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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jefferies' Helix Associates Named ''Boutique of the Year'' at the European Private Equity Awards 2005 LONDON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2005--Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) today announced that the Firm's UK-based Helix Associates, a leading private equity fund placement agent, was awarded "Boutique of the Year" at the 2005 European Private Equity Awards. For the second time in three years, Helix has secured this prestigious award, one that is highly respected within the private equity community. The Boutique of the Year award acknowledges specialist firms across all disciplines for demonstrating a consistent and innovative commitment to serving the private equity industry. "We are honoured to have received this award," commented Lord Charles Cecil, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Helix. "It demonstrates our firm's strength in private equity fund capital raising, as well as our commitment to deep industry knowledge, due diligence and institutional relationships based on trust." The European Private Equity Awards are organized by the European Venture Capital Association (EVCA), INSEAD (one of Europe's leading business schools), and Real Deals Magazine. These annual awards are among the most significant in European private equity and are judged by a panel of leading figures in European private equity after intensive research by INSEAD. About Helix Associates Helix is a leading private equity placement agent headquartered in Europe. It acts for a select number of high-quality private equity funds annually. Over the past five years, funds for which Helix has acted as placement agent have closed on over $9.8 billion. Helix sources capital globally and from a broad range of investor types. Founded in 1993, the firm's reputation is based on discriminating fund selection, thoughtful and balanced research, rigorous due diligence, and effective project management. This approach has generated a consistent track record of successful outcomes. Helix has developed relationships of trust with institutional and major family investors throughout the world. This network is strengthened and expanded through Helix's agreements with its global partners in regional markets. In May 2005, Jefferies Group, Inc., a New York Stock Exchange listed company, and owner of Jefferies & Company, Inc., a middle-market investment bank, acquired Helix. Helix Associates operates in the UK as Helix Associates Limited, a fellow subsidiary undertaking of Jefferies International Limited, and in the US as Helix Associates, a division of Jefferies & Company, Inc. For more information, visit www.helix-associates.com. About Jefferies Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for over 40 years. Headquartered in New York, with more than 25 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm is a leading provider of trade execution in equity, high yield, convertible and international securities for institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Jefferies International Limited, a UK-incorporated, wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Jefferies Group, Inc., was established in London in 1985 and is regulated by the Financial Services Authority. CONTACT: SOURCE: Jefferies & Company, Inc. |
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