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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| Proxy Statement for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders |     | 44 |

the achievement of financial performance measures, consistent with the policy’s provisions. The policy is available as an exhibit to the Company’s Form 10-K.In addition, the Company’s undelivered restricted stock units (including RSUs and PRSUs), debentures and share grants continue to be subject to longstanding provisions that could result in forfeiture as a result of engaging in conduct detrimental to Stifel, including any action that results in a restatement of the financial statements of Stifel. Risk Input to Named Executive Officer Pay Decisions The Committee solicits input from the CFO and the Company’s Enterprise Risk Management group in the course of making its pay decisions. We believe that this input enables the Committee, when appropriate, to hold executives accountable for material actions or items that harm current or future performance, or put performance at undue risk. The Company’s Enterprise Risk Management group conducts wide-ranging risk identification, mitigation, monitoring and management functions within the Company, and helps to inform the Committee as to the relevance of executive officer actions to the risk profile of the business lines of the Company. At-WillEmployment of Executive Officers None of our executive officers, including our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, currently has a written employment agreement with the Company, and each is thus employed by us on an ‘‘at will’’ basis. Treatment of Dividends Employee-owned common shares receive dividends in the same manner as any other common shares. RSAs also receive dividends, which are paid in cash in the same manner as common shares. RSUs (including PRSUs) receive dividend-equivalents in the form of either cash or additional units with the same vesting, delivery, timing and other attributes as the underlying units. Use of Compensation Consultants The Committee retains an independent compensation consultant, which reports directly to the Committee, attends Committee meetings, and provides executive compensation related services. The compensation consultant’s services include reviewing this compensation discussion and analysis, advising on compensation program and peer company selection, providing market data on executive compensation trends and executive officer compensation levels, and assisting the Committee with evaluation of pay-for-performancealignment. Deferred Compensation Grids In 2024, the Committee used the following grid as a basis for setting deferrals for employees receiving incentive compensation, other than commission-based employees, certain Institutional Group managing directors, and certain senior and executive officers. Employees receiving deferred compensation in accordance with the following grid are predominantly in our institutional and administrative groups