EXHIBIT 99.1
| INTL FCStone Inc. intends to appeal Sentinel decision |
NEW YORK – January 18, 2013 – INTL FCStone Inc. (Nasdaq: INTL) ("the Company") announced today that an agreed order was entered in the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illinois on January 17, 2013, staying execution and enforcement of the January 4, 2013 judgment against its subsidiary, FCStone, LLC in the matter of Frederick J. Grede (as Liquidation Trustee of the Sentinel Liquidation Trust) vs. FCStone, LLC, pending an appeal of the judgment. By agreement it was also ordered that FCStone should post an appeal cash deposit of $7.96 million with the Court.
INTL FCStone Inc. is of the view that, if the appeal is unsuccessful, the resulting net pre-tax loss to FCStone would be between $4 million and $6 million.
About INTL FCStone Inc.
INTL FCStone Inc. (INTL) provides execution and advisory services in commodities, currencies and international securities. INTL’s businesses, which include the commodities advisory and transaction execution firm FCStone Group, serve more than 20,000 commercial customers in more than 100 countries through a network of offices in twelve countries around the world. Further information on INTL is available at www.intlfcstone.com.
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Contact
INTL FCStone Inc.
Kent Coughlin
615-234-2756
kent.coughlin@intlfcstone.com