Company: SFB
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-094691
Chunk: 54

Company: STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 54
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How many votes do I have? You will have one vote for each share of Company common stock you owned on the record date, April 7, 2025, for each of the directors to be elected and on each other proposal presented at the Annual Meeting. Common stock is our only class of outstanding stock. There is no cumulative voting in the election of directors. Who can vote at our Annual Meeting? You can vote your shares of common stock at our Annual Meeting if you were a shareholder at the close of business on April 7, 2025, the record date for our Annual Meeting. As of April 7, 2025, there were 103,033,074 shares of common stock outstanding, each of which entitles the holder to one vote for each matter to be voted on at our Annual Meeting.

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How many votes must be present to hold the meeting? 51,516,538 votes, which represents a majority of the votes that can be cast at the Annual Meeting. We urge you to vote by proxy even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting so that we will know as soon as possible that enough votes will be present for us to hold the meeting. Does any single shareholder control as much as 5% of any class of Stifel’s common stock? There are three shareholders each that beneficially own over 5% of our common stock. They are described on page 63. How do I vote? You can vote either by proxy, with or without participating in the Annual Meeting, or by participating in the virtual-only Annual Meeting. To vote electronically via the Internet, please follow the instructions provided at www.investorvote.com/sf. Alternatively, to vote via telephone, please call (800) 652-VOTE(8683). If you requested that a proxy card be mailed to you, you may fill out your proxy card, date and sign it, and return it in the provided postage-paid envelope. We must receive your proxy card no later than the close of business on May 28, 2025 for your proxy to be valid and for your vote to count. Our employees who participate in our employee benefit plans may vote those shares via the links on our intranet or may have their proxy card mailed to them. If you want to vote by participating directly in the virtual-only Annual Meeting, you must follow the instructions describe above in the answer to the