LaBranche & Co Inc. to Broadcast Review of Second Quarter 2005 Earnings Live Over the Internet

LaBranche & Co Inc. to Broadcast Review of Second Quarter 2005
Earnings Live Over the Internet 


NEW YORK, July 12  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LaBranche & Co Inc. (NYSE: LAB)
announced today that it will release second quarter 2005 financial results
before the open of the market on Tuesday, July 26, 2005.  Michael LaBranche,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Jeffrey M. Chertoff, Senior Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call which will
be broadcast live over the Internet on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.
Eastern Time. The broadcast will be hosted on the Company's web site located at
http://www.labranche.com/.

Please allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download the
streaming media software required to listen to the Internet broadcast.  An
online archive of the broadcast will be available within two hours of the live
call.

Founded in 1924, LaBranche is a leading specialist and market-maker in
equities, options and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") on major securities
exchanges. The Company acts as a specialist and market-maker for more than 680
companies, 30 of which are in the S&P 100 Index and 104 of which are in the S&P
500 Index.  In addition, LaBranche is a specialist and market-maker in
U.S.-listed ETFs and is a specialist in over 500 classes of equity and index
options. 

DATASOURCE: LaBranche & Co Inc.



CONTACT:  Jeffrey M. Chertoff, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial

Officer of LaBranche & Co Inc., [phone]; or Investors - Michael

Polyviou, or Theresa Kelleher, or Media - Brian Maddox, or Scot Hoffman, all

of Financial Dynamics, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.labranche.com/ 

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