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



		October 30, 2019
	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)			(IRS Employer Identification No.)

800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 1000
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):



☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)



☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)



☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))



☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol	Name of Each Exchange On Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	PJC	The New York Stock Exchange

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 ☐

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. ☐

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On October 30, 2019, Piper Jaffray Companies (the "Company") reported its financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2019. See the Company's press release dated October 30, 2019, which is furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)	Exhibit

99 Press Release dated October 30, 2019

104 Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are embedded in the Inline XBRL document).

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.