Company: LAZ
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001311370-25-000027
Chunk: 9

Company: Lazard, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-28
Form: 424B5
Chunk 9
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 dividends, share repurchases, and debt repurchases;

• ability to offset stockholder dilution through share repurchases;

• possible or assumed future results of operations and operating cash flows;

• strategies and investment policies;

• financing plans and the availability of short-term borrowing;

• competitive position;

• future acquisitions or other strategic transactions, including the consideration to be paid and the timing of consummation;

• potential growth opportunities available to our businesses;

• potential impact of investments in our technology infrastructure and data science capabilities;

• recruitment and retention of our managing directors and employees;

• potential levels of expense, including adjusted compensation and benefits expense, and adjusted non-compensation expense;

• potential operating performance, achievements, productivity improvements, efficiency, and cost reduction efforts;

• statements regarding environmental, social, and governance goals and initiatives;

• likelihood of success and impact of litigation;

• expected tax rates, including effective tax rates;

• changes in interest and tax rates;

• availability of certain tax benefits, including certain potential deductions;

• potential impact of certain events or circumstances on our financial statements and operations;

• changes in foreign currency exchange rates;

• changes in international trade policies and practices, including the implementation of tariffs, proposed further tariffs, and responses from other jurisdictions, and the economic impacts, volatility and uncertainty resulting therefrom;

• the expected timing and levels of funding of awarded institutional mandates;

• the pipeline in M&A, restructuring, and other financial advisory transactions;

• expectations with respect to the economy, the securities markets, the market for mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, private credit, and other financial advisory activity, the market for asset management activity and other macroeconomic, regional and industry trends;

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• effects of competition on our business; and

• impact of new or future legislation and regulation, including tax laws and regulations, on our business.

The Company is committed to providing timely and accurate information to the investing public, consistent with our legal and regulatory obligations. To that end, Lazard and its operating companies use their websites and other social media sites to convey information about their businesses, including the anticipated release of quarterly financial results, quarterly financial, statistical, and business-related information, and the posting of updates of AUM in various mutual funds, hedge funds, and other investment products managed by Lazard Asset Management LLC (together with its subsidiaries) and Lazard Frères Gestion SAS. Investors can link to Lazard, Inc., Lazard Group, and their operating company websites through http://www.l