Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 15, 2020

COWEN INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-34516

27-0423711

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

599 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices and Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 845-7900

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:


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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol

Name of Exchange on Which Registered

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

COWN

The Nasdaq Global Market

7.35% Senior Notes due 2027

COWNZ

The Nasdaq Global Market

7.75% Senior Notes due 2033

COWNL

The Nasdaq Global Market

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On September 15, 2020 Cowen Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of MHT Partners, LP (“MHT Partners”), an investment bank focused on representing innovative companies in growing markets. Based primarily in Dallas and San Francisco, MHT Partners’ investment banking team is expected to join Cowen under the agreement. Terms of the acquisition, which is not material to Cowen from a financial perspective, were not disclosed. As the assets and liabilities the Company will acquire from MHT Partners will not be significant to the Company, the Company does not intend to file financial statements or proforma information giving effect to the transaction pursuant to Rule 3-05(b) of Regulation S-X.

A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d)						Exhibit

99.1						Press Release issued by the Company dated September 15, 2020.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

COWEN INC.