On March 1, 2017, Raymond James Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) made available on its website at www.raymondjames.com/investor-relations/financial-report its First Quarter Report 2017 to Shareholders (the “Report”) commenting on its results for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. A copy of the Report is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein. The financial information in the Report was previously disclosed in the Company’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 8, 2017 and/or the earnings release for the first fiscal quarter of 2017, furnished under cover of a Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on January 25, 2017.

The information “furnished” herein, including Exhibit 99.1, is not deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. This information will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

99.1 First Quarter Report 2017 to Shareholders.

About Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE:RJF)

Raymond James Financial, Inc. (RJF) is a financial holding company. The Company’s subsidiaries include Raymond James & Associates, Inc. (RJ&A), Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (RJFS), Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. (RJFSA), Raymond James Ltd. (RJ Ltd.), Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (Eagle), and Raymond James Bank, N.A. (RJ Bank). It operates through five segments: Private Client Group (PCG), Capital Markets, Asset Management, RJ Bank and the Other segment. The Private Client Group segment includes the retail branches of the Company’s broker-dealer subsidiaries located throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. The Capital Markets segment includes institutional sales and trading in the United States, Canada and Europe. The Asset Management segment includes the operations of Eagle, the Eagle Family of Funds and other fee-based asset management programs. RJ Bank segment provides corporate loan, securities based loans (SB) and residential loans.

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