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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 4
2. BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS 10
3. FINANCIALS 17
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1. INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
$1B+ 107
IN TOTAL BANKING
CAPITALIZATION TRANSACTIONS IN
1H’20
~800 22B
Impactful Deep Domain
Strategic Knowledge
Advice
5 8,300+
Quality Execution
Platform
Innovative Value-added
Investment Tools and
DIFFERENTIATED CONFERENCE 1X1
Products Insights INVESTMENT MEETINGS IN 1H’20
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGIES
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INTRODUCTION
SCALED, MARKET-LEADING Leading independent, unconflicted execution platform and global, multi-asset
EQUITIES PLATFORM capabilities. Taking share from underinvested competitors
INVESTMENT Provides opportunities for growth and margin expansion through organic
BANKING EXCELLENCE growth and acquisition. Revenue diversification (Advisory, non-Healthcare)
WORLD CLASS, DATA DRIVEN Key differentiator in unbundled world, strong foundation for buyside and
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH corporate client relationships. Focus on coverage of growth sectors
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INTRODUCTION
OUTCOME FOR
OBJECTIVES SHAREHOLDER RETURNS
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INTRODUCTION
1 2 3
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INTRODUCTION
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2. BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
$247
$200
• Closed acquisition of Quarton International in January 2019
• Provides advisory business with significant scale, revenue
$133
diversification, and cross-border expertise $182
$199
• Mandated pipeline continues to look strong $49
$107
• Key industry verticals experiencing growth $38
– Consumer / Cannabis $82 $84
– Healthcare $42 $50
$24 $27
– Industrials
– Information Technology & Services 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1H'20
– Technology
M&A Capital Markets CM Advisory CM Underwriting
*Source: ECM Analytics as of June 30, 2020. Excludes issuers with proceeds less than $20mm and greater than $1bn 11
BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
200,000 200,000
Initiating Separation of CM-Advisory and CM-Underwriting
180,000 180,000
160,000 160,000
140,000 140,000
71% 72%
120,000 120,000
100,000 100,000
80,000 80,000
62%
69% 67% 58%
62%
48% 75%
60,000 57% 60,000 76%
42%
85% 60% 68% 57% 46%
71% 57%
82%
13%
40,000 40,000
9% 9%
14% 28%
19% 19% 58%
20,000 20,000 52% 38% 54% 42%
40% 34% 16% 43%
29% 28% 24% 32% 25%
15% 18% 24% 20%
11%
0 0
1Q'18 2Q'18 3Q'18 4Q'18 1Q'19 2Q'19 3Q'19 4Q'19 1Q'20 2Q'20 1Q'18 2Q'18 3Q'18 4Q'18 1Q'19 2Q'19 3Q'19 4Q'19 1Q'20 2Q'20
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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
• One of the largest research franchises on the Street that has consistently invested in its platform
– This is in contrast to a 10% decline in investment dollars for sell-side equity research on the Street overall(1)
Capital
• Analysts average 15 years of research SECURITIES UNDER COVERAGE
Goods
11%
experience, including 8 years at Cowen Today 800 Consumer Healthcare
14% 32%
2012 424
• One of the strongest Washington research Energy
benches on the Street(2) S&P 500® COVERED
14% TMT
26%
Today 45%
2012 27%
(1) Change in average cost, 2009-2013. Source: McLagan Financial Benchmark. A study from Coalition similarly found that the number of analysts at the 12 largest banks declined 10% from 2012 to 2016.
(2) Per Institutional Investor 2018 poll. Cowen Washington Research Group produces commentaries on political, economic or market conditions and is not intended as a research report as defined by applicable regulation.
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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
• Leading independent, unconflicted trade execution COWEN IS A LEADING INDEPENDENT EQUITIES BROKERAGE
and scaled research sales Million shares LTM (1)
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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
• Global expansion – providing execution services in more than 100 markets worldwide and a range of multi-asset capabilities
2012 2020
Note: Markets revenue includes brokerage, securities finance and other markets-related revenue
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BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS
• Focus on Cowen controlled and branded investment vehicles with long term stable fee revenues in active strategies
• Launched new Cowen sustainable investments strategy, raised new assets in healthcare investments and healthcare royalty strategies
• Multiple revenue streams: management fees, incentive income and investment income
PRIVATE
HEALTHCARE
CAPABILITY HEALTHCARE ACTIVISM MERGER SUSTAINABILITY
ROYALTIES
INVESTMENTS
TEAM
AUM: $821 Million* AUM: $3.5 Billion* AUM: $5.7 Billion* AUM: $470 Million* AUM: $207 Million*
PRIVATE EQUITY
✓ ✓ ✓
HEDGE FUND
✓ ✓
✓ ✓ ✓
MANAGED
ACCOUNT
UCITS
✓
AUM figures provided for each individual strategy group are approximate as of June 30, 2020 and are unaudited and net of applicable fees and expenses. The aggregate AUM of each individual strategy does not equal the AUM of
Cowen Investment Management due to cross-investments among strategies and the exclusion of certain legacy funds. The AUM for Cowen Healthcare Investments and Cowen Sustainable Investments include unfunded capital
commitments, where applicable. This information does not constitute an offer or solicitation or recommendation to invest in a particular investment product. Please also note that Starboard Value LP is not considered a "related
person" of Cowen per the definition provided by the SEC in Form ADV. See slide 29 for additional important disclosures pertaining to Cowen’s Investment Management business.
