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
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 at such meeting. In accordance with the CBF Purchase Agreement, the Company has nominated Daniel G. Cohen to stand for election to the Board at the meeting and the Board is (a) recommending to the Company’s stockholders the election of Mr. Cohen at the meeting, and (b) soliciting proxies for Mr. Cohen in connection with the meeting to the same extent as it is soliciting proxies for the other Director Nominees. Legal Proceedings None of our directors or executive officers has been involved in any events enumerated under Item 401(f) of Regulation S-K during the past ten years that are material to an evaluation of the ability or integrity of such persons to be our directors or executive officers. 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS No material proceedings exist in which any of our directors, executive officers, beneficial owners or affiliates, or any associate thereof, is an adverse party to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or has a material interest adverse to the Company or any of its subsidiaries. Family Relationships There is no family relationship between any of our directors or executive officers. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE FIVE DIRECTOR NOMINEES RECOMMENDED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ NOMINATING AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED FOR NOMINATION BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY, PROXIES SOLICITED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROXY STATEMENT WILL BE VOTED FOR EACH OF THE FIVE DIRECTOR NOMINEES. 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROPOSAL TWO — APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO
THE COHEN & COMPANY INC. 2020 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN This section of this proxy statement is a summary of the material provisions of the Cohen & Company Inc. 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan”), and as proposed to be amended by Amendment No. 3 to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“Amendment No. 3”). Copies of the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, Amendments No. 1 and 2 to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as well as the proposed Amendment No. 3 to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, are each attached to this