.

Even if some of our portfolio companies complete initial public offerings, the returns on our investments in those companies would be uncertain. 

When companies in which we have invested as private entities complete initial public offerings of their securities, these newly issued securities are by definition unseasoned issues. Unseasoned issues tend to be highly volatile and have uncertain liquidity, which may negatively affect their price. In addition, we are typically subject to lock-up provisions that prohibit us from selling our investments into the public market for specified periods of time after initial public offerings. The market price of securities that we hold may decline substantially before we are able to sell these securities. Most initial public offerings of technology companies in the United States are listed on the Nasdaq Global Market. Government reforms of the Nasdaq Global Market have made market-making by broker-dealers less profitable, which has caused broker-dealers to reduce their market-making activities, thereby making the market for unseasoned stocks less liquid than they might be otherwise.

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Risks related to our Company.

Because there is generally no established market in which to value our investments, our Valuation Committee’s value determinations may differ materially from the values that a ready market or third party would attribute to these investments.

There is generally no public market for the equity securities in which we invest. Pursuant to the requirements of the 1940 Act, we value all of the private equity securities in our portfolio at fair value as determined in good faith by a committee of independent members of our Board of Directors, which we call the Valuation Committee, pursuant to Valuation Procedures established by the Board of Directors. As a result, determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio investment pursuant to specified valuation principles and processes. We are required by the 1940 Act to value specifically each individual investment on a quarterly basis and record unrealized depreciation for an investment that we believe has become impaired. Conversely, we must record unrealized appreciation if we believe that our securities have appreciated in value. Without a readily ascertainable market value and because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, the fair value that we assign to our investments may differ from the values that would have been used had an efficient market existed for the investments, and the difference could be material. Any changes in fair value are recorded in our consolidated statements of operations as a change in the "Net (decrease) increase in unrealized appreciation on investments." See "Determination of Net Asset Value."

In the venture capital industry, even when a portfolio of early-stage, high-technology venture capital investments proves to be profitable over the portfolio's lifetime, it is common for the portfolio's value to undergo a so-called "J-curve" valuation pattern. This means that when reflected on a graph, the portfolio’s valuation would appear in the shape of the letter "J," declining from the initial valuation prior to increasing in valuation. This J-curve valuation pattern results from write-downs and write-offs of portfolio investments that appear to be unsuccessful, prior to write-ups for portfolio investments that prove to be successful. Because early-stage companies typically have negative cash flow and are by their nature inherently fragile, a valuation process can more readily substantiate a loss of value than an increase in value, absent a substantial investment at a higher valuation by a third-party, knowledgeable, non-strategic investor. Even if our venture capital investments prove to be profitable in the long run, such J-curve valuation patterns could have a significant adverse effect on our net asset value per share and the value of our Common Stock in the interim. Over time, as we continue to make additional tiny technology investments, this J-curve pattern may be less relevant for our portfolio as a whole, because the individual J-curves for each investment, or series of investments, may overlap with previous investments at different stages of their J-curves.

Changes in valuations of our privately held, early stage companies tend to be more volatile than changes in prices of publicly traded securities.

Investments in privately held, early stage companies are inherently more volatile than investments in more mature businesses. Such immature businesses are inherently fragile and easily affected by both internal and external forces. Our investee companies can lose much or all of their value suddenly in response to an internal or external adverse event. Conversely, these immature businesses can gain suddenly in value in response to an internal or external positive development. Moreover, because our ownership interests in such investments are valued only at quarterly intervals by our Valuation Committee, a committee of independent members of our Board of Directors, changes in valuations from one valuation point to another tend to be larger than changes in valuations of marketable securities which are revalued in the marketplace much more frequently, in some highly liquid cases, virtually continuously.

We expect to continue to experience material write-downs of securities of portfolio companies.

Write-downs of securities of our privately held companies have always been a by-product and risk of our business. We expect to continue to experience material write-downs of securities of privately held portfolio companies. Write-downs of such companies occur at all stages of their development. Such write-downs may increase in dollar terms, frequency and as a percentage of our net asset value as our dollar investment activity in privately held companies continues to increase, and the number of such holdings in our portfolio continues to grow. Because the average size of each of our investments in tiny technology has increased from year to year and continues to increase, the average size of our write-downs will probably also increase.

 

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Because we are a non-diversified company with a relatively concentrated portfolio, the value of our business is subject to greater volatility than the value of companies with more broadly diversified investments.

 

As a result of our assets being invested in the securities of a small number of issuers, we are classified as a non-diversified company. We may be more vulnerable to events affecting a single issuer or industry and therefore subject to greater volatility than a company whose investments are more broadly diversified. Accordingly, an investment in our Common Stock may present greater risk to you than an investment in a diversified company.

We are dependent upon key management personnel for future success, and may not be able to retain them.

We are dependent upon the diligence and skill of our senior management and other key advisers for the selection, structuring, closing and monitoring of our investments. We utilize lawyers, and we utilize outside consultants, including two of our directors, Dr. Kelly S. Kirkpatrick and Lori D. Pressman, to assist us in conducting due diligence when evaluating potential investments. There is generally no publicly available information about the companies in which we invest, and we rely significantly on the diligence of our employees and advisers to obtain information in connection with our investment decisions. Our future success to a significant extent depends on the continued service and coordination of our senior management team, and particularly on our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Charles E. Harris, who will be subject to mandatory retirement pursuant to the Company's mandatory retirement policy for senior executives on December 31, 2008; on our Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Douglas W. Jamison, who has been designated by our Board of Directors as the successor to Mr. Harris in his positions of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer as of January 1, 2009 upon his retirement; and on our General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Director of Human Resources, Sandra M. Forman. The departure of any of our executive officers, key employees or advisers could materially adversely affect our ability to implement our business strategy. We do not maintain for our benefit any key man life insurance on any of our officers or employees.

We will need to hire additional employees as the size of our portfolio increases.

We anticipate that it will be necessary for us to add investment professionals with expertise in venture capital and/or tiny technology and administrative and support staff to accommodate the increasing size of our portfolio. We may need to provide additional scientific, business, accounting, legal or investment training for our hires. There is competition for highly qualified personnel. We may not be successful in our efforts to recruit and retain highly qualified personnel because the expenses that we incur as a heavily regulated, publicly held company preclude our paying as high a percentage of our total expenses in cash compensation for employees as the private partnerships with which we compete. Although we have the advantage of offering equity incentive compensation, unlike those private partnerships, we cannot permit co-investment in our investments by our employees, and we cannot give our employees 20 percent or higher carried interests in our investments as incentive compensation taxable as long-term capital gains.

 

The market for venture capital investments, including tiny technology investments, is highly competitive.

We face substantial competition in our investing activities from many competitors, including but not limited to: private venture capital funds; investment affiliates of large industrial, technology, service and financial companies; small business investment companies; hedge funds; wealthy individuals; and foreign investors. Our most significant competitors typically have significantly greater financial resources than we do. Greater financial resources are particularly advantageous in securing lead investor roles in venture capital syndicates. Lead investors typically negotiate the terms and conditions of such financings. Many sources of funding compete for a small number of attractive investment opportunities. Hence, we face substantial competition in sourcing good investment opportunities on terms of investment that are commercially attractive.

 

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In addition to the difficulty of finding attractive investment opportunities, our status as a regulated business development company may hinder our ability to participate in investment opportunities or to protect the value of existing investments.

We are required to disclose on a quarterly basis the names and business descriptions of our portfolio companies and the value of our portfolio securities. Most of our competitors are not subject to these disclosure requirements. Our obligation to disclose this information could hinder our ability to invest in some portfolio companies. Additionally, other current and future regulations may make us less attractive as a potential investor than a competitor not subject to the same regulations.

Our failure to make follow-on investments in our portfolio companies could impair the value of our portfolio.

Following an initial investment in a portfolio company, we may make additional investments in that portfolio company as "follow-on" investments, in order to: (1) increase or maintain in whole or in part our ownership percentage; (2) exercise warrants, options or convertible securities that were acquired in the original or subsequent financing; or (3) attempt to preserve or enhance the value of our investment. "Pay-to-play" provisions have become common in venture capital transactions. These provisions require proportionate investment in subsequent rounds of financing in order to preserve preferred rights such as anti-dilution protection or even to prevent preferred shares from being converted to common shares.

We may elect not to make follow-on investments or lack sufficient funds to make such investments. We have the discretion to make any follow-on investments, subject to the availability of capital resources. The failure to make a follow-on investment may, in some circumstances, jeopardize the continued viability of a portfolio company and our initial investment, or may result in a missed opportunity for us to increase our participation in a successful operation, or may cause us to lose some or all preferred rights or even substantially all of our equity ownership in it, pursuant to "pay-to-play" provisions. Even if we have sufficient capital to make a desired follow-on investment, we may elect not to make a follow-on investment because we may not want to increase our concentration of risk, because we prefer other opportunities or because we are inhibited by compliance with business development company requirements or the desire to maintain our tax status.

Bank borrowing or the issuance of debt securities or preferred stock by us, to fund investments in portfolio companies or to fund our operating expenses, would make our total return to common shareholders more volatile.

 

Use of debt or preferred stock as a source of capital entails two primary risks. The first is the risk of leverage, which is the use of debt to increase the pool of capital available for investment purposes. The use of debt leverages our available common equity capital, magnifying the impact on net asset value of changes in the value of our investment portfolio. For example, a business development company that uses 33 percent leverage (that is, $50 of leverage per $100 of common equity) will show a 1.5 percent increase or decline in net asset value for each 1 percent increase or decline in the value of its total assets. The second risk is that the cost of debt or preferred stock financing may exceed the return on the assets the proceeds are used to acquire, thereby diminishing rather than enhancing the return to common shareholders. If we issue preferred shares or debt, the common shareholders would bear the cost of this leverage. To the extent that we utilize debt or preferred stock financing for any purpose, these two risks would likely make our total return to common shareholders more volatile. In addition, we might be required to sell investments, in order to meet dividend, interest or principal payments, when it might be disadvantageous for us to do so.

