Jefferies Financial Group Inc. — Proxy Solicitation & Information Statement 2008

Apr 30, 2008

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LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION

315 Park Avenue South

New York, New York 10010

April 30, 2008

The following supplements the information found under “Present Beneficial Ownership of Common Shares” in our definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2008 in connection with the Company’s 2008 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on May 13, 2008.

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table summarizes information regarding the Company’s equity compensation plans as of December 31, 2007. All outstanding awards relate to the Company’s common shares.

| | Number of securities to be issued
upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights | Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and
rights | Number of securities remaining available for future
issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding
securities reflected in column (a)) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Plan
Category | (a) | (b) | (c) |
| Equity compensation | | | |
| Plans approved by | | | |
| security holders | 5,879,361 | $27.17 | 1,567,350 |
| Equity compensation | | | |
| Plans not approved | -- | -- | -- |
| by security
holders | | | |
| Total | 5,879,361 | $27.17 | 1,567,350 |

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