Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035625
Chunk: 11

Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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3 to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan), Three (the advisory vote on executive compensation), and Four (the advisory vote on frequency of approval of executive compensation), is considered a “non-routine” matter. Accordingly, brokerage firms, banks or other nominees may not vote your shares absent specific instructions from you on how to vote regarding such proposal. Proposal Five (the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025), on the other hand, is considered a “routine” matter and, therefore, brokerage firms, banks or other nominees who vote your shares on your behalf may vote on Proposal Five in their own discretion absent specific instructions from you on how to on such proposal. Abstentions and Broker Non-Votes For purposes of each of Proposals One (the election of directors), Two (the approval of Amendment No. 3 to the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan), Three (the advisory vote on executive compensation), Four (the advisory vote on frequency of approval of executive compensation), and Five (the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025) and any other proposals properly presented at the meeting, abstentions 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted as votes cast and will have no effect on the result of the vote, although they will be considered present for the purpose of determining the presence of a quorum at the meeting. With respect to Proposal Five (the ratification of the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025), we do not expect any broker non-votes because Proposal Five is a “routine” matter, and your broker will be permitted to vote your shares in its discretion with respect to Proposal Five even absent your instructions on how to vote on such proposal. Shares Owned by Directors and Officers As of the record date, our executive officers and directors own, in the aggregate, shares of the Company’s securities representing 69.34% of the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting, and intend to vote (i) FOR the election to the Board of Daniel G. Cohen, G. Steven Dawson, Jack J. DiMaio, Jr., Jack Haraburda and Diana Louise Liberto, the Company’s nominees for directorship positions at