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2013

A n n u a l   R e p o r t

C O M P A N Y   D E S C R I P T I O N

Stifel Financial Corp. is a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, 
Missouri that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through 
several wholly owned subsidiaries.  Stifel’s broker-dealer clients are served in the United 
States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, 
Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Century Securities Associates, Inc. and in the United 
Kingdom and Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited and Keefe, Bruyette & 
Woods Limited.  The Company’s broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, 
investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to 
individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities.  
Stifel Bank & Trust offers a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions.  
Stifel Trust Company, N.A. offers trust and related services. 

S T A T E M E N T   O F  C O M M I T M E N T

To Our Associates:  current and future, our commitment is to provide an 
entrepreneurial environment that encourages unconfined, long-term thinking.  We seek 
to reward hard-working team players that devote their energy and attention to client 
needs.  At work, at home, and in their communities, we seek to be their Firm of Choice. 

To Our Clients:  individual, institutional, corporate, and municipal, our commitment 
is to listen and consistently deliver innovative financial  solutions.  Putting the welfare 
of clients and community first, we strive to be the Advisor of Choice in the industry.  
Pursuit of excellence and a desire to exceed clients’ expectations are the values that 
empower our Company to achieve this status. 

To Our Shareholders:  small and large, our commitment is to create value and 
maximize your return on investment through all market cycles.  By achieving the status 
of Firm of Choice for our professionals and Advisor of Choice for our clients, we are 
able to deliver value to our shareholders as their Investment of Choice.

Investment
of  Choice

+

Advisor  
of  Choice

Firm  
of  Choice

 
 
 
C O M P A N Y   D E S C R I P T I O N

Stifel Financial Corp. is a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, 
Missouri that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through 
several wholly owned subsidiaries.  Stifel’s broker-dealer clients are served in the United 
States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, 
Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; and Century Securities Associates, Inc. and in the United 
Kingdom and Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited and Keefe, Bruyette & 
Woods Limited.  The Company’s broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, 
investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to 
individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities.  
Stifel Bank & Trust offers a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions.  
Stifel Trust Company, N.A. offers trust and related services. 

S T A T E M E N T   O F  C O M M I T M E N T

To Our Associates:  current and future, our commitment is to provide an 
entrepreneurial environment that encourages unconfined, long-term thinking.  We seek 
to reward hard-working team players that devote their energy and attention to client 
needs.  At work, at home, and in their communities, we seek to be their Firm of Choice. 

To Our Clients:  individual, institutional, corporate, and municipal, our commitment 
is to listen and consistently deliver innovative financial  solutions.  Putting the welfare 
of clients and community first, we strive to be the Advisor of Choice in the industry.  
Pursuit of excellence and a desire to exceed clients’ expectations are the values that 
empower our Company to achieve this status. 

To Our Shareholders:  small and large, our commitment is to create value and 
maximize your return on investment through all market cycles.  By achieving the status 
of Firm of Choice for our professionals and Advisor of Choice for our clients, we are 
able to deliver value to our shareholders as their Investment of Choice.

Investment
of  Choice

+

Advisor  
of  Choice

Firm  
of  Choice

 
 
 
“Forces”
A creation by St. Louis artist Harry Weber

On October 24, 2013, Stifel unveiled a statue by renowned 
sculptor Harry Weber at its headquarters in downtown 
St. Louis.  The dedication ceremony featured comments 
from Stifel Chairman, President, and CEO  Ron Kruszewski, 
St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay, and Mr. Weber.

The statue, titled 
“Forces,” depicts a 
bull and bear – the two 
traditional symbols of 
opposing stock market 
forces – in conflict.  It is 
prominently displayed in 
a newly constructed plaza 
at the corner of Broadway 
and Washington.

“This statue will help reinforce not only the presence of Stifel’s headquarters, 
but St. Louis as a national hub for financial services as well,” said Mr. Kruszewski. 
“Harry Weber is an acclaimed, highly sought-after artist whose sculptures can be 
found exhibited throughout the country, and we’re excited to display his work in 
front of our building.”

The statue plaza is just one of many 
improvements Stifel has made to 
One Financial Plaza since purchasing 
the building in 2011.  The firm is in the 
process of making extensive renovations 
to the building’s lobby, common areas, 
and office space, and has made exterior 
modifications, including new entrances, 
lighting, and signage.  Despite several 
moves over the course of Stifel’s nearly 
125-year history, the company’s headquarters 
has always been located on Broadway 
in the heart of downtown St. Louis.

