Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010240
Chunk: 65

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 65
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| The Board recommends you vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP. |

If a majority of the votes cast on this matter are not cast in favor of the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte, the Board of Directors, in its discretion, may select another independent auditor as soon as possible. Unless otherwise directed in the proxy, the persons named in the proxy will vote FOR the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte. Fees of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm For the fiscal years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, fees for services provided by Deloitte and its affiliates were as follows (in thousands of dollars):

| Fees                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |     |   2024 |     |   2023 |
| Audit Feesfor the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements, the audit of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting and reviews of the financial statements included in the Company’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, including services in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements |     | $9,923 |     | $9,908 |
| Audit-Related Fees,including fees for audits of employee benefit plans, computer and control-related attest services, agreed-upon procedures, regulatory and compliance reviews, fund audits, and other accounting research services                                                                                                                    |     | $1,193 |     | $1,688 |
| Tax Feesfor tax advisory and compliance services not related to the audit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |     |   $859 |     |   $343 |
| All Other Fees(1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |     |   $278 |     |   $153 |

| (1) | Represents fees for subscriptions, training, and services related to vendor selection and implementation activities for a software package that were provided to the Company by affiliates of Deloitte & Touche LLP that were unrelated to the audit, audit-related and tax services described above. |

The Audit Committee has adopted a policy regarding pre-approval of audit and non-audit services provided by our independent auditor to the Company and its subsidiaries. The policy provides the guidelines necessary to adhere to Lazard’s commitment to auditor independence and compliance with relevant laws, regulations and guidelines relating to auditor independence. The policy sets forth four categories of permitted services (Audit, Audit-Related, Tax and Other), listing the types of permitted services in each category. All of the permitted services require pre-approval by the Committee. In lieu of Committee pre-