 

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As provided in the 1940 Act and subject to some exceptions, we can issue debt or preferred stock so long as our total assets immediately after the issuance, less some ordinary course liabilities, exceed 200 percent of the sum of the debt and any preferred stock outstanding. The debt or preferred stock may be convertible in accordance with SEC guidelines, which might permit us to obtain leverage at more attractive rates. The requirement under the 1940 Act to pay, in full, dividends on preferred shares or interest on debt before any dividends may be paid on our Common Stock means that dividends on our Common Stock from earnings may be reduced or eliminated. An inability to pay dividends on our Common Stock could conceivably result in our ceasing to qualify as a regulated investment company, or RIC, under the Code, which would in most circumstances be materially adverse to the holders of our Common Stock. As of the date hereof, we do not have any debt or preferred stock outstanding.

We are authorized to issue preferred stock, which would convey special rights and privileges to its owners senior to those of Common Stock shareholders.

We are currently authorized to issue up to 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, under terms and conditions determined by our Board of Directors. These shares would have a preference over our Common Stock with respect to dividends and liquidation. The statutory class voting rights of any preferred shares we would issue could make it more difficult for us to take some actions that might, in the future, be proposed by the Board and/or holders of Common Stock, such as a merger, exchange of securities, liquidation or alteration of the rights of a class of our securities, if these actions were perceived by the holders of the preferred shares as not in their best interests. The issuance of preferred shares convertible into shares of Common Stock might also reduce the net income and net asset value per share of our Common Stock upon conversion.

Loss of status as a RIC would reduce our net asset value and distributable income.

We currently intend to qualify as a RIC for 2007 under the Code. As a RIC, we do not have to pay federal income taxes on our income (including realized gains) that is distributed to our shareholders. Accordingly, we are not permitted under accounting rules to establish reserves for taxes on our unrealized capital gains. If we failed to qualify for RIC status in 2007 or beyond, to the extent that we had unrealized gains, we would have to establish reserves for taxes, which would reduce our net asset value, accordingly. In addition, if we, as a RIC, were to decide to make a deemed distribution of net realized capital gains and retain the net realized capital gains, we would have to establish appropriate reserves for taxes that we would have to pay on behalf of shareholders. It is possible that establishing reserves for taxes could have a material adverse effect on the value of our Common Stock. See "Taxation."

We operate in a heavily regulated environment, and changes to, or non-compliance with, regulations and laws could harm our business.

We are subject to substantive SEC regulations as a business development company. Securities and tax laws and regulations governing our activities may change in ways adverse to our and our shareholders’ interests, and interpretations of these laws and regulations may change with unpredictable consequences. Any change in the laws or regulations that govern our business could have an adverse impact on us or on our operations. Changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations and Nasdaq Global Market rules, are creating additional expense and uncertainty for publicly held companies in general, and for business development companies in particular. These new or changed laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations in many cases because of their lack of specificity, and as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time, which may well result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices.

We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure. As a result, our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards have and will continue to result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. In particular, our efforts to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related regulations regarding our required assessment of our internal controls over financial reporting and our external auditors' audit of that assessment has required the commitment of significant financial and managerial resources.

 

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Moreover, even though business development companies are not mutual funds, they must comply with several of the regulations applicable to mutual funds, such as the requirement for the implementation of a comprehensive compliance program and the appointment of a Chief Compliance Officer. Further, our Board members, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer could face an increased risk of personal liability in connection with the performance of their duties. As a result, we may have difficulty attracting and retaining qualified board members and executive officers, which could harm our business, and we have significantly increased both our coverage under, and the related expense for, directors' and officers' liability insurance. If our efforts to comply with new or changed laws, regulations and standards differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies, our reputation may be harmed. Also, as business and financial practices continue to evolve, they may render the regulations under which we operate less appropriate and more burdensome than they were when originally imposed. This increased regulatory burden is causing us to incur significant additional expenses and is time consuming for our management, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial performance.

 

Market prices of our Common Stock will continue to be volatile.

We expect that the market price of our Common Stock price will continue to be volatile. The price of the Common Stock may be higher or lower than the price you pay for your shares, depending on many factors, some of which are beyond our control and may not be directly related to our operating performance. These factors include the following:

 

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stock market and capital markets conditions;

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internal developments in our Company with respect to our personnel, financial condition and compliance with all applicable regulations;

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announcements regarding any of our portfolio companies;

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announcements regarding developments in the nanotechnology field in general;

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environmental and health concerns regarding nanotechnology, whether real or perceptual;

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announcements regarding government funding and initiatives related to the  development of nanotechnology;

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general economic conditions and trends; and/or

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departures of key personnel.

We will not have control over many of these factors, but expect that our stock price may be influenced by them. As a result, our stock price may be volatile, and you may lose all or part of your investment.

Quarterly results fluctuate and are not indicative of future quarterly performance.

Our quarterly operating results fluctuate as a result of a number of factors. These factors include, among others, variations in and the timing of the recognition of realized and unrealized gains or losses, the degree to which we and our portfolio companies encounter competition in our markets and general economic and capital markets conditions. As a result of these factors, results for any one quarter should not be relied upon as being indicative of performance in future quarters.

 

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To the extent that we do not realize income or choose not to retain after-tax realized capital gains, we will have a greater need for additional capital to fund our investments and operating expenses.

As a RIC, we must annually distribute at least 90 percent of our investment company taxable income as a dividend and may either distribute or retain our realized net capital gains from investments. As a result, these earnings may not be available to fund investments. If we fail to generate net realized capital gains or to obtain funds from outside sources, it would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations as well as our ability to make follow-on and new investments. Because of the structure and objectives of our business, we generally expect to experience net operating losses and rely on proceeds from sales of investments, rather than on investment income, to defray a significant portion of our operating expenses. These sales are unpredictable and may not occur. In addition, as a business development company, we are generally required to maintain a ratio of at least 200 percent of total assets to total borrowings and preferred stock, which may restrict our ability to borrow to fund these requirements. Lack of capital could curtail our investment activities or impair our working capital.

 

Investment in foreign securities could result in additional risks.

We may invest in foreign securities, and we currently have one investment in a foreign security. When we invest in securities of foreign issuers, we may be subject to risks not usually associated with owning securities of U.S. issuers. These risks can include fluctuations in foreign currencies, foreign currency exchange controls, social, political and economic instability, differences in securities regulation and trading, expropriation or nationalization of assets and foreign taxation issues. In addition, changes in government administrations or economic or monetary policies in the United States or abroad could result in appreciation or depreciation of our securities and could favorably or unfavorably affect our operations. It may also be more difficult to obtain and enforce a judgment against a foreign issuer. Any foreign investments made by us must be made in compliance with U.S. and foreign currency restrictions and tax laws restricting the amounts and types of foreign investments.

Although most of our investments are denominated in U.S. dollars, our investments that are denominated in a foreign currency are subject to the risk that the value of a particular currency may change in relation to the U.S. dollar, in which currency we maintain financial statements and valuations. Among the factors that may affect currency values are trade balances, the level of short-term interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets in different currencies, long-term opportunities for investment and capital appreciation and political developments.

Risks related to this offering.

 

Investing in our stock is highly speculative and an investor could lose some or all of the amount invested.

Our investment objective and strategies result in a high degree of risk in our investments and may result in losses in the value of our investment portfolio. Our investments in portfolio companies are highly speculative and, therefore, an investor in our Common Stock may lose his or her entire investment. The value of our Common Stock may decline and may be affected by numerous market conditions, which could result in the loss of some or all of the amount invested in our Common Stock. The securities markets frequently experience extreme price and volume fluctuations that affect market prices for securities of companies in general, and technology and very small capitalization companies in particular. Because of our focus on the technology and very small capitalization sectors, and because we are a very small capitalization company ourselves, our stock price is especially likely to be affected by these market conditions. General economic conditions, and general conditions in tiny technology in general and nanotechnology in particular and in the semi-conductor and information technology, life sciences, materials science and other high technology industries, may also affect the price of our Common Stock.

 

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We will have discretion over the use of proceeds of this offering.

We will have flexibility in applying the proceeds of this offering. We may pay operating expenses, including due diligence expenses on potential new investments, from the net proceeds. Our ability to achieve our investment objective may be limited to the extent that the net proceeds of the offering, pending full investment, are used to pay operating expenses.

Our shares might trade at discounts from net asset value or at premiums that are unsustainable over the long term.

Shares of business development companies like us may, during some periods, trade at prices higher than their net asset value and during other periods, as frequently occurs with closed-end investment companies, trade at prices lower than their net asset value. The possibility that our shares will trade at discounts from net asset value or at premiums that are unsustainable over the long term are risks separate and distinct from the risk that our net asset value per share will decrease. The risk of purchasing shares of a business development company that might trade at a discount or unsustainable premium is more pronounced for investors who wish to sell their shares in a relatively short period of time because, for those investors, realization of a gain or loss on their investments is likely to be more dependent upon changes in premium or discount levels than upon increases or decreases in net asset value per share. Our Common Stock may not trade at a price higher than or equal to net asset value per share. On December 31, 2006, our stock closed at $12.09 per share, a premium of $6.67 over our net asset value per share of $5.42 as of December 31, 2006.

You have no right to require us to repurchase your shares.

You do not have the right to require us to repurchase your shares of Common Stock.

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

This Prospectus may contain "forward-looking statements" based on our current expectations, assumptions and estimates about us and our industry. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Words such as "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," "will," "may," "might," "could," "continue" and other similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances are forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements as a result of several factors more fully described in "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Prospectus. The forward-looking statements made in this Prospectus relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

You should understand that under Sections 27A(b)(2)(B) and (D) of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 21E(b)(2)(B) and (D) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 may not as a technical matter apply to statements made in connection with this offering.

USE OF PROCEEDS

 

We estimate the total net proceeds of the offering to be up to $54,350,000 based on the last reported price for our Common Stock on April 19, 2007 of $13.67.

 

We expect to invest or reserve for potential follow-on investment the net proceeds of any offering within two years from the completion of such offering. The net proceeds of this offering invested after two years will only be used for follow-on investments. Reserves for follow-on investments in any particular initial investment may be no more than the greater of twice the investment to date or five times the initial investment in the case of seed-stage investments, though we may invest more than the amount reserved for this purpose in any particular portfolio holding. Although we intend to make our initial investments exclusively in companies that we believe are involved significantly in tiny technology, we may also make follow-on investments in existing portfolio companies involved in other technologies. Pending investment in portfolio companies, we intend to invest the net proceeds of any offering of our Common Stock in time deposits and/or income-producing securities that are issued or guaranteed by the federal government or an agency of the federal government or a government-owned corporation, which may well yield less than our operating expense ratio. We may also use the proceeds of this offering for operating expenses, including due diligence expenses on potential investments. Our portfolio companies rarely pay us dividends or interest, and we do not generate enough income from fixed income investments to meet all of our operating expenses. If we pay operating expenses from the proceeds, it will reduce the net proceeds of the offering that we will have available for investment.

 

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PRICE RANGE OF COMMON STOCK

 

Our Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "TINY."

 

The following table sets forth for the quarters indicated, the high and low sale prices on the Nasdaq Global Market per share of our Common Stock and the net asset value and the premium or discount from net asset value per share at which the shares of Common Stock were trading, expressed as a percentage of net asset value, at each of the high and low sale prices provided.

 

		Market Price						Net Asset Value ("NAV") Per Share at End			Premium or Discount as a % of NAV
Quarter Ended		High			Low			of Period			High			Low
March 31, 2005			16.80			11.30			4.20			300.0	%		169.0	%
June 30, 2005			13.38			10.01			4.61			190.2			117.1
September 30, 2005			13.85			10.70			5.94			133.2			80.1
December 31, 2005			14.95			10.15			5.68			163.2			78.7
March 31, 2006			16.10			12.75			5.60			187.5			127.7
June 30, 2006			14.26			9.57			5.54			157.4			72.7
September 30, 2006			12.99			9.38			5.54			134.5			69.3
December 31, 2006			15.16			11.80			5.42			179.7			117.7
March 31, 2007			13.58			11.00			—			—			—

Historically, the shares of our Common Stock have traded at times at a discount and at other times at a premium to net asset value. Since 2003, our shares of Common Stock have traded at a premium to net asset value. The last reported price for our Common Stock on April 19, 2007 was $13.67 per share. As of April 19, 2007, we had approximately 134 shareholders of record.

 

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BUSINESS

 

We are a venture capital company specializing in tiny technology. We were incorporated as a New York corporation in 1981. In 1995, we elected to be regulated as a business development company under the 1940 Act. Our investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation, rather than current income, by making venture capital investments in early-stage companies. Although our portfolio includes insignificant non-tiny technology investments made prior to 2001, we now make our initial investments exclusively in tiny technology companies. By making these investments, we seek to provide our shareholders with a specific focus on tiny technology through a portfolio of venture capital investments that address a variety of markets and products. We believe that we are the only publicly traded business development company making initial venture capital investments exclusively in tiny technology.

 

Nanotechnology, microsystems and microelectromechanical systems, (MEMS), are often referred to collectively as "tiny technology," or "small technology," by scientists and others in this field. Nanotechnology in particular is multidisciplinary and widely applicable, and it incorporates technology that is significantly smaller than is currently in widespread commercial use. Microsystems are measured in micrometers, which are units of measurement in millionths of a meter. Nanotechnology is measured in nanometers, which are units of measurement in billionths of a meter. Because it is a new field, tiny technology, and particularly nanotechnology, has significant scientific, engineering, regulatory and commercialization risks.

 

Tiny technology, particularly nanotechnology, is distinguished by its applicability to a wide range of industries. As a venture capital company, we make it possible, through the ownership of our shares, for our shareholders to participate in this emerging field at an earlier stage than would typically be possible for them. By making investments in companies that control intellectual property relevant to tiny technology, we are building a portfolio that we believe will be difficult to replicate, as we believe it will likely become increasingly difficult to create new foundational intellectual property in nanotechnology.

 

As is usual in the venture capital industry, our venture capital investments are primarily in convertible preferred stock, which is usually the most senior security in a portfolio company’s equity capital structure until the company has substantial revenues, and which gives us seniority over the holders of Common Stock (usually including the founders) while preserving fully our participation in the upside potential of the portfolio company through the conversion feature and, in many cases, a dividend right payable in kind (which increases our participation in the portfolio company) or potentially in cash.

 

We have a long history of investing in venture capital and of business development. Our approach is traditional, including a patient examination of available early stage opportunities, thorough due diligence and close involvement with management. Unlike most private equity and venture capital funds, we will not be subject to any requirement to return capital to investors. Such requirements typically stipulate that these funds can only be invested once and, together with any capital gains on such investment, must be returned to investors, net of fees and carried interest in profits, after a pre-agreed time period. These provisions may cause private equity and venture capital funds to seek investments that are likely to be able to be sold relatively quickly or to seek returns on their investments through mergers, public equity offerings or other liquidity events more quickly than they otherwise might. Because we typically invest as part of a syndicate of venture capital firms, their time horizons often determine ours, though we may provide seed capital before forming a syndicate with other investors, or maintain our investment in an investee company after it goes public, even after our co-investors sell or distribute their shares.

 

In addition, to the investor, we offer:

 

·	a portfolio consisting of investments that are generally available only to a small, highly specialized group of professional venture capital firms as investors;

 

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a qualified team of professionals, including five full-time members of management, four of whom are designated as Managing Directors, Charles E. Harris, Douglas W. Jamison, Daniel V. Leff and Alexei A. Andreev, and a Vice President, Daniel B. Wolfe, to evaluate and monitor investments. Two of our directors are also consultants to us, Kelly S. Kirkpatrick and Lori D. Pressman. These seven professionals collectively have expertise in venture capital, intellectual property and tiny technology to evaluate and monitor investments;

 

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·	the opportunity to benefit from our experience in a new field expected to permeate a variety of industries; and

 

·	through the ownership of our publicly traded shares, a measure of liquidity not available in typical underlying venture capital portfolio investments.

 

While we intend to make initial investments exclusively in companies that we believe are involved significantly in tiny technology, we may also make follow-on investments in existing non-tiny technology portfolio companies. The balance of our funds is primarily invested in short-term U.S. government and agency securities. We are an internally managed investment company because our officers and employees, under the general supervision of our Board of Directors, control our operations. We have no investment adviser.

 

Subject to our compliance with business development company and tax code requirements, there are no limitations on the types of securities or other assets, foreign or domestic, in which we may invest. Investments may include the following:

 

·	equity, equity-related securities (including warrants) and debt with equity features from either private or public issuers, whether in corporate, partnership or other form, including development stage or start-up entities;

 

·	debt obligations of all types having varying terms with respect to security or credit support, subordination, purchase price, interest payments and maturity; and

 

·	to a limited extent, intellectual property, including patents, research and development in technology or product development that may lead to patents or other marketable technology.

 

Neither our investments nor an investment in our securities constitutes a balanced investment program. We have been and will continue to be risk seeking rather than risk averse in our investment approach. We reserve the fullest possible freedom of action regarding the types of investments we make and our relationship with our portfolio companies, subject to our certificate of incorporation, applicable law and regulations, and policy statements described herein. Our tiny technology investment policy is not a "fundamental policy" under the 1940 Act and, accordingly, may be changed without shareholder approval, although we will give shareholders at least 60 days prior written notice of any change.

 

Our business is subject to federal regulation under the 1940 Act, under which we have elected to operate as a business development company. As a business development company, we are subject to regulatory requirements, the most significant of which relate to our investments and borrowings. We are required to invest at least 70 percent of our assets in qualifying assets. We must also maintain a coverage ratio of assets to senior securities (such as debt and preferred stock) of at least 200 percent immediately after giving effect to the issuance of any senior securities. We are also required to offer managerial assistance to our portfolio companies, in addition to our investment. For tax purposes, we are a RIC under the Code.

 

We believe that increasing the size of our assets should lower our expenses as a proportion of average net assets because some of our costs, such as administration and public company expenses, are fixed and can be spread over a larger asset base and will decline as a percentage of assets as our assets increase. In addition, with more assets, we expect the average size of our investments to increase. Each due diligence investigation entails expenses whether or not we complete the transaction, and the cost of due diligence, negotiation and documentation of our investments does not vary proportionately with the size of the investment or intended investment.

 

Some expenses are expected to increase as new investments are made. We plan to add personnel to enable us to enlarge the scope of our activities and our expertise in tiny technology, and our hiring of new employees will increase with more assets under management. We also believe that a larger number of outstanding shares and a larger number of beneficial owners of shares could increase the level of our visibility and improve the trading liquidity of our shares on the Nasdaq Global Market. We may not realize any of these benefits.

 

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Historical Investment Track Record

We incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in August 1981. In 1983, we invested in Otisville BioTech, Inc. Since our investment in Otisville in 1983 through December 31, 2006, we have made a total of 73 venture capital investments, including four private placement investments in securities of publicly traded companies (PIPES). We have sold 44 of these 73 investments, realizing total proceeds of $143,614,382 on our invested capital of $51,229,202. As measured from first dollar in to last dollar out, the average and median holding periods for these 44 investments were 3.63 years and 3.19 years, respectively. As measured by the 149 separate rounds of investment within these 44 investments, the average and median holding periods for the 149 separate rounds of investment were 2.84 years and 2.44 years, respectively. Eighteen of the 44 investments sold were profitable. The average holding period, as measured from first dollar in, of these 18 profitable investments was 3.88 years. Of these 18 profitable investments, seven were profitable sales after initial public offerings (IPOs), seven were profitable mergers and acquisitions transactions and four were profitable sales of PIPES. As measured from first dollar in, the average holding period for profitable exits after IPOs, mergers and acquisitions transactions and PIPES were 4.26 years, 3.70 years and 1.07 years, respectively.

