UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 20, 2016

 

HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

New York   0-11576   13-3119827

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

   (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1450 Broadway

New York, New York 10018

 

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(212) 582-0900

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

   

xSoliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

   

oPre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

On April 20, 2016, Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that its Nominating Committee and Board of Directors have nominated Kevin Rendino for election to its Board of Directors at its upcoming Annual Meeting of Shareholders on June 7, 2016.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(a) Not applicable.

 

(b) Not applicable.

 

(c) Not applicable.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No. Description
        
 99.1 Press Release dated April 20, 2016

 

 

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  HARRIS & HARRIS GROUP, INC.
     

 

    

Date: April 20, 2016

By:

 /s/ Daniel B. Wolfe

 

  

Daniel B. Wolfe

 

 

President

 

 

 

 

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