PJC - Piper Jaffray Completes Acquisition of Weeden & Co.

Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) a leading investment bank and institutional equities firm, announced today it has completed its purchase of Weeden & Co., a broker-dealer focused on providing institutional clients with premier global trading solutions. Weeden & Co. will convert to and operate as Piper Jaffray & Co.

The combination of Weeden & Co. and Piper Jaffray, along with the recently announced merger with Sandler O’Neill, creates a market-leading equities business. “Together, we will be able to offer our combined client set the full breadth of an expanded product suite including Weeden & Co.’s highly ranked agency execution platform coupled with Piper Jaffray’s industry-leading deep sector research making our offering far more robust and relevant,” said Deb Schoneman, president of Piper Jaffray.

The combined trading platform will be led by Weeden & Co.’s current CEO, Lance Lonergan, who will join Piper Jaffray as the firm’s head of global equity execution.

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Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is a leading investment bank and institutional securities firm driven to help clients Realize the Power of Partnership®. Securities brokerage and investment banking services are offered in the U.S. through Piper Jaffray & Co., member SIPC and FINRA; in Europe through Piper Jaffray Ltd., authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority; and in Hong Kong through Piper Jaffray Hong Kong Limited, authorized and regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission. Asset management products and services are offered through five separate investment advisory affiliates?U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered Advisory Research, Inc., Piper Jaffray Investment Management LLC, PJC Capital Partners LLC and Piper Jaffray & Co., and Guernsey-based Parallel General Partners Limited, authorized and regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

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