k811272007.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
November
27, 2007
Date
of
report (date of earliest event reported)
Raymond
James Financial, Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Florida
(State
or
Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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1-9109
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59-1517485
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification No.)
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880
Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(727)
567-1000
(Registrant’s
Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not
Applicable
(Former
Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers.
On
November 27, 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors elected Mr. Robert P.
Saltzman as a director. Mr. Saltzman, 65, retired in 2001, after a 37
year career in the insurance industry. He was a president or chief
executive officer for 16 of those years. From 1994 to 2001, Mr.
Saltzman was President and Chief Executive Officer of Jackson National Life
Insurance Co. Mr. Saltzman has been a director of WNC First
Corporation since November 2004, a property and casualty insurance underwriter
and served as a director and audit committee chairman of Enhance Financial
Services, an NYSE listed company, from 1996 until its acquisition in March
2001. He is also a trustee of Northwestern University. Mr.
Saltzman will also serve as a member of the Board’s Corporate Governance,
Nominating and Compensation Committee. The Company and Mr.
Saltzman have entered into an indemnification agreement on the same terms as
prior agreements with its outside directors.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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RAYMOND
JAMES FINANCIAL, INC.
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Date:
November 29, 2007
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By:
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/s/
Thomas A James
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Thomas
A. James
Chairman
and Chief Executive Officer
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By:
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/s/
Jeffrey P. Julien
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Jeffrey
P. Julien
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Senior
Vice President - Finance
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and
Chief Financial Officer
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