LaBranche & Co Inc. To Buy 15M Shares At $4.60 A Share

LaBranche & Co Inc. (NYSE: LAB) announced that it expects to commence a tender offer later today to purchase up to 15 million shares of its common stock at a price of $4.60 per share. The tender offer is expected to begin today, January 29, 2010, and to expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on March 1, 2010, unless extended. The number of shares proposed to be purchased in the tender offer represents approximately 29.1% of the Company’s currently outstanding shares. Tenders of shares must be made prior to the expiration of the tender offer and may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the tender offer.