Stifel Nicolaus is a full-service brokerage and investment banking firm established in 1890 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Our company provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, institutions, corporations, and municipalities.

• Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated is a subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp., which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol SF)
• Stifel serves individual investors through approximately 1800 financial advisors in more than 300 offices in 44 states and the District of Columbia, making Stifel the 7th largest brokerage firm in the U.S. in terms of the number of Financial Advisors
• Stifel is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC); the New York, American, Chicago, and Philadelphia Stock Exchanges; the Chicago Board of Options Exchange, Inc.; and the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc (NASD)
• Stifel Financial Corp., was named to Fortune magazine's annual 100 Fastest-Growing companies list for the second year in a row in 2010. The firm ranked #5 in the Financial Service Industry and #65 overall*

 Stifel Nicolaus has steadily increased not only in size, but in the breadth of knowledge, products, and services offered to our individual clients. Though large enough to offer a broad range of products and services and to compete successfully within our industry, the firm still remains a comfortable size where clients and associates are always treated as individuals.

For more information about Stifel Nicolaus, please visit www.stifel.com

* In compiling the list, Fortune ranked companies based on the last three years of revenue, profit growth, and total return using data provided by Zachs Investment Research.