| Registrant Name | Cohen & Co Inc. |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 26, 2024
Cohen & Company Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | | 1-32026 | | 16-1685692 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (Commission File Number) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
Cira Centre 2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | 19104 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | | (Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 701-9555
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | | Trading
Symbol(s) | | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | | COHN | | The NYSE American Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
As previously disclosed, on June 25, 2007, Cohen & Company Inc. (formerly Alesco Financial Inc.), a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), entered into the Junior Subordinated Indenture (the “Indenture”), by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to which the Company issued an aggregate of $28,995,000 of the Company’s Junior Subordinated Notes, which mature on July 30, 2037 (the “Notes”), in a private placement under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
On January 26, 2024, the Company and the Trustee entered into Supplemental Indenture No. 1 to Junior Subordinated Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), which amended the Indenture to provide that the benchmark to determine the interest rates applicable to the Notes will be based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), as provided in the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act. Prior to the execution of the Supplemental Indenture, the benchmark to determine the interest rates applicable to the Notes under the Indenture was based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”). The Supplemental Indenture was made effective as of July 1, 2023, the first date following the cessation of the publication of LIBOR. Except as described herein, no other changes were made to the Indenture pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture.
The foregoing description of the Supplemental Indenture is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Supplemental Indenture, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated in this Item 4.1 by reference.
* Filed electronically herewith.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| | COHEN & COMPANY INC. |
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| Date: January 29, 2024 | By: | /s/ Joseph W. Pooler, Jr. |
| | | Name: | Joseph W. Pooler, Jr. |
| | | Title: | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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