Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035625
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Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 33
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 of our stockholders on this Proposal Three will not be binding on the Company or the Board of Directors and is advisory in nature. The Company submits the following proposal: “RESOLVED, that the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the compensation tables and narrative discussion is hereby APPROVED.” The Company’s executive compensation programs are designed to attract, motivate and retain talented executives. In addition, the programs are structured to create an alignment of interests between the Company’s executive officers and stockholders. The Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee monitor executive compensation programs and adopt changes to reflect the competitive market in which the Company competes for talent, as well as general economic, regulatory and legislative developments affecting executive compensation. The Compensation Committee will continue to emphasize compensation arrangements that align the financial interests of our executives with the interests of long-term stockholders. Accordingly, we believe that the Company’s executive compensation programs are appropriately designed and work to ensure that management’s interests are closely aligned with stockholders’ interests to create long-term value. Please refer to the section entitled “Executive Compensation” of this proxy statement for additional detail regarding the Company’s executive compensation. Because your vote on this Proposal Three is advisory, it will not bind the Company or our Board of Directors. However, the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee will review the voting results and take the results into consideration in making future determinations on executive compensation. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 402 OF REGULATION S-K PROMULGATED UNDER THE EXCHANGE ACT. IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY, PROXIES SOLICITED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROXY STATEMENT WILL BE VOTED FOR SUCH NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION. 18

TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION Summary Compensation Table The following table summarizes the executive compensation earned by the Company’s named executive officers in 2023 and 2024:

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