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Jefferies Financial Group Inc. insiders sold $52 in the past 12 months. How much of their stake is that?

Insiders sold $52 in the past 12 months.0% was sold under disclosed trading plans, 100% with no plan disclosed. The largest seller, Brian Friedman (President, Director), sold $52.Share-of-stake figures for this company are being verified and will be added when that check is finished. Why

Updated Oct 13, 2026 from SEC filings · covers Oct 14, 2025 to Oct 13, 2026
$52
sold with no plan disclosed, past 12 months
0%
of sales were under disclosed trading plans, past 12 months
1 of 12
officers and directors sold shares, past 12 months
Is this normal? Less than usual: less than one-twentieth of the 5-year average. 1 insider sold; the average is 2 a year. Year by year
Latest filing: Filed Oct 9 for a gift on Oct 7. Brian Friedman gave away 100 shares. Filing
SEC ownership filings: 67 filed in the 12 months to Oct 13, 2026; 915 on record since Apr 3, 2003 · See the evidence

What stands out

Tax withholding outweighed market sales: the company withheld $101M of officers' and directors' shares for taxes, against $52 sold on the open market. The largest was Richard Handler ($89.5M withheld).Largest withholding, May 23, 2026

A share of stake is shown for 0 of the 1 officer or director who sold. 12 are left out

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Left out: Richard Handler, Brian Friedman, Kane O, Robert Beyer, Linda Adamany, Thomas Jones, Michael Sharp, MaryAnne Gilmartin, Jacob Katz, Melissa Weiler, Matrice Ellis-Kirk and Matthew Larson (share of stake is being verified).
Disclosed company stock is not an insider's whole wealth.

Who sold, and how much of their stake

Officers and directors, past 12 months. Their share of stake is being verified and is not shown yet; amounts and trading plans are below.

Brian Friedman
President, Director
Not confirmed
Share of stake not shown: share of stake is being verified. Why
$52No plan disclosed
Amounts, filings and trading plans for each seller

Selling by month

Officers and directors, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026. Each sale is counted once: under a disclosed plan, else to cover taxes, else no plan disclosed.

No plan disclosedOne dollar scale for every month; the tallest bar is labeled
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMay 2026: $52 no plan disclosed$52MayJunJulAugSepOct

Recent activity

Past 30 days, Sep 14, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026
Oct 7, 2026Brian Friedman gave away 100 shares as a gift.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Brian Friedman
President, Director
100n/an/an/aOct 7, 2026Oct 9, 2026
Oct 1, 2026Richard Handler gave away 842 shares as a gift.
WhoSharesPrice% of total stakeTotal stake afterTrade dateFiled
Richard Handler
CEO, Director
842n/an/an/aOct 1, 2026Oct 2, 2026

"% of total stake" is the shares in an event against all the vested shares the person held that day, across every share class and holding entity, after that day's vesting. "n/a" means the person's holdings are not confirmed, or the row is a purchase. "Holdings record incomplete" means more shares were sold than the filings show the person held that day, so a percentage would be wrong.

Outside holders, reported separately

SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months. Large shareholders and the funds or companies that board members represent are not part of management, so they are left out of the figures above.

Details

Common questions

Is the Jefferies Financial Group Inc. CEO selling stock?

No. Richard Handler reported no open-market sales in the past 12 months.

Why are Jefferies Financial Group Inc. insiders selling?

Filings rarely give a reason, and we don't guess at one. What they show is how the sales were made: 0% of sales by value ran under 10b5-1 trading plans disclosed in the filings and 100% had no disclosed plan. A trading plan schedules sales in advance.

Are any Jefferies Financial Group Inc. insiders buying?

No. Officers and directors reported no purchases in the past 12 months.

The evidence

Who sold1 officer or director: amount, % of holdings, trading plan
Who soldAmount% of holdingsTrading plan
Brian Friedman
President, Director
$52
1 shares
Not confirmed
share of stake is being verified. Why
No plan disclosed

Outside holder, reported separately: SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. (an outside shareholder, not part of management). No open-market sales reported in the period. Latest filing

The full ownership picture0 of 12 officers and directors confirmed

Vested shares across all share classes, held directly and through trusts, LLCs and family members, as reported on SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5. Unvested awards and options are never counted as owned shares.