View a video on the making of “Forces” at www.stifel.com/statue

Left to right: Harry Weber, Ron Kruszewski, and Mayor Francis Slay

F I N A N C I A L   H I G H L I G H T S

Operating Results:1
in thousands, except per share amounts

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total Revenues

$1,102,870

$1,385,867

$1,418,372

$1,627,483

Net Income
Earnings Per Diluted Share2  
Core Earnings3
Core Earnings Per Diluted Share2,3

Financial Position:
in thousands, except per share amounts

$75,798

$1.56

$75,798

$1.56

$1,050

$0.02

$84,269

$1.34

$145,296

$2.31

$123,903

$113,697

$145,296

$2.15

$1.80

$2.31

$2,019,814

$172,907

$2.35

$184,658

$2.51

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total Assets

Stockholders’ Equity
Book Value Per Share2 

$3,167,356

$4,213,115

$4,951,900

$6,966,140

$9,008,870

$873,446 

$1,253,883 

$1,302,105 

$1,494,661 

$2,058,849 

$19.24

$24.42

$25.10

$27.24

$32.30

1   Our Canadian subsidiary, Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc. (SN Canada) has ceased business operations as of December 31, 2013. The results for SN     
Canada are classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The operating results are from continuing operations.
2   All per-share amounts reflect the three-for-two stock split in April 2011.
3  Core Earnings and Core Earnings Per Diluted Share, non-GAAP measures, represent GAAP net income and GAAP diluted earnings per share adjusted 
for: (1) acquisition-related charges associated with the following acquisitions: KBW, Inc. and the Knight Capital Fixed Income business in 2013, Miller 
Buckfire & Co., LLC in 2012, and Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. in 2010; (2) litigation-related expenses associated with the civil lawsuit and related 
regulatory investigation in connection with the ongoing matter with five Southeastern Wisconsin school districts in 2011; and (3) the U.S. tax benefit in 
2013 arising out of the Company’s investment in SN Canada.   See Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Core Earnings on the inside back cover.

Total Revenues: In millions

Core Earnings3: In millions

Core Earnings Per Diluted Share2,3

2,200

1,650

1,100

550

0

10,000

7,500

5,000

2,500

0

200

150

100

50

0

2.80

2.10

1.40

.70

0

09

10

11

12

13

09

10

11

12

13

09

10

11

12

13

Total Assets: In millions

Stockholders’ Equity: In millions

Book Value Per Share2

2,200

1,650

1,100

550

0

36

27

18

9

0

09

10

11

12

13

09

10

11

12

13

09

10

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12

13

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S H A R E H O L D E R   L E T T E R

Dear Fellow Shareholders, Clients, and Associates:

INSTITUTIONAL GROUP GENERATES RECORD REVENUES

Last fall, at the entrance to our headquarters in St. Louis, Stifel 
unveiled a four-ton bronze sculpture depicting a bull and a bear 
locked in conflict.  The sculpture portrays the two traditional stock 
market symbols as evenly matched in a fair fight, reflecting Stifel’s 
enduring understanding of the dynamics of these opposing forces 
in serving investors for the past 124 years.  The statue stands 
not only as a representation of the lasting strength, stability, and 
resilience of Stifel, but also that of St. Louis, which is home to more 
financial services firms than any other city outside of New York.

I am pleased to report that 2013 represented our 18th consecutive 
year of record net revenues, an impressive achievement in any 
industry, but especially so considering that our industry endured 
the bursting of the tech bubble and the financial crisis during that 
period.  We once again delivered significant shareholder value 
as we continued our growth trajectory 
by successfully integrating mergers 
and recruiting and retaining talented, 
entrepreneurial associates.

(in thousands)

2013 %

TOTAL FIRM

In addition to record revenues of over 
$2 billion, we also achieved record net 
income.  As a result, our stock price 
rose 50% during the year and 637% 
over the ten years ending in 2013.  For 
perspective, this compares to the one- 
and ten-year returns of 30% and 66% 
for the S&P 500.

GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT 
REACHES NEW HEIGHTS

Total Revenues
Core Earnings (Non-GAAP)

$2,019,814
184,658

GLOBAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Net Revenues
Contribution

INSTITUTIONAL

Equity Net Revenues
Fixed Income Net Revenues
Institutional Group Net Revenues
Contribution

1,117,179 
299,572 

576,386 
284,772 
861,158 
142,889 

INSTITUTIONAL BROKERAGE

INVESTMENT BANKING

Equity
Fixed Income
Total

Equity
Fixed Income
Total
Capital Raising
Advisory

The Global Wealth Management 
segment, which consists of our 
Private Client Group, Stifel Bank & 
Trust, and our Asset Management 
Group, posted record revenue and 
profit last year.  The foundation of this 
business lies in our 2,077 advisors, in 
316 offices in 45 states, managing $165 
billion for clients.  The core principle of 
this business is to make these client-
facing associates paramount and 
respect the client-advisor relationship.  As such, our success 
in this segment is the result of the everyday entrepreneurship 
of the men and women of the Private Client Group – pillars 
of their communities who foster deep, long-standing client 
relationships, and who anchor every recommendation and 
solution to their clients’ individual needs and interests.  At 
Stifel, we place those relationships first and give freedom to the 
entrepreneurs who create them.  This entrepreneurial culture 
is our competitive advantage, allowing us to operate free from 
corporate bureaucracy.  It also drives our growth:  Last year, our 
ongoing recruiting efforts attracted 138 new financial advisors 
and resulted in 11 new offices.  

Stifel Bank had a record year as well, achieving a 40% increase in 
net revenues and increasing its asset base by 38% to $5 billion.  
With a percentage of non-performing assets of just 0.03%, Stifel 
Bank maintains a conservative risk profile that will enable us to 
capitalize on future opportunities for growth.  

2

The Institutional Group includes institutional sales, trading, research, 
and investment banking for both equities and fixed income.  During 
the past few years, we have made significant investments in our 
institutional businesses, and these investments have begun to bear 
fruit, as evidenced by the record revenue and profit this segment 
posted in 2013.  Overall, our institutional business produced $861 
million of revenue, up 42%.  This consisted of $576 million of equities 
and $285 million of fixed income revenue.

Starting with our institutional equity business, we generated record 
revenues, which were up 61% from 2012.  This increase was due in 
large part to our successful integration of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods 
(“KBW”) and our strategy of maintaining the KBW brand for the 
financial services sector of the economy.  The success of this strategy 
is well beyond our expectations.  In almost every metric, the combined 
2013 Stifel/KBW business outperformed that of the two firms in 2012.  

Our equity brokerage revenues also 
reflect the effectiveness of our strategy, 
increasing 54% despite a 4% decrease in 
daily equity volumes.

Equity investment banking revenues 
increased 83% to $367 million.  On the 
capital-raising front, we managed or 
co-managed 79 IPOs and 153 follow-on 
offerings.  We also served as bookrunner 
on 31% of our managed offerings for the 
year.  Our advisory business ended the 
year on a very strong note, as we served 
as primary financial advisor to Consol 
Energy in the approximately $4 billion 
sale of its Consolidation Coal unit to 
Murray Energy Corporation.  In addition, 
we advised Santarus, Inc. on its $2.6 
billion merger with Salix Pharmaceuticals, 
Ltd., which was announced in late 2013 
and closed in early 2014.  Lastly, through 
our Miller Buckfire subsidiary, we are 
currently advising the City of Detroit in its 
ongoing bankruptcy, the largest municipal 
bankruptcy in history.  All told, we ended 
the year with a record $201 million in 
advisory revenue. 

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13
12

61
15
42
41

54
10
30

232,392 
189,200 
421,592 

83
367,371 
7
85,310 
61
452,681 
251,252
35
201,429 111

In research, we remain the No. 1 provider of U.S. research, with 
more than 1,500 stocks under coverage.  The addition of KBW gives 
us unparalleled coverage of the U.S. financial services sector.  Our 
research analysts were once again recognized for their exemplary 
skill in stock picking and earnings estimating, ranking No. 2 overall in 
the FT/StarMine World’s Top Analysts Survey while taking home five 
awards in The Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Survey.

