UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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): ~~May~~June 615, 2011

LaBRANCHE & CO INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

001-15251

13-4064735

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

33 Whitehall Street, New York, New York 10004

(Address of principal executive offices)

(212) 425-1144

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2 5.0207. ~~Results~~Submission of ~~Operations~~Matters ~~and~~to ~~Financial~~a ~~Condition.~~Vote of Security Holders.

On ~~May~~June 615, 2011, LaBranche & Co Inc., ~~a Delaware corporation~~ (the “Company”), ~~issued~~held a ~~press~~special ~~release announcing~~meeting ~~its results for the first quarter~~ of ~~2011.~~its Astockholders ~~copy~~in oforder ~~this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. The earnings release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 contains a correction~~ to ~~the~~vote ~~table~~upon in the ~~“Regulation~~following ~~G Requirement~~proposals: ~~Reconciliation~~ of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” that was issued in the Company’s earnings release on May 6, 2011. The “Diluted Per Share” row under 2011 in the table was corrected in both columns to ($0.06) from ($0.14).

~~The~~(1) ~~information~~proposal into ~~this~~approve ~~Current~~and ~~Report,~~adopt ~~including~~ the ~~news~~Agreement ~~release~~and ~~attached~~Plan ~~hereto~~of Merger, isdated ~~being~~as ~~furnished~~of ~~pursuant to Item~~February ~~2.02~~16, of2011, ~~Form~~by ~~8-K~~ and ~~shall~~among ~~not~~the beCompany, ~~deemed~~Cowen Group, ~~“filed”~~Inc. ~~for~~and ~~purposes~~Louisiana ofMerger ~~Section 18~~Sub, ofInc., ~~the~~and ~~Securities~~approve ~~Exchange~~the ~~Act~~merger ofcontemplated ~~1934~~thereby or(the ~~otherwise~~“Merger ~~subject~~Proposal”); toand ~~liabilities of that Section.~~

~~Item 9.01.~~(2) ~~Financial~~proposal ~~Statements~~to adjourn the special meeting, if necessary and ~~Exhibits~~appropriate, to solicit additional proxies if there are not sufficient votes to approve the foregoing proposal (the “Adjournment Proposal”).

~~(d)~~As ~~Exhibits~~of May 4, 2011, the record date for determining the Company stockholders entitled to vote on the proposals presented at the special meeting, there were 40,931,997 shares of Company common stock entitled to vote at the special meeting. At the special meeting, holders of 32,189,426 shares of Company common stock entitled to vote were represented in person or by proxy, constituting a quorum. The holders of a majority of the Company common stock outstanding and entitled to vote were required to vote in favor of the Merger Proposal.

The ~~following~~stockholders ~~exhibit~~approved isthe ~~furnished~~Merger ~~with~~Proposal ~~this~~based ~~Current~~on ~~Report~~the onfollowing ~~Form~~results as certified by the inspector of ~~8-K~~elections:

Exhibit No.	Description
FOR	AGAINST	ABSTAIN	BROKER NON-VOTES
99.1	Press release issued by LaBranche & Co Inc. dated May 6, 2011.
27,322,360	4,842,495	24,571	—

Approximately 66.75% of the Company’s common stock entitled to vote at the special meeting was voted in favor of the Merger Proposal. Since the Merger Proposal was approved, it was not necessary to consider the Adjournment Proposal and the results of the vote on the Adjournment Proposal were not announced at the special meeting.

~~SIGNATURES~~SIGNATURE

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

LaBRANCHE & CO INC. By: /s/ Jeffrey A. McCutcheon Name: Jeffrey A. McCutcheon Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


	LaBranche & Co Inc.

Date: June 15, 2011	By:	/s/ Jeffrey A. McCutcheon
	Name:	Jeffrey A. McCutcheon
	Title:	Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: May 6, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release issued by LaBranche & Co Inc. dated May 6, 2011.

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