LaBranche & Co. to Broadcast Review of First Quarter 2004 Earnings Live Over The Internet

LaBranche & Co. to Broadcast Review of First Quarter 2004
Earnings Live Over The Internet 


NEW YORK, April 19  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LaBranche & Co Inc.  announced
today that it will release first quarter 2004 financial results before the open
of the market on Friday, April 23, 2004.  Michael LaBranche, Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, and Harvey S. Traison, Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer, will host a conference call which will be broadcast live
over the Internet on Friday, April 23, 2004 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 firm. The Company is the
Specialist for more than 650 companies, seven of which are in the Dow Jones
Industrial Average, 30 of which are in the S&P 100 Index and 103 of which are
in the S&P 500 Index. In addition, LaBranche acts as the Specialist in over 200
options. 

DATASOURCE: LaBranche & Co Inc.



CONTACT:  Larry Prendergast, Executive Vice President of Finance, or

Harvey S. Traison, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, both of

LaBranche & Co Inc., [phone]; Investors - Michael Polyviou or Lanie

Fladell or Media - Brian Maddox or Scot Hoffman, all of Financial Dynamics,

[phone], for LaBranche



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

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