Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001628280-25-007441
Chunk: 45

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-24
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 8
Chunk 45
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6.16 %400,000 4,077 395,923 – – $– Total$1,700,000 $12,948 $1,687,052 $1,700,000 $9,800 $1,690,200 _____________________(a)In March 2024, Lazard Group completed an offering of $400,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.00% senior notes due in 2031. Interest on the 2031 Notes is payable semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, beginning September 15, 2024. Shortly following the offering, Lazard Group used a portion of the net proceeds from the 2031 Notes to purchase in a tender offer $235,653 aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes. On December 12, 2024, the remaining $164,347 aggregate principal amount of the 2025 Notes was redeemed or otherwise retired.On December 12, 2024, Lazard, Inc. provided an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee for the repayment of the Lazard Group 2027 Notes, 2028 Notes, 2029 Notes and 2031 Notes (collectively, the “Lazard Group Senior Notes”). The guarantee covers both the principal and interest payments on the senior debt and will remain in effect until all the Lazard Group Senior Notes are repaid. As of December 31, 2024, the maximum future payments that Lazard, Inc. could be required to make under this guarantee is the same as the carrying amount on the consolidated statements of financial 

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condition plus accrued interest. On December 23, 2024, in conjunction with the Lazard, Inc. guarantee of the Lazard Group Senior Notes, Lazard, Inc. provided an unconditional and irrevocable guarantee for the obligations of Lazard Group under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (see below).On June 6, 2023, Lazard Group entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with a group of lenders for a five-year, $200,000 senior revolving credit facility expiring in June 2028 (the “Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”). Borrowings under the Second Amended