secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Lazard, Inc. (LAZ)
CIK:        0001311370
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-22T21:19:46+00:00
Accession:  0001628280-26-037801
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Lazard shareholders approve board declassification, reelect directors at annual meeting
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- 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.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026037801/0001628280-26-037801-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1311370/000162828026037801/laz-20260521.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-037801

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