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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-24-017596
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240403
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240403

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lazard, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001311370
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		IRS NUMBER:				980437848
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32492
		FILM NUMBER:		24818899

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10112
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(212) 632-6000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10112

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Lazard Ltd
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20041213
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">Washington, D.C. 20549</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">SCHEDULE 14A</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Lazard, Inc.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SUPPLEMENT TO PROXY STATEMENT DATED MARCH 21, 2024</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">FOR THE 2024 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">TO BE HELD ON MAY 9, 2024</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">This supplement to the Proxy Statement, dated April 3, 2024 (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;), supplements the definitive proxy statement filed by Lazard, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
        &#8220;SEC&#8221;) on March 21, 2024 (the &#8220;2024 Proxy Statement&#8221;) and made available to the Company&#8217;s shareholders in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Company&#8217;s Board of Directors for use at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled
        to be held virtually on Thursday, May 9, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (the &#8220;Annual Meeting&#8221;). This Supplement is being filed with the SEC and made available to shareholders on or about April 3, 2024.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">This Supplement updates the disclosure in the 2024 Proxy Statement in the section on page 73 titled &#8220;<font style="font-style: italic;">General Information&#8212;Votes Needed</font>&#8221; regarding the voting requirements for
        proposals involving matters other than with respect to director elections. It also clarifies (without changing) the effect of abstentions on such proposals. That section is hereby revised as follows:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The last sentence of the first paragraph in the section is hereby revised in its entirety to read as follows (with new text underlined and bolded and deleted text struckthrough):</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;">With respect to all other matters to be acted on at the meeting, the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined voting power of all of the shares of our common stock present or represented and
        entitled to vote <strike>at the meeting </strike><font style="font-weight: bold;"><u>on the subject matter</u></font> is required.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">The first sentence of the second paragraph in the section is hereby revised in its entirety to read as follows (with new text underlined and bolded):</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36pt;">As permitted by Delaware law, we treat abstentions as present and entitled to vote for purposes of determining a quorum, and, in accordance with our By-laws, they would be counted <font style="font-weight: bold;"><u>as a vote &#8220;against&#8221; a proposal</u></font> in the calculation for determining whether the relevant proposal received a majority vote at the meeting.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">Except as described in this Supplement, none of the items or information presented in the 2024 Proxy Statement is affected by this Supplement. This Supplement does not provide all of the information that is important
        to your voting decisions at the Annual Meeting, and the 2024 Proxy Statement contains other important additional information. <font style="font-weight: bold;">This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the 2024 Proxy Statement.</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">If you have already returned your proxy or voting instruction card or provided voting instructions, you do not need to take any action unless you wish to change your vote. This Supplement does not change the
        proposals to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting, which are described in the 2024 Proxy Statement.</div>
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