Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001628280-25-012720
Chunk: 3

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 3
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 from the information set forth, in the applicable prospectus supplement.

#### Prospectus dated March 14, 2025.

### TABLE OF CONTENTS
| About This Prospectus                                                         |     |  1 |
| Lazard, Inc. and Lazard Group LLC                                             |     |  3 |
| Where You Can Find More Information                                           |     |  4 |
| Risk Factors                                                                  |     |  6 |
| Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements                             |     |  7 |
| Selling Security Holders                                                      |     | 10 |
| Use of Proceeds                                                               |     | 11 |
| Guarantor Disclosures                                                         |     | 12 |
| Description of Common Stock We or Selling Security Holders May Offer          |     | 13 |
| Description of Preferred Stock We May Offer                                   |     | 16 |
| Description of Warrants We May Offer                                          |     | 18 |
| Description of Stock Purchase Contracts and Stock Purchase Units We May Offer |     | 20 |
| Description of Debt Securities We May Offer                                   |     | 21 |
| Plan of Distribution                                                          |     | 30 |
| Validity of the Securities                                                    |     | 32 |
| Experts                                                                       |     | 33 |

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### ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed as a “well-known seasoned issuer,” or “WKSI,” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) using the “automatic shelf” registration process. Under this automatic shelf registration process, Lazard, Inc., Lazard Group LLC, or certain of our security holders, may sell the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings in amounts to be determined at the time of any such offerings.

This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities Lazard, Inc., Lazard Group LLC, or a selling security holder may offer. Each time Lazard, Inc., Lazard Group LLC, or, under certain circumstances, our security holders, sell securities, a prospectus supplement to this prospectus will be provided that will contain specific information about the terms and the means of distribution of that offering. The prospectus supplement may include other special considerations applicable to such offering of securities. The prospectus supplement may also add to, update, or change information