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 September 30, 2015

 

¨ 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 November 9, 2015
    Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share 30,903,501 shares

 

 

 

 

Harris & Harris Group, Inc.

Form 10-Q, September 30, 2015

 

  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 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 38
Financial Highlights 65
   
Item 2.  Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 66
   
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 66
Background 67
Overview 67
Realize 70
Invest 76
Current Business Environment 79
Valuation of Investments 80
Results of Operations 84
Financial Condition 94
Cash Flow 96
Liquidity and Capital Resources 96
Borrowings 98
Contractual Obligations 98
Critical Accounting Policies 99
Recent Developments – Portfolio Companies 102
Recent Developments – Other 103
   
Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 103
   
Item 4.  Controls and Procedures 105
   
PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION  
     
Item 1A. Risk Factors 106
     
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 106
     
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 107
     
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 107
     
Item 5. Other Information 107
     
Item 6. Exhibits 108
     
Signatures 109
   
Exhibit Index 110
   
Financial Statements Schedule 12-14 i-v

 

 

 

 

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, non-diversified management investment 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, 2014.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

(Unaudited)

 

   September 30, 2015   December 31, 2014 
         
ASSETS
Investments, in portfolio securities at value:          
Unaffiliated privately held companies          
(cost: $19,916,279 and $22,304,047, respectively)  $5,689,722   $13,854,906 
Unaffiliated rights to milestone payments          
(adjusted cost basis: $2,387,278 and $2,387,278, respectively)   5,058,083    3,193,865 
Unaffiliated publicly traded securities          
(cost: $1,623,029 and $1,741,128, respectively)   1,605,704    1,398,085 
Non-controlled affiliated privately held companies          
(cost: $57,473,883 and $67,236,533, respectively)   45,339,625    58,470,864 
Non-controlled affiliated publicly traded companies          
(cost: $11,683,371 and $5,591,299, respectively)   7,285,825    8,384,641 
Controlled affiliated privately held companies          
(cost: $21,879,303 and $13,111,030, respectively)   6,258,526    4,462,479 
Equity method privately held company          
(adjusted cost basis: $228,379 and $0, respectively)   228,379    0 
Total, investments in private portfolio companies, rights to milestone          
payments, public securities at value          
(cost: $115,191,522 and $112,371,315, respectively)  $71,465,864   $89,764,840 
Cash   21,427,019    20,748,314 
Funds held in escrow from sales of investments at value (Note 3)   374,851    306,802 
Receivable from portfolio company   0    160,877 
Interest receivable   11,020    62,482 
Prepaid expenses   420,654    754,856 
Other assets   458,600    296,690 
Total assets  $94,158,008   $112,094,861 
           
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
           
Term loan credit facility (Note 5)  $5,000,000   $0 
Post-retirement plan liabilities (Note 8)   1,307,680    1,267,615 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   583,980    841,915 
Deferred rent   292,152    330,904 
Total liabilities  $7,183,812   $2,440,434 
           
Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)          
           
Net assets  $86,974,196   $109,654,427 
           
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 9/30/15 and 12/31/14; 33,150,425 and          
33,109,583 shares issued at 9/30/15 and 12/31/14, respectively   331,504    331,096 
Additional paid in capital (Note 9)   215,621,582    215,051,662 
Accumulated net operating and realized loss   (81,671,504)   (80,434,528)
Accumulated unrealized depreciation of investments   (43,725,658)   (22,606,475)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (Note 8)   561,465    718,203 
Treasury stock, at cost (2,127,559 shares at 9/30/15 and          
1,828,740 shares at 12/31/14)  (Note 13)   (4,143,193)   (3,405,531)
           
Net assets  $86,974,196   $109,654,427 
Shares outstanding   31,022,866    31,280,843 
Net asset value per outstanding share  $2.80   $3.51 

 

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 Sept. 30,   Nine Months Ended Sept. 30, 
   2015   2014   2015   2014 
Investment income:                    
Interest from:                    
Unaffiliated companies  $6,785   $21,555   $27,561   $108,237 
Non-controlled affiliated companies   44,886    (27,703)   299,208    55,668 
Controlled affiliated companies   72,759    40,382    164,392    111,715 
Cash and U.S. Treasury securities and other   4,599    1,796    9,347    8,274 
Fees for providing managerial assistance to                    
portfolio companies   71,359    37,500    84,859    37,500 
Yield-enhancing fees on debt securities   44,014    19,843    90,062    52,105 
Total investment income   244,402    93,373    675,429    373,499 
                     
Expenses:                    
Salaries, benefits and stock-based                    
compensation (Note 9)   955,900    1,127,028    3,012,078    3,786,814 
Administration and operations   105,120    108,908    341,214    446,348 
Professional fees   278,654    365,557    1,165,673    962,780 
Rent   83,308    69,389    218,772    217,480 
Insurance expense   73,768    84,006    215,103    251,946 
Directors’ fees and expenses   98,218    91,875    286,743    278,283 
Interest and other debt expense   209,831    94,831    561,577    282,827 
Custody fees   15,701    16,200    47,317    45,219 
Depreciation   11,710    13,182    36,412    39,632 
Total expenses   1,832,210    1,970,976    5,884,889    6, 311,329 
                     
Net operating loss   (1,587,808)   (1,877,603)   (5,209,460)   (5,937,830)
                     
Net realized gain (loss):                    
Realized gain (loss) from investments:                    
Unaffiliated companies   (294,797)   15,475    3,005,039    3,962,313 
Controlled affiliated companies   1,559,235    0    1,559,235    0 
Unaffiliated rights to milestone payments   0    536,813    0    536,813 
Non-Controlled affiliated companies   0    (4,488,575)   (392,430)   (11,199,638)
Publicly traded companies   11,158    0    52,569    1,333,497 
Written call options   0    145,426    0    232,079 
Realized gain (loss) from investments   1,275,596    (3,790,861)   4,224,413    (5,134,936)
                     
Income tax expense (Note 10)   376    1,676    2,081    17,662 
Net realized gain (loss) from investments   1,275,220    (3,792,537)   4,222,332    (5,152,598)
                     
Net (increase) decrease in unrealized                    
depreciation on investments:                    
Investments   (16,532,025)   4,857,214    (21,119,183)   8,040,836 
Written call options   0    (97,926)   0    (8,882)
Net (increase) decrease in unrealized                    
depreciation on investments   (16,532,025)   4,759,288    (21,119,183)   8,031,954 
                     
Net realized and unrealized                    
(loss) gain on investments   (15,256,805)   966,751    (16,896,851)   2,879,356 
                     
Share of loss on equity method investment   (60,012)   0    (249,848)   0 
                     
Net decrease in net assets                    
resulting from operations:                    
                     
Total  $(16,904,625)  $(910,852)  $(22,356,159)  $(3,058,474)
                     
Per average basic and diluted outstanding share  $(0.54)  $(0.03)  $(0.71)  $(0.10)
                     
Average outstanding shares   31,251,950    31, 245,664    31,272,790    31, 215,069 

 

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 LOSS

(Unaudited)

 

 

   Three Months Ended Sept. 30,   Nine Months Ended Sept. 30, 
   2015   2014   2015   2014 
                 
Net decrease resulting from operations  $(16,904,625)  $(910,852)  $(22,356,159)  $(3,058,474)
                     
Other comprehensive income (loss):                    
                     
Amortization of prior service cost   (52,246)   (52,246)   (156,738)   (156,738)
                     
Other comprehensive loss   (52,246)   (52,246)   (156,738)   (156,738)
                     
Comprehensive loss  $(16,956,871)  $(963,098)  $(22,512,897)  $(3,215,212)

 

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)

 

   Nine Months Ended   Nine Months Ended 
   September 30, 2015   September 30, 2014 
         
Cash flows (used in) provided by operating activities:          
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations  $(22,356,159)  $(3,058,474)
Adjustments to reconcile net decrease in net assets resulting from          
operations to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:          
Net realized loss (gain) and change in unrealized          
depreciation (appreciation) on investments   16,894,770    (2,897,018)
Depreciation of fixed assets, amortization of prepaid          
assets and accretion of bridge note interest   (381,204)   (145,502)
Share of loss on equity method investee   249,848    0 
Stock-based compensation expense   617,972    741,483 
Amortization of prior service cost   (156,738)   (156,738)
Purchase of U.S. government securities   0    (19,999,044)
Sale of U.S. government securities   0    38,998,052 
Purchase of equity method investment   (262,215)   0 
Purchase of affiliated portfolio companies   (6,690,532)   (12,056,559)
Purchase of unaffiliated portfolio companies   (509,824)   (240,500)
Payments received on debt investments   783,418    865,071 
Proceeds from sale of investments and conversion of bridge notes   8,183,453    10,929,061 
Proceeds from call option premiums   0    338,229 
Payments for put and call option purchases   0    (218,352)
           
Changes in assets and liabilities:          
Receivable from portfolio company   160,877    54,160 
Receivable from sales of investments   0    427,466 
Interest receivable   51,462    2,728 
Prepaid expenses   334,202    368,642 
Other assets   (191,891)   (621)
Post-retirement plan liabilities   40,065    48,776 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (257,935)   (4,244)
Deferred rent   (38,752)   (10,771)
           
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities   (3,529,183)   13,985,845 
           
Cash flows from investing activities:          
Purchase of fixed assets   (6,806)   (5,296)
Net cash used in investing activities   (6,806)   (5,296)
           
Cash flows from financing activities:          
Proceeds from drawdown of loan facility   5,000,000    0 
Purchase of treasury stock   (737,662)   0 
Payment of withholdings related to net settlement of restricted stock   (47,644)   (68,872)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities   4,214,694    (68,872)
           
Net increase in cash  $678,705   $13,911,677 
           
Cash at beginning of the period   20,748,314    8,538,548 
Cash at end of the period  $21,427,019   $22,450,225 
           
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:          
Income taxes paid  $2,081   $17,662 

 

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)

 

   Nine Months Ended   Year Ended 
   September 30, 2015   December 31, 2014 
         
Changes in net assets from operations:          
           
Net operating loss  $(5,209,460)  $(7,901,727)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments   4,222,332    (5,083,625)
Net (increase) in unrealized          
depreciation on investments   (21,119,183)   (576,186)
Net (decrease) in unrealized          
appreciation on written call options   0    (8,882)
Share of loss on equity method investment   (249,848)   0 
           
Net decrease in net assets          
resulting from operations   (22,356,159)   (13,570,420)
           
Changes in net assets from          
capital stock transactions:          
           
Purchase of treasury stock   (737,662)   0 
Acquisition of vested restricted stock awards          
to pay required employee withholding tax   (47,644)   (124,751)
Stock-based compensation expense   617,972    857,006 
           
Net (decrease) increase in net assets resulting          
from capital stock transactions   (167,334)   732,255 
           
Changes in net assets from accumulated          
other comprehensive (loss) income:          
           
Other comprehensive (loss)   (156,738)   (208,983)
           
Net (decrease) in net assets resulting from          
accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income   (156,738)   (208,983)
           
Net decrease in net assets   (22,680,231)   (13,047,148)
           
Net Assets:          
           
Beginning of the period   109,654,427    122,701,575 
           
End of the period  $86,974,196   $109,654,427 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) –                
14.2% of net assets at value                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) –                     
6.5% of net assets at value                     
                      
Bridgelux, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)     Energy               
Manufacturing high-power light emitting                     
diodes (LEDs) and arrays                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,000,000    1,861,504   $259,350 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,352,196    2,130,699    535,587 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,371,622    999,999    738,177 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      672,599    440,334    608,537 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      386,073    399,579    401,267 
Warrants for Series E Convertible Preferred                     
Stock expiring 12/31/17  (M)      93,969    170,823    0 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 6/1/16  (M)      72,668    132,100    0 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 8/9/18  (M)      148,409    171,183    0 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 10/21/18  (M)      18,816    84,846    0 
          5,116,352         2,542,918 
                      
Cambrios Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing nanowire-enabled electronic                     
materials for the display industry                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,294,025    1,294,025    9,176 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,300,000    1,300,000    9,218 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      515,756    515,756    192,940 
Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      92,400    92,400    17,338 
Series D-4 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      216,168    216,168    40,563 
          3,418,349         269,235 
                      
Cobalt Technologies, Inc. (8)(9)(11)     Energy               
Developed processes for making bio-                     
butanol through biomass fermentation                     
Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      749,998    352,112    0 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      122,070    48,828    0 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      114,938    46,089    0 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 10/9/22  ( I )      2,781    1,407    0 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 3/11/23  ( I )      5,355    2,707    0 
          995,142         0 
                      
Magic Leap, Inc. (8)(9)(12)     Electronics               
Developing novel human computing                     
interfaces and software                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      338,604    29,291    323,677 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) –                     
14.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) –                     
6.5% of net assets at value (Cont.)                     
                      
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing antibody drug conjugates                     
for cancer therapy                     
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)     $683,538    635,081   $557,075 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      104,521    97,111    106,820 
Common Stock  (H)      3,875,395    350,539    243,483 
          4,663,454         907,378 
                      
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    141,754 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      3,000,003    1,016,950    652,762 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      496,573    433,688    471,530 
          4,996,576         1,266,046 
                      
Nano Terra, Inc. (5)     Energy               
Developing surface chemistry and nano-                     
manufacturing solutions                     
Senior secured debt, 12.0%, maturing on 12/1/15  ( I )      66,548   $101,951    100,975 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring on 2/22/21  ( I )      69,168    4,462    1,148 
Warrants for Series A-3 Pref. Stock expiring on 11/15/22  ( I )      35,403    47,508    61,662 
          171,119         163,785 
                      
Phylagen, Inc. (5)(8)(13)     Life Sciences               
Developing technology to improve human                     
health and productivity                     
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 2/5/15  (M)      206,521   $200,000    206,521 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 6/5/15  (M)      10,162   $10,000    10,162 
          216,683         216,683 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $19,916,279)               $5,689,722 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Rights to Milestone Payments (Illiquid) (6) –
5.8% of net assets at value
                  
                      
Amgen, Inc. (8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Rights to Milestone Payments from                     
Acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.  ( I )     $1,757,608   $1,757,608   $3,794,540 
                      
Laird Technologies, Inc. (8)(9)     Energy               
Rights to Milestone Payments from Merger &                     
Acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.  ( I )      0   $0    0 
                      
Canon, Inc. (8)(9)(14)     Electronics               
Rights to Milestone Payments from                     
Acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.  ( I )      629,670   $629,670    1,263,543 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Rights to Milestone Payments (cost: $2,387,278)               $5,058,083 
                      
Publicly Traded Portfolio (7) –
1.9% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Champions Oncology, Inc. (5)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing its TumorGraftTM platform for                     
personalized medicine and drug development                     
Common Stock  (M)     $1,622,629    2,922,492   $1,579,284 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 1/28/19  ( I )      400    66,000    26,420 
          1,623,029         1,605,704 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $1,623,029)               $1,605,704 
                      
Total Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (cost: $23,926,586)               $12,353,509 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled                     
Affiliated Companies (3) –                     
60.5% of net assets at value                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (15) –
52.1% of net assets at value
                     
                      
ABSMaterials, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Developing nano-structured absorbent materials                     
for water remediation and consumer applications                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )     $435,000    390,000   $306,779 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,217,644    1,037,751    1,248,058 
          1,652,644         1,554,837 
                      
Adesto Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(9)(16)     Electronics               
Developing low-power, high-performance                     
memory devices                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,200,000    6,547,619    928,895 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,200,000    5,952,381    844,450 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,485,531    2,122,187    301,070 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,393,147    1,466,470    214,922 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      703,740    987,706    140,124 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,499,999    3,508,771    4,920,118 
          10,482,417         7,349,579 
                      
AgBiome, LLC (5)(8)(9)     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  ( I )      2,000,000    2,000,000    4,035,554 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      521,740    417,392    896,459 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      500,006    160,526    574,333 
          3,021,746         5,506,346 
                      
D-Wave Systems, Inc. (8)(9)(17)     Electronics               
Developing high-performance                     
quantum computing systems                     
Series 1 Class B Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      1,002,074    1,144,869    1,535,674 
Series 1 Class C Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      487,804    450,450    608,449 
Series 1 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      748,473    855,131    1,155,075 
Series 1 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      248,049    269,280    380,372 
Series 1 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      238,323    258,721    365,457 
Series 1 Class H Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      909,088    460,866    758,165 
Series 2 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      736,019    678,264    916,171 
Series 2 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      659,493    513,900    734,858 
Series 2 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      633,631    493,747    706,040 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 5/12/19  ( I )      26,357    20,415    819 
          5,689,311         7,161,080 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled                     
Affiliated Companies (3) –
60.5% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (15) –
52.1% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
EchoPixel, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing algorithms and software to improve                     
visualization of data for life science and                     
healthcare applications                     
Series Seed Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )     $1,250,000    4,194,630   $1,348,754 
                      
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing DNA-Programmed ChemistryTM                     
for the discovery of new classes of therapeutics                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,000,000    1,449,275    752,423 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      679,754    492,575    1,461,514 
          2,679,754         2,213,937 
                      
HZO, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing novel industrial coatings that                     
protect electronics against damage from liquids                     
Common Stock  ( I )      666,667    405,729    318,269 
Series I Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      5,709,835    2,266,894    4,181,907 
Series II Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,500,006    674,638    2,503,470 
          8,876,508         7,003,646 
                      
Laser Light Engines, Inc. (8)(9)     Energy               
Manufactured solid-state light sources for                     
digital cinema and large-venue projection displays                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      2,000,000    7,499,062    0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      3,095,802    13,571,848    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 10/7/11  (M)      200,000   $200,000    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 11/17/11  (M)      95,652   $95,652    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 12/21/11  (M)      82,609   $82,609    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 3/5/12  (M)      434,784   $434,784    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 7/26/12  (M)      186,955   $186,955    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 4/29/13  (M)      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 7/22/13  (M)      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 10/30/13  (M)      80,669   $80,669    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 2/5/14  (M)      19,331   $19,331    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 6/24/14  (M)      13,745   $13,745    0 
          6,542,881         0 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                      
Investments in Non-Controlled                     
Affiliated Companies (3) –
60.5% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (15) –
52.1% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Metabolon, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing a biochemical profiling                     
platform for precision medicine                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $2,500,000    371,739   $2,594,442 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      706,214    148,696    1,082,077 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,000,000    1,000,000    2,360,805 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,499,999    835,882    1,990,454 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,225,000    444,404    1,402,598 
Series E-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      299,999    103,277    300,234 
          7,231,212         9,730,610 
                      
ORIG3N, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(13)     Life Sciences               
Developing precision medicine applications                     
for induced pluripotent stems cells                     
Series 1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      500,000    1,195,315    505,938 
                      
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc. (5)(8)(18)     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    2,704 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,496,865    5,987,460    364,117 
Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,015,427    4,322,709    262,878 
Series B-3 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      978,641    3,914,564    238,057 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,000,268    2,667,380    121,750 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      986,066    2,629,510    239,682 
Subordinated Secured Debt, 12%, maturing on 12/31/15  ( I )      993,417   $1,000,000    968,050 
Subordinated Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 6/3/2015  (M)      259,863   $250,000    259,863 
Subordinated Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 7/15/2015  (M)      256,411   $250,000    256,411 
Subordinated Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 9/28/2015  (M)      250,247   $250,000    250,247 
Warrants for Series B-2 Preferred Stock expiring
     upon liquidation event
  ( I )      65,250    300,000    1,139 
          8,302,455         2,964,898 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

