NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION

MEMBER:

JEFFERIES LLC

EXCHANGE RULE:

CME Rule 526. Block Trades

The Exchange shall designate the products in which block trades shall be permitted and determine the minimum quantity thresholds for such transactions. The following shall govern block trades:

F. Unless otherwise agreed to by the principal counterparties to the block trade, the seller, or, in the case of a brokered transaction, the broker handling the block trade, must ensure that each block trade is reported to the Exchange within five minutes of the time of execution; except that block trades in interest rate futures and options executed outside of Regular Trading Hours (7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday – Friday on regular business days) and Housing and Weather futures and options must be reported within fifteen minutes of the time of execution. The report must include the contract, contract month, price, quantity of the transaction, the respective clearing members, the time of execution, and, for options, strike price, put or call and expiration month. The Exchange shall promptly publish such information separately from the reports of transactions in the regular market.

FINDINGS:

Pursuant to an offer of settlement Jefferies LLC (“Jefferies”), formerly known as Jefferies Bache LLC, presented at hearing on April 15, 2015, in which Jefferies neither admitted nor denied the rule violations upon which the penalty is based, a Panel of the CME Business Conduct Committee (“Panel”) found that it had jurisdiction over Jefferies as a CME member pursuant to Exchange Rules 400 and 402, and that on January 17, 2013 and February 5, 2013, Jefferies executed block trades that were not reported to the Exchange within the applicable time limit following execution.

The Panel found that as a result, Jefferies violated Rule 526.F.

PENALTY:

In accordance with the settlement offer, the Panel ordered Jefferies to pay a fine to the Exchange in the amount of $15,000.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

April 17, 2015