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Jefferies Reports Record Fiscal Fourth-Quarter 2013 Financial Results

Jefferies Group LLC today announced financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter 2013.

Highlights for the three months ended November 30, 2013:

  • Net revenues of $936 million
  • Net earnings of $120 million
  • Investment banking net revenues of $417 million
  • Equities net revenues of $294 million
  • Fixed Income net revenues of $212 million

Richard B. Handler, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Jefferies, commented: “Our results reflect exceptional quarterly performance in our investment banking efforts, a solid performance from our core global equity businesses, and a very significant improvement in our fixed income results versus the third-quarter. Our investment banking performance benefited from a strong equities and leveraged finance new issues market and demonstrates our significant market presence and value added capabilities. Our equities results include the impact of $110 million in pre-tax unrealized mark-to-market gains on our holdings of shares of Knight Capital and Harbinger Group. Fixed income customer flows improved significantly from last quarter. While our results for the full fiscal year 2013 were below those of 2012, primarily due to the difficult mid-year fixed income environment, we believe the strong finish to the year, combined with the continued positive momentum in all of our core businesses, positions us well for 2014. We thank our clients, our employees, our bondholders and all our business partners for their continued support.”

The financial tables attached should be read in connection with our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended August 31, 2013 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2012.

Jefferies, 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. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK), a diversified holding company.

                         
JEFFERIES GROUP LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
(Amounts in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
                         
      Successor     Predecessor
      Quarter Ended     Quarter Ended     Quarter Ended
      November 30, 2013     August 31, 2013     November 30, 2012
                         
Revenues:                        
Commissions    

$

 

141,594

   

$

 

138,736

   

$

 

127,074

Principal transactions         289,430         (24,910)         242,140
Investment banking         417,044         309,339         282,962
Asset management fees and

investment income from managed funds

        12,017         13,549         16,318
Interest income         224,911         230,672         242,904
Other revenues         39,320         28,630         61,872
Total revenues         1,124,316         696,016         973,270
Interest expense         188,609         178,987         204,421
Net revenues         935,707         517,029         768,849
Interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred interests of

consolidated subsidiaries

        -         -         8,279
Net revenues, less interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred

interests of consolidated subsidiaries

        935,707         517,029         760,570
                         
Non-interest expenses:                        
Compensation and benefits         546,257         293,771         460,404
          546,332                
Non-compensation expenses:                        
Floor brokerage and clearing fees         37,866         34,500         29,106
Technology and communications         67,578         62,266         64,051
Occupancy and equipment rental         28,270         26,205         25,815
Business development         22,759         17,624         22,968
Professional services         18,014         25,269         27,771
Other         23,593         34,012         16,480
Total non-compensation expenses         198,080         199,876         186,191
Total non-interest expenses         744,337         493,647         646,595
Earnings before income taxes         191,370         23,382         113,975
Income tax expense         66,785         8,493         34,243
Net earnings         124,585         14,889         79,732
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests (A)         4,531         3,149         8,128
Net earnings attributable to Jefferies Group LLC/ common shareholders    

$

 

120,054

   

$

 

11,740

   

$

 

71,604

                         
Compensation and benefits / Net revenues         58.4%         56.8%         59.9%
                         
Effective tax rate         34.9%         36.3%         30.0%
                         
(A) For the quarters ended November 30, 2013 and August 31, 2013, this line item represents net earnings attributable to third party interests in certain asset management entities and investment vehicles managed by us, including a Leucadia interest.

 

                         
JEFFERIES GROUP LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS
(Amounts in Thousands)
(Unaudited)
                         
      Successor     Predecessor
      Nine Months     Three Months     Twelve Months
      Ended     Ended     Ended
      November 30, 2013     February 28, 2013 (A)     November 30, 2012
                         
Revenues:                        
Commissions     $ 427,178     $ 131,083     $ 485,569
Principal transactions       399,091       300,278       1,035,974
Investment banking       1,003,517       288,278       1,125,883
Asset management fees and

investment income from managed funds

      36,093       10,883       26,966
Interest income       714,248       249,277       1,031,839
Other revenues       94,195       27,004       164,974
Total revenues       2,674,322       1,006,803       3,871,205
Interest expense       579,059       203,416       872,421
Net revenues       2,095,263       803,387       2,998,784
Interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred interests of

consolidated subsidiaries

      3,368       10,961       42,883
Net revenues, less interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred

interests of consolidated subsidiaries

      2,091,895       792,426       2,955,901
                         
Non-interest expenses:                        
Compensation and benefits       1,213,908       474,217       1,770,798
                         
