8-K

JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.

Date: April 21, 2020

/s/ Roland T. Kelly

Roland T. Kelly

Managing Director and

Associate General Counsel

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): April 17, 2020

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: 212-460-1900

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

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 5.07.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

We held our Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 17, 2020.

Our incumbent directors were re-elected to our Board of Directors and received the following votes:


	Number of Shares
	For		Against		Abstain		Broker Non-Votes
Linda L. Adamany		207,128,244		7,520,974		587,744		27,309,096
Barry J. Alperin		201,783,926		12,013,383		1,439,653		27,309,096
Robert D. Beyer		194,294,351		20,186,103		756,508		27,309,096
Francisco L. Borges		206,774,642		7,668,506		793,814		27,309,096
Brian P. Friedman		209,619,333		5,041,770		575,859		27,309,096
MaryAnne Gilmartin		206,772,145		7,723,416		741,401		27,309,096
Richard B. Handler		210,775,401		3,939,477		522,084		27,309,096
Robert E. Joyal		199,913,521		14,630,483		692,958		27,309,096
Jacob M. Katz		212,710,556		1,837,054		689,352		27,309,096
Michael T. O’Kane		202,364,743		12,180,887		691,332		27,309,096
Stuart H. Reese		212,895,494		1,620,581		720,887		27,309,096
Joseph S. Steinberg		209,509,039		5,123,726		604,197		27,309,096

Our shareholders approved our advisory vote on executive compensation. Voting results were as follows:


	Number of Shares
For		148,538,020
Against		66,165,428
Abstain		533,514
Broker Non-Votes		27,309,096

Our shareholders ratified the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent auditors for the fiscal year ending November 30, 2020. Voting results were as follows:


	Number of Shares
For		241,099,013
Against		994,330
Abstain		452,715