The success of our institutional equity businesses throughout 2013 did 
not go unnoticed, as Stifel was honored to be named U.S. Mid-Market 
Equity House of the Year by International Financing Review.  This award 
is not only a recognition of the business’s 2013 achievements, but also 
the culmination of all our recent investments in our Institutional Group, 
reinforcing Stifel’s leadership among middle-market firms.

Turning to institutional fixed income, we generated record revenues 
of $285 million, an increase of 15% over 2012.  This increase was
the result of our acquisition of the Knight Capital Group’s fixed

 
  
income business, which offset otherwise difficult market conditions, 
particularly in the second quarter of 2013.  Against this backdrop, 
our fixed income brokerage business increased 10% to $189 million.  
We have been pleased with the integration of our new colleagues 
from Knight and look forward to building on our combined 
capabilities.

Our fixed income investment banking business, consisting 
primarily of public finance, totaled $85 million in revenue, an 
increase of 7% from 2012.  This is particularly impressive given 
that difficult market conditions led to a 15% decline in public 
finance industry volume.  Nationally, Stifel public finance was 
the tenth leading underwriter of negotiated new issues in 2013, 
underwriting $8.3 billion in par value, and we were second in the 
total number of new issues, with 478.  We were once again the 
leading underwriter of K-12 negotiated issues, with 289 issues 
totaling $4.5 billion.  This exceeded our nearest competitor’s total 
by 60 issues and more than $500 million in proceeds.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES 

Since 2005, Stifel has grown considerably, both organically and 
through strategic mergers.  In that time, revenues have increased 
from $270 million to just over $2 billion, and our stock price has more 
than doubled, from $20.95 to $47.92.  Our merger strategy has 
been to acquire firms that contribute to our goal of becoming 
the preeminent brokerage and investment banking firm.  Each 
opportunity that we consider must satisfy the following criteria:  
(1) the business needs to be a strategic fit, (2) the people need 
to be a cultural fit, and (3) the merger needs to be shareholder 
accretive in a reasonable period of time.  From the start of 2013 
through the date of this letter, we have announced and completed 
five transactions that fit these criteria.

In February, we completed our merger with KBW, the No. 1 provider 
of financial services equity research coverage, a highly regarded 
and trusted advisor to financial institutions, and a leader in sales 
and trading in the financial sector.  In addition to being accretive 
to Stifel, the addition of KBW enables us to build scale and leverage 
synergies while creating a dominant force in the financial institutions 
sector, which we believe is poised to benefit from improving 
fundamentals.

In March, we acquired Knight Capital Group’s institutional fixed 
income sales and trading business and hired Knight’s European 
institutional fixed income and sales team.  The Knight business 
comprises approximately 90 sales and trading professionals covering 
high-yield and investment-grade corporate bonds, asset-backed and 
mortgage-backed securities, loan trading, and emerging markets, 
as well as fixed income research in selected sectors and companies.  
This highly complementary team strengthens our business, 
augmenting our domestic platform’s products and services and 
establishing a fixed income presence in Europe. 

In October, we acquired Acacia Federal Savings Bank, a one-
branch community bank based in Falls Church, Virginia, with 
approximately $585 million in total assets.  This financially 
accretive transaction added more than $450 million in high-quality 
loans to Stifel Bank’s portfolio holdings. 

Also in October, we seized an opportunity to bolster our asset 
management capabilities by acquiring Ziegler Lotsoff Capital 
Management.  Ziegler’s investment strategies enhance the 
investment advisory services available to our clients and 
complement our existing asset management platform, which 
also includes Washington Crossing Advisors, EquityCompass 
Strategies, Missouri Valley Partners, Montibus Capital Management, 
and Thomas Weisel Global Growth Partners.

More recently, we announced the acquisition of investment banking 
boutique De La Rosa & Co., a public finance leader in the state 
of California.  This addition increases our market share in, and 
commitment to, the growing California public finance market, which 
began with our acquisition of Stone & Youngberg in 2011.  Based 
upon volume and number of issues for 2013, the combined firm 
ranks as the No. 1 underwriter of municipal bonds in California in 
several categories and is a top-ten underwriter overall. 

