Common Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP. SF RB MERGER SUB, INC. RYAN BECK HOLDINGS, INC. and BANKATLANTIC BANCORP, INC. Dated January 8, 2007

Merger Agreement • January 12th, 2007 • Stifel Financial Corp • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  January 12th, 2007
• Company
  Stifel Financial Corp
• Industry
  Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

This AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is entered into as of this 8th day of January, 2007, by and among Stifel Financial Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), SF RB Merger Sub, Inc., a New Jersey corporation wholly owned by Parent (“Merger Sub”), Ryan Beck Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey corporation (the “Company”), and BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc., a Florida corporation (“Bancorp”) (Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and Bancorp being each a “Party” and together the “Parties”). Capitalized terms are defined in Article 1.

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP. SF RB MERGER SUB, INC. RYAN BECK HOLDINGS, INC. and BANKATLANTIC BANCORP, INC. Dated January 8, 2007

Merger Agreement • January 12th, 2007 • Bankatlantic Bancorp Inc • Savings institution, federally chartered • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Merger Agreement
• Filed
  January 12th, 2007
• Company
  Bankatlantic Bancorp Inc
• Industry
  Savings institution, federally chartered
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

The number of directors constituting the first board is three (3), and the names and addresses of the persons who are to serve as such directors are: