UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 26, 2015

INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 701-9555

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

As previously reported, on August 19, 2014, IFMI, LLC (the “Seller”), a Delaware limited liability company and a direct subsidiary of Institutional Financial Markets, Inc. (the “Company”), a Maryland corporation, entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and between the Seller and C&Co Europe Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company in which Daniel G. Cohen, Vice Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, Vice Chairman of the Seller, the President and Chief Executive of the Company’s European Business and President of CCFL, is the sole member (the “Buyer”). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Seller agreed to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer agreed to purchase from the Seller, all of the issued and outstanding shares of (a) Cohen and Company Financial Limited (formerly known as EuroDekania Management Limited), a company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (“CCFL”), and (b) Cohen & Compagnie, SAS, a company organized under the laws of France.

On March 26, 2015, the parties to the Purchase Agreement agreed to extend the deadline for the closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement from March 31, 2015 to June 30, 2015. In addition, the parties to the Purchase Agreement amended the date which the Buyer will be obligated to cause the settlement of intercompany accounts of CCFL, C&C and Unicum Capital, S.L., a wholly owned subsidiary of CCFL, owed to the Seller (the “Intercompany Payables”). The Intercompany Payables were originally to be settled by March 31, 2015. This date was extended to June 30, 2015.

The reason for the extension is to provide additional time for the parties to complete the regulatory approval process.

(d) Exhibits.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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