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  <FONT
  size=5>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B></P>
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  size=3>Washington, DC 20549</FONT></B></P>
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  <FONT
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  <FONT
  size=4>CURRENT REPORT</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Pursuant To Section 13 OR 15(d) of the </B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <b>August 3, 2010</b></P>
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><U><B>
  <FONT
  size=6>STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.</FONT></B></U></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</P>
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        incorporation)</P>
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        Number)</P>
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        Employer<BR>Identification No.)</P>
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>One Financial Plaza</B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>501 North Broadway</B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><U><B>St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2102</B></U></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</P>
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  <U><B>(314) 342-2000</B></U></P>
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  simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the
  following provisions (<I>see</I> General
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  <font size="2" face="Wingdings">o</font></B><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom:-2px"><b>
  Item 5.02&nbsp; Departure of Directors or Certain
  Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers.</b></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6.0pt"><i>(d)&nbsp;
  Election of Directors</i></p>
  
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6.0pt">In
  connection with the recent acquisition of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. (&quot;TWPG&quot;),
  on August 3, 2010 the Board of Directors (the &quot;Board&quot;) of Stifel Financial Corp.
  (the &quot;Company&quot;), voted, in accordance with the Company's Amended and Restated
  By-Laws, to expand the size of the Board of Directors by four (from 15 to 19
  members) and elected Thomas W. Weisel, Michael W. Brown, Robert E. Grady, and
  Alton F. Irby III (the &quot;New Directors&quot;) to fill the new vacancies.&nbsp; Messrs.
  Weisel, Brown, Grady and Irby were each members of the TWPG Board of Directors
  immediately prior to the Company's acquisition of TWPG.&nbsp; In addition, the Board
  appointed Mr. Weisel to serve as Co-Chairman of the Board along with Ronald J.
  Kruszewski, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President who had
  previously also been the sole Chairman of the Board.&nbsp; The New Directors did not
  receive any committee assignments at the time that they were elected to the
  Board, and were each elected to a term ending at the Company's 2011 annual
  shareholders meeting. </p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6.0pt">Each New
  Director will participate in the Company's compensatory arrangement for
  non-employee directors, as described in the Company's proxy statement for the
  2010 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC on February 26, 2010. Mr. Weisel,
  as an employee director, will not receive any additional compensation for his
  services as director.</p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6.0pt">A copy of
  the press release announcing these actions is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
  and is incorporated by reference herein.</p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6.0pt"><i>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;
  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers</i></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6.0pt">On August 3,
  2010, the Board approved the First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company,
  Incorporated Wealth Accumulation Plan 2010 Restatement,
  referred to herein as the &quot;2010 Amended Restatement,&quot; whereby modifying certain
  provisions of the Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company, Incorporated Wealth Accumulation
  Plan 2010 Restatement. The 2010 Amended Restatement substitutes the
  service requirement as the vesting condition for awards outstanding to current
  employees of the Company, including each of the executive officers, on August 9,
  2010 with a non-compete, non-solicit agreement, and adds a discretionary early
  retirement feature for awards made after August 9, 2010. This eliminates any
  continued employment service requirements for vesting, if and so long as (but
  only for so long as) the holder of such award refrains from
  engaging in a competitive activity or a soliciting activity prior to the
  relevant vesting date or dates of such awards. If an employee does engage in a
  competitive activity or a soliciting activity prior to the relevant vesting date
  or dates of such awards, any unvested portion of such award will be immediately
  cancelled.</p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 6.0pt">A copy of
  the First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company, Incorporated Wealth
  Accumulation Plan 2010 Restatement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is
  incorporated by reference herein. </p>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 6.0pt; margin-bottom:-2px"><b>
  Item 8.01&nbsp; Other Events.</b></p>
  <p style="margin-bottom: -10px">On August 3, 2010,
  the Board authorized the repurchase of an additional 2,000,000
  shares of the Company's common stock under its existing share repurchase
  program. </p>
  
  
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  Item 9.01&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>
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  		<i>Exhibits.</i></P></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
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  		10.1</TD>
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  		First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company, Incorporated Wealth
  		Accumulation Plan 2010 Restated.</TD></TR>
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        99.1</TD>
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        Press release dated August 9, 2010.</TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>
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  <P
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  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</P>
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        <P
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  		Date:
  		August 9, 2010</P></TD>
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  		By:</P></TD>
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  		/s/ Ronald J. Kruszewski</P></TD></TR>
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  		First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus &amp; Company, Incorporated Wealth
  		Accumulation Plan 2010 Restated.</TD></TR>
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text: Form 8-K
  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):
  August 3, 2010
  STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State of
        incorporation)
  001-09305
  (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):
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the
  Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the
  Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
  13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain
  Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory
  Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  (d) 
  Election of Directors
  In
  connection with the recent acquisition of Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. ("TWPG"),
  on August 3, 2010 the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Stifel Financial Corp.
