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Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. filings document proxy and governance matters for a closed-end fund. The Fund's definitive proxy statements cover annual meeting materials, stockholder communications, voting procedures, and registrant-filed proxy disclosures.
These regulatory records provide formal disclosure on shareholder voting, board-related governance, and fund capital-structure context tied to LGI's listed common shares. The filing record is centered on the Fund's public-company governance obligations rather than operating-company business segments.
Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. is holding its annual stockholder meeting on April 30, 2026 in New York. Stockholders of record on March 11, 2026, when 13,012,942 common shares were outstanding, may vote.
Investors are asked to elect one Class I director for a term expiring at the 2027 meeting and three Class III directors for terms expiring at the 2029 meeting. All four nominees are existing directors, two of whom are classified as “interested persons” through roles at Lazard Asset Management.
The proxy describes the Board’s oversight framework, its Audit and Nominating Committees, and notes that 75% of directors are independent. It discloses director compensation, modest fund-level pay, and significant complex-wide fees, and confirms Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditors, with audit fees of $51,445 for 2025.
Lazard Global Total Return & Income Fund Inc. reported the initial ownership of director Robert L. Forsyth on a Form 3. This is a baseline disclosure of his status as an insider and does not list any share purchases, sales, or other transactions.
Lazard Global Total Return & Income Fund Inc. director and executive Jennifer A. Ryan, who serves as CEO and President, has filed an initial statement of beneficial ownership on Form 3. The filing lists her insider status but does not report any share transactions.
Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. reports year-end results for the period ending 12/31/25 and discloses its Managed Distribution Policy.
The Fund paid a monthly distribution set at an annualized 10.0% of the Fund’s NAV per share (pursuant to the Managed Distribution Policy), totaling $1.76 per share distributed during 2025. For the year, the Fund returned 15.34% on a NAV basis and 21.18% on a market-price basis, versus the benchmark’s 22.34%. The Fund’s NAV per share was $18.38 and market price per share was $17.44 (a 5.1% market discount).
Net assets were $239.2 million with total leveraged assets of $330.8 million, implying a leverage ratio of 27.7% (below the Fund’s 33 1/3% maximum). The Fund used forward currency contracts and a credit facility (line of credit outstanding $23.675 million) to implement its currency-investment strategy.
First Trust Portfolios L.P., First Trust Advisors L.P. and The Charger Corporation filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership of 1,629,189 common shares of Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. This represents 12.52% of the fund’s common stock as of the stated date.
The reporting firms have no power to vote these shares but report shared dispositive power over 1,629,189 shares, meaning they can direct how the shares are disposed of. The position is largely held in unit investment trusts and other accounts for which First Trust entities provide services, and each reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares. They also certify the holdings are in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of influencing control of the fund.
First Trust Portfolios L.P., First Trust Advisors L.P., and The Charger Corporation filed an amended Schedule 13G reporting beneficial ownership in Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. (LGI).
The group reports beneficial ownership of 1,804,691 common shares, representing 13.87% of the class. They report no sole or shared voting power and shared dispositive power over 1,804,691 shares. The filing notes that many shares are held in unit investment trusts sponsored by First Trust Portfolios L.P., and that these trusts’ shares are voted by the trustee to mirror outside shareholder voting. Each reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership.
The certification states the securities were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of changing or influencing control. The date of event is 09/30/2025.
Form 3 Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership filed for Lazard Global Total Return & Income Fund (LGI) on June 28, 2025, reporting the beneficial ownership status of Fundo Ariona Cerma, who serves as Treasurer of the fund.
Key details:
- Reporting Person: Fundo Ariona Cerma, located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
- Event Date: June 24, 2025
- Position: Officer (Treasurer)
- Filing Type: Individual filing
Notable disclosure: The filing indicates that the reporting person owns no securities beneficially, either directly or indirectly, including both non-derivative and derivative securities. This initial statement establishes a baseline for future ownership reporting requirements under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.