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On November 21, 2023, Raymond James Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release to announce that the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held Thursday, February 22, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ET, conducted virtually and solely via webcast. Shareholders will be able to participate in the virtual meeting online, vote their shares electronically and submit live questions by following the instructions in their proxy materials. Shareholders of record as of December 20, 2023, will be entitled to notice of, and to attend online and vote at, the Annual Meeting.

A copy of the press release is attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1 hereto, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings (unless the Company specifically states that the information or exhibit in this particular report is incorporated by reference).

(d) Exhibits. The following are filed as exhibits to this report:

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.