Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035625
Chunk: 68

Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 68
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 every three years. In light of the Board of Directors’ recommendation and the voting results at our 2019 Annual Meeting, with respect to this topic, the Board of Directors has held the “say on pay” vote once every three years. By voting on this Proposal Four, stockholders may indicate whether they would prefer that the advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers occur once every one, two, or three years. Our Board of Directors has determined that an advisory vote on executive compensation that occurs once every three years is the most appropriate alternative for the Company and, therefore, our Board recommends that you vote for a three-year interval for the advisory vote on executive compensation. In determining to recommend that stockholders vote for a frequency of once every three years, the Board considered how an advisory vote at this frequency will provide our stockholders with sufficient time to evaluate the effectiveness of our overall compensation philosophy, policies and practices in the context of our long-term business results for the corresponding period, while avoiding over-emphasis on short term variations in compensation and business results. An advisory vote occurring once every three years will also permit our stockholders to observe and evaluate the impact of any changes to our executive compensation policies and practices which have occurred since the last advisory vote on executive compensation, including changes made in response to the outcome of a prior advisory vote on executive compensation. By contrast, a more frequent vote might lead to a short-term perspective on executive compensation that is inconsistent with the longer-term approach taken by our Compensation Committee and with which we currently view our business. We will continue to engage with our stockholders regarding our executive compensation program during the period between advisory votes on executive compensation. We recognize that our stockholders may have different views as to the best approach for the Company, and therefore we look forward to hearing from our stockholders as to their preferences on the frequency of an advisory vote on executive compensation. The Company submits the following proposal: “RESOLVED, that the Company hold a stockholder advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the compensation tables and narrative discussion, with a frequency of once every one year, two years or three years, whichever receives the highest number of votes cast with respect to this resolution.” You may cast your vote on your preferred voting frequency by choosing the option of one year, two years, three years or abstain from voting when you vote in response to this Proposal. Because your vote on this Proposal Four is advisory, it