UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

March 7, 2012

Date of report (date of earliest event reported)

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Florida

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

880 Carillon Parkway St. Petersburg, FL 33716

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(727) 567-1000

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

On March 7, 2012, Raymond James Financial, Inc. (the “Company”) closed the public underwritten offering (the “Offering”) of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 6.90% Senior Notes due 2042 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated February 29, 2012, among Raymond James Financial, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named on Schedule II thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”). The Notes were issued pursuant to a Senior Indenture dated as of August 10, 2009 between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as supplemented by a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 7, 2012 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”). The Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, by a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-159583).

The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 and the Third Supplemental Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and each is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Notes and other documents relating to this transaction does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of these securities and documents, forms or copies of which are attached as exhibits to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

On February 29, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the pricing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. On March 7, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Offering. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.