WELL POSITIONED FOR THE FUTURE

Looking forward to the market environment in 2014, we believe that 
equities are now valued fairly in terms of the equity risk premium.  
As a result, future equity gains will be driven more by earnings 
growth than by multiple expansion.  We also expect interest rates 
to rise in 2014 due to the Fed’s reduction of the level of monetary 
stimulus.  In the realm of fiscal policy, we remain hopeful that 
policymakers in Washington will deal with our overly complex tax 
code and reach consensus on a long-term budget deal.  While 
there are many challenges to come, we remain optimistic about our 
economic and political prospects.  As such, we continue to position 
Stifel for growth, maintaining a strong capital base while evaluating 
and taking advantage of opportunities as they arise.

We also continue to invest in our firm’s technology to benefit 
our clients and associates.  This year, we embraced mobile 
capabilities with two attractive apps that deliver timely, accurate, 
and convenient information to our clients.  Less visibly, we 
enhanced the infrastructure delivering critical information to our 
professionals around the world.  We will continue to develop 
and evaluate new technologies and integrate them into the Stifel 
platform, supporting the innovation and productivity of the firm’s 
entrepreneurs at all levels.  The opportunities are endless.

As we approach our 125th anniversary, we look forward to the years 
ahead.  As always, we will continue to seek out and take advantage 
of opportunities that will add to shareholder value.  We sincerely 
thank our shareholders and clients for their support, as well as our 
more than 5,800 associates for their commitment to excellence.

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B O A R D   O F   D I R E C T O R S

Stifel Financial Corp. Board of Directors and Officers

Ronald J. Kruszewski* 
Chairman of the Board, President,  
and Chief Executive Officer 

Thomas W. Weisel* 
Chairman of the Board

Bruce A. Beda* 
Chief Executive Officer  
Kilbourn Capital Management, LLC

Michael W. Brown* 
Former Vice President and 
Chief Financial Officer 
Microsoft Corporation

Charles A. Dill* 
Partner 
Two Rivers Associates

John P. Dubinsky* 
President and Chief Executive Officer  
Westmoreland Associates, LLC 
President and Chief Executive Officer  
CORTEX

Robert E. Grady* 
Partner and Managing Director 
Cheyenne Capital Fund

*Director

Frederick O. Hanser* 
Board of Managers 
Retired Vice Chairman 
St. Louis Cardinals, LLC

Richard J. Himelfarb* 
Vice Chairman of the Board 
Chairman, Investing Banking

Alton F. Irby III* 
Founding Partner 
London Bay Capital LLC 

Thomas B. Michaud* 
President and Chief Executive Officer 
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods

Thomas P. Mulroy* 
Senior Vice President 
Co-Director, Institutional Group

Victor Nesi* 
Senior Vice President 
Co-Director, Institutional Group

James M. Oates* 
Chairman 
Hudson Castle Group, Inc.

Ben A. Plotkin* 
Vice Chairman of the Board

Kelvin R. Westbrook* 
President and Chief Executive Officer 
KRW Advisors, LLC

James M. Zemlyak* 
Senior Vice President 
and Chief Financial Officer

Michael J. Zimmerman* 
Vice Chairman 
Continental Grain Company

Bernard N. Burkemper 
Senior Vice President,  
Treasurer, and Controller

S. Chad Estep 
Senior Vice President

David M. Minnick 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, 
and Corporate Secretary

David D. Sliney 
Senior Vice President 

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated Board of Directors

Ronald J. Kruszewski 
Chairman of the Board and  
Chief Executive Officer

James M. Zemlyak 
Executive Vice President 
Chief Operating Officer

Richard J. Himelfarb 
Executive Vice President 
Chairman, Investment Banking

Michael F. Imhoff 
Senior Vice President 
Director, Denver Municipal Trading

Thomas R. Kendrick IV 
Senior Vice President 
Director, Syndicate

Thomas P. Mulroy 
Executive Vice President 
Co-Director, Institutional Group

J. Joseph Schlafly III 
Senior Vice President 
Director, Private Markets

David D. Sliney 
Senior Vice President 
Director, Strategic Planning, 
Technology, and Operations

Hugo J. Warns III, CFA 
Senior Vice President 
Director, Equity Research

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Springfield – (217) 726-0875* 
Waterloo – (618) 939-9400*

Indiana 
Anderson – (765) 649-2339* 
Crown Point – (219) 756-0100* 
Elkhart – (574) 293-2202* 
Fort Wayne – (260) 459-3989* 
Indianapolis – (317) 706-1420* 
Indianapolis – (317) 571-4600* 
South Bend – (574) 288-3040*

