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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Act on May&nbsp;20, 2009</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>30-0168701</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>800 Nicollet Mall, Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Minneapolis, Minnesota</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>55402</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES AMENDED AND RESTATED<BR>
2003 ANNUAL AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(as amended May&nbsp;7, 2009)</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>James L. Chosy<BR>
General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Piper Jaffray Companies<BR>
800 Nicollet Mall, Suite&nbsp;800<BR>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(612)&nbsp;303-6000<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large
accelerated
filer:&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated
filer:&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center"><br>Non-accelerated
filer:&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company:&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Each</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Class of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>(No. of Shares)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share (1)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering Price</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share (and its
associated
Preferred Share
Purchase Rights)</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,960,354</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">29.99</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">58,781,215</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">3,280</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule
457(h), based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock on
May&nbsp;15, 2009, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,500,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock authorized for issuance under the
Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated 2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended
May&nbsp;7, 2009) (the &#147;Plan&#148;) and 460,354 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock forfeited by Plan
participants or used to satisfy tax obligations of Plan participants and again available for
issuance pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Previously, (i)&nbsp;2,000,000 shares were registered under
the Plan pursuant to Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-111665, (ii)&nbsp;an additional 2,100,000 shares
were registered under the Plan pursuant to Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-122494, (iii)&nbsp;an
additional 400,000 shares were registered under the Plan pursuant to Registration Statement No.
333-142699 and (iv)&nbsp;an additional 1,000,000 shares were registered under the Plan pursuant to
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-150962. In accordance with Section&nbsp;E. of the General Instructions
to Form S-8, Registration Statements No.&nbsp;333-111665, No.&nbsp;333-122494, No.&nbsp;333-142699 and No.
333-150962 are incorporated herein by reference.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed by Piper Jaffray Companies (hereinafter the
&#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;)
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are incorporated
by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2008, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;2, 2009;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year referred to in (a)&nbsp;above; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock and associated preferred share
purchase rights contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (File
No.&nbsp;001-31720), as amended (declared effective on December&nbsp;19, 2003), filed pursuant to
the Exchange Act and in any registration statement or report filed by the Company under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) or in any report filed
under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates
that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. In this
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Registration Statement, the Company refers to these documents, and the documents enumerated
above, as the &#147;incorporated documents.&#148;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in an incorporated document will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed incorporated document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section&nbsp;145 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides in relevant part as follows:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption
that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person&#146;s
conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect to
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to
the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant has included in its certificate of incorporation
a provision to eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the fullest extent permitted by
law. In addition, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the Registrant is
required to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances, including those
circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary and the Registrant is
required to advance expenses to its officers and directors as incurred in connection with
proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Method of</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Certificate for Piper Jaffray
Companies Common Stock
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;31, 2003
between Piper Jaffray Companies and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated
2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as
amended May&nbsp;7, 2009)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed<BR>
Herewith
</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP, independent
legal counsel, regarding the due authorization
and valid issuance of the shares of common
stock, with consent to use
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed<BR>
Herewith
</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Method of</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Filing</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed<br>
Herewith
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Company Counsel (see Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed<br>
Herewith
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed<br>
Herewith
</TD>
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</DIV>

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    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;8, 2004, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;8, 2004, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">* * *
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">* * *
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(h)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Piper Jaffray Companies certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Hennepin, and the State of Minnesota, on this 20th day
of May, 2009.
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Andrew S. Duff
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Andrew S. Duff&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May&nbsp;20, 2009.
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    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Andrew S. Duff
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Debbra. L. Schoneman
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael R. Francis</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">B. Kristine Johnson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="70%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Samuel L. Kaplan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Addison L. Piper</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Lisa K. Polsky</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Frank L. Sims</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Jean M. Taylor</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>James L. Chosy, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the above
noted individuals, pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such individuals which have
been filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.</TD>
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<TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">     /s/ James L. Chosy
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">By:   James L. Chosy&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Attorney-in-Fact&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Specimen Certificate for Piper Jaffray Companies Common Stock
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Bylaws
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated as of December&nbsp;31, 2003
between Piper Jaffray Companies and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">(4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated
2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as
amended May&nbsp;7, 2009)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed
Herewith
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Faegre &#038; Benson LLP, independent
legal counsel, regarding the due authorization
and valid issuance of the shares of common
stock, with consent to use
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed
Herewith
</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed
Herewith
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Company Counsel (see Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed
Herewith
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">Filed
Herewith
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;8, 2004, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June&nbsp;30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August&nbsp;3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December&nbsp;31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;8, 2004, and
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Act on May 20, 2009
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
30-0168701
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800
Minneapolis, Minnesota
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
55402
(Zip Code)
PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES AMENDED AND RESTATED
2003 ANNUAL AND LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended May 7, 2009)
(Full title of the plan)
James L. Chosy
General Counsel and Secretary
Piper Jaffray Companies
800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 800
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(Name and address of agent for service)
(612) 303-6000
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large
accelerated
filer:
þ
Accelerated
filer:
o
Non-accelerated
filer:
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company:
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each
Amount to be
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Class of Securities
Registered
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
(No. of Shares)
Per Share (1)
Offering Price
Fee
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share (and its
associated
Preferred Share
Purchase Rights)
1,960,354
$
29.99
$
58,781,215
$
3,280
(1)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, pursuant to Rule
457(h), based on the average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock on
May 15, 2009, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed for the purpose of registering an
additional 1,500,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock authorized for issuance under the
Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated 2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended
May 7, 2009) (the "Plan") and 460,354 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock forfeited by Plan
participants or used to satisfy tax obligations of Plan participants and again available for
issuance pursuant to the terms of the Plan. Previously, (i) 2,000,000 shares were registered under
the Plan pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-111665, (ii) an additional 2,100,000 shares
were registered under the Plan pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-122494, (iii) an
additional 400,000 shares were registered under the Plan pursuant to Registration Statement No.
