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<b><font size="2">As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="4">UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font><font size="5"><br>
</font><font size="4">Washington, D.C. 20549</font><br>
</b>_________________________</p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><b>FORM S-8<br>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT <br>
UNDER<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<br>
<font size="2">_________________________<br>
&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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text-align:center'><b><font size="4">STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP. </font>
</b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><font size="2">(Exact name of Registrant as
specified in its charter)</font><b><font size="2"> </font> </b></p>

<p align="center"><font size="2">_________________________


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text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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<font size="2">&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;&nbsp; Delaware&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;&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 43-1273600<br>
</font>
</b><font size="2">(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)</font></p>

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text-align:center'><b><font size="2">&nbsp;<br>
501 North Broadway<br>
St. Louis, MO 63102<br>
(314) 342-2000</font></b><font size="2"><br>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)</font></p>

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text-align:center'>&nbsp;</p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><b><font size="4">STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP. EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN<br>
  FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
  (2008 RESTATEMENT) </font>
</b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
text-align:center'><font size="2">(Full title of the plan)</font><b><font size="2">
</font> </b></p>
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_________________________<br>

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	<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b>
	<font size="2">David M.
	Minnick, Esq.<br>
	Secretary<br>
	Stifel Financial Corp.<br>
	501 North Broadway<br>
	St. Louis, MO 63102<br>
	(314) 342-2000<br>
	Fax: (314) 342-2097<br>
	</font>
	</b><font size="2">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
	code, of agent for service)</font><b><font size="2"><br>
	&nbsp;</font></b></p>
	<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom:0"><b>
	<font size="2">Copy
	to:</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; margin-top:0"><b>
	<font size="2">Robert M. LaRose, Esq.<br>
Thompson Coburn LLP<br>
One US Bank Plaza<br>
St. Louis, MO 63101<br>
(314) 552-6000</font></b></p>
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	<font size="2">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a
large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a
smaller reporting company.&nbsp; See the definitions of &quot;large accelerated filer,&quot;
&quot;accelerated filer&quot; and &quot;smaller reporting company&quot; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act (Check one):</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Large accelerated
filer &nbsp;[X]&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;&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;&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Accelerated
filer [ ]</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Non-accelerated&nbsp; filer
&nbsp;(Do not check if a smaller reporting
company)&nbsp;[ ]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Smaller reporting company
[ ]</font></p>

