Raymond James Financial announces quarterly dividend, $250 million increase in share repurchase authorization, Shareholders Meeting results
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – On March 1, 2019, the Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend on shares of its common stock of $0.34 per share, payable April 15, 2019 to shareholders of record on April 1, 2019.
The Board also increased its repurchase authorization with respect to the company’s common stock by $250 million. Following the increase, the firm currently has a total of $505 million in share repurchase authorization. The repurchases may be made from time to time at the discretion of the Board’s Securities Repurchase Committee at prices that the company deems appropriate and subject to market conditions, applicable law and other factors. Such repurchases may be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise. The Board’s authorization does not have a fixed expiration date. The repurchase authorization does not obligate the company to repurchase any dollar amount or number of securities and may be suspended or discontinued at any time.
The firm held its 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on the afternoon of February 28, 2019. Shareholders re-elected all 12 of the company’s board nominees. Shareholders also voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the company’s named executive officers for fiscal 2018, to approve the Raymond James Financial, Inc. Amended and Restated 2003 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2019.
About Raymond James Financial, Inc.
Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE: RJF) is a leading diversified financial services company providing private client group, capital markets, asset management, banking and other services to individuals, corporations and municipalities. The company has approximately 7,800 financial advisors throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. Total client assets are $765 billion. Public since 1983, the firm is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RJF. Additional information is available at www.raymondjames.com.
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