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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-25-023471"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHN"
cik: "0001270436"
company_name: "Cohen & Co Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T20:23:41.700601+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cohen & Co. sells management rights for five Alesco CDOs to Hildene affiliate for $3.5M

## Summary
- Cohen & Co. subsidiary agrees to sell collateral management agreements for five Alesco Preferred Funding CDOs.
- Total base purchase price of $3.5 million, with potential reduction for management fees received before closing.
- Buyer is HCMC III, LLC (affiliate of Hildene Capital Management), which specializes in TruPS-backed CDOs.
- Multiple closings expected by November 8, 2025, subject to consents and conditions.
- Seller retains liabilities prior to closing; buyer assumes post-closing obligations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-023471
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHN
- cik: 0001270436
- company_name: Cohen & Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465925023471/0001104659-25-023471-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465925023471/tm259146d1_8k.htm

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