Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001437749-25-024506
Chunk: 213

Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-08-04
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 213
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 30, 2037 and  may be called by the Company at any time. While LIBOR was still being published, the notes accrued interest payable quarterly at a floating interest rate equal to 90-day LIBOR plus 400 basis points per annum. LIBOR ceased being published effective  June 30, 2023. Subsequent to LIBOR no longer being published, the notes accrue interest at the 90-day standard overnight financing rate plus a tenor spread adjustment of 0.26161% (“Term SOFR”) plus 400 basis points per annum. All principal is due at maturity. Alesco Capital Trust I simultaneously issued 870 shares of Alesco Capital Trust I’s common securities to the Company for a purchase price of $870, which constitutes all of the issued and outstanding common securities of Alesco Capital Trust I. 

    2.  Sunset Financial Statutory Trust I (“Sunset Financial Trust”): $20,619 in aggregate principal amount issued in  March 2005. The notes mature on  March 30, 2035. While LIBOR was still being published, the notes accrued interest payable quarterly at a floating rate of interest of 90-day LIBOR plus 415 basis points. LIBOR ceased being published effective  June 30, 2023. Subsequent to LIBOR no longer being published, the notes accrue interest at Term SOFR plus 415 basis points per annum. All principal is due at maturity. Sunset Financial Trust simultaneously issued 619 shares of Sunset Financial Trust’s common securities to the Company for a purchase price of $619, which constitutes all of the issued and outstanding common securities of Sunset Financial Trust. 

   Alesco Capital Trust I and Sunset Financial Trust (collectively, the “Trusts”) described above are VIEs pursuant to variable interest provisions included in ASC 810 because the holders of the equity investment at risk do not have adequate decision making ability over the Trusts’ activities. The Company is not the primary beneficiary of the Trusts as it does not have the power to direct the activities of the Trusts. The Trusts are not consolidated by the Company and, therefore, the Company’s consolidated financial statements include the junior subordinated notes issued to the Trusts as a liability, and the investment in the Trusts’ common securities as an asset. The common securities were deemed to have a fair value of $0 as of the AFN Merger date. These are accounted for as cost method investments;