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  			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:14pt;">CURRENT REPORT</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:14pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Pursuant To Section 13 OR 15(d) of </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">the</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">&nbsp;</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font>
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  						<font style="display: inline;">Delaware</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;">(State of incorporation)</font></p>
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  						<font style="display: inline;">00</font><font style="display: inline;">1-</font><font style="display: inline;">0</font><font style="display: inline;">9305</font><br /><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;">(Commission File Number)</font></p>
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  						<font style="display: inline;">43</font><font style="display: inline;">-</font><font style="display: inline;">1273600</font><br /><font style="display: inline;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;">(</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;">IRS Employer Identification No.</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none;">)</font></p>
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  			<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">One Financial Plaza</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">501 North Broadway</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;text-decoration:underline;">St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2102</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;">(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</font>
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  			<a name="_DV_M29"></a><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">(the &#x201C;Annual Meeting&#x201D;) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">of </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Stifel Financial Corp. (</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">the </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#x201C;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Company</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&#x201D;)</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">was </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">held </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">on June 12, 2013 to (i) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">elect seven members of the Board of Directors; (ii) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Company&#x2019;s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2013; and (iii) </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ratify the appointment of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as our independent registered p</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ublic accounting firm</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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  			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">As of April 15, 2013, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 63</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">224</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">366 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting, </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">60</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">7</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">21</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">,</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">3</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">87</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> shares of common stock</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> were represented in person or by proxy, </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">constitut</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">ing</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;"> a quorum</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">.</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">The final results </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">for the proposals </font><font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.</font>
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  			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;">Proposal I</font><font style="display: inline;"> &#x2013; Election of Seven Directors</font><font style="display: inline;">: &nbsp;</font>
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  			<font style="display: inline;">The Company&#x2019;s stockholders elected </font><font style="display: inline;">one Class II director to hold office until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal, and </font><font style="display: inline;">six </font><font style="display: inline;">Class </font><font style="display: inline;">I</font><font style="display: inline;">I</font><font style="display: inline;">I</font><font style="display: inline;"> directors to hold office until the 201</font><font style="display: inline;">6</font><font style="display: inline;"> annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.</font><font style="display: inline;"> The following table shows the results of the stockholders&#x2019; votes:</font>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:7pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:7pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:7pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">For</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Withhold Authority</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Abstentions</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Broker</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Non-votes</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:24pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Nominee for Class I</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">I</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">:</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">Michael J. Zimmerman</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>54,106,647&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>1,379,414&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>5,235,326&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Nominees for Class I</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">II</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">:</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">Michael W. Brown</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>52,799,234&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>2,686,827&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>5,235,326&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">John P. Dubinsky</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>53,901,499&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>1,584,562&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>5,235,326&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">Robert E. Grady</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>47,356,676&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>8,129,385&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>5,235,326&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">Thomas B. Michaud</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>44,868,064&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>10,617,997&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>5,235,326&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">James M. Oates</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>39,296,763&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>16,189,298&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>5,235,326&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">Ben A. Plotkin</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>50,859,889&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>4,626,172&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.30pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;text-align:right;" nowrap="nowrap"><div style="float:left"></div>5,235,326&nbsp;
