The Jones Financial Companies, L.L.L.P. is organized under the Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act of the State of Missouri. The Partnerships principal operating subsidiary, Edward Jones, is a registered broker-dealer primarily serving individual investors. As the ultimate parent company of Edward Jones, the Partnership is a holding company with no direct operations. It primarily derives its revenues from the retail brokerage business through the sale of listed and unlisted securities and insurance products, investment banking, principal transactions and as a distributor of mutual fund shares, and revenue related to assets held by and account services provided to its customers. Edward Jones conducts business in the United States of America and Canada, with its customers, various brokers, dealers, clearing organizations, depositories and banks