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3. FINANCIALS
FINANCIALS
Key statistics
*Economic Operating Income to Common Stockholders is Economic Income to Cowen Inc. minus preferred dividends plus depreciation and amortization. Op Co Economic Operating Income excludes the Asset Co segment,
which consists of non-core legacy private investments
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FINANCIALS
800.0 $769
“Position Period”
700.0 $666
600.0
$530
$498
500.0 $468
“Rebuild Period”
400.0 $344
$270 $288
300.0
200.0
100.0
-
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 1H'20
Added options Added electronic Added sector Added prime Added credit Added macro Expanded depth Added Exited two
and event trading capabilities expertise across service research & research in global Quarton (Jan non-core
capabilities (ATM) banking, markets capabilities special (Washington execution and 2019), investment
and research (Concept Capital, situations Research Group) new capabilities significantly strategies
Established (Dahlman Rose) Conifer trading (CRT) in clearing and expanding Launched
merger arbitrage Securities) Added banking securities finance M&A advisory sustainable
fund team from Morgan (Convergex) practice and investments
Joseph global strategy
Withdrew from footprint
Launched Cowen three affiliated
Healthcare investment
*January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2019 Investments (CHI) strategies
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FINANCIALS
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
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FINANCIALS
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FINANCIALS
Op-Co
Event Driven 13.7 2%
Activist 38.2 5%
Portfolio Hedge 15.0 2%
Cowen Healthcare Investments - Public 19.9 2%
Cowen Healthcare Investments - Private 27.8 3%
Cowen BD Merchant Banking 159.7 19% Includes $129.8m Nikola investment
Cowen Sustainable Investments 11.8 1%
Healthcare Royalty Partners 6.5 1%
Cowen Syndicate 1.1 0%
Lux 2.8 0%
Operating Cash 27.8 3%
Subtotal 324.4 39%
Regulatory Capital
Broker Dealer Capital 387.3 46%
Subtotal 387.3 46%
Non-Core Investments:
Op-Co Total 711.8 85%
Privates
Asset-Co Non-core Investments:
Private Investments 117.6 14% Linkem 73.6
Real Estate 2.1 0% Formation8/Eclipse 38.9
Trade Claims 4.7 1%
Other Privates 9.8
Asset-Co Total 124.4 15%
Notes: Invested capital amounts and equity allocation percentages subject to change. Starting in 1Q20, Securities Finance and SPAC Trading allocations included in Broker-Dealer Capital, P&L for these allocations reflected in
Markets revenues, not Investment Income.
Non-Core Investments: Linkem - Italian wireless broadband telecom company; Formation 8/Eclipse – LP stakes in technology-focused venture capital firms; Real estate: Remaining investments from real estate strategy
which was exited in 2019
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FINANCIALS
Mid-Sized Peers
Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (1) $16.82 $4,484.6 $7,329.0 1.3x 9.2% 12.8x 0.5x 0.6x 1.34 3.5
JMP Group LLC 2.67 52.3 (90.1) NM (43.3) NM 1.0 1.0 0.85 -
Oppenheimer Holdings Inc. 21.45 278.1 394.2 0.4 8.4 6.0 0.5 0.7 0.96 2.2
Piper Sandler Companies 63.04 914.3 998.3 1.1 8.8 11.7 1.2 2.3 1.48 2.4
Raymond James Financial, Inc. 72.12 9,882.6 8,566.6 1.1 16.4 10.7 1.5 1.6 1.14 2.0
Stifel Financial Corp. 48.00 3,287.3 4,074.6 1.2 16.7 9.0 1.0 1.8 1.43 1.4
Cowen(2) $17.58 $486.8 $1,038.4 0.8x 17.7 3.1x 0.6x 0.8x 1.88 0.9
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FINANCIALS
AS OF
JUNE 30, 2020
*Includes $135 million of 3% convertible senior notes due 2022, $138 million of 7.35% senior notes due 2024, $78 million of 7.25% senior notes due 2024
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FINANCIALS
Note: Balance sheet has been adjusted to eliminate consolidated funds. Balance sheet has not been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
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FINANCIALS
Note: Balance sheet has been adjusted to eliminate consolidated funds. Balance sheet has not been prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
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INVESTOR CONTACTS
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