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<br>_________________________<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal align="center"><b><font size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Title of each <br>
  class of securities <br>
  to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Amount to be registered<br>
  (No. of shares)</font></b></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size="2">Proposed maximum<br>
  &nbsp;aggregate offering <br>
  price<sup> </sup>per share</font></b></p>
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  Proposed maximum aggregate offering price</font></b></td>
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  Amount of <br>
  registration fee</font></b></p>
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	<font size="2">Common Stock, par value $0.15 per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='border:1px solid msorm; width:103px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
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	<font size="2"><br>
  </font>
  </b><font size="2">300,000</font><sup><font size="2">(1)</font></sup></td>
  <td valign=top style='border:1px solid msorm; width:143px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><font size="2"><br>
  </font>
  </b><font size="2">$44.25</font><sup><font size="2">(2)</font></sup></td>
  <td valign=top style='border:1px solid msorm; width:183px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p align="center"><b><font size="2"><br>
  </font>
  </b><font size="2">$13,275,000</font><sup><font size="2">(2)</font></sup></td>
  <td valign=top style='border:1px solid msorm; width:136px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
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	<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 34.85pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
	&nbsp;</p>
	<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 34.85pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
	<sup><font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></sup><font size="2">Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this
	Registration Statement also covers any
	additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
	stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.&nbsp;&nbsp; Represents
	the maximum number of additional shares of Common Stock available for
	issuance under the Stifel Financial Corp. Equity Incentive Plan for
	Non-Employee Directors (2008
	Restatement), adjusted for a fifty percent (50%) stock dividend in the form
	of a three-for-two stock split paid on June 12, 2008. </font> </p>
	<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 34.85pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
	<sup><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></sup></p>
	<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; margin-left: .75in; margin-right: 34.85pt; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: .0001pt">
	<sup><font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></sup><font size="2">Estimated solely for the purposes of computing the
	registration fee pursuant
	to the provisions of Rule 457(c) and (h), based upon the average of the high
	and low sale prices of common stock, $0.15 par value, of the Registrant as
	reported on the New York Stock Exchange on&nbsp; July 8, 2009.&nbsp; </font> </p>
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</u><font size="2">PART I</font></b></p>
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<b>
<font size="2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The information specified by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form
S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the introductory note to Part I of Form
S-8. &nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be
delivered to the participants in the plan covered by this Registration Statement
as required by Rule 428(b).</font></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center"><b>
<font size="2">PART II</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b>
<font size="2">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Registrant previously filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &quot;SEC&quot;) on December 22, 2000, a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-52694) relating to securities
offered under the Stifel Financial Corp. Equity Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors, registering
an initial 150,000 shares for distribution. &nbsp;The
contents of such previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8, including
exhibits thereto, are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent
superseded or modified by the specific information set forth below or the
specific exhibits attached hereto.&nbsp; </font> </p>
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<b><font size="2">Item 3.&nbsp;
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The following documents,
which have been filed by Stifel Financial Corp. (the &quot;Registrant&quot;) with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed
to be part hereof:</font></p>
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<font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the
SEC on February 27, 2009;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: 1.0in">
<font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2009,
filed with the SEC on May 11, 2009;</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: 1.0in">
<font size="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; our
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2009, May 11, 2009
and June 4, 2009 (except, in any such case, the portions furnished and not filed
pursuant to Item 2.02, Item 7.01 or otherwise);</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.5in; margin-left: 1.0in">
<font size="2">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; all
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since December 31, 2008; and</font></p>
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<font size="2">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; the description of the Registrant's common stock
which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed by the
Registrant on April 29, 1987, and any amendment or report filed for the purposes
of updating such description.</font></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents. </font> </p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<b><font size="2">Item 4.&nbsp;
Description of Securities.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act of 1934.&nbsp; </font> </p>
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<b><font size="2">Item 5.&nbsp;
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Not applicable.</font></p>

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<b><font size="2">Item 6.&nbsp;
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
following is a summary of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the &quot;DGCL&quot;).</font></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Subject to restrictions contained in the DGCL, a corporation may indemnify any
person, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney's
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection therewith if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in connection with any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's conduct was
unlawful. A present or former director or officer who is successful on the
merits or otherwise in any suit or matter covered by the indemnification
statute, shall be indemnified and indemnification is otherwise authorized upon a
determination that the person to be indemnified has met the applicable standard
of conduct required. Such determination shall be made by a majority vote of the
board of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even
though less than a quorum, a committee of such directors designated by majority
vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by special independent counsel in a
written opinion, or by the shareholders. Expenses incurred in defense may be
paid in advance upon receipt by the corporation of a written undertaking by or
on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined
that the recipient is not entitled to indemnification under the statute. The
indemnification provided by statute is not exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. Insurance
may be purchased on behalf of any person entitled to indemnification by the
corporation against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred in an
official capacity regardless of whether the person could be indemnified under
the statute. References to the corporation include all constituent corporations
absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting corporation, and
anyone seeking indemnification by virtue of acting in some capacity with a
constituent corporation would stand in the same position as if such person had
served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
generally that a director shall not be personally liable to the corporation or
its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.</font></p>
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<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Section 6.4 of the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws provides for
indemnification by the Registrant of each person who is or was a director,
officer or employee of the Registrant (or is or was serving as a director,
officer or employee of any other enterprise at the request of the Registrant) to
the full extent authorized by law. Certain of the directors also have
indemnification agreements with the Registrant which provide for indemnification
to the full extent permitted by the DGCL or by any amendment thereof or any
other statutory provisions authorizing or permitting indemnification.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In
addition, the DGCL authorize the Registrant to purchase insurance for its
directors and officers insuring them against certain risks as to which the
Registrant may be unable lawfully to indemnify them. The Registrant has
purchased insurance coverage for its directors and officers as well as insurance
coverage to reimburse itself for potential costs of corporate indemnification of
its directors and officers.</font></p>
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<b><font size="2">Item 7.&nbsp;
Exemption From Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Not applicable.</font></p>
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<b><font size="2">Item 8. &nbsp;Exhibits.</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">
<font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
See Exhibit Index.</font></p>
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<b><font size="2">Item 9.&nbsp;
Undertakings.</font></b></p>
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<font size="2">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </font> </p>
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<font size="2">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers and sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</font></p>
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<font size="2">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</font></p>
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<font size="2">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof), which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement.&nbsp;
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement; </font> </p>
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<font size="2">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement; </font> </p>
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<i><font size="2">provided,
however, that</font></i><font size="2"></i>
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.</font></p>
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<font size="2">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></p>
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<font size="2">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering. </font> </p>
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<font size="2">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.</font></p>
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<font size="2">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<b><font size="2">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0in'><i><font size="2">The Registrant.</font></i><font size="2">&nbsp; </font> <a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs100_22">
<font size="2">Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Stifel Financial Corp.
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri on July 10, 2009.</font></a></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in'><b><font size="2">STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.<br>
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</b><font size="2">(Registrant)</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:4.0in'><font size="2">By:</font><u><font size="2">&nbsp
/s/Ronald J. Kruszewski&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</font> </u></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;
margin-left:4.25in'><font size="2">Ronald J. Kruszewski<br>
</font>
<i><font size="2">Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer</font></i></p>