Non-compensation expenses:                        
Floor brokerage and clearing fees       105,357       30,998       120,145
Technology and communications       193,683       59,878       244,511
Occupancy and equipment rental       86,700       24,309       97,397
Business development       63,115       24,927       95,330
Professional services       72,802       24,135       73,427
Other       76,325       14,475       62,498
Total non-compensation expenses       597,982       178,722       693,308
Total non-interest expenses       1,811,890       652,939       2,464,106
Earnings before income taxes       280,005       139,487       491,795
Income tax expense       100,285       48,645       168,646
Net earnings       179,720       90,842       323,149
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests (B)       8,418       10,704       40,740
Net earnings attributable to Jefferies Group LLC/ common shareholders     $ 171,302     $ 80,138     $ 282,409
                         
Compensation and benefits / Net revenues       57.9%       59.0%       59.1%
                         
Effective tax rate       35.8%       34.9%       34.3%
                         
(A) Our consolidated net earnings for the three months ended February 28, 2013 reflects an adjustment of $5.3 million, after tax, to correct for the effect of an overstatement of professional service fees of $8.5 million relating to the Leucadia merger. We evaluated the effects of this error and concluded that it is not material to the previously issued Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three month period ended February 28, 2013. Nevertheless, we revised our consolidated net earnings for the three month period ended February 28, 2013 to correct for the effect of this error and appropriately reflected the $8.5 million of professional service fees as an expense in the nine month period ended November 30, 2013.
(B) For the nine months ended November 30, 2013, this line item represents net earnings attributable to third party interests in certain asset management entities and investment vehicles managed by us, including a Leucadia interest.

 

             
JEFFERIES GROUP LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
SELECTED STATISTICAL INFORMATION
(Amounts in Thousands, Except Other Data)
(Unaudited)
                   
      Quarter Ended
      Successor     Predecessor
      November 30,     August 31,     November 30,
      2013     2013     2012

Revenues by Source

                 
Equities     $ 294,351     $ 151,037     $ 176,595
Fixed income       212,295       33,103       292,974

Total

      506,646       184,140       469,569
                   
                   
Equity       118,348       56,482       52,919
Debt       162,031       120,187       145,772

Capital markets

      280,379       176,669       198,691
Advisory       136,665       142,670       84,271
Investment banking       417,044       319,339       282,962
                   
             
Asset management fees and investment gain

from managed funds:

           
Asset management fees       5,563       9,579       9,680
Investment gain from managed funds       6,454       3,971       6,638

Total

      12,017       13,550       16,318
Net revenues       935,707       517,029       768,849

Interest on mandatorily redeemable preferred interests of
consolidated subsidiaries

      -       -       8,279

Net revenues, less mandatorily redeemable preferred
interests of consolidated subsidiaries

    $ 935,707     $ 517,029     $ 760,570
                   

Other Data

                 
Number of trading days       63       64       63
                   
Average firmwide VaR (in millions) (A)     $ 12.61     $ 11.02     $ 13.38
Average firmwide VaR excluding Knight Capital (in millions) (A)     $ 10.37     $ 7.24     $ 7.95

Average firmwide VaR excluding Knight Capital and Harbinger
Group Inc. (in millions) (A)

    $ 7.32     $ 7.24     $ 7.95
                   

(A) VaR estimates the potential loss in value of our trading positions due to adverse market movements over a one-day time horizon with a 95% confidence level. For a further discussion of the calculation of VaR, see "Value at risk" in Part II, Item 7 "Management´s Discussion and Analysis" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2012.

 

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JEFFERIES GROUP LLC AND SUBSIDIARIES
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(Amounts in Millions, Except Where Noted)
(Unaudited)
                   
      Quarter Ended
      Successor     Predecessor
      November 30,     August 31,     November 30,
      2013     2013     2012
                   

Results:

                 
Net earnings attributable to Jefferies Group LLC / common shareholders (in thousands)     $ 120,054       $ 11,740       $ 71,604  
Pretax operating margin       20.5 %       4.5 %       15.0 %
Effective tax rate       34.9 %       36.3 %       30.0 %
                   

Financial position:

                 
Total assets (1)     $ 40,176       $ 38,830       $ 36,294  
Average total assets for quarter (1)     $ 46,439       $ 45,824       $ 44,242  
Average total assets less goodwill and intangible assets for quarter (1)     $ 44,455