Ellis-Kirk Matrice 4

What Happened Matrice Ellis-Kirk, a director of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (JEF), acquired 145 shares on 2026-02-27 at an average price of $44.40 per share, a total value of approximately $6,438. The filing reports this as an acquisition/award (transaction code A) rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-27; Price: $44.40 per share; Shares: 145; Total value ≈ $6,438.
• Transaction type: A (acquisition/award) — specifically acquisition of deferred shares via dividend reinvestment.
• Footnote: Acquisition of deferred shares as a dividend reinvestment exempt under Rule 16b-3(d)(1) & (2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
• Shares owned after the transaction: not reported in this Form 4.
• Filing date: 2026-02-27 (filed same day; no late filing indicated).

Context This was a dividend reinvestment (deferred-share acquisition) rather than a market purchase or sale. Such transactions are typically administrative transfers that do not necessarily signal a change in the insider’s market view. The Rule 16b-3 exemption noted in the footnote permits certain benefit-plan and dividend reinvestment transactions for insiders without triggering short-swing profit liabilities.