Jefferies Accelerates Declaration and Payment of First Quarter Dividend

  Jefferies Accelerates Declaration and Payment of First Quarter Dividend

Business Wire

NEW YORK -- December 07, 2012

Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) announced today that on December 6, 2012,
its Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share of
common stock, payable on December 31, 2012 to stockholders of record on
December 21, 2012.

Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), the global investment banking firm focused
on serving clients for over 50 years, is a leader in providing insight,
expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. The firm
provides a full range of investment banking, sales, trading, research and
strategy across the spectrum of equities, fixed income, foreign exchange,
futures and commodities, and also select asset and wealth management
strategies, in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Contact:

Jefferies Group, Inc.
Peregrine C. Broadbent, 212-284-2338
Chief Financial Officer