Twenty-six of the 44 investments sold were unprofitable. Twenty-five of these investments were unprofitable non-IPO disposals, and we sold one investment, Princeton Video Image, Inc., that had had an IPO, at a loss. As measured from the first dollar in, the average holding period for the 25 unprofitable non-IPO exits was 3.34 years and the holding period for the unprofitable IPO exit was 6.63 years.

Below is a list of holding periods for our eight historical IPOs. As measured from first dollar in to IPO date, the average and median holding periods were 4.56 years and 3.88 years, respectively.

Historical IPOs		Holding Period to IPO (yrs)
Alliance Pharmaceutical Corporation			6.39
Ag Services of America, Inc.			1.39
Molten Metal Technology, Inc.			3.25
Nanophase Technologies Corporation			3.07
Princeton Video Image, Inc. (formerly Princeton Electronic Billboard)			6.63
SciQuest, Inc. (formerly BioSupplyNet)			3.09
Genomica Corporation			4.52
NeuroMetrix, Inc.			8.14
Average			4.56
Median			3.88

At December 31, 2006, we valued the 29 venture capital investments remaining in our portfolio at $53,667,831, or 47.1 percent of our net assets, including net unrealized depreciation of $8,450,969. At December 31, 2006, from first dollar in, the average and median holding periods for these 29 venture capital investments were 3.20 years and 2.28 years, respectively. As measured by the 77 separate rounds of investment within these 29 investments, the average and median holding periods for the 77 separate rounds of investment were 2.58 years and 2.03 years, respectively.

 

In 1994, we invested in our first nanotechnology company, Nanophase Technologies Corporation. Recognizing the potential of tiny technology, we continued to monitor developments in the field, and since 2001 we have made tiny technology the exclusive focus of our initial investment activity. From August 2001 through December 2006, all 31 of our initial investments have been in companies involved in the development of products and technologies based on tiny technology.

 

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At December 31, 2006, from first dollar in, the average and median holding period of these 31 investments, which includes the four investments that were exited, were 2.43 years and 2.14 years, respectively. We currently have 27 tiny technology companies in our portfolio. At December 31, 2006, from first dollar in, the average and median holding periods for these 27 venture capital investments were 2.78 years and 2.14 years, respectively.

 

Tiny Technology Companies in Our Portfolio as of 12-31-06		Holding Period (yrs)
BridgeLux, Inc. (formerly eLite Optoelectronics, Inc.)			1.62
Cambrios, Inc.			2.14
Chlorogen, Inc.			3.56
Crystal IS, Inc.			2.28
CSwitch, Inc.			2.60
D-Wave Systems, Inc.			0.70
Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc.			0.97
Innovalight, Inc.			0.70
Kereos, Inc.			1.62
Kovio, Inc.			1.15
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly Nanopharma Corporation)			4.88
Metabolon, Inc.			0.98
Molecular Imprints, Inc.			2.76
NanoGram Corporation			3.67
Nanomix, Inc.			2.03
NanoOpto Corporation			4.82
Nanosys, Inc.			3.74
Nantero, Inc.			5.40
NeoPhotonics Corporation 2004			3.07
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.			2.07
Polatis, Inc. (formerly Continuum Photonics, Inc.)			4.52
Questech Corporation (formerly Intaglio, Ltd.)			12.61
SiOnyx, Inc.			0.64
Solazyme, Inc.			2.10
Starfire Systems, Inc.			2.65
Xradia, Inc.			0.01
Zia Laser, Inc.			1.85
Average			2.78
Median			2.14

Tiny Technology

 

Tiny technology refers to nanotechnology, microsystems and MEMS, a variety of enabling technologies with critical dimensions below 100 micrometers. In our view, tiny technology is neither an industry nor a single technology. Tiny technology manifests itself in tools, materials, systems and devices that address broad markets, including instrumentation, electronics, photonics, computing, medical devices, pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug delivery and drug discovery. The development and commercialization of tiny technology often require the integration of multiple disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, computer science and the engineering sciences.

 

Examples of tiny technology-enabled products currently on the market are quite diverse. They include sensors, accelerometers used in automobiles to sense impact and deploy airbags, cosmetics with ingredients that block ultraviolet light but are invisible to the human eye, nanoclays used for strength in the running boards of minivans, textiles with liquid-stain repellant surfaces, fast-acting painkillers and pharmaceutical therapeutics.

 

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The following is a summary of the products currently released or under development by our portfolio companies:

Tiny Technology Companies in Our Portfolio as of 12-31-06		Products Released / Available for Purchase		Products in Development
BridgeLux, Inc. (formerly eLite Optoelectronics, Inc.)		Blue and Green HB-LEDs		Additional colors and types of HB-LEDs
Cambrios, Inc.				Transparent conductors
Chlorogen, Inc.				Plant-made drugs and vaccines
Crystal IS, Inc.		Aluminum Nitride Substrates		High-performance UV Devices
CSwitch, Inc.				High-bandwidth Configurable Switches
D-Wave Systems, Inc.				High-speed analog / quantum computing
Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc.		Normal phase analytical column and solid phase extraction cartridges for chiral separations		Normal, reversed, and polar organic phase analytical, semi-preparative and preparative columns. Additional products for resolving and preparing chiral molecules
Innovalight, Inc.				Thin-film solar cells
Kereos, Inc.				Emulsion-based targeted therapeutics and molecular imaging agents
Kovio, Inc.				Semiconductor products using printed electronics
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly Nanopharma Corporation)				Oncology-focused therapeutic products
Metabolon, Inc.		Metabolomics profiling services, Mselect and MProve Clinical		Biomarker discovery and diagnostic tools
Molecular Imprints, Inc.		Tools for nanoimprint lithography		Production scale tools for nanoimprint lithography
NanoGram Corporation		Tools and service business for discovery and production of nanoparticles		Application specific nanoparticles
Nanomix, Inc.		Carbon-nanotube based hydrogen sensors		Carbon-nanotube based sensors for breath analysis and biodetection
NanoOpto Corporation		Optical components such as high-extinction IR cut filters, polarizers, and optical isolators		Additional optical components

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Tiny Technology Companies in Our Portfolio as of 12-31-06		Products Released / Available for Purchase		Products in Development
Nanosys, Inc.				Flexible electronic devices, non-volatile memory, consumables for life sciences and fuel cells
Nantero, Inc.				Carbon-nanotube based non-volatile memory
NeoPhotonics Corporation		Active and passive optical components for optical networking		Additional products for optical networking
Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.				Thermoelectric devices for thermal management of integrated circuits and for power generation
Polatis, Inc. (formerly Continuum Photonics, Inc.)		Microelectromechanical-enabled optical switches		Additional optical switching products

 

Questech Corporation (formerly Intaglio, Ltd.)		Decorative tiles made of stone and microscale-metal materials
SiOnyx, Inc.				Optical detectors for detection and imaging of visible and infrared light
Solazyme, Inc.				Algae-produced products including neutraceuticals, industrial chemicals and energy
Starfire Systems, Inc.		Ceramic brake rotors and pads and silicon-carbide polymers		Ceramic-based parts for applications in electronics, aerospace and automotive industries
Xradia, Inc.		3-D x-ray transmission and x-ray fluorescence microscopes and synchrotron light sources and optics		Additional x-ray imaging tools
Zia Laser, Inc.				Quantum-dot based lasers for optical clocking

 

Within tiny technology, nanotechnology refers to devices and processes with critical dimensions below 0.1 micron, equal to 100 nanometers. A nanometer is 0.000000001 meter, or one billionth of a meter. It is at the scale below 100 nanometers, the nanoscale, that quantum effects begin to dominate classical macroscale physics. At the nanoscale, size- and shape-dependent properties of materials allow previously unattainable material and device performance. Microsystems and MEMS both refer to materials, devices and processes that are on a micrometer size scale. A micrometer, which is also referred to as a micron, is 0.000001 meter, or one millionth of a meter. In practice, any device, or device enabled by components, in a size range from 100 microns down to 0.1 micron may be considered "micro."

 

Nanotechnology

 

There are various definitions of nanotechnology. Regardless of the definition used, the technology being defined qualifies as tiny technology. A commonly used measure of nanotechnology includes all materials, devices and processes with critical dimensions below 100 nanometers. Nanotechnology is defined by the U.S. Government’s National Nanotechnology Initiative as research and technology development at the atomic, molecular or macromolecular levels, in the length scale of approximately 1 - 100 nanometer range, to provide a fundamental understanding of phenomena and materials at the nanoscale and to create and use structures, devices and systems that have novel properties and functions because of their small and/or intermediate size.

 

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The nanoscale is the scale at which quantum effects begin to dominate classical macroscale physics. At the nanoscale, size- and shape-dependent properties of materials allow heretofore unattainable material and device performance. Nanotechnology science and its implications are currently the subject of intense research and development efforts in governmental, academic and corporate sectors, in the United States and in other countries.

 

Government research funding and patenting activity, prerequisites to successful commercialization of nanotechnology, have been growing rapidly in recent years. Currently, researchers in the field are collaborating with entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to form companies around nanotechnology platforms. The first generation of nanotechnology products consists of instrumentation that permits visualization and manipulation of matter at the nanoscale, as well as passive nanostructures such as coatings, nanoparticles and polymers. Examples of commercial instrumentation include nanoimprint lithography equipment, new variations of the atomic force microscope and highly sensitive gene and protein detecting arrays. Examples of commercial nanostructures include cosmetics with ingredients that block ultraviolet light but that are invisible to the human eye, nanoclays used for strength in the running boards of minivans, textiles with liquid-stain repellant surfaces and fast-acting painkillers.

