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EX-4.1

 Exhibit 4.1 

 
  

 
 SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 between 
 REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION 
 AND 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS 
 DATED AS OF APRIL 30, 2013 
 Sixth Supplement to Indenture dated as of
August 8, 2005 
 (Senior Debt Securities) 
  

 
  

 SIXTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 30, 2013 (this “Supplemental
Indenture”), between REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee. 

RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee have entered into an Indenture dated as of August 8, 2005 (the “Base Indenture” and,
as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of its senior debt securities; 
 WHEREAS, the Base Indenture has been amended and supplemented by that certain Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 8, 2005, that certain Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26,
2007, that certain Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 10, 2009, that certain Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2010, and that certain Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 26, 2010;

 WHEREAS, Section 901(7) of the Base Indenture provides that the Company and the Trustee may, without the consent of any
Holder, enter into a supplemental indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 201 and 301 thereof; 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the establishment of a new series of Securities pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Base Indenture, the form and substance of such Securities and terms,
provisions and conditions thereof to be set forth as provided in the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Company deems it advisable to
enter into this Supplemental Indenture for the purposes of establishing the terms of such Securities and providing for the rights, obligations and duties of the Trustee with respect to such Securities; 

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Company; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate pursuant to
Sections 102 and 903 of the Base Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture and satisfy all requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid, legal and binding instrument in accordance with its terms, and to make the Notes (as defined herein), when executed by the Company and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the valid, legal and binding obligations of the Company; and 

 WHEREAS, all acts and things necessary have been done and performed to make this
Supplemental Indenture enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized in all respects. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH: For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company and the Trustee covenant and agree, for
the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows: 
 ARTICLE ONE 

CREATION OF THE NOTES 
 Section 1.1 Designation of Series. Pursuant to the terms hereof and Sections 201 and 301 of the Base Indenture, the Company hereby creates a series of its senior debt securities designated as
the “2.00% Senior Notes due 2018” (the “Notes”), which Notes shall be deemed “Securities” for all purposes under the Indenture. 
 Section 1.2 Form and Denomination of Notes. The definitive form of the Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, which is incorporated herein and made
part hereof. The Notes shall bear interest and have such other terms as are stated in the form of definitive Notes or in the Indenture. The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be May 15, 2018. The Notes shall be issued in denominations of $2,000
and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. 
 Section 1.3 Initial Limit on Amount of Series. The Notes
shall initially be limited to U.S. $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, and may, upon the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture or from time to time thereafter, be executed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee for
authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Notes to or upon the delivery of a Company Order. Following the initial issuance of the Notes, the aggregate principal amount of Notes may be increased as provided in
Section 1.10. 
 Section 1.4 Rank. The Notes are unsecured and shall rank equally among themselves and with all
of the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. 
 Section 1.5 Redemption. 

(a) The Notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company at any time prior to April 15, 2018. The Notes are subject
to redemption at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, after April 15, 2018 at an aggregate Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, in accordance with
Article Eleven of the Base Indenture, except as set forth below. 

  
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 (b) Section 1102 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to require that the written
notice to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 1102 of the Base Indenture be delivered at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), rather than at least 45 days prior
to the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 1104. 
 (c) Section 1104 of the Base Indenture is hereby
amended to require that the notice to be delivered to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106 of the Base Indenture (or, if the Notes are held in book-entry form through DTC, in any such manner
as may be then permitted by DTC). Any notice given to a Holder with respect to the Notes in the matter set forth in this Section 1.5(c) shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually
receives such notice. 
 Section 1.6 No Repayment or Sinking Fund. The Notes will not be subject to redemption or
repayment at the option of any Holder at any time prior to the Stated Maturity. No sinking fund will be provided with respect to the Notes. 
 Section 1.7 Notes Not Convertible or Exchangeable. The Notes will not be convertible or exchangeable for other securities or property. 

Section 1.8 Issuance of Notes; Selection of Depository. The Notes shall be issued as Registered Securities in permanent
global form, without coupons. The initial Depository for the Notes shall be DTC. 
 Section 1.9 No Additional Amounts;
No Make-Whole Amounts. No Additional Amounts or Make-Whole Amounts shall be payable with respect to the Notes. 

Section 1.10 Further Issuances. The Company may, without consent of the Holders of the Notes but in compliance with the terms
of the Indenture, increase the principal amount of the Notes by issuing additional Notes on the same terms and conditions as the Notes, except for any differences in the issue price and interest accrued prior to the date of issuance of the
additional Notes, and with the same CUSIP number as the Notes; provided that if any additional notes are not fungible with the notes offered hereby for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such additional notes will be issued under a separate CUSIP
number. The Notes and any additional Notes issued by the Company will rank equally and ratably and shall be treated as a single series of Securities for all purposes under the Indenture. No additional Notes shall be issued at any time that there is
an Event of Default under the Indenture with respect to the Notes that has occurred and is continuing. 
 Section 1.11
Remedies. 
 (a) Notwithstanding Section 501(4) and 502 of the Base Indenture, an Event of Default with respect to
the Notes under Section 501(4) related to a breach of the covenant contained in clause (x) of the second paragraph of Section 1009 of the Base Indenture shall not permit acceleration of the Notes under Section 502. 

