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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
September 22, 2004
PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES
Delaware | 1-31720 | 30-0168701 | ||
| (State of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800 Minneapolis, Minnesota | 55402 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
(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):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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| EXHIBIT INDEX | ||||||||
| Press Release | ||||||||
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Item 7.01. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On September 22, 2004, Piper Jaffray Companies (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the execution of an agreement whereby the Company would acquire Vie Securities, LLC, the broker-dealer subsidiary of Vie Financial Group, Inc. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99 hereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (c) | Exhibit | |||
| 99 | Press Release dated September 22, 2004 | |||
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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: September 22, 2004 | /s/ Sandra G. Sponem | |||
| Sandra G. Sponem | ||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||
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