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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-037801"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "LAZ"
cik: "0001311370"
company_name: "Lazard, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-22T21:19:46+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-22T21:26:43.849363+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Lazard shareholders approve board declassification, reelect directors at annual meeting

## Summary
- Board declassification amendment approved with 79.7M votes for (95.7% of votes cast); effective May 22, 2026.
- Directors Peter Orszag, Michelle Jarrard, and Iris Knobloch elected with 78.7M, 78.9M, and 73.2M votes for, respectively.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 75.96M for (94.5% of votes cast); 12.68M broker non-votes.
- Amendment to 2018 Incentive Compensation Plan approved (48.39M for, 31.01M against); ratification of Deloitte as auditor passed.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-037801
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: LAZ
- cik: 0001311370
- company_name: Lazard, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-22T21:19:46+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026037801/0001628280-26-037801-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026037801/laz-20260521.htm

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