  
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 (b) Pursuant to Section 501(8) of the Base Indenture, an Event of Default with respect
to the Notes shall also mean either of the following events: (i) the appointment by a competent government agency having primary regulatory authority over the Principal Subsidiary Bank under any applicable federal or state banking law,
Bankruptcy Law or similar law now or hereafter in effect of a receiver of the Principal Subsidiary Bank, or (ii) the entry of a decree or order in any case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state banking law, Bankruptcy Law or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect appointing any receiver of the Principal Subsidiary Bank. 
 Section 1.12
Modifications Without Consent of Holders. Solely for the benefit of the Notes, Section 901 of the Base Indenture is hereby amended to add the following subsection (13): 

(13) to the extent not otherwise inconsistent with the Indenture, to conform the terms of the Notes or the Indenture with the description
set forth in the prospectus supplement relating to the Notes, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate. 
 ARTICLE TWO 

 APPOINTMENT OF THE TRUSTEE FOR THE NOTES 
 Section 2.1 Appointment of Trustee; Acceptance by Trustee. Pursuant and subject to the Indenture, the Company hereby appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as trustee to act on behalf
of the Holders of the Notes. By execution, acknowledgement and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee hereby accepts appointment as trustee with respect to the Notes, and agrees to perform the duties and obligations of the Trustee with
respect to the Notes upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 Section 2.2 Rights, Powers, Duties and
Obligations of the Trustee. Any rights (including the right to be indemnified), powers, duties and obligations by any provisions of the Indenture conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall, insofar as permitted by law, be conferred or imposed
upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee with respect to the Notes. 
 Section 2.3 Rights in the Indenture
Applicable to Trustee. Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as Trustee, shall be afforded all of the rights, powers, immunities and indemnities of the Trustee as set forth in Article VI of the Base Indenture as if such rights,
powers, immunities and indemnities were specifically set forth herein. 

  
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 Section 2.4 Security Registrar; Paying Agent. The Company appoints Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas as Security Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, and the Trustee hereby accepts such appointment. 
 ARTICLE THREE  
 DEFEASANCE 

Section 3.1 Defeasance Applicable to Notes. Pursuant to Section 301(19) and Section 1401 of the Base Indenture,
provision is hereby made for both (i) defeasance of the Notes under Section 1402 of the Base Indenture and (ii) covenant defeasance of the Notes under Section 1403, in each case, upon the terms and conditions contained in Article
Fourteen of the Base Indenture. For purposes of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, the term “Government Obligations” shall not include obligations referred to in the definition of such term in the Base Indenture which are not
obligations of the United States or a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or an instrumentality thereof. 

ARTICLE FOUR  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section 4.1 Application of Supplemental
Indenture. Each and every term and condition contained in this Supplemental Indenture that modifies, amends or supplements the terms and conditions of the Base Indenture shall apply only to the Notes created hereby and not to any future series
of Securities established under the Base Indenture. 
 Section 4.2 Benefits of this Supplemental Indenture. Nothing
contained in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties to the Indenture, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors under the
Indenture, and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Base Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture. 
 Section 4.3 Modification of the Base Indenture. Except as expressly provided by this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Base Indenture shall govern the terms and conditions of the
Notes. 
 Section 4.4 Defined Terms. 
 (i) “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by
law, regulation or executive order to close. 

  
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 (ii) All capitalized terms which are used herein and not otherwise defined herein are
defined in the Base Indenture and are used herein with the same meanings as in the Base Indenture. 
 Section 4.5
Effective Date. This Supplemental Indenture shall be effective as of the date first above written and upon the execution and delivery hereof by each of the parties hereto. 

Section 4.6 Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 Section 4.7 Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in the Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture, by the Company will bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not. 
 Section 4.8 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings in this
Supplemental Indenture are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 Section 4.9
Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby. 
 Section 4.10 Satisfaction and Discharge. The Company shall be deemed to have satisfied all of
its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture upon compliance with the provisions of Section 1402 of the Indenture relating to defeasance of the Notes, to the extent set forth in Section 1401. 

Section 4.11 Ratification of the Base Indenture. The Base Indenture as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is in all
respects ratified and confirmed, and this Supplemental Indenture will be deemed part of the Indenture in the manner and to the extent herein and therein provided. 
 Section 4.12 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. 

Section 4.13 Trustee Disclaimer. The Trustee accepts the amendments of the Base Indenture effected by this Supplemental
Indenture, but on the terms and conditions set forth in the Base Indenture, including the terms and provisions defining and limiting the liabilities and responsibilities of the Trustee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee
shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or with respect to (i) any of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company, (ii) the proper authorization hereof by the Company by action or
otherwise, (iii) the due execution hereof by the Company or (iv) the consequences of any amendment herein provided for. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sixth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by
their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael D. Smithy

	Name:	 	Michael D. Smithy
	Title:	 	Treasurer

  

			
	Attest:	 	 /s/ Carl L. Gorday

		 	Name:  Carl L. Gorday
		 	Title:    Assistant Secretary

  

			
	 DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Carol Ng

	Name:	 	Carol Ng
	Title:	 	Vice President
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nigel Luke

	Name:	 	Nigel Luke
	Title:	 	Vice President

 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF FACE OF 2.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018 
 THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE
OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY: 
 THIS NOTE IS AN UNSECURED DEBT OBLIGATION OF THE COMPANY. THIS SECURITY IS NOT A DEPOSIT OR SAVINGS
ACCOUNT AND IS NOT INSURED BY THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION OR ANY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR INSTRUMENTALITY. 

THIS NOTE IS A SECURITY IN GLOBAL FORM (“GLOBAL SECURITY”) WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 203 OF THE BASE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY, WHICH MAY BE TREATED BY THE COMPANY, THE TRUSTEE AND ANY AGENT THEREOF AS OWNER AND HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FOR ALL PURPOSES. 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES REFERRED TO IN THE BASE INDENTURE, THIS GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. 

