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Bio on Brian Shipman

Brian Shipman To Cover Media, Advertising And Publishing

NEW YORK, September 18, 2007 -- Jefferies & Company, Inc., the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF), today announced the hiring of Brian S. Shipman as a Senior Equity Research Analyst to cover the media, advertising and publishing industries. Mr. Shipman has over a decade of sell-side experience covering these industries.

Mr. Shipman joins an established technology, media and telecommunications equity research team which includes 12 US and 7 International senior analysts covering some 250 companies globally, in these sectors. The Firm’s global coverage of the technology, media and telecommunications sector includes five dedicated sector traders and some 130 investment banking professionals.

"Brian Shipman is a respected analyst with an excellent track record covering media stocks," commented Steven R. Black, Head of Equity Research at Jefferies & Company, Inc. "This addition is indicative of our focus on the overall technology, media and communications sector and our commitment to providing research coverage of dynamic industries that are rich in opportunity for our institutional investor base.”

"Media, advertising and publishing are constantly evolving with new technologies and an increasingly sophisticated consumer response,” added Mr. Shipman. “I’m very excited to join Jefferies’ award winning research team, enhance its focus on the media sector and bring my insight to the Firm’s media-focused institutional investors.”

Jefferies’ broad equity research effort has received key industry accolades, ranking among the Top 5 research teams for the second time in three years in The Wall Street Journal “Best on the Street” 2007 Analysts Survey, with a total of seven awards. The Firm also earned a total of nine analyst honors in StarMine’s 2007 Analyst Survey. Jefferies and its affiliates now have more than 130 equity and high yield research professionals in the US, Europe and Asia covering over 1,300 companies in the areas of aerospace and defense, business, consumer, financial and IT services, clean technology, energy, gaming & lodging, healthcare, industrial, media and entertainment, shipping, technology, and telecommunications.

Mr. Shipman joins us from UBS, where he was the Senior Publishing and Advertising analyst prior to which he was a senior equity research analyst at Robertson Stephenson. Previously he was a senior analyst at Prudential Securities, where he covered publishing and broadcasting. He began his career in equity research at Gabelli and Company, Inc. He has a BA in Economics and Management from Albion College and an MBA from the University of Oregon. He was ranked #3 and #4 respectively, in the 2003 and 2004 Wall St. Journal "Best on the Street" in Advertising & Publishing.

Mr. Shipman will be based in the Firm’s New York Headquarters.

About Jefferies

Jefferies, a global investment bank and institutional securities firm, has served growing and mid-sized companies and their investors for 45 years. Headquartered in New York, with more than 25 offices around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm is a leading provider of trade execution in equity, high yield, convertible and international securities for institutional investors and high net worth individuals. Jefferies & Company, Inc. is the principal operating subsidiary of Jefferies Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF; www.jefferies.com).

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