Piper Jaffray Companies (Form: 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

     
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):   July 24, 2006

Piper Jaffray Companies
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     
Delaware 1-31720 30-0168701
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(State or other jurisdiction 		_____________
(Commission 		______________
(I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
      
800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800, Minneapolis, Minnesota   55402
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(Address of principal executive offices) 		  ___________
(Zip Code)
     
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (612) 303-6000

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 3.01 Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

In the definitive proxy statement for its 2006 annual meeting of shareholders, Piper Jaffray Companies (the "Company") disclosed that its Board of Directors has adopted categorical Director Independence Standards to assist the Board in making determinations regarding director independence. The Company did not publish its Director Independence Standards in the proxy statement but instead included a reference to the Company’s web site address where the Director Independence Standards can be found. On July 24, 2006, the Company was notified by NYSE Regulation, Inc. that including the web site reference in the proxy statement did not fulfill the requirement contained in Section 303A.02(a) of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual to disclose any categorical independence standards adopted by the Company. Accordingly, to ensure compliance with Section 303A.02(a), the Company is attaching its categorical Director Independence Standards hereto as Exhibit 99.





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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
          
July 28, 2006   By:   /s/ James L. Chosy
       
        Name: James L. Chosy
        Title: General Counsel and Secretary

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Exhibit Index


     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
99
  Piper Jaffray Companies Director Independence Standards as adopted on December 9, 2004