UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
January 8, 2025

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York
001-05721
13-2615557
(State of other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS. Employer Identification No.)

520 Madison Ave., New York, New York
  
 10022
(Address of principal executive offices)
  
 (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-284-2300


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2, below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
                
Title of each class  
Trading
Symbol(s)
  
Name of each exchange
on which registered
         
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
  
JEF
  
New York Stock Exchange
4.850% Senior Notes Due 2027
  
JEF 27A
  
New York Stock Exchange
5.875% Senior Notes Due 2028
  
JEF 28
  
New York Stock Exchange
2.750% Senior Notes Due 2032
  
JEF 32A
  
New York Stock Exchange
6.200% Senior Notes Due 2034
  
JEF 34
  
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure

We posted our annual letter to shareholders to our website, www.jefferies.com, on January 8, 2025. The letter is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing or other document under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing or document.

Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)

 
Exhibit
Number
  
Description
       
   
January 8, 2025 annual letter to shareholders
       
 
104
  
Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 8, 2025
JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.
   
 
/s/ Michael J. Sharp
 
Michael J. Sharp
 
Executive Vice President and General Counsel