FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
The senior notes were priced to yield 8.663% to maturity at a spread of 512.5 basis points over the comparable US Treasury bonds. The expected closing date is June 30, 2009.
Jefferies & Company, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are the joint book-running managers of this offering. BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC, BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. are acting as co-managers. A prospectus supplement may be obtained from Citigroup at Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11220.
About Jefferies
Jefferies, an independent, full-service global securities and investment banking firm, has served companies and their investors for more than 45 years. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in more than 25 cities around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm provides investors with fundamental research and trade execution in equity, equity-linked, and fixed income securities, including corporate bonds, high yield bonds, US government and agency securities, repo finance, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, municipal bonds, whole loans and emerging markets debt, as well as commodities and derivatives. Jefferies offers companies capital markets, merger and acquisition, restructuring and other financial advisory services. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF: www.jefferies.com).
For further information, please contact:
Tom Tarrant, Jefferies & Company, Inc., 203 708 5989, ttarrant@jefferies.com
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the notes or debentures nor shall there be any sale of the notes or debentures in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful. Offers will be made only by means of a prospectus, including a prospectus supplement, forming a part of the effective registration statement.
