KBW Announces Change To KBW Global Financials (Ex-U.S.) Index (KGXSM)

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

Effective prior to the opening of business on Thursday, February 28, 2013, CorpBanca S.A. ADR (NYSE: BCA), a member of the KBW Global Financials (Ex-U.S.) Index (KGX ^SM), will undergo a share increase and float adjustment after a recent secondary offering.

The KBW indices have ten tradable exchange-traded funds licensed: KBW Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWB ^SM); KBW Capital Markets Index (Index Ticker: KSX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWC ^SM); KBW Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KIX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWI ^SM); KBW Regional Banking Index (Index Ticker: KRX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWR ^SM, KRS ^SM, KRU ^SM); KBW Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWD ^SM); KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWY ^SM); KBW Property and Casualty Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KPX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWP ^SM); and KBW Global (Ex. U.S.) Financial Sector Index (Index Ticker: KGX ^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWX ^SM).

About KBW

KBW, Inc., a division of Stifel Financial Corporation, operates in the U.S. and Europe through its broker dealer subsidiaries, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Limited. Over the years, KBW has established itself as a leading independent authority in the banking, insurance, brokerage, asset management, mortgage banking 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 securities of financial services companies.

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