Brafman Lester Raymond Form 4 Cohen & Co / Lester Raymond Brafman ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Brafman Lester Raymond

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O COHEN & CO INC.,

2929 ARCH STREET, SUITE 1703

(Street)

PHILADELPHIA PA 19104-2870

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Cohen & Co Inc. [ COHN ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Executive Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/28/2021

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								315,702	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Cohen & Company, LLC Membership Units	(1)	10/28/2021		A		2,000,000		(1)	(1)	Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share	200,000(1)	$0	2,000,000	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 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.

	/s/ Joseph W. Pooler, Jr., as attorney-in-fact	10/29/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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