Iowa 
Ames – (515) 233-4064* 
Atlantic – (712) 243-5500* 
Des Moines – (515) 661-6271• 
Mason City – (641) 423-2323* 
Sioux City – (712) 252-6920* 
Storm Lake – (712) 732-2663* 
Waterloo – (319) 233-3400*

Kansas 
Lawrence – (785) 842-7800* 
Manhattan – (785) 776-1066* 
Overland Park – (913) 345-4200*• 
Topeka – (785) 271-1300* 
Wichita – (316) 264-6321*

Kentucky 
Louisville – (502) 425-1230*  
Shelbyville – (502) 633-7170*

Louisiana 
New Orleans – (504) 525-7711*•

Maryland 
Annapolis – (410) 280-9711• 
Baltimore – (410) 659-2300* 
Baltimore – (443) 224-1400• 
Bel Air – (410) 809-6700* 
Bethesda – (301) 841-3776* 
Bethesda – (301) 941-2400• 
Cumberland – (240) 362-7175* 
Frederick – (240) 415-7121* 
Hunt Valley – (410) 527-1138*

Massachusetts 
Boston – (617) 235-7800* 
Boston – (617) 488-4100• 
Boston – (617) 848-2777• 
Harwich – (508) 432-2079* 
Hyannis – (508) 420-7000* 
Longmeadow – (413) 565-8100*
Plymouth – (508) 927-7030* 
Wellesley – (781) 239-2800*

Michigan 
Ann Arbor – (734) 213-5103* 
Fremont – (231) 924-0250* 
Grand Haven – (616) 846-3620* 
Grand Rapids – (616) 942-1717* 
Grosse Pointe Farms – (313) 886-4493*  
Okemos – (517) 333-3576*• 
Portage – (269) 384-5024* 
Port Huron – (810) 989-7950* 
Shelby Township – (586) 566-4999* 
St. Joseph – (269) 985-4040* 
Traverse City – (231) 946-4975* 
Traverse City – (231) 995-7000*

Minnesota 
Baxter – (218) 825-8523* 
Golden Valley – (763) 542-3700*  
Mankato – (507) 625-3127* 
Minneapolis – (612) 455-5555*• 
New Ulm – (507) 354-8589* 
Rochester – (507) 288-9622* 
St. Cloud – (320) 253-1300* 
Virginia – (218) 741-7744* 
Walker – (218) 547-3526* 
Wayzata – (952) 473-6010*

Mississippi 
Gulfport – (228) 863-0881* 
Meridian – (601) 693-2755* 
Ridgeland – (601) 898-3656*

B R A N C H   L O C A T I O N S

Missouri 
Cape Girardeau – (573) 335-8454* 
Chesterfield – (636) 530-6600* 
Chillicothe – (660) 646-8565* 
Clayton – (314) 862-8800* 
Columbia – (573) 874-2199* 
Frontenac – (314) 872-8900* 
Jefferson City – (573) 635-7997* 
Joplin – (417) 781-6161* 
Kansas City – (816) 531-7777* 
O’Fallon – (636) 695-2650* 
Rolla – (573) 364-8930* 
Springfield – (417) 886-2855*
St. Joseph – (816) 364-3334* 
St. Louis – (314) 342-2000*• 
Sunset Hills – (314) 909-0238*

Montana 
Billings – (406) 252-2447* 
Bozeman – (406) 586-1385* 
Great Falls – (406) 761-3500* 
Kalispell – (406) 755-9400*

Nebraska 
Lincoln – (402) 421-1019* 
Omaha – (402) 955-1033*

Nevada 
Reno – (775) 786-8500*

New Hampshire 
New London – (603) 526-8130* 
Portsmouth – (603) 433-1774*

New Jersey 
Florham Park – (973) 549-4000*• 
Hackensack – (201) 881-7950* 
Marlton – (856) 810-4800* 
Princeton – (609) 799-1180* 
Ramsey – (201) 669-3030* 
Roseland – (973) 533-4000*• 
Roxbury – (973) 598-8300* 
Shrewsbury – (732) 720-2030*

