---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000720005-22-000068"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RJF"
cik: "0000720005"
company_name: "RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC"
filed_at: "2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-21T10:31:14.093178+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Raymond James raises quarterly dividend 24% to $0.42; authorizes $1.5B stock buyback

## Summary
- Common dividend increased 24% to $0.42 per share; payable Jan 17, 2023 to holders of record Jan 3, 2023.
- Preferred dividends declared: $0.421875 per Series A depositary share and $0.3984375 per Series B depositary share.
- Board authorized $1.5B share repurchase, replacing prior $1B authorization with ~$800M remaining as of Dec 1, 2022.
- Jonathan "Butch" Oorlog appointed Chief Accounting Officer, effective Jan 1, 2023; previously SVP and Controller.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000720005-22-000068
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RJF
- cik: 0000720005
- company_name: RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC
- filed_at: 2022-12-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- 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/720005/000072000522000068/0000720005-22-000068-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000522000068/rjf-20221130.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720005-22-000068
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720005-22-000068.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000720005-22-000068.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jonathan Oorlog Jr. was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer at RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On November 30, 2022, the Board of Directors of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Mr. Jonathan (“Butch”) Oorlog, Jr. (59) as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, effective January 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000522000068/0000720005-22-000068-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.