Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001311370-25-000033
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Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 424B5
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 and in the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus supplement, including the following:

• adverse general economic conditions or adverse conditions in global or regional financial markets;

• changes in international trade policies and practices, including the implementation of tariffs, proposed further tariffs, and responses from other jurisdictions, and the economic impacts, volatility, and uncertainty resulting therefrom;

• a decline in our revenues, for example due to a decline in overall mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) activity, our share of the M&A market or our assets under management (“AUM”);

• losses caused by financial or other problems experienced by third parties;

• losses due to unidentified or unanticipated risks;

• a lack of liquidity, i.e., ready access to funds, for use in our businesses;

• competitive pressure on our businesses and on our ability to retain and attract employees at current compensation levels; and

• changes in relevant tax laws, regulations, or treaties or an adverse interpretation of those items.

These risks and uncertainties are not exhaustive. Other sections of this prospectus supplement or the information incorporated by reference herein may include additional factors that could adversely affect our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for our management to predict all risks and uncertainties, nor can management assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.

As a result, there can be no assurance that the forward-looking statements included in this prospectus supplement or in the information incorporated by reference herein will prove to be accurate or correct. Although we believe the statements reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance, achievements, or events. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We are under no duty to update any of these

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forward-looking statements after the date of this prospectus supplement to conform our prior statements to actual results or revised expectations, and we do not intend to do so.

Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

• financial goals, including ratios of adjusted compensation and benefits expense to adjusted net revenue;

• ability to deploy surplus cash through dividends, share repurchases