    Method of  Primary     Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled                     
Affiliated Companies (3) –
60.5% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (15) –
52.1% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Ultora, Inc. (5)(8)     Energy               

Developed energy-storage devices
enabled by carbon nanotubes

                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $886,830    17,736   $0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      236,603    2,347,254    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 5/7/14  (M)      86,039   $86,039    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 8/20/14  (M)      17,208   $17,208    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 10/14/14  (M)      10,750   $10,750    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 3/30/15  (M)      7,525   $7,525    0 
          1,244,955         0 
                      
Total Non-Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $57,473,883)               $45,339,625 
                      
Publicly Traded Portfolio (19) –
8.4% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc. (5)(9)(20)     Life Sciences               
Developing therapeutics and diagnostics
through functional assaying of single cells
                     
Common Stock  (M)     $4,993,357    7,966,368   $3,160,681 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 7/30/19  ( I )      540,375    1,500,000    195,549 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 2/2/24  ( I )      57,567    255,120    87,482 
Options to Purchase Common Stock at $1.00
expiring 7/30/16
  ( I )      0    80,000    1,875 
          5,591,299         3,445,587 
                      
OpGen, Inc. (5)(8)(21)     Life Sciences               
Developing tools for genomic sequence
assembly and analysis
                     
Common Stock  (M)      5,665,708    1,409,796    3,637,274 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 5/8/20  (M)      425,579    300,833    174,032 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 2/17/25  ( I )      785    31,206    28,932 
          6,092,072         3,840,238 
                      
Total Non-Controlled Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $11,683,371)               $7,285,825 
                      
Total Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $69,157,254)               $52,625,450 

 

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 SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary     Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Controlled                     
Affiliated Companies (3) –
7.2% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (22) –
7.2% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Black Silicon Holdings, Inc. (5)(8)(23)     Electronics               
Developing silicon-based optoelectronic                     
products enabled by its proprietary Black Silicon                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )    $750,000    233,499   $0 
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      890,000    2,966,667    0 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,445,000    4,207,537    0 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,169,561    1,892,836    0 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,171,316    1,674,030    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 8/4/15  ( I )      1,294,931   $1,278,454    318,738 
          7,720,808         318,738 
                      
NGX Bio, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(24)     Life Sciences               
Developing translational genomics solutions                     
Series Seed Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      375,000    500,000    585,214 
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      499,999    329,989    504,882 
Warrants for Series Seed Preferred Stock expiring 6/6/19  ( I )      125,000    166,667    195,070 
          999,999         1,285,166 
                      
ProMuc, Inc. (5)(8)     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)      400,016   $350,000    400,016 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 8/13/14  (M)      109,074   $100,000    109,074 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 8/5/15  (M)      75,937   $75,000    75,937 
          585,028         585,028 
                      
Senova Systems, Inc. (5)(8)     Life Sciences               
Developing next-generation sensors to measure pH                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,218,462    1,350,000    465,021 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,083,960    2,759,902    879,999 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,208,287    1,611,049    1,210,089 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 10/15/17  ( I )      131,538    164,423    56,637 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 4/24/18  ( I )      20,000    25,000    8,611 
          3,662,247         2,620,357 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Controlled                     
Affiliated Companies (3) –
7.2% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (22) –
7.2% of net assets at value  (Cont.)
                     
                      
SynGlyco, Inc. (5)(8)     Life Sciences               
Developed 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    123,460 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/23/13  ( I )      430,699   $350,000    430,699 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 4/25/13  ( I )      362,114   $300,000    362,114 
          8,378,257         916,273 
                      
TARA Biosystems, Inc. (5)(8)     Life Sciences               
Developing human tissue models for toxicology                     
and drug discovery applications                     
Common Stock  (M)      20    2,000,000    20 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 8/20/14  (M)      326,983   $300,000    326,983 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 5/18/15  (M)      205,961   $200,000    205,961 
          532,964         532,964 
                      
Total Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $21,879,303)               $6,258,526 
                      
Total Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $21,879,303)               $6,258,526 
                      
Total Private Placement and Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $114,963,143)               $71,237,485 

  

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Equity Method Investments (25) –
0.3% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (25) –
0.3% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Accelerator IV-New York Corporation (5)(8)(9)(26)     Life Sciences               
Identifying and managing emerging                     
biotechnology companies                     
Series A Common Stock  (E)     $228,379    478,227   $228,379 
                      
Total Equity Method Investments (cost: $228,379)                  $228,379 
                      
Total Investments (cost: $115,191,522)                  $71,465,864 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

(1)See "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments" on page 32 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 and computing. 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 $19,916,279. 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 $14,226,557.

 

(5)All or a portion of the investments or instruments are pledged as collateral under our Loan Facility with Orix Corporate Capital, Inc.

 

(6)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated rights to milestone payments is $2,387,278. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $2,670,805. 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 $1,623,029. 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 $17,325.

 

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

 

(9)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.

 

(10)On July 21, 2015, Bridgelux signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investment group led by China Electronics Corporation and ChongQing Linkong Development Investment Company. The close of this transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

 

(11)Cobalt Technologies, Inc., also did business as Cobalt Biofuels. Cobalt is in the process of liquidating its assets for the benefit of creditors.

 

(12)We received our shares of Magic Leap, Inc., as part of the consideration paid for one of our portfolio companies in an acquisition during the second quarter of 2015. A total of 4,394 shares of our 29,291 shares of Magic Leap are held in escrow to satisfy indemnity claims through May 1, 2016.

 

(13)Initial investment was made in 2015.

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

(Unaudited)

 

(14)On October 1, 2015, we received proceeds of $795,657 upon achievement of the first milestone. This amount is included in the value of our potential milestone payments as of September 30, 2015.

 

(15)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated privately held companies is $57,473,883. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $6,560,459. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $18,694,717.

 

(16)In October of 2015, Adesto effected a 33:1 reverse stock split. On October 27, 2015, Adesto completed an initial public offering ("IPO") at which time all of our shares of preferred stock converted to common stock. Our shares of Series A, B, C, and D Preferred Stock converted on a one-for-one basis. Each share of our Series D-1 Preferred Stock converted into 1.033 shares of common stock. Each share of our Series E Preferred Stock converted into 9.8841 shares of common stock.

 

(17)D-Wave Systems, Inc., is located and is doing business primarily in Canada. We invested in D-Wave through Parallel Universes, Inc., a Delaware company. Our investment is denominated in Canadian dollars and is subject to foreign currency translation. See "Note 3. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies." D-Wave is not a qualifying asset under Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act. Under the 1940 Act, we may not acquire non-qualifying assets unless, at the time the acquisition is made, qualifying assets are at least 70 percent of our total assets.

 

(18)Produced Water Absorbents, Inc., also does business as ProSep, Inc.

 

(19)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated publicly traded companies is $11,683,371. 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 $4,397,546.

 

(20)A portion of the Company's shares and warrants of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., are subject to restrictions on transfer, and we are also subject to a lock-up agreement that restricts our ability to trade these shares, exclusive of the general restriction on the transfer of unregistered securities. The lock-up period on our 7,966,368 shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings expires on January 31, 2016.

 

(21)The Company's shares of OpGen, Inc., became freely tradeable on November 2, 2015. A total of 300,833 shares and 300,833 warrants are not qualifying assets under Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act. Under the 1940 Act, we may not acquire non-qualifying assets unless, at the time the acquisition is made, qualifying assets are at least 70 percent of our total assets.

 

(22)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in controlled affiliated companies is $21,879,303. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $285,167. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $15,905,944.

 

(23)On August 3, 2015, SiOnyx, Inc., reorganized its corporate structure to become a subsidiary of a new company, Black Silicon Holdings, Inc.  Our security holdings of SiOnyx converted into securities of Black Silicon Holdings.  SiOnyx was then acquired by an undisclosed buyer.  Black Silicon Holdings owns a profit interest in the undisclosed buyer.

 

(24)On August 19, 2015, UberSeq, Inc., changed its name to NGX Bio, Inc.

 

(25)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in privately held equity method investments is $228,379. Under the equity method, investments are carried at cost, plus or minus the Company's equity in the increases and decreases in the investee's net assets after the date of acquisition and certain other adjustments.

 

(26)As part of our initial investment in Accelerator IV-New York Corporation, the Company made an additional operating and investment commitment. See "Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies."

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) –
16.8% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) –
12.6% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Bridgelux, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Manufacturing high-power light emitting
diodes (LEDs) and arrays
                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $1,000,000    1,861,504   $607,692 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,352,196    2,130,699    826,294 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,371,622    999,999    787,915 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      672,599    440,334    724,344 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      386,073    399,579    499,686 
Warrants for Series C Convertible Preferred
Stock expiring 8/31/15
  ( I )      168,270    163,900    32,815 
Warrants for Series D Convertible Preferred
Stock expiring 8/31/15
  ( I )      128,543    166,665    35,139 
Warrants for Series E Convertible Preferred
Stock expiring 12/31/17
  ( I )      93,969    170,823    36,448 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 6/1/16  ( I )      72,668    132,100    6,562 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 8/9/18  ( I )      148,409    171,183    29,966 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 10/21/18  ( I )      18,816    84,846    4,215 
          5,413,165         3,591,076 
                      
Cambrios Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing nanowire-enabled electronic
materials for the display industry
                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,294,025    1,294,025    41,829 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,300,000    1,300,000    42,022 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      515,756    515,756    358,416 
Series D-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      92,400    92,400    32,361 
Series D-4 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      216,168    216,168    75,708 
          3,418,349         550,336 
                      
Cobalt Technologies, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(10)     Energy               
Developing processes for making bio-
butanol through biomass fermentation
                     
Series C-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      749,998    352,112    0 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      122,070    48,828    0 
Series E-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      114,938    46,089    0 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 10/9/22  ( I )      2,781    1,407    0 
Warrants for Series E-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 3/11/23  ( I )      5,355    2,707    0 
          995,142         0 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) –
16.8% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) –
12.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
GEO Semiconductor Inc. (5)(11)     Electronics               
Developing programmable, high-performance
video and geometry processing solutions
                     
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   $10,919 
Warrants for Series A-1 Pref. Stock expiring on 6/29/18  ( I )      7,546    10,000    12,010 
          15,058         22,929 
                      
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(12)     Life Sciences               
Developing antibody drug conjugates
for cancer therapy
                     
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      683,538    635,081    434,387 
Common Stock  ( I )      3,875,395    350,539    138,048 
          4,558,933         572,435 
                      
Molecular Imprints, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(13)     Electronics               
Manufacturing nanoimprint lithography
capital equipment for non-semiconductor
manufacturing markets
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      928,884    928,884    928,884 
                      
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    932,035 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      3,000,003    1,016,950    2,530,003 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      496,573    433,688    844,004 
          4,996,576         4,306,042 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (3) –
16.8% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (4) –
12.6% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Nano Terra, Inc. (5)     Energy               
Developing surface chemistry and nano-
manufacturing solutions
                     
Senior secured debt, 12.0%, maturing on 12/1/15  ( I )     $349,966   $385,369   $383,180 
Warrants for Series A-2 Pref. Stock expiring on 2/22/21  ( I )      69,168    446,248    13 
Warrants for Series C Pref. Stock expiring on 11/15/22  ( I )      35,403    241,662    66,673 
          454,537         449,866 
                      
Nantero, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing a high-density, nonvolatile,
random access memory chip, enabled
by carbon nanotubes
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      489,999    345,070    1,440,529 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      323,000    207,051    871,532 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      571,329    188,315    941,639 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      139,075    35,569    179,638 
          1,523,403         3,433,338 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $22,304,047)            $13,854,906 
                      
Rights to Milestone Payments (Illiquid) (6) –
2.9% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Amgen, Inc. (8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Rights to Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.
  ( I )     $1,757,608   $1,757,608   $2,564,917 
                      
Laird Technologies, Inc. (8)(9)     Energy               
Rights to Milestone Payments from Merger &
Acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc.
  ( I )      0   $0    0 
                      
Canon, Inc. (8)(9)     Electronics               
Rights to Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.
  ( I )      629,670   $629,670    628,948 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Rights to Milestone Payments (cost: $2,387,278)            $3,193,865 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                     
Publicly Traded Portfolio (7) –
1.3% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Solazyme, Inc. (5)(9)     Energy               
Developing algal biodiesel, industrial
chemicals and specialty ingredients using
synthetic biology
                     
Common Stock  (M)     $118,099    50,000   $129,000 
                      
Champions Oncology, Inc. (5)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing its TumorGraftTM platform for
personalized medicine and drug development
                     
Common Stock  (M)      1,622,629    2,523,895    1,261,695 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 1/29/18  ( I )      400    40,000    7,390 
          1,623,029         1,269,085 
                      
Total Unaffiliated Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $1,741,128)            $1,398,085 
                      
Total Investments in Unaffiliated Companies (cost: $26,432,453)            $18,446,856 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled
Affiliated Companies (3) –
61.0% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (14) –
53.3% of net assets at value
                     
                      
ABSMaterials, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Energy               
Developing nano-structured absorbent
materials for environmental remediation
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )     $435,000    390,000   $291,875 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,217,644    1,037,751    1,255,717 
          1,652,644         1,547,592 
                      
Accelerator IV-New York Corporation (8)(9)(15)(16)     Life Sciences               
Identifying and managing emerging
biotechnology companies
                     
Series A Common Stock  ( I )      216,012    216,012    51,627 
                      
Adesto Technologies Corporation (5)(8)(9)(17)     Electronics               
Developing low-power, high-performance
memory devices
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      2,200,000    6,547,619    1,652,609 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      2,200,000    5,952,381    1,527,457 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      1,485,531    2,122,187    632,526 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      1,393,147    1,466,470    612,462 
Series D-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      703,740    987,706    356,159 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      2,499,999    3,508,771    10,042,110 
          10,482,417         14,823,323 
                      
AgBiome, LLC (5)(8)(9)     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  ( I )      2,000,000    2,000,000    2,406,210 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      521,740    417,392    583,494 
          2,521,740         2,989,704 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled
Affiliated Companies (3) –
61.0% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (14) –
53.3% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
D-Wave Systems, Inc. (8)(18)     Electronics               
Developing high-performance
quantum computing systems
                     
Series 1 Class B Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)     $1,002,074    1,144,869   $1,766,715 
Series 1 Class C Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      487,804    450,450    699,457 
Series 1 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      748,473    855,131    1,327,843 
Series 1 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      248,049    269,280    435,260 
Series 1 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      238,323    258,721    418,193 
Series 1 Class H Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      909,088    460,866    870,998 
Series 2 Class D Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      736,019    678,264    1,053,205 
Series 2 Class E Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      659,493    513,900    839,844 
Series 2 Class F Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      633,631    493,747    806,909 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 6/30/15  ( I )      98,644    153,890    108,479 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 5/12/19  ( I )      26,357    20,415    8,351 
          5,787,955         8,335,254 
                      
EchoPixel, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing algorithms and software to improve
visualization of data for life science and
healthcare applications
                     
Series Seed Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,250,000    4,194,630    1,312,425 
                      
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation (5)(8)     Life Sciences               
Developing DNA-Programmed ChemistryTM
for the discovery of new classes of therapeutics
                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,000,000    1,449,275    1,060,023 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      679,754    492,575    1,833,862 
          2,679,754         2,893,885 
                      
HZO, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Electronics               
Developing novel industrial coatings that
protect electronics against damage from liquids
                     
Common Stock  ( I )      666,667    405,729    322,832 
Series I Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      5,709,835    2,266,894    4,482,097 
Series II Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,000,003    539,710    2,113,002 
          8,376,505         6,917,931 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
Investments in Non-Controlled
Affiliated Companies (3) –
61.0% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                  
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (14) –
53.3% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Laser Light Engines, Inc. (5)(8)     Energy               
Manufactured solid-state light sources for
digital cinema and large-venue projection displays
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)     $2,000,000    7,499,062   $0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      3,095,802    13,571,848    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 10/7/11  (M)      200,000   $200,000    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 11/17/11  (M)      95,652   $95,652    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 12/21/11  (M)      82,609   $82,609    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 3/5/12  (M)      434,784   $434,784    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 12%, acquired 7/26/12  (M)      186,955   $186,955    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 4/29/13  (M)      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 20%, acquired 7/22/13  (M)      166,667   $166,667    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 10/30/13  (M)      80,669   $80,669    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 2/5/14  (M)      19,331   $19,331    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 6/24/14  (M)      13,745   $13,745    0 
          6,542,881         0 
                      
Metabolon, Inc. (5)(8)(9)     Life Sciences               
Developing service and diagnostic products
through the use of a metabolomics, or
biochemical, profiling platform
                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      2,500,000    371,739    2,781,374 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      706,214    148,696    1,158,654 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      1,000,000    1,000,000    2,535,525 
Series D Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      1,499,999    835,882    2,179,624 
Series E Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      1,225,000    444,404    1,556,847 
Warrants for Series B-1 Convertible Preferred
Stock expiring 3/25/15
  ( I )      293,786    74,348    484,535 
          7,224,999         10,696,559 
                      
OpGen, Inc. (8)(19)     Life Sciences               
Developing tools for genomic sequence
assembly and analysis
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  (H)      610,017    610,017    606,252 
Common Stock  (H)      3,260,000    29,883    22,752 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 7/11/14  (H)      216,991   $209,020    273,908 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 10/16/14  (H)      254,278   $250,000    256,571 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 11/14/14  (H)      202,133   $200,000    203,633 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 12/29/14  (H)      100,067   $100,000    100,561 
          4,643,486         1,463,677 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled
Affiliated Companies (3) –
61.0% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (14) –
53.3% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc. (5)(8)     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   $300,215 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,496,865    5,987,460    2,188,272 
Series B-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,015,427    4,322,709    1,579,844 
Series B-3 Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      978,641    3,914,564    1,430,677 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  (M)      1,000,268    2,667,380    755,130 
Subordinated Secured Debt, 12%, maturing on 6/30/15  (M)      979,253   $1,000,000    979,450 
Warrants for Series B-2 Preferred Stock expiring
upon liquidation event
  ( I )      65,250    300,000    44,014 
          6,535,704         7,277,602 
                      
SiOnyx, Inc. (5)(8)     Electronics               
Developing silicon-based optoelectronic
products enabled by its proprietary Black Silicon
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      750,000    233,499    0 
Series A-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      890,000    2,966,667    0 
Series A-2 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      2,445,000    4,207,537    0 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,169,561    1,892,836    0 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,171,316    1,674,030    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/31/14  ( I )      1,281,125   $1,281,125    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 5/9/14  ( I )      76,966   $93,976    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 10%, acquired 12/12/14  ( I )      69,382   $68,999    161,285 
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 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 5/9/19  ( I )      17,010    3,208    0 
          8,085,006         161,285 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Non-Controlled
Affiliated Companies (3) –
61.0% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (14) –
53.3% of net assets at value (Cont.)
                     
