secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)
CIK:        0001311370
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-22-026382
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lazard reports record annual revenue $3,139M and adjusted EPS $5.04; Q4 adjusted EPS $1.92
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- Full-year 2021 adjusted net income $576M ($5.04 diluted EPS); GAAP net income $528M ($4.63 EPS).
- Annual operating revenue $3,139M (+24% YoY); Financial Advisory $1,778M (+27%), Asset Management $1,329M (+20%).
- Q4 2021 adjusted EPS $1.92, operating revenue $968M (+14% YoY); both quarterly records.
- AUM $274B at year-end (+6% YoY); average AUM $272B (+21%).
- Board authorized new $300M share repurchase (expires Dec 2024); declared $0.47 quarterly dividend payable Feb 25, 2022.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000119312522026382/0001193125-22-026382-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000119312522026382/d281430d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-026382

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