{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0000950157-23-000402","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"JEF","cik":"0000096223","company_name":"Jefferies Financial Group Inc.","filed_at":"2023-04-27T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:03:42.977718+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-16T11:12:22.193065+00:00","sec_items":["3.03","5.03","1.01","9.01"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.55,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.55,"confidence":"high","headline":"Jefferies creates Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares via charter amendment","bullets":["Certificate of Amendment designates 70,000 Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares, $1 par.","Amendment filed with NY Department of State and effective April 27, 2023.","Company also seeking shareholder approval to authorize non-voting common stock at a special meeting.","Full terms of Series B Preferred were described in prior 8-K filed April 27, 2023, incorporated by reference."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-23-000402","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-23-000402.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-23-000402.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950157-23-000402.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000095015723000402/0000950157-23-000402-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000095015723000402/form8-k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-16T11:12:22.193065+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"eeeed8fb93db51c8cf447f955b9c178c9b60954e","claim":"Jefferies Financial Group Inc.: Filed Certificate of Amendment to establish Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares and designate 70,000 preferred shares as Series B Preferred Stock (effective 2023-04-27).","evidence_excerpt":"On April 27, 2023, Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (the “ Company ”) delivered a Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the “ Certificate of Amendment ”) to the Department of State of the State of New York for filing to establish the Series B Non-Voting Convertible Preferred Shares, $1.00 par value per share (the “ Series B Preferred Stock ”), and to designate 70,000 preferred shares as Series B Preferred Stock.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.03/5.05/5.06","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000095015723000402/0000950157-23-000402-index.htm","confidence":0.9,"family_label":"Governance Changes","details":[{"label":"Change","value":"charter amendment"},{"label":"Effective","value":"2023-04-27"}],"fact_type":"governance_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}