As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 12, 2019

Registration No. 333-191911

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Safeguard Scientifics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Pennsylvania (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	23-1609753 (I.R.S Employer Identification No.)
One Radnor Corporate Center, 100 Matsonford Road, Suite 110, Radnor, PA 19087 (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)
Employment Inducement Awards Consisting of Non-Qualified Stock Options Granted to Albert L. Wiegman  (Full Title of the Plan)
Brian J. Sisko President and Chief Executive Officer Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. One Radnor Corporate Center 100 Matsonford Road, Suite 110 Radnor, PA 19087 (610) 293-0600 (Name, Address and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

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DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Form S-8 Registration Statement (Registration No. 333-191911) is being filed to deregister 70,000 shares of Common Stock that were subject to stock options issued as employment inducement grants to Albert L. Wiegman on September 30, 2013. These stock options have expired unexercised, and the shares have not been issued and are no longer subject to outstanding awards.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Radnor, PA on November 12, 2019.

SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS, INC.

By:     /s/ Brian J. Sisko            

Brian J. Sisko

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on November 12, 2019.

Signature	Title
/s/ Brian J. Sisko
Brian J. Sisko	President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Mark A. Herndon
Mark A. Herndon	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Russell D. Glass
Russell D. Glass	Director
/s/ Ira M. Lubert
Ira M. Lubert	Director
/s/ Joseph M. Manko, Jr.
Joseph M. Manko, Jr.	Director
/s/ Maureen F. Morrison
Maureen F. Morrison	Director
/s/ John J. Roberts
John J. Roberts	Director
/s/ Robert J. Rosenthal
Robert J. Rosenthal	Chairman of the Board