Press Release

October 23, 2009

RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL BOARD
ANNOUNCES SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Raymond James Financial Board of Directors today announced that the annual shareholders’ meeting will be held February 18, 2010, at 4:30 p.m. EST, and will be held at the Raymond James Financial Center, the company’s headquarters in St. Petersburg. Shareholders of record as of December 11, 2009, will be eligible to vote.

About Raymond James Financial

Raymond James Financial (NYSE-RJF) is a Florida-based diversified holding company providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through its subsidiary companies. Its three wholly owned broker/dealers (Raymond James & Associates, Raymond James Financial Services and Raymond James Ltd.) and Raymond James Investment Services Limited, a majority-owned independent contractor subsidiary in the United Kingdom, have a total of more than 5,300 financial advisors serving approximately 1.9 million accounts in more than 2,300 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. In addition, total client assets are approximately $223 billion, of which $29 billion are managed by the firm’s asset management subsidiaries.

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