                      
Ultora, Inc. (5)(8)     Energy               
Developing energy-storage devices
enabled by carbon nanotubes
                     
Series A Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )     $886,830    17,736   $0 
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      236,603    2,347,254    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 5/7/14  ( I )      86,039   $86,039    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 8/20/14  ( I )      17,208   $17,208    0 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 5%, acquired 10/14/14  ( I )      10,750   $10,750    0 
          1,237,430         0 
                      
Total Non-Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $67,236,533)       $58,470,864 
                      
Publicly Traded Portfolio (20)
7.7% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc. (5)(21)     Life Sciences               
Developing therapeutics and diagnostics
through functional assaying of single cells
                     
Common Stock  (M)     $4,993,357    7,966,368   $7,251,178 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 7/30/19  ( I )      540,375    1,500,000    874,594 
Warrants for Common Stock expiring 2/2/24  ( I )      57,567    255,120    208,179 
Options to Purchase Common Stock at $1.00
expiring 8/4/24
  ( I )      0    56,667    50,690 
          5,591,299         8,384,641 
                      
Total Non-Controlled Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $5,591,299)       $8,384,641 
                      
Total Investments in Non-Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $72,827,832)       $66,855,505 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary      Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Controlled
Affiliated Companies (3) –
4.1% of net assets at value
                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (22) –
4.1% of net assets at value
                     
                      
ProMuc, Inc. (5)(8)     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)      379,074   $350,000    379,074 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 8/13/14  (M)      103,090   $100,000    103,090 
          482,165         482,165 
                      
Senova Systems, Inc. (5)(8)     Life Sciences               
Developing next-generation sensors to measure pH                     
Series B Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,218,462    1,350,000    403,123 
Series B-1 Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      1,083,960    2,759,902    899,187 
Series C Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )      608,287    811,049    609,349 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 10/15/17  ( I )      131,538    164,423    49,098 
Warrants for Series B Preferred Stock expiring 4/24/18  ( I )      20,000    25,000    7,465 
          3,062,247         1,968,222 
                      
SynGlyco, Inc. (5)(8)     Life Sciences               
Developed 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 )      424,101   $500,000    820,119 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 1/23/13  ( I )      406,417   $350,000    204,763 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 4/25/13  ( I )      341,825   $300,000    172,220 
          8,757,787         1,197,102 
                      
TARA Biosystems, Inc. (5)(8)(15)     Life Sciences               
Developing human tissue models for toxicology
and drug discovery applications
                     
Common Stock  (M)      20    2,000,000    20 
Secured Convertible Bridge Note, 8%, acquired 8/20/14  (M)      308,811   $300,000    308,811 
          308,831         308,831 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

   Method of  Primary     Shares/     
   Valuation (1)  Industry (2)  Cost   Principal   Value 
                   
Investments in Controlled                     
Affiliated Companies (3) –                     
4.1% of net assets at value  (Cont.)                     
                      
Private Placement Portfolio (Illiquid) (22) –                     
4.1% of net assets at value  (Cont.)                     
                      
UberSeq, Inc. (5)(8)(9)(15)     Life Sciences               
Developing translational genomics solutions                     
Series Seed Convertible Preferred Stock  ( I )     $500,000    500,000   $506,159 
                      
Total Controlled Private Placement Portfolio (cost: $13,111,030)               $4,462,479 
                      
Total Investments in Controlled Affiliated Companies (cost: $13,111,030)               $4,462,479 
                      
Total Private Placement and Publicly Traded Portfolio (cost: $112,371,315)               $89,764,840 
                      
Total Investments (cost: $112,371,315)               $89,764,840 

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments

 

(1)See "Footnote to Consolidated Schedule of Investments" on page 32 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 $22,304,047. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $7,872. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $8,457,013.

 

(5)All or a portion of the investments or instruments are pledged as collateral under our Loan Facility with Orix Corporate Capital, Inc.

 

(6)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated rights to milestone payments is $2,387,278. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $807,309. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $722.

 

(7)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in unaffiliated publicly traded companies is $1,741,128. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $10,901. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $353,944.

 

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

 

(9)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.

 

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

 

(11)On March 11, 2015, we submitted notice to exercise our put option for our remaining warrants of GEO Semiconductor, Inc.

 

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

 

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CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2014

 

(12)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, 2014, and, therefore, this warrant is a contingent asset as of that date. In January 2015, the holders of these warrants, including the Company, elected to cancel them owing to the milestones being impossible to achieve.

 

(13)Upon the closing of Canon, Inc.'s acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor lithography equipment business, a new spin-out company, which retained the name Molecular Imprints, Inc., was formed. These shares represent our investment in the new company.

 

(14)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated privately held companies is $67,236,533. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $11,846,184. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $20,611,853.

 

(15)Initial investment was made in 2014.

 

(16)As part of our initial investment in Accelerator IV-New York Corporation, the Company made an additional operating and investment commitment. See "Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies."

 

(17)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.

 

(18)D-Wave Systems, Inc., is located and is doing business primarily in Canada. We invested in D-Wave 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." D-Wave is not a qualifying asset under Section 55(a) of the 1940 Act. Under the 1940 Act, we may not acquire non-qualifying assets unless, at the time the acquisition is made, qualifying assets are at least 70 percent of our total assets.

 

(19)On March 3, 2015, OpGen, Inc., filed a registration statement on Form S-1 to seek an IPO. There can be no assurances if or when such IPO will occur or if it will be successful.

 

(20)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in non-controlled affiliated publicly traded companies is $5,591,299. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $2,793,342. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $0.

 

(21)The Company's shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., are subject to restrictions on transfer, and we are also subject to a lock-up agreement that restricts our ability to trade these shares, exclusive of the general restriction on the transfer of unregistered securities. The lock-up period on our 7,966,368 shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings expires on January 31, 2016.

 

(22)The aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes of investments in controlled affiliated companies is $13,111,030. The gross unrealized appreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $6,159. The gross unrealized depreciation based on the tax cost for these securities is $8,654,710.

 

The accompanying 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 privately held securities, restricted publicly traded securities and publicly traded securities without reliable market quotations. 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, the income approach and the hybrid 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, revenue, 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.

 

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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.

 

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, income or hybrid approaches. The following factors may be considered 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;

 

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

 

§Estimated time to exit;

 

§Volatility of similar securities in similar businesses;

 

§The proportion of the company's securities we own and the nature of any rights to require the company to register restricted securities under applicable securities laws; 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.

 

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.

 

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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.

 

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.

 

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V.Regular Review

 

The Chief Operating Officer 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 Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer 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 non-diversified management investment 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 disruptive technologies predominantly in the life sciences. 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 September 30, 2015, 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, the information presented on our interim financial statements does 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 for annual 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. 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, 2014.

 

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. The Company is an investment company following accounting and reporting guidance in Accounting Standards Codification 946. 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 September 30, 2015, our financial statements include venture capital investments fair valued by the Board of Directors at $64,465,395 and one venture capital investment valued under the equity method at $228,379. The fair values and equity method value were determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors. The fair value amount includes the values of our privately held investments as well as the securities of Champions Oncology, Inc., and certain warrants, options and restricted securities of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., and the warrants of OpGen, Inc., which are publicly traded companies. Our investment in Accelerator-New York IV is accounted for under the equity method of accounting as it represents a non-controlling interest in an operating entity that provides investment advisory services to the Company. Under the equity method, investments are carried at cost, plus or minus the Company’s equity in the increases and decreases in the investee’s net assets after the date of acquisition and certain other adjustments. The Company’s share of the net income or loss of the investee is included in “Equity in earnings/(loss) from equity method investees” on the Company’s “Consolidated Statements of Operations.” Upon sale of investments, the values that are ultimately realized may be different from the fair value presented in the Company's financial statements. 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 September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the outstanding potential milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc., were valued at $3,794,540 and $2,564,917, 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. On November 17, 2014, the Company received a payment of $2,070,955 owing to the achievement of the first milestone. If all the remaining milestones are met, we would receive $7,455,438. 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 September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the outstanding potential milestone payments from Canon, Inc.'s acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc., were valued at $1,263,543 and $628,948, respectively. On October 1, 2015, the Company received a payment of $795,567 owing to the achievement of the first milestone. If all the remaining milestones are met, we would receive an additional $938,926. 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 September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the outstanding potential milestone payments from Laird Technologies, Inc.’s acquisition of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., were valued at $0. If all the remaining milestones are met, we would receive approximately $400,000. 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.

 

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Funds Held in Escrow from Sale of Investment. At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, there were funds held in escrow fair valued at $311,411 and $306,802, respectively, relating to the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor lithography equipment business to Canon, Inc., that are expected to be released in April of 2016 and April of 2017, net of settlement of any indemnity claims and expenses related to the transaction. If the funds held in escrow for this transaction are released in full, we would receive $625,000 and realize a gain of $313,589. At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, there were funds held in escrow fair valued at $63,440 and $0, respectively, relating to the sale of Molecular Imprints' non-semiconductor business to Magic Leap, Inc., that are expected to be released in May of 2016, net of settlement of any indemnity claims and expenses related to the transaction. If the funds held in escrow for this transaction are released in full, we would receive $126,972 and realize a gain of $63,532.

 

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 "Insurance expense" 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 $189,749 and $219,729 at September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively, representing cost, less accumulated depreciation of $433,807 and $399,373, respectively. Depreciation is provided using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property 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 post-retirement benefit cost for the year includes service cost for the year and interest on the accumulated post-retirement 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 is amortized over the employee's average service period as a reduction of net periodic benefit cost. Unamortized plan amendments are included in "Accumulated other comprehensive income" in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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Interest Income Recognition. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on an accrual basis. When accrued interest is determined not to 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 and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company earned $46,070 and $158,559, respectively, in interest on senior secured debt, subordinated secured debt, non-convertible promissory notes and interest-bearing accounts. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company earned $58,087 and $202,679, 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 and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company recorded, on a net basis, $82,959 and $341,949, respectively, of bridge note interest. The total for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, includes a partial write-off of previously accrued bridge note interest of $1,427. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recorded, on a net basis, $(2,214) and $133,320, respectively, of bridge note interest. The total for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, includes a partial write-off of previously accrued bridge note interest of $70,946.

 

Yield-Enhancing Fees on Debt Securities. Yield-enhancing 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. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, total yield-enhancing fees accreted into investment income were $44,014 and $90,062, respectively. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, total yield-enhancing fees accreted into investment income were $19,843 and $52,105, respectively.

 

Fees for Providing Managerial Assistance to Portfolio Companies. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company earned income of $71,359 and $84,859, respectively, owing to certain of its employees providing managerial assistance to certain portfolio companies. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company earned income of $37,500 owing to one of its employees providing managerial assistance to one of its portfolio companies.

 

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. Previously recorded unrealized gains and losses on expired, exercised or closed options are reversed at the time of such transactions. At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the Company did not have shares covered by call option contracts.

 

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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. For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, 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. 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. 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 currently lease office space in California and leased office space in North Carolina until December 31, 2014.

 

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.

 

Income Taxes. As we currently intend to continue to qualify as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code and distribute any ordinary income, 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" for further discussion.

 

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.

 

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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.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In April 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-03, “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs” (“ASU 2015-03”), which changes the presentation of debt issuance costs in financial statements. ASU 2015-03 requires an entity to present such costs in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the related debt liability rather than as an asset. Amortization of the costs will continue to be reported as interest expense. It is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is permitted. The new guidance will be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 is not anticipated to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 

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, which may restrict our ability to sell our positions and prices can be volatile. We may also be subject to restrictions on transfer and/or other lock-up provisions after these companies initially go public. 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 September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, our largest 10 investments by value accounted for approximately 79 percent and 82 percent, respectively, of the value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio. Our largest three investments, by value, Metabolon, Inc., Adesto Technologies Corporation and D-Wave Systems, Inc., accounted for approximately 15 percent, 11 percent and 11 percent, respectively, of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio at September 30, 2015. Our largest three investments, by value, Adesto Technologies Corporation, Metabolon, Inc., and Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., accounted for approximately 17 percent, 12 percent and 10 percent, respectively, of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio at December 31, 2014. Metabolon, Adesto Technologies and D-Wave Systems are privately held portfolio companies. Enumeral Biomedical Holdings is a publicly traded portfolio company.

 

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Approximately 89 percent of the portion of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio that was fair valued was comprised of securities of 25 privately held companies, the securities of publicly traded Champions Oncology, Inc., the warrants of OpGen, Inc., and certain warrants and restricted securities of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc. Approximately 0.3 percent of the portion of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio that was valued according to the equity method was comprised of one privately held 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 (increase) 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

 

The Company has a Loan Facility with Orix Corporate Capital, Inc., which may be used 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. 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).

 

At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding debt of $5,000,000 and $0, respectively. The weighted average annualized interest rate for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, was 10 percent, exclusive of amortization of closing fees and other expenses. We had no debt outstanding during 2014, and, therefore, there was no applicable interest rate for that period. The weighted average debt outstanding for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, was $5,000,000 and $3,369,963, respectively. The remaining capacity under the Loan Facility was $15,000,000 at September 30, 2015. Unamortized fees and expenses of $349,760 and $480,921 related to establishing the Loan Facility are included as "Prepaid expenses" in the Consolidated Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively. These amounts are amortized over the term of the Loan Facility, and $131,160 was amortized in the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and in the nine months ended September 30, 2014. The Company paid $38,333 and $126,250 in non-utilization fees during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively. The Company paid $51,111 and $151,667 in non-utilization fees during the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, the Company paid a $50,000 utilization fee associated with a drawdown of the Loan Facility. At September 30, 2015, the Company was in compliance with all covenants required by the Loan Facility.

 

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NOTE 6. FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS

 

At September 30, 2015, our financial assets valued at fair value were categorized as follows in the fair value hierarchy:

 

   Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using: 
       Unadjusted Quoted         
       Prices in Active   Significant Other   Significant 
       Markets for Identical   Observable Inputs   Unobservable Inputs 
Description  September 30, 2015   Assets (Level 1)   (Level 2)   (Level 3) 
                 
Privately Held Portfolio Companies:                    
                     
Preferred Stock  $52,119,263   $0   $0   $52,119,263 
Bridge Notes   3,212,725    0    0    3,212,725 
Warrants   837,502    0    0    837,502 
Rights to Milestone Payments   5,058,083    0    0    5,058,083 
Common Stock   561,773    0    0    561,773 
Senior Secured Debt   100,975    0    0    100,975 
Subordinated Secured Debt   968,050    0    0    968,050 
Options   1,875              1,875 
                     
Publicly Traded Portfolio                    
Companies:                    
                     
Common Stock  $8,377,239   $6,772,090   $1,579,284   $25,865 
                     
Total Investments:  $71,237,485   $6,772,090   $1,579,284   $62,886,111 
                     
Funds Held in Escrow From
Sales of Investments:
  $374,851   $0   $0   $374,851 
                     
Total Financial Assets:  $71,612,336   $6,772,090   $1,579,284   $63,260,962 

 

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Financial Instruments Disclosed, but not Carried, at Fair Value

 

The following table presents the carrying value and the fair value of the Company's financial liabilities disclosed, but not carried, at fair value as of September 30, 2015, and the level of each financial liability within the fair value hierarchy:

 

Description  Carrying Value   Fair Value   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3 
                     
Term Loan Credit
Facility(1)
  $5,000,000   $5,000,000   $0   $0   $5,000,000 
                          
Total  $5,000,000   $5,000,000   $0   $0   $5,000,000 

 

(1)Fair value of the Term Loan Credit Facility is equal to the carrying amount of this credit facility.

 

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

September 30,

2015

  

Valuation

Technique(s)

  Unobservable Input 

Range (Weighted

Average(a))

              
Preferred Stock  $7,824,156   Hybrid Approach  Private Offering Price
Volatility
Time to Exit
  $1.08 - $2.17 ($2.08)
46.8% - 97.1% (51.07%)
1.75 - 2 Years (1.77)
               
Preferred Stock   22,176,766   Income Approach  Private Offering Price
Non-Performance Risk
Volatility
Time to Exit
  $0 - $11.56 ($2.47)
0% - 75% (0.91%)
50.7% - 116.4% (64.08%)
1.25 - 4.5 Years (2.72)
               
Preferred Stock   22,118,341   Market Approach  Private Offering Price
Volatility
Revenue Multiples
Time to Exit
Discount for Lack of Marketability
  $0 - $2.90 ($1.57)
0% - 50% (26.16%)
0 - 4.6 (2.24)
0.25 - 2 Years (1.02)
0% - 16.6% (11.8%)
               
Bridge Notes   1,111,551   Income Approach  Private Offering Price  $1.00 ($1.00)
               
Bridge Notes   2,101,174   Market Approach  Private Offering Price  $1.00 ($1.00)

 

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Fair Value at

September 30,

2015

  

Valuation

Technique(s)

  Unobservable Input 

Range (Weighted

Average(a))

              
Common Stock   243,483   Hybrid Approach  Private Offering Price
Volatility
Time to Exit
  $1.08 ($1.08)
97.1% (97.1%)
2 Years (2)
               
Common Stock   318,269   Income Approach  Private Offering Price
Volatility
Time to Exit
  $3.71 ($3.71)
50.7% (50.7%)
3 Years (3)
               
Common Stock   21   Market Approach  Private Offering Price  $0.0001 - $0.001 ($0.0001)
               
Warrants   174,033   Market Approach  Volume Weighted Average Price  0.58 (0.58)
               
Warrants   663,469   Income Approach  Stock Price
Volatility
Expected Term
  $0 - $6.48 ($1.12)
33.7% - 111.61% (73.53%)
1.25 - 9.39 Years (4.65)
               
Rights to Milestone
Payments
   5,058,083   Probability Weighted
Discounted Cash Flow
  Probability of Achieving
Independent Milestones
Probability of Achieving
Dependent Milestones
  0% - 100% (45%)
0% - 100% (60%)
               
Subordinated
Secured Debt
   968,050   Income Approach  Effective Yield  18.1% (18.1%)
               
Senior Secured Debt   100,975   Income Approach  Effective Yield  15.8% (15.8%)
               
Funds Held in Escrow
From Sales  
of Investments
   374,851   Market Approach  Escrow Discount  50% (50%)
               
Options   1,875   Income Approach  Stock Price
Volatility
Expected Term
  $0.40 ($0.40)
81.4% (81.4%)
0.83 Years (0.83)
               
OTC Traded
Common Stock
   25,865   Market Approach  Stock Price
Discount for Lack of Marketability
  $0.40 ($0.40)
50% (50%)
               
Total  $63,260,962          

 

(a)Weighted average based on fair value at September 30, 2015.

 

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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, merger and acquisition ("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 initial public offering ("IPO") or an acquisition transaction, estimated time to exit, volatilities of comparable publicly traded companies 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. An increase in the volatility assumption generally increases the enterprise value calculated in an option pricing model. An increase in the time to exit assumption also generally increases the enterprise value calculated in an option pricing model. Variations in the expected time to exit or expected volatility assumptions have a significant impact on fair value. We may also consider changes in market values for sets of comparable companies when recent private transaction information is not available.

 

Option pricing models place a high weighting on liquidation preferences, which means that small differences in how the preferences are structured can have a material effect on the fair value of our securities at the time of valuation and also on future valuations should additional rounds of financing occur with senior preferences. As such, valuations calculated by option pricing models may not increase if 1) rounds of financing occur at higher prices per share, 2) liquidation preferences include multiples on investment, 3) the amount of invested capital is small and/or 4) liquidation preferences are senior to prior rounds of financing.

 

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.

 

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Warrants and Options

 

We use the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model to determine the fair value of warrants and options held in our portfolio unless there is a publicly traded active market for such warrants and options or another indication of value such as a sale of the portfolio company. 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.

 

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., and from Canon, Inc.'s acquisition of Molecular Imprints, 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 published interest rates for corporate bonds of the acquiring or comparable companies.

 

Subordinated Secured Debt and Senior Secured Debt

 

We invest in venture debt investments through subordinated secured debt 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 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. Historically, we also invested in venture debt through participation agreements. As of December 31, 2014, the amounts held in participation agreements consisted solely of warrants. These warrants are valued using the Black-Scholes-Merton pricing model as discussed in "Warrants and Options." The participation agreements were sold in 2015.

