Harris & Harris Group Notes Solazyme's Additional Financings to Fund Production Scale-Up

NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:TINY), an early-stage, active investor in transformative nanotechnology companies, notes the announcement by Solazyme, Inc., of the pricing of its offering of $115 million aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the "Convertible Notes") in a private placement under the Securities Act of 1933. The sale of the Convertible Notes is expected to close on January 24, 2013, and Solazyme expects that the net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $109.8 million, which are intended to be used to fund project-related costs and capital expenditures and for general corporate purposes. The full press release may be viewed at http://finance.yahoo.com/news/solazyme-inc-prices-offering-115-140000767.html.

In addition, Harris & Harris Group notes Solazyme's announcement that it has secured a 245.7 million-real (U.S. $120 million) loan from Brazil's national development agency, BNDES, for a plant it is building in South America, which is expected to begin production in the fourth quarter of 2013. The full press release may be viewed at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/solazyme-120-million-loan-for-brazil-plant-cuts-borrowing-cost.html?cmpid=yhoo.

"As the initial institutional investor in Solazyme, we see recent financing announcements as further validation of Solazyme's progress towards commercial scale production," said Douglas W. Jamison, Chief Executive Officer of Harris & Harris Group.

Harris & Harris Group is an investor in publicly traded Solazyme, Inc.

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Released January 18, 2013