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<font size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0in'><font size="2">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Stifel Financial Corp., hereby severally and individually constitute and appoint Ronald J. Kruszewski and James M. Zemlyak and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys and agents of each of us to execute in the name, place and stead of each of us (individually and in any capacity stated below) any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and all instruments necessary or advisable in connection therewith and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of said attorneys and agents to have the power to act with or without the other and to have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as any of the undersigned might or could do in person, and we hereby ratify and confirm our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys and agents and each of them to any and all such amendments and instruments.</font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:
0in'><font size="2">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933,as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:&nbsp;

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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_22"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/&nbsp; Ronald J. Kruszewski</font></u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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  <td rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:257px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size="2">Chairman
  of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
  Officer), and Director</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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  height:34.2pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_22"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ronald
  J. Kruszewski</font></a></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_22"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/&nbsp;
	James M. Zemlyak</font></u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Senior Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting
	Officer), and Director</font></td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_22"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	James M. Zemlyak</font></a></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_22"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/&nbsp;
	Bruce A. Beda </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_22"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Bruce A. Beda</font></a></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_23"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; Charles A. Dill </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_23"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Charles A. Dill</font></a></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_24"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; John P. Dubinsky </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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	<a
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	John P. Dubinsky</font></a></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_25"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; Richard F. Ford </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_25"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Richard F. Ford</font></a></p>
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	/s/&nbsp; Fredrick O. Hanser</font></u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_26"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Fredrick O. Hanser</font></a></p>
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	/s/&nbsp; Richard J. Himelfarb</font></u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_27"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Richard J. Himelfarb</font></a></p>
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	/s/&nbsp; Robert E. Lefton </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
  </td>
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  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>
	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_28"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Robert E. Lefton</font></a></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;height:36px; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>

  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_29"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; Scott B. McCuaig </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
  </td>
  <td rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:257px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>
	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_29"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Scott B. McCuaig</font></a></p>
  </td>
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  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_30"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; Thomas P. Mulroy </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
  </td>
  <td rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:257px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>
	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_30"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Thomas P. Mulroy</font></a></p>
  </td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;height:36px; padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>