  
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 REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION 

2.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2018 
  

			
	 No.     
	  	U.S.$         

 CUSIP NO. 7591EPAJ9. 
 ISIN NO. US7591EPAJ95. 
 REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to
            , or its registered assigns, the principal sum of          dollars (U.S $        ) [IF A GLOBAL
SECURITY INSERT:, as revised by the Schedule of Adjustments attached hereto,] on May 15, 2018 and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on May 15, 2018, or if such day is not a Business Day, the following Business Day. The Company
further promises to pay interest on said principal sum from and including April 30, 2013, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually in arrears on
May 15 and November 15 in each year (each an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing November 15, 2013 at the rate of % per annum, computed for any full semiannual period on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months
and computed for any partial semiannual period on the actual days elapsed during such period, until the principal hereof is due, and at the rate of 2.00% per annum on any overdue principal amounts, and, to the extent permitted by law, on any
overdue interest. 
 The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the immediately preceding May 1 or November 1 as the case may be, of each year
(whether or not a Business Day) (each such date, a “Regular Record Date”). Interest on the Outstanding Notes payable at maturity will be payable to the persons to whom principal is payable. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture,
any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less than 10 days prior to the Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Notes may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as
more fully provided in the Indenture. 
 Payments of principal shall be made upon the surrender of this Note at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee, or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by the Company for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or in the City of Birmingham, Alabama, in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, by 

  
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Dollar check drawn on, or transfer to, a Dollar account. Payments of interest on this Note may be made by Dollar check, drawn on a Dollar account, mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register, or, upon written application by the Holder to the Security Registrar setting forth wire instructions not later than the relevant Record Date, by transfer to a Dollar account. 

Except as specifically provided herein and in the Indenture, the Company shall not be required to make any payment with respect to any
tax, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by any government or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein. 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof or an
Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of their respective authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed and delivered under its corporate seal. 

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	 REGIONS FINANCIAL CORPORATION

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	
	 Title:
	 	

 [Corporate Seal] 
  

			
	Attest:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  

			
	Dated:	 	                    

 (Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication) 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

									
		  		  		  	 DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as Trustee

					
	Dated:	  	                    	  		  	By:	  	  

		  		  		  		  	Authorized Signatory

  
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 [FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF THE NOTE] 

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of senior debt securities of the Company designated as its “2.00% Senior Notes due
2018” (the “Notes”), initially limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S. $750,000,000 issued and to be issued under an Indenture, dated as of August 8, 2005 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the Company
and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), as amended and supplemented by the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 30, 2013
between the Company and the Trustee (the “Supplemental Indenture”; the Base Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto
reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be,
authenticated and delivered. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The Trustee upon such surrender by the Holder will issue the new Notes in the requested denominations. 

No sinking fund is provided with respect to the Notes. The Notes are not subject to redemption at the option of the Company at any time
prior to April 15, 2018. The Notes are subject to redemption at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, after April 15, 2018 at an aggregate Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount
of the Notes being redeemed. The Notes will not be subject to redemption or repayment at the option of any Holder at any time prior to the Stated Maturity. 
 The Notes are unsecured and rank equally among themselves and with all of the Company’s other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. 

The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof. 
 The Company may, without consent of the holders of the Notes, increase the principal amount of the Notes by issuing
additional securities in the future on the same terms and conditions as the Notes, except for any difference in the issue price and interest accrued prior to the date of issuance of the additional securities, and with the same CUSIP number as the
Notes. The Notes and any additional Notes issued by the Company would rank equally and ratably and would be treated as a single series for all purposes under the Indenture. 
 In any case where the due date for the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note at any Place of Payment, as the case may be, is not a Business Day, then payment of principal or interest need
not be made on or by such date at such place but may be made on or by the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the date for such payment, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period
after such date. 

  
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 If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under Section 501(4) of the Base
Indenture relating to a breach of the covenant contained in clause (x) of the second paragraph of Section 1009 of the Base Indenture) shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes, together with accrued interest to the date
of declaration, may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture
permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee
with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Notes at
the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the
Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or
such other Note. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the
right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of
Default, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity
satisfactory to it and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days
after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by any Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal of or interest on this Note or after the respective due
dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or
impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 

The Notes will be subject to defeasance and covenant defeasance pursuant to Sections 1402 and 1403 of the Base Indenture. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable on the
Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at such other office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York or the City of Birmingham, Alabama (which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee), or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may 

  
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designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees by the Security Registrar. No service charge
shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to recover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 

Prior to due presentation of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered, as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 No recourse for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Note and no recourse under or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement of the Company in the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, employee, agent,
officer or director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law
or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of consideration for the issue hereof, expressly waived and released. 

THE INDENTURE AND THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture, and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture. 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 
 To assign this Note, fill in the form below: 
 I or we assign and transfer this
Security to 
  
  

 
 (Insert assignee’s soc. sec.
or tax I.D. no.) 
  
  

 
  
  

 
  
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s
name, address and zip code) 
 and irrevocably appoint 
  

 
  
 as agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her. 
  

					
		 		 	Your Signature
			
	Date:	 	                    	 	  

		 		 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

  

	*	Signature guaranteed by: 

  

			
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	*	The signature must be guaranteed by an institution which is a member of one of the following recognized signature guaranty programs: (i) the Securities Transfer
Agent Medallion Program (STAMP); (ii) the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Program (MSP); (iii) the Stock Exchange Medallion Program (SEMP); or (iv) such other guaranty program acceptable to the Trustee. 

  
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 [IF NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY, INSERT AS A SEPARATE PAGE— 

Schedule A 

SCHEDULE OF ADJUSTMENTS 

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 A-9EX-10.50

 Exhibit 10.50 
 EXECUTION COPY 
 SECOND AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT RELATING TO RETENTION AND

 NONCOMPETITION AND OTHER COVENANTS 
 Second Amendment (the “Second Amendment”), dated as of March 14, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), to Agreement Relating to Retention and Noncompetition and Other
Covenants by and among Lazard Ltd, a company incorporated under the Laws of Bermuda (“PubliCo”), Lazard Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and successor to Lazard LLC (“Lazard”), on its behalf and on behalf of
their subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively with PubliCo, Lazard and its and their predecessors and successors, the “Firm”), and Ashish Bhutani (the “Executive”), dated as of March 15, 2005, and amended as
of August 2, 2011 (as amended, this “Agreement”); and 
 WHEREAS, the Firm and the Executive wish to amend
this Agreement to modify Schedule I to such Agreement to extend the term of certain provisions of Schedule I of this Agreement beyond March 23, 2013 and revise certain other terms. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy
of which are hereby acknowledged, the Executive, PubliCo and Lazard hereby agree as follows: 
 Effective as of the Effective
Date, Schedule I of this Agreement shall hereby be amended and restated in its entirety in the form attached hereto. 
 IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Executive and the Board of Directors of each of Lazard and PubliCo have caused this Second Amendment to be executed and delivered on the date first above written. 