 

We believe that the next generation of nanotechnology products will likely consist of active nanostructures, including transistors, targeted drugs and chemicals, actuators and adaptive structures. Examples of products being developed include semiconductor nanowires that act as tiny transistors; functionalized, drug-delivering polymers that allow the release of therapeutics to be controlled by temperature, pH or a magnetic field at specified locations within the body; and engineered membrane structures for filtration.

 

We project that longer-term product opportunities may include integrated nanosystems involving heterogeneous nanocomponents and various assembling techniques. Patent applications explaining the science of these discoveries have recently been filed, and the first commercial entities formed to develop these technologies are emerging from universities, federal government labs and industrial research centers. Future product opportunities may include exponentially denser and faster electronic devices, with individual molecules acting as transistors; tissues and organs engineered from self-assembling polymers that form biomimetic structures; and new forms of computing developed by exploiting the superposition of quantum particles.

 

Microsystems

 

Microsystems are similar to MEMS, but without mechanical parts. Microsystems are microscale machines that sense information from the environment and provide a response to it. A microsystem often integrates mechanical, fluidic, optical and pneumatic components into a single system.

 

Examples of two established microsystem technologies include microarrays and lab-on-a-chip. Microarrays can identify thousands of genes simultaneously and usually perform one type of analysis multiple times. Lab-on-a-chip is a small chip containing microfluidic channels that quickly separate liquids and gases in order to permit microsensors to analyze the properties of the liquids and gases. The following are additional fields in which microsystems are currently being used:

 

·	Military/Aerospace — telemetry, communications, guidance systems, control circuitry and avionics.

·	Geophysical Exploration — seismic data acquisition and geophysical measurement equipment.

·	Medical Instrumentation — instrument motor controls and diagnostic devices.

·	Satellite Systems — power monitoring and control circuits.

·	Industrial Electronic Systems — measurement and diagnostics on rotating machinery.

·	Opto-Electronics — sub-miniature temperature controls and laser diode drivers for data transmission.

 

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MEMS

 

MEMS often refers to three-dimensional devices with features between one and 100 microns that integrate electrical and mechanical structures. MEMS devices often contain a combination of sensors, actuators, mechanical structures and electronics that detect or respond to thermal, biological, chemical or optical information. To date, most commercial MEMS devices are batch fabricated out of silicon, using techniques based on standard semiconductor processes. Examples of devices incorporating MEMS technology include airbag release systems, smart pens for digital signatures, the Sony AIBO™ entertainment robot and Texas Instruments’ Digital Light Processing Cinema™ system.

 

Although the practical application of tiny technology requires great expertise to implement in manufacturing processes, we believe that tiny technology’s broad applicability potentially presents significant and diverse market opportunities. Our strategy is to invest in what we believe to be the best of these tiny technology companies in which we have the opportunity to invest, with emphasis on nanotechnology companies, assuming that we regard the terms of the investment to be acceptable.

 

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF OUR PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

 

The following are brief descriptions of each portfolio company in which we are invested as of December 31, 2006. The portfolio companies are presented in three categories: companies where we directly or indirectly own more than 25 percent of the outstanding voting securities of the portfolio company; companies where we directly or indirectly own five percent to 25 percent of the outstanding voting securities of the portfolio company or where we hold one or more seats on the portfolio company’s Board of Directors and, therefore, are deemed to be an affiliated person under the 1940 Act; and companies where we directly or indirectly own less than five percent of the outstanding voting securities of the portfolio company and where we have no other affiliations. The value described below for each portfolio company is its fair value as determined by the Valuation Committee of our Board of Directors. Each portfolio company that we believe is not significantly involved in tiny technology is designated by an asterisk (*).

 

 

Controlled Affiliated Companies:

 

Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Inc. (ENS), located at 675 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, is developing a number of nanotechnology-enabled approaches for the resolution of chiral molecules. As of December 31, 2006, we held 5,870,021 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 52.10 percent of the total shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock Outstanding) of ENS. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock held by us at $2,800,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Robert Pucciariello. Douglas W. Jamison and Daniel B. Wolfe serve as Directors of the company.

 

SiOnyx, Inc., located at 25-K Olympia Avenue, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, is developing silicon-based optoelectronic products enabled by its proprietary material, "Black Silicon." As of December 31, 2006, we held 233,499 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 100 percent of the total shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 2,966,667 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 42.38 percent of the total shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of SiOnyx. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of SiOnyx held by us at $960,050. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Stephen Saylor. Charles E. Harris serves as a Director of the company, and Daniel B. Wolfe serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

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Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies:

 

BridgeLux, Inc., located at 1225 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089, is developing high-power indium gallium nitride light emitting diodes that are used in various solid state lighting, mobile appliance, signage, and automotive applications. As of December 31, 2006, we held 1,861,504 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 11.70 percent of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of BridgeLux. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of BridgeLux held by us at $1,000,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Robert C. Walker. Daniel V. Leff serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

Cambrios Technology Corporation, located at 2450 Bayshore Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043, is developing methods of synthesizing nanomaterials and assembling them into useful structures for use in applications in electronics, solar energy and solid-state lighting. As of December 31, 2006, we held 1,294,025 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 10.78 percent of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Cambrios. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the Series B Preferred Stock of Cambrios held by us at $1,294,025. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Michael R. Knapp. Daniel V. Leff serves as an observer to the Board of Directors.

 

Chlorogen, Inc., located at 893 North Warson Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63141, is developing a chloroplast transformation technology for the production of plant-based proteins. As of December 31, 2006, we held 4,478,038 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 13.57 percent of the total shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding), 2,077,930 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 18.21% of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and $221,438 in Convertible Bridge Notes (representing 14.76 percent of the total Convertible Bridge Notes outstanding) of Chlorogen. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of securities of Chlorogen held by us at $1,374,958. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is David N. Duncan. Douglas W. Jamison serves as a Director and is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the company.

 

Crystal IS, Inc., located at 70 Cohotes Avenue, Green Island, New York 12189, is developing methods to produce large, single-crystal substrates of aluminum nitride (AlN) for use in the gallium nitride semiconductor industry. As of December 31, 2006, we held 391,571 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 5.66 percent of the total shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 1,300,376 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 9.51 percent of the total shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Crystal IS, as well as warrants to purchase 21,977 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock of the company at $0.78 per share. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of Crystal IS held by us at $1,319,719. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Ding Day. Douglas W. Jamison serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

CSwitch, Inc., located at 3101 Jay Street, Santa Clara, California 95054, is developing the next generation of low-power, efficient, and highly-integrated system-on-a-chip (SOC) solutions for a wide range of communications-based platforms. As of December 31, 2006, we held 6,700,000 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 9.60 percent of the total shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of CSwitch. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of CSwitch held by us at $3,350,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Doug Laird. Daniel V. Leff serves as a Director of the company.

 

D-Wave Systems, Inc., located at 100-4401 Still Creek Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5C 6G9, Canada, is developing high-performance quantum computing systems for commercial use in logistics, bioinformatics, life and physical sciences, quantitative finance and electronic design automation. As of December 31, 2006, we held 2,000,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 13.55 percent of the total number of shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of the Company, as well as warrants to purchase 1,800,000 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock at a price of $0.85 per share. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of D-Wave Systems held by us at $1,716,444. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Herb Martin. Alexei A. Andreev serves as a Director of the company. D-Wave Systems, Inc. is not an eligible portfolio company under the 1940 Act, because it operates primarily outside the United States.

 

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Innovalight, Inc., located at 3303 Octavius Drive, Santa Clara, California 95054, is developing renewable energy products based on silicon nanotechnology. As of December 31, 2006, we held 16,666,666 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 33.33 percent of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Innovalight. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by us at $2,500,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Conrad Burke. Daniel V. Leff serves as a Director of the company.

 

Kereos, Inc., located at 4041 Forest Park Ave., Saint Louis, Missouri 63108, is developing molecular imaging agents and targeted therapeutics for the detection and treatment of cancer and cardiovascular disease based on proprietary ligand-targeted emulsion technologies. As of December 31, 2006, we held 349,092 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 7.34 percent of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Kereos. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by us at $960,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Robert A. Beardsley. Douglas W. Jamison serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

Kovio, Inc., located at 1145 Sonora Court, Sunnyvale, California 94086, is developing semiconductor products using thin film technologies, printed electronics and nanoparticle inks. As of December 31, 2006, we held 2,500,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 20.21 percent of the total shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Kovio. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series C Convertible Preferred Stock held by us at $3,000,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Amir Mashkoori. Alexei A. Andreev serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., located at 840 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, is a pharmaceutical company founded to develop advanced drug delivery systems based on proprietary molecular constructs and "biological stealth" materials.  As of December 31, 2006, we held 68,452 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 87.5 percent of the total shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 616,500 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 11.12 percent of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Mersana, as well as warrants to purchase 91,625 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock of the company at a price of $2.00 per share.  As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total securities of Mersana held by us at $1,369,904.  The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Julie A. Olson.  Charles E. Harris serves as a Director of the company.

 

Metabolon, Inc., located at 800 Capitola Drive, Durham, North Carolina 27713, is using a proprietary technology platform in metabolomics to map changes in metabolic pathways for the identification of biomarkers and the early diagnosis of disease states. As of December 31, 2006, we held 2,173,913 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 31.25 percent of the total shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding) of Metabolon. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock held by us at $2,500,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is John Ryals. Douglas W. Jamison serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

NanoGram Corporation, located at 165 Topaz Street, Milpitas, California 95035, is developing a broad suite of intellectual property for use in fields including, nanomaterials-based films, discovery of new nanomaterials compositions, and rapid synthesis of nanopowders and films. As of December 31, 2006 we held 63,210 shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 1.99 percent of the total shares of Series I Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding), 1,250,904 shares of Series II Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 12.47 percent of the total shares of Series II Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 1,242,144 shares of Series III Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 6.74 percent of the total shares of Series III Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of NanoGram. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of NanoGram held by us at $2,598,693. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Kieran F. Drain. Alexei A. Andreev serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

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Nanomix, Inc., located at 5980 Horton Street, Emeryville, California 94608, is developing nanoelectronic sensors that integrate carbon nanotube electronics with silicon microstructures. As of December 31, 2006, we held 9,779,181 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 15.63 percent of the total shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Nanomix. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of Nanomix held by us at $790,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is David L. Macdonald. Daniel V. Leff serves as a Director of the Company.

