UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

 

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from ____________ to _____________

 

Commission file number: 0-11576

 

HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

New York 13-3119827
(State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)  

 

1450 Broadway, New York, New York 10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

(212) 582-0900

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes      x                         No      ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes      ¨                         No      ¨

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer    ¨ Accelerated filer     x
Non-accelerated filer      ¨ Smaller reporting company   ¨
 (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)  

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes      ¨                         No      x

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class Outstanding at May 8, 2014
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 31,201,440 shares

 

 
 

 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

Form 10-Q, March 31, 2014

 

  Page Number
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
   
Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements 1
   
Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities 2
   
Consolidated Statements of Operations 3
   
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) 4
   
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows 5
   
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets 6
   
Consolidated Schedule of Investments 7
   
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements 36
   
Financial Highlights 56
   

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

57
   
Background 57
   
Overview 57
   
Realize 58
   
Invest 63
   
Partner 66
   
Return 66
   
Current Business Environment 67
   
Valuation of Investments 67
   
Results of Operations 71
   
Financial Condition 76
   
Cash Flow 77
   
Liquidity 77
   
Borrowings 79
   
Critical Accounting Policies 79
   
Recent Developments – Portfolio Companies 83
   
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 83
   
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 84
   
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 86
   
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION  
   
Item 1A. Risk Factors 88
   
Item 6. Exhibits 88
   
Signatures 89
   
Exhibit Index 90

 

 
 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

 

In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of valuation adjustments and normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair statement of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for such periods.

 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc.® (the "Company," "us," "our" and "we"), is an internally managed venture capital company that has elected to operate as a business development company ("BDC") under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"). Certain information and disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") have been condensed or omitted as permitted by Regulation S-X and Regulation S-K. Accordingly, they do not include all information and disclosures necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with GAAP. The results of operations for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results for the full year. The accompanying consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

(Unaudited)

 

   March 31, 2014   December 31, 2013 
ASSETS          
Investments, in portfolio securities at value:          
Unaffiliated privately held companies (cost: $29,191,275 and $29,277,213, respectively)  $28,700,814   $29,199,564 
Unaffiliated rights to milestone payments (adjusted cost basis: $3,291,750 and $3,291,750, respectively)   3,491,600    3,489,433 
Unaffiliated publicly traded securities (cost: $1,989,451 and $2,451,410, respectively)   4,270,450    5,570,796 
Non-controlled affiliated privately held companies (cost: $66,973,172 and $71,843,448, respectively)   53,080,562    54,287,040 
Controlled affiliated privately held companies (cost: $9,099,877 and $9,065,972, respectively)   1,358,342    1,352,626 
Total, investments in private portfolio companies, rights to milestone payments and public securities at value (cost: $110,545,525 and $115,929,793, respectively)  $90,901,768   $93,899,459 
Investments, in U.S. Treasury securities at value (cost: $19,999,479 and $18,999,765, respectively)   19,999,600    18,999,810 
Cash   5,901,234    8,538,548 
Receivable from sales of investments (Note 3)   0    448,886 
Funds held in escrow from sales of investments at value (Note 3)   551,294    1,786,390 
Receivable from portfolio company   54,160    54,160 
Interest receivable   43,330    22,804 
Prepaid expenses (Note 3)   903,431    991,409 
Other assets   310,407    322,480 
Total assets  $118,665,224   $125,063,946 
           
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS          
           
Post retirement plan liabilities (Note 8)  $1,136,305   $1,120,262 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   536,586    785,608 
Deferred rent   342,034    353,001 
Written call options payable (premiums received: $342,735 and $112,382, respectively) (Note 7)   167,500    103,500 
Total liabilities   2,182,425    2,362,371 
           
Net assets  $116,482,799   $122,701,575 
           
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 3/31/14 and 12/31/13; 33,026,178 issued at 3/31/14 and 12/31/13   330,262    330,262 
Additional paid in capital (Note 9)   214,629,388    214,320,241 
Accumulated net operating and realized loss   (76,477,859)   (67,449,176)
Accumulated unrealized depreciation of investments   (19,468,401)   (22,021,407)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (Note 8)   874,940    927,186 
Treasury stock, at cost (1,828,740 shares at 3/31/14 and 12/31/13)   (3,405,531)   (3,405,531)
           
Net assets  $116,482,799   $122,701,575 
           
Shares outstanding   31,197,438    31,197,438 
           
Net asset value per outstanding share  $3.73   $3.93 

 

The accompanying unaudited 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   Three Months Ended 
   March 31, 2014   March 31, 2013 
Investment income:          
Interest from:          
Unaffiliated companies  $50,235   $74,995 
Non-controlled affiliated companies   42,276    15,305 
Controlled affiliated companies   34,726    46,804 
Cash and U.S. Treasury securities and other   3,549    5,659 
Miscellaneous income   15,505    42,327 
Total investment income   146,291    185,090 
           
Expenses:          
Salaries, benefits and stock-based          
compensation (Note 9)   1,412,360    1,317,685 
Administration and operations   130,480    134,092 
Professional fees   211,871    385,730 
Interest and other debt expense   93,720    5,831 
Directors' fees and expenses   93,277    72,470 
Rent   68,026    101,215 
Amortization of prepaid insurance premiums   83,933    76,123 
Custody fees   14,791    13,793 
Depreciation   13,205    13,724 
Total expenses   2,121,663    2,120,663 
           
Net operating loss   (1,975,372)   (1,935,573)
           
Net realized (loss) gain:          
Realized (loss) gain from investments:          
Unaffiliated companies   0    0 
Non-controlled affiliated companies   (7,299,284)   (4,236,033)
Publicly traded companies   372,615    893,004 
Written call options   (110,656)   23,948 
Purchased put options   0    (57,082)
Realized loss from investments   (7,037,325)   (3,376,163)
           
Income tax expense (Note 10)   15,986    22,010 
Net realized loss from investments   (7,053,311)   (3,398,173)
           
Net decrease in unrealized depreciation on investments:          
Investments   2,386,653    3,148,194 
Written call options   166,353    125,360 
Net decrease in unrealized          
depreciation on investments   2,553,006    3,273,554 
           
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments   (4,500,305)   (124,619)
           
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations:          
           
Total  $(6,475,677)  $(2,060,192)
           
Per average basic and diluted outstanding share  $(0.21)  $(0.07)
           
Average outstanding shares   31,197,438    31,116,881 

 

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

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(Unaudited)

 

   Three Months Ended   Three Months Ended 
   March 31, 2014   March 31, 2013 
         
Net decrease resulting from operations  $(6,475,677)  $(2,060,192)
           
Other comprehensive income (loss):          
           
Prior service cost (Note 8)   0    1,101,338 
Amortization of prior service cost   (52,246)   (43,538)
           
Other comprehensive (loss) income   (52,246)   1,057,800 
           
Comprehensive (loss) income  $(6,527,923)  $(1,002,392)

 

The accompanying unaudited 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   Three Months Ended 
   March 31, 2014   March 31, 2013 
Cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities:          
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations  $(6,475,677)  $(2,060,192)
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:          
Net realized loss and unrealized appreciation on investments   4,484,319    102,609 
Depreciation of fixed assets, amortization of premium or          
discount on U.S. government securities and prepaid assets          
and accretion of bridge note interest   (75,321)   (58,495)
Stock-based compensation expense   309,147    314,721 
Amortization of prior service cost   (52,246)   (43,538)
Purchase of U.S. government securities   (19,999,044)   (13,999,456)
Sale of U.S. government securities   18,999,008    14,000,000 
Purchase of affiliated portfolio companies   (2,386,980)   (2,063,170)
Purchase of unaffiliated portfolio companies   0    (452,540)
Payments received on debt investments   97,990    76,751 
Proceeds from sale of investments and conversion of bridge notes   2,070,534    3,077,920 
Proceeds from call option premiums   338,229    352,809 
Payments for put and call option purchases   (218,532)   64,578 
           
Changes in assets and liabilities:          
Receivable from sales of investments   448,886    (148,729)
Restricted funds   0    (5)
Receivable from portfolio company   0    2,770 
Interest receivable   (20,526)   22,108 
Prepaid expenses   87,978    (313,750)
Other assets   (379)   (9,418)
Post retirement plan liabilities   16,043    25,830 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (249,022)   (199,438)
Deferred rent   (10,967)   (9,304)
Other liabilities   0    400 
Net cash used in operating activities   (2,636,560)   (1,317,539)
           
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchase of fixed assets   (754)   (1,472)
Net cash used in investing activities   (754)   (1,472)
           
Net decrease in cash  $(2,637,314)  $(1,319,011)
           
Cash at beginning of the period   8,538,548    8,379,111 
Cash at end of the period  $5,901,234   $7,060,100 
           
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:          
Income taxes paid  $15,986   $22,010 
Interest paid  $0   $0 
           
Supplemental schedule of non-cash activities:          
Impact of plan amendment on post-retirement plan liabilities  $(52,246)  $1,057,800 

 

The accompanying unaudited 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

(Unaudited)

 

   Three Months Ended   Year Ended 
   March 31, 2014   December 31, 2013 
         
Changes in net assets from operations:          
           
Net operating loss  $(1,975,372)  $(8,022,206)
Net realized (loss) gain on investments   (7,053,311)   18,516,268 
Net decrease (increase) in unrealized depreciation on investments   2,386,653    (18,284,402)
Net increase in unrealized appreciation on written call options   166,353    1,382 
           
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations   (6,475,677)   (7,788,958)
           
Changes in net assets from capital stock transactions:          
           
Acquisition of vested restricted stock awards to pay required employee withholding tax   0    (123,183)
Stock-based compensation expense   309,147    1,249,756 
           
Net increase in net assets resulting from capital stock transactions   309,147    1,126,573 
           
Changes in net assets from accumulated other comprehensive income:          
           
Other comprehensive (loss) income   (52,246)   927,186 
           
Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting from accumulated other comprehensive income   (52,246)   927,186 
           
Net decrease in net assets   (6,218,776)   (5,735,199)
           
Net Assets:          
           
Beginning of the period   122,701,575    128,436,774 
           
End of the period  $116,482,799   $122,701,575 

 

The accompanying unaudited 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, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) – 31.3% of net assets at value                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) – 24.6% of net assets at value                     
                      
Bridgelux, Inc. (5)(8)(10)     Energy               
Manufacturing high-power light emitting diodes (LEDs) and arrays                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,000,000    1,861,504   $342,876 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,352,196    2,130,699    392,460 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,371,622    999,999    1,241,477 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      672,599    440,334    710,432 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      386,073    399,579    473,753 
Warrants for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 12/31/14  ( I )      168,270    163,900    1,607 
Warrants for Series D Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 8/26/14  ( I )      88,531    124,999    30,620 
Warrants for Series D Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 3/10/15  ( I )      40,012    41,666    17,257 
Warrants for Series E Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 12/31/17  ( I )      93,969    170,823    187,838 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 6/1/16  ( I )      72,668    132,100    1,277 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 8/9/18  ( I )      148,409    171,183    13,149 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 10/21/18  ( I )      18,816    84,846    3,415 
          5,413,165         3,416,161 
                      
Cambrios Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(10)     Electronics               
Developing nanowire-enabled electronic materials for the display industry                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,294,025    1,294,025    1,165,383 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,300,000    1,300,000    1,170,764 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      515,756    515,756    773,634 
Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      92,400    92,400    92,400 
Series D-4 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      216,168    216,168    216,168 
          3,418,349         3,418,349 
                      
Cobalt Technologies, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)(11)     Energy               
Developing processes for making bio- butanol through biomass fermentation                     
Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      749,998    352,112    469,577 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      122,070    48,828    70,771 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      114,938    46,089    56,424 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 10/9/22  ( I )      2,781    1,407    1,455 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 3/11/23  ( I )      5,355    2,707    2,841 
          995,142         601,068 

 

The accompanying unaudited 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, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) – 31.3% of net assets at value (Cont.)                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) – 24.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation (5)(8)(9)(12)     Life Sciences               
Developing DNA-Programmed ChemistryTM for the discovery of new classes of therapeutics                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)     $2,000,000    1,449,275   $1,168,858 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 9/11/08  (H)      361,503   $250,211    1,335,791 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 12/10/09  (H)      65,731   $48,868    256,018 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/25/12  (H)      128,544   $109,400    554,534 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 3/28/13  (H)      79,572   $73,598    366,153 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 6/24/13  (H)      27,353   $25,759    127,656 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 7/8/13  (H)      14,806   $13,983    69,257 
          2,677,509         3,878,267 
                      
GEO Semiconductor Inc. (5)     Electronics               
Developing programmable, high-performance                     
video and geometry processing solutions                     
Participation Agreement with Montage                     
Capital relating to the following assets:                     
Warrants for Series A Pref. Stock expiring on 9/17/17  ( I )      66,684    100,000    92,775 
Warrants for Series A-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 6/30/18  ( I )      23,566    34,500    35,691 
Loan and Security Agreement with GEO Semiconductor relating to the following assets:                     
Warrants for Series A Pref. Stock expiring on 3/1/18  ( I )      7,512    10,000    8,769 
Warrants for Series A-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 6/29/18  ( I )      7,546    10,000    9,004 
          105,308         146,239 
                      
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)(13)     Life Sciences               
Developing antibody drug conjugates for cancer therapy                     
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      443,038    411,630    443,038 
Common Stock  (M)      3,875,395    350,539    108,667 
          4,318,433         551,705 
                      
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (5)(8)(10)(14)     Electronics               
Manufacturing nanoimprint lithography capital equipment                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,000,000    1,333,333    1,878,158 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,406,595    1,285,071    2,360,990 
Non-Convertible Bridge Note  ( I )      0   $0    4,044,415 
          4,406,595         8,283,563 

 

The accompanying unaudited 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, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) – 31.3% of net assets at value (Cont.)                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) – 24.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Nanosys, Inc. (5)(8)     Energy               
Developing inorganic nanowires and quantum dots for use in LED-backlit devices Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,500,000    803,428   $1,034,596 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      3,000,003    1,016,950    2,145,946 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      496,573    433,688    689,000 
Unsecured Convertible Bridge Note, 4%, acquired 7/16/12  (M)      46,818   $43,821    125,705 
          5,043,394         3,995,247 
                      
Nano Terra, Inc. (5)(9)     Energy               
Developing surface chemistry and nano- manufacturing solutions                     
Senior secured debt, 12.0%, maturing on 12/1/15  ( I )      608,533   $643,936    635,600 
Warrants for Series A-2 Pref. Stock expiring on 2/22/21  ( I )      69,168    446,248    21,503 
Warrants for Series C Pref. Stock expiring on 11/15/22  ( I )      35,403    241,662    89,601 
          713,104         746,704 
                      
Nantero, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)    Electronics               
Developing a high-density, nonvolatile, random access memory chip, enabled by carbon nanotubes                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      489,999    345,070    1,349,224 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      323,000    207,051    809,569 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      571,329    188,315    736,312 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      139,075    35,569    139,075 
          1,523,403         3,034,180 
                      
OHSO Clean, Inc. (5)(15)     Life Sciences               
Developing natural, hypoallergenic household cleaning products enabled by nanotechnology- enabled formulations of thyme oil                     
Participation Agreement with Montage                     
Capital relating to the following assets:                     
Senior secured debt, 13.00%, maturing on 3/31/15  ( I )      485,131   $581,440    557,720 
Warrants for Series C Pref. Stock expiring on 3/30/22  ( I )      91,742    1,109,333    71,611 
          576,873         629,331 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $29,191,275)            $28,700,814 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Rights to Milestone Payments (Illiquid) (6) – 3.0% of net assets at value                
                      
Amgen, Inc. (8)(10)     Life Sciences               
Rights to Milestone Payments from Acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.  ( I )     $3,291,750   $3,291,750   $3,491,600 
                      
Laird Technologies, Inc. (8)(10)     Energy               
Rights to Milestone Payments from Merger &                     
Acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.  ( I )      0    0    0 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Rights to Milestone Payments (cost: $3,291,750)            $3,491,600 
                      
Publicly Traded Portfolio (7) – 3.7% of net assets at value                      
                      
Solazyme, Inc. (5)(10)(16)     Energy               
Developing algal biodiesel, industrial                     
chemicals and specialty ingredients using synthetic biology                     
Common Stock  (M)     $354,422    150,000   $1,741,500 
                      
Champions Oncology, Inc. (5)(10)     Life Sciences               
Developing its TumorGraftTM platform for personalized medicine and drug development                     
Common Stock  (M)      1,634,629    2,539,895    2,514,496 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 1/29/18  ( I )      400    40,000    14,454 
          1,635,029         2,528,950 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $1,989,451)           $4,270,450 
                      
Total Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (cost: $34,472,476)           $36,462,864 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 45.6% of net assets at value                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (17) – 45.6% of net assets at value                     
                      
ABSMaterials, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Developing nano-structured absorbent materials for environmental remediation                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $435,000    390,000   $471,900 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      717,644    624,528    755,679 
          1,152,644         1,227,579 
                      
Adesto Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(18)     Electronics               
Developing low-power, high-performance memory devices                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,200,000    6,547,619    1,388,276 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,200,000    5,952,381    1,262,070 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,485,531    2,122,187    479,218 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,393,147    1,466,470    1,040,812 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      703,740    987,706    561,291 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,499,999    3,508,771    9,969,781 
          10,482,417         14,701,448 
                      
AgBiome, LLC (formerly AgInnovation, LLC) (5)(8)(9)(10)     Life Sciences               
Providing early stage research and discovery for agriculture and utilizing the crop microbiome to identify products that reduce risk and improve yield                     
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,000,000    2,000,000    2,456,834 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      521,740    417,392    564,906 
          2,521,740         3,021,740 
                      
Contour Energy Systems, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)(19)     Energy               
Developing batteries using nano-structured materials                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,009,995    2,565,798    0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,300,000    812,500    0 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,200,000    1,148,325    21,418 
          4,509,995         21,418 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 45.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (17) – 45.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
D-Wave Systems, Inc. (8)(9)(10)(20)     Electronics               
Developing high-performance quantum computing systems                     
Series 1 Class B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,002,074    1,144,869   $1,347,167 
Series 1 Class C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      487,804    450,450    530,045 
Series 1 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      748,473    855,131    1,006,233 
Series 1 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      248,049    269,280    316,862 
Series 1 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      238,323    258,721    304,437 
Series 2 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      736,019    678,264    798,113 
Series 2 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      659,493    513,900    604,705 
Series 2 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      633,631    493,747    580,992 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 6/30/15  ( I )      98,644    153,890    31,882 
          4,852,510         5,520,436 
                      
EchoPixel, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)     Life Sciences               
Developing algorithms and software to improve visualization
of data for life science and healthcare applications
Series Seed Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      750,000    2,516,778    750,000 
                      
Enumeral Biomedical Corp. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing therapeutics and diagnostics through functional assaying of single cells                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,026,832    957,038    1,047,671 
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      750,000    576,923    618,601 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,050,001    724,138    799,460 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 2/3/14  ( I )      197,183   $250,000    254,750 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 2/2/24  ( I )      57,567    231,481    57,408 
          3,081,583         2,777,890 
                      
HzO, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing novel industrial coatings that protect electronics against damage from liquids                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      666,667    4,057,294    1,130,362 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      5,709,835    22,668,943    6,315,568 
          6,376,502         7,445,930 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