 

							
	 March 14, 2013
  
	 		 		 	
		 		 	by	 	 /s/ Ashish Bhutani

		 		 		 	Ashish Bhutani

  

							
	March 14, 2013	 		 	LAZARD LTD,
				
		 		 		 	
		 		 	by	 	 /s/ Scott D. Hoffman

		 		 	Name:	 	Scott D. Hoffman
		 		 	Title:	 	Managing Director and General Counsel

  

							
	March 14, 2013	 		 	LAZARD GROUP LLC (on its behalf, and on behalf of its subsidiaries and affiliates),
				
		 		 	by	 	 /s/ Scott D. Hoffman

		 		 	Name:	 	Scott D. Hoffman
		 		 	Title:	 	Managing Director and General Counsel

 SCHEDULE I 

 

					
	Name (as per Preamble):	 		  	Mr. Ashish Bhutani

 Effective upon the effective date of the Second Amendment to this Agreement (the “Second
Amendment Effective Date”), this Schedule I shall take effect and its provisions shall constitute binding and enforceable agreements of the Firm. 
 1. Schedule Term. For purposes of this Schedule I, the “Schedule Term” shall mean the period from the Second Amendment Effective Date through March 31, 2016, subject to
earlier termination in accordance with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon a Change in Control (as defined below), the Schedule Term shall automatically be renewed so that the Schedule Term is not less than two years from the
effective date of such Change in Control. 
 2. Compensation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Sections 3(c)(i) and (ii) of this Agreement, subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Firm, during the Schedule Term, the Executive shall be entitled to receive (i) an annual base salary of not less than $750,000
(“Base Salary”) and (ii) so long as the Executive remains employed by the Firm through the end of the applicable fiscal year of Lazard (except as otherwise provided below in this Schedule I), an annual bonus to be
determined under the terms of the applicable annual bonus plan of Lazard on the same basis as annual bonuses are determined for other executive officers of PubliCo, with such annual bonus to be paid in the same ratio of cash to equity and deferred
awards as is applicable to executives of the Firm receiving annual bonuses at a level comparable to the annual bonus of the Executive. For purposes hereof, the term Base Salary shall refer to Base Salary as in effect from time to time, including any
increases thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 3(c)(iv) of this Agreement, subject to the Executive’s continued employment with the Firm, the Executive shall continue to be eligible to participate in the
employee retirement and welfare benefit plans and programs of the type made available to the senior most executives of the Firm generally, in accordance with their terms and as such plans and programs may be in effect from time to time, including,
without limitation, savings, profit-sharing and other retirement plans or programs, 401(k), medical, dental, flexible spending account, hospitalization, short-term and long-term disability and life insurance plans. 

3. Severance Pay and Benefits under Certain Circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 3(d)
of this Agreement, in the event that during the Schedule Term the Executive’s employment with the Firm is terminated by the Firm without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason (in each case, as defined below) (a “Qualifying
Termination”), Lazard shall pay the Executive (subject to the Executive delivering a waiver and release in accordance with this paragraph 3 of this Schedule I in the event such Qualifying Termination occurs prior to a Change in
Control), in a lump sum in cash on the 61st day after the Date of Termination (as defined below), the aggregate of the following amounts: (i) any unpaid Base Salary through the Date of Termination; (ii) any earned and unpaid bonus amounts
for fiscal years of Lazard completed prior to the Date of Termination (determined in accordance with 

 
paragraph 2 of this Schedule I and with any such bonus to be paid in full in cash); and (iii) the product of (1) the “Severance Multiple” (as defined below) and
(2) the sum of (x) the Base Salary and (y) the average annual bonus (or, to the extent applicable, cash distributions, and including any bonuses paid in the form of equity-based or fund interest awards based on the grant date value of
such awards in accordance with the normal valuation methodology used by Lazard) paid or payable (including any such amounts that may be deferred under any plan or arrangement of the Firm) to the Executive for the two completed fiscal years of Lazard
immediately preceding the fiscal year during which occurs the Date of Termination (the “Average Bonus”). In addition, upon a Qualifying Termination, for a period of months equal to the product of (A) 12 and (B) the
Severance Multiple (the “Benefit Continuation Period”), the Executive and his eligible dependents shall continue to be eligible to participate in the medical and dental benefit plans of Lazard on the same basis as the Executive
participated in such plans immediately prior to the Date of Termination, to the extent that the applicable plan permits such continued participation for all or any portion of such period (it being agreed that Lazard will use its reasonable best
efforts to cause such continued coverage to be permitted under the applicable plan for the entire Benefit Continuation Period), which Benefit Continuation Period shall not run concurrently with or reduce the Executive’s right to continued
coverage under COBRA and to the extent permitted under the applicable plan, the Executive will receive additional years of age and service credit equal to the Severance Multiple for purposes of determining his eligibility for and right to commence
receiving benefits under the retiree health care benefit plans of Lazard. For purposes of the provision of the health care benefits as provided above, the amount of such health care benefits provided in any given calendar year shall not affect the
amount of such benefits provided in any other calendar year, and the Executive’s right to the health care benefits may not be liquidated or exchanged for any other benefit. 

