---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-26-012358"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JEF"
cik: "0000096223"
company_name: "Jefferies Financial Group Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:19:42.703768+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Jefferies shareholders approve increase in authorized non-voting shares, elect directors

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendment to increase authorized non-voting common shares (for 181.5M, against 0.5M, abstain 0.3M).
- All 12 director nominees elected; votes for ranged from ~149.9M to ~160.9M, broker non-votes 19.7M.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed (for 142.3M, against 19.6M, abstain 0.6M).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditors for FY2026 (for 181.0M, against 0.8M, abstain 0.4M).
- Restated Certificate of Incorporation filed on March 27, 2026, effective same date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-26-012358
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JEF
- cik: 0000096223
- company_name: Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000114036126012358/0001140361-26-012358-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000114036126012358/ef20068749_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2a2c153bf4d4747d8f343d3c83560849a24dc944
  claim: Jefferies Financial Group Inc.: Shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the certificate of incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of non-voting common stock (effective 2026-03-27).
  evidence_excerpt: the Company's shareholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (the " Restated Certificate of Incorporation ") to increase the number of authorized shares of the existing class of non-voting common stock, par value $1.00 per share.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/96223/000114036126012358/0001140361-26-012358-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.