WAYNE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE), a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, announced that Risk Metrics Group (RMG), an advisor to institutional investors on corporate governance and risk management issues, issued recommendations to its institutional clients regarding proposals to be considered at Safeguard’s annual meeting of shareholders. The meeting will be held at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, August 28, at Dolce Valley Forge, King of Prussia, PA. At the meeting, shareholders will elect nine members of Safeguard’s board of directors; consider a proposal to amend Safeguard’s Equity Compensation Plan, including an increase in available shares; and consider a proposal to ratify appointment of KPMG LLP as Safeguard’s independent accounting firm for the 2009 fiscal year.