  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_31"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; James M. Oates </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
  </td>
  <td rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:257px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_31"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	James M. Oates</font></a></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_32"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; Ben A. Plotkin </font> </u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
  </td>
  <td rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:257px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>
	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_32"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Ben A. Plotkin</font></a></p>
  </td>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><a name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs111_33"><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	/s/&nbsp; Kelvin R. Westbrook</font></u></a><u><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;
	</font> </u></p>
  </td>
  <td rowspan=2 valign=top style='width:257px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 12.0pt"><font size="2">Director</font></td>
  <td valign=top style='width:107px;padding-left:5.4pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-top:0in; padding-bottom:0in'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><font size="2">July 10, 2009</font></p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>
	<a
  name="_DocXamine_Paragraphs114_33"><font size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
	Kelvin R. Westbrook</font></a></p>
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  </td>
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<p align="center"><b><font size="2">EXHIBIT INDEX</font></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
&nbsp;</p>
<div align=center>
<table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" id="table3" width="692">

		<tr>
			<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
			<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b>
			<u>
			<font size="2">Exhibit No.</font></u></b></td>
			<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
			<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center">&nbsp;</td>
		</tr>

	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center">
		<font size="2">4.1</font></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
		<font size="2">Restated
		Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended, incorporated
		herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration
		Statement on Form S-8 (333-160523) filed on July 10, 2009.</font></p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center">
		<font size="2">4.2</font></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
		<font size="2">Amended
		and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, incorporated herein by reference
		to Exhibit 3.(b)(1) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
		the fiscal year ended July 30, 1993. </font> </p>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">4.3</font></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">