  Method of  Primary     Shares/     
  Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 45.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                 
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (17) – 45.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Laser Light Engines, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Manufacturing solid-state light sources for digital cinema and large-venue projection displays                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,000,000    7,499,062   $0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      3,095,802    13,571,848    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 10/7/11  ( I )      200,000   $200,000    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 11/17/11  ( I )      95,652   $95,652    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 12/21/11  ( I )      82,609   $82,609    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 3/5/12  ( I )      434,784   $434,784    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 7/26/12  ( I )      186,955   $186,955    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 4/29/13  ( I )      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 7/22/13  ( I )      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 10/30/13  ( I )      80,669   $80,669    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 2/5/14  ( I )      19,331   $19,331    0 
          6,529,136         0 
                      
Metabolon, Inc. (5)(8)(10)     Life Sciences               
Developing service and diagnostic products through the use of a metabolomics, or biochemical, profiling platform                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,500,000    371,739    2,997,991 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      706,214    148,696    1,199,196 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,000,000    1,000,000    2,756,500 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,499,999    835,882    2,304,109 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,225,000    444,404    1,225,000 
Warrants for Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 3/25/15  ( I )      293,786    74,348    172,240 
          7,224,999         10,655,036 
                      
OpGen, Inc. (8)     Life Sciences               
Developing tools for genomic sequence assembly and analysis            
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      490,017    490,017    490,017 
Common Stock  (M)      3,260,000    29,883    0 
          3,750,017         490,017 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 45.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (17) – 45.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Developing nano-structured absorbent materials for environmental remediation of contaminated water in the oil and gas industries                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,000,000    1,000,000   $125,000 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,475,506    9,902,024    2,600,506 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 0%, acquired 3/7/14  (M)      750,000   $750,000    750,000 
          4,225,506         3,475,506 
                      
Senova Systems, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing next-generation sensors to measure pH                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,218,462    1,350,000    540,000 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,083,960    2,759,902    1,103,960 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 10/15/17  ( I )      131,538    164,423    65,753 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 4/24/18  ( I )      20,000    25,000    9,997 
          2,453,960         1,719,710 
                      
SiOnyx, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing silicon-based optoelectronic                     
products enabled by its proprietary Black Silicon                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      750,000    233,499    0 
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      890,000    2,966,667    0 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,445,000    4,207,537    0 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,169,561    1,892,836    0 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,171,316    1,674,030    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/31/14  (M)      1,298,207   $1,281,125    1,035,461 
Warrants for Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 2/23/17  ( I )      130,439    247,350    0 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 3/28/17  ( I )      84,207    418,507    0 
          7,938,730         1,035,461 
                      
Ultora, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)     Energy               
Developing energy-storage devices enabled by carbon nanotubes                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      886,830    17,736    1,788 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      236,603    2,347,254    236,603 
          1,123,433         238,391 
                      
Total Non-Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $66,973,172)        $53,080,562 
                      
Total Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $66,973,172)        $53,080,562 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 1.2% of net assets at value                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (21) – 1.2% of net assets at value                     
                      
SynGlyco, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing synthetic carbohydrates for pharmaceutical applications                     
Common Stock  ( I )     $2,729,817    57,463   $0 
Series A' Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      4,855,627    4,855,627    0 
Senior Secured Debt, 12.00%, maturing on 12/11/14  ( I )      450,816   $500,000    830,851 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/23/13  ( I )      383,216   $350,000    91,276 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 4/25/13  ( I )      322,422   $300,000    78,236 
          8,741,898         1,000,363 
                      
ProMuc, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing synthetic mucins for the nutritional, food and healthcare markets                     
Common Stock  (M)      1    1,000    1 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 12/18/13  (M)      357,978   $350,000    357,978 
          357,979         357,979 
                      
Total Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $9,099,877)        $1,358,342 
                      
Total Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $9,099,877)        $1,358,342 
                      
Total Private Placement and Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $110,545,525)        $90,901,768 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
U.S. Government Securities (22) – 17.2% of net assets at value              
                   
U.S. Treasury Bill — due date 04/24/14  (M)  $19,999,479   $20,000,000   $19,999,600 
                   
Total Investments in U.S. Government Securities (cost: $19,999,479)               $19,999,600 
                   
Total Investments (cost: $130,545,004)               $110,901,368 

 

   Method of  Number of     
   Valuation (1)   Contracts   Value 
            
Written Call Options (23) – (0.14)% of net assets at value             
              
Solazyme, Inc. — Strike Price $12.50, June 21, 2014  (M)   1,000    (95,000)
              
Solazyme, Inc. — Strike Price $12.50, September 20, 2014  (M)   500    (72,500)
              
Total Written Call Options (Premiums Received $342,735)          $(167,500)

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

(1)See "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments" on page 31for a description of the "Valuation Procedures."

 

(2)We classify "Energy" companies as those that seek to improve performance, productivity or efficiency, and to reduce environmental impact, waste, cost, energy consumption or raw materials. We classify "Electronics" companies as those that address problems in electronics-related industries, including semiconductors. We classify "Life Sciences" companies as those that address problems in life sciences-related industries, including biotechnology, agriculture, advanced materials and chemicals, healthcare, bioprocessing, water, industrial biotechnology, food, nutrition and energy.

 

(3)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 but do not control the company. Investments in controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own 25 percent or more of the voting shares of the portfolio company or otherwise control the company.

 

(4)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated privately held companies is $29,191,275. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $6,715,492. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $7,205,953.

 

(5)All or a portion of the investments or instruments are pledged as collateral under our loan facility.

 

(6)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated rights to milestone payments is $3,291,750. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $199,850. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $0.

 

(7)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated publicly traded companies is $1,989,451. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $2,280,999. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $0.

 

(8)We are subject to legal restrictions on the sale of our investment(s) in this company.

 

(9)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.

 

(10)Represents a non-income producing security. Investments that have not paid dividends or interest within the last 12 months are considered to be non-income producing.

 

(11)Cobalt Technologies, Inc., also does business as Cobalt Biofuels.

 

(12)With our investments in convertible bridge notes issued by Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation, we received warrants to purchase a number of shares of the class of stock sold in the next financing of Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation equal to $260,989 divided by the price per share of the class of stock sold in the next financing of Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation. The ability to exercise these warrants is, therefore, contingent on Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation completing successfully a subsequent round of financing. These warrants shall expire and no longer be exercisable on dates ranging from September 10, 2015, through July 8, 2020. The cost basis of these warrants is $157.

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF MARCH 31, 2014

(Unaudited)

 

(13)With our investment in the Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., Series A-1 financing, we received a warrant to purchase 277,760 shares of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock. The ability to exercise the warrant is contingent upon Mersana's achievement of certain milestones. Mersana has not achieved those milestones as of March 31, 2014, and, therefore, this warrant is a contingent asset as of that date. The warrant will expire on July 27, 2022.

 

(14)As part of a loan the Company made to Molecular Imprints, Inc., in the second quarter of 2011, we received a liquidation preference payable upon a sale of the company equal to three times the principal of the loan, or $4,044,450. This preference is senior to the preferences of the outstanding preferred stock. While the loan has since been repaid, this liquidation preference remained outstanding as of March 31, 2014. On April 18, 2014, Canon, Inc., completed its acquisition of Molecular Imprints' semiconductor lithography equipment business. See "Note 12. Subsequent Events."

 

(15)OHSO Clean, Inc. also does business as CleanWell Company.

 

(16)All of the shares of this security are held in connection with written call option contracts and are, therefore, pledged to brokers.

 

(17)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated privately held companies is $66,973,172. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $9,961,357. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $23,853,967.

 

(18)Adesto Technologies Corporation's Series E shares have certain rights and preferences in a sale or IPO that are not ascribed to the other classes of stock.

 

(19)On February 27, 2014, the board of directors of Contour Energy Systems, Inc., adopted a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution.

 

(20)D-Wave Systems, Inc., is located and is doing business primarily in Canada. We invested in D-Wave Systems, Inc., through Parallel Universes, Inc., a Delaware company. Our investment is denominated in Canadian dollars and is subject to foreign currency translation. See "Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies."

 

(21)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in controlled affiliated companies is $9,099,877. 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 $7,741,535.

 

(22)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of our U.S. government securities is $19,999,479. The gross unrealized appreciation on the tax cost for these securities is $121. The gross unrealized depreciation on the tax cost of these securities is $0.

 

(23)Initial investment was made in 2014.

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) – 31.2% of net assets at value                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) – 23.8% of net assets at value                     
                      
Bridgelux, Inc. (5)(8)(10)     Energy               
Manufacturing high-power light emitting diodes (LEDs) and arrays                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,000,000    1,861,504   $318,898 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,352,196    2,130,699    365,014 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,371,622    999,999    1,070,897 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      672,599    440,334    704,760 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      386,073    399,579    468,606 
Warrants for Series C Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 12/31/14  ( I )      168,270    163,900    2,762 
Warrants for Series D Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 8/26/14  ( I )      88,531    124,999    40,686 
Warrants for Series D Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 3/10/15  ( I )      40,012    41,666    19,466 
Warrants for Series E Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 12/31/17  ( I )      93,969    170,823    190,679 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 6/1/16  ( I )      72,668    132,100    1,656 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 8/9/18  ( I )      148,409    171,183    13,538 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 10/21/18  ( I )      18,816    84,846    3,680 
          5,413,165         3,200,642 
                      
Cambrios Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(10)     Electronics               
Developing nanowire-enabled electronic materials for the display industry                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,294,025    1,294,025    1,165,383 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,300,000    1,300,000    1,170,764 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      515,756    515,756    773,634 
Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      92,400    92,400    92,400 
Series D-4 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      216,168    216,168    216,168 
          3,418,349         3,418,349 
                      
Cobalt Technologies, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(11)     Energy               
Developing processes for making bio- butanol through biomass fermentation                     
Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      749,998    352,112    704,400 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      122,070    48,828    106,152 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      114,938    46,089    84,634 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 10/9/22  ( I )      2,781    1,407    2,163 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 3/11/23  ( I )      5,355    2,707    4,209 
          995,142         901,558 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) – 31.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) – 23.8% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation (5)(8)(9)(12)     Life Sciences               
Developing DNA-Programmed ChemistryTM for the discovery of new classes of therapeutics                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)     $2,000,000    1,449,275   $1,419,855 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 9/11/08  (H)      356,567   $250,211    1,321,657 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 12/10/09  (H)      64,767   $48,868    253,257 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/25/12  (H)      126,386   $109,400    548,354 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 3/28/13  (H)      78,121   $73,598    361,996 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 6/24/13  (H)      26,845   $25,759    126,201 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 7/8/13  (H)      14,530   $13,983    68,467 
          2,667,216         4,099,787 
                      
GEO Semiconductor Inc. (5)     Electronics               
Developing programmable, high-performance video and geometry processing solutions                     
Participation Agreement with Montage                     
Capital relating to the following assets:                     
Warrants for Series A Pref. Stock expiring on 9/17/17  ( I )      66,684    100,000    82,270 
Warrants for Series A-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 6/30/18  ( I )      23,566    34,500    32,132 
Loan and Security Agreement with GEO Semiconductor relating to the following assets:                     
Warrants for Series A Pref. Stock expiring on 3/1/18  ( I )      7,512    10,000    8,007 
Warrants for Series A-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 6/29/18  ( I )      7,546    10,000    8,478 
          105,308         130,887 
                      
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)(13)     Life Sciences               
Developing antibody drug conjugates                     
for cancer therapy                     
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      443,038    411,630    443,038 
Common Stock  (M)      3,875,395    350,539    108,667 
          4,318,433         551,705 
                      
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (5)(8)(10)(14)(15)     Electronics               
Manufacturing nanoimprint lithography capital equipment                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,000,000    1,333,333    1,876,501 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,406,595    1,285,071    2,359,061 
Non-Convertible Bridge Note  ( I )      0   $0    4,043,381 
          4,406,595         8,278,943 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) – 31.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) – 23.8% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Nanosys, Inc. (5)(8)     Energy               
Developing inorganic nanowires and quantum dots for use in LED-backlit devices                     
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,500,000    803,428   $1,098,762 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      3,000,003    1,016,950    2,196,781 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      496,573    433,688    705,827 
Unsecured Convertible Bridge Note, 4%, acquired 7/16/12  (M)      46,385   $43,821    127,016 
          5,042,961         4,128,386 
                      
Nano Terra, Inc. (5)(9)     Energy               
Developing surface chemistry and nano- manufacturing solutions                     
Senior secured debt, 12.0%, maturing on 12/1/15  ( I )      663,322   $698,725    680,000 
Warrants for Series A-2 Pref. Stock expiring on 2/22/21  ( I )      69,168    446,248    21,858 
Warrants for Series C Pref. Stock expiring on 11/15/22  ( I )      35,403    241,662    90,476 
          767,893         792,334 
                      
Nantero, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)     Electronics               
Developing a high-density, nonvolatile, random access memory chip, enabled by carbon nanotubes                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      489,999    345,070    1,349,224 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      323,000    207,051    809,569 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      571,329    188,315    736,312 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      139,075    35,569    139,075 
          1,523,403         3,034,180 
                      
OHSO Clean, Inc. (5)(16)     Life Sciences               
Developing natural, hypoallergenic household cleaning products enabled by nanotechnology- enabled formulations of thyme oil                     
Participation Agreement with Montage                     
Capital relating to the following assets:                     
Senior secured debt, 13.00%, maturing on 3/31/15  ( I )      527,006   $624,640    592,100 
Warrants for Series C Pref. Stock expiring on 3/30/22  ( I )      91,742    1,109,333    70,693 
          618,748         662,793 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $29,277,213)        $29,199,564 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Rights to Milestone Payments (Illiquid) (6) – 2.9% of net assets at value                     
                      
Amgen, Inc. (8)(10)     Life Sciences               
Rights to Milestone Payments from Acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.  ( I )     $3,291,750   $3,291,750   $3,489,433 
                      
Laird Technologies, Inc. (8)(10)     Energy               
Rights to Milestone Payments from Merger & Acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.  ( I )      0    0    0 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Rights to Milestone Payments (cost: $3,291,750)                  $3,489,433 
                      
Publicly Traded Portfolio (7) – 4.5% of net assets at value                     
                      
Solazyme, Inc. (5)(10)(17)     Energy               
Developing algal biodiesel, industrial chemicals and specialty ingredients using synthetic biology                     
Common Stock  (M)     $396,564    167,834   $1,827,712 
                      
Champions Oncology, Inc. (5)(10)     Life Sciences               
Developing its TumorGraftTM platform for personalized medicine and drug development                     
Common Stock  (M)      2,054,446    3,099,651    3,719,582 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 1/29/18  ( I )      400    40,000    23,502 
          2,054,846         3,743,084 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $2,451,410)        $5,570,796 
                      
Total Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (cost: $35,020,373)        $38,259,793 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 44.2% of net assets at value                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (18) – 44.2% of net assets at value                     
                      
ABSMaterials, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Developing nano-structured absorbent materials for environmental remediation                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $435,000    390,000   $471,900 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      717,644    624,528    755,679 
          1,152,644         1,227,579 
                      
Adesto Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(19)     Electronics               
Developing low-power, high-performance memory devices                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,200,000    6,547,619    1,388,276 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,200,000    5,952,381    1,262,070 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,485,531    2,122,187    449,963 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,393,147    1,466,470    1,070,067 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      703,740    987,706    561,291 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,499,999    3,508,771    9,969,781 
          10,482,417         14,701,448 
                      
AgBiome, LLC (formerly AgInnovation, LLC) (5)(8)(9)(10)(20)  Life Sciences               
Providing early stage research and discovery for agriculture and utilizing the crop microbiome to identify products that reduce risk and improve yield                     
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,000,000    2,000,000    2,456,834 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      521,740    417,392    564,906 
          2,521,740         3,021,740 
                      
Contour Energy Systems, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)(21)     Energy               
Developing batteries using nano-structured materials                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,009,995    2,565,798    0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,300,000    812,500    0 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,200,000    1,148,325    90,844 
          4,509,995         90,844 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 44.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (18) – 44.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
D-Wave Systems, Inc. (8)(9)(10)(22)     Electronics               
Developing high-performance quantum computing systems                     
Series 1 Class B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,002,074    1,144,869   $1,399,831 
Series 1 Class C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      487,804    450,450    550,765 
Series 1 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      748,473    855,131    1,045,569 
Series 1 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      248,049    269,280    329,249 
Series 1 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      238,323    258,721    316,338 
Series 2 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      736,019    678,264    829,313 
Series 2 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      659,493    513,900    628,345 
Series 2 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      633,631    493,747    603,704 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 6/30/15  ( I )      98,644    153,890    37,617 
          4,852,510         5,740,731 
                      
EchoPixel, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)(23)     Life Sciences               
Developing algorithms and software to improve visualization of data for life science and healthcare applications                     
Series Seed Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      750,000    2,516,778    750,000 
                      
Enumeral Biomedical Corp. (5)(8)(9)(10)     Life Sciences               
Developing therapeutics and diagnostics through functional assaying of single cells                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,026,832    957,038    690,538 
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      750,000    576,923    425,939 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,050,001    724,138    566,027 
          2,826,833         1,682,504 
                      
HzO, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing novel industrial coatings that protect electronics against damage from liquids                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      666,667    4,057,294    1,130,362 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      5,502,838    21,879,365    6,095,592 
          6,169,505         7,225,954 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 44.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (18) – 44.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Kovio, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(24)     Electronics               
Developing semiconductor products using printed electronics and thin-film technologies                     
Series A' Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $5,242,993    2,160,000   $0 
Series B' Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,006,540    3,015,493    0 
Secured Subordinated Convertible Bridge Note, 7%, acquired 6/7/13  (M)      50,000   $50,000    0 
          7,299,533         0 
                      
Laser Light Engines, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Manufacturing solid-state light sources for digital cinema and large-venue projection displays                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,000,000    7,499,062    0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      3,095,802    13,571,848    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 10/7/11  ( I )      200,000   $200,000    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 11/17/11  ( I )      95,652   $95,652    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 12/21/11  ( I )      82,609   $82,609    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 3/5/12  ( I )      434,784   $434,784    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 7/26/12  ( I )      186,955   $186,955    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 4/29/13  ( I )      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 7/22/13  ( I )      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 10/30/13  ( I )      82,061   $80,669    164,122 
          6,511,197         164,122 
                      
Metabolon, Inc. (5)(8)(10)     Life Sciences               
Developing service and diagnostic products through the use of a metabolomics, or biochemical, profiling platform                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,500,000    371,739    2,997,991 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      706,214    148,696    1,199,196 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,000,000    1,000,000    2,756,500 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,499,999    835,882    2,304,109 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,225,000    444,404    1,225,000 
Warrants for Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 3/25/15  ( I )      293,786    74,348    216,408 
          7,224,999         10,699,204 
                      
OpGen, Inc. (8)     Life Sciences               
Developing tools for genomic sequence assembly and analysis                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      245,000    245,000    245,000 
Common Stock  (M)      3,260,000    29,883    0 
          3,505,000         245,000 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 44.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (18) – 44.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Developing nano-structured absorbent materials for environmental remediation of contaminated water in the oil and gas industries                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,000,000    1,000,000   $125,000 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,626,641    6,506,564    1,751,641 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 11/14/13  (M)      832,789   $824,119    832,789 
          3,459,430         2,709,430 
                      
Senova Systems, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing next-generation sensors to measure pH                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,218,462    1,350,000    540,000 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      583,960    1,509,902    603,960 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 10/15/17  ( I )      131,538    164,423    65,753 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 4/24/18  ( I )      20,000    25,000    9,997 
          1,953,960         1,219,710 
                      
SiOnyx, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing silicon-based optoelectronic products enabled by its proprietary Black Silicon                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      750,000    233,499    43,781 
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      890,000    2,966,667    556,250 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,445,000    4,207,537    788,913 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,169,561    1,892,836    451,903 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,171,316    1,674,030    970,526 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 7/22/13  (M)      433,209   $418,066    859,729 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 10/2/13  (M)      426,520   $418,066    859,729 
Warrants for Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock expiring 2/23/17  ( I )      130,439    247,350    18,165 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 3/28/17  ( I )      84,207    418,507    21,387 
          7,500,252         4,570,383 
                      
Ultora, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Developing energy-storage devices enabled by carbon nanotubes                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      886,830    17,736    1,788 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      236,603    2,347,254    236,603 
          1,123,433         238,391 
                      
Total Non-Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $71,843,448)           $54,287,040 
                      
Total Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $71,843,448)           $54,287,040 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (3) – 1.1% of net assets at value                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (25) – 1.1% of net assets at value                     
                      
SynGlyco, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(26)     Life Sciences               
Developing synthetic carbohydrates for pharmaceutical applications                     
Common Stock  ( I )     $2,729,817    57,463   $0 
Series A' Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      4,855,627    4,855,627    0 
Senior Secured Debt, 12.00%, maturing on 12/11/14  ( I )      436,637   $500,000    831,828 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/23/13  ( I )      376,312   $350,000    91,389 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 4/25/13  ( I )      316,504   $300,000    78,334 
          8,714,897         1,001,551 
                      
ProMuc, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(22)     Life Sciences               
Developing synthetic mucins for the nutritional, food and healthcare markets                     
Common Stock  (M)      1    1,000    1 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 12/18/13  (M)      351,074   $350,000    351,074 
          351,075         351,075 
                      
Total Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $9,065,972)         $1,352,626 
                      
Total Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $9,065,972)         $1,352,626 
                      
Total Private Placement and Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $115,929,793)         $93,899,459 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                
U.S. Government Securities (27) – 15.5% of net assets at value                  
                   
U.S. Treasury Bill — due date 01/23/14  (M)  $18,999,765   $19,000,000   $18,999,810 
                   
Total Investments in U.S. Government Securities (cost: $18,999,765)               $18,999,810 
                   
Total Investments (cost: $134,929,558)               $112,899,269 

 

   Method of  Number of     
   Valuation (1)  Contracts   Value 
            
Written Call Options (22) – (0.1)% of net assets at value             
              
Solazyme, Inc. — Strike Price $12.50, March 22, 2014  (M)   1,500    103,500 
              
Total Written Call Options (Premiums Received $112,382)          $(103,500)

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

(1)See "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments" on page 31 for a description of the "Valuation Procedures."

