KBW Announces Change to KBW Capital Markets Index (KSXSM)

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full-service investment bank that specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly owned subsidiary of KBW, Inc. (NYSE: KBW), announces the following change:

Effective prior to the opening of business on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF), a member of the KBW Capital Markets Index (KSXSM), will undergo an increase in shares due to the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. (NYSE: KBW).

The KBW indices have ten tradable exchange-traded funds licensed: KBW Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWBSM); KBW Capital Markets Index (Index Ticker: KSXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWCSM); KBW Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KIXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWISM); KBW Regional Banking Index (Index Ticker: KRXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWRSM, KRSSM, KRUSM); KBW Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWDSM); KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWYSM); KBW Property and Casualty Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KPXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWPSM); and KBW Global (Ex. U.S.) Financial Sector Index (Index Ticker: KGXSM, ETF Ticker: KBWXSM).

About KBW

KBW, Inc. operates in the U.S. and Europe through its broker dealer subsidiaries, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Limited. KBW has established itself as a leading independent authority in the banking, insurance, brokerage, asset management, mortgage banking, real estate, and specialty finance sectors. Founded in 1962, the firm maintains industry-leading positions in the areas of research, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as sales and trading in equities and debt securities of financial services companies.