0001193125-23-036086 SC 13G/A 1 20230213 20230213 NORTH RUN ADVISORS, LLC THOMAS B. ELLIS TODD B. HAMMER SAFEGUARD SCIENTIFICS INC 0000086115 6799 231609753 PA 1231 SC 13G/A 34 005-19574 23619919 150 NORTH RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD SUITE F-200 RADNOR PA 19087 610 293 0600 150 NORTH RADNOR-CHESTER ROAD SUITE F-200 RADNOR PA 19087 SAFEGUARD INDUSTRIES INC 19810525 SAFEGUARD CORP 19690521 NORTH RUN CAPITAL, LP 0001212897 364504416 DE 1231 SC 13G/A 867 BOYLSTON STREET 5TH FLOOR, #1361 BOSTON MA 02116 617.310.6130 867 BOYLSTON STREET 5TH FLOOR, #1361 BOSTON MA 02116 NORTH RUN CAPITAL, L P 20070110 NORTH RUN CAPITAL L P 20030106 SC 13G/A 1 d467769dsc13ga.htm SC 13G/A UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 SCHEDULE 13G (Rule 13d-102) (Amendment No. 1) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (Name of Issuer) Common Stock, $0.10 par value (Title of Class of Securities) 786449207 (CUSIP Number) December 31, 2022 (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: ? Rule 13d-1(b) ? Rule 13d-1(c) ? Rule 13d-1(d) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP No. 786449207 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS North Run Capital, LP 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ? (b) ? 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware 5 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 0 SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 252,728* EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 0 WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 252,728** 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 252,728** 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ? 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 1.5%** 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* PN * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT ** SEE ITEM 4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP No. 786449207 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS North Run Advisors, LLC 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ? (b) ? 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION Delaware 5 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 0 SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 252,728** EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 0 WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 252,728** 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 252,728** 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ? 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 1.5%** 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* OO * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT ** SEE ITEM 4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP No. 786449207 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Todd B. Hammer 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ? (b) ? 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States 5 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 0 SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 252,728** EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 0 WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 252,728** 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 252,728** 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ? 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 1.5%** 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT ** SEE ITEM 4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CUSIP No. 786449207 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS Thomas B. Ellis 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) ? (b) ? 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States 5 SOLE VOTING POWER NUMBER OF 0 SHARES 6 SHARED VOTING POWER BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY 252,728** EACH 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 0 WITH 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 252,728** 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 252,728** 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* ? 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 1.5%** 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN * SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT ** SEE ITEM 4. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SCHEDULE 13G This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G (this “Amendment”) is being filed on behalf of North Run Capital, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Investment Manager”), North Run Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“North Run”), Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis (collectively, the “Reporting Persons”). Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis are the principals and sole members of North Run. North Run is the general partner of the Investment Manager. The Investment Manager is the investment manager of certain private pooled investment vehicles (collectively, the “Funds”). This Amendment relates to shares of Common Stock, $0.10 par value (the “Common Stock”), of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the “Issuer”), held by the Funds. Item 1 (a) Name of Issuer. Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. Item 1 (b) Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices. 150 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite F-200 Radnor, PA 19087 Item 2 (a) Name of Person Filing. (1) North Run Capital, LP (2) North Run Advisors, LLC (3) Todd B. Hammer (4) Thomas B. Ellis Item 2 (b) Address of Principal Business Office, or, if none, Residence. For all Filers: 867 Bolyston St. 5th Floor #1361 Boston, MA 02116 Item 2 (c) Citizenship or Place of Organization. (1) North Run Capital, LP is a Delaware limited partnership. (2) North Run Advisors, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company. (3) Todd B. Hammer is a U.S. citizen. (4) Thomas B. Ellis is a U.S. citizen. Item 2 (d) Title of Class of Securities. Common Stock, $0.10 par value. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Item 2 (e) CUSIP Number. 786449207 Item 3 Reporting Person. Inapplicable Item 4 Ownership. (a) The Investment Manager, North Run, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis may be deemed the beneficial owners of 252,728 shares of Common Stock. (b) The Investment Manager, North Run, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis may be deemed the beneficial owners of 1.5% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. This percentage was determined by dividing 252,728 by 16,322,214, which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of October 31, 2022, according to the Issuer’s Form 10-Q filed on November 14, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. (c) The Investment Manager, Todd B. Hammer and Thomas B. Ellis have the shared power to vote and dispose of the 252,728 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned. Item 5 Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following ?. Item 6 Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Inapplicable. Item 7 Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired the Security Being Reported On by the Parent Holding Company. Inapplicable Item 8 Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. Inapplicable Item 9 Notice of Dissolution of Group. Inapplicable Item 10 Certification. By signing below, I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: February 13, 2023 NORTH RUN CAPITAL, LP By: North Run Advisors, LLC its general partner By: /s/ Thomas B. Ellis* Name: Thomas B. Ellis Title: Member and By: /s/ Todd B. Hammer* Name: Todd B. Hammer Title: Member NORTH RUN ADVISORS, LLC By: /s/ Thomas B. Ellis* Name: Thomas B. Ellis Title: Member and By: /s/ Todd B. Hammer* Name: Todd B. Hammer Title: Member /s/ Thomas B. Ellis* Thomas B. Ellis /s/ Todd B. Hammer* Todd B. Hammer * By /s/ MICHAEL FISHER Michael Fisher, Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Powers of Attorney filed as exhibits hereto