Company: SFB
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-094691
Chunk: 8

Company: STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 8
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’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, available at the investor relations section of Stifel’s website. Age A policy of the Board is that non-employeeDirectors may stand for reelection in any year upon having reached the age of 75 as of the first day of that year and must transition responsibilities and resign no later than the date of the next Annual Meeting. The Board makes exceptions to this policy if it determines such exception would be in the Company’s best interest. The Board has made such a determination with respect to Mr. Michael Brown, in connection with its transition plan for Audit Committee leadership.

| Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders |     | 22 |

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS COMMITTEE PROCESS AND DETERMINATIONS

| The Committee’s Process for Decision Making |

| Our Roadmap for Compensation |

| 1.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3. |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              4. |     |                                                                                                                                                          5. |
| Identify                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 Key Metrics                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
 (Quantitative & Qualitative)                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     |                                                                                                                                                                                              Establish Peer Group, Gather Market Data and Shareholder Input |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Review of Performance 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and Market |     |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Make Year-End Pay and Performance Decisions |     |                                                                                                                          Determine Form and Allocate Awards |
| Financial Objectives: growth in earnings; net income and revenue; risk management   Long-Term Objectives: increase ROCE and book value; enhance return to shareholders   Strategic Objectives: integration of acquisitions; organic growth |     | Ongoing solicitation of shareholder input and incorporation of shareholder compensation priorities Independent consultant assisted the Committee with: identifying peer companies; gathering peer and supplemental market pay data for Committee reference. |     | Periodic updates during the year from the CEO: Company performance; segment performance; individual executive officer performance.   Periodic updates from independent consultant: relative performance; competitive pay levels; alignment of pay and performance; market trends. |     | Committee decisions based on results of the incentive framework (see below) that include an in depth review of Company, CEO and other executive officer performance across multiple factors.   Pay for executive officers other than the CEO recommended by CEO, subject to Committee approval. |     | Committee awarded 2024 incentive compensation in the form of cash salary and bonuses composed of cash, debenture, restricted cash, RSU and PRSU components. |