 

(2)We classify "Energy" companies as those that seek to improve performance, productivity or efficiency, and to reduce environmental impact, waste, cost, energy consumption or raw materials. We classify "Electronics" companies as those that address problems in electronics-related industries, including semiconductors. We classify "Life Sciences" companies as those that address problems in life sciences-related industries, including biotechnology, agriculture, advanced materials and chemicals, healthcare, bioprocessing, water, industrial biotechnology, food, nutrition and energy.

 

(3)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 but do not control the company. Investments in controlled affiliated companies consist of investments in which we own 25 percent or more of the voting shares of the portfolio company or otherwise control the company.

 

(4)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated privately held companies is $29,277,213. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $6,909,761. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $6,987,410.

 

(5)All or a portion of the investments or instruments are pledged as collateral under our loan facility.

 

(6)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated rights to milestone payments is $3,291,750. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $197,683. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $0.

 

(7)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated publicly traded companies is $2,451,410. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $3,119,386. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $0.

 

(8)We are subject to legal restrictions on the sale of our investment(s) in this company.

 

(9)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.

 

(10)Represents a non-income producing security. Investments that have not paid dividends or interest within the last 12 months are considered to be non-income producing.

 

(11)Cobalt Technologies, Inc., also does business as Cobalt Biofuels.

 

(12)With our investments in convertible bridge notes issued by Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation, we received warrants to purchase a number of shares of the class of stock sold in the next financing of Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation equal to $260,989 divided by the price per share of the class of stock sold in the next financing of Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation. The ability to exercise these warrants is, therefore, contingent on Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation completing successfully a subsequent round of financing. These warrants shall expire and no longer be exercisable on dates ranging from September 10, 2015, through July 8, 2020. The cost basis of these warrants is $157.

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013

(Unaudited)

 

(13)With our investment in the Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., Series A-1 financing, we received a warrant to purchase 277,760 shares of Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock. The ability to exercise the warrant is contingent upon Mersana's achievement of certain milestones. Mersana has not achieved those milestones as of December 31, 2013, and, therefore, this warrant is a contingent asset as of that date. The warrant will expire on July 27, 2022.

 

(14)As part of a loan the Company made to Molecular Imprints in the second quarter of 2011, we received a liquidation preference payable upon a sale of the company equal to three times the principal of the loan, or $4,044,450. This preference is senior to the preferences of the outstanding preferred stock. While the loan has since been repaid, this liquidation preference remains outstanding as of December 31, 2013.

 

(15)On February 13, 2014, Molecular Imprints, Inc., announced that it had signed an agreement to sell its semiconductor lithography equipment business to Canon, Inc. See "Note 13. Subsequent Events."

 

(16)OHSO Clean, Inc. also does business as CleanWell Company.

 

(17)A portion of this security is held in connection with written call option contracts: 150,000 shares, having a fair value of $1,633,500, have been pledged to brokers.

 

(18)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated privately held companies is $71,843,448. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $10,212,841. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $27,769,249.

 

(19)Adesto Technologies Corporation's Series E shares have certain rights and preferences in a sale or IPO that are not ascribed to the other classes of stock.

 

(20)On January 29, 2013, AgInnovation, LLC, changed its name to AgBiome, LLC.

 

(21)On February 27, 2014, the board of directors of Contour Energy Systems, Inc., adopted a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution. See "Note 13. Subsequent Events."

 

(22)D-Wave Systems, Inc., is located and is doing business primarily in Canada. We invested in D-Wave Systems, Inc., through Parallel Universes, Inc., a Delaware company. Our investment is denominated in Canadian dollars and is subject to foreign currency translation. See "Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies."

 

(23)Initial investment was made in 2013.

 

(24)On January 21, 2014, substantially all of Kovio's assets were sold to Thin Film Electronics ASA. See "Note 13. Subsequent Events."

 

(25)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in controlled affiliated companies is $9,065,972. 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 $7,713,346.

 

(26)On October 31, 2013, Ancora sold a substantial portion of its assets, including the use of its corporate name, to Corden Pharma International US, Inc. ("Corden").  The remaining assets formed a new company, SynGlyco, Inc., of which we continue to own shares.  SynGlyco may receive future royalty payments based upon certain sales targets and other terms of the Corden acquisition.

 

(27)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of our U.S. government securities is $18,999,765. The gross unrealized appreciation on the tax cost for these securities is $45. The gross unrealized depreciation on the tax cost of these securities is $0.

 

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

 

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FOOTNOTE TO CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

VALUATION PROCEDURES

 

I.Determination of Net Asset Value

 

The 1940 Act requires periodic valuation of each investment in the portfolio of the Company to determine its 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.

 

The Board of Directors is also responsible for (1) determining overall valuation guidelines and (2) ensuring that the investments of the Company are valued within the prescribed guidelines.

 

The Valuation Committee, comprised of all of the independent Board members, is responsible for determining the valuation of the Company’s assets within the guidelines established by the Board of Directors. The Valuation Committee receives information and recommendations from management. An independent valuation firm also reviews select portfolio company valuations. The independent valuation firm does not provide proposed valuations.

 

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

 

The Deal Team meets at the end of each quarter to discuss portfolio companies and propose fair valuations for all private securities. The Valuation Committee book is prepared with the use of data from primary sources whenever reasonably practicable. Proposed valuations for each portfolio company are communicated to the Valuation Committee in the Valuation Committee book and at the Valuation Committee meeting after the end of each quarter. The Valuation Committee determines the fair value of each private security and publicly traded securities without reliable market quotations. All valuations are then reported to the full Board of Directors along with the Chief Financial Officer’s calculation of net asset value.

 

II.Approaches to Determining Fair Value

 

Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures," ("ASC 820") defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). It applies fair value terminology to all valuations whereas the 1940 Act applies market value terminology to readily marketable assets and fair value terminology to other assets.

 

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The main approaches to measuring fair value utilized are the market approach and the income approach.

 

·Market Approach (M): The market approach may use quantitative inputs such as prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities and the values of market multiples derived from a set of comparable companies. The market approach may also use qualitative inputs such as progress toward milestones, the long-term potential of the business, current and future financing requirements and the rights and preferences of certain securities versus those of other securities. The selection of the relevant inputs used to derive value under the market approach requires judgment considering factors specific to the significance and relevance of each input to deriving value.

 

·Income Approach (I): The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts (for example, cash flows or earnings) to a single present value amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. Those valuation techniques include present value techniques; option-pricing models, such as the Black-Scholes-Merton formula (a closed-form model) and a binomial model (a lattice model), which incorporate present value techniques; and the multi-period excess earnings method, which is used to measure the fair value of certain assets.

 

·Hybrid Approach (H): The hybrid approach uses elements of both the market approach and the income approach. The hybrid approach calculates values using the market and income approach, individually. The resulting values are then distributed among the share classes based on probability of exit outcomes.

 

ASC Topic 820 classifies the inputs used to measure fair value by these approaches into the following hierarchy:

 

·Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

·Level 2: Quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, or quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 2 inputs are in those markets for which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, little public information exists or instances where prices vary substantially over time or among brokered market makers; and

 

·Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect our own assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability based upon the best available information.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement and are not necessarily an indication of risks associated with the investment.

 

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III.Investment Categories

 

The Company’s investments can be classified into five broad categories for valuation purposes:

 

·Equity-related securities;

 

·Long-term fixed-income securities;

 

·Short-term fixed-income securities;

 

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

 

·All other securities.

 

The Company applies the methods for determining fair value discussed above to the valuation of investments in each of these five broad categories as follows:

 

A.EQUITY-RELATED SECURITIES

 

Equity-related securities, including options or warrants, are fair valued using the market or income approaches. The following factors may be considered when the market approach is used to fair value these types of securities:

 

§Readily available public market quotations;

 

§The cost of the Company’s investment;

 

§Transactions in a company's securities or unconditional firm offers by responsible parties as a factor in determining valuation;

 

§The financial condition and operating results of the company;

 

§The company's progress towards milestones;

 

§The long-term potential of the business and technology of the company;

 

§The values of similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses;

 

§Multiples to revenue, net income or EBITDA that similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses receive;

 

§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; and

 

§The rights and preferences of the class of securities we own as compared with other classes of securities the portfolio company has issued.

 

When the income approach is used to value warrants, the Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton formula.

 

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B.LONG-TERM FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES

 

1.Readily Marketable. Long-term fixed-income securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued using the most recent bid quotations when available.

 

2.Not Readily Marketable. Long-term fixed-income securities for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued using the income approach. The factors that may be considered when valuing these types of securities by the income approach include:

 

·Credit quality;

 

·Interest rate analysis;

 

·Quotations from broker-dealers;

 

·Prices from independent pricing services that the Board believes are reasonably reliable; and

 

·Reasonable price discovery procedures and data from other sources.

 

C.SHORT-TERM FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES

 

Short-term fixed-income securities are valued in the same manner as long-term fixed-income securities until the remaining maturity is 60 days or less, after which time such securities may be valued at amortized cost if there is no concern over payment at maturity.

 

D. INVESTMENTS IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, PATENTS, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN TECHNOLOGY OR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

 

Such investments are fair valued using the market approach. The Company may consider factors specific to these types of investments when using the market approach including:

 

·The cost of the Company’s investment;

 

·Investments in the same or substantially similar intellectual property or patents or research and development in technology or product development or offers by responsible third parties;

 

·The results of research and development;

 

·Product development and milestone progress;

 

·Commercial prospects;

 

·Term of patent;

 

·Projected markets; and

 

·Other subjective factors.

 

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E.ALL OTHER SECURITIES

 

All other securities are reported at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee using the approaches for determining valuation as described above.

 

For all other securities, the reported values shall reflect the Valuation Committee's judgment of fair values as of the valuation date using the outlined basic approaches of valuation discussed in Section II. They do not necessarily represent an amount of money that would be realized if we had to sell such assets 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.

 

IV.Frequency of Valuation

 

The Valuation Committee shall value the Company’s investment assets (i) as of the end of each calendar quarter at the time sufficiently far in advance of filing of the Company’s reports on Form 10-Q and Form 10-K to enable preparation thereof, (ii) as of within 48 hours of pricing any common stock of the Company by the Company (exclusive of Sundays and holidays) unless the proposed sale price is at least 200 percent of any reasonable net asset value of such shares, and (iii) as of any other time requested by the Board of Directors.

 

V.Regular Review

 

The General Counsel, President and Chief Financial Officer shall review these Valuation Procedures on an annual basis to determine the continued appropriateness and accuracy of the methodologies used in valuing the Company’s investment assets, and will report any proposed modifications to these Valuation Procedures to the Board of Directors for consideration and approval.

 

The Chief Executive Officer, the President and the individuals responsible for preparing the Valuation Committee book shall meet quarterly before each Valuation Committee meeting to review the methodologies for the valuation of each security, and will highlight any changes to the Valuation Committee.

 

VI.Other Assets

 

Non-investment assets, such as fixtures and equipment, shall be valued using the cost approach less accumulated depreciation at rates determined by management and reviewed by the Audit Committee. Valuation of such assets is not the responsibility of the Valuation Committee.

 

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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 (the "1940 Act") that specializes in making investments in companies commercializing and integrating products enabled by nanotechnology and microsystems. We operate as an internally managed investment company whereby our officers and employees, under the general supervision of our Board of Directors, conduct our operations.

 

H&H Ventures Management, Inc.SM ("Ventures") is a 100 percent wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. Ventures is taxed under Subchapter C (a "C Corporation") of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"). Harris Partners I, L.P, is a limited partnership and, from time to time, may be used to hold certain interests in portfolio companies. The partners of Harris Partners I, L.P., are Ventures (sole general partner) and the Company (sole limited partner). Ventures pays taxes on income generated by its operations as well as on any non-passive investment income generated by Harris Partners I, L.P. For the period ended March 31 2014, there was no non-passive investment income generated by Harris Partners I, L.P. Ventures, as the sole general partner, consolidates Harris Partners I, L.P. The Company consolidates its wholly owned subsidiary, Ventures, for financial reporting purposes.

 

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 accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") applicable to interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all information and disclosures necessary for a fair statement of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows in conformity with GAAP. In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of valuation adjustments and normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair statement 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, 2013.

 

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:

 

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Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary. In accordance with GAAP and Regulation S-X, the Company may only consolidate its interests in investment company subsidiaries and controlled operating companies whose business consists of providing services to the Company. Our wholly owned subsidiary, Ventures, is a controlled operating company that provides services to us and is, therefore, consolidated. All significant inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

Use of Estimates. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and contingent assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses. Actual results could differ from these estimates, and the differences could be material. The most significant estimates relate to the fair valuations of our investments.

 

Portfolio Investment Valuations. Investments are stated at "value" as defined in the 1940 Act and in the applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and in accordance with GAAP. 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.") As of March 31, 2014, our financial statements include privately held investments fair valued at $86,645,772. The fair values of our privately held investments and warrants of Champions Oncology, Inc., a publicly traded company, 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.

 

Cash. Cash includes demand deposits. Cash is carried at cost, which approximates fair value.

 

Unaffiliated Rights to Milestone Payments. At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, the outstanding potential milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of Biovex Group, Inc., were valued at $3,491,600 and $3,489,433, respectively. The milestone payments are derivatives and valued using the probability-adjusted, present value of proceeds from future payments that would be due upon successful completion of certain regulatory and sales milestones. If all remaining milestones are met, we would receive $9,526,393. There can be no assurance as to how much of this amount we will ultimately realize or when it will be realized, if at all. At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, the outstanding potential milestone payments from Laird Technologies, Inc.’s acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., were valued at $0.

 

Receivable from Sales of Investments. At March 31, 2014, we had $0 receivables from sales of investments. At December 31, 2013, we had a receivable totaling $448,886 from the sales of 43,073 shares of Solazyme, Inc., which settled on January 2 and January 6, 2014, and 2,075 shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., which settled on January 3, 2014.

 

Funds Held in Escrow from Sale of Investment. At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, there were funds held in escrow fair valued at $551,294 and $1,786,390, respectively, relating to the sale of Xradia, Inc., to Carl Zeiss AG. Funds held in escrow are valued using certain discounts applied to the amounts withheld. Funds held in escrow totaling $1,235,312 were released in January of 2014. The remaining funds held in escrow from the Xradia transaction will be released in July of 2014 net of any settlement of any indemnity claims and expenses related to the transaction. If the remaining funds held in escrow for this transaction are released in full, we would receive an additional $1,139,515 and realize a gain of $588,218.

 

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Prepaid Expenses. We include prepaid insurance premiums and deferred financing charges in "Prepaid expenses." Prepaid insurance premiums are recognized over the term of the insurance contract and are included in "Amortization of insurance premiums in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Deferred financing charges consist of fees and expenses paid in connection with the closing of loan facilities and are capitalized at the time of payment. Deferred financing charges are amortized over the term of the loan facility discussed in "Note 5. Debt." Amortization of the financing charges is included in "Interest and other debt expense" in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are included in "Other assets" and are carried at $233,687 and $246,138 at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, respectively, representing cost, less accumulated depreciation of $385,909 and $375,600, respectively. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the premises and equipment. We estimate the useful lives to be five to ten years for furniture and fixtures, three years for computer equipment, and the lesser of ten years or the remaining life of the lease for leasehold improvements. All of our fixed assets are pledged as collateral under the Company's four-year $20,000,000 Multi-Draw Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement, by and among the Company, as borrower, Orix Corporate Capital, Inc., as administrative agent and lender and the other lenders party thereto from time to time (the "Loan Facility").

 

Post Retirement Plan Liabilities. The Company provides a Retiree Medical Benefit Plan for employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. Until it was terminated on May 5, 2011, the Company also provided an Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan for certain individuals employed by us in a bona fide executive or high policy-making position. The net periodic postretirement benefit cost for the year is determined as the sum of service cost for the year and interest on the accumulated postretirement benefit obligation. Unrecognized actuarial gains and losses are recognized as net periodic benefit cost pursuant to the Company's historical accounting policy. The impact of plan amendments are amortized over the service period as a component of "Accumulated other comprehensive income."

 

Interest Income Recognition. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on an accrual basis. When accrued interest is determined to not be recoverable, the Company ceases accruing interest and writes off any previously accrued interest. Securities are deemed to be non-income producing if, on their last interest or dividend date, no cash was paid or no cash or in-kind dividends were declared. These write-offs are reversed through interest income. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, the Company earned $73,563 and $95,209, respectively, in interest on U.S. government securities, senior secured debt, participation agreements, subordinated secured debt, non-convertible promissory notes and interest-bearing accounts. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, the Company recorded, on a net basis, $72,728 and $59,881, respectively, of bridge note interest. The total for the three months ended March 31, 2014, includes a partial write-off of previously accrued bridge note interest of $1,392.

 

Loan Fees. Loan fees received in connection with our venture debt investments are deferred. The unearned fee income is accreted into income based on the effective interest method over the life of the investment. Total loan fees accreted into investment income were $15,504 and $12,327 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, respectively.

 

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Call Options. The Company writes covered call options on publicly traded securities with the intention of earning option premiums. Option premiums may increase the Company’s realized gains and, therefore, may help increase distributable income, but may limit the realized gains on the security. When a Company writes (sells) an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Company is recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written. When an option expires, the Company realizes a gain on the option to the extent of the premiums received. Premiums received from writing options that are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against the amount paid on the transaction to determine the realized gain or loss. At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, the Company had 150,000 shares of Solazyme, Inc., covered by call option contracts. In the event these contracts are exercised, the Company would be required to deliver those shares to the counterparty.