 

NanoOpto Corporation, located at 1600 Cottontail Lane, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, is developing and manufacturing discrete, integrated optical communications sub-components on a chip by utilizing nano-manufacturing technology. As of December 31, 2006, we held 267,857 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 10.39 percent of the total shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding), 3,819,935 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 14.81 percent of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding), 1,932,789 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 5.80 percent of the total Series C Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 1,397,218 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 8.19 percent of the total Series shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of NanoOpto, as well as warrants to purchase 193,279 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the company at a price of $0.4359 per share. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of NanoOpto held by us at $1,206,945. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Barry J. Weinbaum. Douglas W. Jamison serves as a Director of the company.

 

Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., located at 3040 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 27709, is developing next-generation thermoelectrics based on its unique, thin-film technology for applications that require extreme thermal management solutions. As of December 31, 2006, we held 1,000,000 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 12.38 percent of the total shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Nextreme. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of Nextreme held by us at $1,000,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Jesko von Windheim. Douglas W. Jamison serves as a Director of the Company.

 

Questech Corporation, located at 92 Park Street, Rutland, Vermont 05701, manufactures and sells tile and trim products, based on its proprietary technology, with revenue generated from stock products. We originally invested in Questech on May 26, 1994. We did not invest in Questech as a tiny technology company, but Questech’s proprietary technology is dependent on micro-scale processes. Thus, Questech may be regarded as a tiny technology holding. As of December 31, 2006, we held 655,454 shares of Common Stock (representing 8.07 percent of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding) of Questech, as well as warrants to purchase 13,750 shares of Common Stock of the company at $1.50 per share. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Common Stock of Questech held by us at $996,966. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Barry J. Culkin.

 

Solazyme, Inc., located at 3475-T Edison Way, Menlo Park, California 94025, is harnessing the power of the sun through the directed evolution of selected photosynthetic microbes to provide efficient bioproduction solutions to the energy, pharmaceutical, chemical and nutraceutical industries. As of December 31, 2006, we held 988,204 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 12.76 percent of the total shares of outstanding of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock) of Solazyme. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Series A Convertible Preferred Shares of Solazyme held by us at $385,400. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Harrison F. Dillon. Douglas W. Jamison serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

Starfire Systems, Inc., located at 10 Hermes Road, Malta, New York 12020, offers a family of patented silicon carbide forming polymers for the manufacture of advanced ceramic materials applications. As of December 31, 2006, we held 375,000 shares of Common Stock (representing 5.93 percent of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding) and 600,000 shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 12.87 percent of the total shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Starfire. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of Starfire held by us at $750,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Richard M. Saburro. Douglas W. Jamison serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

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Xradia, Inc., located at 5052 Commercial Circle, Concord, California 94520, is developing and manufacturing a suite of high-resolution x-ray microscopes and fluorescence imaging systems for non-destructive imaging of embedded internal structures. As of December 31, 2006, we held 3,121,099 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 80.00 percent of the total shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock Outstanding) of Xradia. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee fair valued the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock held by us at $4,000,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Wenbing Yun. Alexei A. Andreev serves as a Director of the company.

 

Zia Laser, Inc., located at 801 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87106, is developing quantum dot-based semiconductor laser technology for application in microprocessors. As of December 31, 2006, we held 1,500,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Shares (representing 17.48 percent of the total shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Shares outstanding) of Zia Laser. As of the above date, our Valuation Committee valued the Series C Convertible Preferred Shares of Zia Laser held by us at $15,000. Daniel V. Leff serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

Unaffiliated Companies:

 

*Alpha Simplex Group, LLC, located at One Cambridge Center, 9th Floor, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, is an investment advisory firm. The company conducts a quantitative-based hedge-fund operation. Alpha was founded by Dr. Andrew W. Lo, the Harris & Harris Group Professor at the MIT Sloan School. As of December 31, 2006, we held 50,000 Limited Partnership Units (representing 0.5 percent of the total Limited Partnership Units outstanding) of Alpha. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the units of Alpha Simplex held by us at $10,521. The Managing Member of the company is Dr. Andrew W. Lo. Charles E. Harris serves as an advisor to the company.

 

*Exponential Business Development Company, located at 460 Oakridge Common, South Salem, New York 10590, is a venture capital partnership that invests in early stage manufacturing, software development and communication technology industries in the Albany area. As of December 31, 2006, we held one Limited Partnership Unit (representing 0.87 percent of the total Limited Partnership Units outstanding) of the company. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the Limited Partnership Unit held by us at $0. The manager of the portfolio of the company is Jeff Rubin, President of NewTek Capital, Inc.

 

Molecular Imprints, Inc., located at 1807-C West Braker Lane, Austin, Texas 78758, is developing lithography systems and technology for manufacturing applications in the areas of nanodevices, microstructures, advanced packaging, bio devices, optical components and semiconductor devices. As of December 31, 2006, we held 1,333,333 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 6.55 percent of the total shares of Series B Preferred Stock outstanding) and 1,250,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 14.75 percent of the total shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Molecular Imprints, as well as warrants to purchase 125,000 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock of the company at a price of $2.00 per share. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of Molecular Imprints held by us at $4,500,000. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Mark Melliar-Smith. Daniel V. Leff serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

Nanosys, Inc., located at 2625 Hanover Street, Palo Alto, California 94304, is a company with broad-based intellectual property that is initially commercializing applications in macroelectronics, memory, and fuel cells. These applications incorporate zero and one-dimensional, nanometer-scale materials, such as nanowires and nanodots (quantum dots), as their principal active elements. As of December 31, 2006, we held 803,428 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 4.00 percent of the total shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 1,016,950 shares of Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 6.28 percent of the total shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding) of Nanosys. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of Nanosys held by us at $5,370,116. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Calvin Chow.

 

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Nantero, Inc., located at 25-D Olympia Avenue, Woburn, Massachusetts 01801, is developing non-volatile random access memory based on carbon nanotubes. As of December 31, 2006, we held 345,070 shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 8.17 percent of the total shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding), 207,051 shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 3.08 percent of the total shares of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 188,315 shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 3.75 percent of the total shares of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Nantero. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of Nantero held by us at $2,246,409. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Greg Schmergel.

 

NeoPhotonics Corporation, located at 2911 Zanker Road, San Jose, California 95134, is developing functional optical component arrays to offer integrated optical "systems on a chip" to component vendors. As of December 31, 2006, we held 716,195 shares of Common Stock (representing 1.57 percent of the total shares of Common Stock outstanding), 1,831,256 shares of Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 4.05 percent of the total Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock), 741,898 shares of Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 3.46 percent of the total shares of Series 2 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 2,750,000 shares of Series 3 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 2.74 percent of the total shares of Series 3 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of NeoPhotonics, as well as warrants to purchase 30,427 shares of Common Stock. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of NeoPhotonics held by us at $5,456,599. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is Timothy S. Jenks. Daniel V. Leff serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

 

Polatis, Inc., located at 5 Fortune Drive, Billerica, Massachusetts 01821, is developing a family of MEMS switches for optical network applications, based on Polatis’s proprietary piezoelectric ceramic substrates. As of December 31, 2006, we held 16,775 shares of the Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 6.17 percent of the total shares of Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding), 71,611 shares of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 4.65 percent of the total Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding), 4,774 shares of Series A-4 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 4.65 percent of the total shares of Series A-4 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) and 5,491 shares of Series A-5 Convertible Preferred Stock (representing 1.81 percent of the total shares of Series A-5 Convertible Preferred Stock outstanding) of Polatis. As of the date above, our Valuation Committee valued the total amount of shares of Polatis held by us at $196,082. The Chief Executive Officer of the company is David Lewis. Lori D. Pressman serves as an observer to the Board of Directors of the company.

Although Alpha Simplex, BridgeLux, Crystal IS, Evolved Nanomaterial Sciences, Metabolon, Molecular Imprints, NanoGram, Nanomix, NanoOpto, NeoPhotonics, Polatis, Questech, Starfire Systems and Xradia are all generating revenues ranging from nominal to significant from commercial sales of products and/or services, they are all still relatively early-stage companies with the attendant risks. Additionally, with the exceptions of Alpha Simplex, BridgeLux, Exponential, Molecular Imprints, NeoPhotonics, Questech and Xradia we consider all of the foregoing portfolio companies to be development-stage companies. This term is used to describe a company that devotes substantially all of its efforts to establishing a new business, and either has not yet commenced its planned principal operations, or it has commenced such operations but has not realized significant revenue from them. Any of the private companies may require additional funding that may not be obtainable at all or on the terms of their most recent fundings, which would result in partial or complete write-downs in the value of our investment. In general, private equity is difficult to obtain, especially in the current capital markets environment. Each company is dependent upon a single or small number of customers and/or key operating personnel. All of the foregoing companies rely heavily upon the technology associated with their respective business or, in the case of Exponential, with the companies in which it invests. Therefore, each company places great importance on its relevant patents, trademarks, licenses, algorithms, trade secrets, franchises or concessions. Lastly, each company is particularly vulnerable to general economic, private equity and capital markets conditions and to changes in government regulation, interest rates or technology.

