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accession: "0001104659-25-087809"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "COHN"
cik: "0001270436"
company_name: "Cohen & Co Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T07:53:41.578709+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
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confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cohen & Company completes sale of three Alesco CDO management agreements to Hildene affiliate for $2.02M

## Summary
- Final closing on Sept 5, 2025, transferred Alesco III, IV, and VI CDO agreements for $2,022,403 after purchase price reductions.
- Combined with July 9 closing on Alesco V and VIII ($837,447), total proceeds from all five CDO agreements is ~$2.86M.
- No further closings under the Master Transaction Agreement; sale is fully completed.
- Buyer is HCMC III, LLC, an affiliate of Hildene Capital Management, an SEC-registered investment adviser.
- Seller is Cohen & Company Financial Management, an investment advisor subsidiary of Cohen & Company Inc.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-25-087809
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: COHN
- cik: 0001270436
- company_name: Cohen & Co Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465925087809/0001104659-25-087809-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1270436/000110465925087809/tm2525374d1_8k.htm

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