Current Report Filing (8-k)

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

August 9, 2017

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		1-31720		30-0168701
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1000 Minneapolis, Minnesota		55402
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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 (see General Instruction A.2):

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company o

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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

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Item 5.02.      Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;

Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers .

On August 9, 2017, the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Piper Jaffray Companies (the “Company”) approved the discontinuance of future deferral elections by participants under the Piper Jaffray Companies Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Plan, effective as of December 31, 2017. The Committee further authorized the Company to make all applicable payments to existing Plan participants and beneficiaries in the manner and at the time as further described in the Plan.

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SIGNATURE

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.

				PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES
Date: August 9, 2017					By	/s/ John W. Geelan
						John W. Geelan
						General Counsel and Secretary