		<font size="2">Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 28, 2007 of the
		Registrant, incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Current
		Report on Form 8-K/A filed on March 6, 2007.</font></p>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">4.4</font></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">Specimen
		Stock Certificate, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 7 to the
		Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed April 29, 1987.</font></p>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">5.1*</font></p></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">Opinion of
		Thompson Coburn LLP as to the legality of the securities being
		registered.</font></p>
		</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">23.1*</font></p></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">Consent of
		Thompson Coburn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</font></p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">23.2*</font></p></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">Consent of
		Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</font></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">23.3*</font></p></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">Consent of
		Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP.</font></td>	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">24.1*</font></p>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		<font size="2">Power of
		Attorney (set forth on signature page hereto).</font></p></td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center">
		<font size="2">99.1</font></td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify">
		<font size="2">Stifel Financial Corp. Equity Incentive Plan for
		Non-Employee Directors, as restated and
		amended, filed as Annex A to the Registrant's
		Definitive
		Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed on
		April 29, 2008 and incorporated herein by
		reference. </font> </td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td width="86" valign="top" style="width: .9in; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		&nbsp;</td>
		<td valign="top" style="width: 578px; padding-left: 5.4pt; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-top: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in" align="center">
		<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; page-break-after: avoid">
		&nbsp;</p>
		<p align="left"><font size="2">* Filed herewith.</font></td>
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_
As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  on July 10, 2009.
Registration
  No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________________
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as
specified in its charter)
_________________________
Delaware                                                                                               43-1273600
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)                       (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
501 North Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 342-2000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
registrant's principal executive offices)
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP. EQUITY INCENTIVE
PLAN
FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
  (2008 RESTATEMENT)
(Full title of the plan)
_________________________
David M.
	Minnick, Esq.
Secretary
Stifel Financial Corp.
501 North Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 342-2000
Fax: (314) 342-2097
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
	code, of agent for service)
Copy
	to:
Robert M. LaRose, Esq.
Thompson Coburn LLP
One US Bank Plaza
St. Louis, MO 63101
(314) 552-6000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of each
class of securities
to be registered
Amount to be registered
(No. of shares)
Proposed maximum
aggregate offering
price
per share
Proposed maximum aggregate offering price
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $0.15 per share
300,000
(1)
$44.25
(2)
$13,275,000
(2)
$741
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this
	Registration Statement also covers any
	additional securities that may be offered or issued in connection with any
	stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.   Represents
	the maximum number of additional shares of Common Stock available for
	issuance under the Stifel Financial Corp. Equity Incentive Plan for
	Non-Employee Directors (2008
	Restatement), adjusted for a fifty percent (50%) stock dividend in the form
	of a three-for-two stock split paid on June 12, 2008.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purposes of computing the
	registration fee pursuant
	to the provisions of Rule 457(c) and (h), based upon the average of the high
	and low sale prices of common stock, $0.15 par value, of the Registrant as
	reported on the New York Stock Exchange on  July 8, 2009.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information specified by Item 1 and Item 2 of Part I of Form
S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933 and the introductory note to Part I of Form
S-8.  The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be
delivered to the participants in the plan covered by this Registration Statement
as required by Rule 428(b).
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The Registrant previously filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on December 22, 2000, a Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-52694) relating to securities
offered under the Stifel Financial Corp. Equity Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors, registering
an initial 150,000 shares for distribution.  The
contents of such previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8, including
exhibits thereto, are incorporated herein by reference, except to the extent
superseded or modified by the specific information set forth below or the
specific exhibits attached hereto.
Item 3. 
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents,
which have been filed by Stifel Financial Corp. (the "Registrant") with the SEC pursuant to the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed
to be part hereof:
(a)     our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the
SEC on February 27, 2009;
(b)     our
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended March 31, 2009,
filed with the SEC on May 11, 2009;
(c)     our
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 23, 2009, May 11, 2009
and June 4, 2009 (except, in any such case, the portions furnished and not filed
pursuant to Item 2.02, Item 7.01 or otherwise);
(d)     all
other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since December 31, 2008; and
(e)     the description of the Registrant's common stock
which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed by the
Registrant on April 29, 1987, and any amendment or report filed for the purposes
of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the SEC pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the
filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters
all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of
filing of such documents.
Any statement, including financial statements, contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or therein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. 
Description of Securities.
The class of securities to be offered is registered under Section 12 of the
Exchange Act of 1934.
Item 5. 
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. 
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The
following is a summary of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware (the "DGCL").
Subject to restrictions contained in the DGCL, a corporation may indemnify any
person, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney's
fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred in connection therewith if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and, in connection with any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that such person's conduct was
unlawful. A present or former director or officer who is successful on the
merits or otherwise in any suit or matter covered by the indemnification
