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This page compiles U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings for Lazard, Inc. (NYSE: LAZ), a financial advisory and asset management firm in the investment banking and securities dealing industry. Founded in 1848, Lazard files a range of regulatory documents that provide detailed information on its financial performance, capital structure, governance, and material corporate events.
Lazard’s periodic reports, such as its Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, include segment information for its Financial Advisory and Asset Management businesses, discussions of risk factors, and management’s analysis of operating conditions. These filings also describe factors that may affect revenues, including changes in mergers and acquisitions activity and assets under management, as well as competitive and regulatory considerations.
The company frequently files Current Reports on Form 8-K to disclose specific events. Recent 8-K filings have covered quarterly financial results, updates on Lazard’s long-term growth strategy, leadership transitions in its asset management business, appointments to the Board of Directors, and capital markets transactions such as senior notes offerings and related tender offers. These 8-Ks often incorporate press releases as exhibits, providing additional context on the events being reported.
Lazard’s capital structure and financing activities are documented in filings describing senior notes issued by its subsidiary Lazard Group LLC, guarantees provided by Lazard, Inc., and the terms of related indentures and supplemental indentures. Investors interested in debt obligations and covenants can review these documents to understand maturity profiles, interest rates, redemption provisions, and ranking of obligations.
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Lazard, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Alexandra Soto acquired 2,553 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on February 20, 2026 as a grant and dividend-equivalent award. Each RSU represents a right to receive one share of common stock. After this transaction, she directly holds 264,487 RSUs. Of these, 625 are scheduled to vest on or around March 2, 2026, 927 on or around March 1, 2027, and 1,001 on or around March 1, 2028. The reported RSU amount excludes 113,872 shares of Lazard common stock that she directly or indirectly beneficially owns.
Lazard, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer Michael Gathy reported an acquisition of 92 Restricted Stock Units on February 20, 2026 as a grant or award. Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Following this transaction, he directly holds 9,445 RSUs. Of these RSUs, 23 will vest on or around March 2, 2026, 38 on or around March 1, 2027, and 31 on or around March 1, 2028.
Lazard, Inc. reported that Christopher Hogbin, its CEO of Asset Management, acquired 2,984 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) as a grant or award. The RSUs were credited at no cash cost under dividend equivalent reinvestment provisions tied to existing RSU awards, increasing his directly held RSUs to 309,321.
Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of common stock. Of the reported RSUs, 467 are scheduled to vest on or around March 16, 2026, 840 on or around March 18, 2027, 840 on or around March 20, 2028, and 837 on or around March 22, 2029.
Lazard, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Tracy Farr reported an acquisition of 295 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) on February 20, 2026, at a price of $0.00 per unit, pursuant to dividend equivalent reinvestment provisions on existing RSU awards.
Each RSU represents a contingent right to receive one share of Lazard common stock. After this transaction, Farr directly holds 30,497 RSUs. Of these RSUs, 58 are scheduled to vest on or around March 2, 2026, 155 on or around March 1, 2027, and 82 on or around March 1, 2028, subject to the underlying award terms.
Lazard, Inc. outlines its business as a global financial advisory and asset management firm following its 2024 conversion from a Bermuda company to a Delaware C‑corporation. The company operates two main segments, Financial Advisory and Asset Management, supported by a global network of offices.
Financial Advisory covers M&A, restructuring, capital solutions, sovereign and geopolitical advisory, and shareholder advisory. For the year ended December 31, 2025, Financial Advisory generated about 59% of consolidated net revenue, with fees concentrated but diversified across clients and industries.
Asset Management provides equity, fixed income, alternatives and wealth solutions to institutional and private clients worldwide, with 82% of assets managed for institutional and intermediary clients and the top ten clients accounting for 24% of AUM as of December 31, 2025. Lazard highlights investments in technology, AI and data science, and emphasizes human capital, culture and global recruiting as strategic priorities.
The filing details extensive risk factors, including market volatility, geopolitics, currency swings, competition, regulatory scrutiny, cybersecurity, and talent retention, noting that difficult conditions can rapidly reduce advisory volumes and AUM-based fees.
Lazard, Inc. director Stephen R. Howe Jr. acquired 83 Deferred Stock Units as a grant under the company’s 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan. He elected to receive these DSUs in lieu of all or part of his non-executive director cash compensation. After this award, he directly holds 10,398 Deferred Stock Units. The DSUs will convert into Lazard common stock on a one-for-one basis after he resigns from, or otherwise ceases to be a member of, the Board of Directors.
Lazard, Inc. director Andrew M. Alper received 721 Deferred Stock Units (DSUs) as a grant under the company’s 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan. These units were elected in lieu of cash compensation and carry a zero dollar acquisition price. Following this award, Alper directly holds 98,849 DSUs, which will convert into an equal number of common shares after he leaves Lazard’s Board of Directors.
Lazard, Inc. reports initial equity holdings for its Chief Financial Officer, Tracy Farr, in a Form 3 insider filing. Farr beneficially owns 30,202 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), each representing a contingent right to receive one share of Lazard common stock.
Of these RSUs, 5,845 are scheduled to vest on or around March 2, 2026, 15,908 on or around March 1, 2027, and 8,449 on or around March 1, 2028. All RSUs are held directly in Farr’s name and carry no exercise price.
Lazard, Inc. is changing its finance leadership. The company appointed Tracy Farr as Chief Financial Officer effective February 1, 2026, succeeding Mary Ann Betsch, who will become Senior Advisor to the CEO until June 30, 2026, when her employment ends.
Farr, age 42, has been with Lazard since 2013 and most recently served as a Managing Director in the Capital Structure Advisory group. Under his offer letter dated January 28, 2026, his salary will increase to $750,000 and he will be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus on the same basis as other executive officers.
Betsch’s transition agreement provides continued base salary, benefits participation, and normal vesting of outstanding equity awards during the advisory period. As of her separation, she will be eligible for severance and equity treatment described in prior company disclosures, including a full annual bonus for 2025 equal to her 2024 bonus. Lazard also notes that, as in prior years, certain deferred incentive awards for employees (excluding named executive officers) scheduled to vest on March 1, 2026 may have vesting accelerated to earlier dates in February 2026.
Lazard, Inc. filed a Form 8-K to furnish a press release announcing its financial results for full year 2025 and the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2025. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference.
The company states that the information under Item 2.02, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, limiting associated liabilities and incorporation into other securities law filings.