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(JEFFERIES LOGO)   January 19, 2006
Filed pursuant to Rule 433
Registration Statement No. 333-130325
6.250% SENIOR DEBENTURES DUE 2036
     
Issuer:
  Jefferies Group, Inc.
 
   
Issue:
  Senior Debentures due 2036
 
   
Ratings:
  Baa1 by Moody’s Investor Service Inc.
 
  BBB by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group
 
  BBB+ by Fitch Ratings
 
   
Format:
  SEC Registered
 
   
Ranking:
  Senior Unsecured
 
   
Offering Size:
  $500,000,000
 
   
Trade Date:
  January 19, 2006
 
   
Settlement Date:
  January 26, 2006
 
   
Final Maturity:
  January 15, 2036
 
   
Interest Payment Dates:
  Semi-annually on the 15th of each July and January 
 
   
First Pay Date:
  July 15, 2006
 
   
UST Spot (PX/Yield):
  5.875% UST due 2/2031 — 112-7+ (Price)/4.552% (Yield
 
   
Spread to Benchmark:
  T30+ 175 basis points
 
   
Yield to Maturity:
  6.302% 
 
   
Coupon:
  6.250%, paid semi-annually (Fixed)
 
   
Issue Price (Price to Public):
  99.306% 
 
   
Underwriting Discount:
  0.875% 
 
   
Day Count Convention:
  30/360
 
   
Redemption at the issuer option:
  Make Whole T+ 25 basis points
 
   
Minimum Denominations:
  $5,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof
 
   
Billing & Delivering:
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                      Incorporated
 
   
Joint Book-Runners:
  Jefferies & Company, Inc.
 
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
 
  Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
                      Incorporated
 
   
Co-Managers:
  Banc of America Securities LLC
 
  BNY Capital Markets, Inc.
 
  Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.
 
  Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
 
  BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
 
  HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
 
  SG Americas Securities, LLC

 


 

     The following table sets forth Jefferies Group, Inc.’s capitalization as of September 30, 2005 on an actual basis and as adjusted to give effect to the sale of the debentures.
                 
    As of September 30, 2005  
    Actual     As adjusted  
    (unaudited, in thousands)  
Long-Term Debt:
               
7.50% Senior Notes due 2007
  $ 99,947     $ 99,947  
7.75% Senior Notes due 2012
    333,403       333,403  
5.50% Senior Notes due 2016
    348,093       348,093  
6.25% Senior Debentures due 2036 offered hereby
          500,000  
 
           
Total Long-Term Debt
    781,443       1,281,443  
 
           
Total Stockholders’ Equity
    1,201,860       1,201,860  
 
           
Total Capitalization(1)
  $ 1,983,303     $ 2,483,303  
 
           
 
(1)     On January 18, 2006, we announced that Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, or MassMutual, had agreed, subject to final documentation and conditions to closing, to purchase $125.0 million of our Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. Total Capitalization above does not reflect the sale of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock to MassMutual.
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