Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form Type: S-3ASR
Source: 0001628280-25-012720
Chunk: 5

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-14
Form: S-3ASR
Chunk 5
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 summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein. Please refer to the actual documents for complete information. All of the summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the actual documents. Copies of the documents referred to herein have been filed, or will be filed or incorporated by reference, as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and you may obtain copies of those documents as described below under “Where You Can Find More Information.”

We have not authorized any other person to provide you with any information other than that contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus or any accompanying supplement to this prospectus or any free

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writing prospectus. We do not take any responsibility for, or provide any assurance as to the reliability of, any other information that others may give you. The distribution of this prospectus, any accompanying supplement to this prospectus, or any free writing prospectus and the sale of these securities in certain jurisdictions may be restricted by law. Persons in possession of this prospectus, any accompanying supplement to this prospectus, or any free writing prospectus are required to inform themselves about and observe any such restrictions. We are not making an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

The information in this prospectus, any accompanying supplement to this prospectus, or any free writing prospectus is accurate only as of the dates of the applicable documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects may have changed since such dates.

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#### LAZARD, INC. AND LAZARD GROUP LLC
Founded in 1848, Lazard is one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals.

Lazard, Inc. first incorporated and commenced its existence in Bermuda on October 25, 2004 (then a Bermuda exempted company known as Lazard Ltd) and continued its existence as a Delaware corporation on January 1, 2024. Lazard Group was formed in Delaware on March 2, 2000 under the name Lazard LLC and was renamed L