In addition, in the case of (a) a Qualifying Termination during the Schedule Term or (b) the Executive’s death or
termination due to Disability during the Schedule Term, with respect to the fiscal year of Lazard during which the Date of Termination occurs, the Executive or his estate, as applicable, shall receive a pro-rata annual bonus payable in cash
determined as follows: 
 (i) if, with respect to the fiscal year during which the Date of Termination occurs
(other than (x) as a result of the Executive’s death or Disability or (y) following a Change in Control), (A) the Executive was reasonably expected by Lazard to be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and the regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Code”)) prior to his Date of Termination, and (B) the annual bonus that the Executive was eligible to receive
for such year was originally intended by Lazard to satisfy the performance-based exception under Section 162(m) of the Code (without regard to any entitlement to payment upon termination of employment), then the Executive’s pro-rata annual
bonus shall equal the product of (1) the amount determined by the Compensation Committee based on the Firm’s actual performance for the fiscal year of the Firm in which the Date of Termination occurs on the same basis as annual bonuses are
determined for other executive officers of the Firm (which, subject to the limits on any such bonus due to the level of satisfaction of the performance goals previously established for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code, shall not represent
(on an annualized basis) a percentage of the Executive’s bonus for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the Date of Termination occurs that is lower than the average corresponding percentage applicable to

 
active executives of Lazard who received bonuses for such prior fiscal year in amounts within 5% of the Executive’s bonus for such prior fiscal year), and (2) a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of days elapsed in the fiscal year of Lazard in which occurs the Date of Termination through the Date of Termination, and the denominator of which is 365 (the “Pro-Ration Fraction”); or 

(ii) if, either (A) with respect to the fiscal year during which the Date of Termination occurs, (1) the
Executive is not reasonably expected by Lazard to be a “covered employee” (within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code) prior to his Date of Termination or (2) such termination is a result of the Executive’s death or
Disability or occurs following a Change in Control or (B) the annual bonus that the Executive was eligible to receive for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs was not originally intended by Lazard to satisfy the performance-based
exception under Section 162(m) of the Code, then the pro-rata annual bonus shall equal the product of (x) the Average Bonus and (y) the Pro-Ration Fraction. 
 The pro-rata annual bonus determined pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, as applicable, shall be paid at such time or times as Lazard otherwise makes incentive payments for such fiscal year
(and in all events no earlier than January 1st, and no later than March 15th, of the year following the year in which the Date of Termination occurs). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the payments and benefits (other than any earned and
unpaid compensation described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the first paragraph of this paragraph 3 of this Schedule I) payable to the Executive pursuant to this paragraph 3 of this Schedule I upon a Qualifying Termination
prior to a Change in Control shall be subject to and conditioned upon the Executive having delivered to the Firm, no later than the 60th day after the Date of Termination, a waiver and general release of claims in favor of the Firm and its
affiliates in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A that has become effective and irrevocable in accordance with its terms (such requirement to execute a release, the “Release Requirement”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Release
Requirement shall lapse upon a Change in Control. 
 For all purposes of this Agreement, including without limitation, Sections
2(g)(ii) and 5(a), and for all purposes of the outstanding equity-based awards, fund interest awards and any similar awards held by the Executive as of the Date of Termination (as defined in this Schedule I) (collectively, the
“Awards”), a resignation by the Executive for Good Reason during the Term shall be treated as a termination of the Executive by the Firm without Cause or as a Termination of Employment by the Firm other than for Cause (as such phrase or
similar phrases are defined in the Plan (as defined in paragraph 4 of this Schedule I) or the award agreements governing the Awards), as applicable. 
 In no event shall the Executive be obligated to seek other employment or take any other action by way of mitigation of the amounts payable to the Executive under any of the provisions of this
paragraph 3 of this Schedule I and such amounts shall not be reduced whether or not the Executive obtains other employment. Except as provided in Section 16(f) of this Agreement, the Firm’s obligation to make the payments and
provide the benefits provided for in this Agreement and otherwise to perform its obligations hereunder shall not be affected by any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other claim, right or action which the Firm may have against the
Executive. 

 4. Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement and this Schedule I, as
applicable, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 
 “Change in Control” shall have the
meaning assigned to it in the Lazard 2008 Incentive Compensation Plan, as it may be amended from time to time, or any successor plan thereto (the “Plan”). 
 Notwithstanding the definition of “Date of Termination” set forth in Section 5 of this Agreement, for all purposes of this Agreement, including Section 5, and this Schedule I,
“Date of Termination” shall mean (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Firm for Cause, the date of receipt of the written notice of termination from the Firm or any later date specified therein within thirty(30)
days after the Executive’s receipt of such notice, as the case may be, (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Firm other than for Cause or Disability, the date on which the Firm notifies the Executive in writing of
such termination, (iii) if the Executive’s employment is voluntarily terminated by the Executive without Good Reason, the date as specified by the Executive in the notice of termination, which date shall not be less than three months after
the Executive notifies the Firm in writing of such termination, unless waived in writing by the Firm, (iv) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive for Good Reason, the earlier of (A) the last day of the cure
period (assuming no cure has occurred) and (B) the date Lazard formally notifies the Executive in writing that it does not intend to cure, unless Lazard and the Executive agree to a later date, which shall in no event be later than thirty
(30) days following the first to occur of the dates set forth in clauses (A) and (B) of this clause (iv), and (v) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by reason of death or Disability, the Date of Termination
shall be the date of death of the Executive or the date on which the Executive’s employment due to Disability is effective for purposes of the applicable long-term disability plan of the Firm, as the case may be. The Firm and the Executive
shall take all steps necessary (including with regard to any post-termination services by the Executive) to ensure that any termination of the Executive’s employment described in this Agreement, including this Schedule I, constitutes a
“separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, and notwithstanding anything contained herein (or in this Agreement) to the contrary, (x) to the extent that any amounts owed to the Executive under this
Agreement (including this Schedule I) are payable upon his termination of employment and are subject to Section 409A of the Code, then to the extent required in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code, such amounts shall not be
payable to the Executive unless and until his termination of employment constitutes a “separation from service,” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, including, without limitation, the default presumptions thereof and
(y) the date on which such separation from service takes place shall be the “Date of Termination”. 

