Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035625
Chunk: 2

Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 2
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HOLDERS To the Stockholders of Cohen & Company Inc.: Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of stockholders of Cohen & Company Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), will be held on June 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time. The annual meeting will be held entirely online. You can attend and participate in the annual meeting online by visiting www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/COHN2025, where you will be able to listen to the annual meeting live, submit questions and vote. To join the annual meeting, you will need to have your 16-digit control number, which is included in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) and the proxy card which has been sent to you or, if you are a beneficial owner of shares who did not receive such control number, it may be obtained upon request to the broker, bank, or other nominee that holds your shares on your behalf. Please see the “How You May Vote” section of our definitive proxy statement in connection with the annual meeting, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2025 (the “Proxy Statement”), for more details regarding the logistics of the virtual annual meeting, including the ability of stockholders to submit questions at the annual meeting, and technical details and support related to accessing the virtual platform for the annual meeting. The annual meeting will be held for the following purposes: 1. To elect five directors, each to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or retirement; 2. To approve Amendment No. 3 to the Cohen & Company Inc. 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for issuance thereunder from 1,900,000 shares to 2,500,000 shares; 3. To approve, on a nonbinding advisory basis, the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company, as disclosed in the proxy statement; 4. To vote, on a nonbinding advisory basis, on the frequency of the advisory vote to approve the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company; 5. To ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2025; and 6. To transact such other business as may properly come before the annual