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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>UNITED STATES<br>
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
  </b><b>Washington, DC 20549</b></p>
  
  
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b>FORM 8-K</b></p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoBodyText3 align="center"><b>CURRENT
  REPORT<br>
  Pursuant To Section 13 OR
  15(d) of the <br>
  Securities Exchange Act of 1934</b></p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoPlainText align=center style='text-align:center'>Date of Report (Date of
  earliest event reported):&nbsp; <b>September 24, 2008</b></p>
  
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u>STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.<br>
  </u></b>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</p>
  
  
  
  
  
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    (State
    of incorporation)</p>
  
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    (Commission
    File Number)</p>
  
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    (IRS
    Employer<br>
    Identification No.)</p>
  
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  <p align="center"><b>One Financial Plaza<br>
  501 North Broadway<br>
  </b>
  <u><b>St. Louis, Missouri
  63102-2102</b><br>
  </u>(Address
  of principal executive offices, including zip code)</p>
  
  
  
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  telephone number, including area code <b><u>(314)
  342-2000</u></b></p>
  
  
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><u>___________________________N/A___________________________</u><br>
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)</p>
  
  
  
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  appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>[ ] Written communications
  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'>[ ] Soliciting material pursuant
  to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</p>
  
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  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14d-2(b))</p>
  
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  13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</p>
  
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  1.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</b></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'>On
  September 24, 2008, Stifel Financial Corp. (the &quot;Company&quot;) entered into a
  Purchase Agreement among the Company, The
  Western and Southern Life Insurance Company (&quot;Western and Southern&quot;), and
  Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company, Incorporated, Merrill Lynch &amp; Co., Merrill
  Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &amp; Smith Incorporated, and Keefe, Bruyette &amp;
  Woods, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named in <u>Schedule
  A</u> thereto (the &quot;Underwriters&quot;), providing
  for, among other things, (i) the sale by
  the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, of 1,300,000 shares (the
  &quot;Company Shares&quot;) of Common Stock, par value $0.15 per share, of the Company
  (&quot;Common Stock&quot;), (ii) the sale by Western and Southern, and the purchase by
  the Underwriters, of 400,000 shares of Common Stock (the &quot;Western and Southern Shares&quot;),
  and (iii) the grant by the Company and Western and Southern to the Underwriters
  of the option to purchase all or any part of 195,000 and 60,000 additional
  shares of Common Stock, respectively, to cover overallotments, if any (the &quot;Option Shares,&quot; and together with the Company
  Shares and Western and Southern Shares, the &quot;Shares&quot;), which option has been exercised in full.&nbsp; The Shares
  were issued at a public offering price of $45.00 per share.&nbsp; The Purchase Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit
  10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. </p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:9.0pt'>The
  Shares were registered for offer and sale pursuant to an effective Registration
  Statement on Form S-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on
  November 19, 2007 (the &quot;Registration Statement&quot;). </p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal><b>Item 8.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Other
  Events.</b></p>
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:4.5pt'>In
  connection with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration
  Statement, the Company is filing a legal opinion as Exhibit No.&nbsp;5.1 to
  this current report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into the
  Registration Statement. </p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal><b>Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</b>&nbsp;</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.</p>
  
  
  
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion
  of Bryan Cave LLP<br>
  10.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Purchase
  Agreement dated as of September 24, 2008<br>
  23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent
  of Bryan Cave LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)&nbsp;</p>
  
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  <p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify;text-indent:.5in'>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.</p>
  
  
  
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    STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.<p>&nbsp;</td>
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    <p class=MsoPlainText>Date:&nbsp;
    September 29, 2008</p>
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    <p class=MsoPlainText>By:&nbsp;
    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>&nbsp;/s/&nbsp; Ronald J. Kruszewski</u></p>
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    <p class=MsoPlainText>Name:&nbsp; Ronald
    J. Kruszewski</p>
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    <p class=MsoPlainText>Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; President
    and Chief Executive Officer</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal>5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Opinion
  of Bryan Cave LLP<br>
  10.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Purchase
  Agreement dated as of September 24, 2008<br>
  23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consent
  of Bryan Cave LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)&nbsp;</p>
  
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text: Form 8-K Dated September 29, 2008
  UNITED STATES
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, DC 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):
  September 24, 2008
  STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State
    of incorporation)
  1-9305
  (Commission
    File Number)
  43-1273600
  (IRS
    Employer
  Identification No.)
  One Financial Plaza
  501 North Broadway
  St. Louis, Missouri
  63102-2102
  (Address
  of principal executive offices, including zip code)
  Registrant's
  telephone number, including area code
  (314)
  342-2000
  ___________________________N/A___________________________
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
  Check the
  appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
  satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
  provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  [ ] Written communications
  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  [ ] Soliciting material pursuant
  to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [ ] Pre-commencement
  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14d-2(b))
  [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  1
  Item
  1.01        Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
  On
  September 24, 2008, Stifel Financial Corp. (the "Company") entered into a
  Purchase Agreement among the Company, The
  Western and Southern Life Insurance Company ("Western and Southern"), and
  Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill
  Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Keefe, Bruyette &
  Woods, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named in
  Schedule
  A
  thereto (the "Underwriters"), providing
  for, among other things, (i) the sale by
  the Company, and the purchase by the Underwriters, of 1,300,000 shares (the
  "Company Shares") of Common Stock, par value $0.15 per share, of the Company
  ("Common Stock"), (ii) the sale by Western and Southern, and the purchase by
  the Underwriters, of 400,000 shares of Common Stock (the "Western and Southern Shares"),
  and (iii) the grant by the Company and Western and Southern to the Underwriters
  of the option to purchase all or any part of 195,000 and 60,000 additional
  shares of Common Stock, respectively, to cover overallotments, if any (the "Option Shares," and together with the Company
  Shares and Western and Southern Shares, the "Shares"), which option has been exercised in full.  The Shares
  were issued at a public offering price of $45.00 per share.  The Purchase Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit
  10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
  The
  Shares were registered for offer and sale pursuant to an effective Registration
  Statement on Form S-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on
  November 19, 2007 (the "Registration Statement").
  Item 8.01        Other
  Events.
  In
  connection with the offer and sale of the Shares pursuant to the Registration
  Statement, the Company is filing a legal opinion as Exhibit No. 5.1 to
  this current report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference into the
  Registration Statement.
  Item 9.01        Exhibits.
  (d)        Exhibits.
  5.1       Opinion
  of Bryan Cave LLP
  10.1     Purchase
  Agreement dated as of September 24, 2008
  23.1     Consent
  of Bryan Cave LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  2
  SIGNATURE
  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.
  STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
  Date: 
    September 29, 2008
  By:
  /s/  Ronald J. Kruszewski
  Name:  Ronald
    J. Kruszewski
  Title:     President
    and Chief Executive Officer
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit Number
  Description of Exhibit
  5.1                               Opinion
  of Bryan Cave LLP
  10.1                             Purchase
  Agreement dated as of September 24, 2008
  23.1                             Consent
  of Bryan Cave LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  4