---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000720005-21-000110"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RJF"
cik: "0000720005"
company_name: "RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC"
filed_at: "2021-12-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T03:19:53.291112+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# RJF raises dividend 31%, authorizes $1B buyback; President Carson to retire

## Summary
- Quarterly dividend raised to $0.34/share from $0.26 (31% increase); payable Jan 18, 2022 to holders of record Jan 4, 2022.
- Board authorized $1B share repurchase, replacing $750M authorization with $632M remaining; no expiration date.
- President John Carson to retire Dec 31, 2021; will stay as vice chairman for transition.
- Horace Carter named president of Fixed Income, succeeding Carson; joins Executive Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000720005-21-000110
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RJF
- cik: 0000720005
- company_name: RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC
- filed_at: 2021-12-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000521000110/0000720005-21-000110-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000521000110/rjf-20211202.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720005-21-000110
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720005-21-000110.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720005-21-000110.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  John C. Carson, Jr. retired as President at RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: President
  source text: On December 2, 2021, John C. Carson, Jr. notified Raymond James Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) of his decision to retire as the Company’s President effective December 31, 2021.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000521000110/0000720005-21-000110-index.htm

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