 

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As a participant in the venture capital business, we invest primarily in private companies for which there is generally no publicly available information. Because of the private nature of these businesses, there is a need to maintain the confidentiality of the financial and other information that we have for the private companies in our portfolio. We believe that maintaining this confidence is important, as disclosure of such information could disadvantage our portfolio companies and could put us at a disadvantage in attracting new investments. Therefore, we do not intend to disclose financial or other information about our portfolio companies, unless required, because we believe doing so may put them at an economic or competitive disadvantage, regardless of our level of ownership or control.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

 

Our investments can be classified into five broad categories for valuation purposes:

 

·	Equity-related securities;

 

·	Investments in intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development;

 

·	Long-term fixed-income securities;

 

·	Short-term fixed-income investments; and

 

·	All other investments.

 

The 1940 Act requires periodic valuation of each investment in our portfolio to determine net asset value. Under the 1940 Act, unrestricted securities with readily available market quotations are to be valued at the current market value; all other assets must be valued at "fair value" as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

Our Board of Directors is responsible for (1) determining overall valuation guidelines and (2) ensuring the valuation of investments within the prescribed guidelines.

 

Our Valuation Committee, comprised of three or more independent Board members, is responsible for reviewing and approving the valuation of our assets within the guidelines established by the Board of Directors.

 

Fair value is generally defined as the amount that an investment could be sold for in an orderly disposition over a reasonable time. Generally, to increase objectivity in valuing our assets, external measures of value, such as public markets or third-party transactions, are utilized whenever possible. Valuation is not based on long-term work-out value, nor immediate liquidation value, nor incremental value for potential changes that may take place in the future.

 

The values assigned to these investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, as these amounts depend on future circumstances and cannot reasonably be determined until the individual investments are actually liquidated or become marketable.

 

Our valuation policy with respect to the five broad investment categories is as follows:

 

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Equity-Related Securities

 

Equity-related securities are valued using one or more of the following basic methods of valuation:

 

Cost. The cost method is based on our original cost. This method is generally used in the early stages of a company’s development until significant positive or negative events occur subsequent to the date of the original investment that dictate a change to another valuation method. Some examples of these events are: (1) a major recapitalization; (2) a major refinancing; (3) a significant third-party transaction; (4) the development of a meaningful public market for the company’s Common Stock; and (5) significant positive or negative changes in a company’s business.

 

Analytical Method. The analytical method is generally used to value an investment position when there is no established public or private market in the company’s securities or when the factual information available to us dictates that an investment should no longer be valued under either the cost or private market method. This valuation method is inherently imprecise and ultimately the result of reconciling the judgments of our Valuation Committee members, based on the data available to them. The resulting valuation, although stated as a precise number, is necessarily within a range of values that vary depending upon the significance attributed to the various factors being considered. Some of the factors considered may include the financial condition and operating results of the company, the long-term potential of the business of the company, the values of similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses, the proportion of the company’s securities we own and the nature of any rights to require the company to register restricted securities under applicable securities laws.

 

Private Market. The private market method uses actual, executed, historical transactions in a company’s securities by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation. The private market method may also use, where applicable, unconditional firm offers by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation.

 

Public Market. The public market method is used when there is an established public market for the class of the company’s securities held by us or into which our securities are convertible. We discount market value for securities that are subject to significant legal and contractual restrictions. Other securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are carried at market value as of the time of valuation. Market value for securities traded on securities exchanges or on the Nasdaq Global Market is the last reported sales price on the day of valuation. For other securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sale was reported on that day, market value is the mean of the closing bid price and asked price on that day. This method is the preferred method of valuation when there is an established public market for a company’s securities, as that market provides the most objective basis for valuation.

 

Investments in Intellectual Property or Patents or Research and Development in Technology or Product Development

 

These investments are carried at fair value using the following basic methods of valuation:

 

Cost. The cost method is based on our original cost. This method is generally used in the early stages of commercializing or developing intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development until significant positive or adverse events occur subsequent to the date of the original investment that dictate a change to another valuation method.

 

Analytical Method. The analytical method is used to value an investment after analysis of the best available outside information where the factual information available to us dictates that an investment should no longer be valued under either the cost or private market method. This valuation method is inherently imprecise and ultimately the result of reconciling the judgments of our Valuation Committee members. The resulting valuation, although stated as a precise number, is necessarily within a range of values that vary depending upon the significance attributed to the various factors being considered. Some of the factors considered may include the results of research and development, product development progress, commercial prospects, term of patent and projected markets.

 

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Private Market. The private market method uses actual third-party investments in intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development as a basis for valuation, using actual executed historical transactions by responsible third parties. The private market method may also use, where applicable, unconditional firm offers by responsible third parties as a basis for valuation.

 

As of December 31, 2006, we do not have any investments in intellectual property or patents or research and development in technologies or products.

 

Long-Term Fixed-Income Securities

 

Fixed-income securities for which market quotations are readily available are carried at market value as of the time of valuation using the most recent bid quotations when available. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available are carried at fair value using one or more of the following basic methods of valuation:

 

·	Fixed-income securities are valued by independent pricing services that provide market quotations based primarily on quotations from dealers and brokers, market transactions, and other sources.

 

·	Other fixed-income securities that are not readily marketable are valued at fair value by our Valuation Committee.

 

Short-Term Fixed-Income Investments

 

Short-term fixed-income investments are valued at market value at the time of valuation. We value short-term debt with remaining maturity of 60 days or less at amortized cost.

 

All Other Investments

 

All other investments are reported at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee. As of December 31, 2006, we do not have any of these investments.

 

The reported values of securities for which market quotations are not readily available and for other assets reflect the Valuation Committee’s judgment of fair values as of the valuation date using the outlined basic methods of valuation. They do not necessarily represent an amount of money that would be realized if we had to sell the securities in an immediate liquidation. Thus, valuations as of any particular date are not necessarily indicative of amounts that we may ultimately realize as a result of future sales or other dispositions of investments we hold.

 

Determinations of Net Asset Value in Connection with Offerings

 

In connection with each offering of our Common Stock, our Board of Directors or a committee thereof is required to make the determination that we are not selling our Common Stock at a price below the then current net asset value of our Common Stock at the time at which the sale is made. Our Board of Directors considers the following factors, among others, in making such determination:

 

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the net asset value of our Common Stock disclosed in the most recent periodic report we filed with the SEC;

 

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our Management’s assessment of whether any material change in the net asset value of our Common Stock has occurred (including through the realization of gains on the sale of our portfolio securities) from the period beginning on the date of the most recently disclosed net asset value of our Common Stock to the period ending two days prior to the date of the sale of our Common Stock; and

 

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the magnitude of the difference between the net asset value of our Common Stock disclosed in the most recent periodic report we filed with the SEC and our Management’s assessment of any material change in the net asset value of our Common Stock since the date of the most recently disclosed net asset value of our Common Stock, and the offering price of our Common Stock in the proposed offering.

 

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Moreover, to the extent that there is even a remote possibility that we may (i) issue our Common Stock at a price below the then current net asset value of our Common Stock at the time at which the sale is made or (ii) trigger the undertaking (which we provided to the SEC in our registration statements) to suspend the offering of our Common stock if the net asset value of our Common Stock fluctuates by certain amounts in certain circumstances until the prospectus is amended, the Board of Directors will elect, in the case of clause (i) above, either to postpone the offering until such time that there is no longer the possibility of the occurrence of such event or to undertake to determine the net asset value of our Common Stock within two days prior to any such sale to ensure that such sale will not be below our then current net asset value, and, in the case of clause (ii) above, to comply with such undertaking or to undertake to determine the net asset value of our Common Stock to ensure that such undertaking has not been triggered.

INVESTMENT POLICIES

 

Investments and Strategies

 

The following is a summary description of the types of assets in which we may invest, the investment strategies we may utilize and the attendant risks associated with our investments and strategies. For a full description of our investments and strategies, please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Equity, Equity-Related Securities and Debt with Equity Features

 

We may invest in equity, equity-related securities and debt with equity features. These securities include common stock, preferred stock, debt instruments convertible into common or preferred stock, limited partnership interests, other beneficial ownership interests and warrants, options or other rights to acquire any of the foregoing.

 

We may make investments in companies with operating histories that are unprofitable or marginally profitable, that have negative net worth or that are involved in bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings. These investments would involve businesses that management believes have turn around potential through the infusion of additional capital and management assistance. In addition, we may make investments in connection with the acquisition or divestiture of companies or divisions of companies. There is a significantly greater risk of loss with these types of securities than is the case with traditional investment securities.

 

We may also invest in publicly traded securities of whatever nature, including relatively small, emerging growth companies that management believes have long-term growth possibilities. Pursuant to a rule adopted by the SEC, our investments in U.S. non-financial public companies whose securities are not listed on a securities exchange will generally be treated as qualifying assets for purposes of maintaining our business development company status if we acquire such investments in private placements or secondary market transactions.

 

Warrants, options and convertible or exchangeable securities generally give the investor the right to acquire specified equity securities of an issuer at a specified price during a specified period or on a specified date. Warrants and options fluctuate in value in relation to the value of the underlying security and the remaining life of the warrant or option, while convertible or exchangeable securities fluctuate in value both in relation to the intrinsic value of the security without the conversion or exchange feature and in relation to the value of the conversion or exchange feature, which is like a warrant or option. When we invest in these securities, we incur the risk that the option feature will expire worthless, thereby either eliminating or diminishing the value of our investment.

 

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A business development company is regulated by the 1940 Act. A business development company must be organized in the United States for the purpose of investing in primarily private companies and making managerial assistance available to them. A business development company may use capital provided by public shareholders and from other sources to invest in private investments. A business development company provides shareholders the ability to retain the liquidity of a publicly traded stock, while sharing in the possible benefits, if any, of investing primarily in privately owned companies.

 

As a business development company, we may not acquire any assets other than "qualifying assets" unless, at the time we make the acquisition, the value of our qualifying assets represents at least 70 percent of the value of our total assets. The principal categories of qualifying assets relevant to our business are:

 

·	securities purchased in transactions not involving any public offering, the issuer of which is an eligible portfolio company;

 

·	securities received in exchange for or distributed with respect to securities described in the bullet above or pursuant to the exercise of options, warrants or rights relating to the securities; and

 

·	cash, cash items, government securities or high quality debt securities (within the meaning of the 1940 Act), maturing in one year or less from the time of investment.

