UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
May
1, 2009
Date of
report (date of earliest event reported)
Raymond
James Financial, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Florida
(State or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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1-9109
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59-1517485
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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880
Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(727)
567-1000
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item
7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure
Officials
of the Company today met with sell side analysts and discussed various
topics. A copy of the power point presentation is posted on the
Company’s website www.RaymondJames.com under
Investor Relations – Presentations and Webcasts. In that
presentation, the Company disclosed the results of the self-imposed stress test
that was performed on Raymond James Bank, FSB (“RJBank”) and other
information.
In
response to a question about the ability of Raymond James Financial to put
additional capital into RJBank if necessary to meet regulatory requirements, the
Company estimated that $100-$200 million was currently available for that
purpose.
In
response to a question about the opportunity for Raymond James & Associates,
Inc. (“RJA”) to recruit new financial advisors, the Company disclosed
that it expects RJA to add financial advisors with trailing 12-month
production of more than $100 million during this fiscal
year.
In
response to a question about the auction rate securities held by Company
customers, the Company disclosed that it was hopeful that Nuveen Investments’s
recently announced plan to issue medium term notes would result in the majority
of auction rate securities held by the Company’s customers being
redeemed.
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.
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RAYMOND
JAMES FINANCIAL, INC.
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Date:
May 1, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Jeffrey P. Julien
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Jeffrey
P. Julien
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Senior
Vice President - Finance
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and
Chief Financial Officer
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