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JEFFERIES ADDS HEAD OF BUSINESS SERVICES INVESTMENT BANKING

NEW YORK, July 21, 2010 – In a further expansion of its investment banking business, Jefferies today announced the addition of Michael S. Rintoul, who joins as a Managing Director and Head of Business Services Investment Banking.

"Business Services is an industry of strategic focus for Jefferies, as clients in this sector heavily utilize our capabilities in equity distribution, leveraged finance and sell-side M&A," said Benjamin D. Lorello, Global Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets at Jefferies. "This sector, which encompasses outsourcing services, transaction processing services, as well as professional, government, education and marketing services, is also a vitally important sector to our financial sponsor clients."

Mr. Rintoul brings to Jefferies over twenty years of investment banking experience, and joins the firm from UBS, where he spent twelve years and was a Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Services Investment Banking. Michael received both his MBA and BA from Vanderbilt University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Jefferies, a global securities and investment banking firm, has served companies and their investors for more than 48 years. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF: jefferies.com).

For further information, please contact:

Tom Tarrant, Jefferies & Company, Inc., 203 708 5989, ttarrant@jefferies.com
Desiree Maghoo, Jefferies International Ltd, 44 20 7029 8085, dmaghoo@jefferies.com
Josh Passman, CJP Communications, 212 279 3115, x203, jpassman@cjpcom.com