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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jefferies Named Middle Market Investment Bank of the Year; Receives Top Honor for 2005 from Investment Dealers' Digest Magazine NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2006--Jefferies & Company, Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced that the firm has been named the "Middle Market Investment Bank of the Year" by Investment Dealers' Digest Magazine for 2005. In its annual awards honoring the best in investment banking, Investment Dealers' Digest Magazine (IDD), a publication dedicated to the trends, new products and happenings on Wall Street, recognized Jefferies' ongoing and outstanding efforts to serve growing and mid-sized companies and their investors. "We are honored to have received this award from IDD, which helps to validate our growth and diversification strategy and focus on growing and mid-sized companies," commented Richard B. Handler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jefferies. "We thank our clients and acknowledge the effort, commitment and talent of our 2,029 employees who are directly responsible for our success." Once a specialized institutional trading firm, Jefferies has evolved into a full-service investment bank for growing and mid-sized companies and their investors, with a more extensive product and service offering and broader industry coverage than other firms focused on the middle market. Over the past five years, the firm has accomplished significant growth and diversification through a series of key industry hires, acquisitions of outstanding specialty firms, joint ventures with world class partners and strategic organic growth. Jefferies' commitment to the middle market is both deep and broad across a range of industries, products and services. For years the firm has been helping these companies meet their financial advisory and capital raising needs. Jefferies has also been a primary source of liquidity for institutions in the trading of small and mid-cap companies across the equity, convertible and high yield securities markets. In addition, Jefferies' research is focused on providing institutional investors with insight and opportunities most relevant to companies in this segment, with 75% of equity research focused on companies with a market cap below $5 billion. 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 & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF; www.jefferies.com). CONTACT: SOURCE: Jefferies & Company, Inc. |
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