Piper Sandler Companies (PIPR) 8-K Results of Operations and Financial Condition

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 20, 2004

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 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)

(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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
	Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
Press Release

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On October 20, 2004, Piper Jaffray Companies (the “Company”) reported its financial results for its third fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2004. See the Company’s press release dated October 20, 2004, which is furnished as Exhibit 99 hereto.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

     (c) Exhibit

99 Press Release dated October 20, 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: October 20, 2004	/s/ Sandra G. Sponem
	Sandra G. Sponem
	Chief Financial Officer

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EXHIBIT INDEX

No.	Description	Manner of Filing
99	Press Release dated October 20, 2004	Filed Electronically