Cohen & Co Inc. — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 11, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COHEN & Co INC. (COHN)
CIK: 0001270436
Period of Report: 2010-03-09

Reporting Person: Pooler Joseph W. Jr. (EVP, CFO and Treasurer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-03-09	Common Stock, par value $0.001	A	50000	—	Acquired	79171	Direct
2010-03-09	Common Stock, par value $0.001	F	21765	$6.50	Disposed	57406	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-03-09	Cohen Brothers, LLC Plan Units	$	D	50000	Disposed		Common Stock, par value $0.01 (50000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: In satisfaction of the reporting person's Cohen Brothers, LLC Plan Units ("Plan Units"), the Company cancelled such Plan Units and in exchange issued 50,000 shares of common stock under the Alesco Financial Inc. 2006 Long Term Incentive Plan.

F2: These shares of common stock were elected by the reporting person to be forfeited for the payment of income tax withholdings.

F3: There is no expiration date.