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•	Earnings Releases and Other Public Announcements

•	Annual and interim reports on Form 10-K;

•	Quarterly reports on Form 10-Q;

•	Current reports on Form 8-K;

•	Code of Ethics;

•	Reportable waivers, if any, from our Code of Ethics by our executive officers;

•	Board of Directors Corporate Governance Guidelines;

•	Charter of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board of Directors;

•	Charter of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors;

•	Charter of the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors; and

•	Any amendments to the above-mentioned documents and reports.

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•	A market downturn could lead to a decline in the volume of transactions executed for customers and, therefore, to a decline in the revenues we receive from commissions and spreads.

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Unfavorable financial or economic conditions could reduce the number and size of transactions in which we provide underwriting, financial advisory and other services. Our investment banking revenues, in the form of financial advisory and sales and trading or placement fees, are directly related to the number and size of the transactions in which we participate and could therefore be adversely affected by unfavorable financial or economic conditions.

•	Adverse changes in the market could lead to losses from principal transactions on our inventory positions.

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Adverse changes in the market could also lead to a reduction in revenues from asset management fees and investment income from managed funds and losses on our own capital invested in managed funds. Even in the absence of a market downturn, below-market investment performance by our funds and portfolio managers could reduce asset management revenues and assets under management and result in reputational damage that might make it more difficult to attract new investors.

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Limitations on the availability of credit, such as occurred during 2008, can affect our ability to borrow on a secured or unsecured basis, which may adversely affect our liquidity and results of operations. Global market and economic conditions have been particularly disrupted and volatile in the last several years and may be in the future. Our cost and availability of funding could be affected by illiquid credit markets and wider credit spreads.

•	New or increased taxes on compensation payments such as bonuses or on balance sheet items may adversely affect our profits.

•	Should one of our customers or competitors fail, our business prospects and revenue could be negatively impacted due to negative market sentiment causing customers to cease doing business with us and our lenders to cease loaning us money, which could adversely affect our business, funding and liquidity.

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•	the description of our business contained in this report under the caption “Business”;

•	the risk factors contained in this report under the caption “Risk Factors”;

•	the discussion of our analysis of financial condition and results of operations contained in this report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” herein;

•	the discussion of our risk management policies, procedures and methodologies contained in this report under the caption “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Risk Management” herein;

•	the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in this report; and

•	cautionary statements we make in our public documents, reports and announcements.

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(1)

Prior period amounts have been recast to conform to the current year’s presentation due to the presentation of the multi-asset asset class. Previously, these fees have been classified within the equities asset class. We have also concluded that certain fees previously reported within the convertibles asset class are better aligned within the equities asset class. The total amount of asset management fees remains unchanged in the prior periods.

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(1)	Prior period amounts have been recast to conform to the current year’s presentation due to the inclusion of the multi-asset asset class. Previously, these assets under management have been classified within the equities asset class. The total amount of assets under management remains unchanged in the prior periods.

(2)	Assets under management include assets actively managed by us, including hedge funds and certain managed accounts. Assets under management do not include the assets of funds that are consolidated due to the level or nature of our investment in such funds.

(3)	Our investment in the Jefferies Umbrella Fund, an open-ended investment company managed by us that invests primarily in convertible bonds, is in liquidation at November 30, 2015.

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(1)	Level 3 Collateralized debt obligations at November 30, 2014 increased by $33.2 million with a corresponding decrease in Level 3 Corporate debt securities from those previously reported to correct for the classification of certain positions. The total amount of Level 3 assets remained unchanged.

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In May 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2015-07, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Disclosures for Investments in Certain Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)” ("ASU No. 2015-07"). In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we early adopted ASU No. 2015-07 retrospectively. (See Note 3, Accounting Developments, and Note 5, Fair Value Disclosures, in our consolidated financial statements for further information on the adoption of this guidance.)

(1)	In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we early adopted ASU No. 2015-07 retrospectively. (See Note 3, Accounting Developments, and Note 5, Fair Value Disclosures, in our consolidated financial statements for further information on the adoption of this guidance.)

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(1)	In the second quarter of fiscal 2015, we early adopted ASU No. 2015-07 retrospectively. (See Note 3, Accounting Developments, and Note 5, Fair Value Disclosures, in our consolidated financial statements for further information on the adoption of this guidance.)

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(1)	Leverage ratio equals total assets divided by total equity.

(2)	Tangible gross leverage ratio (a non-GAAP financial measure) equals total assets less goodwill and identifiable intangible assets divided by tangible member’s equity. The tangible gross leverage ratio is used by Rating Agencies in assessing our leverage ratio.

(3)	On March 1, 2013, we converted into a limited liability company and became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Leucadia, pursuant to an agreement with Leucadia, which is accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting

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(4)	Adjusted leverage ratio (a non-GAAP financial measure) equals adjusted assets divided by tangible total equity.

•	Global recession, default by a medium-sized sovereign, low consumer and corporate confidence, and general financial instability.

•	Severely challenged market environment with material declines in equity markets and widening of credit spreads.

•	Damaging follow-on impacts to financial institutions leading to the failure of a large bank.

•	A firm-specific crisis potentially triggered by material losses, reputational damage, litigation, executive departure, and/or a ratings downgrade.

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•	Liquidity needs over a 30-day scenario.

•	A two-notch downgrade of our long-term senior unsecured credit ratings.

•	No support from government funding facilities.

•	A combination of contractual outflows, such as upcoming maturities of unsecured debt, and contingent outflows (e.g., actions though not contractually required, we may deem necessary in a crisis). We assume that most contingent outflows will occur within the initial days and weeks of a crisis.

•	No diversification benefit across liquidity risks. We assume that liquidity risks are additive.

