Lester R. Brafman - 06 Mar 2026 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: 06 Mar 2026
Net transactions value: $0
Form type: 4
Filing time: 06 Mar 2026, 16:05:52 UTC
Previous filing: 05 Feb 2026
SEC: View on sec.gov

Reporting Owners (1)

Name	Relationship	Address	Signature	Signature date	CIK
Brafman Lester Raymond	Chief Executive Officer	C/O COHEN & CO INC., 2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 1703, PHILADELPHIA	/s/ Joseph W. Pooler, Jr., as attorney-in-fact	06 Mar 2026	0001578554

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	06 Mar 2026	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 LTIP Units	Award		+1,605,000		$0.000000^*	1,605,000	06 Mar 2026	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	160,500		Direct	F1, F2

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Mr. Brafman was awarded 1,605,000 restricted membership units, designated as LTIP Units ("LTIP 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 (the "Plan"). The LTIP Units are intended to qualify as profits interests for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The LTIP Units are scheduled to vest as follows: 20% of the LTIP Units will vest on each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the date the LTIP Units were granted, in each case, subject to Mr. Brafman's continued service on the vesting date.
F2	Following the expiration of the restrictions on the applicable LTIP Units, Mr. Brafman may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Operating LLC's limited liability company agreement, convert the LTIP Units into units of membership of the Operating LLC ("Units") on a one-for-one basis. Upon Mr. Brafman's conversion (if any) of LTIP Units into Units, Mr. Brafman 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 1,605,000 restricted membership units, designated as LTIP Units ("LTIP 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 (the "Plan"). The LTIP Units are intended to qualify as profits interests for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The LTIP Units are scheduled to vest as follows: 20% of the LTIP Units will vest on each of the first, second, third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the date the LTIP Units were granted, in each case, subject to Mr. Brafman's continued service on the vesting date.

Following the expiration of the restrictions on the applicable LTIP Units, Mr. Brafman may, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the Operating LLC's limited liability company agreement, convert the LTIP Units into units of membership of the Operating LLC ("Units") on a one-for-one basis. Upon Mr. Brafman's conversion (if any) of LTIP Units into Units, Mr. Brafman 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.