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EXHIBIT 99.2
LABRANCHE & CO INC.
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
This form or one substantially equivalent hereto must be used to accept
the Exchange Offer of LaBranche & Co Inc. (the "Company") made pursuant to the
Prospectus, dated June 16, 2000 (the "Prospectus"), and the enclosed Letter of
Transmittal (the "Letter of Transmittal") if certificates for Initial Notes are
not immediately available or if the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be
completed on a timely basis or time will not permit all required documents to
reach the Company prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Expiration Date
of the Exchange Offer. Such form may be delivered or transmitted by facsimile
transmission, mail or hand delivery to Firstar Bank, N.A., (the "Exchange
Agent") as set forth below. In addition, in order to utilize the guaranteed
delivery procedure to tender Initial Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer, a
completed, signed and dated Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof ) must
also be received by the Exchange Agent prior to 5:00 P.M., New York City time,
on the Expiration Date. Capitalized terms not defined herein are defined in the
Prospectus.
TO FIRSTAR BANK, N.A.
(THE "EXCHANGE AGENT")
BY MAIL: BY HAND:
Firstar Bank, N.A. Firstar Bank, N.A.
425 Walnut Street 425 Walnut Street
Corporate Trust Services, 6th Floor Corporate Trust Services, 6th Floor
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
ATTN: Keith Maurmeier ATTN: Keith Maurmeier
Telephone: (513) 632-4843
Facsimile: (513) 632-5511
DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, OR
TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WILL
NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
Upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus and the
accompanying Letter of Transmittal, the undersigned hereby tenders to the
Company the principal amount of Initial Notes set forth below, pursuant to the
guaranteed delivery procedure described in "The Exchange Offer--Terms of the
Exchange Offer--Guaranteed Delivery Procedures" section of the Prospectus.
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PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF INITIAL NOTES NAME(S) OF RECORD HOLDERS:
TENDERED:
$ __________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________
CERTIFICATE NOS. (IF AVAILABLE): ADDRESS(ES):
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
_____________________________________ _____________________________________
If Initial Notes will be delivered by AREA CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER(S):
transfer to The Depository Trust
Company, provide account number.
_____________________________________
Account
Number:______________________________ SIGNATURE(S):
_____________________________________
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THE ACCOMPANYING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED.
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GUARANTEE
(NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
The undersigned, a firm that is a member firm of a registered national
securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
a commercial bank or trust company having an office correspondent in the United
States or any "eligible guarantor" institution within the meaning of Rule
17Ad-15 of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, hereby (a) guarantees to
deliver to the Exchange Agent, at one of its addresses set forth above, the
certificates representing all tendered Initial Notes, in proper form for
transfer, or a Book-Entry Confirmation, together with a properly completed and
duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required
signature guarantees, and any other documents required by the Letter of
Transmittal within three New York Stock Exchange, Inc. trading days after the
date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
Name of Firm: _______________________________
____________________________________________
(Authorized Signature)
Address: ___________________________________
___________________________________
Area Code and
Telephone Number: _____________________ E-Mail: _____________________
Title: ____________________________________________
Name: ___________________________________________
Date: ____________________________________
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