Press Release

Release No. 0407-01
April 19, 2007

SENIOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY ANALYST JOINS RAYMOND JAMES
EQUITY RESEARCH DEPARTMENT

ATLANTA, Ga. – Alexander Y.“Sandy” Draper, CFA, recently joined Raymond James & Associates Equity Research department as a senior analyst covering the healthcare information technology sector according to Bob Anastasi, senior managing director of the firm’s Equity Research Department.

“Sandy brings superb expertise and experience to our team,” Anastasi stated. “The addition of an analyst with his talent and experience underscores Raymond James’ ongoing commitment to providing deep industry coverage in healthcare. Sandy is well known and well regarded by the buy side.”

Draper has covered various aspects of the healthcare industry since 1995; prior to Raymond James he was a senior healthcare analyst at JMP Securities. He has also worked as a senior equity research analyst at Deutsche Bank Securities, The Robinson Humphrey Company, and Cruttenden Roth, and founded and managed Draper Investment Research, an independent equity research company focused on healthcare services. He will be based in Raymond James’ Atlanta Capital markets office.

Draper graduated from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in English and earned his masters’ degree in English from the University of Georgia. He received his Chartered Financial Analyst designation in 1998.

About the Raymond James Equity Research Department
The Equity Research Department covers more than 650 companies in eight industry sectors which include consumer, energy, financial services, healthcare, business and industrial services, real estate, technology and telecommunications. The department’s stock picking performance is award winning and has been highlighted by a Penn State University’s stock picking study, The Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street Analyst Survey” and Kiplinger’s “Best of the Best.”

About Raymond James & Associates
Raymond James & Associates, which has built a national reputation during the past 43 years as a leader in financial planning for individuals, corporations and municipalities, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), a financial services holding company. Through its three principal broker/dealer subsidiaries, Raymond James Financial has more than 4,600 financial advisors serving 1.6 million accounts in 2,200 locations throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. In addition, total client assets are approximately $195 billion, of which approximately $34.9 billion are managed by the firm’s asset management subsidiaries.

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