Notwithstanding the definition of “Cause” set forth in Section 2(g)(iv) of this Agreement, for all purposes of this
Agreement, including Section 2(g)(iv) and this Schedule I, “Cause” shall mean: (A) conviction of the Executive of, or a guilty or nolo contendere plea (or the equivalent in a non-United States jurisdiction) by the Executive
to, a felony (or the equivalent in a non-United States jurisdiction), or of any other crime that legally prohibits the Executive from working for the Firm; (B) breach by the Executive of a regulatory rule that materially adversely affects the
Executive’s ability to perform his duties to the Firm; (C) willful and deliberate failure on the part of the Executive (other than any such failure resulting from incapacity due to physical or mental illness or following the Firm’s
termination of the Executive other than for Cause or the 

 
Executive’s termination for Good Reason in accordance with this Schedule I) (i) to perform his employment duties in any material respect or (ii) to follow specific reasonable
directions received from the Firm’s Chief Executive Officer, in each case following written notice to the Executive of such failure and, if such failure is curable, the Executive’s failing to cure such failure within a reasonable time (but
in no event less than thirty (30) days after actual receipt by the Executive of such written notice); or (D) a breach of the Covenants that is (individually or combined with other such breaches) demonstrably and materially injurious to
Lazard or any of its affiliates. No act or failure to act, on the part of the Executive, shall be considered “willful” unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by the Executive in bad faith or without reasonable belief that the
Executive’s action or omission was in the best interests of the Firm. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to the events described in clauses (B) , (C)(i) and (D) hereof, the Executive’s acts or failure to act shall not
constitute Cause to the extent taken (or not taken) based upon the direct instructions of the Firm’s Chief Executive Officer or upon the direct advice of counsel to the Firm. Except in the case of a termination of the Executive’s
employment under clause (A) of the definition of Cause, the cessation of employment of the Executive following a Change in Control shall not be deemed to be for Cause unless and until there shall have been delivered to the Executive a copy of a
resolution duly adopted by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the entire membership of the board of directors or similar governing body of the entity that is the ultimate parent of the Firm (such board, referred to as the
“Applicable Board”) finding that, in the good faith opinion of the Applicable Board, circumstances constituting Cause exist. 
 “Good Reason” shall mean (i) the assignment to the Executive of any duties inconsistent in any material respect with the Executive’s positions (including status, offices, titles
and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities from those contemplated by Section 3(b) of this Agreement (without regard to the expiration of the Schedule Term), or any other action by the Firm which results in a material
diminution in such position (including status, offices, titles and reporting requirements), authority, duties or responsibilities from those contemplated by Section 3(b) of this Agreement (without regard to the expiration of the Schedule Term),
(ii) any person, other than the Executive, is given the title of “Chairman of Lazard Asset Management LLC” or Chairman of Lazard’s asset management group, unless (A) such person receives such title in connection with a
merger or acquisition transaction involving the Firm, on the one hand, and an unrelated company that has an asset management business, on the other hand, and (B) such transaction is approved by the Board of Directors of PubliCo, (iii) a
material breach by the Firm of the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any material failure by the Firm to comply with paragraph 2 of this Schedule I or the nondisparagement covenant in Section 8 of this Agreement, or
(iv) without the Executive’s written consent, any requirement that the Executive’s principal place of employment be relocated to a location that increases the Executive’s commute from his primary residence by more than thirty
(30) miles. In the event of a termination for Good Reason, the notice requirements of Section 1 of this Agreement shall not apply. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a termination for Good Reason shall not have occurred unless (i) the
Executive gives written notice to Lazard of termination of employment within ninety (90) days after the Executive first becomes aware of the occurrence of the circumstances constituting Good Reason, specifying in reasonable detail the
circumstances constituting Good Reason, and Lazard has failed within thirty (30) days after receipt of such notice to cure (if capable of cure) the circumstances constituting Good Reason, and (ii) the Executive’s “separation from
service” (within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) occurs no later than two years following the initial existence of one or more of the circumstances giving rise to Good Reason. 

 “Severance Multiple” shall equal one (1); provided, however,
that if the Date of Termination occurs on or following a Change in Control during the Schedule Term pursuant to which PubliCo is acquired by an entity that has an asset management business, the Severance Multiple shall equal two (2). 

5. Certain Limitations on Payments. In the event that it is determined by the reasonable computation by a nationally recognized
certified public accounting firm that shall be selected by the Firm prior to any transaction constituting a change of control (which accounting firm shall in no event be the accounting firm for the entity seeking to effectuate such change of
control) and reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the “Accountant”), which determination shall be certified by the Accountant and set forth in a certificate delivered to the Executive setting forth in reasonable detail the basis
of the Accountant’s determinations, that the aggregate amount of the payments, distributions, benefits and entitlements in the nature of compensation (within the meaning of Section 280G(B)(2) of the Code) by the Firm or any affiliate to or
for the Executive’s benefit (including any payment, distribution, benefit or entitlement made by any person or entity effecting a change of control), in each case, that constitute “parachute payments” within the meaning of
Section 280G of the Code (such payments, the “Parachute Payments”) that, but for this paragraph 5 of this Schedule I, would be payable to the Executive, exceeds the greatest amount of Parachute Payments that could be
paid to the Executive without giving rise to any liability for any excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any successor provision thereto) or any similar tax imposed by state or local law (such tax or taxes being hereafter
collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then the aggregate amount of Parachute Payments payable to the Executive shall equal the amount that produces the greatest after-tax benefit to the Executive after taking into account
first any positions to mitigate such Excise Tax (including, without limitation, mitigation under a “reasonable compensation” analysis) and second any Excise Tax payable by the Executive. For the avoidance of doubt, this provision shall
reduce the amount of Parachute Payments otherwise payable to the Executive, only if doing so would place the Executive in a better net after-tax economic position as compared with not doing so (taking into account the Excise Tax payable in respect
of such Parachute Payments). The Firm shall reduce or eliminate the Parachute Payments, as necessary, by first reducing or eliminating the portion of the Parachute Payments provided under this Agreement (the “Agreement Payments”)
that are payable in cash and then by reducing or eliminating the non-cash portion of the Agreement Payments, in each case, in reverse order beginning with payments or benefits that are to be paid the furthest in time from the Date of Termination.
For purposes of reducing the Parachute Payments to the Executive, only the Agreement Payments (and no other Parachute Payments) shall be reduced. 
 In connection with making determinations under this paragraph 5 of this Schedule I and determining the Excise Tax (if any), the Accountant shall take into account the value of any reasonable
compensation for services to be rendered by the Executive before or after the change of control, including, without limitation, the restrictive covenants applicable to the Executive under this Agreement and any other non-competition provisions that
may apply to the Executive, and the Firm shall cooperate in the valuation of any such services, including any restrictive covenants. The Firm and the Executive agree that the severance payments payable to the

