Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001311370-25-000033
Chunk: 73

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 73
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### SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS
We may register securities covered by this prospectus for re-offers and resales by any selling security holders to be named in a prospectus supplement. Because the registrants are WKSIs, we may add secondary sales of securities by any selling security holders by filing a prospectus supplement with the Commission. We may register these securities to permit selling security holders to resell their securities when they deem appropriate. A selling security holder may resell all, a portion, or none of their securities at any time and from time to time. We may register those securities for sale through an underwriter or other plan of distribution as set forth in a prospectus supplement. See “Plan of Distribution.” Selling security holders may also sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of some or all of their securities in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. We may pay all expenses incurred with respect to the registration of the securities owned by the selling security holders, other than underwriting fees, discounts, or commissions, which will be borne by the selling security holders. We will provide you with a prospectus supplement naming the selling security holders, the amount of securities to be registered and sold, and other terms of the securities being sold by a selling security holder.

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### USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of our securities for general corporate purposes, which may include additions to working capital, repayment of indebtedness, the financing of possible acquisitions and investments, stock repurchases, or for such other purposes as may be specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise set forth in a prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from any sales of our securities by any selling security holder to be named in a prospectus supplement.

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### GUARANTOR DISCLOSURES
Lazard will guarantee the debt securities of Lazard Group, as described in “Description of Debt Securities We May Offer” in this prospectus, and as may be further described in an applicable prospectus supplement. Any such guarantees by Lazard will be full and unconditional guarantees to the holders of each series of such guaranteed debt securities. Lazard Group is consolidated into the financial statements of Lazard.

Lazard and Lazard Group have filed this prospectus with the Commission registering, among other securities, debt securities of Lazard Group, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed