Edgar Filing: AVERITT RICHARD G

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 4

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1934 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

Averitt

Richard

Raymond James Financial (RJF)

_______ Director

______ 10% Owner

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

3. IRS or Social Security

4. Statement for

X Officer (give

______ Other (specify

Number of Reporting

Month/Day/Year

title below)

below)

880 Carillon Parkway

Person (Voluntary)

January 3, 2003

CEO RJFS

(Street)

5. If Amendment

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

Date of Original

X Form filed by One Reporting Person

St. Petersburg

33716

(Month/Day/Year)

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(ZIP)

Table I - Non Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of , or beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security

2. Trans-

2A. Deemed

3. Trans-

4. Securities Acquired (A)

5. Amount of

6. Owner-

7. Nature of

(Instr. 3)

action

Execution

action

or Disposed of (D)

Securities

ship

Indirect

Date

Date, if any

Code

(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

Beneficially

Form:

Beneficial

(Month/Day/Year

(Instr. 8)

Owned at

Direct

Owner-

(Month/

Following

(D) or

ship

Day/

Reported

Indirect

Year)

Code V

(A) or

Transactions

(I)

Raymond James Financial, Inc. (RJF)

Amount

(D)

Price

(Instr. 3 and 4)

(Instr. 4)

RJF Common Stock

83,538

RJF Common Stock

16,109*

ESOP

* Includes number of shares acquired under ESOP through 12/2002

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

SEC 1474 (7-96)

FORM 4 (continued)

Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security

2. Conver-

3. Trans-

3.A Deemed

4. Trans-

5. Number or Deriv-

6. Date Exer-

7. Title and Amount of

8. Price

9. Number

10.Owner-

11.Nature

(Instr. 3)

sion or

action

Execution Date,

action

ative Securities Ac-

cisable and

Underlying Securities

of deriv-

ship

Exercise

Date

if any

Code

quired (A) or Dis-

Expiration

(Instr. 3 and 4)

deriv-

ative

Form of

Indirect

Price of

(Month/Day/Year

(Instr. 8)

posed of (D)

Date

Secur-

Security:

Benefi-

Deri-

(Month/

(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

(Month/Day/

ity

ities

Direct

cial

vative

Day/

Year)

(Instr.

Bene-

(D) or

Owner-

Security

Year)

ficially

Indirect

ship

Owned

(I)

(Instr. 4)

at End

Instr. 4)

of deriv-

Title

Month

Date

Expira-

Amount or

(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Exer-

tion

Number of

cisible

Date