SEC FORM 3

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

UniCredit Bank Austria AG

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

SCHOTTENGASSE 6-8

(Street)

VIENNA

1010

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
05/11/2010

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
COWEN GROUP, INC. [ COWN ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

Director	X	10% Owner
Officer (give title below)		Other (specify below)

5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	8,518,685	I	See Footnotes⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents 8,518,685 shares of Class A Common Stock that underlie BA Alpine Holdings, Inc's. capital in RCG Holdings LLC ("RCG"). 37,536,856 shares of Class A Common Stock were issued to RCG (the "RCG Shares") upon the consummation of the transactions (the "Transactions") contemplated by the Transaction Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 3, 2009, by and among Cowen Group, Inc. (f/k/a LexingtonPark Parent Corp.), Cowen Holdings, Inc. (f/k/a Cowen Group, Inc.), Lexington Merger Corp., Ramius LLC (f/k/a Park Exchange LLC) and RCG. BA Alpine Holdings, Inc. ("BA Alpine") holds a nonvoting interest in RCG based upon BA Alpine's capital contributions to RCG. The 8,518,685 shares of Class A Common Stock are attributable to BA Alpine as such shares underlie its nonvoting interest in RCG. (Continued in Footnote 2)

2. As of the date hereof, BA Alpine is permitted to withdraw the entirety of its capital from RCG at any time, subject to providing proper notice to the managing member of RCG. Upon a withdrawal of capital by BA Alpine, RCG will distribute to BA Alpine, at its election, either (i) the RCG Shares underlying the withdrawn capital (subject to certain provisions set forth in the RCG Operating Agreement) or (ii) cash, in which instance RCG will sell RCG Shares (subject to applicable securities laws) attributable to BA Alpine on or prior to effectiveness of such withdrawal and will use the net cash proceeds of such sale to satisfy the withdrawal request in cash. As the direct corporate parent of BA Alpine, UniCredit Bank Austria AG may be deemed to beneficially own the 8,518,685 shares of Class A Common Stock deemed to be owned by BA Alpine.

	UNICREDIT BANK AUSTRIA AG	05/13/2010
	/s/ Markus Schwimann, Prokurist of UniCredit Bank Austria AG	05/13/2010
	/s/ Josef Duregger, Senior Manager	05/13/2010
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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