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Published on 7/23/2012 in the Prospect News PIPE Daily.

Horizon exercises greenshoe, lifts public stock sale to $30.93 million

Proceeds used for debt repayment, working capital, corporate purposes

By Toni Weeks

San Diego, July 23 - Horizon Technology Finance Corp. said that the greenshoe for its public sale of stock was fully exercised, lifting proceeds to $30.93 million.

The company sold 1,909,000 common shares at $16.20 apiece. Of the shares, 249,000 comprised the greenshoe. The price per share is a 3.8% discount to the July 17 closing share price of $16.84.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc. were the joint bookrunning managers. BB&T Capital Markets, Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc., JMP Securities LLC and Gilford Securities Inc. were the co-managers.

Proceeds will be used to repay debt borrowed under the company's revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Horizon Technology Finance is a Farmington, Conn.-based specialty finance company that provides secured loans to venture capital and private equity-backed development-stage companies in the technology, life science, health care information and services and clean-tech industries.

Issuer:Horizon Technology Finance Corp.
Issue:Common shares
Amount:$30,925,800 (including $4,033,800 greenshoe)
Shares:1,909,000
Price:$16.20
Warrants:No
Bookrunners:Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
Announcement date:July 17
Pricing date:July 18
Settlement date:July 23
Stock symbol:Nasdaq: HRZN
Stock price:$16.84 at close July 17
Market capitalization:$125.42 million

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