 

Stock-Based Compensation. The Company has a stock-based employee compensation plan. The Company accounts for the Amended and Restated Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Stock Plan") by determining the fair value of all share-based payments to employees, including the fair value of grants of employee stock options and restricted stock awards, and records these amounts as an expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations over the vesting period with a corresponding increase to our additional paid-in capital. At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, 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 potential tax benefits associated with the expensing of stock options or restricted stock because the Company currently intends to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of the Code, and the deduction attributable to such expensing, therefore, is unlikely to provide any additional tax savings. The amount of non-cash, 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 awards vested and pre-vesting forfeitures. 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 and is accounted for in the current period and prospectively. See "Note 9. Stock-Based Compensation" for further discussion.

 

Rent expense. Our lease at 1450 Broadway, New York, New York, commenced on January 21, 2010. The lease expires on December 31, 2019. The base rent is $36 per square foot with a 2.5 percent increase per year over the 10 years of the lease, subject to a full abatement of rent for four months and a rent credit for six months throughout the lease term. Certain leasehold improvements were also paid for on our behalf by the landlord, the cost of which is accounted for as property and equipment and "Deferred rent" in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities. These leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lease term. We also lease office space in California and North Carolina. We apply these rent abatements, credits, escalations and landlord payments on a straight-line basis in the determination of rent expense over the lease term.

 

Realized Gain or Loss and Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation of Portfolio Investments. Realized gain or loss is recognized when an investment is disposed of and is computed as the difference between the Company's cost basis in the investment at the disposition date and the net proceeds received from such disposition. Realized gains and losses on investment transactions are determined by specific identification. Unrealized appreciation or depreciation is computed as the difference between the fair value of the investment and the cost basis of such investment.

  

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Income Taxes. As we intend to qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code, the Company does not accrue for income taxes. The Company has capital loss carryforwards that can be used to offset net realized capital gains. The Company recognizes interest and penalties in income tax expense. We pay federal, state and local income taxes on behalf of our wholly owned subsidiary, Ventures, which is a C corporation. See "Note 10. Income Taxes."

 

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. The Company does not isolate the portion of the results of operations that arises from changes in foreign currency rates on investments held on its Consolidated Statements of Operations. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, included in the net decrease in unrealized depreciation on investments was an unrealized loss of $215,973 resulting from foreign currency translation. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, included in the net decrease in unrealized depreciation on investments was an unrealized loss of $113,006 resulting from foreign currency translation.

 

Securities Transactions. Securities transactions are accounted for on the date the transaction for the purchase or sale of the securities is entered into by the Company (i.e., trade date).

 

Concentration of Credit Risk. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions and, at times, cash held in depository accounts may exceed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation insured limit.

 

NOTE 4. BUSINESS RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

 

We invest primarily in privately held companies, the securities of which are inherently illiquid. We also have investments in small publicly traded companies. Although these companies are publicly traded, their stock may not trade at high volumes and prices can be volatile, which may restrict our ability to sell our positions. These privately held and publicly traded businesses tend to not have attained profitability, and many of these businesses also lack management depth and have limited or no history of operations. Because of the speculative nature of our investments and the lack of a liquid market for and restrictions on transfers of privately held investments, there is greater risk of loss relative to traditional marketable investment securities.

 

We do not choose investments based on a strategy of diversification. We also do not rebalance the portfolio should one of our portfolio companies increase in value substantially relative to the rest of the portfolio.  Therefore, the value of our portfolio may be more vulnerable to microeconomic events affecting a single sector, industry or portfolio company and to general macroeconomic events that may be unrelated to our portfolio companies. These factors may subject the value of our portfolio to greater volatility than a company that follows a diversification strategy. As of March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, our largest 10 investments by value accounted for approximately 75 percent of the value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio, excluding the rights to milestone payments. Excluding Molecular Imprints, Inc., which was sold in April of 2014, our largest three investments, by value, Adesto Technologies Corporation, Metabolon, Inc., and HzO, Inc., accounted for approximately 17 percent, 12 percent and 9 percent, respectively, of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio at March 31, 2014. Adesto Technologies, Metabolon and HzO are privately held portfolio companies. As of December 31, 2013, our largest three investments, by value, Adesto Technologies Corporation, Metabolon, Inc., and Molecular Imprints, Inc., accounted for approximately 17 percent, 12 percent and 9 percent, respectively, of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio.

 

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Approximately 95 percent of the portion of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio that was fair valued was comprised of securities of 25 privately held companies and warrants of one publicly traded company. Because there is typically no public or readily ascertainable market for our interests in the small privately held companies in which we invest, the valuation of the securities in that portion of our portfolio is determined in good faith by our Valuation Committee, which is comprised of all of the independent members of our Board of Directors. The values are determined in accordance with our Valuation Procedures and are subject to significant estimates and judgments. The fair value of the securities in our portfolio may differ significantly from the values that would be placed on these securities if a ready market for the securities existed. Any changes in valuation are recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as "Net decrease in unrealized depreciation on investments." Changes in valuation of any of our investments in privately held companies from one period to another may be significant.

 

NOTE 5. DEBT

 

On September 30, 2013, the Company terminated the $10,000,000 Revolving Loan Agreement by and between the Company and TD Bank, N.A., dated February 24, 2011. At the date of termination, there was no principal outstanding under this credit facility, and no termination fees were incurred in connection with ending this credit facility.

 

On September 30, 2013, the Company entered into a four-year $20,000,000 Multi-Draw Term Loan Facility Credit Agreement, by and among the Company, as borrower, Orix Corporate Capital, Inc., as administrative agent and lender and the other lenders party thereto from time to time (the "Loan Facility") that may be used by the Company to fund investments in portfolio companies. The Loan Facility replaces the Company’s prior credit facility with TD Bank, NA. The Loan Facility, among other things, matures on September 30, 2017, and bears interest at 10 percent per annum in cash. The Company has the option to have interest accrue at a rate of 13.5 percent per annum if the Company decides not to pay interest in cash monthly. The Company currently plans to pay interest in cash if and when any borrowings are outstanding. The Loan Facility also requires payment of a draw fee on each borrowing equal to 1.0 percent of such borrowing and an unused commitment fee of 1.0 percent per annum. Fee payments under the Loan Facility are made quarterly in arrears. The Company may prepay the loans or reduce the aggregate commitments under the Loan Facility at any time prior to the maturity date, as long as certain conditions are met, including payment of required prepayment or termination fees. The Loan Facility is secured by all of the assets of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, subject to certain customary exclusions. The Loan Facility contains certain affirmative and negative covenants, including without limitation: (a) maintenance of certain minimum liquidity requirements; (b) maintenance of an eligible asset leverage ratio of not less than 4.0:1.0; (c) limitations on liens; (d) limitations on the incurrence of additional indebtedness; and (e) limitations on structural changes, mergers and disposition of assets (other than in the normal course of our business activities).

 

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At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, the Company had no outstanding debt. The weighted average annual interest rate for the three months ended March 31, 2014, was zero percent, exclusive of amortization of closing fees and other expenses. The weighted average debt outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2014, was $0. The remaining capacity under the Loan Facility was $20,000,000 at March 31, 2014. Fees and expenses of $700,000 related to establishing the Loan Facility have been deferred and included as "Prepaid expenses" as of March 31, 2014. These amounts are amortized over the term of the Loan Facility, and $43,720 was amortized in the three months ended March 31, 2014. At March 31, 2014, the Company was in compliance with all covenants required by the Loan Facility.

 

NOTE 6. FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS

 

At March 31, 2014, our financial assets were categorized as follows in the fair value hierarchy:

 

   Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using: 
Description  March 31, 2014   Unadjusted Quoted
Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
                 
U.S. Government Securities:  $19,999,600   $19,999,600   $0   $0 
                     
Privately Held Portfolio Companies:                    
Preferred Stock  $70,633,956   $0   $0   $70,633,956 
Bridge Notes   5,402,815    0    0    5,402,815 
Warrants   740,070    0    0    740,070 
Rights to Milestone Payments   3,491,600    0    0    3,491,600 
Common Stock   108,668    0    0    108,668 
Senior Secured Debt   1,466,451    0    0    1,466,451 
Participation Agreement   757,797    0    0    757,797 
Non-Convertible Promissory Note   4,044,415    0    4,044,415    0 
                     
Publicly Traded Portfolio Companies: Common Stock  $4,255,996   $4,255,996   $0   $0 
                     
Total Investments:  $110,901,368   $24,255,596   $4,044,415   $82,601,357 
                     
Funds Held in Escrow From  Sales of Investments:  $551,294   $0   $0   $551,294 
                     
Total Financial Assets:  $111,452,662   $24,255,596   $4,044,415   $83,152,651 
                     
Liabilities:                    
Written Call Options  $167,500   $167,500   $0   $0 
                     
Total Liabilities:  $167,500   $167,500   $0   $0 

  

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Significant Unobservable Inputs

 

The table below presents the valuation technique and quantitative information about the significant unobservable inputs utilized by the Company in the fair value measurements of Level 3 assets. Unobservable inputs are those inputs for which little or no market data exists and, therefore, require an entity to develop its own assumptions.

 

   Fair Value at
March 31, 2014
  Valuation
Technique(s)
  Unobservable Input  Range (Weighted
Average(a))
             
Preferred Stock  $1,168,858   Hybrid Approach  Private Offering Price
Probability of Exit Outcomes
Probability of Achieving Milestones
 

$1.38 ($1.38)

25% - 75% (b)

26% - 80% (b)

Preferred Stock   4,239,148    Income Approach  Non-Performance Risk
Probability of Exit Outcomes
Probability of Achieving Milestones
 

 

0% - 100% (0%)

0% - 100% (b)

0% - 100% (b)

Preferred Stock   65,225,950   Market Approach  Private Offering Price
Non-Performance Risk
Revenue Multiples
Illiquidity Discounts
Probability of Exit Outcomes
 

 

$0.10 - $3.91 ($1.34)

0% - 88% (3.6%)

1.22 - 10.11 (3.36)

20% - 30% (24.5%)

0% - 100% (b)

               
Bridge Notes   

2,709,409

424,262

2,269,144

   Hybrid Approach
Income Approach
Market Approach
  Private Offering Price
Non-Performance Risk
  $1.00 ($1.00)
0% (0%)
               
Common Stock   108,668   Market Approach  Private Offering Price
Non-Performance Risk
  $0.001 - $47.51 ($11.06)
0% (0%)
               
Warrants   740,070   Black-Sholes-Merton Model  Stock Price
Volatility
Expected Term
  $0.00 - $2.76 ($1.27)
10.2% - 107% (105%)
0.25 - 9.85 Years (3.8)
               
Rights to Milestone Payments   3,491,600   Probability Weighted Discounted Cash Flow  Probability of Achieving Independent Milestones Probability of Achieving Dependent Milestones 

0% - 80% (b)

0% - 30% (b)

               
Participation Agreements(c)   757,797   Income Approach  Warrant Adjusted Effective Yield
Effective Yield
Non-Performance Risk
Participation Payment Risk
Stock Price
Volatility
Expected Term
  21.5% (21.5%)
21.5% (21.5%)
0% (0%)
0% (0%)
$0.09 - $0.50 ($0.35)
107% (107%)
3.47 - 8 Years (5.23)
               
Senior Secured Debt   1,466,451   Income Approach  Effective Yield
Non-Performance Risk
  15.8% (15.8%)
0% (0%)
               
Funds Held in Escrow From Sales of Investments   551,294      Escrow Discounts  50% (50%)
               
Total  $83,152,651          

 

(a) Weighted average based on fair value at March 31, 2014.

 

(b) Weighted average has not been disclosed owing to the wide range of possible values.

 

(c) In connection with our investments in participation agreements in GEO Semiconductor, Inc., and OHSO Clean, Inc., we received warrants to purchase stock. See "Warrants" for a discussion of the valuation methodology used.

 

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Valuation Methodologies and Inputs for Level 3 Assets

 

The following sections describe the valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used to measure Level 3 assets.

 

Preferred Stock, Bridge Notes and Common Stock

 

Preferred stock, bridge notes and common stock are valued by either a market, income or hybrid approach using internal models with inputs, most of which are not market observable. Common inputs for valuing Level 3 preferred stock, bridge note and private common stock investments include: prices from recently executed private transactions in a company’s securities or unconditional firm offers, revenue multiples of comparable publicly traded companies, M&A transactions consummated by comparable companies, discounts for lack of marketability, rights and preferences of the class of securities we own as compared with other classes of securities the portfolio company has issued, particularly related to potential liquidity scenarios of an IPO or an acquisition transaction, and management’s best estimate of risk attributable to non-performance risk. Certain securities are valued using the present value of future cash flows. We define non-performance risk as the risk that the price per share (or implied valuation of a portfolio company) or the effective yield of a debt security of a portfolio company, as applicable, does not appropriately represent the risk that a portfolio company with negative cash flow will be: (a) unable to raise capital, will need to be shut down and will not return our invested capital; or (b) able to raise capital, but at a valuation significantly lower than the implied post-money valuation of the last round of financing.  We assess non-performance risk for each private portfolio company quarterly. Our assessment of non-performance risk typically includes an evaluation of the financial condition and operating results of the company, the company's progress towards milestones, and the long-term potential of the business and technology of the company and how this potential may or may not affect the value of the shares owned by us. An increase to the non-performance risk or a decrease in the private offering price of a future round of financing from that of the most recent round would result in a lower fair value measurement and/or a change in the distribution of value among the classes of securities we own.

 

Bridge notes commonly contain terms that provide for the conversion of the full amount of principal, and sometimes interest, into shares of preferred stock at a defined price per share and/or the price per share of the next round of financing. The use of a discount for non-performance risk in the valuation of bridge notes would indicate the potential for conversion of only a portion of the principal, plus interest when applicable, into shares of preferred stock or the potential that a conversion event will not occur and that the likely outcome of a liquidation of assets would result in payment of less than the remaining principal outstanding of the note. An increase in non-performance risk would result in a lower fair value measurement.

 

Warrants

 

We use the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model to determine the fair value of warrants held in our portfolio. Option pricing models, including the Black-Scholes-Merton model, require the use of subjective input assumptions, including expected volatility, expected life, expected dividend rate, and expected risk-free rate of return. In the Black-Scholes-Merton model, variations in the expected volatility or expected term assumptions have a significant impact on fair value. Because certain securities underlying the warrants in our portfolio are not publicly traded, many of the required input assumptions are more difficult to estimate than they would be if a public market for the underlying securities existed.

 

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An input to the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model is the value per share of the type of stock for which the warrant is exercisable as of the date of valuation. This input is derived according to the methodologies discussed in "Preferred Stock, Bridge Notes and Common Stock."

 

Rights to Milestone Payments

 

Rights to milestone payments are valued using a probability-weighted discounted cash flow model. As part of Amgen Inc.’s acquisition of our former portfolio company, BioVex Group, Inc., we are entitled to potential future milestone payments based upon the achievement of certain regulatory and sales milestones. We are also entitled to future milestone payments from Laird Technologies Inc.'s acquisition of our former portfolio company, Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. We assign probabilities to the achievements of the various milestones. Milestones identified as independent milestones can be achieved irrespective of the achievement of other contractual milestones. Dependent milestones are those that can only be achieved after another, or series of other, milestones are achieved. The interest rates used in these models are observable inputs from sources such as the Federal Reserve published interest rates.

 

Participation Agreements and Senior Secured Debt

 

We invest in venture debt investments through participation agreements and senior secured debt. We value these securities using an income approach. The income approach uses valuation techniques to convert future amounts (for example, cash flows or earnings) to a single present value amount (discounted). The measurement is based on the value indicated by current market expectations about those future amounts. Common inputs for valuing Level 3 debt investments include: the effective yield of the debt investment or, in the case where we have received warrant coverage, the warrant-adjusted effective yield of the security, adjustments for changes in the yields of comparable publicly traded high-yield debt funds and risk-free interest rates and an assessment of non-performance risk. For those debt investments made through participation agreements, we include discounts for the risk of breach of the participation agreements. For venture debt investments, an increase in yields would result in a lower fair value measurement. Furthermore, yields would decrease, and value would increase, if the company is exceeding targets and risk has been substantially reduced from the level of risk that existed at the time of investment. Yields would increase, and values would decrease, if the company is failing to meet its targets and risk has been increased from the level of risk that existed at the time of investment.

 

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The following chart shows the components of change in the financial assets categorized as Level 3 for the three months ended March 31, 2014.

 

   Beginning
Balance
1/1/2014
   Total Realized
Gains (Losses)
Included in
Changes in
Net Assets
   Transfers   Total  Unrealized
(Depreciation)
Appreciation
Included in
Changes in
 Net Assets
   Investments
in Portfolio
Companies,
Interest on
Bridge Notes,
and
Amortization
 of Loan
 Fees, Net
   Disposals   Ending
Balance
3/31/2014
   Amount of Total
(Depreciation)
Appreciation for the
Period Included in
Changes in Net
Assets Attributable 
to the Change in
Unrealized Gains or
 Losses Relating to
Assets Still Held at
the Reporting Date
 
                                 
Preferred Stock  $71,577,059   $(7,249,533)  $848,8651  $4,505,548   $952,017   $0   $70,633,956   $(2,743,985)
                                         
Bridge Notes   6,044,114    (50,000)   (848,865)1   (1,192,561)   1,450,127    0    5,402,815    (1,242,561)
                                         
Common Stock   108,668    0    0    0    0    0    108,668    0 
                                         
Warrants   800,487    0    0    (117,984)   57,567    0    740,070    (117,984)
                                         
Rights to Milestone Payments   3,489,433    0    0    2,167    0    0    3,491,600    2,167 
                                         
Participation Agreements   777,195    0    0    22,477    1,325    (43,200)   757,797    22,477 
                                         
Senior Secured Debt   1,511,828    0    0    (4,766)   14,179    (54,790)   1,466,451    (4,766)
                                         
Funds Held in Escrow From Sales of Investments   1,786,390    216    0    0    0    (1,235,312)   551,294    0 
                                         
 Total  $86,095,174   $(7,299,317)  $0   $3,214,881   $2,475,215   $(1,333,302)  $83,152,651   $(4,084,652)

 

1Transfers among asset classes are owing to conversions at financing events. These do not represent transfers in or out of Level 3.

 

We elected to use the beginning of period values to recognize transfers in and out of Level 3 investments. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, there were no transfers out of Level 3.

 

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At December 31, 2013, our financial assets were categorized as follows in the fair value hierarchy:

  

 Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using: 
Description  December 31, 2013   Unadjusted Quoted
Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
 
                 
U.S. Government Securities:  $18,999,810   $18,999,810   $0   $0 
                     
Privately Held Portfolio Companies:                    
Preferred Stock  $71,577,059   $0   $0   $71,577,059 
Bridge Notes   6,044,114    0    0    6,044,114 
Warrants   800,487    0    0    800,487 
Rights to Milestone Payments   3,489,433    0    0    3,489,433 
Common Stock   108,668    0    0    108,668 
Senior Secured Debt   1,511,828    0    0    1,511,828 
Participation Agreement   777,195    0    0    777,195 
Non-Convertible Promissory Note   4,043,381    0    4,043,381    0 
                     
Publicly Traded Portfolio Companies:                    
Common Stock  $5,547,294   $5,547,294   $0   $0 
                     
Total Investments:  $112,899,269   $24,547,104   $4,043,381   $84,308,784 
                     
Funds Held in Escrow From                    
Sales of Investments:  $1,786,390   $0   $0   $1,786,390 
                     
Total Financial Assets:  $114,685,659   $24,547,104   $4,043,381   $86,095,174 
                     
Liabilities:                    
Written Call Options  $103,500   $103,500   $0   $0 
                     
Total Liabilities:  $103,500   $103,500   $0   $0 

 

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The following chart shows the components of change in the financial assets categorized as Level 3 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013.

