Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010240
Chunk: 69

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 69
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 Directors is asking for your proxy. Giving us your proxy means you authorize us to vote your shares at the meeting, or at any adjournment or postponement thereof, in the manner you direct. You may vote for all, some or none of our director nominees. You may also vote for or against the other proposals or abstain from voting. If you sign and return a proxy card or otherwise vote by telephone or the internet but do not specify how to vote, we will vote your shares: FOR each of our director nominees; FOR a non-binding advisory vote regarding executive compensation as described in this Proxy Statement; and FOR ratifying the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2025. The enclosed proxy also confers discretionary authority with respect to amendments or variations to the matters identified in the Notice of 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and with respect to other matters that may be properly brought before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. As of the date of this Proxy Statement, we do not know of any other business that will be presented at the meeting. If other business shall properly come before the meeting, the persons named in the proxy will vote according to their best judgment. Revoking Your Proxy You may revoke your proxy before it is voted by submitting a new proxy with a later date, by attending and voting during the virtual meeting or by sending written notification addressed to: Lazard, Inc. 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Attn: Shari L. Soloway, Corporate Secretary Mere attendance at the meeting will not revoke a proxy that was previously submitted to us. Quorum and Conduct of Meeting In order to carry on the business of the meeting, we must have a quorum. This means that at least two shareholders must be present at the meeting, either by attending the virtual meeting or by proxy, and those shareholders must generally hold shares representing more than 50% of the votes that may be cast by all shareholders having the right to attend and vote at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting will have broad authority to conduct the meeting so that the business of the meeting is carried out in an orderly and timely manner. In doing so, the chairman will have broad discretion to establish reasonable rules for discussion, comments and questions during the meeting. The chairman also is entitled to rely upon applicable law regarding disruptions or disorderly conduct to ensure that the meeting is conducted in a manner that is fair to all participants.

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