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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)
(612) 303-6000
(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