 

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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 September 30, 2015.

 

  

Beginning
Balance

7/1/2015

  

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

and

Settlements

  

Ending

Balance

9/30/2015

  

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  $63,882,805   $0   $0   $(13,513,549)  $1,750,007   $0   $52,119,263   $(13,513,549)
                                         
Bridge Notes   5,194,358    1,790,891    0    (2,090,749)   747,427    (2,429,202)   3,212,725    (3,356,937)
                                         
Common Stock   452,129    0    0    109,644    0    0    561,773    109,644 
                                         
Warrants   1,023,104    (528,469)   201,558    141,309    0    0    837,502    82,935 
                                         
Rights to
Milestone
Payments
   3,181,183    0    0    1,876,900    0    0    5,058,083    1,876,900 
                                         
Subordinated
Secured Debt
   987,025    0    0    (20,537)   1,562    0    968,050    (20,537)
                                         
Senior Secured
Debt
   764,253    0    0    (108,422)   42,453    (597,309)   100,975    (108,422)
                                         
Funds Held in
Escrow From
Sales of
Investments
   372,835    2,016    0    0    0    0    374,851    0 
                                         
Options   38,536    0    0    (36,661)   0    0    1,875    (36,661)
                                         
OTC Traded
Common Stock
   7,707,262    0    (7,698,444)   17,047    0    0    25,865    521,145 
                                         
   Total  $83,603,490   $1,264,438   $(7,496,886)  $(13,625,018)  $2,541,449   $(3,026,511)  $63,260,962   $(14,445,482)

 

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We elected to use the beginning of period values to recognize transfers in and out of Level 2 and Level 3 investments. For the three months ended September 30, 2015, there were transfers out of Level 3 investments totaling $7,496,886. Certain of our shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., and OpGen, Inc., transferred from Level 3 investments owing to the use of their unadjusted closing share price on their respective stock exchanges on September 30, 2015, to derive their value.

 

The following chart shows the components of change in the financial assets categorized as Level 3 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

  

Beginning

Balance

1/1/2015

  

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

and

Settlements

  

Ending

Balance

9/30/2015

  

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  $70,969,603   $3,351,833   $(231,361)1  $(20,121,000)  $3,684,034   $(5,533,846)  $52,119,263   $(18,211,065)
                                         
Bridge Notes   2,163,916    1,790,891    (1,630,121)   653,728    2,663,513    (2,429,202)   3,212,725    (612,460)
                                         
Common Stock   535,280    0    (74,379)   100,872    0    0    561,773    100,872 
                                         
Warrants   2,026,864    (911,957)   0    (525,754)   272,349    (24,000)   837,502    (777,815)
                                         
Rights to
Milestone
Payments
   3,193,865    0    0    1,864,218    0    0    5,058,083    1,864,218 
                                         
Senior Secured
Debt
   1,203,299    0    0    (394,805)   75,899    (783,418)   100,975    (394,805)
                                         
Subordinated
Secured Debt
   979,450    0    0    (25,563)   14,163    0    968,050    (25,563)
                                         
Funds Held in
Escrow From
Sales of
Investments
   306,802    (58,923)   126,9721   0    0    0    374,851    0 
                                         
Options   50,690    0    0    (48,815)   0    0    1,875    (48,815)
                                         
OTC Traded
Common Stock
   7,251,178    0    (8,020,281)   (87,684)   882,652    0    25,865    (87,684)
                                         
   Total  $88,680,947   $4,171,844   $(9,829,170)  $(18,584,803)  $7,592,610   $(8,770,466)  $63,260,962   $(18,193,117)

 

1There was a $126,972 transfer from "Preferred Stock" into "Funds Held in Escrow From Sales of Investments" owing to the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc.

 

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, there were transfers out of Level 3 investments totaling $9,829,170. Our shares of Accelerator IV-New York Corporation transferred from a Level 3 investment owing to its qualification as an equity method investment. Certain of our shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., and OpGen, Inc., transferred from Level 3 investments owing to the use of their unadjusted closing share price on their respective stock exchanges on September 30, 2015, to derive their value.

 

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

 

   Fair Value Measurement at Reporting Date Using: 
Description  December 31, 2014  

Unadjusted Quoted

Prices in Active Markets

for Identical Assets

(Level 1)

  

Significant Other

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

  

Significant

Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

 
                 
Privately Held Portfolio Companies:                    
                     
Preferred Stock  $70,969,603   $0   $0   $70,969,603 
Bridge Notes   2,163,916    0    0    2,163,916 
Warrants   2,026,864    0    0    2,026,864 
Rights to Milestone Payments   3,193,865    0    0    3,193,865 
Common Stock   535,280    0    0    535,280 
Senior Secured Debt   1,203,299    0    0    1,203,299 
Subordinated Secured Debt   979,450    0    0    979,450 
Options   50,690    0    0    50,690 
                     
Publicly Traded Portfolio Companies:                    
                     
Common Stock  $8,641,873   $1,390,695   $0   $7,251,178 
                     
Total Investments:  $89,764,840   $1,390,695   $0   $88,374,145 
                     
Funds Held in Escrow From                    
Sales of Investments:  $306,802   $0   $0   $306,802 
                     
Total Financial Assets:  $90,071,642   $1,390,695   $0   $88,680,947 

 

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

 

  

Beginning

Balance

1/1/2014

  

Total Realized

(Losses) Gains

Included in

Changes in

Net Assets

   Transfers  

Total Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Included in

Changes in

Net Assets

  

Investments in

Portfolio

Companies,

Interest on

Bridge Notes,

and

Amortization

of Loan

Fees, Net

  

Disposals

and

Settlements

  

Ending

Balance

12/31/2014

  

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   $(7,472,760)  $(371,644)1,2  $5,555,721   $8,191,037   $(6,509,810)  $70,969,603   $(6,283,994)
                                         
Bridge Notes   6,044,114    (50,000)   (4,968,041)1   (2,253,312)   3,434,976    (43,821)   2,163,916    (2,303,312)
                                         
Common Stock   108,668    0    1,130,3621   (919,782)   216,032    0    535,280    (919,782)
                                        
Warrants   800,487    0    65,2501   519,818    641,309    0    2,026,864    519,818 
                                         
Rights to
Milestone
Payments
   3,489,433    536,813    629,670    608,904    0    (2,070,955)   3,193,865    608,904 
                                         
Participation
Agreements
   777,195    84,371    0    (68,196)   5,892    (799,262)   0    0 
                                         
Senior Secured
Debt
   1,511,828    0    0    17,364    (12,536)   (313,357)   1,203,299    17,364 
                                         
Subordinated
Secured Debt
   0    0    0    197    979,253    0    979,450    197 
                                         
Funds Held in
Escrow From
Sales of
Investments
   1,786,390    270,241    625,0002   0    0    (2,374,829)   306,802    0 
                                         
Options   0    0    0    50,690    0    0    50,690    50,690 
                                         
OTC Traded
Common Stock
   0    0    2,889,4031   3,402,150    959,625    0    7,251,178    3,402,150 
                                         
   Total  $86,095,174   $(6,631,335)  $0   $6,913,554   $14,415,588   $(12,112,034)  $88,680,947   $(4,907,965)

 

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

 

2 There was a $625,000 transfer from "Preferred Stock" into "Funds Held in Escrow From Sales of Investments" owing to the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Canon, Inc.

 

There were no transfers out of Level 3 investments during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

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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 September 30, 2014.

 

  

Beginning

Balance

7/1/2014

  

Total Realized

(Losses) Gains

Included in

Changes in

Net Assets

   Transfers  

Total Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Included in

Changes in

Net Assets

  

Investments

in Portfolio

Companies,

Interest on

Bridge Notes,

and

Amortization

of Loan

Fees, Net

  

Disposals

and

Settlements

  

Ending

Balance

9/30/2014

  

Amount of Total

Appreciation

(Depreciation) 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  $82,918,390   $(4,488,575)  $(3,376,258)1  $267,065   $0   $(21,420)2  $75,299,202   $(4,242,929)
                                         
Bridge Notes   2,514,976    0    (206,902)1   (646,690)   624,016    0    2,285,400    (646,690)
                                         
Common Stock   546,767    0    693,7571   (89,116)   216,032    0    1,367,440    (89,116)
                                         
Warrants   921,633    0    0    602,860    540,375    0    2,064,868    602,860 
                                         
Rights to
Milestone
Payments
   4,127,104    536,813    0    587,325    0    (2,070,955)3   3,180,287    587,325 
                                         
Participation
Agreements
   675,165    16,000    0    11,209    3,291    (554,240)   151,425    16,100 
                                         
Senior Secured
Debt
   1,305,901    0    0    (74,590)   16,552    (86,121)   1,161,742    (74,590)
                                         
Funds Held in
Escrow From
Sales of
Investments
   1,447,933    (2,454)   0    0    0    (1,139,514)   305,965    0 
                                         
Options   0    0    0    62,945    0    0    62,945    62,945 
                                         
OTC Traded
Common Stock
   0    0    2,889,4031   5,008,416    959,625    0    8,857,444    5,008,416 
                                         
   Total  $94,457,869   $(3,938,216)  $0   $5,729,424   $2,359,891   $(3,872,250)  $94,736,718   $1,224,321 

 

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

 

2Represents a settlement of $21,420 from the disposal of Contour Energy Systems, Inc. This was a receivable as of September 30, 2014.

 

3Represents a settlement of $2,070,955 from the achievement of the first milestone associated with Amgen's acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc. This was a receivable as of September 30, 2014.

 

There were no transfers out of Level 3 investments during the three months ended September 30, 2014.

 

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The following chart shows the components of change in the financial assets categorized as Level 3 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

 

  

Beginning

Balance

1/1/2014

  

Total Realized

(Losses) Gains

Included in

Changes in

Net Assets

   Transfers  

Total Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Included in

Changes in

Net Assets

  

Investments

in Portfolio

Companies,

Interest on

Bridge Notes,

and

Amortization

of Loan

Fees, Net

  

Disposals

and

Settlements

  

Ending

Balance

9/30/2014

  

Amount of Total

Appreciation

(Depreciation) 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   $(7,474,688)  $(629,931)1,2  $10,493,609   $7,841,034   $(6,507,881)3  $75,299,202   $(1,346,108)
                                         
Bridge Notes   6,044,114    (50,000)   (4,709,754)1   (1,771,015)   2,772,055    0    2,285,400    (1,821,018)
                                         
Common Stock   108,668    0    1,130,3621   (87,622)   216,032    0    1,367,440    (87,622)
                                         
Warrants   800,487    0    65,2501   557,822    641,309    0    2,064,868    557,822 
                                         
Rights to
Milestone
Payments
   3,489,433    536,813    629,670    595,326    0    (2,070,955)4   3,180,287    595,326 
                                         
Participation
Agreements
   777,195    16,000    0    (7,022)   5,892    (640,640)   151,425    37,023 
                                         
Senior Secured
Debt
   1,511,828    0    0    (171,866)   46,212    (224,432)   1,161,742    (171,866)
                                         
Funds Held in
Escrow From
Sales of
Investments
   1,786,390    269,404    625,0002   0    0    (2,374,829)   305,965    0 
                                         
Options   0    0    0    62,945    0    0    62,945    62,945 
                                         
OTC Traded
Common Stock
   0    0    2,889,4031   5,008,416    959,625    0    8,857,444    5,008,416 
                                         
   Total  $86,095,174   $(6,702,471)  $0   $14,680,593   $12,482,159   $(11,818,737)  $94,736,718   $2,834,918 

 

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

 

2 There was a $625,000 transfer from "Preferred Stock" into "Funds Held in Escrow From Sales of Investments" owing to the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Canon, Inc.

 

3Includes a settlement of $21,420 from the disposal of Contour Energy Systems, Inc. This was a receivable as of September 30, 2014.

 

4Represents a settlement of $2,070,955 from the achievement of the first milestone associated with Amgen's acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc. This was a receivable as of September 30, 2014.

 

There were no transfers out of Level 3 investments during the nine months ended September 30, 2014.

 

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NOTE 7. DERIVATIVES

 

At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, we had rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of our former portfolio company, BioVex Group, Inc. These milestone payments were fair valued at $3,794,540 and $2,564,917 as of September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively. At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, we 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 September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014. At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, we had rights to milestone payments from Canon, Inc.'s acquisition of our former portfolio company, Molecular Imprints, Inc. These milestone payments were fair valued at $1,263,543 and $628,948 as of September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, respectively. These milestone payments are contingent upon certain milestones being achieved in the future.

 

The following tables present the value of derivatives held at September 30, 2015, and the effect of derivatives held during the three months ended September 30, 2015, along with the respective location in the financial statements.

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities:       
   Assets  Liabilities 
Derivatives  Location  Fair Value   Location   Fair Value 
                   
Amgen, Inc. Rights to Milestone
Payments from Acquisition of
BioVex Group, Inc.
  Investments  $3,794,540         
                   
Laird Technologies, Inc.
Rights to Milestone Payments
from Acquisition of Nextreme
Thermal Solutions, Inc.
  Investments  $0         
                   
Canon, Inc. Rights to
Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of Molecular
Imprints, Inc.
  Investments  $1,263,543         

 

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Statements of Operations for

the Three Months Ended

September 30, 2015:

           
            
Derivatives  Location 

Realized

Gain/(Loss)

  

Change in unrealized

Appreciation

 
            
Amgen, Inc. Rights to Milestone
Payments from Acquisition of
BioVex Group, Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  $0   $1,245,279 
              
Laird Technologies, Inc.
Rights to Milestone Payments
from Acquisition of Nextreme
Thermal Solutions, Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  $0   $0 
              
Canon, Inc. Rights to
Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of Molecular
Imprints, Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  $0   $631,621 

 

Statements of Operations for

the Nine Months Ended

September 30, 2015:

           
            
Derivatives  Location 

Realized

Gain/(Loss)

  

Change in unrealized

Appreciation

 
            
Amgen, Inc. Rights to
Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of BioVex Group,
Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  $0   $1,229,623 
              
Laird Technologies, Inc.
Rights to Milestone Payments
from Acquisition of
Nextreme Thermal Solutions,
Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  $0   $0 
              
Canon, Inc. Rights to
Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of Molecular
Imprints, Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)  $0   $634,595 

 

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

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities:       
   Assets  Liabilities 
Derivatives  Location  Fair Value   Location   Fair Value 
                
Equity Contracts         Written call
options payable
   $0 
                   
Amgen, Inc. Rights to Milestone
Payments from Acquisition of
BioVex Group, Inc.
  Investments  $2,564,917         
                   
Laird Technologies, Inc.
Rights to Milestone Payments
from Acquisition of Nextreme
Thermal Solutions, Inc.
  Investments  $0         
                   
Canon, Inc. Rights to
Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of Molecular
Imprints, Inc.
  Investments  $628,948         

 

Statements of Operations:           
Derivatives  Location 

Realized

Gain/(Loss)

  

Change in unrealized
(Depreciation)/

Appreciation

 
Equity Contracts  Net Realized and Unrealized (Loss) Gain  $232,079   $(8,882)
              
Amgen, Inc. Rights to Milestone
Payments from Acquisition of
BioVex Group, Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized (Loss) Gain  $536,813   $609,626 
              
Laird Technologies, Inc.
Rights to Milestone Payments
from Acquisition of Nextreme
Thermal Solutions, Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized (Loss) Gain  $0   $0 
              
Canon, Inc. Rights to
Milestone Payments from
Acquisition of Molecular
Imprints, Inc.
  Net Realized and Unrealized (Loss) Gain  $0   $(722)

 

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 (the "Medical Benefit Retirement Plan"). On March 7, 2013, the Board of Directors amended the 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.

 

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Our accumulated post-retirement benefit obligation was re-measured 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 is being amortized over a service period of 5.27 years. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, a total of $52,246 and $156,738, 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 nine months ended September 30, 2015, and the year ended December 31, 2014, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company did not grant any stock options.

 

The stock options outstanding are fully vested and have, therefore, been fully expensed.

 

For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized $0 and $92,758, respectively, of compensation expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations related to stock options.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, no options were exercised.

 

A summary of the changes in outstanding stock options for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, 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, 2015
   1,423,912   $9.77   $6.28    1.68   $0 
                          
Granted   0    0    0    0      
                          
Exercised   0    0    0    0      
                          
Forfeited or Expired   (21,000)   4.80    2.21    0      
                          
Options Outstanding and Exercisable
at September 30, 2015
   1,402,912   $9.85   $6.34    0.96   $0 

 

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The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above with respect to outstanding options is calculated as the difference between the Company's closing stock price of $2.14 on September 30, 2015, 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 option holders exercised their awards on September 30, 2015.

 

Restricted Stock

 

For the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we recognized $185,991 and $617,972, respectively, of compensation expense related to restricted stock awards. As of September 30, 2015, there was unrecognized compensation cost of $1,255,133 related to restricted stock awards. This cost is expected to be recognized over a remaining weighted average period of approximately 1.1 years.

 

Non-vested restricted stock awards as of September 30, 2015, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2015, were as follows:

 

   Shares          Weighted-Average Grant Date
Fair Value Per Share
 
         
Outstanding at January 1, 2015   1,165,495   $2.73 
           
Granted   10,000    2.72 
           
Vested based on service   (40,842)   3.39 
           
Shares withheld related to net share
settlement of restricted stock
   (17,325)   3.37 
           
Forfeited   (3,999)   3.44 
           
Outstanding at September 30, 2015   1,113,329   $2.69 

  

Non-vested restricted stock awards as of September 30, 2014, and changes during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, were as follows:

 

   Shares         Weighted-Average Grant Date
Fair Value Per Share
 
         
Outstanding at January 1, 2014   1,504,518   $2.78 
           
Granted   40,360    3.01 
           
Vested based on service   (48,226)   3.32 
           
Shares withheld related to net share
settlement of restricted stock
   (21,658)   3.37 
           
Forfeited   (144,000)   2.75 
           
Outstanding at September 30, 2014   1,330,994   $2.76 

 

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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. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, 58,167 restricted stock awards vested, of which 49,500 restricted stock awards were net settled by withholding 17,325 shares, which represented the employees' minimum statutory obligation for each such employee's applicable income and other employment taxes and remitted cash totaling $47,644 to the appropriate tax authorities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, 69,884 restricted stock awards vested, of which 61,880 restricted stock awards were net settled by withholding 21,658 shares, which represented the employees' minimum statutory obligation for each such employee's applicable income and other employment taxes and remitted cash totaling $68,872 to the appropriate tax authorities. The amount remitted to the tax authorities for the employees' tax obligation was reflected as a financing activity within our Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The shares withheld by us as a result of the net settlement of restricted stock awards are not considered issued and outstanding, thereby reducing our shares outstanding used to calculate net asset value per share.

 

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.

 

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, 2015, we had capital loss carryforwards of $9,775,492, which we intend to use to offset current year capital gains, if any. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we realized net capital gains of $4,224,413.

 

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."

 

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We have received SEC certification since 1999, including for 2014, pursuant to Section 851(e) of the Code. There can be no assurance that we will qualify for or receive certification for 2015 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 September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, we paid $376 and $1,676, respectively, in federal, state and local taxes. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, we paid $2,081 and $17,662, respectively, in federal, state and local taxes. At September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, 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 September 30, 2015, and 2014, our income tax expense for Ventures was $325 and $1,676, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and 2014, our income tax expense for Ventures was $1,125 and $16,733, respectively.

 

NOTE 11. CHANGE IN NET ASSETS PER SHARE

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted per share net increases (decreases) in net assets resulting from operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014.

