Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001311370-25-000033
Chunk: 41

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 41
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 same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred, and

(i) we deliver to the Trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the notes have been complied with as required by the indenture.

#### Discharge of the Indenture
When (i) we deliver to the Trustee all outstanding notes (other than notes replaced because of mutilation, loss, destruction, or wrongful taking) for cancellation or (ii) all outstanding notes that have not been delivered to the trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year, and we irrevocably deposit with the Trustee funds sufficient to pay to maturity or upon redemption all outstanding notes, including interest thereon, and if in either case we pay all other sums related to the notes payable under the indenture by us, then the indenture shall, subject to certain surviving provisions, cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of the indenture with respect to the notes on our demand accompanied by an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel of Lazard Group.

#### Regarding the Trustee
The indenture provides that, except during the continuance of an event of default, the Trustee will perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in the indenture. During the existence of an event of default, the Trustee will exercise such rights and powers vested in it under the indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

The indenture and provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), that are incorporated by reference therein contain limitations on the rights of the Trustee, should it become one of our creditors, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases or to realize on certain property received by it in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions with us or any of our affiliates; provided , however , that if it acquires any conflicting interest (as defined in the indenture or in the TIA), it must eliminate such conflict or resign.

#### Governing Law
The indenture, the notes and the guarantees of the notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the