 
Executive in connection with a Change in Control pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Schedule I are in consideration for, among other things, the restrictions and obligations set forth in Sections 4,
5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of this Agreement, and that, for purposes of any such restrictions, the notice period (if any) prior to the Date of Termination is intended to and functions as an extension of the period of restriction on the Executive. All fees and
expenses of the Accountant in implementing the provisions of this paragraph 5 of this Schedule I shall be borne by the Firm, and the Firm shall reimburse the Executive for all reasonable legal fees incurred with respect to the calculations
under this paragraph 5 of this Schedule I and any reasonable legal and accounting fees incurred with respect to disputes related thereto. 
 6. Section 409A. It is the intention of the parties that the payments and benefits to which the Executive could become entitled pursuant to this Agreement (including this Schedule I), as
well as the termination of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement, comply with or are exempt from Section 409A of the Code. Any payments that qualify for the “short-term deferral” exception, the “separation
pay” exception or another exception under Section 409A of the Code shall be paid pursuant to the applicable exception. For purposes of the limitations on nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A of the Code, each payment
of compensation under this Agreement shall be treated as a separate payment of compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. In this regard, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all cash amounts (and cash
equivalents) that become payable under paragraph 3 of this Schedule I on account of the Executive’s termination of employment which is an “involuntary separation from service” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A-1(n)) shall be paid as provided under paragraph 3 of this Schedule I and in no event later than March 15 of the year following the year in which the Date of Termination occurs. In the event the parties determine that the
terms of this Agreement, including this Schedule I, do not comply with Section 409A of the Code, they will negotiate reasonably and in good faith to amend the terms of this Agreement and/or Schedule I such that they comply with, or are
exempt from, Section 409A of the Code (in a manner that attempts to minimize the economic impact of such amendment on the Executive and the Firm) within the time period permitted by the applicable Treasury Regulations and in accordance with IRS
Notice 2010-6 and other applicable guidance. All expenses or other reimbursements owed to the Executive under this Agreement (including this Schedule I) shall be for expenses incurred during the Executive’s lifetime or within ten years
after his death, shall be payable in accordance with the Firm’s policies in effect from time to time, but in any event, to the extent required in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code, and shall be made on or prior to the last day
of the taxable year following the taxable year in which such expenses were incurred by the Executive. In addition, to the extent required in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code, no such reimbursement or expenses eligible for
reimbursement in any taxable year shall in any way affect the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year and the Executive’s right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits shall not be subject to liquidation or exchanged for
another benefit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Schedule I or this Agreement, if (i) the Executive is to receive payments or benefits by reason of his separation from service (as such term is defined in Section 409A of the
Code) other than as a result of his death, (ii) the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code (as determined in accordance with the methodology established by the Firm as in effect on the
date of the Executive’s separation from service) for the period in which the payment or benefit would otherwise commence, and (iii) such payment or benefit would otherwise subject the Executive to any tax, interest or penalty

 
imposed under Section 409A of the Code (or any regulation promulgated thereunder) if the payment or benefit would commence within six months of a termination of the Executive’s
employment, then such payment or benefit will instead be paid, with interest at the applicable federal rate provided for in Section 7872(f)(2)(A) of the Code (“Interest”) determined as of the Date of Termination, as provided
below in this paragraph 6 of this Schedule I. Such payments or benefits that would have otherwise been required to be made during such six-month period will be paid to the Executive (or his estate, as the case may be) in one lump sum payment or
otherwise provided to the Executive (or his estate, as the case may be) on the earlier of (A) the first business day that is six months and one day after the Executive’s separation from service or (B) the fifth business day following
the Executive’s death. Thereafter, the payments and benefits will continue, if applicable, for the relevant period set forth in this Agreement or this Schedule I, as the case may be. 

7. Miscellaneous. 
 Section 3(b). Section 3(b) of this Agreement is hereby amended to replace the first sentence thereof with the following: During the Schedule Term (as defined in Schedule I attached
hereto), the Executive shall continue to (i) serve as a Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Lazard and Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Asset Management LLC, with such authority, duties and responsibilities as are consistent with the
authority, duties and responsibilities exercised by the Executive on the Second Amendment Effective Date (as defined in Schedule I attached hereto), (ii) report directly to the Firm’s Chief Executive Officer and (iii) other than in
respect of charitable, educational and similar activities that do not materially affect the Executive’s duties to the Firm (or in respect of directorships, trusteeships, or similar posts, in each case, that are approved by the Firm’s Chief
Executive Officer), devote his entire working time, labor, skill and energies to the business and affairs of the Firm. 

