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Jefferies congratulates GBL (Groupe Bruxelles Lambert) and its portfolio company Sanoptis on entering a partnership with The Carlyle Group through a €250 million capital raise in preferred equity. Established in 2018 by the founding management team and with revenues exceeding €700 million, Sanoptis is a European leader in ophthalmology services with over 450 locations across Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Austria, and Greece. We are proud to have served as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Sanoptis. This marks our 3rd European Healthcare Services and 2nd Private Financing Solutions transaction in 2025. It highlights our continued success in the sector and DACH region, and in delivering highly bespoke capital solutions. We thank GBL and Sanoptis for placing their trust in us for this significant transaction. We congratulate them on the exceptional value created and wish them continued success in the future. #GBL #Sanoptis #Carlyle

Jefferies is proud to have served as Sole Financial Advisor to CDP Equity in the context of ~€10bn recapitalization package of Open Fiber, Italy’s leading FTTH fibre optic operator and a key player in the country’s digitalization. Completing the project financing secures the company all the resources necessary to achieve its new business plan objectives, which include investments of approximately €10bn to ensure the comprehensive coverage of over 20 million housing units. We extend our best wishes to CDP Equity and the Open Fiber team for continued success in their journey. This transaction further solidifies Jefferies’ momentum in Italy, underscoring the robustness of our Italian franchise, and Jefferies’ position as leading advisor in the EMEA Digital Infrastructure space.

And that’s a wrap for our sixth #JefAsiaForum! A big thank you to all who joined us, particularly our expert speakers, including Daniel Susskind, Research Professor in Economics at King’s College London; author and journalist, Johann Hari; Jonathan Kirshner, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Boston College; Sir David Spiegelhalter, Emeritus Professor of Statistics, University of Cambridge; Steven Cook, Senior Fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies, and many more. This year’s Jefferies Asia Forum brought together over 1100 delegates, more than 170 leading public and private companies from around the region, and 30 pre-eminent thought leaders and innovative thinkers – and may it only grow from here as our momentum in Asia continues!

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Jefferies is pleased to have served as Exclusive Financial Advisor to NinjaTrader on its $1.5 billion sale to Kraken Digital Asset Exchange. This transaction represents largest-ever deal combining TradFi and crypto. This marks the latest for Jefferies in a series of advisory roles within the brokerage and crypto space, underpinning our leading advisory position in financial technology globally. Read more: http://spklr.io/60494FEh

The sixth #JEFAsiaForum is off to a great start! We kicked-off with opening remarks from Raphael Bejarano, our Global Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets, followed by presentations by Chris Wood, our Global Head of Equity Strategy and author of GREED and Fear, Mohit Kumar, Jefferies’ Chief European Economist, and Mahesh Nandurkar, our India Equity Strategist & Head of India Research. We were also delighted to welcome a number of external experts in their fields, including Sir Robin Niblett, Distinguished Fellow, Chatham House, who recently published The New Cold War, and Alex Capri, Senior Lecturer at the National University of Singapore and author of Techno-Nationalism: How It's Reshaping Trade, Geopolitics and Society.   Special thanks to CNBC, our exclusive broadcast media partner, who has conducted live interviews from the event venue, and will be hosting our speakers in-studio over the next two days. Thanks also to members of the press from the Financial Times, Bloomberg, The Economist, and Reuters, to name a few, who have joined us so far. Looking forward to what the rest of our event brings!

Jefferies India Head of Research Mahesh Nandurkar joined CNBC’s Editors' Roundtable to share his point of view on markets given global uncertainty and bullishness on the US. http://spklr.io/60484qPn

We are excited to kick off Jefferies 6th Asia Forum taking place on March 18 – 20 in Hong Kong. This year marks the sixth year of Jefferies Asia Forum, one of the most comprehensive events of its kind in the region, bringing together institutional investors, leading public and private companies, and pre-eminent thought leaders, to offer original content, comprehensive corporate access, and actionable investment insights. In 2024, over 1000 attendees met with 200 corporate and expert speakers in presentations and private meetings over three days. See highlights from our 2024 Forum below. Stay tuned for updates from the event this week and join the discussion using the hashtag #JEFAsiaForum.

In the last three months, 19 Jefferies offices partnered with local charities to organize volunteer events focused on hunger and holiday relief. We want to thank our program Ambassadors and all who volunteered their time and dedication to great causes and the organizations we partnered with: Children’s First Fund, Hackney Foodbank, Hunger Busters, One Warm Coat, Food Angel by Bo Charity Foundation, The Food Bank Singapore, Foster Love, God's Love We Deliver, Opera San Francesco per i Poveri, Project Open Hand, Rise Against Hunger, Rosie’s Place, The Salvation Army, Second Harvest, Serve the City Amsterdam, Stockholm Stadsmission. #JefferiesDoingGoodAlways

Aditi Venkatram, Managing Director, Equity Capital Markets, and our client, Eben Upton, Founder and CEO of Raspberry Pi, are guests on the latest episode of the renowned podcast ‘IPO Stories’, hosted by the CEO of Amundsen Investment Management, Per Einar Ellefsen. Jefferies was joint Global Coordinator on the London IPO of Raspberry Pi in 2024. Eben refers to how working with the Jefferies team on the IPO was a “peak experience” and there are some enjoyable quips on the IPO process throughout, including some shared admiration for Douglas Adams in the final few minutes! https://lnkd.in/eecpzHvC