Press Release

COHEN & COMPANY SETS RELEASE DATE FOR 2010 SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS

Philadelphia and New York, July 29, 2010 – Cohen & Company Inc. (NYSE AMEX: COHN) will release its financial results for the second quarter of 2010 on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. The Company will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) that morning to discuss these results.

The conference call will be available via webcast. Interested parties can access the live webcast by clicking the webcast link on Cohen & Company’s homepage at www.cohenandcompany.com. Those wishing to listen to the conference call with operator assistance can dial (877) 686-9573 (domestic) or (706) 643-6983 (international), participant pass code 89675659, or request the Cohen & Company earnings call. A recording of the call will be available for two weeks following the call by dialing (800) 642- 1687 (domestic) or (706) 645-9291 (international), participant pass code 89675659.

About Cohen & Company Inc.
Cohen & Company is a leading investment firm specializing in credit-related fixed income investments. Cohen & Company was founded in 1999 as an investment firm focused on small-cap banking institutions, but has grown over the past ten years into a more diversified fixed income specialist. Our primary operating segments are: Capital Markets and Asset Management. Our Capital Markets segment consists of credit-related fixed income sales and trading as well as new issue placements in corporate and securitized products. Our Asset Management segment manages assets through listed and private companies, funds, managed accounts, and collateralized debt obligations. As of June 30, 2010, we managed approximately $14.5 billion in credit-related fixed income assets in a variety of asset classes including U.S. trust preferred securities, European hybrid capital securities, Asian commercial real estate debt, and mortgage- and asset-backed securities. For more information, please visit www.cohenandcompany.com.

Investors: Cohen & Company Inc. Joseph W. Pooler, Jr., 215-701-8952 Chief Financial Officer investorrelations@cohenandcompany.com

Media: Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher James Golden, 212-895-8665 jgolden@joelefrank.com