 

   For the Three Months Ended
September 30
   For the Nine Months Ended
September 30
 
   2015   2014   2015   2014 
Numerator for decrease in net assets per share
resulting from operations
  $(16,904,625)  $(910,852)  $(22,356,159)  $(3,058,474)
                     
Denominator for basic weighted average shares   31,251,950    31,245,664    31,272,790    31,215,069 
                     
Basic net decrease in net assets per share resulting
from operations
  $(0.54)  $(0.03)  $(0.71)  $(0.10)
                     
Denominator for diluted weighted average shares   31,251,950    31,245,664    31,272,790    31,215,069 
                     
Diluted net decrease in net assets per share
resulting from operations1
  $(0.54)  $(0.03)  $(0.71)  $(0.10)
                     
Anti-dilutive shares by type:                    
Stock Options   1,402,912    1,425,372    1,402,912    1,425,372 
Restricted Stock   220,329    353,994    220,329    345,935 
                     
Total anti-dilutive shares   1,623,241    1,779,366    1,623,241    1,771,307 

 

1A total of 839,000 and 973,000 performance-based shares of restricted stock were outstanding at September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, 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.

 

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, the calculation of net decrease in net assets resulting from operations per diluted share did not include stock options or shares of restricted stock because such shares 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. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

On July 21, 2014, the Company made an investment in Accelerator IV-New York Corporation ("Accelerator") for a 9.6 percent interest in the company. This investment was diluted to 9.0 percent through follow-on financings by Accelerator in which the Company did not participate. Accelerator will be identifying emerging biotechnology companies for the Company to invest in directly over a five-year period. If the Company defaults on these commitments, the other investors may purchase the Company's shares of Accelerator for $0.001 per share. In the event of default, the Company would still be required to contribute the remaining operating commitment.

 

The Company's aggregate operating and investment commitments in Accelerator amounted to $666,667 and $3,333,333, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, $262,215 in capital was called, all of which related to the operating commitment. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had remaining unfunded commitments of $188,440 and $3,333,333, or approximately 28.3 percent and 100 percent, of the total operating and investment commitments, respectively. The withdrawal of contributed capital is not permitted. The transfer or assignment of capital is subject to approval by Accelerator.

 

NOTE 13. SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

 

On August 6, 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a repurchase of up $2.5 million of the Company’s common stock in the open market within a six-month period. Under the repurchase program, we may, but we are not obligated to, repurchase our outstanding common stock in the open market from time to time provided that we comply with the prohibitions under our Insider Trading Policies and Procedures and the guidelines specified in Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including certain price, market volume and timing constraints. In addition, any repurchases will be conducted in accordance with the 1940 Act. During the quarter ended September 30, 2015, we repurchased 298,819 shares at an average price of approximately $2.47 per share, inclusive of commissions. This represents a discount of approximately 11.8 percent of the net asset value per share at September 30, 2015. The total dollar amount of shares repurchased in this period is $737,662, leaving a maximum of $1,762,338 available for future program purchases.

 

NOTE 14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

On October 1, 2015, the Company received proceeds of $795,567 upon the achievement of the first milestone associated with the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Canon, Inc.

 

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On October 27, 2015, Adesto Technologies Corporation completed an IPO priced at $5.00 per share, trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "IOTS." The Company invested $1,000,000 in the offering. On November 6, 2015, the closing price of Adesto's shares of common stock was $5.41.

 

On October 30, 2015, the Company made a $250,000 follow-on investment in Produced Water Absorbents, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

 

During October of 2015, the Company repurchased an additional 119,365 shares of its stock at an average price of $2.20 inclusive of commissions. There is a maximum of $1,500,003 available for future program purchases.

 

On November 3, 2015, the initial U.S. sales milestone associated with Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc., was achieved. The Company will receive proceeds of $2,070,955 related to this achievement on or before December 18, 2015.

 

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HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(Unaudited)

 

   Three Months Ended Sept. 30   Nine Months Ended Sept. 30 
   2015   2014   2015   2014 
Per Share Operating Performance                    
                     
Net asset value per share, beginning                    
of period  $3.34   $3.87   $3.51   $3.93 
                     
Net operating loss*   (0.05)   (0.06)   (0.17)   (0.19)
Net realized gain (loss) on investments*   0.04    (0.12)   0.14    (0.16)
Net (increase) decrease in unrealized                    
depreciation on investments and                    
written call options* (1)   (0.53)   0.15    (0.67)   0.26 
Share of loss on equity method investment(2)   0.00    0.00    (0.01)   0.00 
Total from investment operations*   (0.54)   (0.03)   (0.71)   (0.09)
                     
Net increase as a result of stock-                    
based compensation expense*   0.01    0.01    0.02    0.02 
                     
Net decrease as a result of acquisition                    
of vested restricted stock awards                    
related to employee withholding(2)   (0.01)   0.00    (0.01)   (0.01)
                     
Total (decrease) increase from capital                    
stock transactions   0.00    0.01    0.01    0.01 
                     
Net (decrease) increase as a result of                    
other comprehensive income*(2)   0.00    0.00    (0.01)   0.00 
                     
Net (decrease) increase in net asset value   (0.54)   (0.02)   (0.71)   (0.08)
                     
Net asset value per share, end                    
of period  $2.80   $3.85   $2.80   $3.85 
Stock price per share, end                    
of period  $2.14   $2.98   $2.14   $2.98 
Total return based on stock price   (22.18)%   (6.29)%   (27.46)%   0.00%
                     
Supplemental Data:                    
                     
Net assets, end of period  $86,974,196   $120,158,974   $86,974,196   $120,158,974 
                     
Ratio of expenses, excluding taxes,                    
to average net assets(3)   1.91%   1.64%   5.78%   5.26%
                     
Ratio of expenses, including taxes,                    
to average net assets(3)   1.91%   1.64%   5.79%   5.27%
                     
Ratio of net operating loss to                    
average net assets(3)   (1.66)%   (1.56)%   (5.12)%   (4.95)%
                     
Average debt outstanding  $5,000,000   $0.00   $3,369,963   $0.00 
                     
Average debt per share  $0.16   $0.00   $0.11   $0.00 
                     
Number of shares outstanding,                    
end of period   31,022,866    31,245,664    31,022,866    31, 245,664 

 

*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.
(2)Amounts listed as zero are amounts calculated as less than $0.005.
(3)Not annualized.

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 September 30, 2015, Consolidated Financial Statements and the Company's audited 2014 Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto.

 

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;

 

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;

 

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interest rate volatility could adversely affect our results, particularly if we elect to use leverage as a material part of our 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 Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

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.

 

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 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.

 

In 2002, we focused the company on investing in hard science companies enabled at the nanoscale and microscale. As of December 31, 2001, we had $13.4 million in net cash on our balance sheet. Over the next 13 years we raised over approximately $140 million in capital in the public markets and recycled approximately $100 million in realized capital from portfolio investments back into the Company.

 

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Beginning in 2009, because of the overlap with companies enabled at the nanoscale, many of our new initial investments were in BIOLOGY+ companies. We define BIOLOGY+ investments as investments in interdisciplinary life science companies where biology is intersecting with innovations in areas such as electronics, physics, materials science, chemistry, information technology, engineering and mathematics. In 2013, we announced that all new initial investments would be in BIOLOGY+ companies. We focused our efforts on BIOLOGY+ because in looking back through our decade of investing in nanotechnology and microtechnology, we observed that our gross returns in the life sciences significantly outperformed our gross returns in electronics and in energy.

 

Additionally, through our involvement with nanotechnology and our current experience with BIOLOGY+, we have been front and center in the development of the technologies that are enabling precision health and precision medicine. Precision health and medicine are enabled by a series of advancements at the intersection of what is called genomics 2.0 and digital technologies. Genomics 2.0 includes genomics, metabolomics, proteomics, epigenomics, the microbiome, cellular information, tissue information and organ information. Digital technologies include the devices used to gather information as well as the interpretive tools: visualization tools, machine learning, network science tools and computational advances. We are and will continue to be involved in all of these technology areas.

 

During 2011, we began realizing the first exits from the portfolio we began building in 2002. As one can see below, since 2001, we have realized multiple exits from this portfolio that have generated both gains and losses on invested capital. However, as we have discussed previously in letters to shareholders, most recently in our Annual Letter to Shareholders dated March 16, 2015, we have not yet generated the “home-run” return that we need as an early-stage investor to impact significantly and positively net asset value per share and potentially lead to stock price appreciation.

 

 

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We believe we need to realize one or more liquidity events that have the potential to be “impactful” to Harris & Harris Group’s investors within the next two years. We define “impactful” as the ability to return in excess of $30 million to Harris & Harris Group. Furthermore, we believe it is important to have at least one impactful event that returns six to ten times our investment to create meaningful growth to our net asset value. We currently believe we have such potentially “impactful” companies in our existing portfolio, although we cannot assure when or if any of those companies will meet our internal criteria as such.

 

We are involved in some of the most important technologies of the coming decade. This is why we believe we have the opportunity to generate impactful returns into the future. We have built, and we continue to build, companies that are leaders in the emerging fields of the internet of things (IoT), the microbiome, machine learning, AgTech and regenerative medicine. These companies and technologies are now attracting tremendous attention, and we believe many of our portfolio companies are positioned to be leaders in their respective markets.

 

 

As we look to the future, our BIOLOGY+ efforts are focused in the new precision health and medicine market. We define precision health as a focus on preventative care and wellbeing. It includes not just medical technologies, but digital technologies that permit individuals to take control of their health and wellbeing at all stages of their lives, especially ahead of the period in their lives when disease becomes more prevalent and even dominant.

 

We believe there are three trends that will drive the new precision health industry opportunity: 1) As both investment banks, Macquarie and Barclays, point out in recent reports, there is a general shift towards consumerism in health and healthcare decisions; 2) The movement of digital technologies into the life sciences market is putting far more information at the fingertips of the individual and placing a high value on business models that can translate the power of aggregated data to the individual decision maker; and 3) The merging of new genomic data with phenotypic or environmental data, called genomics 2.0, will finally provide medically actionable information. We believe it will be driven partly by baby boomers now entering a period in their lives where disease becomes prevalent, and partly by “millennial” populations that are digitally savvy and taking control of their healthcare decisions.

 

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In conjunction with our focus on BIOLOGY+, we have shifted from investing in a wide variety of companies in multiple markets to building fewer companies focused on precision health and medicine. In the companies we are now building, we believe we have the potential to have greater ownership, impact and control. The number of companies in our portfolio will decrease in size over the coming years, but the potential impact of each company within our portfolio will become greater. We believe this is the best way to build companies that can create the necessary impact for our shareholders.

 

We do not believe our stock price reflects the current or future value of the companies we are a part of building at Harris & Harris Group. When there is such a disconnect in the potential value of our Company and the price reflected in the stock, we believe one of the best investments we can make is in our own stock. Utilizing the cash the Company has received from the monetization of some of our portfolio companies in 2015, our Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to $2.5 million of our shares in the open market at prices that may be above or below the net asset value as reported in our most recently published financial statements. We anticipate that the manner, timing, and amount of any share purchases will be determined by our management based upon the evaluation of market conditions, stock price, and additional factors in accordance with regulatory requirements. Pursuant to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, we are required to notify shareholders when such a program is initiated or implemented. The repurchase program does not require us to acquire any specific number of shares and may be extended, modified, or discontinued at any time. During the quarter ended September 30, 2015, we repurchased 298,819 shares at an average price of approximately $2.47 per share, inclusive of commissions. This represents a discount of approximately 11.8 percent of the net asset value per share at September 30, 2015. The total dollar amount of shares repurchased in this period is $737,662, leaving a maximum of $1,762,338 available for future program purchases as of September 30, 2015. We subsequently repurchased an additional 119,365 shares at an average price of approximately $2.20 per share for a total cost of $262,335.

 

Each quarter we provide detail on our investment portfolio and trends in venture capital that may impact our shareholders. We organize this detail as follows: Realizations and potential liquidity in the portfolio, maturity of the portfolio, ownership and investment in the portfolio, investing trends, current business environment, valuation information, and, finally, results of operations.

 

Realize

 

"Realize" refers to realizing value in our venture capital portfolio. Since our investment in Otisville in 1983 through September 30, 2015, we have made a total of 104 equity-focused venture capital investments. We have completely exited 75 and partially exited two of these 104 investments, recognizing aggregate net realized gains of $88,600,201 on invested capital of $133,290,596, or 1.7 times invested capital. For the securities of the 25 privately held companies in our equity-focused portfolio held at September 30, 2015, we have net unrealized depreciation of $41,974,258 on invested capital of $99,098,346. We have aggregate net realized gains on our exited companies, offset by unrealized depreciation for our 25 currently held equity-focused investments of $46,625,943 on invested capital of $232,388,942.

 

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The amount of net realized gains includes the following exits in 2014 and 2015:

 

·Realized gains of $1,790,891 from the repayment of certain bridge notes of Black Silicon Holdings, Inc., from the proceeds received from the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary, SiOnyx, Inc. On August 3, 2015, SiOnyx, Inc., reorganized its corporate structure to become a subsidiary of a new company, Black Silicon Holdings.  At the time of reorganization, our warrants in SiOnyx were cancelled, and we realized a loss of $231,656 on those securities. Our security holdings of SiOnyx converted into securities of Black Silicon Holdings.  SiOnyx was then acquired by an undisclosed buyer.  Black Silicon Holdings received cash and a profit interest in the undisclosed buyer that is held through our ownership in Black Silicon Holdings;

 

·Realized gains of $3,109,347 from the sale of our investment in Nantero, Inc., on invested capital of $1,718,706;

 

·Realized gains of $242,485 from the sale of the non-semiconductor business of Molecular Imprints, Inc., on invested capital of $928,884;

 

·Realized gains of $3,949,818 from the sale of the semiconductor lithography equipment business of Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Canon, Inc., on invested capital of $2,848,041;

 

·Realized gains of $296,972 from the sale of shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., on invested capital of $576,971;

 

·Realized gains of $536,813 from rights to milestone payments resulting from the achievement during the third quarter of 2014 of the first milestone associated with Amgen, Inc.'s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.;

 

·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; and

 

·Realized loss of $4,488,576 on our investment in Contour Energy Systems, Inc., on invested capital of $4,509,995. On August 15, 2014, the stockholders of Contour Energy Systems were given official notice of its liquidation and dissolution, which was approved by its board of directors following the approval of the majority of the stockholders.

 

The aggregate net realized gains and the cumulative invested capital do not reflect the cost or value of our freely tradable shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., that we owned as of September 30, 2015. The aggregate net realized gains also do not include potential milestone payments that could occur as part of the acquisitions of BioVex Group, Inc., Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., or Molecular Imprints, Inc., at points in time in the future. If these amounts were included as of September 30, 2015, our aggregate net realized gains and cumulative invested capital from 1983 through September 30, 2015, would be $95,359,508 and $137,300,503, respectively, or 1.7 times invested capital. These amounts also do not include our shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., and OpGen, Inc., that, while traded publicly, are restricted and/or are subject to lock-up agreements.

 

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Recent and Potential Liquidity Events From Our Portfolio as of September 30, 2015

 

On June 11, 2015, the Company and an undisclosed buyer entered into a Share Purchase Agreement for the purchase by such buyer of the Company's shares of preferred stock of Nantero, Inc. Upon execution of the Agreement, the Company received $4,828,052 in proceeds from the sale.

 

On April 18, 2014, Canon, Inc., completed its acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s semiconductor lithography equipment business. On October 1, 2015, the Company received proceeds of $795,567 upon the achievement of the first milestone associated with this transaction. We could receive an additional $625,000 from amounts held in escrow as well as up to $938,926 upon the achievement of certain additional milestones. As of September 30, 2015, we valued the remaining potential milestone payments from the sale of Molecular Imprints at $1,263,543, which includes the $795,567 received on October 1, 2015. There can be no assurance as to the timing and how much of the remaining amount we will ultimately realize in the future, if any. With the closing of the transaction, a new spin-out company, which retained the name "Molecular Imprints, Inc.," was formed to continue development and commercialization of nanoscale patterning in consumer and biomedical applications, and we became a shareholder of the new company.

 

On May 1, 2015, this new spin-out of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s non-semiconductor business was acquired. Upon closing of the transaction, we received our initial payment of $705,794 and 24,897 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the acquiring company. As of September 30, 2015, additional proceeds of $126,972 and 4,394 shares of Series B Preferred Stock of the acquiring party are held in an indemnity escrow and $3,386 is held in a stockholder representative funding escrow until May 1, 2016. There can be no assurance as to how much of these amounts we will ultimately realize. As of September 30, 2015, we valued the funds and the shares of stock held in escrow from the sale of Molecular Imprints at $63,440 and $26,246, respectively.

 

As of September 30, 2015, we valued the remaining potential milestone payments from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., at $3,794,540. If all the remaining milestone payments were to be paid by Amgen, Inc., we would receive an additional $7,455,438. There can be no assurance as to the timing and how much of this amount we will ultimately realize in the future.

 

As of September 30, 2015, we valued potential milestone payments from the sale of Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., to Laird Technologies, Inc., at $0.

 

Enumeral Biomedical Holdings is traded publicly on the OTC market under the symbol ENUM. Certain of the Company's shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings are subject to restrictions on transfer, and we are also subject to a lock-up agreement that restricts our ability to trade all securities of Enumeral owned by us, exclusive of the general restriction on the transfer of unregistered securities. The lock-up period on our 7,966,368 shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings expires on January 31, 2016. ENUM's stock closed trading on November 6, 2015, at $0.30 per share.

 

On May 5, 2015, OpGen, Inc., completed an IPO. As of that date, the company's common stock and warrants trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbols OPGN and OPGNW, respectively. With the close of the offering, our preferred stock and certain of our bridge notes were converted into shares of common stock of OpGen. We invested $1.8 million in the IPO, inclusive of $650,000 in outstanding demand notes. Certain of our shares and warrants of OpGen are subject to restrictions on transfer and/or lock-up agreements. The lock-up period on these securities expired on November 2, 2015. OpGen's common stock closed trading on November 6, 2015, at $1.90 per share.

 

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In July 2015, SynGlyco negotiated the acceleration and settlement of payments due to it from the sale of its synthesis business to Corden Pharmaceuticals. This acceleration of payments yielded proceeds that paid off in full our senior secured debt investment with a payment to us of $567,500. We expect to receive additional repayments for our outstanding secured convertible bridge notes of approximately $750,000 from this transaction. Additionally, SynGlyco entered into two license agreements that may provide additional payments in the future. These payments will bring our total cash distributions from this investment to approximately $1.7 million. We invested a total of $8.8 million in SynGlyco, beginning with our initial investment in 2007 and valued our securities of the company at $916,273 as of September 30, 2015.

 

On July 21, 2015, Bridgelux signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investment group led by China Electronics Corporation and ChongQing Linkong Development Investment Company. The close of this transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.

 

In August 2015, SiOnyx, Inc., reorganized its corporate structure to become a subsidiary of a new company, Black Silicon Holdings, Inc.  Our security holdings of SiOnyx converted into securities of Black Silicon Holdings.  SiOnyx was then acquired by an undisclosed buyer.  We received proceeds of $2,429,202 and a profit interest in the undisclosed buyer that is held through our ownership in Black Silicon Holdings.

 

On October 27, 2015, Adesto Technologies Corporation completed an IPO priced at $5.00 per share, trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "IOTS." The Company invested $1,000,000 in the offering. On November 6, 2015, the closing price of Adesto's shares of common stock was 5.41.