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:180.60pt;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:13.40pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.90pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:14.85pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
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  				</td>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
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  				<td valign="top" style="width:55.80pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
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  			</tr>
  		</table></div>
  		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  			<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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  		<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;">Proposal II</font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;"> &#x2013; </font><font style="display: inline;">To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement</font><font style="display: inline;">: &nbsp;</font>
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  		<div style="width:100%"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:467.55pt;margin-left:0pt;">
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  				<td valign="top" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:7pt;padding:0pt;">
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  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:7pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
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  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:7pt;padding:0pt;">
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  				</td>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
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  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Against</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Abstentions</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Broker</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Non-votes</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="top" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">29,043,856</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">26,214,904</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">227,301</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">5,235,326</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="top" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  				</td>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  		<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 1pt">
  			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;font-size:1pt;">&nbsp;</font>
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  		<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  			<font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;">Proposal </font><font style="display: inline;font-style:italic;">III</font><font style="display: inline;"> &#x2013; To </font><font style="display: inline;">ratify </font><font style="display: inline;">the selection of Ernst &amp; Young LLP as </font><font style="display: inline;">our </font><font style="display: inline;">independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013</font><font style="display: inline;">: &nbsp;</font>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  						&nbsp;</p>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  				<td valign="top" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">For</font></p>
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  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Against</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Abstentions</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Broker</font><font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">Non-votes</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  			</tr>
  			<tr>
  				<td valign="top" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">60,576,723</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">32,037</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">112,627</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #CCCCFF;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 9pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-size:9pt;">&#x2014;</font></p>
  				</td>
  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:06.75pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  				<td valign="top" style="width:07.20pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:normal;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  				<td valign="bottom" style="width:108.00pt;border-left:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-right:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;background-color: #auto;height:12pt;padding:0pt;">
  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						<font style="display: inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:right;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size: 10pt">
  						&nbsp;</p>
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  						&nbsp;</p>
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  						&nbsp;</p>
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  						&nbsp;</p>
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  						<font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">Date:&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">June 12</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">, 201</font><font style="display: inline;font-family:Times New Roman;">3</font></p>
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  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)
  : June
  12
  , 201
  3
  STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State of incorporation)
  00
  1-
  0
  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 teleph
  one number, including area code)
  :
  (314) 342-2000
  Not Applicable
  (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))
  Item 5.07
  Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  The 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders
  (the "Annual Meeting")
  of
  Stifel Financial Corp. (
  the
  "
  Company
  ")
  was
  held
  on June 12, 2013 to (i)
  elect seven members of the Board of Directors; (ii)
  approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2013; and (iii)
  ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered p
  ublic accounting firm
  .
  As of April 15, 2013, the record date for the Annual Meeting, there were 63
  ,
  224
  ,
  366 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote. At the Annual Meeting,
  60
  ,
  7
  21
  ,
  3
  87
  shares of common stock
  were represented in person or by proxy,
  constitut
  ing
  a quorum
  .
  The final results
  for the proposals
  voted on at the Annual Meeting are set forth below.
  Proposal I
  – Election of Seven Directors
  :
  The Company's stockholders elected
  one Class II director to hold office until the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders or until his successor is elected and qualified or until his earlier death, resignation or removal, and
  six
  Class
  I
  I
  I
  directors to hold office until the 201
  6
  annual meeting of stockholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal.
  The following table shows the results of the stockholders' votes:
  For
  Withhold Authority
  Abstentions
  Broker
  Non-votes
  Nominee for Class I
  I
  :
  Michael J. Zimmerman
  54,106,647
  1,379,414
  —
  5,235,326
  Nominees for Class I
  II
  :
  Michael W. Brown
  52,799,234
  2,686,827
  —
  5,235,326
  John P. Dubinsky
  53,901,499
  1,584,562
  —
  5,235,326
  Robert E. Grady
  47,356,676
  8,129,385
  —
  5,235,326
  Thomas B. Michaud
  44,868,064
  10,617,997
  —
  5,235,326
  James M. Oates
  39,296,763
  16,189,298
  —
  5,235,326
  Ben A. Plotkin
  50,859,889
  4,626,172
  —
  5,235,326
  Proposal II
  –
  To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement
  :
  For
  Against
  Abstentions
  Broker
  Non-votes
  29,043,856
  26,214,904
  227,301
  5,235,326
  Proposal
  III
  – To
  ratify
  the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as
  our
  independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2013
  :
  For
  Against
  Abstentions
  Broker
  Non-votes
  60,576,723
  32,037
  112,627
  —
  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:
  June 12
  , 201
  3
  By:
  /s/  Ronald J. Kruszewski
  Name:
  Ronald J. Kruszewski
  Title:
  President and Chief Executive Officer