Lazard reports full-year and Q4 2019 results

Press releases — New York

January 30, 2020


NEW YORK, January 30, 2020 – Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) today reported annual operating revenue1 of $2,546 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. Net income, as adjusted2, was $385 million, or $3.28 per share (diluted) for the year. Net income on a U.S. GAAP basis for the year was $287 million, or $2.44 per share (diluted).

For the fourth quarter of 2019, net income, as adjusted2, was $105 million, or $0.91 per share (diluted). On a U.S. GAAP basis, net income for the fourth quarter was $77 million, or $0.67 per share (diluted).

“Record fourth-quarter operating revenue reflected strength across our businesses,” said Kenneth M. Jacobs, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lazard. “We are in a strong position as we enter 2020, with a global platform that incorporates diverse revenue streams of significant scale, innovative client solutions that drive performance, and growth opportunities in which we continue to invest.”

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Founded in 1848, Lazard is one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, with operations in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Lazard provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and capital solutions, restructuring and liability management, geopolitics, and other strategic matters, as well as asset management and investment solutions to institutions, corporations, governments, partnerships, family offices, and high net worth individuals. For more information, please visit www.lazard.com.

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