statute, shall be indemnified and indemnification is otherwise authorized upon a
determination that the person to be indemnified has met the applicable standard
of conduct required. Such determination shall be made by a majority vote of the
board of directors who were not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, even
though less than a quorum, a committee of such directors designated by majority
vote of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by special independent counsel in a
written opinion, or by the shareholders. Expenses incurred in defense may be
paid in advance upon receipt by the corporation of a written undertaking by or
on behalf of the recipient to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined
that the recipient is not entitled to indemnification under the statute. The
indemnification provided by statute is not exclusive of any other rights to
which those seeking indemnification may be entitled under any by-law, agreement,
vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person. Insurance
may be purchased on behalf of any person entitled to indemnification by the
corporation against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred in an
official capacity regardless of whether the person could be indemnified under
the statute. References to the corporation include all constituent corporations
absorbed in a consolidation or merger as well as the resulting corporation, and
anyone seeking indemnification by virtue of acting in some capacity with a
constituent corporation would stand in the same position as if such person had
served the resulting or surviving corporation in the same capacity.
The
Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, provides
generally that a director shall not be personally liable to the corporation or
its shareholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under Section 174 of the DGCL, or (iv) for any transaction from which
the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Section 6.4 of the Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws provides for
indemnification by the Registrant of each person who is or was a director,
officer or employee of the Registrant (or is or was serving as a director,
officer or employee of any other enterprise at the request of the Registrant) to
the full extent authorized by law. Certain of the directors also have
indemnification agreements with the Registrant which provide for indemnification
to the full extent permitted by the DGCL or by any amendment thereof or any
other statutory provisions authorizing or permitting indemnification.
In
addition, the DGCL authorize the Registrant to purchase insurance for its
directors and officers insuring them against certain risks as to which the
Registrant may be unable lawfully to indemnify them. The Registrant has
purchased insurance coverage for its directors and officers as well as insurance
coverage to reimburse itself for potential costs of corporate indemnification of
its directors and officers.
Item 7. 
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.  Exhibits.
See Exhibit Index.
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Item 9. 
Undertakings.
(a)     The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)     To
file, during any period in which offers and sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)     To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii)     To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof), which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the registration statement. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee"
table in the effective registration statement;
(iii)     To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided,
however, that
paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
periodic reports filed with or furnished to the SEC by the Registrant pursuant
to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2)     
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)      To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)     The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit
plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)     
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act
of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Stifel Financial Corp.
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri on July 10, 2009.
STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/Ronald J. Kruszewski
Ronald J. Kruszewski
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Stifel Financial Corp., hereby severally and individually constitute and appoint Ronald J. Kruszewski and James M. Zemlyak and each of them, the true and lawful attorneys and agents of each of us to execute in the name, place and stead of each of us (individually and in any capacity stated below) any and all amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 and all instruments necessary or advisable in connection therewith and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange Commission, each of said attorneys and agents to have the power to act with or without the other and to have full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of each of the undersigned every act whatsoever necessary or advisable to be done in the premises as fully and to all intents and purposes as any of the undersigned might or could do in person, and we hereby ratify and confirm our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys and agents and each of them to any and all such amendments and instruments.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933,as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed
by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Ronald J. Kruszewski
Chairman
  of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive
  Officer), and Director
July 10, 2009
Ronald
  J. Kruszewski
/s/ 
	James M. Zemlyak
Senior Vice President,
	Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting
	Officer), and Director
July 10, 2009
James M. Zemlyak
/s/ 
	Bruce A. Beda
Director
July 10, 2009
Bruce A. Beda
/s/  Charles A. Dill
Director
July 10, 2009
Charles A. Dill
/s/  John P. Dubinsky
Director
July 10, 2009
John P. Dubinsky
/s/  Richard F. Ford
Director
July 10, 2009
Richard F. Ford
/s/  Fredrick O. Hanser
Director
July 10, 2009
Fredrick O. Hanser
/s/  Richard J. Himelfarb
Director
July 10, 2009
Richard J. Himelfarb
/s/  Robert E. Lefton
Director
July 10, 2009
Robert E. Lefton
/s/  Scott B. McCuaig
Director
July 10, 2009
Scott B. McCuaig
/s/  Thomas P. Mulroy
Director
July 10, 2009
Thomas P. Mulroy
/s/  James M. Oates
Director
July 10, 2009
James M. Oates
/s/  Ben A. Plotkin
Director
July 10, 2009
Ben A. Plotkin
/s/  Kelvin R. Westbrook
Director
July 10, 2009
Kelvin R. Westbrook
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
4.1
Restated
		Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended, incorporated
		herein by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration
		Statement on Form S-8 (333-160523) filed on July 10, 2009.
4.2
Amended
		and Restated By-laws of the Registrant, incorporated herein by reference
		to Exhibit 3.(b)(1) to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
		the fiscal year ended July 30, 1993.
4.3
Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 28, 2007 of the
		Registrant, incorporated herein by reference to the Registrant's Current
		Report on Form 8-K/A filed on March 6, 2007.
4.4
Specimen
		Stock Certificate, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 7 to the
		Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed April 29, 1987.
5.1*
Opinion of
		Thompson Coburn LLP as to the legality of the securities being
		registered.
23.1*
Consent of
		Thompson Coburn LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.2*
Consent of
		Ernst & Young LLP.
23.3*
Consent of
		Deloitte & Touche LLP.
24.1*
Power of
		Attorney (set forth on signature page hereto).
99.1
Stifel Financial Corp. Equity Incentive Plan for
		Non-Employee Directors, as restated and
		amended, filed as Annex A to the Registrant's
		Definitive
		Proxy Statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders filed on
		April 29, 2008 and incorporated herein by
		reference.
* Filed herewith.
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