Piper Jaffray Companies - 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

January 23, 2008

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 or Other Jurisdiction		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer
of Incorporation)				Identification No.)

800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800
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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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition .

     On January 23, 2008, Piper Jaffray Companies (the “Company”) reported its financial results for its fourth fiscal quarter and its fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. See the Company’s press release dated January 23, 2008, which is furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits .

     (d)  Exhibit

			99			Press Release dated January 23, 2008

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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.

		PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES
Date: January 23, 2008		By		/s/ Thomas P. Schnettler   Thomas P. Schnettler
				Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

No.		Description		Manner of Filing
99		Press Release dated January 23, 2008		Filed Electronically