---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001230245-22-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PIPR"
cik: "0001230245"
company_name: "PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES"
filed_at: "2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T22:52:33.970677+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Piper Sandler shareholders elect all director nominees, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected with broker non-votes of 818,849; highest votes 13.3M for Sterling, lowest 12.4M for Smith.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as 2022 auditor passed with 14,050,866 votes for, 122,529 against.
- Advisory say-on-pay resolution approved: 13,035,998 for, 305,864 against, 818,849 broker non-votes.
- Meeting held May 6, 2022; 79.22% of outstanding shares represented.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001230245-22-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PIPR
- cik: 0001230245
- company_name: PIPER SANDLER COMPANIES
- filed_at: 2022-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1230245/000123024522000074/0001230245-22-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1230245/000123024522000074/pipr-20220506.htm

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