New York 
Binghamton – (607) 651-9540*  
Garden City – (516) 663-5200* 
Goshen – (845) 615-2300* 
Hauppauge – (631) 360-5700* 
New York – (212) 847-6500* 
New York – (212) 742-8923• 
New York – (212) 271-3700• 
New York – (212) 497-7114• 
New York – (212) 895-1800• 
Olean – (716) 372-2839* 
Oyster Bay – (516) 624-2700* 
Poughkeepsie – (845) 471-8080* 
White Plains – (914) 694-8600*

North Carolina 
Brevard – (828) 877-5856* 
Chapel Hill – (919) 932-3220• 
Charlotte – (704) 554-6039* 
Fayetteville – (910) 438-0715* 
Greenville – (252) 353-2052* 
Pinehurst – (910) 246-5352* 
Raleigh – (919) 645-5900* 
Rocky Mount – (252) 443-2724* 
Southport – (910) 454-1500* 
Wilmington – (910) 679-2130*

North Dakota 
Bismarck – (701) 255-4225* 
Dickinson – (701) 225-9101* 
Grand Forks – (701) 746-1365* 
Jamestown – (701) 251-1152* 
Williston – (701) 572-4527*

Ohio 
Alliance – (330) 823-7666* 
Boardman – (330) 599-5900* 
Canfield – (330) 599-5940* 
Canfield – (330) 533-7191* 
Canton – (330) 454-5390* 
Cincinnati – (513) 794-0030* 
Cleveland – (216) 623-1170• 
Columbus – (614) 463-9360* 
Columbus – (614) 227-3792• 
Dayton – (937) 847-8214* 
Dublin – (614) 789-9354* 
Fairlawn – (330) 668-6257* 
Granville – (740) 344-2600* 
Kent – (330) 678-2151* 
Lancaster – (740) 654-5996* 
Lima – (419) 227-3331* 
Mansfield – (419) 524-4009* 
Marion – (740) 386-6911* 
Marysville – (937) 644-8686*
Medina – (330) 721-2101* 
Pepper Pike – (216) 593-7400* 
Salem – (330) 337-9911* 
Sandusky – (419) 625-5432* 
Steubenville – (740) 264-7254* 
Warren – (330) 393-1567* 
Westlake – (440) 835-4170* 
Zanesville – (740) 588-4600*

Oklahoma 
Muskogee – (918) 683-3700* 
Oklahoma City – (405) 842-0402* 
Tulsa –  (918) 877-3361*

Oregon 
Eugene – (541) 345-6003* 
Medford – (541) 770-7350* 
Portland – (503) 499-6260*
Portland – (503) 944-3240• 
Salem – (503) 315-4993*

Pennsylvania 
Altoona – (814) 944-2065* 
Beaver – (724) 728-0436* 
Bethel Park – (412) 854-7500* 
Bloomsburg – (570) 380-6140* 
Camp Hill – (717) 730-1100* 
Center Valley – (610) 782-5400*
Conshohocken – (610) 567-1900* 
Easton – (610) 317-4420*
Franklin – (814) 432-3169* 
Greensburg – (724) 837-2300* 
Johnstown – (814) 269-9211* 
Lebanon – (717) 279-3510* 
Oil City – (814) 678-6552* 
Philadelphia – (267) 256-0777* 
Philadelphia – (215) 861-7150• 
Pittsburgh – (412) 456-0200*• 
Pittsburgh – (412) 250-3400* 
Sharon – (724) 346-4175*
St. Marys – (814) 788-5260* 
Warren – (814) 726-7067* 
Wilkes-Barre – (570) 200-3060* 
Yardley – (215) 504-1600* 
York – (717) 741-8900*

Rhode Island 
Providence – (401) 421-1045*

South Carolina 
Anderson – (864) 225-7177* 
Bluffton – (843) 706-6150*
Charleston – (843) 414-6760*
Columbia – (803) 678-4320* 
Florence – (843) 665-7599* 
Hartsville – (843) 383-8401* 
Sumter – (803) 469-7070*

South Dakota 
Mitchell – (605) 996-8440*

Tennessee 
Jackson – (731) 664-4435*
Johnson City – (423) 794-3187* 
Memphis – (901) 766-0822* 
Nashville – (615) 277-7000*

Texas 
Austin – (512) 813-7200*• 
Corpus Christi – (361) 693-3060* 
Dallas – (214) 706-9450*• 
Denton – (940) 382-8645* 
Houston – (281) 655-4000* 
Houston – (713) 655-1161• 
Longview – (903) 753-1020* 
San Antonio – (210) 525-8048• 
Texarkana – (903) 792-3305* 
Wichita Falls – (940) 720-7610*

