8-K

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): August 14, 2002

SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

PENNSYLVANIA	1-5620	23-1609753
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

800 The Safeguard Building 435 Devon Park Drive, Wayne, PA	19087
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 293-0600

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXEC/ OFFICER
STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFCR

Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure

         On August 14, 2002, each of the Principal Executive Officer, Anthony L. Craig, and Principal Financial Officer, Christopher J. Davis, of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. submitted to the SEC sworn statements pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Order No. 4-460.

         A copy of each of these statements is attached hereto as an Exhibit (99.1 and 99.2).

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.

	Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.
Date: August 14, 2002	By:	/s/ Christopher J. Davis
	Christopher J. Davis
	Managing Director and
	Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit Index
Exhibit 99.1	Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer dated August 14, 2002
Exhibit 99.2	Statement Under Oath of Principal Financial Officer dated August 14, 2002

EX-99.1 3 w63013exv99w1.htm STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL EXEC/ OFFICER

Exhibit 99.1

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Anthony L. Craig, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)	I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
(3)	In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/Anthony L. Craig
Anthony L. Craig
August 14, 2002
	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August 2002.
	/s/Deirdre Blackburn
	Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: December 12, 2002

EX-99.2 4 w63013exv99w2.htm STATEMENT UNDER OATH OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFCR

Exhibit 99.2

Statement Under Oath of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer
Regarding Facts and Circumstances Relating to Exchange Act Filings

I, Christopher J. Davis, state and attest that:

(1) To the best of my knowledge, based upon a review of the covered reports of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., and, except as corrected or supplemented in a subsequent covered report:

• no covered report contained an untrue statement of a material fact as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed); and

• no covered report omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the covered report, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading as of the end of the period covered by such report (or in the case of a report on Form 8-K or definitive proxy materials, as of the date on which it was filed).

(2)	I have reviewed the contents of this statement with the Company’s audit committee.
(3)	In this statement under oath, each of the following, if filed on or before the date of this statement, is a “covered report”:

• The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2001 of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.;

• all reports on Form 10-Q, all reports on Form 8-K and all definitive proxy materials of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. filed with the Commission subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K identified above; and

• any amendments to any of the foregoing.

/s/Christopher J. Davis
Christopher J. Davis
August 14, 2002
	Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of August 2002.
	/s/Deirdre Blackburn
	Notary Public
	My Commission Expires: December 12, 2002

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