Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010240
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Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

| Proxy   
 Summary |     | Governance |     | Executive    
 Compensation |     | Audit   
 Matters |     | Shareholder 
 Proposals   |     | General     
 Information |

PROXY SUMMARY This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement and does not contain all the information you should consider. For information regarding the 2024 performance of Lazard, Inc. (“Lazard” or the “Company”), please read Lazard’s Annual Report on Form 10‑K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on February 24, 2025 (our “2024 Annual Report”). Voting Matters and Board Recommendations The following table summarizes the matters to be voted upon at our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Board’s voting recommendations with respect to each matter.

| Agenda Item |     | Matter                                                                                                                                                                                          |     | Board          
 Recommendation |
| Item 1      |     | Elect two directors to our Board for three-year terms expiring at the conclusion of our annual meeting in 2028                                                                                  |     | VOTE FOR       |
| Item 2      |     | Consider a non-binding advisory vote regarding executive compensation                                                                                                                           |     | VOTE FOR       |
| Item 3      |     | Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025 and authorize our Board, acting by our Audit Committee, to set their remuneration |     | VOTE FOR       |

2024 Financial Highlights Lazard reported strong 2024 results as a result of close teamwork across the firm and dedication to our clients