As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31, 2018

Registration No. 333-     

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 


 

FORM S-8

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE

SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

30-0168701

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

 

800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1000

 

 

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

55402

(Address of Principal Executive
Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 


 

PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES AMENDED AND RESTATED

2003 ANNUAL AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

(as amended May 13, 2015)

(Full title of the plan)

 


 

John W. Geelan

General Counsel and Secretary

Piper Jaffray Companies

800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1000

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

(612) 303-6000

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

 


 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

 

Emerging growth company o

 

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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. o

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title of
securities to be registered

 

Amount to be
registered (1)

 

Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)

 

Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price (2)

 

Amount of
registration fee (2)

 

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share 

 

1,017,412

 

$

67.76

 

$

68,939,839.67

 

$

8,355.51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)         This registration statement shall also cover any additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the registrant which become issuable with respect to the shares of Common Stock registered hereunder for issuance under the Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated 2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended May 13, 2015) by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without the registrant’s receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

 

(2)         Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h), based on the average of the high and low sale prices per share of Common Stock on October 25, 2018, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.

 

 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this “Registration Statement”) is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional 1,017,412 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Piper Jaffray Companies, a Delaware corporation (the “Registrant”), to be issued pursuant to the Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated 2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended May 13, 2015) (the “Plan”).  In accordance with Section E. of the General Instructions to Form S-8, the contents of the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 relating to the Plan previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) are incorporated herein by reference: File No. 333-111665, File No. 333-122494, File No. 333-142699, File No. 333-150962, File No. 333-159360 and File No. 333-205229.

 

PART II

 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 8. Exhibits.

 

The following are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement:

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.

 

Description

 

Method of Filing

4.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

 

(1)

4.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws

 

(2)

4.3

 

Form of Specimen Certificate for Piper Jaffray Companies Common Stock

 

(3)

4.4

 

Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated 2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended May 13, 2015)

 

(4)

5.1

 

Opinion of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

 

Filed herewith

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

Filed herewith

23.2

 

Consent of Faegre Baker Daniels LLP

 

Included in Exhibit 5.1

24.1

 

Power of Attorney

 

Filed herewith

 


(1)

 

Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 3, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.

(2)

 

Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on August 5, 2016, and incorporated herein by reference.

(3)

 

Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2018, and incorporated herein by reference.

(4)

 

Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on May 14, 2015, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, on October 31, 2018.

 

 

PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Chad R. Abraham

 

 

Name: Chad R. Abraham

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

SIGNATURE

 

TITLE

 

DATE

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Chad R. Abraham

 

Chief Executive Officer and Director

 

October 31, 2018

Chad R. Abraham

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Timothy L. Carter

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

October 31, 2018

Timothy L. Carter

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Chairman

 

October 31, 2018

Andrew S. Duff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

William R. Fitzgerald

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

B. Kristine Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

Addison L. Piper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

Debbra L. Schoneman

 

 

 

 

 

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*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

Thomas S. Schreier, Jr.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

Sherry M. Smith

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

Philip E. Soran

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

Scott C. Taylor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

Director

 

October 31, 2018

Michele Volpi

 

 

 

 

 

*               John W. Geelan, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the above noted individuals, pursuant to the powers of attorney duly executed by such individuals which have been filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.

 

 

By:

/s/ John W. Geelan

 

 

Name: John W. Geelan

 

 

Title: Attorney-in-Fact

 

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