Edgar Filing: COWEN INC.

COWEN INC.

Dated: June 18, 2018

/s/ Owen S. Littman

Name: Owen S. Littman

Title: General Counsel

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): June 13, 2018

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

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Item 8.01.

Other Events

On June 6, 2018, Cowen Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and UBS Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), in connection with the offer and sale of $90.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.75% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes”). The Company also granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $10.0 million principal amount of the Company’s 2033 Notes to cover over-allotments, if any (the “Additional Notes”). On June 13, 2018, the Underwriters notified the Company that they have exercised their option to purchase the Additional Notes in full, at the public offering price, plus accrued interest, less the underwriting discount. On June 18, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had closed its public offering of $10.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Additional Notes. A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits



5.1		Opinion of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP with respect to the Additional Notes.

99.1		Press release issued by Cowen Inc. on June 18, 2018 with respect to the sale of the Additional Notes.

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.