Edward Jones New Release - LP Offering

Jim Duncan accepted an initial limited partnership offer, while Margot D Armstrong accepted an invitation to increase her

current limited partnership holdings.

Edward Jones currently employs 45,000 associates in all 50 states and through its affiliate in Canada. This is the firm's

17th limited partnership offering in its 97−year history.

"I am honored to be invited to become a limited partner in the firm," said Duncan. "I enjoy working for Edward Jones, and I

am very proud of the way we do business and the way we treat our clients."

"I, too, am very honored to receive this invitation," Armstrong said. "I've always enjoyed my job −− it's both challenging

and rewarding −− but being invited to increase my limited partner holdings in the firm is really exciting."

The Jones Financial Cos. was created in 1987 to enable the firm to expand into new business areas while allowing it to

remain a partnership. The Jones Financial Cos. owns Edward D. Jones & Co., LP, which operates under the trade name

Edward Jones, EDJ Leasing Co., the Edward Jones Trust Co., and its international financial services subsidiary, Edward

Jones Canada.

Edward Jones, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in St. Louis, provides financial services in the U.S. and, through its

affiliate, in Canada. Every aspect of the firm's business, from the investments its financial advisors offer to the location of

its branch offices, caters to individual investors. The firm's 17,000−plus financial advisors serve more than 7 million clients

and care for $1 trillion in assets under management. Visit our website at edwardjones.com and recruiting website at

careers.edwardjones.com. Member SIPC.