---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-068779"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHN"
cik: "0001270436"
company_name: "Cohen & Co Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T05:40:18.440021+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cohen & Co. stockholders elect all director nominees and ratify Grant Thornton as auditor

## Summary
- Five directors elected: Daniel G. Cohen, G. Steven Dawson, Jack J. DiMaio Jr., Jack Haraburda, Diana Louise Liberto.
- Each director received >3.0M votes for, with ~701K broker non-votes.
- Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as auditor for FY2023: 3,636,349 for, 146,768 against, 7,027 abstain.
- Approximately 97.76% of combined voting power present; quorum established.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-068779
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHN
- cik: 0001270436
- company_name: Cohen & Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465923068779/0001104659-23-068779-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465923068779/tm2318106d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Cohen & Co Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for year ending December 31, 2023 at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: The Company’s stockholders ratified the appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2023 by the number of votes set forth below. For Against Abstain 3,636,349 146,768 7,027
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465923068779/0001104659-23-068779-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Cohen & Co Inc. shareholders approved Election of five directors to serve until next annual meeting at the 2023-06-07 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-07
  source text: The Company’s stockholders elected Daniel G. Cohen, G. Steven Dawson, Jack J. DiMaio, Jr., Jack Haraburda and Diana Louise Liberto, each to serve until the next annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or retirement, by the number of votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465923068779/0001104659-23-068779-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.