Lazard announces cash tender offer for 4.250% Senior Notes

Press releases — New York

September 12, 2018


NEW YORK, September 12, 2018 – Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) announced today that its subsidiary Lazard Group LLC (“Lazard Group”) is commencing a cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for up to $250 million aggregate principal amount (such amount, as it may be increased or decreased, the “Aggregate Maximum Tender Amount”) of its outstanding 4.250% Senior Notes due November 14, 2020 (the “Notes”).

The Tender Offer is being made upon the terms and conditions in the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal dated September 12, 2018. The Tender Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on October 10, 2018, unless extended or terminated as described in the Offer to Purchase (such time and date, as they may be extended, the “Expiration Date”). Holders of the Notes are urged to carefully read the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal before making any decision with respect to the Tender Offer.

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