 

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.

 

Strategy for Managing Publicly Traded Positions

 

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 all of our shares of Solazyme since its IPO for net proceeds, after commission, of $22,571,157 or an average sale price of $9.80 per share. Including premiums from call and put options, the average sale price for these shares was $10.87 per share. Our average cost basis in Solazyme is $2.36 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold 50,000 shares of Solazyme.

 

We have sold 769,295 shares of our position in Champions Oncology, Inc., in open market transactions for net proceeds, after commission, of $873,944 or an average sale price of $1.14 per share. Our average cost basis in Champions is $0.67 per share. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we did not sell any shares of Champions.

 

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Maturity of Current Equity-Focused Venture Capital Portfolio

 

There are three main drivers of our potential growth in value over the next four years. First, we believe that we have a larger portfolio of more mature companies based on their relative level of development towards a liquidity event than we have had historically. Second, we believe the quality of the companies in our existing portfolio based on our view of their relative business models is stronger than it has been historically. Third, we own larger percentages of the companies in the existing portfolio than we have owned historically, which provides us with greater upside potential in the event one is successful.

 

As of September 30, 2015, we had 20 privately held, equity-focused companies in our portfolio that have yet to complete liquidity events (e.g., public listings or merger and acquisition ("M&A") transactions) and are not in the process of liquidating their assets. These do not include 1) our publicly traded and unrestricted shares Champions Oncology, Inc.; 2) our publicly traded shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., and OpGen, Inc., which are subject to restrictions on their sale; 3) our venture debt deal with NanoTerra, Inc.; 4) our rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc., Laird Technologies, Inc., and Canon, Inc.; 5) our portfolio companies that are in the process of liquidating their assets or have shut down, including Cobalt Technologies, Inc., Laser Light Engines, Inc., and Ultora, Inc.; and 6) our portfolio companies, Black Silicon Holdings, Inc., and SynGlyco, Inc., that exist to collect payments from the sale of subsidiaries or assets, and Bridgelux, Inc., that entered into an acquisition agreement. As of September 30, 2015, we valued these 20 privately held equity-focused companies at $53,574,538. Including the companies referenced above, we valued our total venture capital portfolio at $71,465,864 as of September 30, 2015. At September 30, 2015, from first dollar in, the average and median holding periods for the 26 privately held equity-focused investments were 5.8 years and 5.3 years, respectively. Historically, as measured from first dollar in to last dollar out, the average and median holding periods for the 75 investments we have fully exited were 4.5 years and 3.5 years, respectively.

 

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 are not in the process of being sold or shut down are shown in the figure below (our "Active Portfolio").

 

 

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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."

 

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 currently believe the potential value at exit is substantial. The table below provides some additional detail on our ownership of the 19 privately held, equity-focused companies in our portfolio that have yet to complete liquidity events (e.g., public listings or M&A transactions) and are not in the process of liquidating their assets, excluding Phylagen, Inc., in which we invested a note in a series seed financing and in which we do not have any voting rights.

 

Portfolio Company   Voting Ownership Range

EchoPixel, Inc.

NGX Bio, Inc.

Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.

ProMuc, Inc.

Senova Systems, Inc.

  >20%
     

ABSMaterials, Inc.

Adesto Technologies Corp.

TARA Biosystems, Inc.

  15-20%
     

 HZO, Inc.

ORIG3N, Inc.

  10-15%
     

 Accelerator IV-New York Corporation

AgBiome, LLC

Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation

Metabolon, Inc.

  5-10%
     

 Cambrios Technologies Corporation

Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.

  2.5-5%
     

 D-Wave Systems, Inc.*

Magic Leap, Inc.

Nanosys, Inc.

 

  0-2.5%

 

*We own voting and non-voting classes of preferred equity of D-Wave Systems, Inc. If the non-voting preferred equity was included in the calculation, our ownership of D-Wave would be in the 2.5-5% range.

 

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Level of Involvement in Our Portfolio Companies

 

The 1940 Act generally 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 September 30, 2015, we held at least one board seat or observer rights on 17 of our 20 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 or have not agreed to be acquired (85 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 September 30, 2015. Our fully diluted, investment-weighted average ownership has increased from approximately five percent for initial investments made between 2001 and 2004 to approximately 16 percent for initial investments made between 2009 and 2014. 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, 2011, to September 30, 2015. 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.

 

   2011   2012   2013   2014  

Nine Months
Ended

Sept. 30, 2015

 
Total Incremental Investments  $17,688,903   $15,141,941   $18,076,288   $14,276,808   $7,462,571 
No. of New Investments   4    2    2    3    2 
No. of Follow-On Investment Rounds   31    26    37    33    25 
No. of Rounds Led   4    3    9    8    6 
Average Dollar Amount – Initial  $1,339,744   $1,407,500   $550,001   $338,677   $225,000 
Average Dollar Amount – Follow-On  $397,740   $474,113   $449,359   $401,842   $280,503 

 

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 September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, our total primary and secondary liquidity was $29,822,073 and $29,620,665, respectively. We do not include funds available and undrawn 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 and certain receivables. As of September 30, 2015, we held $21,427,019 in cash and $17,815 in certain receivables. As of December 31, 2014, we held $20,748,314 in cash and $230,478 in certain receivables.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we sold 50,000 shares of our investment in Solazyme, Inc., in open market sales. We received $170,662 in net proceeds from these transactions. In May of 2015, we received proceeds of $705,794 from the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc.'s non-semiconductor business. In June of 2015, we sold our shares of Nantero, Inc., for proceeds of $4,828,052. In July of 2015, SynGlyco, Inc., repaid its senior secured debt resulting in proceeds of $567,500 to the Company. In August of 2015, Black Silicon Holdings, Inc.'s repayment of certain bridge notes resulted in proceeds of $2,429,202 to the Company. The proceeds from these transactions added to our primary liquidity during the third quarter. Payments upon achieving milestones from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., and the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Canon, Inc., would also add to our primary liquidity in future quarters if these milestones are achieved successfully. The probability-adjusted values of the future milestone payments for the sales of BioVex and Molecular Imprints, as determined at the end of each fiscal quarter, are 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.

 

Our secondary liquidity is comprised of the stock of both unrestricted and restricted 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 September 30, 2015, our secondary liquidity was $8,377,239. Champions Oncology, Inc., accounts for $1,579,284 of the total amount of secondary liquidity based on the volume weighted average price of its common stock during the quarter ended September 30, 2015. Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., and OpGen, Inc., account for $3,160,681 and $3,637,274, respectively, of the total amount of secondary liquidity based on the closing price of their common stock as of September 30, 2015, less a liquidity discount to reflect that a portion of these shares are subject to restrictions on transfer. We are also subject to a lock-up agreement that restricts our ability to trade our securities of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings and OpGen, exclusive of the general restriction on the transfer of unregistered securities. The lock-up period on our 7,966,368 shares and warrants for the purchase of 1,755,120 shares of common stock of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings expires on January 31, 2016. The lock-up period on our 1,409,796 shares and warrants for the purchase of 332,039 shares of common stock of OpGen expired on November 2, 2015.

 

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On October 27, 2015, Adesto Technologies Corporation completed an IPO. The shares of Adesto will add to our secondary liquidity in the fourth quarter of 2015.

 

As of December 31, 2014, our secondary liquidity was $8,641,873. Solazyme, Inc., accounted for $129,000 of the total amount of secondary liquidity based on the closing price of its common stock of $2.58 as of December 31, 2014. Champions Oncology accounted for $1,261,695 of the total amount of secondary liquidity based on the closing price of its common stock of $0.50 as of December 31, 2014. Enumeral Biomedical Holdings accounted for $7,251,178 of the total amount of secondary liquidity based on the closing price of its common stock of $1.05 as of December 31, 2014, less a liquidity discount to reflect that these shares are subject to restrictions on transfer.

 

We also have the $20,000,000 Loan Facility, which we can draw on to increase liquidity. As of September 30, 2015, we had $5,000,000 in debt outstanding relating to this Loan Facility.

 

Current Business Environment

 

The third quarter of 2015 ended with decreases in value in the public market indices.  In private company exits, the third quarter of 2015 saw a decrease in the number of IPOs and an increase in M&A transactions, compared with the second quarter of 2015.  Funding for venture capital firms decreased from the second quarter of 2015.

  

Thirteen venture-backed companies raised $1.7 billion through IPOs in the third quarter of 2015, according to Thomson Reuters and the National Venture Capital Association ("NVCA").  Eleven of the thirteen were U.S.-based companies.  Ten of the IPOs were in life science companies.  For the third quarter of 2015, 90 venture-backed M&A transactions were reported.  This is an increase from the second quarter of 2015 (74) and a decrease from the third quarter of 2014 (136).

 

Fifty-three U.S. venture capital funds raised $4.4 billion in the third quarter of 2015, according to Thomson Reuters and the NVCA.  Compared with the second quarter of 2015, this is a 34 percent decrease in the number of funds raised and a 59 percent decrease in the amount of capital raised. Of the 53 funds that were raised, 13 were new funds. This marks the third quarter of 2015 as the slowest quarter for venture capital fundraising since the third quarter of 2013.

 

Historically, difficult venture environments have resulted in a higher than normal number of companies not receiving financing and being subsequently closed down with a loss to venture investors, and other companies receiving financing but at significantly lower valuations than the preceding financing rounds.  This issue is compounded by the fact that many existing venture capital firms with which we have co-invested historically in a number of our current portfolio companies have few remaining years of investment and available capital owing to the finite lifetime of the funds managed by these firms.  Additionally, even if a firm were able to raise a new fund, commonly venture capital firms are not permitted to invest new funds in existing investments.  This limitation of available capital can lead to fractured syndicates of investors.  A fractured syndicate can result in a portfolio company being unable to raise additional capital to fund operations. This issue is especially acute in capital-intensive sectors that are enabled by science-related innovations, such as life sciences, energy and electronics, which are generally not in favor among venture capital firms.  The result of these difficulties is that the portfolio company may be forced to sell before reaching its full potential or be shut down entirely if the remaining investors cannot financially support the company.  As such, improvements in the exit environment for venture-backed companies through IPOs and M&A transactions may not translate to an increase in the available capital to venture-backed companies, particularly those that have investments from funds that are in the latter stage of life unless the markets improve for some time into the future.

 

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Our overall goal remains unchanged.  We seek 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 in the types of companies in which we invest 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.

 

Option pricing models use call option theory to derive the value of sets of classes of securities taking into account the financial rights and preferences of classes of securities such as liquidation preference, redemption rights and dividends. This method treats common and preferred stock as call options on the company’s enterprise value. It derives breakpoints based on liquidation preferences of the preferred stock and then calculates the values of those liquidation preferences and the company as a whole using Black-Scholes-Merton equations. The sum of these values yields the estimated enterprise value of the portfolio company. This method of derivation is often referred to as “backsolve” as it uses the price per share of the most recent round of financing to backsolve for the values of the other classes of outstanding securities of the company.

 

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Option pricing models use the following inputs in their calculations:

 

Last Round Price per Share

 

Liquidation Preferences (including dividends and redemptions, if any)

 

Estimated Time to Exit

 

Estimated Volatility

 

Risk-Free Interest Rate

 

Outstanding Capitalization of the Company

 

Variations in these inputs and assumptions can have a significant impact on fair value. Companies that are valued using market comparables and/or volatilities derived from publicly traded securities are subject to the volatilities within those markets.

 

Given the consideration of the liquidation preferences, option pricing models more accurately represent scenarios where liquidation preferences are honored, as they would be in an M&A scenario, but not in public offering scenarios where it is common to have all classes of preferred stock converted to common stock. Liquidation preferences are business terms that are common in the venture capital industry and are generally used to provide some downside protection should the company not meet expectations. They can be structured on parity with prior rounds of financing or senior to prior rounds of financing. They can include multiples on the amounts invested and can provide for further distributions following the initial preference or be restricted to the amount of invested capital.

 

This high weighting of liquidation preferences means that small differences in how the preferences are structured can have a material effect on the fair value of our securities at the time of valuation and also on future valuations should additional rounds of financing occur with senior preferences. As such, valuations calculated by option pricing models may not increase if 1) rounds of financing occur at higher prices per share, 2) liquidation preferences include multiples on investment, 3) the amount of invested capital is small and/or 4) liquidation preferences are senior to prior rounds of financing.

 

We note that the ultimate return on any investment may be materially different than the fair value derived as of the date of valuation.

 

Three of our portfolio companies trade in public exchanges and are subject to the volatility inherent in the public markets. The following table illustrates the range of values of these securities.

 

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Public Companies' Trading History
   Price per 
Share on
November 6, 2015
   Q3 2015
Trading Range
  H& H Ownership
Value in Q3 2015
Trading Range*
  January -
September 2015
 Trading Range
  H& H Ownership Value
in January - 
September 2015
Trading Range*
                 
Champions Oncology,
Inc.**
  $5.00   $0.44 - $9.00  $1.3 - $2.2 Million  $0.20 - $9.00  $0.6 - $2.2 Million
                  
Enumeral Biomedical
Holdings, Inc.
  $0.30   $0.31 - $0.70  $2.4 - $5.8 Million  $0.30 - $1.07  $2.4 - $8.5 Million
                  
OpGen. Inc.  $1.90   $2.21 - $4.43  $3.1 - $6.2 Million  $2.21 - $5.44  $3.1 - $7 Million
                  
Total:          $6.8- $14.2 Million     $6.1- $17.7 Million

 

*Calculated based on common shares held as of September 30, 2015.

**On August 12, 2015, Champions Oncology effected a 12:1 reverse stock split.

 

Adesto Technologies Corporation completed an IPO on October 27, 2015, by selling 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at $5.00 per share. The Company invested $1,000,000 in this offering. Based on the offering price, the Company's ownership of Adesto, including the $1,000,000 investment in the IPO, was valued at $8.9 million as of the date of the IPO without any discounts for lack of marketability. The closing price per share of Adesto's common stock on November 6, 2015, was $5.41. The Company's ownership of Adesto at that price per share is valued at approximately $9,574,986 without any discounts for lack of marketability. This amount includes the value of the additional shares purchased at the IPO.

 

In each of the years in the period of 2011 through 2014 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, 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.

 

Gross Write-Ups and Write-Downs of the Privately Held Portfolio  
   2011   2012   2013   2014   Nine Months
Ended
Sept. 30, 2015
 
                     
Net Asset Value, BOY  $146,853,912   $145,698,407   $128,436,774   $122,701,575   $109,654,427 
                          
Gross Write-Downs During Year  $(11,375,661)  $(19,604,046)  $(19,089,816)  $(14,050,501)  $(20,792,731)
                          
Gross Write-Ups During Year  $11,997,991   $14,099,904   $10,218,994   $4,587,923   $3,412,447 
                          
Gross Write-Downs as a Percentage of
Net Asset Value, BOY
   (7.8)%   (13.5)%   (14.9)%   (11.5)%   (19.0)%
                          
Gross Write-Ups as a Percentage of Net  
Asset Value, BOY
   8.2%   9.7%   8.0%   3.8%   3.1%
                          
Net Change as a Percentage of Net Asset
Value, BOY
   0.4%   (3.8)%   (6.9)%   (7.7)%   (15.9)%

 

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From June 30, 2015, to September 30, 2015, the value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio, including our rights to potential future milestone payments from the sales of BioVex Group, Inc., Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., and Molecular Imprints, Inc., decreased by $15,773,760, from $87,075,839 to $71,302,079.

 

Not including our rights to potential future milestone payments from the sale of BioVex Group, Inc., Nextreme Thermal Solutions, Inc., and Molecular Imprints, Inc., our equity-focused portfolio companies decreased in value by $17,650,660 from $83,894,656 to $66,243,996. This decrease was primarily owing to a net decrease in valuations and to the repayment of certain bridge notes of Black Silicon Holdings, Inc., from the proceeds received by the company from the sale of its subsidiary, the former SiOnyx, Inc., offset by new and follow-on investments of $7,462,571.

 

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 also note that our Valuation Committee does not set the value of our unrestricted or registered shares of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., which trades on an OTC exchange, or the value of our unrestricted or registered shares and a portion of our warrants for the purchase of common stock of OpGen, Inc., which trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market. For the third quarter of 2015, our Valuation Committee set the value of Champions Oncology, Inc., owing to the determination that it did not trade in an active market.

 

Six portfolio companies, Adesto Technologies Corporation, Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., Metabolon, Inc., Nanosys, Inc., OpGen, Inc., and Produced Water Absorbents, Inc., of which all or a portion of the securities owned by us were fair valued by our Valuation Committee, accounted for $15.8 million, or 82 percent, of the gross write-downs of our portfolio companies held as of September 30, 2015. The decreases in value were overwhelmingly influenced by the broad decreases in the value of publicly traded companies during the third quarter of 2015.

 

The change in value of Adesto Technologies Corporation was primarily owing to the pricing terms of its IPO, which valued the company at a substantial discount to the average multiple to revenues of comparable publicly traded companies.

 

We note that a portion of our securities of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings and OpGen were not fair valued by the Valuation Committee as of September 30, 2015, because those securities were registered, unrestricted securities that traded in an active market and were, therefore, valued based on the closing price of the shares on the date of valuation. The primary contributing factor for the decrease in valuation of our restricted shares and our warrants of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings was a decrease in the stock price of the company from $0.64 as of June 30, 2015, to $0.40 as of September 30, 2015. The primary contributing factor for the decrease in valuation of OpGen was a decrease in the stock price of the company from $3.72 as of June 30, 2015, to $2.58 as of September 30, 2015.

 

The primary contributing factor for the decrease in valuation of Nanosys and Produced Water Absorbents were the changes in the revenues and multiples of revenues of publicly traded comparable companies used to derive the value of our securities of the company.

 

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As of September 30, 2015, our top ten investments by value accounted for approximately 79 percent of the value of our equity-focused venture capital portfolio.

 

Top Ten Equity-Focused Investments by Value

 

Portfolio Company  Value as of
09/30/2015
   Cumulative % of Equity
Focused Venture Capital
Portfolio
 
         
Metabolon, Inc.  $9,730,610    15%
           
Adesto Technologies Corp.  $7,349,579    26%
          
D-Wave Systems, Inc.  $7,161,080    37%
           
HZO, Inc.  $7,003,646    47%
           
AgBiome, L.L.C.  $5,506,346    55%
           
OpGen, Inc.*  $3,840,238    61%
           
Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc. *  $3,445,587    66%
           
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.  $2,964,898    71%
           
Senova Systems, Inc.  $2,620,357    75%
           
Bridgelux, Inc.  $2,542,918    79%

 

* Enumeral Biomedical Holdings' and OpGen's ranks by value include the value of their Level 1 asset shares

 

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.

 

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

 

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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 and nine months ended September 30, 2015, we did not hold any U.S. government securities. During the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2014, our average holdings of U.S. government securities were $0 and $3,899,941, respectively.

 

Three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with the three months ended September 30, 2014

 

In the three months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, we had net decreases in net assets resulting from operations of $16,904,625 and $910,852, respectively.

 

Investment Income and Expenses:

 

We had net operating losses of $1,587,808 and $1,877,603 for the three months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, 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 $185,991 in 2015 primarily associated with the compensation cost for restricted stock as compared with $243,849 for the same period in 2014. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, total investment income was $244,402 and $93,373, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, total operating expenses were $1,832,210 and $1,970,976, respectively.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with the same period in 2014, investment income increased, reflecting an increase in interest income from convertible bridge notes, non-convertible promissory notes, yield-enhancing fees on debt securities and fees for providing managerial assistance to portfolio companies, offset by a decrease in interest income from senior secured debt and senior secured debt through a participation agreement. During the three months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, we did not hold any U.S. government securities primarily owing to the decrease in yield available over the durations of maturities in which we were willing to invest.

