Lester R. Brafman - 28 Oct 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for Cohen & Co Inc. (COHN)

Role: Chief Executive Officer
Signature: /s/ Joseph W. Pooler, Jr., as attorney-in-fact
Issuer symbol: COHN
Transactions as of: 28 Oct 2021
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 29 Oct 2021, 16:55:12 UTC
Next filing: 20 Dec 2021
SEC: View on sec.gov

Transactions Table

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Ownership	Footnotes
holding	COHN	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share						315,702	28 Oct 2021	Direct

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type	Sym	Class	Transaction	Value $	Shares	Change %	* Price $	Shares After	Date	Underlying Class	Amount	Exercise Price	Ownership	Footnotes
transaction	COHN	Cohen & Company, LLC Membership Units	Award	$0	+2,000,000		$0.000000	2,000,000	28 Oct 2021	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	200,000		Direct	F1

* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Mr. Brafman was awarded 2,000,000 restricted membership units ("Units") in Cohen & Company, LLC (the "Operating LLC"), a subsidiary of Cohen & Co Inc. (the "Company"), under the Company's 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, one-fifth of which will vest and be delivered to Mr. Brafman on each of January 31, 2023, January 31, 2024, January 31, 2025, January 31, 2026 and January 31, 2027. Following the vesting of the applicable Units, the Company may cause the Operating LLC to redeem such Units at any time thereafter for, at the Company's option, (i) cash or (ii) one share of the Company's common stock for every ten Units.

Content

Mr. Brafman was awarded 2,000,000 restricted membership units ("Units") in Cohen & Company, LLC (the "Operating LLC"), a subsidiary of Cohen & Co Inc. (the "Company"), under the Company's 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended, one-fifth of which will vest and be delivered to Mr. Brafman on each of January 31, 2023, January 31, 2024, January 31, 2025, January 31, 2026 and January 31, 2027. Following the vesting of the applicable Units, the Company may cause the Operating LLC to redeem such Units at any time thereafter for, at the Company's option, (i) cash or (ii) one share of the Company's common stock for every ten Units.