Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035625
Chunk: 32

Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 32
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 income tax withholding and employment taxes. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Additional special tax rules may apply to those Award holders who are subject to the rules set forth in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. Interest of Certain Persons In Matters to Be Acted Upon Our directors and officers are eligible to receive awards under the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. Directors and executive officers may benefit from the payment of equity-based awards under the 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE 2020 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN. IN THE ABSENCE OF INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CONTRARY, PROXIES SOLICITED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS PROXY STATEMENT WILL BE VOTED FOR APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE 2020 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN. 17 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROPOSAL THREE — APPROVAL, ON AN ADVISORY BASIS, OF COMPENSATION OF THE
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, or the Dodd-Frank Act, enables our stockholders to vote to approve, on an advisory (non-binding) basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in accordance with Section 14A of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the SEC’s rules. At our 2022 Annual Meeting, the Board of Directors recommended, and the stockholders approved on an advisory (non-binding) basis, that future advisory votes on named executive compensation occur once every three years. The next advisory vote to approve our named executive compensation will occur at the 2028 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company, unless the Board of Directors modifies its policy on the frequency of holding such advisory votes. Details regarding such compensation may be found below under the heading “Executive Compensation” below. Pursuant to Section 14A of the Exchange Act, the Company is presenting the following “say on pay” proposal, which gives stockholders the opportunity to approve or not approve the Company’s compensation program for its named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, by voting for or against the resolution set forth below. While our Board of Directors intends to carefully consider the stockholder vote resulting from this Proposal Three, the final vote