•	All upcoming maturities of unsecured long-term debt, commercial paper, promissory notes and other unsecured funding products assuming we will be unable to issue new unsecured debt or rollover any maturing debt.

•	Repurchases of our outstanding long-term debt in the ordinary course of business as a market maker.

•	A portion of upcoming contractual maturities of secured funding trades due to either the inability to refinance or the ability to refinance only at wider haircuts (i.e., on terms which require us to post additional collateral). Our assumptions reflect, among other factors, the quality of the underlying collateral and counterparty concentration.

•	Collateral postings to counterparties due to adverse changes in the value of our over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives and other outflows due to trade terminations, collateral substitutions, collateral disputes, collateral calls or termination payments required by a two-notch downgrade in our credit ratings.

•	Variation margin postings required due to adverse changes in the value of our outstanding exchange-traded derivatives and any increase in initial margin and guarantee fund requirements by derivative clearing houses.

•	Liquidity outflows associated with our prime brokerage business, including withdrawals of customer credit balances, and a reduction in customer short positions.

•	Liquidity outflows to clearing banks to ensure timely settlements of cash and securities transactions.

•	Draws on our unfunded commitments considering, among other things, the type of commitment and counterparty.

•	Other upcoming large cash outflows, such as tax payments.

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(1)	Average balances are calculated based on weekly balances.

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Consists of high quality sovereign government securities and reverse repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities and other high quality sovereign government securities; deposits with a central bank within the European Economic Area, Canada, Australia, Japan, Switzerland or the USA; and securities issued by a designated multilateral development bank and reverse repurchase agreements with underlying collateral comprised of these securities.

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Other includes unencumbered inventory representing an estimate of the amount of additional secured financing that could be reasonably expected to be obtained from our financial instruments owned that are currently not pledged after considering reasonable financing haircuts and additional funds available under the committed senior secured revolving credit facility available for working capital needs of Jefferies.

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(1)	Consists solely of agency mortgage-backed securities issued by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and Ginnie Mae. These securities include pass-through securities, securities backed by adjustable rate mortgages (“ARMs”), collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities and interest- and principal-only securities.

(2)	Unencumbered liquid balances represent assets that can be sold or used as collateral for a loan, but have not been.

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Long-term debt for purposes of evaluating long-term capital at November 30, 2014 excludes $170.0 million of our outstanding borrowings under our long-term revolving Credit Facility. In addition, long-term capital excludes $353.0 million of our 5.5% Senior Notes at November 30, 2015 and $507.9 million of our 3.875% Senior Notes at November 30, 2014, as these notes mature in less than one year from the period end.

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(1)	On January 21, 2016, Moody's affirmed our long-term debt rating of Baa3 and our rating outlook was changed from negative to stable.

(2)	On December 11, 2014, Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”) announced its review of the ratings on 13 U.S. securities firms by applying its new ratings criteria for the sector. As part of this review, S&P downgraded our long-term debt rating one notch from “BBB” to “BBB-” and left the rating outlook unchanged at “stable”.

(3)	On March 5, 2015, Fitch affirmed our long-term debt rating of BBB- and our stable rating outlook.

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(1)	Purchase obligations for goods and services primarily include payments for outsourcing and computer and telecommunications maintenance agreements. Purchase obligations at November 30, 2015 reflect the minimum contractual obligations under legally enforceable contracts.

(2)	Certain of our derivative contracts meet the definition of a guarantee and are therefore included in the above table. For additional information on commitments, see Note 20, Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees, in our consolidated financial statements.

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•	Market Risk Policy- This policy sets out roles, responsibilities, processes and escalation procedures regarding market risk management.

•	Independent Price Verification Policy- This policy sets out roles, responsibilities, processes and escalation procedures regarding independent price verification for securities and other financial instruments.

•	Operational Risk Policy- This policy sets out roles, responsibilities, processes and escalation procedures regarding operational risk management.

•	Credit Risk Policy- This policy provides standards and controls for credit risk-taking throughout our global business activities. This policy also governs credit limit methodology and counterparty review.

•	Model Validation Policy-This policy sets out roles, processes and escalation procedures regarding model validation and model risk management.

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(1)	VaR is the potential loss in value of our trading positions due to adverse market movements over a defined time horizon with a specific confidence level. For the VaR numbers reported above, a one-day time horizon, with a one year look-back period, and a 95% confidence level were used.

(2)	The diversification effect is not applicable for the maximum and minimum VaR values as the firmwide VaR and the VaR values for the four risk categories might have occurred on different days during the year.

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•	defining credit limit guidelines and credit limit approval processes;

•	providing a consistent and integrated credit risk framework across the enterprise;

•	approving counterparties and counterparty limits with parameters set by the Risk Management Committee;

•	negotiating, approving and monitoring credit terms in legal and master documentation;

•	delivering credit limits to all relevant sales and trading desks;

•	maintaining credit reviews for all active and new counterparties;

•	operating a control function for exposure analytics and exception management and reporting;

•	determining the analytical standards and risk parameters for on-going management and monitoring of global credit risk books;

•	actively managing daily exposure, exceptions, and breaches;

•	monitoring daily margin call activity and counterparty performance (in concert with the Margin Department); and

•	setting the minimum global requirements for systems, reports, and technology.

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Loans and lending arise in connection with our capital markets activities and represents the notional value of loans that have been drawn by the borrower and lending commitments that were outstanding at November 30, 2015. In addition, credit exposures on forward settling traded loans are included within our loans and lending exposures for consistency with the balance sheet categorization of these items.

•	Securities and margin finance includes credit exposure arising on securities financing transactions (reverse repurchase agreements, repurchase agreements and securities lending agreements) to the extent the fair value of the underlying collateral differs from the contractual agreement amount and from margin provided to customers.