InsiderHeld Oct 13, 2025SoldHeld Oct 13, 2026Still held
Richard Handler
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. See the filing Sales and other transactions for Richard Handler are complete.
CEO, Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Richard Handler

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Richard Handler are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−2.1Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−1.67Mwithheld by the company for taxes
Brian Friedman
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Brian Friedman are complete.
President, Director
n/a−1n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Brian Friedman

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Brian Friedman are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

−559Kgifted (net of own trusts)
−187Kwithheld by the company for taxes
Kane O
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Kane O are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Kane O

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Kane O are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Robert Beyer
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Robert Beyer are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Robert Beyer

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Robert Beyer are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Linda Adamany
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Linda Adamany are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Linda Adamany

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Linda Adamany are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Thomas Jones
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Thomas Jones are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Thomas Jones

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Thomas Jones are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Michael Sharp
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Michael Sharp are complete.
EVP and General Counsel
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Michael Sharp

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Michael Sharp are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
MaryAnne Gilmartin
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for MaryAnne Gilmartin are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for MaryAnne Gilmartin

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for MaryAnne Gilmartin are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Jacob Katz
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Jacob Katz are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Jacob Katz

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Jacob Katz are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Melissa Weiler
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Melissa Weiler are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Melissa Weiler

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Melissa Weiler are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Matrice Ellis-Kirk
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Matrice Ellis-Kirk are complete.
Director
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Matrice Ellis-Kirk

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Matrice Ellis-Kirk are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)
Matthew Larson
!
Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Share-of-stake figures and holdings for this company are held back while they are verified. Sales and other transactions for Matthew Larson are complete.
EVP, CFO
n/a0n/an/a
Vesting, gifts, unvested awards and holding lines for Matthew Larson

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status and dates for Matthew Larson are complete; balances and unit counts will be added when the check is finished.

0gifted (net of own trusts)

Holdings and share of stake for Jefferies Financial Group Inc. are being verified, so no balances, unit counts or percentages are shown. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings.

What explains the selling$52 of sales by plan status, purpose, seller and month

Officer and director open-market sales: $52 across 1 share. Plan status and stated purpose are separate questions, and a sale can have both.

By plan status

No plan disclosed · $52

Sales with no 10b5-1 plan and no tax reference in the filing. $52 of it is Brian Friedman. No plan disclosed is a statement about the filing, not about why the sale happened. Largest such sale: Brian Friedman, May 6, 2026

Taxes

1,857,470 shares ($101M) were withheld by the company for taxes, which isn't a market sale.

Charitable gifts · 82K shares

Gifts the filings describe as charitable. Gifts are not sales and are not included in the sale totals.

SellerShares soldProceedsUnder a disclosed planShare of totalSales dates
Brian Friedman
President, Director
1$520%100%May 6, 2026 to May 6, 2026

Sales by month

MonthSale proceedsDisclosed planTo cover taxesNo plan disclosed
Oct 2025$0$0$0$0
Nov 2025$0$0$0$0
Dec 2025$0$0$0$0
Jan 2026$0$0$0$0
Feb 2026$0$0$0$0
Mar 2026$0$0$0$0
Apr 2026$0$0$0$0
May 2026$52$0$0$52
Jun 2026$0$0$0$0
Jul 2026$0$0$0$0
Aug 2026$0$0$0$0
Sep 2026$0$0$0$0
Oct 2026$0$0$0$0
Is this normal? Selling year by year5 earlier years to compare with

Less than usual: less than one-twentieth of the 5-year average. 1 insider sold; the average is 2 a year.

12 months endingShares soldInsiders who soldProceeds
Oct 13, 2026
Latest 12 months
11$52
Oct 13, 2025
1 year earlier
1.09M3$76.4M
Oct 13, 2024
2 years earlier
1.98M2$90.8M
Oct 14, 2023
3 years earlier
1.79M2$62.4M
Oct 14, 2022
4 years earlier
307K3$13.3M
Oct 14, 2021
5 years earlier
124K2$4.2M

Open-market sales (Form 4 code S) by people who were officers or directors, in split-adjusted shares. Earlier years include people who have since left. A sale that an outside holder also reports (a family trust, a fund) is counted with outside holders in every year. Shares, not dollars, are compared, so a change in the stock price doesn't look like a change in selling. Years the filings don't fully cover are shown but left out of the average.

