Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001311370-25-000033
Chunk: 74

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 74
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 by Lazard. As such debt securities will be guaranteed by Lazard, pursuant to Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X, separate consolidated financial statements of Lazard Group have not been presented. As permitted under Rule 13-01(a)(4)(vi) of Regulation S-X, we have excluded the summarized financial information for Lazard Group because the combined assets, liabilities, and results of operations of Lazard and Lazard Group are not materially different than the corresponding amounts in Lazard’s consolidated financial statements incorporated by reference herein, and management believes such summarized financial information would be repetitive and would not provide incremental value to investors.

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### DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK WE OR SELLING SECURITY HOLDERS MAY OFFER
For the purposes of this section, references to “we” “our,” “us,” and the “Company” mean Lazard, Inc. excluding, unless the context otherwise requires or otherwise expressly stated, its subsidiaries.

The following summary is a description of the material terms of our common stock. The prospectus supplement related to any offering of our common stock will contain a discussion of any material United States Federal income tax considerations applicable to such offering of common stock. This description does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, applicable Delaware law, our Certificate of Incorporation, and our By-laws, each of which is filed as an exhibit to this prospectus and is in incorporated by reference herein. See “Where You Can Find More Information” for information about how you can obtain copies of these documents.

#### General
We currently have 500,000,000 authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share.

#### Voting
Each share of our common stock entitles its holder to one vote per share. The members of our board of directors are periodically elected by the common stockholders. Generally, in matters other than the election of directors, all matters to be voted on by common stockholders require approval in a meeting by a majority of the shares of our common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting. In general, amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws and removal of a director for cause require approval by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by all holders of our outstanding common stock. Furthermore, amendments by stockholders to the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws that would alter, revoke, or amend provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws relating to