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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-24-022903"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAZ"
cik: "0001311370"
company_name: "Lazard, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T02:00:06.890391+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lazard shareholders approve 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan Amendment; say-on-pay passes with 64% support

## Summary
- 2018 Incentive Comp Plan Amendment approved: 41.0M for, 24.7M against, 1.1M abstain, 14.4M broker non-votes.
- Advisory say-on-pay vote passed: 43.0M for, 22.7M against, 1.1M abstain (64% support).
- All three director nominees elected with >63M votes for each (no broker non-votes counted).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-022903
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAZ
- cik: 0001311370
- company_name: Lazard, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828024022903/0001628280-24-022903-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828024022903/laz-20240509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Lazard, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 and authorization of the Company’s Board of Directors, acting by its Audit Committee, to set their remuneration at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 and authorization of the Company’s Board of Directors, acting by its Audit Committee, to set their remuneration 80,084,089 1,084,794 34,227
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828024022903/0001628280-24-022903-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Lazard, Inc. shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote regarding executive compensation at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Non-binding advisory vote regarding executive compensation 43,032,952 22,668,391 1,076,940 14,424,827
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828024022903/0001628280-24-022903-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Lazard, Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Election of Directors: Ann-Kristin Achleitner 63,085,148 3,693,135 * 14,424,827 Andrew M. Alper 64,301,698 2,476,585 * 14,424,827 Stephen R. Howe Jr. 66,528,446 249,837 * 14,424,827
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828024022903/0001628280-24-022903-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Lazard, Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan Amendment at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Approval of the 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan Amendment 40,996,568 24,679,315 1,102,400 14,424,827
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828024022903/0001628280-24-022903-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.