Vermont 
Manchester – (802) 362-4111* 
St. Johnsbury – (802) 751-0500*

Virginia 
Charlottesville – (434) 974-8300* 
Charlottesville – (434) 984-7100* 
Lynchburg – (434) 845-1000* 
Martinsville – (276) 632-7151* 
Radford – (540) 633-5740* 
Richmond – (804) 727-6400• 
Richmond – (804) 727-6767• 
Richmond – (804) 643-4250•
Washington 
Bellevue – (425) 637-3600*
Olympia – (360) 918-7900*
Seattle – (206) 654-3900* 
Wenatchee – (509) 663-8604*

Wisconsin 
Appleton – (920) 991-1415* 
Appleton – (920) 735-9511* 
Brookfield – (262) 794-1000*• 
Eau Claire – (715) 852-1990* 
Green Bay – (920) 437-2555* 
La Crosse – (608) 785-1727* 
Madison – (608) 241-9516* 
Mequon – (262) 243-3125* 
Milwaukee-Glendale – (414) 276-5014* 
Oconomowoc – (262) 560-3800* 
Racine – (262) 554-4660* 
Rhinelander – (715) 362-1719* 
Stevens Point – (715) 343-5688* 
Wausau – (715) 825-5466* 
West Bend – (262) 338-5889*

Wyoming 
Casper – (307) 232-9450* 
Sheridan – (307) 672-3434*

Stifel Bank & Trust 
St. Louis – (314) 317-6900 

Stifel Trust Company 
St. Louis – (314) 342-4450

Stifel Nicolaus Canada 
Toronto, Ontario – (416) 815-0888•

Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited 
London, England – 011-44-207-557-6030• 
London, England – 011-44-203-205-3601• 
London, England – 011-44-207-663-5400• 
Madrid, Spain – 011-34-91-458-5500• 
Geneva, Switzerland – 011-41-22-994-0606• 

*Private Client Group Office
• Institutional Group Office

S H A R E H O L D E R   I N F O R M A T I O N

Annual Meeting 
  The 2014 annual meeting of stockholders will be held at Stifel’s headquarters, One Financial Plaza, 501 North Broadway, 
  2nd Floor, St. Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at 11:00 a.m.

Transfer Agent 
  The transfer agent and registrar for Stifel Financial Corp. is Computershare Trust Company, n.a., Canton, Massachusetts.

Stock Listings 
  The common stock of Stifel Financial Corp. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and Chicago Stock Exchange under  
the symbol “SF.”  The high/low sales prices for Stifel Financial Corp. common stock for each full quarterly period for the  

  calendar years are as follows:

  First Quarter

  Second Quarter

  Third Quarter

  Fourth Quarter

Sales Price

2013

2012

High

Low

High

Low

$         39.72

$ 32.43

$         39.84

$32.02

36.90

43.13

48.13

30.85

34.96

37.97

38.65

36.44

35.18

29.33

28.10

28.80

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Core Earnings 
  A reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Core Earnings and GAAP Net Income Per Diluted Share, the most directly  
  comparable measure under GAAP, to Core Earnings Per Diluted Share is included in the table below.

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

GAAP Net Income
Acquisition-related revenues, net of tax
Acquisition-related charges, net of tax
    Compensation
    Other non-compensation charges
U.S. tax benefit 1

    Core Earnings

Earnings Per Share:

$ 75,798
—

$

1,050
1,261

$ 84,269
69

$ 145,296
—

$ 172,907
3,203

—
—
—

110,314
11,278
—

1,064
28,295
—

—
—
—

48,694
20,007
60,153 )

(

$ 75,798

$ 123,903

$ 113,697

$ 145,296

$ 184,658

GAAP Earnings Per Diluted Share
Non-Core Items

    Core Earnings Per Diluted Share

$

1.56
—

$

1.56

$

$

0.02
2.13

2.15

$

$

1.34
0.46

1.80

$

$

2.31
—

2.31

$

$

2.35
0.16

2.51

1U.S. tax benefit in connection with discontinuing the operations of Stifel Nicolaus Canada, Inc. in 2013.
All stock price and per share amounts presented above reflect the three-for-two stock splits distributed in April 2011.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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