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  size=4>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B></P>
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  size=5>FORM 8-K</FONT></B></P>
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  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT
  size=3>CURRENT REPORT</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><B><FONT
  size=2>Pursuant To Section 13 OR 15(d) of the </FONT></B></P>
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  size=2>Securities Exchange Act of 1934</FONT></B></P>
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  size=2>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): </FONT><B><FONT
  size=2>August 10, 2009</FONT></B><FONT size=2> </FONT></P>
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  size=5>STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.</FONT></B></U></P>
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  size=2>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</FONT></P>
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        size=2>1-9305</FONT></B></U><BR><FONT size=2>(Commission File
        Number)</FONT></P>
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        size=2>43-1273600</FONT></B></U><BR><FONT size=2>(IRS
        Employer</FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Identification No.)</FONT></P>
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  size=2>One Financial Plaza</FONT></B></P>
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  size=2>501 North Broadway</FONT></B></P>
  <P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><U><B><FONT
  size=2>St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2102</FONT></B></U></P>
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  size=2>(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</FONT></P>
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  size=2>Registrant's telephone number, including area code </FONT><U><B><FONT
  size=2>(314) 342-2000</FONT></B></U></P>
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  following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):</FONT></P>
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        size=2>Item 5.02</FONT></B></P></TD>
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        size=2>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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  <i>(d)&nbsp; Election of Directors</i></font></P>
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  Effective August 10, 2009, the Board of Directors of Stifel Financial Corp. (the
  &quot;Company&quot;) elected Victor J. Nesi to serve as a Class II director of the Company
  with a term ending in 2012. Mr. Nesi, as an
  employee director, will not receive any additional compensation for his service
  as a director. </FONT></P>
  
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  <font size="2"><b><i>Victor J. Nesi</i></b>, serves as Executive Vice President, Director of Investment
  Banking and Co-Director of Capital Markets. </font>
  <font face="Times New Roman" size="2">Mr. Nesi, 49, has more than 20 years of
  banking and private equity experience, most recently with Merrill Lynch, where
  he headed the global private equity business for the telecommunications and
  media industry. From 2005 to 2007, he directed Merrill Lynch's investment
  banking group for the Americas region. In that role, he was responsible for the
  firm's investment banking origination activities for corporate, financial, and
  sovereign clients in the United States, Canada, and Latin America across all
  industries and products. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1996, Mr. Nesi spent
  seven years as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers and Goldman Sachs. He
  began his career in corporate and securities law with the Shea and Gould law
  firm. </font></P>
  
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  size=2>SIGNATURE </FONT></B></P>
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  size=2>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.</FONT></P>
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        size=2>STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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        size=2>Date: August 14, 2009</FONT></P></TD>
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        size=2>/s/ Ronald J. Kruszewski</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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text: 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 10, 2009
  STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or other
        jurisdiction 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
  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):
  o
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  pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
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  pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
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  communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
  240.14d-2(b))
  o
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  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
  Effective August 10, 2009, the Board of Directors of Stifel Financial Corp. (the
  "Company") elected Victor J. Nesi to serve as a Class II director of the Company
  with a term ending in 2012. Mr. Nesi, as an
  employee director, will not receive any additional compensation for his service
  as a director.
  The following is a brief description of Mr. Nesi's business experience:
  Victor J. Nesi
  , serves as Executive Vice President, Director of Investment
  Banking and Co-Director of Capital Markets.
  Mr. Nesi, 49, has more than 20 years of
  banking and private equity experience, most recently with Merrill Lynch, where
  he headed the global private equity business for the telecommunications and
  media industry. From 2005 to 2007, he directed Merrill Lynch's investment
  banking group for the Americas region. In that role, he was responsible for the
  firm's investment banking origination activities for corporate, financial, and
  sovereign clients in the United States, Canada, and Latin America across all
  industries and products. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1996, Mr. Nesi spent
  seven years as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers and Goldman Sachs. He
  began his career in corporate and securities law with the Shea and Gould law
  firm.
  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 14, 2009
  By:
  /s/ Ronald J. Kruszewski
  Ronald J. Kruszewski
  Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive
  Officer