| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On April 22, 2024, Cohen & Steers, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an ATM Equity Offering Sales Agreement (the “Sales Agreement”) with BofA Securities, Inc. (“BofA Securities”), pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell, from time to time, shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”) having an aggregate offering price of up to $100,000,000 through BofA Securities, acting as its agent, or directly to BofA Securities, acting as principal.
The offer and sale of the Shares will be made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which the Company filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 10, 2021 and was automatically effective, and a related prospectus supplement, which the Company filed with the SEC on April 22, 2024.
The Company is not obligated to sell any Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, BofA Securities agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations, to sell Shares from time to time in accordance with the Company’s instructions, including any price, time or size limits or other customary parameters or conditions the Company may impose.
Under the Sales Agreement, BofA Securities may sell Shares by any method permitted by law and deemed to be an “at-the-market offering” as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder, including by ordinary brokers’ transactions through the facilities of The New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices, in block transactions or as otherwise permitted by law. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement, the Company may also from time to time sell Shares to BofA Securities as principal pursuant to a form of Terms Agreement attached as an exhibit to the Sales Agreement.
The Company currently intends to use the net proceeds, if any, from the sale of Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement, after deducting commissions and offering expenses payable by it, for general corporate purposes, including seeding track record strategies and investment vehicles.
The Sales Agreement may be terminated for any reason, at any time, by either the Company or BofA Securities upon written notice to the other party.
The Company has agreed to pay BofA Securities a commission equal to 1.5% of the gross proceeds from the sales of Shares pursuant to the Sales Agreement and has agreed to provide BofA Securities with customary indemnification and contribution rights. The Company will also reimburse BofA Securities for certain specified expenses in connection with entering into the Sales Agreement. The Sales Agreement contains customary representations and warranties and conditions to the placements of the Shares pursuant thereto.
The foregoing summary of the Sales Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sales Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference. The Sales Agreement contains representations and warranties that the parties made to, and solely for the benefit of, the other in the context of all of the terms and conditions of the Sales Agreement and in the context of the specific relationship between the parties. The provisions of the Sales Agreement, including the representations and warranties contained therein, are not for the benefit of any party other than the parties to the Sales Agreement and are not intended as a document for investors and the public to obtain factual information about the Company’s current state of affairs. Rather, investors and the public should look to other disclosures contained in the Company’s filings with the SEC.
This Current Report on Form 8-K shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy Shares, nor shall there be any sale of the Shares in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
