AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among ALESCO FINANCIAL INC. FORTUNE MERGER SUB, LLC and COHEN BROTHERS, LLC Dated as of February 20, 2009Merger Agreement • February 23rd, 2009 • Alesco Financial Inc • Real estate investment trusts • Delaware
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 20, 2009 (this “Agreement”), by and among Alesco Financial Inc., a Maryland corporation (“AFN”), Fortune Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of AFN (“Merger Sub”), and Cohen Brothers, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (d/b/a Cohen & Company) (“C&C”).