333-142699 and (iv) an additional 1,000,000 shares were registered under the Plan pursuant to
Registration Statement No. 333-150962. In accordance with Section E. of the General Instructions
to Form S-8, Registration Statements No. 333-111665, No. 333-122494, No. 333-142699 and No.
333-150962 are incorporated herein by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by Piper Jaffray Companies (hereinafter the
"Company" or the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated
by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2008, filed with the Commission on March 2, 2009;
(b)
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) and 15(d)
of the Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year referred to in (a) above; and
(c)
the description of the Registrant's common stock and associated preferred share
purchase rights contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 (File
No. 001-31720), as amended (declared effective on December 19, 2003), filed pursuant to
the Exchange Act and in any registration statement or report filed by the Company under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or in any report filed
under the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.
All other documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates
that all securities offered hereunder have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement
and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. In this
Registration Statement, the Company refers to these documents, and the documents enumerated
above, as the "incorporated documents."
Any statement contained in an incorporated document will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed incorporated document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Registrant is incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware provides in relevant part as follows:
A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action
by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person
acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed
to the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the person's conduct was unlawful. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or
upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption
that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect
to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that the person's
conduct was unlawful.
A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact
that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against
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expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good
faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect to
any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to
the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in
which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the
adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is
fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
As permitted by Delaware law, the Registrant has included in its certificate of incorporation
a provision to eliminate the personal liability of its directors to the fullest extent permitted by
law. In addition, its certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that the Registrant is
required to indemnify its officers and directors under certain circumstances, including those
circumstances in which indemnification would otherwise be discretionary and the Registrant is
required to advance expenses to its officers and directors as incurred in connection with
proceedings against them for which they may be indemnified.
The Registrant maintains directors and officers liability insurance for the benefit of its
directors and officers.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Method of
Exhibit No.
Description
Filing
4.1
Form of Specimen Certificate for Piper Jaffray
Companies Common Stock
(1
)
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(2
)
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws
(3
)
4.4
Rights Agreement dated as of December 31, 2003
between Piper Jaffray Companies and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent
(4
)
4.5
Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated
2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as
amended May 7, 2009)
Filed
Herewith
5.1
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP, independent
legal counsel, regarding the due authorization
and valid issuance of the shares of common
stock, with consent to use
Filed
Herewith
3
Method of
Exhibit No.
Description
Filing
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Filed
Herewith
23.2
Consent of Company Counsel (see Exhibit 5.1)
Filed
Herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Filed
Herewith
(1)
Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 8, 2004, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 8, 2004, and incorporated
herein by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or
decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered
would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of
the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the
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changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) of this section do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
* * *
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section
13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing
of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
* * *
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Piper Jaffray Companies certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the County of Hennepin, and the State of Minnesota, on this 20th day
of May, 2009.
PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Andrew S. Duff
Name:
Andrew S. Duff
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on May 20, 2009.
Signature
Title
*
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Andrew S. Duff
(Principal Executive Officer)
*
Chief Financial Officer
Debbra. L. Schoneman
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
*
Director
Michael R. Francis
*
Director
B. Kristine Johnson
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Signature
Title
*
Director
Samuel L. Kaplan
*
Director
Addison L. Piper
*
Director
Lisa K. Polsky
*
Director
Frank L. Sims
*
Director
Jean M. Taylor
*
James L. Chosy, by signing his name hereto, does sign this document on behalf of the above
noted individuals, pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such individuals which have
been filed as an exhibit to this Registration Statement.
/s/ James L. Chosy
By:   James L. Chosy
Attorney-in-Fact
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Method of
Exhibit No.
Description
Filing
4.1
Form of Specimen Certificate for Piper Jaffray Companies Common Stock
(1
)
4.2
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(2
)
4.3
Amended and Restated Bylaws
(3
)
4.4
Rights Agreement dated as of December 31, 2003
between Piper Jaffray Companies and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as Rights Agent
(4
)
4.5
Piper Jaffray Companies Amended and Restated
2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan (as
amended May 7, 2009)
Filed
Herewith
5.1
Opinion of Faegre & Benson LLP, independent
legal counsel, regarding the due authorization
and valid issuance of the shares of common
stock, with consent to use
Filed
Herewith
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
Filed
Herewith
23.2
Consent of Company Counsel (see Exhibit 5.1)
Filed
Herewith
24.1
Power of Attorney
Filed
Herewith
(1)
Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 8, 2004, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(2)
Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(3)
Filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2007, filed with the Commission on August 3, 2007, and incorporated
herein by reference.
(4)
Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003, filed with the Commission on March 8, 2004, and
incorporated herein by reference.