[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14944-14945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6321]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

[Release No. IC-24888; 812-12450]


Harris & Harris Group, Inc.; Notice of Application

March 8, 2001.
AGENCY: Securities and Exchange Commission (``SEC'').

ACTION: Issuance of certification pursuant to section 851(e) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (``Code'').

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Summary of Application: The SEC is issuing a certification pursuant to 
section 851(e) of the Code that applicant Harris & Harris Group, Inc. 
(``Harris'') was, for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, 
principally engaged in the furnishing of capital to other

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corporations which are principally engaged in the development or 
exploitation of inventions, technological improvements, new processes 
or products not previously generally available.

Filing Dates: The application was filed on February 16, 2001, and 
amended on March 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549-
0609; Applicant, One Rockefeller Plaza, 14 West 49th Street, New York, 
New York 10020.

For Further Information Contact: Paula L. Kashtan, Senior Counsel, at 
(202) 942-0615, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief, at (202) 942-0564 
(Division of Investment Management, Office of Investment Company 
Regulation).

Supplementary Information: The following is a summary of the 
application and a certification. The complete application may be 
obtained for a fee at the SEC's Public Reference Branch, 450 Fifth 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549-0102 (telephone (202) 942-8090).

Applicant's Representations

    1. Harris is a New York corporation. On July 26, 1995, Harris 
elected to become regulated as a business development company pursuant 
to section 54(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
    2. Harris proposes to qualify as a ``regulated investment company'' 
under section 851(a) of the Code pursuant to section 851(e) of the 
Code. Section 851(b) of the Code imposes certain portfolio 
diversification requirements on investment companies that seek to 
qualify as a regulated investment company. Section 851(e) of the Code 
provides an exemption from these diversification requirements if the 
investment company, among other things, obtains a certification from 
the SEC that the investment company is 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 (collectively, ``Development Corporations'').
    3. Harris has filed an application seeking a certification pursuant 
to section 851(e) of the Code for the fiscal year ended December 31, 
2000. The application describes certain companies in Harris' portfolio 
during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, that Harris believes to 
be Development Corporations. Harris states that, in making this 
determination, it relied upon information provided by the portfolio 
companies to Harris and to others, including but not limited to, 
offering circulars, prospectuses, analyst reports, internal company 
memoranda, patent applications and similar documents. In addition, 
Harris generally is represented on the boards of directors of its 
portfolio companies through member or observer status, and also has 
direct access to senior management of the companies.
    4. The following table shows the composition of the total assets of 
Harris as of each of the calendar quarters ended March 31, June 30, 
September 30, and December 31, 2000, as set forth in the application.

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                Assets (at value)                  Mar. 31, 2000   June 30, 2000  Sept. 30, 2000   Dec. 31, 2000
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Investments representing capital furnished to        $51,017,259     $36,296,794     $40,120,025     $26,513,426
 corporations believed to be Development
 Corporations...................................
Other Investments, Cash and Cash Equivalents\1\.       5,319,554       8,042,797      15,019,980      16,283,802
Other Assets....................................         536,887         475,704         523,247         546,195
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      Total Assets..............................      56,873,700      44,815,295      55,663,252     43,343,423
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\1\ In this category, the value of ``Other Investments'' was $25,000 at the end of each calendar quarter of
  2000.

    As reflected in the table above, Development Companies comprised 
the following percentages of the total assets less cash and cash 
equivalents of Harris at the end of each calendar quarter of 2000: 
March 31, 98.9%; June 30, 98.6%; September 30, 95.1%; and December 31, 
96.3.%.

Certification

    On the basis of the information set forth in the application, it 
appears that Harris was principally engaged in the furnishing of 
capital to Development Corporations within the meaning of section 
851(e) of the Code in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000. It is 
therefore certified to the Secretary of the Treasury, or his delegate, 
pursuant to section 851(e) of the Code, that Harris was, for the twelve 
months ended December 31, 2000, 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.

    For the SEC, by the Division of Investment Management, pursuant 
to delegated authority.
Margaret H. McFarland,
Deputy Secretary.
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