Form 8-K

 

 

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) October 16, 2008

 

 

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.)

 

One Exchange Plaza, New York, New York   10006
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 425-1144

Not Applicable

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

 

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

(b) On October 20, 2008, LaBranche & Co Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Robert E. Torray has left the Company’s Board of Directors, effective October 16, 2008. Mr. Torray has been a member of the Company’s board of directors and of the Company’s Audit, Compesation and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees since October 2005. Mr. Torray has been the Chair of the Compensation Committee since January 2007. Following Mr. Torray’s departure, the Company’s board set the board size at five directors.

Effective October 16, 2008, the Company’s board of directors appointed Stuart M. Robbins to replace Mr. Torray as the Chair of the Company’s Compensation Committee. Mr. Robbins is a non-management director of the Company and serves as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 20, 2008, LaBranche & Co Inc. issued a press release announcing the departure of Mr. Torray. A copy of this press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1    Press release issued by LaBranche & Co Inc. dated October 20, 2008.

All other Items of this report are inapplicable.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

  LaBRANCHE & CO INC.
Date: October 20, 2008   By:  

/s/    Jeffrey A. McCutcheon

  Name:   Jeffrey A. McCutcheon
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description of Exhibit

99.1    Press release issued by LaBranche & Co Inc. dated October 20, 2008.

 

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