 

An eligible portfolio company is generally a domestic company that is not an investment company (other than a small business investment company wholly owned by a business development company) and that:

 

·	does not have a class of securities registered on an exchange or a class of securities with respect to which a broker may extend margin credit;

 

·	is actively controlled by the business development company and has an affiliate of a business development company on its Board of Directors; or

 

·	meets other criteria as may be established by the SEC.

 

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Control under the 1940 Act is presumed to exist where a business development company beneficially owns more than 25 percent of the outstanding voting securities of the portfolio company.

 

To include securities described above as qualifying assets for the purpose of the 70 percent test, a business development company must make available to the issuer of those securities (whether directly or through cooperating parties) significant managerial assistance such as providing significant guidance and counsel concerning the management, operations or business objectives and policies of a portfolio company. We offer to provide managerial assistance to each of our portfolio companies.

 

As a business development company, we are entitled to issue senior securities in the form of stock or indebtedness, including bank borrowings and debt securities, as long as our senior securities have an asset coverage of at least 200 percent immediately after each issuance. See "Risk Factors."

 

We may also be prohibited under the 1940 Act from knowingly participating in certain transactions with our affiliates without the prior approval of members of our Board of Directors who are not interested persons and, in some cases, may have to seek prior approval from the SEC.

 

As with other companies regulated by the 1940 Act, a business development company must adhere to substantive regulatory requirements. A majority of our directors must be persons who are not interested persons, as that term is defined in the 1940 Act. Additionally, we are required to provide and maintain a bond issued by a reputable fidelity insurance company to protect us against larceny and embezzlement. Furthermore, as a business development company, we are prohibited from protecting any director or officer against any liability to us or our shareholders arising from willful malfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of that person’s office.

 

We maintain a code of ethics under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act that establishes procedures for personal investment and restricts some transactions by our personnel. Our code of ethics generally does not permit investment by our employees in private securities that may be purchased or held by us. The code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to our registration statement of which this Prospectus is a part. You may read and copy the code of ethics at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. You may obtain information on operations of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 202-942-8090. In addition, the code of ethics is available on the EDGAR Database on the SEC Internet site at http://www.sec.gov. You may obtain copies of the code of ethics, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following email address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, 450 5th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

 

We may not change the nature of our business so as to cease to be, or withdraw our election as, a business development company unless authorized by vote of a "majority of the outstanding voting securities," as defined in the 1940 Act, of our shares. A majority of the outstanding voting securities of a company is defined under the 1940 Act as the lesser of: (i) 67 percent or more of the company’s shares present at a meeting if more than 50 percent of the outstanding shares of the company are present and represented by proxy or (ii) more than 50 percent of the outstanding shares of the company.

 

We vote proxies relating to our portfolio securities in what management believes is in the best interest of our shareholders. We carefully review on a case by case basis each proposal submitted to a shareholder vote to determine its impact on the portfolio securities held by us. Although we generally vote against proposals that may have a negative impact on our portfolio securities, we may vote for such a proposal if there exists a compelling long-term reason to do so.

 

Our proxy voting decisions are made by the Managing Directors who are responsible for monitoring each of our investments. To ensure that our vote is not the product of a conflict of interest, we required that: (i) anyone involved in the decision-making process disclose to our Chief Compliance Officer any potential conflict that he or she is aware of and any contact that he or she has had with any interested party regarding a proxy vote; and (ii) employees involved in the decision-making process or vote administration are prohibited from revealing how we intend to vote on a proposal in order to reduce any attempted influence from interested parties.

 

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Shareholders may obtain information regarding how we voted proxies with respect to our public portfolio companies by making a written request for proxy voting information or by contacting us by telephone at 1-877-TINY-TECH.

 

CAPITALIZATION

 

We are authorized to issue 45,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.10 per share. Each share within a particular class or series thereof has equal voting, dividend, distribution and liquidation rights. When issued, in accordance with the terms thereof, shares of Common Stock will be fully paid and non-assessable. Shares of Common Stock are not redeemable and have no preemptive, conversion, or cumulative voting rights.

 

The following table shows the number of shares of (i) capital stock authorized, (ii) the amount held by us or for our own account, and (iii) capital stock outstanding for each class of our authorized securities as of December 31, 2006.

 

Title of Class		Amount Authorized			Amount Held by Company or for its Own Account			Amount Outstanding
Common Stock			45,000,000			1,828,740			21,015,017
Preferred Stock			2,000,000			0			0

Issuance of Preferred Stock

 

Our Board of Directors is authorized by our articles of incorporation to issue up to 2,000,000 shares of preferred stock having a par value of $0.10 per share. The Board of Directors is authorized to divide the preferred stock into one or more series and to determine the terms of each series, including, but not limited to, the voting rights, redemption provisions, dividend rate and liquidation preference. Any terms must be consistent with the requirements of the 1940 Act. The 1940 Act currently prohibits us from issuing any preferred stock if after giving effect to the issuance the value of our total assets, less all liabilities and indebtedness other than senior securities, would be less than 200 percent of the aggregate amount of senior securities representing indebtedness plus the aggregate involuntary liquidation value of our preferred stock (other than up to 5 percent borrowings for temporary purposes). Leveraging with preferred stock raises the same general potential for loss or gain and other risks as does leveraging with borrowings described above.

 

Options and Warrants

 

We have no warrants outstanding. As of December 31, 2006, we have 3,958,283 options granted pursuant to our Equity Incentive Plan described herein. Under the 1940 Act, we cannot issue options and/or warrants for more than 25 percent of our outstanding voting securities.

 

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

 

We may sell our Common Stock through underwriters or dealers, directly to one or more purchasers through agents or through a combination of any such methods of sale. Any underwriter or agent involved in the offer and sale of our Common Stock will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.

 

The distribution of our Common Stock may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, at prevailing market prices at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices, provided, however, that the offering price per share must equal or exceed the net asset value per share of our Common Stock exclusive of any underwriting commissions or discounts.

 

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In connection with the sale of our Common Stock, underwriters or agents may receive compensation from us in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell our Common Stock to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of our Common Stock may be deemed to be underwriters under the Securities Act of 1933, and any discounts and commissions they receive from us and any profit realized by them on the resale of our Common Stock may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act of 1933. Any such underwriter or agent will be identified and any such compensation received from us will be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The maximum commission or discount to be received by any NASD member or independent broker-dealer will not exceed eight percent. We will not pay any compensation to any underwriter or agent in the form of warrants, options, consulting or structuring fees or similar arrangements.

 

Any Common Stock sold pursuant to a Prospectus Supplement will be listed on the Nasdaq Global Market.

 

Under agreements into which we may enter, underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of our Common Stock may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933. Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with us, or perform services for us, in the ordinary course of business.

 

If so indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, we will authorize underwriters or other persons acting as our agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase our Common Stock from us pursuant to contracts providing for payment and delivery on a future date. Institutions with which such contacts may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and others, but in all cases such institutions must be approved by us. The obligations of any purchaser under any such contract will be subject to the condition that the purchase of the Common Stock shall not at the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which such purchaser is subject. The underwriters and such other agents will not have any responsibility in respect of the validity or performance of such contracts. Such contracts will be subject only to those conditions set forth in the Prospectus Supplement, and the Prospectus Supplement will set forth the commission payable for solicitation of such contracts.

 

In order to comply with the securities laws of certain states, if applicable, our Common Stock offered hereby will be sold in such jurisdictions only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers.

 

LEGAL MATTERS

 

Certain legal matters will be passed on by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, our special counsel in connection with the offering of Common Stock.

 

EXPERTS

 

Our audited financial statements as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2006 have been incorporated by reference from our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is located at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

 

We will furnish, without charge, a copy of such financial statements upon request by writing to 111 West 57th Street, Suite 1100, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Investor Relations, or calling 1-800-TINY-TECH.

 

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FURTHER INFORMATION

 

We are subject to the informational requirements of the 1934 Act and in accordance therewith file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The reports, proxy statements and other information filed by us can be inspected and copied at public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, its Northeast Regional Office, 233 Broadway, New York, New York 10279 and its Chicago Regional Office, Suite 900, 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. You can obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference room by calling the SEC at (800) SEC-0330. The SEC also maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements, and other information. The address of the SEC’s website is http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this material may also be obtained from the Public Reference Branch, Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services of the SEC at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. Our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market and our reports, proxy statements and other information concerning us can be inspected and copied at the library of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., 1735 K Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

 

PRIVACY POLICY

 

We are committed to maintaining the privacy of our shareholders and to safeguarding their non-public personal information. The following information is provided to help you understand what personal information we collect, how we protect that information and why, in some cases, we may share information with select other parties.

Generally, we do not receive any non-public personal information relating to our shareholders, although some non-public personal information of our shareholders may become available to us. We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our shareholders or former shareholders to anyone, except as permitted by law or as is necessary in order to service shareholder accounts (for example, to a transfer agent or third party administrator).

We restrict access to non-public personal information about our shareholders to our employees and to employees of our service providers and their affiliates with a legitimate business need for the information. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to protect the non-public personal information of our shareholders.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

 

4,000,000 Shares

 

Common Stock

 

The date of the Prospectus is May 11, 2007

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This Prospectus constitutes a part of a registration statement on Form N-2 (together with all the exhibits and the appendix thereto, the "Registration Statement") filed by us with the SEC under the Securities Act. This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Reference is hereby made to the Registration Statement and related exhibits for further information with respect to us and the shares offered hereby. Statements contained herein concerning the provisions of documents are necessarily summaries of the material terms of such documents.

 

No dealer, salesperson or other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representations not contained in this Prospectus. If given or made, any information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by us. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security other than the shares of Common Stock offered by this Prospectus, nor does it constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy shares of Common Stock by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful.

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