Press Release

August 11, 2008

TWENTY-SEVEN RAYMOND JAMES’ ADVISORS FEATURED ON
REGISTERED REP.’S “TOP 100” LIST OF INDEPENDENTS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Twenty-seven advisors affiliated with Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. (FINRA/SIPC) were named to Registered Rep.’s list of the “Top 100 Independent Financial Advisors,” published August 1, 2008.

This list of distinguished advisors was compiled by the monthly trade magazine, which weighed such factors as total assets under management and years in the industry.

“We at Raymond James are very proud to be associated with advisors of this caliber,” said Dick Averitt, chairman and CEO of Raymond James Financial Services, “The fact that RJFS has 27 percent of the Top 100 independent advisors nationally, speaks volumes about the quality of the financial advisors who choose to affiliate with us.”

Five of the top 15 included Raymond James Financial Services’ advisors Malcolm A “Mal” Makin, Westerly, RI; Gerard A. Klingman, New York, NY; Salvador “Sal” Flores, Jr., Chandler, Ariz.; Van Pearcy, Midland, Texas; and Randy Carver, Mentor, Ohio; while others on the list included: Mark Smith, Englewood, Colo.; Edward “Jeff” Sella, Rockville, Md.; Stephen W. Johnson, Draper, Utah; Richard Wagener, Columbia, Md.; Michael “Mike” Hines, Atlanta; David Tanner, Provo, Utah; Judith McGee, Portland, Ore.; Charles Morris, Baton Rouge, La.; Sherri Stephens, Flint, Mich.; Don Campagna, Boca Raton, Fla.; Carl Stuart, Austin, Texas; Dudley Barnes, Clarksdale, Miss.; Holmes Pettey, Clarksdale, Miss.; Daniel Gavin, Midland, Mich.; John Moore, Albuquerque, NM; Richard Basler, St. Louis; Thomas Hamlin, Portland, Ore.; Daniel Boyce, Southfield, Mich.; George Jackson, Heathrow, Fla.; Todd Sanford, Portage, Mich.; Kathleen Muldoon, Dallas; and William “Bill” Garbarino, Danbury, Conn.

About Raymond James Financial Services
Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. is a national investment firm providing financial services to individuals, corporations and municipalities through more than 3,000 financial advisors in 1,900 offices throughout the United States. For more than 30 years, Raymond James Financial Services has provided a wide range of services through our affiliate, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., member New York Stock Exchange/SIPC. Both broker/dealers are wholly owned subsidiaries of Raymond James Financial, Inc. (NYSE-RJF), a financial services holding company which has more than 4,900 financial advisors serving 1.8 million accounts throughout the United States, Canada and overseas. In addition, total client assets are approximately $212 billion, of which approximately $38.5 billion are managed by the firm’s asset management subsidiaries.

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