Lester Raymond Brafman - Feb 1, 2022 Form 4 Insider Report for Cohen & Co Inc. (COHN)

Role: Chief Executive Officer
Signature: /s/ Joseph W. Pooler, Jr., as attorney-in-fact
Stock symbol: COHN
Transactions as of: Feb 1, 2022
Transactions value $: -$412,950
Form type: 4
Date filed: 2/2/2023, 03:05 PM
Previous filing: Dec 20, 2021
Next filing: Dec 20, 2022

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	Options Exercise	-$413K	-470K	-19.42%	$0.88^*	1.95M	Feb 1, 2023	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	47K		Direct	F1

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

Explanation of Responses:

Id	Content
F1	Mr. Brafman redeemed 470,330 membership units (the "Units") of Cohen & Company, LLC (the "Operating LLC"), a subsidiary of Cohen & Co Inc. (the "Company"), for an aggregate of $412,949.74, or $0.878 per Unit, in order to fund certain tax liabilities incurred by Mr. Brafman in connection with the vesting, on January 31, 2023, of 470,330 restricted membership units of the Operating LLC and 49,750 restricted shares of the Company's common stock granted to Mr. Brafman under the Company's 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. In accordance with the Operating LLC's Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended, Mr. Brafman had the right to redeem the Units at any time 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 redeemed 470,330 membership units (the "Units") of Cohen & Company, LLC (the "Operating LLC"), a subsidiary of Cohen & Co Inc. (the "Company"), for an aggregate of $412,949.74, or $0.878 per Unit, in order to fund certain tax liabilities incurred by Mr. Brafman in connection with the vesting, on January 31, 2023, of 470,330 restricted membership units of the Operating LLC and 49,750 restricted shares of the Company's common stock granted to Mr. Brafman under the Company's 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended. In accordance with the Operating LLC's Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended, Mr. Brafman had the right to redeem the Units at any time for, at the Company's option, (i) cash or (ii) one share of the Company's common stock for every ten Units.