SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

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

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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^*

Ricciardi Stephanie

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O COHEN & COMPANY INC.

2929 ARCH STREET, 17TH FLOOR

(Street)

PHILADELPHIA

19104-2870

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
12/24/2009

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COHEN & Co INC. [ COHN ]

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

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

5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock, par value $0.001	357,638	D
Common Stock, par value $0.001	1,099,496	I	By Spouse
Common Stock, par value $0.001	11,291	I	By GRAT⁽¹⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Recapitalized Cohen Brothers Membership Units	⁽²⁾	⁽²⁾	Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share	268,445	⁽²⁾	I	By GRAT⁽¹⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. These 11,291 shares of Cohen & Company Inc.'s (the "Company") common stock are held by The Christopher Ricciardi Irrevocable Annuity Retained Trust U/A/D January 16, 2008 (the "GRAT"). The GRAT benefits the reporting person's spouse.

2. Each Cohen Brothers, LLC ("CB") membership unit is redeemable at the holder's option, at any time on or after June 16, 2010, for (i) cash in an amount equal to the average of the per share closing prices of the Company's common stock for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date the Company receives the holder's notice of redemption, or (ii) at the Company's option, one share of the Company's common stock, subject, in each case, to appropriate adjustment upon the occurrence of an issuance of additional shares of the Company's common stock as a dividend or other distribution on the Company's outstanding common stock, or a further subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of the Company's common stock.

	/s/ Joseph W. Pooler, Jr. as attorney-in-fact	03/29/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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