 

   Beginning
Balance
1/1/2013
   Total Realized
Gains (Losses)
Included in
Changes in
Net Assets
   Transfers   Total Unrealized
(Depreciation)
Appreciation
Included in
Changes in
Net Assets
   Investments
in Portfolio
Companies,
Interest on
Bridge Notes, 
and
Amortization 
of Loan
Fees, Net
   Disposals   Ending
Balance
12/31/2013
   Amount of Total
(Depreciation)
Appreciation for the 
Period Included in
Changes in Net
Assets Attributable 
to the Change in
Unrealized Gains or 
Losses Relating to 
Assets Still Held at 
the Reporting Date
 
                                 
Preferred Stock  $78,615,582   $10,006,915   $1,817,4761   $(17,635,033)  $12,779,034   $(14,006,915)  $71,577,059   $(9,331,349)
                                         
Bridge Notes   4,152,634    0    (1,822,831)1   (1,078,514)   4,792,825    0    6,044,114    (1,078,514)
                                         
Common Stock   108,667    (4,384,762)   0    4,384,762    1    0    108,668    0 
                                         
Warrants   586,320    0    5,3551    188,412    20,400    0    800,487    188,412 
                                         
Rights to Milestone Payments   3,400,734    0    0    88,699    0    0    3,489,433    88,699 
                                         
Participation Agreements   1,138,148    90,255    0    (22,807)   5,966    (434,367)   777,195    39,896 
                                         
Subordinated  Secured Debt   120,410    15,058    0    (10,836)   368    (125,000)   0    0 
                                         
Senior Secured Debt   1,075,870    0    0    397,325    339,907    (301,274)   1,511,828    397,325 
                                         
Non-Convertible Promissory Note   3,033,338    0    (3,033,338)   0    0    0    0    0 
                                         
Publicly Traded Common Stock   1,348,227    0    (1,547,827)   0    199,600    0   0    0 
                                         
Funds Held in Escrow From Sales of Investments   1,052,345    766,448    0    0    1,168,671    (1,201,074)   1,786,390    0 
                                         
Total  $94,632,275   $6,493,914   $(4,581,165)  $(13,687,992)  $19,306,772   $(16,068,630)  $86,095,174   $(9,695,531)

 

1Transfers among asset classes are owing to conversions at financing events. These do not represent transfers in or out of Level 3.

 

We elected to use the beginning of period values to recognize transfers in and out of Level 2 and Level 3 investments. For the year ended December 31, 2013, there were transfers out of Level 3 totaling $4,581,165. Our shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., transferred from a Level 3 investment to a Level 1 investment owing to the market for the shares becoming active with increased and sustained trading volume and the lapse of restrictions on 626,523 shares that were previously restricted. Our non-convertible promissory note in Molecular Imprints, Inc., transferred from a Level 3 investment to a Level 2 investment owing to an acquisition offer.

 

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NOTE 7. DERIVATIVES

 

The Company has written covered call options on its holdings of one of its publicly traded portfolio companies in exchange for the receipt of a premium. The option provides the holder the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the shares on which the option is held at a specified price over a specified future period. The call options were sold at a strike price above the market price on the date of the sale allowing the Company to receive potential appreciation in addition to the premium.

 

Transactions in written call options during the three months ended March 31, 2014, were as follows:

 

   Number of
Contracts
   Premium 
Call options outstanding at December 31, 2013  1,500   $112,382 
Call options written   1,500    342,735 
Call options expired   0    0 
Call options called in assignment transactions   0    0 
Call options terminated in closing transactions   (1,500)   (112,382)
Call options outstanding at March 31, 2014   1,500   $342,735 

 

At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, we had rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of our former portfolio company, BioVex. These milestone payments were fair valued at $3,491,600 and $3,489,433, respectively, and are contingent upon certain milestones being achieved in the future. As of March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, we also had rights to milestone payments from Laird Technologies, Inc.'s acquisition of our former portfolio company, Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc. These milestone payments were fair valued at $0 as of March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013.

 

The following tables present the value of derivatives held at March 31, 2014, and the effect of derivatives held during the three months ended March 31, 2014, along with the respective location in the financial statements.

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities:

 

   Assets   Liabilities 
Derivatives  Location   Fair Value   Location   Fair Value 
Equity Contracts   

 

    

 

    

Written call options payable

   $167,500 
                     
Amgen, Inc. Rights to Milestone Payments from Acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.   

Investments

   $3,491,600         
                     
Laird Technologies, Inc. Rights to Milestone Payments from Acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.   

 Investments

   $0         

 

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Statements of Operations

 

Derivatives  Location  Realized
(Loss)/Gain
   Change in unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Equity Contracts  Net Realized and Unrealized (Loss) Gain  $(110,656)  $166,353 
Amgen, Inc. Rights to Milestone Payments from Acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.   Net Realized and Unrealized (Loss) Gain  $0   $2,167 
Laird Technologies, Inc. Rights to Milestone Payments from Acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.   Net Realized and Unrealized (Loss) Gain  $0   $0 

 

NOTE 8. EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

 

We administer a plan to provide medical and dental insurance for retirees and their spouses who, at the time of their retirement, have 10 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 March 7, 2013, the Board of Directors amended this Medical Benefit Retirement Plan. The amendment limits the medical benefit to $10,000 per year for a period of ten years. The amendment does not affect benefits accrued by former employees or one current employee who is grandfathered under the former terms of the plan.

 

Our accumulated postretirement benefit obligation was remeasured as of the plan amendment date, which resulted in a $1,101,338 decrease in our liability. A deferred gain of $1,101,338 owing to this amendment was included in "Accumulated other comprehensive income" as of March 31, 2013. This amount will be amortized over a service period of 5.27 years. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, a total of $52,246 and $43,538, respectively, was amortized and included as a reduction of "Salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation" on our Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

NOTE 9. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

 

The Company maintains the Stock Plan, which provides for the grant of equity-based awards of stock options to our officers and employees and restricted stock to our officers, employees and non-employee directors subject to compliance with the 1940 Act and an exemptive order granted on April 3, 2012, by the SEC permitting us to award shares of restricted stock (the "Exemptive Order").

 

Stock Option Awards

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and the year ended December 31, 2013, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company did not grant any stock options.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company recognized $47,433 of compensation expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to stock options. As of March 31, 2014, there was approximately $45,324 of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock option awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately three months. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, the Company recognized $60,019 of compensation expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to stock options.

 

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For the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, no options were exercised.

 

A summary of the changes in outstanding stock options for the three months ended March 31, 2014, is as follows:

 

           Weighted   Weighted Average     
       Weighted   Average   Remaining   Aggregate 
       Average   Grant Date   Contractual   Intrinsic 
   Shares   Exercise Price   Fair Value   Term (Years)   Value 
Options Outstanding at January 1, 2014   1,425,372   $9.77   $6.27    2.68   $0 
                          
Granted   0    0    0    0      
                          
Exercised   0    0    0    0      
                          
Forfeited or Expired   0    0    0    0      
                          
Options Outstanding at March 31, 2014   1,425,372   $9.77   $6.27    2.43   $0 
                          
Options Exercisable at March 31, 2014   1,399,927   $9.76   $6.25    2.44   $0 
                          
Options Exercisable and Expected to be Exercisable at March 31, 2014   1,425,372   $9.77   $6.27    2.43   $0 

  

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above with respect to options outstanding, exercisable and expected to be exercisable, is calculated as the difference between the Company's closing stock price of $3.47 on March 31, 2014, and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options. This amount represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value that would have been received by the option holders had all options been fully vested and all option holders exercised their awards on March 31, 2014.

 

Restricted Stock

 

On June 11, 2012, the Compensation Committee granted the employees a total of 1,780,000 shares of restricted stock. A total of 1,068,000 awards (60 percent) vest when the volume-weighted stock price is at or above pre-determined stock price targets over a 30-day period. These pre-determined stock price targets range from $5.00 per share to $9.00 per share. The remaining 712,000 of these shares (40 percent) have vesting dates ranging from December 31, 2012, through June 30, 2017, based on the employee's continued service to the Company. After this initial employee grant, the Compensation Committee does not plan to grant additional restricted stock to existing employees until at least June 11, 2015. On March 6, 2014, the Compensation Committee granted 26,360 shares of restricted stock to a new employee under service terms and volume weighted market price conditions matching those of the June 11, 2012, employee grant. Pursuant to the Exemptive Order, non-employee directors receive up to 2,000 shares of restricted stock annually. On June 7, 2012, the non-employee directors received a grant of 14,000 shares of restricted stock. On May 2, 2013, an additional 12,000 shares of restricted stock were granted to the non-employee directors. On May 1, 2014, an additional 14,000 shares of restricted stock were granted to the non-employee directors.

 

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The compensation expense for the service-based award is determined by the market price of our stock at the date of grant applied to the total number of shares we anticipate to fully vest. The market price for the March 6, 2014, employee service-based award was $3.05.

 

The compensation expense for the market-based award is determined by the fair value of the award applied to the number of shares granted, net of estimated forfeitures. The fair value of the market-based award granted on March 6, 2014, was determined using a lattice model. The fair value of this award ranges from $2.40 per share to $2.64 per share and will be expensed over derived service periods ranging from approximately 44 to 86 months.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, we recognized $261,714 of compensation expense related to restricted stock awards. As of March 31, 2014, there was unrecognized compensation cost of $3,012,802 related to restricted stock awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of approximately 1.7 years.

 

Non-vested restricted stock awards as of March 31, 2014, and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2014, were as follows:

 

   Shares   Weighted-Average Grant Date
Fair Value Per Share
 
Outstanding at January 1, 2014   1,504,518   $2.78 
Granted   26,360    2.69 
Vested based on service   0    0 
Shares withheld  related to net share settlement of restricted stock   0    0 
Forfeited   0    0 
Outstanding at March 31, 2014   1,530,878   $2.78 

 

Under net settlement procedures currently applicable to our outstanding restricted stock awards for current employees, upon each settlement date, restricted stock awards are withheld to cover the required withholding tax, which is based on the value of the restricted stock award on the settlement date as determined by the closing price of our common stock on the vesting date. The remaining amounts are delivered to the recipient as shares of our common stock. There have been no net settlements during the three months ended March 31, 2014.

 

NOTE 10. INCOME TAXES

 

We have elected to be treated as a RIC under the Code and operate in a manner so as to qualify for the tax treatment applicable to RICs.

 

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In order to qualify as a RIC, we must, in general, (1) annually, derive at least 90 percent of our gross income from dividends, interest, gains from the sale of securities and similar sources; (2) quarterly, meet certain investment diversification requirements; and (3) annually, distribute at least 90 percent of our investment company taxable income as a dividend. We may either distribute or retain our net capital gain from investments, but any net capital gain not distributed will be subject to corporate income tax and the excise tax described below to the extent not offset by the capital loss carryforward. We currently intend to consider designating net capital gains for distribution as "cash dividends," "designated undistributed capital gains" or "deemed dividends" or some combination thereof. We will be subject to a four percent excise tax to the extent we fail to distribute at least 98 percent of our annual net ordinary income and 98.2 percent of our capital gain net income and would be subject to income tax to the extent we fail to distribute 100 percent of our investment company taxable income. As of January 1, 2014, we had capital loss carryforwards of $3,876,148, which we intend to use to offset current year capital gains, if any. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we realized capital losses of $7,037,325.

 

Because of the specialized nature of our investment portfolio, we generally can satisfy the diversification requirements under the Code if we receive a certification from the SEC pursuant to Section 851(e) of the Code that we are "principally engaged in the furnishing of capital to other corporations which are principally engaged in the development or exploitation of inventions, technological improvements, new processes, or products not previously generally available."

 

We have received SEC certification since 1999, including for 2012, pursuant to Section 851(e) of the Code. There can be no assurance that we will qualify for or receive certification for 2013 or subsequent years (to the extent we need additional certification) or that we will actually qualify for Subchapter M treatment in subsequent years. In addition, under certain circumstances, even if we qualified for Subchapter M treatment in 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.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, we paid $15,986 and $22,010, respectively, in federal, state and local taxes. At March 31, 2014, and 2013, we had $0 accrued for federal, state and local taxes payable by the Company.

 

We pay federal, state and local taxes primarily related to sublease income generated by Ventures, which is taxed as a C Corporation. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, our income tax expense for Ventures was $15,057 and $21,080, respectively.

 

NOTE 11. CHANGE IN NET ASSETS PER SHARE

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted per share net decreases in net assets resulting from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013.

 

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   For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
   2014   2013 
Numerator for decrease in net assets per share  $(6,475,677)  $(2,060,192)
Denominator for basic weighted average shares   31,197,438    31,116,881 
Basic net decrease in net assets per share resulting from operations  $(0.21)  $(0.07)
Denominator for diluted weighted average shares   31,197,438    31,116,881 
Diluted net decrease in net assets per share resulting from operations  $(0.21)  $(0.07)
Anti-dilutive shares by type:          
Stock Options   1,425,372    1,425,372 
Restricted Stock1   445,878    548,000 
Total anti-dilutive shares   1,871,250    1,973,372 

 

1A total of 1,085,000 and 1,068,000 performance-based shares of restricted stock were outstanding during the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, respectively. These shares vest when the volume-weighted stock price is at or above pre-determined stock price targets over a 30-day period. These pre-determined stock price targets range from $5.00 per share to $9.00 per share. These shares were not included in the computation of diluted net asset value per share because as of the end of the reporting period none of the pre-determined stock price targets were met.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, the calculation of net decrease in net assets resulting from operations per diluted share does not include any stock options or restricted stock awards because such awards were anti-dilutive. Stock options and restricted stock awards may be dilutive in future periods in which there are both a net increase in net assets resulting from operations and either significant increases in our average stock price or significant decreases in the amount of unrecognized compensation cost during the period.

 

NOTE 12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On April 2, 2014, the Company made a $240,500 follow-on investment in Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

 

On April 2, 2014, the Company made a $120,000 follow-on investment in OpGen, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

 

On April 10, 2014, and April 25, 2014, the Company made two follow-on investments totaling $1,000,000 in Enumeral Biomedical Corp., a privately held portfolio company.

 

On April 18, 2014, Canon, Inc., completed its acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor lithography equipment business. We received $6,486,461 at the close of the transaction and could receive an additional $625,000 from amounts held in escrow as well as up to $1.7 million upon the achievement of certain milestones. With the closing of the transaction, a new spin-out company, which retained the name "Molecular Imprints, Inc." was formed. This new company will continue development and commercialization of nanoscale patterning in consumer and biomedical applications. We are a shareholder of this new company.

 

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In April of 2014, we sold 16,000 shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., for net proceeds of $16,570.

 

On May 1, 2014, pursuant to the Exemptive Order, a grant of 14,000 shares of restricted stock was made to the non-employee directors of the Company. Each non-employee director was granted 2,000 shares, which will vest ratably over a three-year period.

 

On May 7, 2014, the Company made an $86,039 follow-on investment in Ultora, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

  

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Unaudited)

 

   Three Months Ended March 31, 
   2014   2013 
         
Per Share Operating Performance          
           
Net asset value per share, beginning of period  $3.93   $4.13 
           
Net operating loss*   (0.06)   (0.06)
           
Net realized (loss) gain on investments*   (0.23)   (0.11)
           
Net increase in unrealized appreciation on investments and written call options(1)   0.08    0.11 
           
Total from investment operations*   (0.21)   (0.06)
           
Net increase as a result of stock-based compensation expense*   0.01    0.01 
           
Total increase from capital stock transactions   0.01    0.01 
           
Net increase as a result of other comprehensive income*   0.00    0.03 
           
Net (decrease) increase in net asset value   (0.20)   (0.02)
           
Net asset value per share, end of period  $3.73   $4.11 
           
Stock price per share, end of period  $3.47   $3.60 
           
Total return based on stock price   16.44%   9.09%
           
Supplemental Data:          
           
Net assets, end of period  $116,482,799   $127,749,103 
           
Ratio of expenses to average net assets   1.8%   1.7%
           
Ratio of net operating loss to average net assets   (1.7)%   (1.5)%
           
Average debt outstanding  $0.00   $0.00 
           
Average debt per share  $0.00   $0.00 
           
Number of shares outstanding, end of period   31,197,438    31,116,881 

 

*Based on Average Shares Outstanding

 

(1)Net unrealized gains (losses) includes rounding adjustments to reconcile change in net asset value per share. See "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" for a description of unrealized losses on investments.

 

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

 

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with the Company's unaudited March 31, 2014, Consolidated Financial Statements and the Company's audited 2013 Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto.

 

Background

 

We incorporated under the laws of the state of New York in August 1981. In 1983, we completed an initial public offering ("IPO"). In 1984, we divested all of our assets except Otisville BioTech, Inc., 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 BDC subject to the provisions of Sections 55 through 65 of the 1940 Act.

 

Overview

 

We believe we provide five core benefits to our shareholders. First, we are an established firm with a positive track record of investing in venture capital-backed companies as further discussed in "Investments and Current Investment Pace" on page 64. Second, we provide shareholders with access to disruptive science-enabled companies, particularly ones that are enabled by BIOLOGY+, that would otherwise be difficult to access or inaccessible for most current and potential shareholders. Third, we have an existing portfolio of companies at varying stages of maturity that provide for a potential pipeline of investment returns over time. Fourth, we are able to invest opportunistically in a range of types of securities to take advantage of market inefficiencies. Fifth, we provide access to venture capital investments in a vehicle that, unlike private venture capital firms, has permanent capital, is transparent and is liquid.

 

We build transformative companies from disruptive science. We make venture capital investments in companies enabled by multidisciplinary, disruptive science. We define venture capital investments as the money and resources made available to privately held and publicly traded small businesses with exceptional growth potential.

 

As of March 31, 2014, we had 25 equity-focused companies in our portfolio that have yet to complete liquidity events (e.g., IPOs or M&A transactions). This does not include 1) our publicly traded shares of Solazyme, Inc., and Champions Oncology, Inc.; 2) our three venture debt deals, GEO Semiconductor Inc., Nano Terra, Inc., and OHSO Clean, Inc.; and 3) our rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc., and Laird Technologies, Inc. As of March 31, 2014, we valued our 25 privately held equity-focused companies at $81,617,444. Including the companies referenced above, we valued our total venture capital portfolio at $90,901,768 as of March 31, 2014. At March 31, 2014, from first dollar in, the average and median holding periods for the 25 privately held equity-focused investments were 6.1 years and 6.8 years, respectively. Historically, as measured from first dollar in to last dollar out, the average and median holding periods for the 70 investments we have exited were 4.4 years and 3.4 years, respectively.

 

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Our execution strategy over the next five years has four parts: 1) Realize returns to increase shareholder value; 2) Invest for growth to increase shareholder value; 3) Partner to more effectively create value; and 4) Return value to our shareholders.

 

Realize

 

"Realize" refers to realizing value in our venture capital portfolio. Since our investment in Otisville in 1983 through March 31, 2014, we have made a total of 97 equity-focused venture capital investments. We have completely exited 70 of these 97 investments and partially exited through the sale of shares and/or the sale of call options covered by shares of two of these 97 investments, recognizing aggregate net realized gains of $78,811,932 on invested capital of $120,529,082, or 1.7 times invested capital. For the securities of the 25 companies in our equity-focused portfolio held at March 31, 2014, we have net unrealized depreciation of $22,251,595 on invested capital of $103,869,039. We have aggregate net realized gains on our exited companies offset by unrealized depreciation for our 25 currently held equity-focused investments of $56,560,337 on invested capital of $224,398,121.

