Amendment: Piper Sandler Companies filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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FORM 8-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
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Explanatory Note
Piper Sandler Companies (the “Company”) is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K/A to amend the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2024 (the “Original Filing”) to disclose the appointment of Ann C. Gallo to a committee of the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”). Ms. Gallo’s initial election to the Board was disclosed in the Original Filing and, at that time, the Board had not determined the committee to which Ms. Gallo would be appointed. Except as expressly stated herein, the Original Filing remains unchanged.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective as of February 6, 2025, the Board appointed Ms. Gallo to the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”). As previously reported, Ms. Gallo will participate in the Company’s non-employee director compensation plan as currently in effect and, in connection therewith, will receive a pro-rated cash retainer for her service on the Audit Committee for the remainder of 2025.
SIGNATURE
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 SANDLER COMPANIES | ||||||||
| Date: February 6, 2025 | By | /s/ John W. Geelan | ||||||
| John W. Geelan | ||||||||
| General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||