 

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Operating expenses, including non-cash, stock-based compensation expenses, were $1,832,210 and $1,970,976 for the three months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, respectively. The decrease in operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with the three months ended September 30, 2014, was primarily owing to decreases in salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense, administration and operations expense, professional fees, insurance expense and custody fees, offset by increases in rent expense, directors' fees and expenses and interest and other debt expense.

 

Salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense decreased by $171,128, or 15.2 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of a decrease in salaries and benefits owing primarily to a decrease in our employee headcount, a decrease in employee bonus expense of $32,125, and a decrease in compensation cost of $57,858 for restricted stock awards associated with the Stock Plan. At September 30, 2015, we had nine full-time employees and one part-time employee as compared with 12 full-time employees and one part-time employee at September 30, 2014. While the non-cash, stock-based compensation expense for the Stock Plan increased our operating expenses by $185,991, this increase was offset by a corresponding increase to our additional paid-in capital, resulting in no net impact to our net asset value. Administration and operations expense decreased by $3,788, or 3.5 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of net decreases in general office and administration expenses and decreases in managing directors' travel-related expenses. Professional fees decreased by $86,903, or 23.8 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of a decrease in certain legal fees and consulting fees. Insurance expense decreased by $10,238, or 12.2 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014. Custody fees decreased by $499, or 3.1 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014.

 

Rent expense increased by $13,919, or 20.1 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014. Our rent expense of $83,308 for the three months ended September 30, 2015, includes $96,348 of rent paid in cash, net of $13,040 non-cash rent expense, credits and abatements that we recognize on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Our rent paid in cash of $96,348 includes $15,511 of real estate tax escalation charges on our corporate headquarters located at 1450 Broadway in New York City. Directors' fees and expenses increased by $6,343, or 6.9 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily owing to an increase in travel-related expenses, offset by a decrease in fees associated with a smaller Board of Directors. Interest and other debt expense increased by $115,000, or 121.3 percent, for the three months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of utilization fees associated with a drawdown of the Loan Facility.

 

Realized Gains and Losses from Investments:

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we realized net gains on investments of $1,275,596. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, we realized net (losses) on investments of $(3,790,861).

 

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During the three months ended September 30, 2015, we realized net gains of $1,275,596 consisting primarily of a realized gain of $1,790,891 on the repayment of certain bridge notes of Black Silicon Holdings, Inc., a realized gain of $11,152 on the sale of 25,000 shares of Solazyme, Inc., a realized gain of $1,942 on our escrow payment from the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Canon, Inc., and a realized gain of $74 on our escrow payment relating to the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Magic Leap, Inc., offset by a realized loss of $296,813 on our investment in Bridgelux, Inc., owing to the expiration of certain warrants, and a realized loss of $231,656 owing to the cancellation of our warrants in SiOnyx, Inc.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2014, we realized net losses of $3,790,861 consisting primarily of a realized loss of $4,488,575 on our investment in Contour Energy Systems, Inc., owing to its liquidation and dissolution and a realized loss of $2,454 on our escrow payment from the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc., offset by a realized gain of $536,813 on our investment in rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc., a realized gain of $16,000 on the early repayment of the senior debt by OHSO Clean, Inc., and a realized gain of $145,426 on the repurchase and expiration of certain Solazyme, Inc., written call option contracts.

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation of Portfolio Securities:

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, net unrealized depreciation on total investments increased by $16,532,025, or 60.8 percent, from accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $27,193,633 at June 30, 2015, to accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $43,725,658 at September 30, 2015. During the three months ended September 30, 2014, net unrealized depreciation on total investments decreased by $4,759,288, or 25.4 percent, from accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $18,748,741 at June 30, 2014, to accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $13,989,453 at September 30, 2014.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2015, net unrealized depreciation on our venture capital investments increased by $16,532,025, from net unrealized depreciation of $27,193,633 at June 30, 2015, to net unrealized depreciation of $43,725,658 at September 30, 2015, owing to write-downs in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Down 
     
Adesto Technologies Corporation   8,308,722 
Enumeral Biomedical Corp.   1,953,820 
Black Silicon Holdings, Inc.   1,859,236 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   1,696,200 
Nanosys, Inc.   1,565,039 
OpGen, Inc.   1,455,455 
Metabolon, Inc.   808,049 
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation   580,720 
Cambrios Technologies Corporation   306,121 
SynGlyco, Inc.   139,510 
Senova Systems, Inc.   66,695 
NanoTerra, Inc.   2,517 

 

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The write-downs for the three months ended September 30, 2015, were partially offset by write-ups in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Ups 
     
Bridgelux, Inc.   297,188 
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.   200,714 
AgBiome, LLC   160,485 
Champions Oncology, Inc.   122,204 
HZO, Inc.   45,925 
D-Wave Systems, Inc.   15,943 
EchoPixel, Inc.   14,442 
NGX Bio, Inc.   7,467 
ABSMaterials, Inc.   6,169 
Magic Leap, Inc.   4,205 
ORIG3N, Inc.   2,192 

 

In addition to the write-ups listed above, we had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $524,387 on our investment in D-Wave Systems, Inc., owing to foreign currency translation.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $19,388 on our investment in Solazyme, Inc., owing to a realized gain on the sale of its securities.

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $1,245,279 on the rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $631,621 on the rights to milestone payments from Canon, Inc.’s acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.

 

During the three months ended September 30, 2014, net unrealized depreciation on our venture capital investments decreased by $4,857,214, from net unrealized depreciation of $18,846,667 at June 30, 2014, to net unrealized depreciation of $13,989,453 at September 30, 2014, owing primarily to a net decrease in unrealized depreciation on our investment in Contour Energy Systems, Inc., of $4,509,995 resulting in a realized loss on this investment. We also had the following write-ups in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Up 
     
Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc.  $4,917,909 
Adesto Technologies Corporation   2,468,468 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   1,654,040 
SynGlyco, Inc.   221,499 
Nanosys, Inc.   145,591 
OpGen, Inc.   128,066 
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.   127,147 
Bridgelux, Inc.   19,792 
GEO Semiconductor, Inc.   18,790 
EchoPixel, Inc.   8,389 
UberSeq, Inc.   5,262 

 

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The write-ups for the three months ended September 30, 2014, were offset by write-downs in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Down 
     
Cambrios Technologies Corporation  $1,958,798 
D-Wave Systems, Inc.   1,607,986 
HzO, Inc.   1,603,311 
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation   1,078,149 
Champions Oncology, Inc.   666,344 
Cobalt Technologies, Inc.   601,025 
Nantero, Inc.   417,046 
Senova Systems, Inc.   335,822 
Metabolon, Inc.   295,589 
SiOnyx, Inc.   294,867 
Solazyme, Inc.   216,000 
ABSMaterials, Inc.   183,365 
AgBiome, LLC   94,086 
Ultora, Inc.   42,590 
NanoTerra, Inc.   39,403 
Laser Light Engines, Inc.   13,745 
OHSO Clean, Inc.   4,889 

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation owing to foreign currency translation of $502,044 on our investment in D-Wave Systems, Inc.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $2,447 on the rights to milestone payments from Canon, Inc.’s acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $589,772 on the rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.

 

Nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2014

 

In the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, we had net decreases in net assets resulting from operations of $22,356,159 and $3,058,474, respectively.

 

Investment Income and Expenses:

 

We had net operating losses of $5,209,460 and $5,937,830 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, 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 $617,972 in 2015 primarily associated with the compensation cost for restricted stock as compared with $741,483 for the same period in 2014. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, total investment income was $675,429 and $373,499, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, total operating expenses were $5,884,889 and $6,311,329, respectively.

 

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with the same period in 2014, investment income increased, reflecting increases in interest income from convertible bridge notes, non-convertible promissory notes, yield-enhancing fees on debt securities and fees for providing managerial assistance to portfolio companies, offset by decreases in interest income from senior secured debt, senior secured debt through a participation agreement, and a decrease in our average holdings of U.S. government securities. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, our average holdings of U.S. government securities were $0 as compared with $3,899,941 during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, 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 $5,884,889 and $6,311,329 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, respectively. The decrease in operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was primarily owing to decreases in salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense, administration and operations expense and insurance expense, offset by increases in professional fees, rent expense, directors' fees and expenses, interest and other debt expense and custody fees.

 

Salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expense decreased by $774,736, or 20.5 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of a decrease in salaries and benefits owing primarily to a decrease in our employee headcount, a decrease in employee bonus expense of $229,625 and a decrease in compensation cost of $123,511 for restricted stock awards associated with the Stock Plan. At September 30, 2015, we had nine full-time employees and one part-time employee as compared with 12 full-time employees and one part-time employee at September 30, 2014. While the non-cash, stock-based compensation expense for the Stock Plan increased our operating expenses by $617,972, this increase was offset by a corresponding increase to our additional paid-in capital, resulting in no net impact to our net asset value. Administration and operations expense decreased by $105,134, or 23.6 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of decreases in managing directors' travel-related expenses and net decreases in general office and administration expenses, including decreases in costs associated with a Meet the Portfolio Day held during the comparable period in 2014. We did not hold a Meet the Portfolio Day during the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Insurance expense decreased by $36,843, or 14.6 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014.

 

Professional fees increased by $202,893, or 21.1 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of an increase in certain legal fees and accounting fees associated with exploration of strategic opportunities, offset by a decrease in certain consulting fees. Rent expense increased by $1,292, or less than one percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014. Our rent expense of $218,772 for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, includes $257,523 of rent paid in cash, net of $38,751 non-cash rent expense, credits and abatements that we recognize on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Our rent paid in cash of $257,523 includes $15,511 of real estate tax escalation charges on our corporate headquarters located at 1450 Broadway in New York City. Directors' fees and expenses increased by $8,460, or 3.0 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily owing to additional meetings held by the Board of Directors and an increase in travel-related expenses, offset by a decrease owing to a smaller Board of Directors. Interest and other debt expense increased by $278,750, or 98.6 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014, primarily as a result of utilization fees associated with a drawdown of the Loan Facility. Custody fees increased by $2,098, or 4.6 percent, for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, as compared with September 30, 2014.

 

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Realized Gains and Losses from Investments:

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, and September 30, 2014, we realized net gains (losses) on investments of $4,224,413 and $(5,134,936), respectively.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, we realized net gains of $4,224,413 consisting primarily of a realized gain of $3,109,347 on the sale of our investment in Nantero, Inc., a realized gain of $1,790,891 on the repayment of certain bridge notes of Black Silicon Holdings, Inc., a realized gain of $242,485 on the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints, Inc., a realized gain of $52,563 on the sale of 50,000 shares of Solazyme, Inc., a realized gain of $8,942 on the sale of certain warrants of GEO Semiconductor, Inc., and a realized gain of $4,609 on our escrow payment from the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints to Canon, Inc., offset by a realized loss of $296,813 on our investment in Bridgelux, Inc., owing to the expiration of certain warrants, a realized loss of $293,786 on our investment in Metabolon, Inc., owing to the expiration of certain warrants, a realized loss of $231,656 owing to the cancellation of our warrants in SiOnyx, Inc., a realized loss of $98,644 on our investment in D-Wave Systems, Inc., owing to the expiration of certain warrants, and a realized loss of $63,532 on our escrow payment owing to the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints to Magic Leap, Inc.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we realized net losses of $5,134,936, consisting primarily of realized losses on the value of our investments in Kovio, Inc., of $7,299,533, and Contour Energy Systems, Inc., of $4,488,575, offset by a realized gain of $3,946,313 on the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints, Inc., a realized gain of $16,000 on the early repayment of the senior secured debt by OHSO Clean, Inc., a realized gain of $204,442 on the sale of 575,756 shares of Champions Oncology, Inc., a realized gain of $1,129,054 on the sale of 117,834 shares of Solazyme, Inc., and a realized gain of $232,079 on the repurchase and expiration of certain Solazyme written call option contracts. At September 30, 2014, we still owned 2,523,895 and 50,000 shares of Champions Oncology and Solazyme, respectively. We also had a realized gain of $588,440 on our escrow payment from the sale of Xradia, Inc., and a realized gain of $536,813 on our investment in rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation of Portfolio Securities:

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, net unrealized depreciation on total investments increased by $21,119,183, or 93.4 percent, from accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $22,606,475 at December 31, 2014, to accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $43,725,658 at September 30, 2015. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, net unrealized depreciation on total investments decreased by $8,031,954, or 36.5 percent, from accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $22,021,407 at December 31, 2013, to accumulated net unrealized depreciation of $13,989,453 at September 30, 2014.

 

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, net unrealized depreciation on our venture capital investments increased by $21,119,183, from net unrealized depreciation of $22,606,475 at December 31, 2014, to net unrealized depreciation of $43,725,658 at September 30, 2015, owing to write-downs in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Down 
     
Adesto Technologies Corporation   7,473,744 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   6,079,455 
Enumeral Biomedical Corp.   4,939,054 
Nanosys, Inc.   3,039,996 
Metabolon, Inc.   972,162 
Bridgelux, Inc.   751,346 
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation   679,948 
HZO, Inc.   414,288 
Cambrios Technologies Corporation   281,101 
Magic Leap, Inc.   14,927 
Ultora, Inc.   7,525 
NanoTerra, Inc.   2,663 

 

The write-downs for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, were partially offset by write-ups in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Ups 
     
AgBiome, LLC   2,016,636 
OpGen, Inc.   927,975 
Black Silicon Holdings, Inc.   521,649 
Champions Oncology, Inc.   336,607 
NGX Bio, Inc.   279,008 
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.   230,422 
Accelerator IV – New York Corporation   164,385 
SynGlyco, Inc.   98,700 
Senova Systems, Inc.   52,135 
D-Wave Systems, Inc.   41,182 
EchoPixel, Inc.   36,329 
ABSMaterials, Inc.   7,245 
ORIG3N, Inc.   5,938 

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $1,909,935 on our investment in Nantero, Inc., owing to a realized gain on the sale of its securities.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $1,116,758 on our investment in D-Wave Systems, Inc., owing to foreign currency translation.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $10,840 on our investment in Solazyme, Inc., owing to a realized gain on the sale of its securities.

 

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We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $7,870 on our investment in GEO Semiconductor, Inc., owing to a realized gain on the sale of certain warrants.

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $1,229,623 on the rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $634,595 on the rights to milestone payments from Canon, Inc.’s acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, net unrealized depreciation on our venture capital investments decreased by $8,040,881, from net unrealized depreciation of $22,030,334 at December 31, 2013, to net unrealized depreciation of $13,989,453 at September 30, 2014, owing primarily to a net decrease in unrealized depreciation on our investment in Contour Energy Systems, Inc., of $4,419,151 resulting in a realized loss on this investment owing to its liquidation and dissolution and 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-ups in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Up 
     
Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc.  $5,942,121 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   3,630,689 
Adesto Technologies Corporation   2,468,468 
D-Wave Systems, Inc.   2,228,621 
SynGlyco, Inc.   564,959 
OpGen, Inc.   129,560 
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.   127,147 
Bridgelux, Inc.   81,166 
GEO Semiconductor, Inc.   41,916 
EchoPixel, Inc.   8,389 
UberSeq, Inc.   5,262 

 

The write-ups for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, were offset by write-downs in the valuations of the following portfolio company investments:

 

Investment  Amount of Write-Down 
     
SiOnyx, Inc.  $5,016,061 
Cambrios Technologies Corporation   2,813,384 
Ensemble Therapeutics Corporation   1,440,683 
Champions Oncology, Inc.   1,430,566 
Cobalt Technologies, Inc.   901,558 
Nantero, Inc.   417,046 
Metabolon, Inc.   339,764 
Senova Systems, Inc.   335,822 
Ultora, Inc.   293,684 
Nanosys, Inc.   207,508 
HzO, Inc.   199,327 

 

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Investment  Amount of Write-Down 
      
Laser Light Engines, Inc.   195,806 
ABSMaterials, Inc.   183,365 
AgBiome, LLC   94,086 
OHSO Clean, Inc.   44,043 
NanoTerra, Inc.   28,923 

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $3,872,348 on our investment in Molecular Imprints, Inc., primarily owing to a realized gain on the sale of its securities.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $1,176,247 on our investment in Solazyme, Inc., primarily owing to realized gains on the partial sale of the securities.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation owing to foreign currency translation of $511,206 on our investment in D-Wave Systems, Inc.

 

We had an increase in unrealized depreciation of $1,860 on the rights to milestone payments from Canon, Inc.’s acquisition of Molecular Imprints, Inc.

 

We had a decrease in unrealized depreciation of $597,186 on the rights to milestone payments from Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc.

 

Unrealized appreciation on our U.S. government securities portfolio decreased from unrealized appreciation of $45 at December 31, 2013, to $0 at September 30, 2014. We did not hold any U.S. government securities at September 30, 2014.

 

Financial Condition

 

September 30, 2015

 

At September 30, 2015, our total assets and net assets were $94,158,008 and $86,974,196, respectively. At December 31, 2014, our total assets and net assets were $112,094,861 and $109,654,427, respectively.

 

At September 30, 2015, our net asset value per share was $2.80, as compared with $3.51 at December 31, 2014. At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, our shares outstanding were 31,022,866 and 31,280,843, respectively.

 

Significant developments in the nine months ended September 30, 2015, included a decrease in the holdings of our venture capital investments of $18,298,976 and an increase in our cash of $678,705. The decrease in our venture capital investments from $89,764,840 at December 31, 2014, to $71,465,864 at September 30, 2015, resulted primarily from a decrease in value of $3,433,338 owing to the sale of our investment in Nantero, Inc., a decrease in value of $928,884 owing to the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints, Inc., a decrease in value of $161,286 owing to the reorganization of the corporate structure of SiOnyx, Inc., to become a subsidiary of Black Silicon Holdings, Inc., a decrease in value of $129,000 owing to the sale of our investment in Solazyme, Inc., and a decrease in the net value of our venture capital investments held of $21,109,039, offset by new and follow-on investments of $7,462,571. The increase in our cash from $20,748,314 at December 31, 2014, to $21,427,019 at September 30, 2015, is primarily owing to proceeds of $2,429,202 from the repayment of certain bridge notes in Black Silicon Holdings, proceeds of $4,828,052 on the sale of our investment in Nantero, proceeds of $705,794 on the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints, proceeds of $103,310 on the sale of certain warrants of GEO Semiconductor, Inc., proceeds of $567,500 from the repayment of the senior secured debt of SynGlyco, Inc., net proceeds of $170,662 on the sale of our remaining 50,000 shares of Solazyme and a drawdown of $5,000,000 from the Loan Facility, offset by new and follow-on venture capital investments totaling $7,462,571, the payment of cash for operating expenses of $5,352,774 and the purchase of treasury shares totaling $737,662.

