Safeguard Scientifics Updates Agenda For Investor Day 2015

WAYNE, Pa., Sept. 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE) will be hosting its 9^th Annual Investor Day at Le Parker Meridien in New York City on Thursday, October 8, 2015 from 8:00am 12:15pm ET followed by one-on-ones.

Investor Day 2015 will offer the investor community an opportunity to hear from Safeguard’s executive team along with executives from Safeguard’s partner companies about growth opportunities and value creation strategies.

AGENDA

8:00AM Registration & Breakfast

8:30AM Opening Remarks

• John E. Shave III, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications, Safeguard Scientifics

8:35AM Safeguard Scientifics

• Stephen T. Zarrilli, President and Chief Executive Officer, Safeguard Scientifics
• Jeffrey B. McGroarty, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Safeguard Scientifics

9:05AM InfoBionic

• Nancy Briefs, President, CEO and Co-Founder, InfoBionic

9:35AM Syapse

• Glenn Winokur, Co-Founder and CEO, Syapse

10:05AM Panel: “The Power of Owning the Digital Advertising Stack”

Panelists:

• Ned Moore, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Clutch
• Chaitanya Chandrasekar, Co-Founder and CEO, QuanticMind
• Michael Lamb, President, Commercial, MediaMath
• Ben Kartzman, Co-Founder and CEO, Spongecell
• Joanna O’Connell, Research Analyst

Moderator:

• Erik B. Rasmussen, Managing Director, Technology, Safeguard Scientifics

11:05AM Break

11:15AM Transactis

• Joe Proto, Chairman and CEO, Transactis

11:45AM Trice Medical

• Jeffrey F. O’Donnell Sr., President and CEO, Trice Medical

12:15PM Closing Remarks followed by Luncheon with Informal Conversation

Please note that presenting partner companies and agenda are subject to change.

ONE-ON-ONES
Interested in meeting with members of Safeguard’s executive team and/or Safeguard’s partner companies? Please submit your one-on-one requests at www.safeguard.com/investorday2015registration by Friday, October 2nd.

Based upon requests and availability, one-on-one meetings are available for:

• Clutch Ned Moore, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
• InfoBionic Nancy Briefs, President, CEO and Co-Founder
• MediaMath Michael Lamb, President, Commercial
• QuanticMind Chaitanya Chandrasekar, Co-Founder and CEO
• Spongecell Ben Kartzman, Co-Founder and CEO
• Syapse Glenn Winokur, Co-Founder and CEO
• Transactis Joe Proto, Chairman and CEO
• Trice Medical Jeffrey F. O’Donnell, Sr., President and CEO
• Safeguard Scientifics
  • Stephen T. Zarrilli, President and CEO
  • Brian J. Sisko, COO, EVP and Managing Director
  • Jeffrey B. McGroarty, SVP and CFO
  • Gary J. Kurtzman, MD, SVP and Managing Director, Healthcare
  • Al Wiegman, VP and Managing Director, Healthcare
  • Philip D. Moyer, SVP and Managing Director, Technology
  • Erik B. Rasmussen, SVP and Managing Director, Technology

RSVP
Please RSVP for Safeguard’s Investor Day 2015 Friday, October 2nd at www.safeguard.com/investorday2015registration.

For additional information, please contact us at (610) 975-4952 or IR(at)safeguard(dot)com.

About Safeguard Scientifics
Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE:SFE) has a distinguished track record of fostering innovation and building market leaders. For six decades, Safeguard has been providing growth capital and operational support to entrepreneurs across an evolving spectrum of industries. Today, Safeguard is focused on two sectorshealthcare and technology. In these sectors, Safeguard specifically targets early- and growth-stage companies in advertising technology, digital media, financial technology, enterprise software, Internet of Things, devices, diagnostics, digital health and healthcare IT. For more information, please visit www.safeguard.com or follow us on Twitter @safeguard.

Forward-looking Statements
Except for the historical information and discussions contained herein, statements contained in this release may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially include, among others, our ability to make good decisions about the deployment of capital, the fact that our partner companies may vary from period to period, our substantial capital requirements and absence of liquidity from our partner company holdings, fluctuations in the market prices of our publicly traded partner company holdings, competition, our inability to obtain maximum value for our partner company holdings, our ability to attract and retain qualified employees, market valuations in sectors in which our partner companies operate, our inability to control our partner companies, our need to manage our assets to avoid registration under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and risks associated with our partner companies, including the fact that most of our partner companies have a limited history and a history of operating losses, face intense competition and may never be profitable, the effect of economic conditions in the business sectors in which Safeguard’s partner companies operate, and other uncertainties described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to predict or control. As a result of these and other factors, the Company’s past financial performance should not be relied on as an indication of future performance. The Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements or other information contained in this press release.

SAFEGUARD CONTACTS:
For Investor Relations
John E. Shave III
Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Communications
610.975.4952
jshave(at)safeguard(dot)com

For Media Relations
Heather R. Hunter
Vice President, Corporate Communications
610.975.4923
hhunter(at)safeguard(dot)com

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