0001140361-21-024120.txt : 20210712 0001140361-21-024120.hdr.sgml : 20210712 20210712182842 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-21-024120 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210701 FILED AS OF DATE: 20210712 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20210712 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ellis-Kirk Matrice CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001345891 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-05721 FILM NUMBER: 211086340 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC STREET 2: 520 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Jefferies Financial Group Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000096223 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] IRS NUMBER: 132615557 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 1130 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124601900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 520 MADISON AVENUE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TALCOTT NATIONAL CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19800603 3 1 form3.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2021-07-01 1 0000096223 Jefferies Financial Group Inc. JEF 0001345891 Ellis-Kirk Matrice C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC. 520 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK NY 10022 true See Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney /s/ Justin DeSpirito, as Attorney in Fact 2021-07-12 EX-24.1 2 brhc10026817_ex24-1.htm EXHIBIT 24.1
Exhibit 24.1

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints Michael J. Sharp, Laura Ulbrandt DiPierro and Justin DeSpirito, or any of them acting individually, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)         prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a New York corporation (the “Company”), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the “Exchange Act”);

(2)         seek or obtain, as the undersigned’s representative and on the undersigned’s behalf, information on transactions in the Company’s securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

(3)         perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.
 
The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)         this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)         any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
 
(3)         neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned’s responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)         this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned’s obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 29th day of June, 2021.

 
/s/ Matrice Ellis-Kirk
     
 
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
  


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