Company: SFB
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-094691
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Company: STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 either during or on account of the year, without being subject to further conditions, and is of fixed realizable value and ordinarily available to the executive officer. |     | “At-Risk” compensation, by contrast, is delayed and/or subject to future conditions, inlcuding potential clawbacks. An executive officer risks losing it on account of these conditions not being met. |

| Alignment of CEO Compensation with Key Performance Measures |

5-YearRelative Stifel Performance and CEO Compensation 2024 Performance and Compensation Determinations In determining Mr. Kruszewski’s variable compensation for 2024, the Committee specifically noted:

| u |     | Mr. Kruszewski led the firm through rapidly changing market conditions with stability and significant growth. |

| u |     | It is appropriate to lead with At-Risk forms of compensation as incremental compensation is awarded. Approximately two-thirds of incremental CEO compensation since 2016 has been At-Risk. 59% of CEO compensation for 2024 was At-Risk. |

| u |     | The CEO’s annual compensation reflected a consistent application of the Committee’s compensation philosophy with respect to CEO compensation in terms of following the following three principals: |

| u |     | The total amount of annual CEO compensation has closely tracked historical Stifel performance, as measured by the three primary performance goals established by the Committee: non-GAAP net revenue, non-GAAP pre-tax net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS, emphasizing non-GAAP pre-tax net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS. See “Use of Non-GAAP Measures” on page 47 for a description of how and why these measures differ from GAAP measures. |

| u |     | The ultimately realized value of CEO compensation is closely tied to future Stifel performance, as measured by the performance of common stock, in the case of RSUs, and as measured by the performance of common stock, our total shareholder return relative to the total shareholder return of a peer group of firms, non-GAAP diluted EPS and non-GAAP return on common equity, in the case of PRSUs. |

| u |     | The ongoing powerful and direct alignment of the CEO with the interests of all shareholders through the CEO’s existing share ownership, which is significant. |

| Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders |     | 31 |

2024 COMPENSATION DETERMINATIONS FOR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS (all amounts in dollars unless otherwise noted; $ in millions)

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