Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001311370-25-000027
Chunk: 83

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form: 424B5
Chunk 83
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 and unconditionally guaranteed by Lazard.

The senior debt securities and the subordinated debt securities may be issued under the indenture, dated as of May 10, 2005, between Lazard Group and The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York), as trustee, as supplemented by a supplemental indenture, or may be issued under an indenture to be entered into among Lazard, Lazard Group, and the trustee named in the prospectus supplement, a form of which is attached as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Certain terms and provisions of any debt securities Lazard Group issues will be set forth in one or more supplemental indentures. When we refer to the indenture in this prospectus, we are referring to the applicable indenture, as supplemented by each applicable supplemental indenture. The following summary is of certain provisions of the form of indenture and certain general features of the debt securities, and this summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the indenture and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “TIA”), as amended.

The following description summarizes certain general terms and provisions of the debt securities. Other, more particular terms of the debt securities offered by any prospectus supplement and the extent, if any, to which such general provisions may apply to the debt securities will be summarized in the related prospectus supplement. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of a particular issue of debt securities, reference must be made to both the related prospectus supplement and to the following description.

#### General
The debt securities may be issued in one or more series as may be authorized from time to time. Reference is made to the applicable prospectus supplement for the following terms of the debt securities (if applicable):

• the title,

• any limit on the amount that may be issued,

• the indenture, including any supplemental indenture, under which the debt securities will be issued,

• whether or not Lazard Group will issue the series of debt securities in global form, the terms, and who the depository will be,

• the maturity date,

• the annual interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to accrue, the dates interest will be payable, and the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining such dates,

• whether or