Voce Capital Files Preliminary FBR Proxy Statement

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Voce Capital Management LLC (“Voce”), which along with its nominees owns 5.3% of FBR & Co. (Nasdaq:FBRC) ("FBR" or the “Company”) and is the Company’s third-largest shareholder, today announced that it has filed its preliminary proxy statement and intends to proceed with its nomination of three independent Directors for election to the Company’s Board (the “Board”) at the 2016 Annual Meeting of shareholders. Voce also released the following statement regarding recent developments at the Company, which Voce believes underscore the need for urgent change at FBR: