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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure |
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (the “Company”) is furnishing a letter from its Chief Executive Officer and its President to the Company’s employees and stakeholders, issued on September 1, 2022, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.
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 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.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
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| 99.1 | Letter, dated September 1, 2022 | |
| 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: September 1, 2022 | JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC. | |||||
| /s/ Michael J. Sharp | ||||||
| Michael J. Sharp | ||||||
| Executive Vice President and General Counsel | ||||||