---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000720005-23-000027"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RJF"
cik: "0000720005"
company_name: "RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T19:20:53.496510+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Raymond James declares $0.42 quarterly common dividend; adopts proxy access bylaw amendment

## Summary
- Quarterly common dividend of $0.42 per share, payable April 17, 2023 to holders of record April 3, 2023.
- Preferred dividends: $0.421875 on Series A (RJF PrA) and $0.3984375 on Series B (RJF PrB), payable April 3, 2023.
- Shareholders approved Amended 2012 Stock Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 18M to 96.4M, term extended to 2033.
- Bylaws amended to permit proxy access for shareholders owning 3%+ for 3 years, up to 2 or 20% of board.
- Annual meeting results: all 10 directors elected, say-on-pay approved 91.84%, frequency every year, auditor ratified 97.21%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000720005-23-000027
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RJF
- cik: 0000720005
- company_name: RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.03, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/0000720005-23-000027-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/rjf-20230223.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC: Amended and restated By-laws to update procedural requirements for director nominations, add proxy access provision, and impose advance notice and Rule 14a-19 compliance obligations (effective 2023-02-24).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-24
  source text: On February 24, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company approved a resolution to amend and restate the Company’s By-laws (the “By-laws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/0000720005-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC shareholders approved To ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Our shareholders approved the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023 by the affirmative vote of 97.21% of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/0000720005-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: All ten (10) nominees for director were elected by a majority of the votes cast .
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/0000720005-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Our shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of our named executive officers by the affirmative vote of 91.84% of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/0000720005-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC shareholders approved To approve the Amended and Restated 2012 Stock Incentive Plan at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Our shareholders approved the Raymond James Financial, Inc. Amended and Restated 2012 Stock Incentive Plan by the affirmative vote of 92.16% of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/0000720005-23-000027-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on the frequency of advisory votes on executive compensation at the 2023-02-23 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-02-23
  source text: Our shareholders approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the frequency of “Every Year” for future advisory votes on executive compensation by the affirmative vote of 98.46% of the votes cast.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/720005/000072000523000027/0000720005-23-000027-index.htm

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