LUK Leucadia National Corp.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2015

LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-460-1900

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

On August 14, 2015, John Dalton accepted the position of Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Leucadia National Corporation with a start date on or before September 15, 2015. A copy of the press release announcing the appointment is attached hereto as exhibit 99 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Mr. Dalton, age 33, was most recently the Assistant Controller and Director, Consolidations and Financial Reporting of TEGNA Inc./Gannett Co., Inc. Since 2004, Mr. Dalton has held other accounting and audit positions at TEGNA/Gannett. Mr. Dalton graduated from James Madison University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration and is a licensed CPA.

Mr. Dalton’s employment agreement with us provides for an annual salary of $350,000. We will also reimburse Mr. Dalton for the amount of forfeited compensation from his prior employer and moving expenses to cover his relocation to New York, including the sale of his Virginia house. Our agreement provides for repayment of such reimbursed amounts by Mr. Dalton in certain circumstances and does not provide for a guaranteed bonus.

The following exhibit is filed with this report:

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99

August 19, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Laura Ulbrandt (212) 460-1900

LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION APPOINTS JOHN M. DALTON

AS ITS CONTROLLER AND CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER

New York, New York – August 19, 2015 - Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK) announced today that that John M. Dalton will become Leucadia’s Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, succeeding Barbara Lowenthal, effective on or before September 15, 2015.

Mr. Dalton, age 33, was most recently the Assistant Controller and Director, Consolidations and Financial Reporting of TEGNA Inc./Gannett Co., Inc. Since 2004, Mr. Dalton has held other accounting and audit positions at TEGNA/Gannett. Mr. Dalton graduated from James Madison University, where he obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration and is a licensed CPA.

Teresa Gendron, Chief Financial Officer of Leucadia, stated: “I have worked with John at TEGNA/Gannett and am very pleased he will be joining us. We will benefit from his knowledge and experience, and we look forward to working with John as our newest partner.”

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About Leucadia

Leucadia National Corporation is a diversified holding company engaged through its consolidated subsidiaries in a variety of businesses, including investment banking and capital markets, beef processing, manufacturing, oil and gas exploration and production and asset management. The Company also owns equity interests in businesses that are accounted for under the equity method of accounting, including a diversified holding company, real estate, commercial mortgage banking and servicing, telecommunication services in Italy, automobile dealerships and development of a gold and silver mining project.

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