 

The amount of net realized gains includes:

 

·$30,253,957 in payments received from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., to Amgen, Inc., the sale of Innovalight, Inc., to DuPont, the sale of Crystal IS, Inc., to Asahi Kasei Group and the sale of Xradia, Inc., to Carl Zeiss AG. We had invested a total of $15,383,299 in these four portfolio companies;

 

·Realized gains of $16,845,010 from the sale of shares of Solazyme, Inc., on invested capital of $5,089,775. In addition, we generated $1,414,875 in realized gains on our sale and/or purchase of written call option and put option contracts covered by our shares of Solazyme, Inc.;

 

·Realized gains of $292,402 from the sale of shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., on invested capital of $564,971; and

 

·Realized loss of $4,839,811, including call options, on our investment in NeoPhotonics Corporation on invested capital of $7,299,590.

 

·Realized loss of $7,299,533 on our investment in Kovio, Inc., on invested capital of $7,299,533. On January 21, 2014, substantially all of Kovio's assets were sold by Square 1 Bank, Kovio's secured creditor, to Thin Film Electronics ASA. Our shares were subsequently declared worthless on February 19, 2014.

 

The aggregate net realized gains and the cumulative invested capital do not reflect the cost or value of our shares of Solazyme, Inc., and Champions Oncology, Inc., that we owned as of March 31, 2014, or the premiums received on open option contracts of Solazyme of $342,735. The aggregate net realized gains also do not include potential escrow payments from the sale of Xradia, Inc., to Carl Zeiss AG or potential milestone payments that could occur as part of the acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc., by Amgen, Inc., or the acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., by Laird Technologies, Inc., at points in time in the future. The aggregate net realized gains also do not include the proceeds received to date or the additional amounts held in escrow and amounts due upon achievement of certain milestones related to the acquisition of the semiconductor manufacturing-related business of Molecular Imprints that was announced in the first quarter of 2014 and completed on April 18, 2014. If these amounts were included as of March 31, 2014, our aggregate net realized gains and cumulative invested capital would be $96,475,880 and $127,804,596, respectively, or 1.8-times invested capital.

 

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Recent and Potential Liquidity Events From Our Portfolio as of March 31, 2014

 

On July 12, 2013, Carl Zeiss AG completed its acquisition of Xradia, Inc., and on July 19, 2013, we received our initial payment of $12,838,244. On January 23, 2014, we received the first escrow payment of $1,235,312. As of March 31, 2014, additional proceeds of $1,139,515 were held in escrow to be released in whole, or in part, in July of 2014, but there can be no assurance as to how much of this amount we will ultimately realize. As of March 31, 2014, we valued the funds held in escrow from the sale of Xradia at $551,294.

 

As of March 31, 2014, we valued potential milestone payments from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., at $3,491,600. If all the remaining milestone payments were to be paid by Amgen, Inc., we would receive $9,526,393. We have not received any milestone payments as of March 31, 2014, and there can be no assurance as to the timing and how much of this amount we will ultimately realize in the future, if any. As of March 31, 2014, we valued potential milestone payments from the sale of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., to Laird Technologies, Inc., at $0.

 

Our companies often plan for and/or begin the process of pursuing potential sales and/or IPOs of those companies by hiring bankers and/or advisors to attempt to pursue such liquidity events. We consider these efforts to be in the ordinary course of business for those companies until the potential and timing of a transaction become tangible through events such as acceptance of letters of intent to acquire a company and/or the beginning of a road show to pursue an IPO.

 

On April 18, 2014, Canon, Inc., completed its acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor lithography equipment business. We received $6,486,461 at the close of the transaction and could receive an additional $625,000 from amounts held in escrow as well as up to $1.7 million upon the achievement of certain milestones. With the closing of the transaction, a new spin-out company, which retained the name "Molecular Imprints, Inc." was formed. This new company will continue development and commercialization of nanoscale patterning in consumer and biomedical applications. We are a shareholder of this new company.

 

On February 27, 2014, the board of directors of Contour Energy Systems, Inc., adopted a plan of complete liquidation and dissolution. Following the sale of Contour Energy's assets and settlement of its liabilities, any remaining proceeds will be distributed to its shareholders. At March 31, 2014, we valued our investment in Contour Energy at $21,418.

 

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Strategy for Managing Publicly Traded Positions

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, our strategy for managing our publicly traded positions has generated $119,697 in net cash proceeds from premiums on call options sold of Solazyme, Inc. We also sold 17,834 shares of Solazyme in open market transactions for proceeds, net of commission, of $214,888. The net increase in our primary liquidity from these transactions was $334,585. Through March 31, 2014, we have generated $2,469,676 in net cash premiums on call options sold and put options purchased of Solazyme since the company completed an IPO in May 2011. We have sold a total of 2,154,149 shares of Solazyme since its IPO for net proceeds, after commission, of $21,207,864 or an average sale price of $9.85 per share. Including premiums from call and put options, the average sale price for these shares was $10.99 per share. Our cost basis in Solazyme is $2.36 per share.

 

As of March 31, 2014, our remaining 150,000 shares of Solazyme are under the following option contracts:

 

No. of Shares  Expiration Date  Strike Price 
100,000  June 21, 2014  $12.50 
50,000  September 20, 2014  $12.50 

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we sold 559,756 shares of our position in Champions Oncology, Inc., in open market transactions for net proceeds, after commission, of $619,690 or an average sale price of $1.11 per share. Our average cost basis in Champions is $0.67 per share.

 

These increases in primary liquidity are important for our efforts to continue to fund existing and new portfolio companies that could generate future investment returns.

 

Maturity of Current Equity-Focused Venture Capital Portfolio

 

There are three main drivers of our potential growth in value over the next five years. First, we have a larger portfolio of more mature companies than we have had historically. Second, we believe the quality of our existing portfolio is stronger than it has been historically. Third, we own larger percentages of the companies in the existing portfolio than we have owned historically.

 

Our current portfolio is comprised of BIOLOGY+ and other companies at varying stages of maturity in a diverse set of industries. As our portfolio companies mature, we seek to invest in new early- and mid-stage companies that may mature into mid- and late-stage companies. This continuous progression creates a pipeline of investment maturities that may lead to future sources of positive contributions to net asset value per share as these companies mature and potentially experience liquidity and exit events. Our pipeline of investment maturities for the 23 equity-focused companies in our portfolio that have yet to complete liquidity events (e.g., IPOs or M&A transactions) and are not in the process of being shut down are shown in the figure below.

 

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We expect some of our portfolio companies to transition between stages of maturity over time. This transition may be forward if the company is maturing and is successfully executing its business plan or may be backward if the company is not successfully executing its business plan or decides to change its business plan substantially from its original plan. Transitions backward may be accompanied by an increase in non-performance risk, which reduces valuation. We discuss non-performance risk and its implications on value below in the section titled "Valuation of Investments."

 

During the first quarter of 2014, we did not transition the stage categorization of any of our portfolio companies.

 

As of March 31, 2014, we held securities in Molecular Imprints, Inc., a late-stage company. Molecular Imprints was acquired by Canon, Inc., in the second quarter of 2014. We will retain ownership in a new company created from the non-semiconductor manufacturing business of Molecular Imprints. We currently plan to categorize this new company as a mid-stage company once it is created.

 

Ownership of Our Portfolio Companies

 

By studying our portfolio in greater detail, it is evident to us that potential returns from approximately half of the companies in our portfolio could be the real drivers of net asset value growth over the coming years. These companies include ones in which we have substantial ownership and ones where we believe the potential value at exit is substantial. The table below provides some additional detail on our ownership of the 23 equity-focused companies in our portfolio that have yet to complete liquidity events (e.g., IPOs or M&A transactions) and are not in the process of being shut down.

 

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Portfolio Company   Voting Ownership Range
     

Enumeral Biomedical Corp.

HzO, Inc.

ProMuc, Inc.

Senova Systems, Inc.

Sionyx, Inc.

Ultora, Inc.

  >20%
     

EchoPixel, Inc.

Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.

  15-20%
     

ABSMaterials, Inc.

Adesto Technologies Corp.

Metabolon, Inc.

OpGen, Inc.

  10-15%
     
AgBiome, L.L.C.   5-10%
     

Bridgelux, Inc.

Cambrios Technologies Corp.

Champions Oncology, Inc.

D-Wave Systems, Inc.

Ensemble Therapeutics Corp.

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.

Molecular Imprints, Inc.

Nantero, Inc.

  2.5-5%
     

Cobalt Technologies, Inc.

Nanosys, Inc.

  0-2.5%

 

In previous communications with shareholders, we have discussed how we are managing our portfolio, feeding the "fat hogs" and starving the "lean hogs" to maximize our value at exit. Many of the leaner hogs have experienced write-downs in valuation, and we have de-emphasized them in terms of the time allocation of our team. These steps allow us to focus our time and capital on the companies we believe will be the drivers of our growth. This increases the risk and potential loss of invested capital in these portfolio companies, but it also may increase the potential returns if they are successful. We currently believe companies like D-Wave Systems, Inc., Metabolon, Inc., Adesto Technologies Corporation, HzO, Inc., Produced Water Absorbents, Inc., Ultora, Inc., AgBiome, LLC, Senova Systems, Inc., Enumeral Biomedical Corp. and EchoPixel, Inc., have the potential to be real drivers of growth in our portfolio in the coming years.

 

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Level of Involvement in Our Portfolio Companies

 

The 1940 Act requires that BDCs offer to "make available significant managerial assistance" to portfolio companies. We are actively involved with our portfolio companies through membership on boards of directors, as observers to the boards of directors and/or through frequent communication with management. As of March 31, 2014, we held at least one board seat or observer rights on 19 of our 23 equity-focused portfolio companies that have yet to complete a liquidity event or an uplisting to a national exchange and are not in the process of being shut down (83 percent).

 

We may be involved actively in the formation and development of business strategies of our earliest stage portfolio companies. This involvement may include hiring management, licensing intellectual property, securing space and raising additional capital. We also provide managerial assistance to late-stage companies looking for potential exit opportunities by leveraging our relationships with the banking and investment community and our knowledge and experience in running a micro-capitalization publicly traded business.

 

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Growth in Ownership of Portfolio Companies

 

The chart below depicts the change in our ownership of our portfolio companies from 2001 through 2013 as our assets have increased. Our fully diluted, investment-weighted average ownership has increased from approximately five percent for initial investments made between 2001 and 2004 to approximately 15 percent for initial investments made between 2009 and 2013. This increasing ownership, which we have noted in previous shareholder communications, gives us more control over these companies to potentially affect outcomes beneficial to the Company. Over the coming five years, as companies where our initial investment was made between 2005 and the present continue to mature and exit, we believe our increased levels of ownership have the potential to provide greater returns than our historical investments.

 

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Our goal with our new investments is to have even greater ownership at the time of the realization of our return than we have had historically for all of the reasons discussed above.

 

Investments and Current Investment Pace

 

The following is a summary of our initial and follow-on equity-focused investments from January 1, 2010, to March 31, 2014. We consider a "round led" to be a round where we were the new investor or the leader of a group of investors in an investee company. Typically, but not always, the lead investor negotiates the price and terms of the deal with the investee company.

 

Investments in Our Equity-Focused Portfolio of Investments
in Privately Held and Publicly Traded Companies
   2010   2011   2012   2013   Three Months Ended
March 31, 2014
 
Total Incremental Investments  $9,560,721   $17,688,903   $15,141,941   $18,076,288   $2,386,980 
No. of New Investments   3    4    2    2    0 
No. of Follow-On Investment Rounds   27    31    26    37    7 
No. of Rounds Led   5    4    3    9    2 
Average Dollar Amount – Initial  $117,069   $1,339,744   $1,407,500   $550,001   $0 
Average Dollar Amount – Follow-On  $341,093   $397,740   $474,113   $449,359   $340,997 

 

Industry Sectors of Investment

 

We generally classify our investments in one of three industry sectors: Life Sciences, Energy and Electronics. The interdisciplinary nature of science-based inventions enables our portfolio companies to address needs in multiple sectors rather than being confined to addressing needs in one sector. As such, many of our companies can adjust their business foci to address needs in a secondary sector should opportunities in the company’s primary sector decrease in number or magnitude.

 

We classify companies in our life sciences portfolio as those that address problems in life sciences-related industries, including biotechnology, agriculture, advanced materials and chemicals, diagnostics, healthcare, bioprocessing, water, industrial biotechnology, food, nutrition and energy. We classify companies that address life science-related problems as a primary or secondary sector as BIOLOGY+. With our focus on investing in BIOLOGY+ companies, we expect that the number of companies addressing life science-related industries as a primary focus will grow, while those that address electronics and energy-related sectors as a primary focus will decline. That said, we expect these companies may address electronics and energy-related sectors as a secondary sector given the interdisciplinary nature of BIOLOGY+ companies.

 

We classify companies in our energy portfolio as those that seek to improve performance, productivity or efficiency, and to reduce environmental impact, waste, cost, energy consumption or raw materials. Energy is a term used commonly to describe products and processes that solve global problems related to resource constraints. The term "cleantech" is also used commonly in a similar manner.

 

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We classify companies in our electronics portfolio as those that address problems in electronics-related industries, including semiconductors, telecommunications and data communications, metrology and test and measurement.

 

Our Sources of Liquid Capital

 

The sources of liquidity that we use to make our investments are classified as primary and secondary liquidity. As of March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, our total primary and secondary liquidity was $30,263,296 and $33,620,478, respectively. We do not include funds available from our credit facility as primary or secondary liquidity. We believe it is important to examine both our primary and secondary liquidity when assessing the strength of our balance sheet and our future investment capabilities.

 

Primary liquidity is comprised of cash, U.S. government securities and certain receivables. As of March 31, 2014, we held $5,901,234 in cash, $19,999,600 in U.S. government securities and $106,466 in certain receivables. As of December 31, 2013, we held $8,538,548 in cash, $18,999,810 in U.S. government securities and $534,826 in certain receivables.

 

On January 23, 2014, funds totaling $1,235,312 from the sale of Xradia, Inc., were released from escrow, which added to our primary liquidity in the first quarter. The remaining funds held in escrow from the Xradia transaction will be released in July of 2014, net of any settlement of indemnity claims and expenses related to the transaction. If and when these amounts held in escrow are released, those funds would add to our primarily liquidity. Payments upon achieving milestones of the BioVex Group, Inc., sale would also add to our primary liquidity in future quarters if these milestones are achieved successfully. The probability-adjusted value of the future milestone payments for the sale of BioVex, as determined at the end of each fiscal quarter, is included as an asset on our Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities and will be included in primary liquidity only if and when payment is received for achievement of the milestones. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we sold 17,834 shares of our investment in Solazyme, Inc., in open market sales. We received $214,888 in net proceeds from these transactions. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we sold 559,756 shares of our investment in Champions Oncology, Inc., in open market sales. We received $619,690 in net proceeds from these transactions. The proceeds received from these transactions added to our primary liquidity. On April 18, 2014, we received proceeds of $6,486,461 from the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor business to Canon, Inc. This will add to our primary liquidity in the second quarter of 2014.

 

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Our secondary liquidity is comprised of the stock of publicly traded companies. Although these companies are publicly traded, their stock may not trade at high volumes and prices may be volatile, which may restrict our ability to sell our positions at any given time. As of March 31, 2014, our secondary liquidity was $4,255,996. Solazyme, Inc., accounts for $1,741,500 of this amount based on its closing price as of March 31, 2014. If our option contracts are called at their strike prices, we would receive proceeds of $1,875,000. The common stock of Champions Oncology, Inc., accounts for $2,514,496 of the total amount of secondary liquidity based on its closing price as of March 31, 2014. As of December 31, 2013, our secondary liquidity was $5,547,294. Solazyme, Inc., accounted for $1,827,712 of this amount based on its closing price as of December 31, 2013. The common stock of Champions Oncology, Inc., accounted for $3,719,582 of the total amount of secondary liquidity based on its closing price as of December 31, 2013. All of our public securities were freely tradable as of March 31, 2014. A decision to sell our shares would result in the cash received from the sale of these assets being included in primary liquidity. Until that time, we will continue to include the value of our shares of our publicly traded portfolio companies in secondary liquidity unless the average trading volume of each company reaches sufficient levels for us to monetize our stock in such companies over a short period of time.

 

We also have the $20,000,000 Loan Facility, which we can draw on to increase liquidity. As of March 31, 2014, we had no outstanding debt relating to this Loan Facility.

 

Partner

 

As the structure of the public markets has changed over the last decade, the time and dollars required to build transformative companies has increased. Scale and manufacturing expertise is now critical to get to a successful outcome. We believe this expertise is best accomplished by partnering with corporations at earlier stages in the development of the enterprise. Proper partnering can lead to more capital efficient businesses that provide better returns for investors.

 

Return

 

Our plan for returning value to shareholders has three steps. Step one of our return plan was implemented over the past five years. It includes investing in early-stage companies where we believe we can own greater than 10 percent of the company at exit with invested capital of between $5 million and $10 million in each company.

 

Step two is our focus on BIOLOGY+. Our best investment returns over the past 10 years have come from companies that have businesses intersecting with the life sciences. We are now focusing our efforts on BIOLOGY+, as we believe the future returns for companies commercializing technologies that sell into the life science markets will be greater than those focused on other markets we have invested in historically. Since 2008, approximately 77 percent of our new initial investments have been in companies that fit our BIOLOGY+ investment thesis. This percentage will increase over the coming years. That said, we note that past performance may not be indicative of future performance.

 

Step three is our partnering efforts. We continue to pursue strategies to increase the return profile of early-stage investing, and to reduce the cost profile so that it shifts to a profile more representative of the venture capital industry of 15 to 20 years ago. We believe this will require an environment for doing early-stage investing that includes working with corporate partners earlier in the development of these companies to 1) ascertain if there is demand for the company’s technology/products and 2) to help these start-ups prepare for scale and manufacturing in a way that permits seamless adoption by industry and the consumer. This is the basis of our partnership strategy.

 

We believe that execution of these three steps will generate returns for shareholders over the coming years. We are focused on increasing value for shareholders through growing net asset value per share, and we believe we may have an opportunity to reduce the number of shares outstanding and provide deemed dividends as well as cash dividends as we execute on this strategy.

 

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Current Business Environment

 

The first quarter of 2014 ended with increases in value in the public market indices. These increases coincided with the strongest three-month period for IPO's since the third quarter of 2000 and the strongest three-month period for M&A transactions by average deal size since the first quarter of 2004, according to the National Venture Capital Association. That said, fundraising by venture capital firms continued to be challenging and concentrated to a small number of funds. These dynamics continue to lead to a difficult fundraising environment for venture-backed companies, particularly those in the middle stages of development and those focused on sectors in which we invest.

 

Our overall goal remains unchanged. We want to maintain our leadership position in investing in science-enabled and BIOLOGY+ companies and increase our net asset value per share outstanding. The current environment for venture capital financings continues to favor those firms that have capital to invest regardless of the stage of the investee company. We continue to finance our new and follow-on equity and convertible debt investments from our cash reserves held in bank accounts. We may in the future invest borrowed capital to take advantage of opportunities that we believe will return greater than the cost of such borrowed capital. We have historically held, and may in the future again hold, our cash in U.S. Treasury securities. We believe the current status of the venture capital industry and the current economic climate provide opportunities to invest this capital at historically low valuations and under favorable terms in equity and convertible debt of new and existing privately held and publicly traded companies.

 

Valuation of Investments

 

We value our privately held venture capital investments each quarter as determined in good faith by our Valuation Committee, a committee of all the independent directors, within guidelines established by our Board of Directors in accordance with the 1940 Act. See "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments" contained in "Consolidated Financial Statements" for additional information.

