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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. and Waton Financial Limited Ordinary Shares

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Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. operates as an investment banking and capital markets firm in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific. The company operates in two segments, Investment Banking and Capital Markets, and Asset Management. It provides investment banking and advisory services for mergers or acquisitions, debt financing, restructurings or recapitalizations, and private capital advisory transactions; underwriting and placement services related to corporate debt, municipal debt, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, equity and equity-linked securities, and loan syndication services; and corporate lending services. The company also offers financing, securities lending, and other prime brokerage services; equities research, sales, and trading services; wealth management services; and online foreign exchange trading services. In addition, it provides investment-grade distressed debt securities, U.S. and European government and agency securities, municipal bonds, leveraged loans, emerging markets debt, interest rates, and credit index derivative products; and manages and offers services to a diverse group of alternative asset management platforms across a spectrum of investment strategies and asset classes. The company serves public companies, private companies, sponsors and owners, institutional investors, and government entities. The company was formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation and changed its name to Jefferies Financial Group Inc. in May 2018. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

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Waton Financial Limited Ordinary Shares

Waton Financial Limited provides securities brokerage and financial technology services. The company offers securities brokerage services for securities listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, including shares under the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect and Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Nasdaq Stock Market; margin financing services; and other ancillary services through electronic trading platform to its corporate and individual brokerage customers, as well as bond distribution services. It also provides software licensing and related support services comprising the licensing of trading platform APP, upgrades and enhancements, maintenance, and other related services to financial institutions; and integrated and customizable software solutions to develop trading platform APP that cover the front-, middle-, and back-office operations of securities brokerage business, such as electronic trade order placing, customer relationship management and operational data management, and securities order clearing and settlement services that enables the securities broker customers to digitalize and streamline their business operations and interact with the financial market. The company was formerly known as IAM Group Inc. and changed its name to Waton Financial Limited in July 2023. Waton Financial Limited was founded in 1989 and is based in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Waton Financial Limited is a subsidiary of Waton Corporation Limited.

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