Dear Team Jefferies,
THANK YOU, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU! Yesterday each of you rallied and together working with our clients we raised $9.25 million which will go immediately to help those in the front line battling this horrible virus the world is fighting. We did this together, working directly in partnership with our clients and the results show each of us and the world the power of a united firm striving together to do good things for those most in need. This has been an incredibly difficult period, and none of us are saying it is over. However, we do all know that together we will get through this and that Jefferies will do its part to help return the world to a much better place. Our success yesterday puts an exclamation point on an incredibly painful, challenging and emotional quarter for all of us. We started off shaken like the rest of the world, but we have persevered and shown our true colors. We don’t know what we will face as we approach the second half of our calendar year, but we know there is no other team we would rather be fighting with side by side. We would like to thank each of you for showing how a global firm can truly act as one.
With Great Respect and Appreciation and Knowing that Peg is Beaming Down from Heaven,
Rich and Brian
RICH HANDLER
CEO, Jefferies Financial Group
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BRIAN FRIEDMAN
President, Jefferies Financial Group
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P.S. We still have two more days in this quarter so let’s make them count!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JEFFERIES’ CLIENTS, EMPLOYEES AND SHAREHOLDERS CONTRIBUTE $9,250,000
TO OVER 85 CHARITIES FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF IN MEMORY OF PEG BROADBENT
NEW YORK, LONDON and HONG KONG, May 28, 2020 – Jefferies announced today a total donation to over 85 different charities of $9.25 million as a result of a firmwide global effort to raise money to honor the memory of their late CFO Peg Broadbent, who was a victim of this terrible disease.
Through the firm’s Global Coronavirus Relief Charity Day held May 27th, Jefferies’ clients helped to generate $7.65 million in donated net trading commissions. In addition, Jefferies as a firm will donate $1 million directly, and voluntary donations from Jefferies’ 3,822 employees totaled $600,000.
“We could not be prouder of our entire Jefferies family for raising $9.25 million and are greatly appreciative of the incredible partnership our clients have shown us in supporting our fight against Covid-19. The full $9.25 million will be wired today and go to direct relief efforts at over 85 worthy global charities who are each in the front lines helping those most impacted by the Coronavirus global pandemic. We went broadly to a large number of charities globally as this is truly a tragedy that affects all of us and, in particular, those who are most disadvantaged and in the greatest need.
The charities selected are both big and small and represent everything from food banks, child care services, assistance with PPE and other medical supplies, support for front line medical workers, assistance for afflicted military personnel, local teen centers, support for police and fire, workforce training and re-training and many other worthy areas that are most in need. We thank our employees and clients for aiding in the selection of many of these remarkable charities.
Finally, all of us at Jefferies would like to thank all the dedicated professionals working tirelessly on the front line to help those in need. They are the true heroes whom we are honored to help in Peg’s name.”
Contributions in the following amounts will be immediately distributed to these respected organizations:
Jefferies Group LLC is the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking firm headquartered in the U.S. Focused on serving clients for nearly 60 years, Jefferies is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. Our firm provides a full range of investment banking, advisory, sales and trading, research and wealth management services across all products in the Americas, Europe and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company.
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NYC Mayor’s Fund | Peg’s Cure
$ 150,000
All Hands and Hearts
$ 150,000
American Heart Association
$ 150,000
Bowery Mission
$ 150,000
Hackensack Meridian Health Foundation
$ 150,000
Houston Police Foundation
$ 150,000
International Rescue Committee
$ 150,000
Robin Hood Foundation
$ 150,000
Strive
$ 150,000
The Bass Foundation
$ 150,000
World Central Kitchen
$ 150,000
We Can #TogetherFromHome
$ 100,000
Achievement First
$ 100,000
Aktion Deutschland Hilft
$ 100,000
Alzheimer’s Association
$ 100,000
Ambitious About Autism
$ 100,000
Barnardo’s
$ 100,000
BMS Family Health and Wellness Center
$ 100,000
Bob Woodruff Foundation
$ 100,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area
$ 100,000
Brewers Community Foundation
$ 100,000
Buttle UK
$ 100,000
Central Texas Food Bank
$ 100,000
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
$ 100,000
Chrysalis
$ 100,000
City Harvest
$ 100,000
Citymeals on Wheels
$ 100,000
Columbia Children’s Hospital
$ 100,000
Community Food Bank of New Jersey
$ 100,000
Covenant House
$ 100,000
Doctors Without Borders
$ 100,000
East High – EOP (Education Partnership Organization)
$ 100,000
Elmhurst Hospital Charity
$ 100,000
Family Promise of Bergen County
$ 100,000
FarmLink
$ 100,000
Feeding America
$ 100,000
Food Bank For New York City
$ 100,000
Foodlink
$ 100,000
Habitat for Humanity Japan
$ 100,000
Hance Family Foundation
$ 100,000
Humanity & Inclusion
$ 100,000
Hunger Free America
$ 100,000
Imperial Health Charity
$ 100,000
Kids in Crisis
$ 100,000
Kohka Foundation
$ 100,000
Lahey Clinic Foundation
$ 100,000
Mail Force Charity
$ 100,000
Martha’s Table
$ 100,000
Médecins Sans Frontières
$ 100,000
Memorial Hermann Foundation
$ 100,000
My Sister’s Place
$ 100,000
National Emergencies Trust
$ 100,000
Navajo Nation Covid-19 Relief Fund
$ 100,000
Nazareth Housing
$ 100,000
Neighbourly Community Fund
$ 100,000
NHS Charities Together
$ 100,000
Northwell Health’s COVID-19 Emergency Fund
$ 100,000
NYU Langone
$ 100,000
Off Their Plate
$ 100,000
Oxfam India
$ 100,000
Philippine Disaster Resilience Foundation
$ 100,000
Red Hook Initiative
$ 100,000
Rosetree Trust
$ 100,000
Royal College of Nursing Foundation
$ 100,000
RVNAhealth
$ 100,000
Second Harvest
$ 100,000
Sempre Con Voi (Always with You)
$ 100,000
St Michael’s House
$ 100,000
TBD 1
$ 100,000
TBD 2
$ 100,000
TBD 3
$ 100,000
TCF Bank
$ 100,000
The Care Workers Charity
$ 100,000
The River Fund New York
$ 100,000
The United Way of Central Indiana COVID-19 Relief Fund
$ 100,000
The World Health Organization (WHO)
$ 100,000
Trinity’s Services & Food for the Homeless
$ 100,000
The Trussell Trust
$ 100,000
UNICEF
$ 100,000
UR Medicine Home Care’s Meals on Wheels
$ 100,000
URMC COVID-19 Emergency Fund
$ 100,000
Valpo Surf Project, Inc.
$ 100,000
Volunteers of Legal Service
$ 100,000
Our Dream Their Smile
$ 100,000
West Side Campaign Against Hunger
$ 100,000
Women United in Philanthropy
$ 100,000
Women’s Center of Greater Danbury
$ 100,000
$ 9,250,000