 

The values of privately held, venture capital-backed companies are inherently more difficult to determine than those of publicly traded companies at any single point in time because securities of these types of companies are not actively traded. We believe, perhaps even more than in the past, that illiquidity, and the perception of illiquidity, can affect value. Management believes further that the long-term effects of the difficult venture capital market and difficult exit environments will continue to affect negatively the fundraising ability of weak companies regardless of near-term improvements in the overall global economy and public markets and that these factors can also affect value.

 

We note that while the valuations of our privately held, venture capital-backed companies may decrease, sometimes substantially, such decrease may facilitate an increase in our ownership of the overall company in conjunction with a follow-on investment in such company. In these cases, the ultimate return on our overall invested capital could be greater than it would have been without such interim decrease in valuation.

 

In each of the years in the period of 2010 through 2013 and for the three months ended March 31, 2014, excluding our rights to milestone payments, we recorded the following gross write-ups in privately held securities as a percentage of net assets at the beginning of the year ("BOY"), gross write-downs in privately held securities as a percentage of net assets at the beginning of the year, and change in value of private portfolio securities as a percentage of net assets at the beginning of the year.

 

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Gross Write-Ups and Write-Downs of the Privately Held Portfolio
 
   2010   2011   2012   2013  

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2014

 
                     
Net Asset Value, BOY  $134,158,258   $146,853,912   $145,698,407   $128,436,774   $122,701,575 
                          
Gross Write-Downs During Year  $(11,391,367)  $(11,375,661)  $(19,604,046)  $(19,089,816)  $(5,183,416)
                          
Gross Write-Ups During Year  $30,051,847   $11,997,991   $14,099,904   $10,218,994   $1,106,677 
                          
Gross Write-Downs as a Percentage of Net Asset Value, BOY   (8.5)%   (7.8)%   (13.5)%   (14.9)%   (4.2)%
                          
Gross Write-Ups as a Percentage of Net  Asset Value, BOY   22.4%   8.2%   9.7%   8.0%   0.9%
                          
Net Change as a Percentage of Net Asset Value, BOY   13.9%   0.4%   (3.8)%   (6.9)%   (3.3)%

 

From December 31, 2013, to March 31, 2014, the value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio, including our rights to potential future milestone payments from the sales of BioVex Group, Inc., and Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., decreased by $2,933,951, from $92,313,445 to $89,379,494.

 

Not including our rights to potential future milestone payments from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., our equity-focused portfolio companies decreased in value by $2,936,118. This decrease was primarily owing to 1) net decreases in the valuations of Solazyme, Inc., and Champions Oncology, Inc., and sales of a portion of our shares of these companies of $1,300,346, offset by net cash proceeds to us of $834,578 that are not included in the valuation of Solazyme and Champions Oncology as of March 31, 2014, and 2) a net decrease in value owing to a net increase in discounts for non-performance risk of $4,232,261. These changes were offset by 1) follow-on investments of $2,386,980 and 2) a net increase in value owing to the terms and pricing of new rounds of financing of $853,615. The remaining component of the change in the value of our equity-focused portfolio companies of $644,106 was primarily owing to net decreases in public company comparables, the value of warrants, currency fluctuations and net interest on convertible bridge notes.

 

We note that our Valuation Committee and ultimately our Board of Directors take into account multiple sources of quantitative and qualitative inputs to determine the value of our privately held portfolio companies.

 

We note that our Valuation Committee does not set the value of Solazyme, Inc., our freely tradable publicly traded portfolio company, or the value of our shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., which trades on an OTC exchange.

 

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We define non-performance as the risk that the price per share (or implied valuation of a portfolio company) or the effective yield of a debt security of a portfolio company, as applicable, does not appropriately represent the risk that a portfolio company that requires or seeks to raise additional capital will be  (a) unable to raise capital, will need to be shut down and will not return our invested capital; or (b) able to raise capital, but at a valuation significantly lower than the implied post-money valuation.  Our best estimates of non-performance risk of our portfolio companies are included in the valuation of the companies as of March 31, 2014. In the future, as these companies receive terms for additional financings or if they are unable to receive additional financing and, therefore, proceed with sales or shutdowns of the business, we expect the contribution of the discount for non-performance risk to vary in importance in determining the fair values of our securities of these companies. Changes in discounts for non-performance risk could positively or negatively affect the value of our portfolio companies in future quarters. As of March 31, 2014, non-performance risk was a significant factor in determining the values of five of our 25 equity-focused portfolio companies and warrants of Champions Oncology, Inc., that are fair valued by our Board of Directors. These five companies accounted for approximately $8.8 million, or 10 percent, of the total value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio, not including our rights to milestone payments from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., to Amgen, Inc. As of December 31, 2013, non-performance risk was a significant factor in determining the values of six of our 26 equity-focused portfolio companies and warrants of Champions Oncology, Inc., that are fair valued by our Board of Directors. These six companies accounted for approximately $17.8 million, or 20 percent, of the total value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio, not including our rights to milestone payments from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., to Amgen, Inc.

 

We also note that the valuation of our securities of Molecular Imprints, Inc., includes $4,044,415 that is ascribed to a non-convertible bridge note. The principal plus interest of this note of $1,386,669 was repaid in full in the third quarter of 2011. The remaining value results from a liquidation preference that survived the repayment of the note and was paid to the Company on April 18, 2014, pursuant to the terms of the acquisition of Molecular Imprints by Canon. Our value of this portion of our securities of Molecular Imprints as of March 31, 2014, reflects the terms of the acquisition agreement that closed in April of 2014.

 

As of March 31, 2014, our top ten investments by value accounted for approximately 75 percent of the value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio.

 

Top Ten Equity-Focused Investments by Value

 

Portfolio Company 

Value as of

03/31/2014

  

Cumulative % of Equity Focused

Venture Capital Portfolio

 
         
Adesto Technologies Corp.  $14,701,448    17%
Metabolon, Inc.  $10,655,036    30%
Molecular Imprints, Inc.  $8,283,563    39%
HzO, Inc.  $7,445,930    48%
D-Wave Systems, Inc.  $5,520,436    54%
Nanosys, Inc.  $3,995,247    59%
Ensemble Therapeutics Corp.  $3,878,267    63%
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.  $3,475,506    67%
Cambrios Technologies Corp.  $3,418,349    71%
Bridgelux, Inc.  $3,416,161    75%

 

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Results of Operations

 

We present the financial results of our operations utilizing accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for investment companies. On this basis, the principal measure of our financial performance during any period is the net increase (decrease) in our net assets resulting from our operating activities, which is the sum of the following three elements:

 

Net Operating Income (Loss) - the difference between our income from interest, dividends, and fees and our operating expenses.

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investments - the difference between the net proceeds of sales of portfolio securities and their stated cost, plus income from interests in limited liability companies.

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Unrealized Appreciation or Depreciation on Investments - the net unrealized change in the value of our investment portfolio.

 

Owing to the structure and objectives of our business, we generally expect to experience net operating losses and seek to generate increases in our net assets from operations through the long-term appreciation and monetization of our venture capital investments. We have relied, and continue to rely, primarily on proceeds from sales of investments, rather than on investment income, to defray a significant portion of our operating expenses. Because such sales are unpredictable, we attempt to maintain adequate working capital to provide for fiscal periods when there are no such sales.

 

The potential for, or occurrence of, inflation could result in rising interest rates for government-backed debt.  We may also invest in both short- and long-term U.S. government and agency securities. To the extent that we invest in short- and long-term U.S. government and agency securities, changes in interest rates result in changes in the value of these obligations that result in an increase or decrease of our net asset value. The level of interest rate risk exposure at any given point in time depends on the market environment, the expectations of future price and market movements, and the quantity and duration of long-term U.S. government and agency securities held by the Company, and it will vary from period to period. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, our average holdings of U.S. government securities were $9,749,853 and $13,999,230, respectively.

 

Three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2013

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, we had net decreases in net assets resulting from operations of $6,475,677 and $2,060,192, respectively.

 

Investment Income and Expenses:

 

We had net operating losses of $1,975,372 and $1,935,573 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, respectively. The variation in these results is primarily owing to the changes in investment income and operating expenses, including non-cash expense included in salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation of $309,147 in 2014 primarily associated with the compensation cost for restricted stock as compared with $314,721 for the same period in 2013. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, total investment income was $146,291 and $185,090, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, total operating expenses were $2,121,663 and $2,120,663, respectively.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with the same period in 2013, investment income decreased, reflecting a decrease in interest income from subordinated and senior secured debt, senior secured debt through a participation agreement, rental income from the sublet of our office space at 420 Florence Street, Palo Alto, CA, owing to the expiration of the lease in 2013, and a decrease in our average holdings of U.S. government securities, offset by an increase in interest income from a non-convertible promissory note and convertible bridge notes. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, our average holdings of U.S. government securities were $9,749,853 as compared with $13,999,230 during the three months ended March 31, 2013, primarily owing to the decrease in yield available over the durations of maturities in which we were willing to invest.

 

Operating expenses, including non-cash, stock-based compensation expenses, were $2,121,663 and $2,120,663 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, respectively. The increase in operating expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2013, was primarily owing to increases in salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense, directors' fees and expenses, interest and other debt expense and custody fees, offset by decreases in administration and operations expense, professional fees and rent expense. Salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense increased by $94,675, or 7.2 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of increases in employee bonus accruals and costs associated with the increase in salary and benefits for one of our employees whose status changed from a part-time employee in 2013 to a full-time employee in 2014, offset by decrease of $17,240 in the projected benefit obligation expense accrual for medical and pension retirement benefits and a decrease in non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $5,574 associated with the Stock Plan. While the non-cash, stock-based compensation expense for the Stock Plan increased our operating expenses by $309,147, this increase was offset by a corresponding increase to our additional paid-in capital, resulting in no net impact to our net asset value. Directors' fees and expenses increased by $20,807, or 28.7 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013, primarily owing to an increase in overall fees and the addition of a new member to our Board of Directors in 2014. Interest and other debt expense increased by $87,889, or 1,507 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of non-utilization fees and amortization of closing fees associated with our Loan Facility. Amortization of prepaid insurance premiums increased by $7,810, or 10.3 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of timing differences related to allocation of expenses, offset by a decrease in overall annual renewal premiums. Custody fees increased by $998, or 7.2 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013.

 

Administration and operations expense decreased by $3,612, or 2.7 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of timing differences related to certain accrued expenses, offset by net increases in general office and administration expenses. Professional fees decreased by $173,859, or 45.1 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013, primarily as a result of a decrease in certain legal fees, offset by an increase in consulting fees associated with investor outreach and marketing efforts. Rent expense decreased by $33,189, or 32.8 percent, for the three months ended March 31, 2014, as compared with March 31, 2013, owing primarily to the expiration of the lease for our office space at 420 Florence Street, Palo Alto, CA, on August 30, 2013. Our rent expense of $68,026 for the three months ended March 31, 2014, includes $78,993 of rent paid in cash, net of $10,967 non-cash rent expense, credits and abatements that we recognize on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

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Realized Gains and Losses from Investments:

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, and March 31, 2013, we realized net losses on investments of $7,037,325 and $3,376,163, respectively.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we realized net losses of $7,037,325, consisting primarily of a realized loss on the value of our investment in Kovio, Inc., of $7,299,533 and a realized loss of $110,656 on the repurchase and expiration of certain Solazyme, Inc., written call option contracts, offset by a realized gain of $199,873 on the sale of 559,756 shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., and a realized gain of $172,743 on the sale of 17,834 shares of Solazyme. At March 31, 2014, we still owned 2,539,895 and 150,000 shares of Champions Oncology and Solazyme, respectively. We also had a realized gain of $219 on our escrow payment from the sale of Xradia, Inc.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we realized net losses of $3,376,163, consisting primarily of a realized loss on our investment in Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., of $4,384,762, a realized loss of $540,106 on the sale of 50,807 shares of NeoPhotonics Corporation, including the sale of 50,800 shares that were called subject to the terms of call option contracts, and a realized loss of $57,082 on the expiration of certain Solazyme, Inc., purchased put option contracts, offset by a realized gain of $1,433,109 on the sale of 251,300 shares of Solazyme that were called subject to the terms of written call option contracts and a realized gain of $23,949 on the repurchase and expiration of certain Solazyme and NeoPhotonics written call option contracts. At March 31, 2013, we still owned 1,546,490 shares of Solazyme. At March 31, 2013, we did not hold any shares of NeoPhotonics. We also had a realized gain of $148,729 on our escrow payment from the sale of Crystal IS, Inc.

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation of Portfolio Securities:

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, net unrealized depreciation on total investments decreased by $2,553,006, or 11.6 percent, from accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $22,021,407 at December 31, 2013, to accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $19,468,401 at March 31, 2014. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, net unrealized depreciation on total investments decreased by $3,273,554, or 87.6 percent, from accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $3,738,387 at December 31, 2012, to accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $464,833 at March 31, 2013.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2014, net unrealized depreciation on our venture capital investments decreased by $2,386,577, from net unrealized depreciation of $22,030,334 at December 31, 2013, to net unrealized depreciation of $19,643,757 at March 31, 2014, owing primarily to a net decrease in unrealized depreciation on our investment in Kovio, Inc., of $7,299,533 resulting in a realized loss on this investment when such securities were deemed worthless. We also had the following write-downs in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

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Investment  Amount of Write-Down 
     
SiOnyx, Inc.  $3,973,399 
Champions Oncology, Inc.   794,317 
Cobalt Technologies, Inc.   300,490 
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation   231,817 
Laser Light Engines, Inc.   182,061 
Nanosys, Inc.   133,573 
Contour Energy Systems, Inc.   69,426 
Metabolon, Inc.   44,168 
SynGlyco, Inc.   28,189 
D-Wave Systems, Inc.   4,320 

 

The write-downs for the three months ended March 31, 2014, were offset by write-ups in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Up 
     
Enumeral Biomedical Corp.  $840,635 
Bridgelux, Inc.   215,519 
GEO Semiconductor, Inc.   15,352 
HzO, Inc.   12,979 
NanoTerra, Inc.   9,159 
OhSo Clean, Inc.   8,413 
Molecular Imprints, Inc.   4,620 

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $2,167 on the rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation owing to foreign currency translation of $215,973 on our investment in D-Wave Systems, Inc.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $44,067 on our investment in Solazyme, Inc., primarily owing to realized gains on the partial sale of the securities.

 

Unrealized appreciation on our U.S. government securities portfolio increased from unrealized appreciation of $45 at December 31, 2013, to unrealized appreciation of $121 at March 31, 2014.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, net unrealized depreciation on our venture capital investments decreased by $3,150,749, from net unrealized depreciation of $3,748,631 at December 31, 2012, to net unrealized depreciation of $597,882 at March 31, 2013, resulting primarily from an increase in unrealized appreciation of $4,384,762 on our investment in Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., owing to a realized loss on the sale of the securities.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we had write-downs in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Down 
     
Contour Energy Systems, Inc.  $1,279,064 
Ancora Pharmaceuticals Inc.   846,889 
OpGen, Inc.   815,000 
Senova Systems, Inc.   605,769 
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation   93,183 
Solazyme, Inc.   92,789 
ABSMaterials, Inc.   34,165 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   28,170 
SiOnyx, Inc.   23,411 
Metabolon, Inc.   16,292 
D-Wave Systems, Inc.   5,285 

 

The write-downs for the three months ended March 31, 2013, were offset by write-ups in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Up 
     
Bridgelux, Inc.  $1,077,225 
Xradia, Inc.   837,079 
HzO, Inc.   569,060 
AgBiome, LLC   500,000 
Laser Light Engines, Inc.   280,280 
Enumeral Biomedical Corp.   239,481 
GEO Semiconductor, Inc.   41,371 
OHSO Clean, Inc.   6,124 
Cobalt Technologies, Inc.   6,051 
Nano Terra, Inc.   4,589 
Champions Oncology, Inc.   3,824 
Nanosys, Inc.   260 

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $4,078 on the rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation owing to foreign currency translation of $113,006 on our investment in D-Wave Systems, Inc.

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $530,934 on our investment in NeoPhotonics Corporation owing to realized losses on the sale of the securities.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $1,381,346 on our investment in Solazyme, Inc., owing to realized gains on the sale of the securities.

 

Unrealized appreciation on our U.S. government securities portfolio decreased from unrealized appreciation of $2,744 at December 31, 2012, to unrealized appreciation of $189 at March 31, 2013.

 

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Financial Condition

 

March 31, 2014

 

At March 31, 2014, our total assets and net assets were $118,665,224 and $116,482,799, respectively. At December 31, 2013, they were $125,063,946 and $122,701,575, respectively.

 

At March 31, 2014, our net asset value per share was $3.73, as compared with $3.93 at December 31, 2013. At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, our shares outstanding were 31,197,438.

 

Significant developments in the three months ended March 31, 2014, included a decrease in the holdings of our venture capital investments of $2,997,691 and a decrease in our cash and treasury holdings of $1,637,524. The decrease in the value of our venture capital investments from $93,899,459 at December 31, 2013, to $90,901,768 at March 31, 2014, resulted primarily from a decrease in the net value of our venture capital investments of $4,550,093 and a net decrease of $834,578 owing to the sale of certain of our shares of Solazyme, Inc., and Champions Oncology, Inc., offset by an increase owing to seven follow-on investments of $2,386,980. The decrease in our cash and treasury holdings from $27,538,358 at December 31, 2013, to $25,900,834 at March 31, 2014, is primarily owing to follow-on venture capital investments totaling $2,386,980 and to the payment of cash for operating expenses of $1,834,688, offset by net proceeds of $834,578 received from the sale of certain of our shares of Solazyme and Champions Oncology, net premium proceeds of $119,697 received from certain Solazyme written call options and $1,235,312 received from the portion of our payment held in escrow from the sale of Xradia, Inc.

 

The following table is a summary of additions to our portfolio of venture capital investments made during the three months ended March 31, 2014:

 

Follow-On Investments  Amount of Investment 
     
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.  $750,000 
Senova Systems, Inc.   500,000 
SiOnyx, Inc.   415,635 
Enumeral Biomedical Corp.   250,000 
OpGen, Inc.   245,017 
HzO, Inc.   206,997 
Laser Light Engines, Inc.   19,331 
      
Total  $2,386,980 

 

The following tables summarize the values of our portfolios of venture capital investments and U.S. government securities, as compared with their cost, at March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013:

 

   March 31, 2014   December 31, 2013 
         
Venture capital investments, at cost  $110,545,525   $115,929,793 
Net unrealized (depreciation) (1)   (19,643,757)   (22,030,334)
Venture capital investments, at value  $90,901,768   $93,899,459 

 

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   March 31, 2014   December 31, 2013 
         
U.S. government securities, at cost  $19,999,479   $18,999,765 
Net unrealized appreciation(1)   121    45 
U.S. government obligations, at value  $19,999,600   $18,999,810 

 

(1)At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, the net accumulated unrealized depreciation on investments, including written call options, was $19,468,401 and $22,021,407, respectively.

 

Cash Flow

 

Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2014, was $2,636,560, primarily reflecting the net purchase of U.S. government securities of $1,000,036, the purchase of venture capital investments of $2,386,980 and the payment of operating expenses, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of investments of $2,168,524 and net proceeds from call options of $119,697.

 

Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2014, was $754, primarily reflecting the purchase of fixed assets.

 

Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013, was $1,317,539, primarily reflecting the purchase of venture capital investments of $2,515,710 and the payment of operating expenses, partially offset by proceeds from the sale of investments of $3,154,671 and net proceeds from call options of $417,387.

