RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2019 filed with the SEC on January 29, 2020, as amended by our Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on March 27, 2020, and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly periods ended February 29, 2020 and May 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on April 8, 2020 and July 9, 2020, respectively, as may be supplemented by other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus supplement or the accompanying prospectus, you should consider carefully the following factors before deciding to purchase the Notes.
Risks Associated with the Offering
In the absence of an active trading market for the Notes, you may not be able to resell them.
We can offer no assurance as to the liquidity of the market for the Notes, your ability to sell the Notes or the price at which you may be able to sell them. Future trading prices of the Notes will depend on many factors, including, among other things, prevailing interest rates, our operating results, our credit ratings and the market for similar securities. Jefferies LLC has advised us that it currently intends to make a market in the Notes. However, Jefferies LLC is not obligated to do so and it may discontinue any market making at any time without notice.
We may redeem the Notes before maturity, and you may be unable to reinvest the proceeds at the same or a higher rate of return.
We may redeem all or a portion of the Notes at any time at the applicable redemption price described in this prospectus supplement in the section entitled “Description of the Notes—Optional Redemption.” If a redemption occurs, you may be unable to reinvest the money you receive in the redemption at a rate that is equal to or higher than the rate of return on the Notes.
The Notes will be effectively subordinated to liabilities of our subsidiaries.
The Notes will be the obligations of Jefferies Group LLC and Jefferies Group Capital Finance Inc. exclusively and will not be guaranteed by any of our other subsidiaries or secured by any of our properties or assets. Jefferies Group LLC is a holding company. Jefferies Group Capital Finance Inc. is a 100%-owned finance subsidiary of Jefferies Group LLC with nominal assets which conducts no operations. We conduct almost all of our operations through our subsidiaries and a significant portion of our consolidated assets are held by our subsidiaries. Accordingly, our cash flow and our ability to service debt, including the Notes, is in large part dependent upon the results of operations of our subsidiaries and upon the ability of our subsidiaries to provide us cash (whether in the form of dividends, loans or otherwise) to pay amounts due in respect of our obligations, to pay any amounts due on the Notes or to make any funds available to pay such amounts. In addition, dividends, loans and other distributions from our subsidiaries to us are subject to restrictions imposed by law, including minimum net capital requirements, are contingent upon results of operations of such subsidiaries and are subject to various business considerations.
The Notes will be effectively subordinated as a claim against the assets of our subsidiaries to all existing and future liabilities of those subsidiaries (including indebtedness, guarantees, customer and counterparty obligations, trade payables, lease obligations and letter of credit obligations). Therefore, our rights and the rights of our creditors, including the holders of the Notes, to participate in the assets of any subsidiary upon its liquidation or reorganization will be subject to the prior claims of its creditors, except to the extent that we or they may be a creditor with recognized claims against the subsidiary.
Changes in Jefferies Group LLC’s credit ratings may affect the trading value of the Notes.
Jefferies Group LLC’s credit ratings are an assessment of Jefferies Group LLC’s ability to pay its obligations. Consequently, real or anticipated changes in Jefferies Group LLC’s credit ratings may affect the trading value of the Notes. A credit rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating organization. No person is obligated to maintain any rating on the Notes, and, accordingly, we cannot assure you that the ratings assigned to the Notes will not be lowered or withdrawn by the assigning rating organization at any time thereafter.
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