Ellis-Kirk Matrice 4

What Happened
Director Matrice received an equity award of 5,461 shares of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. on March 26, 2026. The award is reported at an acquisition price of $40.28 per share, for a total reported value of $219,969. This transaction is coded as an award/grant (A), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-26; filing date: 2026-03-27 (filed the next day, within typical Form 4 timing requirements).
• Price per share: $40.28; total value: $219,969.
• Shares received: 5,461.
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
• Footnote: Acquisition made under Jefferies' Equity Compensation Plan and reported as exempt under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) & (2) (safe-harbor exemption for certain plan awards).
• Transaction code: A = Award/Grant.

Context
Equity awards like this are typically part of director or employee compensation and do not necessarily indicate insider buying for investment reasons. The Rule 16b-3 exemption noted in the footnote is a common disclosure for plan-based awards and means the transaction follows specified plan and shareholder-approval procedures.