# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0002115908
**File Stem:** 0001214659-26-004342
**Filing Date:** 2026-4
**Character Count:** 9004
**Document Hash:** 56ca48dca0a7be3f160cf004dfc7079b
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001214659-26-004342.hdr.sgml**: 20260403

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001214659-26-004342

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 3

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260326

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260403

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260403

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Hyakutome Yoshihiro
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0002115908

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 3
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-05721
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26839409

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **ADDRESS IS A NON US LOCATION:** YES
- **STREET 1:** 1-2, MARUNOUCHI 1-CHOME
- **CITY:** CHIYODA-KU, TOKYO
- **PROVINCE COUNTRY:** M0
- **ZIP:** 100-0005
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000096223
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 132615557
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** NY
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1130

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 520 MADISON AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10022
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 2124601900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 520 MADISON AVENUE
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10022

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19920703

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** TALCOTT NATIONAL CORP
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19800603

## Ex-24

```
<pre>
      LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints Michael J. Sharp, Laura Ulbrandt DiPierro, and Joanna
Jia, or any of them acting individually, as the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on
behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

(1)	obtain and maintain credentials, including any Form ID or amended Form ID,
to enable the undersigned, directly or indirectly including through a delegated
entity, account administrator or other designated filing agent, to submit and
file information and documents via the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering and
Retrieval ("EDGAR") system or successor EDGAR Next, including identification
codes, verification codes, passwords and password management codes, and any
related annual certifications or confirmations, and to act as the undersigned's
agent for such purposes;

(2)	prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5 (including
any amendments thereto), with respect to the securities of
Jefferies Financial Group Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"), with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities
exchanges and the
Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

(3)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's
behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third
party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such
information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of
information; and

(4)	perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned
in connection with the foregoing.

	The undersigned acknowledges that:

(1)	this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such
attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

(2)	any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such
form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

(3)	neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements
of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and

(4)	this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the
Exchange Act.

The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.  This Power of Attorney supersedes all other powers
of attorney previously executed by the undersigned in respect of the subject
matter described herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 2 day of April 2026.

/s/ Yoshihiro Hyakutome
Yoshihiro Hyakutome

    </pre>
```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 3

### INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Hyakutome Yoshihiro<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC.<br>520 MADISON AVE.<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>NEW YORK, NY 10022<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>Jefferies Financial Group Inc. [ JEF ] | **5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  |
| **2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2026-03-26 | **4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[X] Director   [ ] 10% Owner<br>[ ] Officer (give title below)   [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_ _ | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 3. Ownership Form | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 3. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price | 5. Ownership Form | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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**Remarks:**
No securities are beneficially owned. See Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney.

**Signature:** /s/ Joanna Jia, by power of attorney  
**Date:** 2026-04-03

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**