 

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The following table is a summary of additions to our portfolio of venture capital investments made during the nine months ended September 30, 2015:

 

New Investments  Amount of Investment 
     
ORIG3N, Inc.  $250,000 
Phylagen, Inc.   200,000 

 

Follow-On Investments  Amount of Investment 
     
OpGen, Inc.  $1,155,000 
Senova Systems, Inc.   600,000 
AgBiome, LLC.   500,006 
HZO, Inc.   500,003 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   500,000 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   484,203 
NGX Bio, Inc.   300,001 
Metabolon, Inc.   299,999 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   250,000 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   250,000 
Produced Water Absorbents, Inc.   250,000 
ORIG3N, Inc.   250,000 
Accelerator IV-New York Corporation   262,215 
OpGen, Inc.   208,035 
TARA Biosystems, Inc.   200,000 
NGX Bio, Inc.   199,999 
Nantero, Inc.   195,303 
SiOnyx, Inc.   117,653 
Mersana Therapeutics, Inc.   104,521 
SiOnyx, Inc.   103,500 
OpGen, Inc.   100,000 
SiOnyx, Inc.   89,608 
ProMuc, Inc.   75,000 
Phylagen, Inc.   10,000 
Ultora, Inc.   7,525 
      
Total  $7,462,571 

 

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The following table summarizes the value of our portfolio of venture capital investments as compared with its cost at September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014:

 

   September 30, 2015    December 31, 2014   
         
         
Venture capital investments, at cost  $115,191,522   $112,371,315 
Net unrealized (depreciation)   (43,725,658)   (22,606,475)
Venture capital investments, at value  $71,465,864   $89,764,840 

 

Cash Flow

 

Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, was $3,529,183, primarily reflecting the purchase of venture capital investments of $7,462,571 and the payment of operating expenses, offset by proceeds from the sale of investments and repayment of principal of $8,966,871.

 

Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, was $6,806, primarily reflecting the purchase of fixed assets.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2015, was $4,214,694, primarily reflecting a partial drawdown from the Loan Facility, offset by the purchase of treasury stock and the net settlement of restricted stock.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was $13,985,845, primarily reflecting the net sale of U.S. government securities of $18,999,008 and proceeds from the sale of investments of $10,929,061, offset by the purchase of venture capital investments of $12,297,059 and the payment of operating expenses.

 

Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, was $5,296, primarily reflecting the purchase of fixed assets.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our liquidity and capital resources are generated and are generally available through our cash holdings, cash flows from 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 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 September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, we had no investments in money market mutual funds.

 

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Our Loan Facility may be used to fund our investments and not for the payment of day-to-day operating expenses. As of September 30, 2015, we had $5,000,000 in debt outstanding. We have not issued any debt securities, and, therefore, are not subject to credit agency downgrades.

 

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 our ability to adjust our investment pace will provide us with adequate liquidity to execute our current business strategy.

 

At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, our total primary liquidity was $21,444,834 and $20,978,792, respectively. Our primary liquidity is principally comprised of our cash and certain receivables. The increase in our primary liquidity from December 31, 2014, to September 30, 2015, is primarily owing to proceeds of $2,429,202 from the repayment of certain bridge notes in Black Silicon Holdings, Inc., proceeds of $4,828,052 on the sale of our investment in Nantero, proceeds of $705,794 on the sale of our investment in Molecular Imprints, proceeds of $103,310 on the sale of certain warrants of GEO Semiconductor, Inc., proceeds of $567,500 from the repayment of the senior secured debt of SynGlyco, Inc., net proceeds of $170,662 on the sale of our remaining 50,000 shares of Solazyme and a drawdown of $5,000,000 from the Loan Facility, offset by new and follow-on venture capital investments totaling $7,462,571, the payment of cash for operating expenses of $5,352,774 and the purchase of treasury shares totaling $737,662.

 

At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, our secondary liquidity was $8,377,239 and $8,641,873, respectively. Secondary liquidity does not include the value of warrants or options we hold in Champions Oncology, Inc., Enumeral Biomedical Holdings, Inc., and OpGen, Inc. 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 September 30, 2015, our publicly traded securities of Enumeral Biomedical Holdings and OpGen, Inc., were restricted from sale. On October 27, 2015, Adesto Technologies Corporation completed an IPO. The shares of Adesto will add to our secondary liquidity in the fourth quarter of 2015.

 

As of September 30, 2015, we have $5,000,000 in debt outstanding.

 

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 our ability to adjust our investment pace will provide us with adequate liquidity to execute our current business strategy.

 

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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 September 30, 2015, our net asset value per share was $2.80 per share and our closing market price was $2.14 per share. We do not currently have shareholder approval to issue or sell shares below our net asset value per share.

 

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.

 

At September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014, the Company had $5,000,000 and $0, respectively, in debt outstanding. The remaining capacity under the Loan Facility was $15,000,000 at September 30, 2015.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

A summary of our significant contractual payment obligations is as follows:

 

Payments Due by Period

 

   Total   Less than
1 Year
   1-3 Years   3-5 Years   More Than
5 Years
 
                     
Multi-Draw Loan Facility(1)  $5,000,000   $0   $5,000,000   $0   $0 
Operating leases   1,264,899    285,934    593,491    385,474    0 
Total  $6,264,899   $285,934   $5,593,491   $385,474   $0 

 

(1)As of September 30, 2015, we had $15,000,000 of unused borrowing capacity under our Loan Facility.

 

On July 21, 2014, the Company made an investment in Accelerator IV-New York Corporation ("Accelerator") for a 9.6 percent interest in the company. This investment was diluted to 9.0 percent through follow-on financings by Accelerator in which the Company did not participate. Accelerator will be identifying emerging biotechnology companies for the Company to invest in directly over a five-year period. If the Company defaults on these commitments, the other investors may purchase the Company's shares of Accelerator for $0.001 per share. In the event of default, the Company would still be required to contribute the remaining operating commitment.

 

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The Company's aggregate operating and investment commitments in Accelerator amounted to $666,667 and $3,333,333, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, $262,215 in capital was called, all of which related to the operating commitment. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had remaining unfunded commitments of $188,440 and $3,333,333, or approximately 28.3 percent and 100 percent, of the total operating and investment commitments, respectively. The withdrawal of contributed capital is not permitted. The transfer or assignment of capital is subject to approval by Accelerator.

 

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.

 

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

 

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•     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 September 30, 2015, our financial statements include venture capital investments fair valued at $64,465,395, and equity method valued at $228,379, the values of which were determined in good faith by, or under the direction of, the Board of Directors. As of September 30, 2015, approximately 74 percent of our net assets represent investments in portfolio companies valued 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; volatilities of similar securities issued by companies in similar businesses; expected time to exit; 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.

 

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 September 30, 2015.

 

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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 September 30, 2015, approximately 88 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.

 

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.

 

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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, 2014, and to calculate our 2015 expense was 3.83 percent. We used a discount rate of 2.95 percent to calculate our pension obligation for the Executive Mandatory Retirement Benefit Plan.

 

Recent Developments - Portfolio Companies

 

On October 1, 2015, the Company received proceeds of $795,567 upon the achievement of the first milestone associated with the sale of Molecular Imprints, Inc., to Canon, Inc.

 

On October 27, 2015, Adesto Technologies Corporation completed an IPO priced at $5.00 per share, trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol "IOTS." The Company invested $1,000,000 in the offering. On November 6, 2015, the closing price of Adesto's shares of common stock was 5.41.

 

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On October 30, 2015, the Company made a $250,000 follow-on investment in Produced Water Absorbents, Inc., a privately held portfolio company.

 

On November 3, 2015, the initial U.S. sales milestone associated with Amgen, Inc.’s acquisition of BioVex Group, Inc., was achieved. The Company will receive proceeds of $2,070,955 related to this achievement on or before December 18, 2015.

 

Recent Developments - Other

 

During October of 2015, the Company repurchased an additional 119,365 shares of its stock at an average price of $2.20 inclusive of commissions. There is a maximum of $1,500,003 available for future program purchases.

 

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.

 

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 1. Consolidated Financial Statements.")

 

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 estimated time to exit our investment; the values and volatilities 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.

 

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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. 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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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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 $459,027 at September 30, 2015.

 

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 September 30, 2015, 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.

 

(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 third quarter of 2015 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, 2014, 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.

 

As of September 30, 2015, we believe that the following updates should be considered to the risk factors previously disclosed in response to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

 

Approximately 47.2 percent of the net asset value attributable to our equity-focused venture capital investment portfolio, or 35.9 percent of our net asset value, as of September 30, 2015, is concentrated in Metabolon, Inc., Adesto Technologies Corporation, D-Wave Systems, Inc., and HZO, Inc.

 

At September 30, 2015, we valued our investment in Metabolon, which had a historical cost to us of $7,231,212, at $9,730,610, our investment in Adesto, which had a historical cost to us of $10,482,417, at $7,349,579, our investment in D-Wave, which had a historical cost to us of $5,689,311, at $7,161,080, and our investment in HZO, which had a historical cost to us of $8,876,508, at $7,003,646, which collectively represent 47.2 percent of the net asset value attributable to our equity-focused venture capital investment portfolio, excluding our rights to potential future milestone payments from the sale of BioVex to Amgen, or 35.9 percent of our net asset value. 

 

Any downturn in the business outlook and/or substantial changes in the funding requirements of Adesto, Metabolon, D-Wave or HZO could have a significant effect on the value of our current investments in those companies, and the overall value of our portfolio, and could have a significant adverse effect on the value of our common stock.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities

 

We did not engage in unregistered sales of equity securities during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

 

On August 6, 2015, our Board of Directors authorized a repurchase of up $2.5 million of the Company’s common stock in the open market within a six-month period. Under the repurchase program, we may, but we are not obligated to, repurchase our outstanding common stock in the open market from time to time provided that we comply with the prohibitions under our Insider Trading Policies and Procedures and the guidelines specified in Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including certain price, market volume and timing constraints. In addition, any repurchases will be conducted in accordance with the 1940 Act. During the quarter ended September 30, 2015, we repurchased 298,819 shares at an average price of approximately $2.47 per share, inclusive of commissions. This represents a discount of approximately 12.1 percent of the net asset value per share at September 30, 2015. The total dollar amount of shares repurchased in this period is $737,662, leaving a maximum of $1,762,338 available for future program purchases.

 

The following table discloses on a monthly basis for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, the total number of shares repurchased (including the total number of shares repurchased under this program), the average price paid per share, and the maximum number of shares (or approximate dollar value) of shares that may yet be repurchased under the program.

 

Period  (a)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
   (b)
Average Price
Paid per Share
   (c)
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Program
   (d)
Maximum Number
(or Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
Under the Program
 
August 21- 31, 2015   88,875   $2.54    88,875   $2,274,557 
September 1-30, 2015   209,944    2.44    298,819    1,762,338 

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

 

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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 duly 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: November 9, 2015

 

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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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Schedule 12-14

 

HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO AFFILIATES

 

Name of Issuer 

Title of Issue or

Nature of Indebtedness(A)

 

Amount of

Dividends

or Interest

Credited

to Income (B)

  

Value as of

December 31,

2014

  

Gross

Additions (C)

  

Gross

Reductions (D)

  

Value as of

September 30,

2015

 
 

MAJORITY OWNED

CONTROLLED

INVESTMENTS:

                            
                             

Black Silicon

Holdings, Inc.

  Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $0   $0   $0   $0 
                             
   Series A-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    0    0    0 
                             
   Series A-2 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    0    0    0 
                             
   Series B-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    0    0    0 
                             
   Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    0    0    0 
                             
   Secured Convertible
Bridge  Notes
   94,687    161,285    157,453    0    318,738 
                             
NGX Bio, Inc.  Series Seed Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $506,159   $79,055   $0   $585,214 
                             
   Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    504,882    0    504,882 
                             
   Warrants for Series Seed
Preferred Stock
   0    0    195,070    0    195,070 
                             
ProMuc, Inc.  Common Stock  $0   $1   $0   $0   $1 
                             
   Secured Convertible
Bridge Note
   27,863    482,164    102,863    0    585,027 
                             
SynGlyco, Inc.  Common Stock  $0   $0   $0   $0   $0 
                             
   Series A' Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    123,460    0    123,460 
                             
   Senior Secured Debt   113,232    820,119    0    (820,119)   0 
                             
   Secured Convertible
Bridge Notes
   44,572    376,983    415,830    0    792,813 
                             
TARA Biosystems, Inc.  Common Stock  $0   $20   $0   $0   $20 
                             
   Secured Convertible
Bridge Notes
   24,133    308,811    224,133    0    532,944 
                             
Total Majority
Owned Controlled
Investments
     $304,487   $2,655,542   $1,802,746   $(820,119)  $3,638,169 

 

i 

 

 

Name of Issuer 

Title of Issue or

Nature of Indebtedness(A)

 

Amount of

Dividends

or Interest

Credited

to Income (B)

  

Value as of

December 31,

2014

  

Gross

Additions (C)

  

Gross

Reductions (D)

  

Value as of

September 30,

2015

 
                        

OTHER

CONTROLLED

INVESTMENTS:

                            
                             
Senova Systems, Inc.  Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $403,123   $61,898   $0   $465,021 
                             
   Series B-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    899,187    0    (19,188)   879,999 
                             
   Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    609,349    600,740    0    1,210,089 
                             
   Warrants for Series B
Preferred Stock
   0    56,563    8,685    0    65,248 
                             
Total Other
Controlled
Investments
     $0   $1,968,222   $671,323   $(19,188)  $2,620,357 
                             
AFFILIATE
INVESTMENTS:
                            
                             
ABSMaterials, Inc.  Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $291,875   $14,904   $0   $306,779 
                             
   Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    1,255,717    0    (7,659)   1,248,058 
                             
Adesto Technologies
Corporation
  Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $1,652,609   $0   $(723,714)  $928,895 
                             
   Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    1,527,457    0    (683,007)   844,450 
                             
   Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    632,526    0    (331,456)   301,070 
                             
   Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    612,462    0    (397,540)   214,922 
                             
   Series D-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    356,159    0    (216,035)   140,124 
                             
   Series E Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    10,042,110    0    (5,121,992)   4,920,118 
                             
AgBiome, LLC  Series A-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $2,406,210   $1,629,344   $0   $4,035,554 
                             
   Series A-2 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    583,494    312,965    0    896,459 
                             
   Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    574,333    0    574,333 
                             
D-Wave Systems, Inc.  Series 1 Class B
Convertible Preferred Stock
  $0   $1,766,715   $0   $(231,041)  $1,535,674 
                             
   Series 1 Class C
Convertible Preferred Stock
   0    699,457    0    (91,008)   608,449 

 

ii 

 

 

Name of Issuer 

Title of Issue or

Nature of Indebtedness(A)

 

Amount of

Dividends

or Interest

Credited

to Income (B)

  

Value as of

December 31,

2014

  

Gross

Additions (C)

  

Gross

Reductions (D)

  

Value as of

September 30,

2015

 
                        

D-Wave Systems, Inc.

(Cont'd)

  Series 1 Class D
Convertible Preferred
Stock
  $0   $1,327,843   $0   $(172,768)  $1,155,075 
                             
   Series 1 Class E
Convertible Preferred
Stock
   0    435,260    0    (54,888)   380,372 
                             
   Series 1 Class F
Convertible Preferred
Stock
   0    418,193    0    (52,736)   365,457 
                             
   Series 1 Class H
Convertible Preferred
Stock
   0    870,998    0    (112,833)   758,165 
                             
   Series 2 Class D
Convertible Preferred
Stock
   0    1,053,205    0    (137,034)   916,171 
                             
   Series 2 Class E
Convertible Preferred
Stock
   0    839,844    0    (104,986)   734,858 
                             
   Series 2 Class F
Convertible Preferred
Stock
   0    806,909    0    (100,869)   706,040 
                             
   Warrants for Common
Stock
   0    116,830    0    (116,011)   819 
                             
EchoPixel, Inc.  Series Seed Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $1,312,425   $36,329   $0   $1,348,754 
                             
Ensemble
Therapeutics  
Corporation
  Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $1,060,023   $0   $(307,600)  $752,423 
                             
   Series B-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    1,833,862    0    (372,348)   1,461,514 
                             
HZO, Inc.  Common Stock  $0   $322,832   $0   $(4,563)  $318,269 
                             
   Series I Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    4,482,097    0    (300,190)   4,181,907 
                             
   Series II Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    2,113,002    500,003    (109,535)   2,503,470 
                             
Laser Light Engines,
Inc.
  Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $0   $0   $0   $0 
                             
   Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    0    0    0 
                             
   Convertible Bridge Notes(E)   0    0    0    0    0 

 

iii 

 

 

Name of Issuer 

Title of Issue or

Nature of Indebtedness(A)

 

Amount of

Dividends

or Interest

Credited

to Income (B)

  

Value as of

December 31,

2014

  

Gross

Additions (C)

  

Gross

Reductions (D)

  

Value as of

September 30,

2015

 
                        
Metabolon, Inc.  Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $2,781,374   $0   $(186,932)  $2,594,442 
                             
   Series B-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    1,158,654    0    (76,577)   1,082,077 
                             
   Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    2,535,525    0    (174,720)   2,360,805 
                             
   Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    2,179,624    0    (189,170)   1,990,454 
                             
   Series E-1 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    1,556,847    0    (154,249)   1,402,598 
                             
   Series E-2 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    300,234    0    300,234 
                             
   Warrants for Series B-1
Preferred Stock
   0    484,535    0    (484,535)   0 
                             
ORIG3N, Inc.  Series I Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $0   $505,938   $0   $505,938 
                             
Produced Water
Absorbents, Inc.
  Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $300,215   $0   $(297,511)  $2,704 
                             
   Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    2,188,272    0    (1,824,155)   364,117 
                             
   Series B-2 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    1,579,844    0    (1,316,966)   262,878 
                             
   Series B-3 Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    1,430,677    0    (1,192,620)   238,057 
                             
   Series C Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    755,130    0    (633,380)   121,750 
                             
   Series D Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    984,203    (744,521)   239,682 
                             
   Warrants for Series B-2
Convertible Preferred
Stock
   0    44,014    0    (42,875)   1,139 
                             
   Subordinated Secured Non-
Convertible Debt
   105,163    979,450    0    (11,400)   968,050 
                             
   Secured Convertible
Bridge Note
   16,521    0    766,521    0    766,521 
                             
Ultora, Inc.  Series A Convertible
Preferred Stock
  $0   $0   $0   $0   $0 
                             
   Series B Convertible
Preferred Stock
   0    0    0    0   0 
                             
   Unsecured Bridge Notes(E)   0    0    7,525    (7,525)   0 
                             
Total Affiliate
Investments
     $121,684   $56,794,275   $5,632,299   $(17,086,949)  $45,339,625 

 

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(A)  Common stock, warrants, options, membership units and, in some cases, preferred stock are generally non-income producing and restricted. The principal amount of debt and the number of shares of common and preferred stock and number of membership units are shown in the accompanying Consolidated Schedules of Investments as of September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2014.

 

(B)  Represents the total amount of interest or dividends and yield-enhancing fees on debt securities credited to income for the portion of the year an investment was a control or affiliate investment, as appropriate.  Amounts credited to preferred or common stock represent accrued bridge note interest related to conversions that occurred during 2015.

 

(C)  Gross additions include increases in investments resulting from new portfolio investments, paid-in-kind interest or dividends, the amortization of discounts and fees. Gross additions also include net increases in unrealized appreciation or decreases in unrealized depreciation.

 

(D)  Gross reductions include decreases in investments resulting from principal collections related to investment repayments or sales, the amortization of premiums and acquisition costs. Gross reductions also include net increases in unrealized depreciation or decreases in unrealized appreciation.

 

 (E)  Debt security is on non-accrual status and, therefore, is considered non-income producing during the nine months ended September 30, 2015.

 

**Information related to the amount of equity in the net profit and loss for the year for the investments listed has not been included in this schedule. This information is not considered to be meaningful owing to the complex capital structures of the portfolio companies, with different classes of equity securities outstanding with different preferences in liquidation. These investments are not consolidated, nor are they accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

 

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