. IMPORTANT ANNUAL MEETING INFORMATION Electronic Voting Instructions Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Instead of mailing your proxy, you may choose one of the voting methods outlined below to vote your proxy. VALIDATION DETAILS ARE LOCATED BELOW IN THE GRAY BAR. Proxies submitted by the Internet or telephone must be received by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on May 19, 2015. Vote by Internet • Go to www.investorvote.com/SFE • Or scan the QR code with your smartphone • Follow the steps outlined on the secure website Vote by telephone • Call toll free 1-800-652-VOTE (8683) within the USA, US territories & Canada any time on a touch tone telephone. There is NO CHARGE to you for the call. • Follow the instructions provided by the recorded message Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. The cumulative voting feature for the election of directors is available if you sign and return the proxy or vote in person at the annual meeting; however, it is not available if you vote by telephone or the Internet. X Annual Meeting Proxy Card q IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED VIA THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q A Proposals — The Board recommends a vote FOR all nominees and FOR Proposals 2 and 3. 1. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS—Nominees: For Withhold For Withhold + For Withhold 01 - Andrew E. Lietz 02 - Stephen T. Zarrilli 03 - Mara G. Aspinall 04 - Julie A. Dobson 05 - Stephen Fisher 06 - George MacKenzie 07 - Jack L. Messman 08 - John J. Roberts 09 - Robert J. Rosenthal To cumulate votes, check box and write the name of the nominee(s) and the number of votes to be cast for each nominee in the space below. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ For Against Abstain 2. Advisory resolution to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers. For Against Abstain 3. Ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2015. B Non-Voting Items Change of Address — Please print new address below. Comments — Please print your comments below. C Authorized Signatures — This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. — Date and Sign Below Please sign exactly as name(s) appear hereon. Joint owners should each sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, corporate officer, trustee, guardian or custodian, please give full title. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) — Please print date below. Signature 1 — Please keep signature within the box. Signature 2 — Please keep signature within the box. 1 U PX 021N7C + . Computershare is the stock transfer agent and registrar for Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. Computershare provides you the flexibility to access information and process transactions using its toll-free shareholder services center, automated telephone support system and Internet capabilities. Contacting Computershare Please direct your inquiries and transaction requests to Computershare using the options listed below: Telephone inquiries: E-mail inquiries: Written requests: 1-800-736-3001 (U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico) 1-781-575-3100 (non U.S.) 1-800-952-9245 (TDD) web.queries@computershare.com Computershare P.O. Box 30170 College Station, TX 77842 Investor Centre You also can manage your account online via Investor Centre, Computershare’s Web-based tool for shareholders. Here you can view your account details, update your account information and process various transactions. Registration is quick and easy. You can access The Investor Centre at www.computershare.com/investor. q IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED VIA THE INTERNET OR TELEPHONE, FOLD ALONG THE PERFORATION, DETACH AND RETURN THE BOTTOM PORTION IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. q Proxy — Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS, INC. No matter how many shares you hold, we consider your vote important and encourage you to vote as soon as possible. When you sign and return this proxy card, you • • • appoint Brian J. Sisko and Jeffrey B. McGroarty (or any substitutes they may appoint), as proxies to vote your shares, as you have instructed, at the annual meeting on May 20, 2015, and at any adjournments of that meeting; authorize the proxies to vote, in their discretion, upon any other business properly presented at the meeting; and revoke any previous proxies you may have signed. IF YOU SIGN AND RETURN THE PROXY BUT DO NOT INDICATE HOW YOU WISH TO VOTE, THE PROXIES WILL VOTE (1) FOR ALL NOMINEES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS; (2) FOR THE RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF THE COMPANY’S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AS DESCRIBED IN THE PROXY STATEMENT; (3) FOR RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS THE COMPANY’S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR 2015; AND (4) AS THEY MAY DETERMINE, IN THEIR DISCRETION, WITH REGARD TO ANY OTHER MATTER PROPERLY PRESENTED AT THE MEETING. IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING AND AT ANY ADJOURNMENTS OR POSTPONEMENTS OF THE MEETING. UNLESS OTHERWISE INSTRUCTED, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (continued, and to be marked, signed and dated, on the reverse side)
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