SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
STEERS ROBERT HAMILTON

(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O COHEN & STEERS, INC.
280 PARK AVENUE

(Street)
NEW YORK NY 10017

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COHEN & STEERS INC [ CNS ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Co-Chairman and Co-CEO
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/25/2008
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 01/25/2008 A 113,615(1) A $0 10,960,812(2) D
Common STock, par value $0.01 per share 01/25/2008(3) P 0(3) A $0(3) 950,920(4) I See footnote (4)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Includes 90,892 restricted stock units (RSUs) mandatorily deferred by the Company from Mr. Steers' annual discretionary bonus, plus 22,723 RSUs granted to Mr. Steers as a Company match on his mandatory bonus deferral. These RSUs will generally vest ratably over four years.
2. Includes 643 total RSUs acquired pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature under the Company's 2004 Stock Incentive Plan. Does not include 950,920 shares held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Steers' family. Mr. Steers' spouse is the trustee of the trust. Mr. Steers disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities for the purposes of Section 16 and for any other purposes.
3. Disregard entries in the second row for columns 2, 2A, 3 and 4, which entries were provided solely to allow for transmission of second row information in columns 1, 5, 6 and 7.
4. These shares are held by the Robert H. Steers Family Trust for the benefit of Mr. Steers' family. Mr. Steers' spouse is the trustee of the trust. Mr. Steers disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities for purposes of Section 16 and for any other purposes.
Salvatore Rappa, Attorney-in-Fact for Robert H. Steers 01/28/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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