Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035625
Chunk: 81

Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 81
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, diversity and personal skills in finance, marketing, financial reporting and other areas that are expected to contribute to an effective board. We do not have a specific policy on diversity of the Board of Directors. Instead, the Board of Directors evaluates nominees in the context of the Board of Directors as a whole, with the objective of recommending a group that can best support the success of the business and, based on the group’s diversity of experience, represent stockholder interests through the exercise of sound judgment. Such diversity of experience may be enhanced by a mix of different professional and personal backgrounds and experiences. Diversity is considered broadly and includes variety in personal and professional backgrounds, experience and skills, geographic location, as well as differences in gender, race, ethnicity and age. In evaluating potential candidates for our Board of Directors, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider these factors in light of the specific needs of the Board at the time of its evaluation. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may consider director candidates recommended by our stockholders. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will apply the same standards in considering candidates submitted by stockholders as it does in evaluating candidates submitted by members of our Board of Directors. To recommend a prospective nominee for consideration by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, the candidate’s name and qualifications must be submitted in writing to our Secretary, Dennis Crilly, at Cohen & Company Inc., Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, in accordance with the requirements set forth in the Company’s charter and Bylaws. The submission of stockholder nominees for director for inclusion in our proxy materials for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders must have been received by our Secretary at our principal executive offices no later than December 20, 2024. Communications with Our Company Any employee, stockholder or other person may communicate with our Board of Directors or individual directors. Any such communications may be sent in writing to Cohen & Company Inc., Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, Attn: Board of Directors. Our Audit Committee has also established procedures for (a) the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints received by our Company regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, and (b) the confidential, anonymous submission by our employees of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters. If you wish to contact our Audit Committee to report complaints or concerns relating to the financial reporting of our Company, you may