UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant To Section 13 OR 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 10, 2009

 

STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

One Financial Plaza

501 North Broadway

St. Louis, Missouri 63102-2102

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code (314) 342-2000

 

                                                 Not Applicable                                                   

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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(d)  Election of Directors

 

Effective August 10, 2009, the Board of Directors of Stifel Financial Corp. (the "Company") elected Victor J. Nesi to serve as a Class II director of the Company with a term ending in 2012. Mr. Nesi, as an employee director, will not receive any additional compensation for his service as a director.

 

The following is a brief description of Mr. Nesi's business experience:

 

Victor J. Nesi, serves as Executive Vice President, Director of Investment Banking and Co-Director of Capital Markets. Mr. Nesi, 49, has more than 20 years of banking and private equity experience, most recently with Merrill Lynch, where he headed the global private equity business for the telecommunications and media industry. From 2005 to 2007, he directed Merrill Lynch's investment banking group for the Americas region. In that role, he was responsible for the firm's investment banking origination activities for corporate, financial, and sovereign clients in the United States, Canada, and Latin America across all industries and products. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch in 1996, Mr. Nesi spent seven years as an investment banker at Salomon Brothers and Goldman Sachs. He began his career in corporate and securities law with the Shea and Gould law firm.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

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