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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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SCHEDULE 14A

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SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES

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E-mail reminder to employee shareholders
April 11, 2008
Subject: ACTION REQUESTED: Submit votes “FOR” key business items
If you hold shares in the Piper Jaffray Companies Retirement Plan or shares of restricted stock and have not yet voted your shares, please submit your votes as soon as possible.
Employee shareholders with un-voted shares were sent an e-mail on April 10 from Piper Jaffray Companies. The subject line was PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES Annual Meeting. PLEASE DO NOT DELETE THIS E-MAIL PRIOR TO SUBMITTING YOUR VOTE. This email contains a unique control number which is required in order to vote your shares.
Key business items to be addressed at the May 7 annual meeting of shareholders are:
•   Election of three directors,
 
•   Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditor, and
 
•   Approval of our Amended and Restated 2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan.
As communicated previously, the primary purpose for amending the Incentive Plan is to increase by one million the number of shares of Piper Jaffray common stock that may be issued under the plan. If you are a shareholder, your vote “FOR” the approval of the requested shares is very important to our firm’s future success.