Known gaps and uncertainty12 officers and directors not confirmed

Holdings and share of stake are being verified. Balances, unit counts and every share-of-stake figure for Jefferies Financial Group Inc. are held back until that check is finished. Sales, proceeds, plan and tax status, titles and dates come straight from individual filings and are complete.

External context: we only cite outside events when a documented connection exists. None is shown for this period.

Sources and methodology915 filings on record, 67 filed in the 12-month period, and how we read them

All 915 Forms 3, 4 and 5 on record for Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (SEC CIK 96223), filed from Apr 3, 2003 to Oct 9, 2026; 67 of them were filed in the 12 months this page covers, retrieved from SEC EDGAR on Oct 13, 2026. Prices are the ones reported in each filing, often weighted averages. 128 filings were left out because Jefferies Financial Group Inc. filed them as an owner of another company's stock. 3 older filings exist only on paper and could not be read.

Probable 2-for-1 stock split on or before Jul 24, 2006 (first filing that shows post-split balances). Splits aren't reported as transactions; 12 holding lines changed by exactly this ratio, so earlier share counts are restated.

Holdings. Each holding line (a share class plus an owner, such as a trust or LLC) carries its last reported balance forward. Entities first reported during the period start at zero, so transfers between an insider's own trusts don't count as selling. Lines not reported for three years or more are listed separately and left out of totals.

Sales. A sale counts as under a 10b5-1 plan if its footnote cites one or the filing's Rule 10b5-1 box is checked, and as tax-related if its footnote cites tax obligations or sell-to-cover. Shares withheld by the company for taxes are listed separately. Sales with neither attribute are labeled "no plan disclosed".

Full methodology

Former or inactive filers (28)No filing in 18 months; last reported balances, not in any total
NameLast filedLast reported balance
Joseph SteinbergNov 14, 202459,909,508 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 14, 2024
Barry AlperinMar 30, 202353,137 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 29, 2023
Mark CagnoNov 1, 202226 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 1, 2022
Rocco NittoliAug 1, 2022No balance on record
Stuart ReeseApr 14, 202133,756 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 12, 2021
Francisco BorgesMar 30, 202168,058 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 26, 2021
Robert JoyalDec 7, 2020106,985 shares, last reported balance as of Aug 28, 2020
Jeffrey KeilDec 3, 201845,165 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 30, 2018
Patrick CampbellDec 3, 2018120,609 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 30, 2018
Teresa GendronSep 3, 201430,084 shares, last reported balance as of Sep 1, 2014
Justin WheelerJul 29, 201493,865 shares, last reported balance as of Jul 25, 2014
Richard DooleyJun 28, 2013328,696 shares, last reported balance as of Jun 26, 2013
Ian CummingMar 5, 201325,669,851 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 1, 2013
Paul DouganJan 10, 201319,650 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 18, 2012
Barbara LowenthalDec 17, 201238,788 shares, last reported balance as of Nov 11, 2010
Joseph Orlando Jr.Dec 17, 20121,080 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 30, 2011
Thomas MaraDec 17, 2012No balance on record
Connor ODec 17, 2012No balance on record
Alan HirschfieldMay 16, 201277,000 shares, last reported balance as of Mar 16, 2011
James JordanMay 16, 2012200,750 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 5, 2011
Jesse Nichols IIIMay 16, 2012404,668 shares, last reported balance as of May 10, 2011
Michael SorkinMay 16, 20129,600 shares, last reported balance as of May 11, 2009
Lawrence GlaubingerMay 1, 2009439,500 shares, last reported balance as of Apr 30, 2009
SCRUGGS H EDec 12, 200636,284 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 5, 2006
Mark HornsteinDec 23, 200380,260 shares, last reported balance as of Dec 22, 2003
John DaltonNo balance on record
Toru NakashimaNo balance on record
Yoshihiro HyakutomeNo balance on record

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