 

Net cash used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2013, was $1,472, primarily reflecting the purchase of fixed assets.

 

Liquidity

 

Our liquidity and capital resources are generated and are generally available through our cash holdings, interest earned on our investments on U.S. government securities, cash flows from the sales of U.S. government securities and payments received on our venture debt investments, proceeds from periodic follow-on equity offerings and realized capital gains retained for reinvestment.

 

We fund our day-to-day operations using interest earned and proceeds from our cash holdings, the sales of our investments in U.S. government securities, when applicable, and interest earned from our venture debt securities. We believe the increase or decrease in the value of our venture capital investments does not materially affect the day-to-day operations of the Company or our daily liquidity. As of March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, we had no investments in money market mutual funds.

 

Our Loan Facility may be used to fund our investments and not for the payment of day-to-day operating expenses. As of March 31, 2014, we had no debt outstanding. We have not issued any debt securities, and, therefore, are not subject to credit agency downgrades.

 

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As a venture capital company, it is critical that we have capital available to support our best companies until we have an opportunity for liquidity in our investments. As such, we will continue to maintain a substantial amount of liquid capital on our balance sheet.

 

Although we cannot predict future market conditions, we continue to believe that our current cash and U.S. government security holdings and our ability to adjust our investment pace will provide us with adequate liquidity to execute our current business strategy.

 

At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, our total net primary liquidity was $26,007,300 and $28,073,184, respectively. Our primary liquidity is principally comprised of our cash, U.S. government securities, when applicable, and certain receivables. The decrease in our primary liquidity from December 31, 2013, to March 31, 2014, is primarily owing to the use of funds for investments and payment of net operating expenses, offset by the receipt of $1,235,312 from the portion of our upfront payment held in escrow from the sale of Xradia, Inc., to Carl Zeiss AG and net proceeds of $834,578 received from the sales of certain of our shares of Solazyme, Inc., and Champions Oncology, Inc. During the three months ended March 31, 2014, we also purchased and sold call option contracts on our publicly traded positions generating net proceeds of $119,697. On April 18, 2014, Canon, Inc., completed its acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor lithography equipment business. We received $6,486,461 at the close of the transaction and could receive an additional $625,000 from amounts held in escrow as well as up to $1.7 million upon the achievement of certain milestones. With the closing of the transaction, a new spin-out company, which retained the name "Molecular Imprints, Inc." was formed. This new company will continue development and commercialization of nanoscale patterning in consumer and biomedical applications. We are a shareholder of this new company.

 

At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, our secondary liquidity was $4,255,996 and $5,547,294, respectively. Our secondary liquidity consists of our publicly traded securities. Although these companies are publicly traded, their stock may not trade at high volumes and prices can be volatile, which may restrict our ability to sell our positions at any given time. We may also be restricted for a period of time in selling our positions in these companies due to our shares being unregistered. As of March 31, 2014, none of our publicly traded securities were restricted from sale.

 

We do not include funds held in escrow from the sale of investments in primary or secondary liquidity. These funds become primary liquidity if and when they are received at the expiration of the escrow period.

 

We believe that the current and future venture capital environment may adversely affect the valuation of investment portfolios, lead to tighter lending standards and result in reduced access to capital. These conditions may lead to a decline in net asset value and/or decline in valuations of our portfolio companies in future quarters. Although we cannot predict future market conditions, we continue to believe that our current cash and U.S. government security holdings and our ability to adjust our investment pace will provide us with adequate liquidity to execute our current business strategy.

 

Except for a rights offering, we are generally not able to issue and sell our common stock at a price below our net asset value per share, exclusive of any distributing commission or discount, without shareholder approval. As of March 31, 2014, our net asset value per share was $3.73 per share and our closing market price was $3.47 per share. We do not currently have shareholder approval to issue or sell shares below our net asset value per share.

 

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Borrowings

 

On September 30, 2013, the Company entered into the Loan Facility that may be used by the Company to fund investments in portfolio companies. The Loan Facility, among other things, matures on September 30, 2017, and bears interest at 10 percent per annum in cash. The Company has the option to have interest accrue at a rate of 13.5 percent per annum if the Company decides not to pay interest in cash monthly. The Company currently plans to pay interest in cash if and when any borrowings are outstanding. The Loan Facility also requires payment of a draw fee on each borrowing equal to 1.0 percent of such borrowing and an unused commitment fee of 1.0 percent per annum. Interest and fee payments under the Loan Facility are made quarterly in arrears. The Company may prepay the loans or reduce the aggregate commitments under the Loan Facility at any time prior to the maturity date, as long as certain conditions are met, including payment of required prepayment or termination fees. The Loan Facility is secured by all of the assets of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, subject to certain customary exclusions. The Loan Facility contains certain affirmative and negative covenants, including without limitation: (a) maintenance of certain minimum liquidity requirements; (b) maintenance of an eligible asset leverage ratio of not less than 4.0:1.0; (c) limitations on liens; (d) limitations on the incurrence of additional indebtedness; and (e) limitations on structural changes, mergers and disposition of assets (other than in the normal course of our business activities). There were no borrowings at closing, and at March 31, 2014, the Company had no outstanding debt.

 

At March 31, 2014, and December 31, 2013, the Company had no outstanding debt. The remaining capacity under the Loan Facility was $20,000,000 at March 31, 2014.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

The Company's significant accounting policies are described in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements and in the Footnote to the Consolidated Schedule of Investments. Critical accounting policies are those that are both important to the presentation of our financial condition and results of operations and those that require management’s most difficult, complex or subjective judgments. The Company considers the following accounting policies and related estimates to be critical:

 

Valuation of Portfolio Investments

 

The most significant estimate inherent in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements is the valuation of investments and the related amounts of unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments recorded. As a BDC, we invest in primarily illiquid securities that generally have no established trading market.

 

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Investments are stated at "value" as defined in the 1940 Act and in the applicable regulations of the SEC and U.S. GAAP. ASC 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about assets and liabilities measured at fair value. ASC 820 provides a consistent definition of fair value that focuses on exit price in the principal, or most advantageous, market and prioritizes, within a measurement of fair value, the use of market-based inputs over entity-specific inputs. ASC 820 also establishes the following three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date.

 

•   Level 1 - inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets;

 

•   Level 2 - inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 2 inputs are in those markets for which there are few transactions, the prices are not current, little public information exists or instances where prices vary substantially over time or among brokered market makers; and

 

•   Level 3 - inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect our own assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability based upon the best available information.

 

Financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement and are not necessarily an indication of risks associated with the investment. See "Note 6. Fair Value of Investments" in the accompanying notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information regarding fair value measurements.

 

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" for additional information. As of March 31, 2014, our financial statements include venture capital investments valued at $86,645,772, the fair values of which were determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors. As of March 31, 2014, approximately 74 percent of our net assets represent investments in portfolio companies at fair value by the Board of Directors.

 

Determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio investment, although our valuation policy is intended to provide a consistent basis for determining fair value of the portfolio investments. Factors that may be considered include, but are not limited to, the cost of the Company’s investment; transactions in the portfolio company’s securities or unconditional firm offers by responsible parties; the financial condition and operating results of the company; the long-term potential of the business and technology of the company; the values of similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses; multiples to revenues, net income or EBITDA that similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses receive; the proportion of the company’s securities we own and the nature of any rights to require the company to register restricted securities under the applicable securities laws; management's assessment of non-performance risk; the achievement of milestones; discounts for restrictions on transfers of publicly traded securities; and the rights and preferences of the class of securities we own as compared with other classes of securities the portfolio has issued.

 

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In addition, with respect to our debt investments for which no readily available market quotations are available, we will generally consider the financial condition and current and expected future cash flows of the portfolio company; the creditworthiness of the portfolio company and its ability to meet its current debt obligations; the relative seniority of our debt investment within the portfolio company’s capital structure; the availability and value of any available collateral; and changes in market interest rates and credit spreads for similar debt investments.

 

Historically, difficult venture capital environments have resulted in companies not receiving financing and being subsequently closed down with a loss of investment to venture investors, and other companies receiving financing but at significantly lower valuations than the preceding rounds, leading to very deep dilution for those who do not participate in the new rounds of investment. Our best estimate of this non-performance risk has been quantified and included in the valuation of our portfolio companies as of March 31, 2014.

 

All investments recorded at fair value are categorized based upon the level of judgment associated with the inputs used to measure their fair value. Hierarchical levels related to the amount of subjectivity associated with the inputs to fair valuation of these assets are as discussed above.

 

As of March 31, 2014, approximately 91 percent of our portfolio company investments were classified as Level 3 in the hierarchy, indicating a high level of judgment required in their valuation.

 

The values assigned to our assets 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 be reasonably determined until the individual investments are actually liquidated or become readily marketable. Upon sale of investments, the values that are ultimately realized may be materially different from what is presently estimated.

 

Stock-Based Compensation

 

Determining the appropriate fair-value model and calculating the fair value of share-based awards on the date of grant requires judgment. Historically, we have used the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to estimate the fair value of employee stock options.

 

Management uses the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model in instances where we lack historical data necessary for more complex models and when the share award terms can be valued within the model. Other models may yield fair values that are significantly different from those calculated by the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model.

 

Management uses a binomial lattice option pricing model in instances where it is necessary to include a broader array of assumptions. We used the binomial lattice model for the 10-year NQSOs granted on March 18, 2009, and for performance-based restricted stock awards. These awards included accelerated vesting provisions or target stock prices that were based on market conditions.

 

Option pricing models require the use of subjective input assumptions, including expected volatility, expected life, expected dividend rate, and expected risk-free rate of return. Variations in the expected volatility or expected term assumptions have a significant impact on fair value. As the volatility or expected term assumptions increase, the fair value of the stock option increases. The expected dividend rate and expected risk-free rate of return are not as significant to the calculation of fair value. A higher assumed dividend rate yields a lower fair value, whereas higher assumed interest rates yield higher fair values for stock options.

 

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In the Black-Scholes-Merton model, we use the simplified calculation of expected term as described in the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 107 because of the lack of historical information about option exercise patterns. In the binomial lattice model, we use an expected term that assumes the options will be exercised at two times the strike price because of the lack of option exercise patterns. Future exercise behavior could be materially different than that which is assumed by the model.

 

Expected volatility is based on the historical fluctuations in the Company's stock. The Company's stock has historically been volatile, which increases the fair value of the underlying share-based awards.

 

GAAP requires us to develop an estimate of the number of share-based awards that will be forfeited owing to employee turnover. Quarterly changes in the estimated forfeiture rate can have a significant effect on reported share-based compensation, as the effect of adjusting the rate for all expense amortization after the grant date is recognized in the period the forfeiture estimate is changed. If the actual forfeiture rate proves to be higher than the estimated forfeiture rate, then an adjustment will be made to increase the estimated forfeiture rate, which would result in a decrease to the expense recognized in the financial statements. If the actual forfeiture rate proves to be lower than the estimated forfeiture rate, then an adjustment will be made to decrease the estimated forfeiture rate, which would result in an increase to the expense recognized in the financial statements. Such adjustments would affect our operating expenses and additional paid-in capital, but would have no effect on our net asset value.

 

Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Plan Assumptions

 

The Company provides a Retiree Medical Benefit Plan for employees who meet certain eligibility requirements. Until it was terminated on May 5, 2011, the Company also provided an Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan for certain individuals employed by us in a bona fide executive or high policy-making position. Our former President accrued benefits under this plan prior to his retirement, and the termination of the plan has no impact on his accrued benefits. Several statistical and other factors that attempt to anticipate future events are used in calculating the expense and liability values related to our post-retirement benefit plans. These factors include assumptions we make about the discount rate, the rate of increase in healthcare costs, and mortality, among others.

 

The discount rate reflects the current rate at which the post-retirement medical benefit and pension liabilities could be effectively settled considering the timing of expected payments for plan participants. In estimating this rate, we consider the Citigroup Pension Liability Index in the determination of the appropriate discount rate assumptions. The weighted average rate we utilized to measure our post retirement medical benefit obligation as of December 31, 2013, and to calculate our 2014 expense was 4.79 percent. We used a discount rate of 2.75 percent to calculate our pension obligation for the Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan.

 

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Recent Developments - Portfolio Companies

 

On April 2, 2014, the Company made a $240,500 follow-on investment in Mersana Therapeutics, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

 

On April 2, 2014, the Company made a $120,000 follow-on investment in OpGen, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

 

On April 10, 2014, and April 25, 2014, the Company made two follow-on investments totaling $1,000,000 in Enumeral Biomedical Corp., a privately held portfolio company.

 

On April 18, 2014, Canon, Inc., completed its acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor lithography equipment business. We received $6,486,461 at the close of the transaction and could receive an additional $625,000 from amounts held in escrow as well as up to $1.7 million upon the achievement of certain milestones. With the closing of the transaction, a new spin-out company, which retained the name "Molecular Imprints, Inc." was formed. This new company will continue development and commercialization of nanoscale patterning in consumer and biomedical applications. We are a shareholder of this new company.

 

In April of 2014, we sold 16,000 shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., for net proceeds of $16,570.

 

On May 7, 2014, the Company made an $86,039 follow-on investment in Ultora, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

 

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but rather are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company, our current and prospective portfolio investments, our industry, our beliefs, and our assumptions. Words such as "anticipates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "will," "may," "continue," "believes," "seeks," "estimates," "would," "could," "should," "targets," "projects," and variations of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report involve risks and uncertainties, including statements as to:

 

our future operating results;

 

our business prospects and the prospects of our portfolio companies;

 

the impact of investments that we expect to make;

 

our contractual arrangements and relationships with third parties;

 

the dependence of our future success on the general economy and its impact on the industries in which we invest;

 

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the ability of our portfolio companies to achieve their objectives;

 

our expected financings and investments;

 

the adequacy of our cash resources and working capital; and

 

the timing of cash flows, if any, from the operations and/or monetization of our positions in our portfolio companies.

 

These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors, some of which are beyond our control and difficult to predict and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements, including without limitation:

 

an economic downturn could impair our portfolio companies’ ability to continue to operate, which could lead to the loss of some or all of our investments in such portfolio companies;

 

a contraction of available credit and/or an inability to access the equity markets could impair our investment activities;

 

interest rate volatility could adversely affect our results, particularly if we elect to use leverage as material part of our venture debt investment strategy;

 

currency fluctuations could adversely affect the results of our investments in foreign companies, particularly to the extent that we receive payments denominated in foreign currency rather than U.S. dollars; and

 

the risks, uncertainties and other factors we identify in "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our other filings with the SEC.

 

Although we believe that the assumptions on which these forward-looking statements are based are reasonable, any of those assumptions could prove to be inaccurate, and, as a result, the forward-looking statements based on those assumptions also could be inaccurate. Important assumptions include our ability to originate new investments, certain margins and levels of profitability and the availability of additional capital. In light of these and other uncertainties, the inclusion of a projection or forward-looking statement in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should not be regarded as a representation by us that our plans and objectives will be achieved. These risks and uncertainties include those described or identified in "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Our business activities contain elements of risk. We consider the principal types of market risk to be valuation risk, interest rate risk and foreign currency risk. Although we are risk-seeking rather than risk-averse in our investments, we consider the management of risk to be essential to our business.

 

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Valuation Risk

 

Value, as defined in Section 2(a)(41) of the 1940 Act, is (i) the market price for those securities for which market quotations are readily available and (ii) fair value as determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors for all other assets. (See the "Valuation Procedures" in the "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments" contained in "Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.")

 

Because there is typically no public market for our interests in the privately held small businesses in which we invest, the valuation of the equity interests in that portion of our portfolio is determined in good faith by our Board of Directors with the assistance of our Valuation Committee, comprised of the independent members of our Board of Directors, in accordance with our Valuation Procedures. In the absence of a readily ascertainable market value, the determined value of our portfolio of equity interests may differ significantly from the values that would be placed on the portfolio if a ready market for the equity interests existed. Determining fair value requires that judgment be applied to the specific facts and circumstances of each portfolio investment, although our valuation policy is intended to provide a consistent basis for determining fair value of the portfolio investments. Factors that may be considered include, but are not limited to, readily available public market quotations; the cost of the Company’s investment; transactions in the portfolio company’s securities or unconditional firm offers by responsible parties; the financial condition and operating results of the company; the long-term potential of the business and technology of the company; the values of similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses; multiples to revenues, net income or EBITDA that similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses receive; the proportion of the company’s securities we own and the nature of any rights to require the company to register restricted securities under the applicable securities laws; management's assessment of non-performance risk; the achievement of milestones; and the rights and preferences of the class of securities we own as compared with other classes of securities the portfolio has issued.

 

In addition, with respect to our debt investments for which no readily available market quotations are available, we will generally consider the financial condition and current and expected future cash flows of the portfolio company; the creditworthiness of the portfolio company and its ability to meet its current debt obligations; the relative seniority of our debt investment within the portfolio company’s capital structure; the availability and value of any available collateral; and changes in market interest rates and credit spreads for similar debt investments. Any changes in valuation are recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as "Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation on investments." Changes in valuation of any of our investments in privately held companies from one period to another may be volatile.

 

Investments in privately held, immature 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.

 

The values assigned to our assets 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 be reasonably determined until the individual investments are actually liquidated or become readily marketable. Upon sale of investments, the values that are ultimately realized may be materially different from what is presently estimated.

 

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Interest Rate Risk 

 

Interest rate sensitivity refers to the change in earnings that may result from changes in the level of interest rates. Our borrowings under our Loan Facility bear interest at a fixed rate of 10 percent per annum, and, therefore, changes in interest rate benchmarks, such as LIBOR, will not affect our earnings on such investments if we decide to fund them through draws from our Loan Facility.

 

We may also invest in both short- and long-term U.S. government and agency securities. To the extent that we invest in short- and long-term U.S. government and agency securities, changes in interest rates result in changes in the value of these obligations that result in an increase or decrease of our net asset value. The level of interest rate risk exposure at any given point in time depends on the market environment, the expectations of future price and market movements, and the quantity and duration of long-term U.S. government and agency securities held by the Company, and it will vary from period to period. If the average interest rate on U.S. government securities at March 31, 2014, were to increase by 25, 75 and 150 basis points, the average value of these securities held by us at March 31, 2014, would decrease by approximately $50,000, $150,000 and $300,000, respectively, and the portion of our net asset value attributable to such securities would decrease correspondingly.

 

In addition, market interest rates for high-yield corporate debt are an input in determining value of our investments in debt securities of privately held and publicly traded companies. Significant changes in these market rates could affect the value of our debt securities as of the date of measurement of value. Our investment income could be adversely affected should such debt securities include floating interest rates. We do not currently have any investments in debt securities with floating interest rates.

 

Foreign Currency Risk

 

Most of our investments are denominated in U.S. dollars. We currently have one investment denominated in Canadian dollars. We are exposed to foreign currency risk related to potential changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The potential loss in fair value on this investment resulting from a 10 percent adverse change in quoted foreign currency exchange rates is $466,152 at March 31, 2014.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as required by Rules 13a-15 of the 1934 Act). Disclosure controls and procedures means controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the issuer's management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. As of March 31, 2014, based upon this evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

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(b) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There have not been any changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the 1934 Act) during the first quarter of 2014 to which this report relates that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1A. 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 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, before you purchase any of our common stock.

 

The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. 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.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

  31.01* Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
  31.02* Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
  32* Certification of CEO and CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

*filed herewith

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

 

  /s/ Douglas W. Jamison
  By: Douglas W. Jamison
    Chief Executive Officer

 

  /s/ Patricia N. Egan
  By: Patricia N. Egan
    Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: May 8, 2014

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.   Description
     
31.01   Certification of CEO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.02   Certification of CFO pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32   Certification of CEO and CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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