Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form Type: 8-K
Source: 0001311370-25-000025
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Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form: 8-K
Item: Item 8.01
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Item 8.01 Other Events.

On July 28, 2025, Lazard, Inc. issued a press release announcing the intention of its subsidiary Lazard Group LLC (“ Lazard Group”) to offer one or more series of Lazard Group’s senior notes (the “ Notes”) in a registered public offering pursuant to Lazard Group’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-285808). The Notes offered are expected to be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Lazard, Inc. The July 28, 2025 press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

On July 28, 2025, Lazard, Inc. issued a separate press release announcing that Lazard Group has commenced a cash tender offer (the “ Tender Offer”) for any and all of its outstanding 3.625% Senior Notes due March 1, 2027 (the “2027 Notes”). The Tender Offer is subject to the conditions described in the offer to purchase and notice of guaranteed delivery delivered to the holders of the 2027 Notes on July 28, 2025, including the condition that Lazard Group has received, on terms satisfactory to it in its sole discretion, net proceeds from one or more offerings of senior unsecured notes after July 28, 2025 in an amount sufficient to fund (i) the purchase of all of its outstanding 2027 Notes accepted in the Tender Offer and (ii) all fees and expenses in connection with the Tender Offer. The Tender Offer will expire at 5:00 p. m., New York City time, on August 1, 2025 unless extended or terminated earlier by Lazard Group.

Assuming that all of the outstanding 2027 Notes are repurchased in the Tender Offer, Lazard Group estimates that it will incur a gain on debt extinguishment in connection with the Tender Offer of approximately $1.2 million. The July 28, 2025 press release is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.