All Three Proxy Advisory Firms Support Voce’s Call for Change at FBR

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voce Capital Management LLC (“Voce”), which along with its nominees owns 5.2% of FBR & Co. (Nasdaq:FBRC) (“FBR” or the “Company”) and is the Company’s third-largest shareholder, today announced that all three leading proxy advisory firms – Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”) and Egan-Jones Ratings Company (“Egan-Jones”) – have recommended that shareholders support Voce’s campaign for change at FBR. ISS and Egan-Jones have both recommended that FBR shareholders vote on the BLUE proxy card for all three of Voce’s highly qualified nominees, Jarl Berntzen, Michael J. McConnell and J. Daniel Plants. Glass Lewis has also recommended that shareholders vote on the BLUE proxy card for Voce nominee Jarl Berntzen.