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Item 8.01 Other Events
On December 2, 2025, Raymond James Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it will redeem, on January 2, 2026 (the “Redemption Date”), all 80,500 outstanding shares of its 6.375% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Series B Non-Cumulative Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”), and all of the related depositary shares, each representing a 1/40th interest in a share of the Series B Preferred Stock (the “Series B Depositary Shares”). After giving effect to the redemption on the Redemption Date, no shares of the Series B Preferred Stock or Series B Depositary Shares will remain outstanding.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute a notice of redemption under the Articles of Amendment to Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation governing the Series B Preferred Stock or the Deposit Agreement governing the Series B Depositary Shares and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the notice of redemption issued by Raymond James Financial, Inc.
A copy of the press release announcing the redemption is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits. The following are filed as exhibits to this report:
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| 99.1 | Press release, dated December 2, 2025, issued by Raymond James Financial, Inc. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). | |
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.
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL, INC. | ||||||
| Date: December 2, 2025 | By: | /s/ Jonathan W. Oorlog, Jr. | ||||
| Jonathan W. Oorlog, Jr. | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||