Section 5(a). Noncompetition. Section 5(a) of this Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows: The Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the businesses of the Firm. The Executive further acknowledges and agrees that in the course of the Executive’s employment with the Firm, the Executive
has been and shall be provided with access to sensitive and proprietary information about the clients, prospective clients, knowledge capital and business practices of the Firm, and has been and shall be provided with the opportunity to develop
relationships with clients, prospective clients, consultants, employees, representatives and other agents of the Firm, and the Executive further acknowledges that such proprietary information and relationships are extremely valuable assets in which
the Firm has invested and shall continue to invest substantial time, effort and expense. Accordingly, the Executive hereby reaffirms and agrees that while employed by the Firm (including during any applicable notice period) and thereafter until
(i) three months after the Date of Termination for any reason other than a termination by the Firm without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason or (ii) one month after the Date of Termination by the Firm without Cause or by the
Executive for Good Reason (such period, the “Noncompete Restriction Period”), the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, on the Executive’s behalf or on behalf of any other person, firm, corporation, association or other
entity, as an employee, director, advisor, partner, consultant or otherwise, engage in a “Competing Activity”, or acquire or maintain any ownership interest in, a “Competitive Enterprise”. For purposes of this Agreement,
(i) “Competing Activity” means the providing of services or performance of activities for a Competitive Enterprise in a line of 

 
business that is similar to any line of business to which the Executive provided services to the Firm in a capacity that is similar to the capacity in which the Executive acted for the Firm while
employed by the Firm, and (ii) “Competitive Enterprise” shall mean a business (or business unit) that (A) engages in any activity or (B) owns or controls a significant interest in any entity that engages in any
activity, that in either case, competes anywhere with any activity in which the Firm is engaged up to and including the Executive’s Date of Termination. Further, notwithstanding anything in this Section 5, the Executive shall not be
considered to be in violation of this Section 5 solely by reason of owning, directly or indirectly, any stock or other securities of a Competitive Enterprise (or comparable interest, including a voting or profit participation interest, in any
such Competitive Enterprise) if the Executive’s interest does not exceed 5% of the outstanding capital stock of such Competitive Enterprise (or comparable interest, including a voting or profit participation interest, in such Competitive
Enterprise). 
 Section 6. Nonsolicitation of Clients. Section 6 of this Agreement is hereby amended to
replace the definition of “Client” with the following definition: “Client” means any client or prospective client of the Firm, whether or not the Firm has been engaged by such Client pursuant to a written agreement;
provided that an entity which is not a client of the Firm shall be considered a “prospective client” for purposes of this sentence only if the Firm made a presentation or written proposal to such entity during the 12-month period
preceding the Date of Termination or was preparing to make such a presentation or proposal at the time of the Date of Termination. 
 Section 8. Nondisparagement. Section 8 of this Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentences immediately following the first sentence of such section: The Firm
(including, without limitation, any designated spokespersons) and the directors and executive officers of the Firm shall not make any comments or statements to the press, other employees of the Firm, any individual or entity with whom the Firm has a
business relationship or any other person that is disparaging to the Executive or his reputation, except for truthful statements as may be required by law. The Firm acknowledges that the nondisparagement provision in favor of the Executive under
this Section 8 is reasonable in light of all of the circumstances and imposes no undue hardship on the Firm. Accordingly, the Executive shall have the same enforcement rights and remedies with respect to such nondisparagement provision as the
Firm has with respect to the Covenants (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the rights and remedies set forth in Sections 11 and 13). Further, such nondisparagement provision shall be subject to reformation on the same basis as the Covenants
pursuant to Section 10(a). 
 Section 12. Arbitration. Section 12 of this Agreement is hereby
amended (i) to replace all references to “the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.” and the “NYSE” with references to the “Financial Industry Regulatory Authority” and “FINRA”, as applicable, and (ii) to
add the following sentences at the end of such section: Prior to a Change in Control (as defined in Schedule I attached hereto), each party shall bear its own costs and expenses of any such arbitration. Following a Change in Control, Lazard
shall pay to the Executive, as incurred, all legal fees and expenses reasonably incurred by the Executive or with respect to the Executive during his lifetime or within ten years after his death in connection with any contest by Lazard, the
Executive or others of the validity or enforceability of, or liability under, any provision of this Agreement or any guarantee of performance thereof (including any action to compel arbitration or enforce any arbitration award or as a result of any
contest by the Executive about 

 
the amount of any payment pursuant to this Agreement, and whether or not any such contest is under Section 12 or 13 of this Agreement or otherwise), plus Interest (as defined in
Schedule I attached hereto) determined as of the date such legal fees and expenses were incurred; provided that, the Executive shall promptly repay to Lazard all such amounts if the Executive fails to prevail on at least one material
issue in dispute in any such contest. 
 Section 16(b). Paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of this Schedule I and
Sections 16(i) and (j) of this Agreement are hereby added to the list of sections in Section 16(b) of this Agreement. 

Section 16(f). Section 16(f) of this Agreement is hereby amended to add the following words at the end thereof:
“except to the extent such withholding or offset is not permitted under Section 409A of the Code without the imposition of additional taxes or penalties on the Executive.” 

Section 16(i) and (j). Section 16 of this Agreement is hereby amended to add the following new subsections: 

(i) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, to the minimum extent necessary to ensure the
provision of non-taxable benefits under Section 105(h) of the Code or any similar law, the Firm shall be entitled to alter the manner in which medical benefits are provided to the Executive following termination of his employment;
provided that in no event shall the after-tax cost to the Executive of such benefits be greater than the cost applicable to similarly situated executives of the Firm who have not terminated employment or, following a Change in Control (as
defined in Schedule I attached hereto), the cost applicable to the Executive immediately prior to the Change in Control, if more favorable to the Executive. 
 (j) The Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Executive is subject to the Firm’s Compensation Recovery Policy Applicable to Named Executive Officers, as in effect as of the date hereof (a copy
of which has been provided to the Executive). 
 8. Counterparts. This Second Amendment may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, will constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Second Amendment by facsimile transmission or
electronic means (including by “pdf”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Second Amendment. 

			
	/s/ AB	 	Initialed by the Executive
		
	/s/ SDH	 	Initialed by Lazard
		
	/s/ SDH	 	Initialed by PubliCo

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