Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-010240
Chunk: 68

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 68
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aws. In addition to satisfying the foregoing advance notice deadlines and information requirements set forth in our By-laws, any shareholder intending to submit a nomination for director to the Board other than the Company’s nominees must comply with the additional requirements prescribed by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act. These advance notice provisions are in addition to, and separate from, the requirements that a shareholder must meet in order to have a proposal included in the proxy statement under the rules of the SEC. A proxy granted by a shareholder will give discretionary authority to the proxies to vote on any matters introduced pursuant to the above advance notice By-law provisions, subject to applicable rules of the SEC. Any proposal or nomination described above should be delivered in writing to the following address: Lazard, Inc. 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Attn: Shari L. Soloway, Corporate Secretary

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GENERAL INFORMATION Who Can Vote Holders of our common stock, as recorded in our share register at the close of business on March 10, 2025, the record date, may vote at the annual meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. As of January 31, 2025, there were 112,766,091 shares of our common stock outstanding (including 22,866,869 shares held by our subsidiaries, which shares are not counted for purposes of the voting calculations set forth in this Proxy Statement). Voting Your Proxy You may vote by attending the virtual meeting or by proxy. We recommend you vote by proxy even if you plan to attend the virtual meeting. You can always change your vote at the virtual meeting. Most shareholders have a choice of proxy voting by using a toll-free telephone number, voting through the internet or, if they received their proxy materials by regular mail, completing the proxy card and mailing it in the postage-paid envelope provided. If you received your materials by regular mail, please refer to your proxy card or the information forwarded by your broker, bank or other holder of record to see which options are available to you. Executors, administrators, trustees, guardians, attorneys, and other representatives voting on behalf of a shareholder should indicate the capacity in which they are signing, and corporations should vote by an authorized officer whose title should be indicated. How Proxies Work Lazard’s Board of