--- schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1" accession: "0001193125-23-162514" form_type: "8-K" ticker: "SF" cik: "0000720672" company_name: "STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP" filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00" generated_at: "2026-06-14T06:11:18.804116+00:00" event_type: "other" sentiment: "neutral" materiality_score: 0.2 calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 confidence: "high" source: SEC EDGAR --- # Stifel shareholders approve all five proposals at 2023 annual meeting ## Summary - Elected 12 directors; each received >79M votes for, with Maura Markus receiving the most withhold votes (11.7M). - Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 90.4M for, 0.99M against. - Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes: every year received 80.2M votes, adopted. - Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation approved with 79.2M for, 12.1M against. - Ratification of Ernst & Young as auditor for 2023 passed with 98.0M for, 1.4M against. ## SEC filing metadata - accession: 0001193125-23-162514 - form_type: 8-K - ticker: SF - cik: 0000720672 - company_name: STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP - filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00 - event_type: other - sentiment: neutral - materiality_score: 0.2 - calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15 - confidence: high - sec_items: 5.07 - EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720672/000119312523162514/0001193125-23-162514-index.htm - EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720672/000119312523162514/d506831d8k.htm ## Machine-readable alternates - HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-162514 - JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-162514.json - Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-23-162514.txt ## Key facts - Shareholder Votes STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved To approve the adoption of an Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation at the 2023-06-07 meeting. - Proposal: charter amendment - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-07 source text: Proposal 4 – To approve the adoption of an Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 79,217,708 12,094,711 356,440 7,819,079 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720672/000119312523162514/0001193125-23-162514-index.htm - Shareholder Votes STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-06-07 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay frequency - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-07 source text: Proposal 3 – To approve, on an advisory basis, the frequency of future advisory votes on executive compensation: Every Year Every 2 Years Every 3 Years Abstentions Broker Non-votes 80,193,627 719,175 7,071,151 3,609,899 7,894,086 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720672/000119312523162514/0001193125-23-162514-index.htm - Shareholder Votes STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-06-07 meeting. - Proposal: director election - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-07 source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Directors: The Company’s shareholders elected twelve directors to hold office until the 2024 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. The following table shows the results of the shareholders’ votes: For Withhold Authority Abstentions Broker Non-votes Adam T. Berlew 90,296,717 1,372,142 — 7,819,079 Maryam Brown 91,458,327 210,532 — 7,819,079 Michael W. Brown 88,360,628 3,308,231 — 7,819,079 Lisa Carnoy 91,455,183 213,676 — 7,819,079 Robert E. Grady 86,517,418 5,151,441 — 7,819,079 James P. Kavanaugh 90,421,190 1,247,669 — 7,819,079 Ronald J. Kruszewski 88,002,560 3,666,299 — 7,819,079 Daniel J. Ludeman 90,700,266 968,593 — 7,819,079 Maura A. Markus 79,965,715 11,703,144 — 7,819,079 David A. Peacock 86,619,557 5,049,302 — 7,819,079 Thomas W. Weisel 90,590,990 1,077,869 — 7,819,079 Michael J. Zimmerman 90,535,708 1,133,151 — 7,819,079 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720672/000119312523162514/0001193125-23-162514-index.htm - Shareholder Votes STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement at the 2023-06-07 meeting. - Proposal: say on pay - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-07 source text: Proposal 2 – To approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the Proxy Statement: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 90,406,506 993,881 268,472 7,819,079 evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720672/000119312523162514/0001193125-23-162514-index.htm - Shareholder Votes STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP shareholders approved To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-07 meeting. - Proposal: auditor ratification - Outcome: passed - Meeting: 2023-06-07 source text: Proposal 5 – To ratify the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-votes 97,965,161 1,397,355 125,422 N/A evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720672/000119312523162514/0001193125-23-162514-index.htm This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. 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