William Blair & Company’s Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. SFE Stock Holding History

William Blair & Company’s Portfolio SFE Stock Details SFE Fund Activity

Bought

Maintained

Sold

Quarter	Market Value	Status	Shares	Change in Stake	Trade Value	Portfolio Weight	Portfolio Position
2015 Q3	–	Sell	-738,693	Closed	-$14.4M	–	1565
2015 Q2	$14.4M	Buy	738,693 +39,110	+6%	+$718K	0.02%	769
2015 Q1	$12.6M	Buy	699,583 +4,652	+0.7%	+$86.1K	0.02%	784
2014 Q4	$13.8M	Buy	694,931 +41,495	+6%	+$800K	0.02%	728
2014 Q3	$12M	Buy	653,436 +6,900	+1%	+$136K	0.02%	768
2014 Q2	$13.4M	Sell	646,536 -39,759	-6%	-$800K	0.02%	747
2014 Q1	$15.2M	Buy	686,295 +43,132	+7%	+$857K	0.03%	674
2013 Q4	$12.9M	Sell	643,163 -11,623	-2%	-$206K	0.02%	715
2013 Q3	$10.3M	Buy	654,786 +4,434	+0.7%	+$68.2K	0.02%	727
2013 Q2	$10.4M	Buy	+650,352	New	+$10.3M	0.02%	707

Other funds holding SFE

T. Rowe Price Associates Baltimore, Maryland $865B AUM 30.76% 1-Year Est. Return

First Manhattan New York $36.1B AUM 11.5% 1-Year Est. Return

Royal Bank of Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada $570B AUM 27.57% 1-Year Est. Return

Pembroke Management Montreal, Quebec, Canada $691M AUM 27.96% 1-Year Est. Return

Dimensional Fund Advisors Austin, Texas $481B AUM 30.42% 1-Year Est. Return

GIM

Granahan Investment Management Waltham, Massachusetts $2.07B AUM 56.45% 1-Year Est. Return

William Blair Investment Management Chicago, Illinois $30.3B AUM 33.75% 1-Year Est. Return

Vanguard Group Malvern, Pennsylvania $6.9T AUM 27.45% 1-Year Est. Return

BIT

BlackRock Institutional Trust San Francisco, California $675B AUM 16.07% 1-Year Est. Return

Deutsche Bank Frankfurt Am Main Ge, Germany $303B AUM 30.15% 1-Year Est. Return

William Blair & Company's SFE Position: Q3 2015 in Review

William Blair & Company sold out of Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (SFE) in Q3 2015, closing a stake of 738,693 shares — an estimated $14.4M sold.

William Blair & Company first reported a position in SFE in Q2 2013 and held it in 9 quarters. The position peaked at $15.2M in Q1 2014. 100 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank hold SFE as of Q3 2015.

William Blair & Company reported no remaining Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. position as of Q3 2015 after selling out during the quarter.
William Blair & Company sold 738,693 Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. shares in Q3 2015, an estimated $14.4M.
William Blair & Company first reported a position in Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. in Q2 2013 and held it in 9 quarters.
William Blair & Company's Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. position peaked at $15.2M in Q1 2014.
100 funds tracked by Wall St. Rank held Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. as of Q3 2015.

Based on William Blair & Company's 13F filing for Q3 2015, filed 12 Nov 2015.