2015 DEFA14A PJC Intranet Posting


 
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Piper Jaffray Intranet Posting

Piper Jaffray 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders - Vote your shares
Employees who hold shares of Piper Jaffray at Computershare, or in the Piper Jaffray Companies Retirement Plan will be receiving an e-mail by April 3, 2015 with the subject line of “PIPER JAFFRAY COMPANIES Annual Meeting”. Please do not delete this e-mail and be sure to retain your twelve-digit control number within the e-mail. The e-mail will have a link that takes you directly to a voting site, or go to www.proxyvote.com at any time and enter your control number.

Employees who are shareholders of Piper Jaffray are encouraged to vote according to the Board of Directors' recommendation as follows:
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FOR all of the nominees for director;
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FOR the ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent auditor of Piper Jaffray Companies for the year ending December 31, 2015;
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FOR an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the officers disclosed in the proxy statement, or a “say-on-pay” vote; and
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FOR approval of an amendment to our Amended and Restated 2003 Annual and Long-Term Incentive Plan and the performance goals and related provisions under the Incentive Plan for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
If you hold shares in a personal brokerage account, you will receive information in the mail with voting instructions.  If you receive both an e-mail and a mailing, it is important that you submit votes for all shares held.

Employees own a significant amount of Piper Jaffray common stock and it is critical that you vote your shares.