Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE:RJF) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Inc. (the Company) was held on February 16, 2017. Proxies for the
meeting were solicited by the Board of Directors (the Board) to
Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and there
was no solicitation in opposition to the Boards solicitations. At
this meeting, the shareholders were requested to: (1) elect
eleven members of the Board of Directors, (2) approve, on an
advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named
executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement, (3)
approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the frequency of
advisory votes on executive compensation, and (4) ratify the
appointment of KPMG LLP as the Companys independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2017, all of which matters were described in the proxy statement.
The following actions were taken by the Companys shareholders
with respect to each of the foregoing items:
director were elected by a majority of the votes cast. With
respect to each nominee, there were 17,001,187 broker non-votes.
The table below sets forth the voting results for each director.
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Director
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Votes Cast For
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Votes Cast Against
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Abstentions
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von Arentschildt, Charles G.
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116,945,754
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213,013
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184,747
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Broader, Shelley G.
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116,948,446
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254,021
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141,047
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|||
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Edwards, Jeffrey N.
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117,071,032
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102,656
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169,826
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|||
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Esty, Benjamin C.
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117,064,842
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111,859
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166,813
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Godbold, Francis S.
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116,906,684
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292,580
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144,250
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James, Thomas A.
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117,020,889
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225,527
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97,098
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Johnson, Gordon L.
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116,374,851
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806,799
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161,864
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McGeary, Roderick C.
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116,990,188
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185,451
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167,875
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Reilly, Paul C.
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113,938,147
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2,986,885
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418,482
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|||
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Saltzman, Robert P.
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115,981,298
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1,174,739
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187,477
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Story, Susan N.
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116,394,258
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827,920
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121,336
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approved, on an advisory, non-binding basis, the compensation of
our named executive officers by the affirmative vote of 96.65% of
the votes cast. With respect to this proposal, there were
17,001,187 broker non-votes. The table below sets forth the
voting results.
|
Votes Cast For
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Votes Cast Against
|
Abstentions
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112,979,906
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3,913,996
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449,612
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compensation.>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 88.64% of the votes cast. With respect to this proposal, there
were 17,001,187 broker non-votes. The table below sets forth the
voting results.
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Votes Cast
Every Year
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Votes Cast
Every 2 Years
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Votes Cast
Every 3 Years
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Abstentions
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103,570,544
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1,161,967
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12,110,307
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500,696
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independent registered public accounting firm. >Our
shareholders approved the ratification of the appointment of KPMG
LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting firm
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017 by the affirmative
vote of 98.06% of the votes cast. The table below sets forth the
voting results, and there were no broker non-votes.
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Votes Cast For
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Votes Cast Against
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Abstentions
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131,613,551
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2,600,108
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131,042
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announcing, among other things, that the Board had declared a
quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share for each outstanding share
of common stock of the Company. The dividend is payable on April
17, 2017 to shareholders of record on April 3, 2017.
planned and announced, Executive Chairman Tom James relinquished
his title as Chairman of the Board effective at the shareholder
meeting and that Mr. James became Chairman Emeritus, retaining a
seat on the Board, with CEO Paul Reilly adding the
responsibilities of Chairman to his role. In addition, the
Company announced the results of two advisory votes. Shareholders
voted to approve the compensation of the Companys named executive
officers for fiscal 2016 and to hold future advisory votes on the
compensation of the Companys named executive officers every year.
The Company stated in the press release that it would take the
advisory votes under consideration and make a determination
regarding the frequency of future shareholder votes on executive
compensation no later than July 14, 2017. Finally, the Company
announced that shareholders voted to ratify the appointment of
KPMG LLP as the Companys independent registered public accounting
firm.
99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Exhibit No.
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Description
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99.1
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Press release, dated February 17, 2017, issued by
Raymond James Financial, Inc. |
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. Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE:RJF) Recent Trading Information
Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE:RJF) closed its last trading session down -1.04 at 78.56 with 560,413 shares trading hands.