  (the "Company"), voted, in accordance with the Company's Amended and Restated
  By-Laws, to expand the size of the Board of Directors by four (from 15 to 19
  members) and elected Thomas W. Weisel, Michael W. Brown, Robert E. Grady, and
  Alton F. Irby III (the "New Directors") to fill the new vacancies.  Messrs.
  Weisel, Brown, Grady and Irby were each members of the TWPG Board of Directors
  immediately prior to the Company's acquisition of TWPG.  In addition, the Board
  appointed Mr. Weisel to serve as Co-Chairman of the Board along with Ronald J.
  Kruszewski, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and President who had
  previously also been the sole Chairman of the Board.  The New Directors did not
  receive any committee assignments at the time that they were elected to the
  Board, and were each elected to a term ending at the Company's 2011 annual
  shareholders meeting.
  Each New
  Director will participate in the Company's compensatory arrangement for
  non-employee directors, as described in the Company's proxy statement for the
  2010 annual meeting of shareholders filed with the SEC on February 26, 2010. Mr. Weisel,
  as an employee director, will not receive any additional compensation for his
  services as director.
  A copy of
  the press release announcing these actions is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1
  and is incorporated by reference herein.
  (e)  
  Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
  On August 3,
  2010, the Board approved the First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,
  Incorporated Wealth Accumulation Plan 2010 Restatement,
  referred to herein as the "2010 Amended Restatement," whereby modifying certain
  provisions of the Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated Wealth Accumulation
  Plan 2010 Restatement. The 2010 Amended Restatement substitutes the
  service requirement as the vesting condition for awards outstanding to current
  employees of the Company, including each of the executive officers, on August 9,
  2010 with a non-compete, non-solicit agreement, and adds a discretionary early
  retirement feature for awards made after August 9, 2010. This eliminates any
  continued employment service requirements for vesting, if and so long as (but
  only for so long as) the holder of such award refrains from
  engaging in a competitive activity or a soliciting activity prior to the
  relevant vesting date or dates of such awards. If an employee does engage in a
  competitive activity or a soliciting activity prior to the relevant vesting date
  or dates of such awards, any unvested portion of such award will be immediately
  cancelled.
  A copy of
  the First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated Wealth
  Accumulation Plan 2010 Restatement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is
  incorporated by reference herein.
  Item 8.01  Other Events.
  On August 3, 2010,
  the Board authorized the repurchase of an additional 2,000,000
  shares of the Company's common stock under its existing share repurchase
  program.
  Item 9.01   Financial Statements and Exhibits.
  (d)
  Exhibits.
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  10.1
  First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated Wealth
  		Accumulation Plan 2010 Restated.
  99.1
  Press release dated August 9, 2010.
  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:
  		August 9, 2010
  By:
  /s/ Ronald J. Kruszewski
  Ronald J. Kruszewski
  President and Chief Executive
    Officer
  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit No.
  Description of Exhibit
  10.1
  First Amendment to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated Wealth
  		Accumulation Plan 2010 Restated.
  99.1
  Press release dated August 9, 2010.