Company: COHN
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-035625
Chunk: 85

Company: Cohen & Co Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-17
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 85
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 current members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is “independent” within the meaning of the rules of the NYSE American. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s primary functions are to: (a) recommend to the Board of Directors qualified candidates for election as directors and recommend a slate of nominees for election as directors at our annual meeting; (b) periodically prepare and submit to the Board of Directors for adoption its selection criteria for director nominees; (c) review and make recommendations on matters involving the general operation of the Board of Directors, including development and recommendation of our corporate governance guidelines; (d) annually recommend to the Board of Directors nominees for each committee of the Board; and (e) facilitate the assessment of the Board’s performance as a whole and of the individual directors and report thereon to the Board of Directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has the authority to retain counsel and other experts or consultants at the Company’s expense that it deems necessary or appropriate to enable it to carry out its duties without seeking the approval of the Board of Directors. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates under a written charter that was originally adopted in 2006 and amended in 2009 and 2014. A copy of the charter may be found on our website at http://www.cohenandcompany.com and will be provided in print, without charge, to any stockholder who requests a copy. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee met two times in 2024. All of the committee members attended the meeting of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held during fiscal year 2024. 52

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EXECUTIVE OFFICERS Set forth below is information regarding our executive officers as of April 10, 2025.

| Name                  | ​ | ​ | Age | ​ | ​ | Position                                                        | ​ |
| Lester R. Brafman     | ​ | ​ |  62 | ​ | ​ | Chief Executive Officer                                         | ​ |
| Daniel G. Cohen       | ​ | ​ |  55 | ​ | ​ | Executive Chairman                                              | ​ |
| Joseph W. Pooler, Jr. | ​ | ​ |  59 | ​ | ​ | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ​ |

Lester R. Brafman , age 62, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and of Cohen & Company, LLC since September 16, 2013. Mr. Braf