UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549    
FORM 4     OMB APPROVAL
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OMB Number:       3235-0287 Expires:                   January 31, 2005 Estimated average                                 burden hours per response 0.5
(Print or Type Responses) Filed prusuant 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)
Helck Chester   B 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) below)
880 Carillon Parkway Person (Voluntary) December 11, 2002   COO and President of RJF
(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 FL 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-
(Instr. 3) action Execution action or Disposed of (D) Securities ship
  Date Date, if any Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Form:
  (Month/Day/Year (Instr. 8)   Owned at Direct
(Month/     Following (D) or
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               20,957 D
RJF Common Stock               2,452 I - ESOP
                   
                   
                   
                   
 
 
 
 
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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-
(Instr. 3) sion or action Execution Date, action ative Securities Ac- cisable and Underlying Securities of of deriv- ship
  Exercise Date if any Code quired (A) or Dis- Expiration (Instr. 3 and 4) deriv- ative Form of
Price of   (Month/Day/Year (Instr. 8) posed of (D) Date   Secur- Secur- Security:
Deri- (Month/     (Instr. 3, 4, and 5) (Month/Day/ ity ities Direct
vative Day/     Year) (Instr. Bene- (D) or
Security Year)     5) ficially Indirect
        Owned (I)
  at End Instr. 4)
  of deriv-  
      Title   Month
  Date Expira- Amount or (Instr. 4)
  Code V (A) (D) Exer- tion Number of  
  cisible Date Shares
       
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)               Current 1/18/2003 Common stock 6,000 22.1667    
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)               Current 1/18/2005 Common stock 3,000 20.6250    
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)               11/18/2003-11/18/2004 1/18/2005 Common stock 2,000 20.6250    
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy)               11/28/04-01/28/06 1/28/2007 Common stock 6,000 32.0000    
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy) 31.55 12/10/2002   A   44,063   12/10/05-12/10/07 2/10/2008 Common stock 44,063 31.5500    
Employee Stock Option (Right to buy) 31.55 12/10/2002   A   5,937   12/10/05-12/10/07 2/10/2008 Common stock 5,937 31.5500 67,000 D
                             
                             
                             
Explanation of Responses:
 
 
 
 
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations, /S/ CHESTER B. HELCK 12/11/2002
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). **Signature of Reporting Person Date
 
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