Company: SFB
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form Type: 11-K
Source: 0000950170-25-089944
Chunk: 10

Company: STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form: 11-K
Chunk 10
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 issuer. The repayment of principal and interest credited to participants is a financial obligation of the issuer. There are no reserves against Contract Value for credit risk of the contract issuer or otherwise. Given these provisions, the Plan considers this contact to be benefit responsive.

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Stifel Financial Profit Sharing 401(k) Plan

Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2024 and 2023</div>

Contract Value

The concept of a value other than Contract Value does not apply to this insurance company issued account backed evergreen (no maturity date) group annuity spread product even upon discontinuance of the contract in which case Contract Value would be paid no later than 90 days from the date the sponsor provides notice to discontinue. The contract’s operation is different than many other evergreen group annuity products in the market by virtue of the fact that a market value (fair value) adjustment does not apply upon a discontinuance. This annuity contract, and therefore the liability of the insurer, is not backed by specific securities of its general account, and therefore the market value of the securities in the insurer’s general account does not represent the fair value. The Plan owns a promise to receive interest at crediting rates which are announced in advance and guaranteed for a specific period of time as outlined in the group annuity contract. This product is not a traditional Guaranteed Investment Contract, and therefore there are no known cash flows that could be discounted. As a result, the value amount shown materially approximates the Contract Value. As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Plan held $214.2 million and $230.4 million, respectively.

Interest Crediting Rates

Interest is credited on contract balances using a single portfolio rate approach. Under this methodology, a single interest crediting rate is applied to all contributions made to the product regardless of the timing of those contributions. The average interest earned by the Plan was 2.09% for the year ended December 31, 2024. No adjustment is required to mediate between the average earnings credited to the Plan and the average earnings credited to the participants. The same crediting interest rate is applied to the entire contract value and is reviewed on a semi-annual basis for resetting. The factors considered in establishing the crediting interest rate include current economic and market conditions, the general interest rate environment and both actual and expected experience of a reference portfolio within the general account. The guaranteed minimum interest rate was 2.10%