UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 15

 

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

 

Commission File Number: 001-15251

 

LaBranche & Co Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

c/o Cowen Structured Holdings LLC
599 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10022
(212) 845-7900
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

 

None

(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

 

 

Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provisions(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

 

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(1)

x

 

 

 

 

 

Rule 12g-4(a)(2)

o

 

 

 

 

 

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)

x

 

 

 

 

 

Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)

o

 

 

 

 

 

Rule 15d-6

o

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:

 

Common Shares, par value $0.01 per share: None

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Cowen Structured Holdings LLC (as successor by merger to LaBranche & Co Inc.) has caused this certification/notice to be signed and filed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

 

 

 

 

Cowen Structured Holdings LLC (as successor to LaBranche & Co Inc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

July 12, 2011

 

By:

/s/ Owen Littman

 

 

 

 

Name:

Owen Littman

 

 

 

 

Title:

General Counsel

 

 

Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.