07/28/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/28/2025 14:22
| Issuer: | Lazard Group LLC | |||||||
| Guarantor: | Lazard, Inc. | |||||||
| Title: | 5.625% Senior Notes due 2035 (the "Notes") | |||||||
| Expected Ratings*: |
Baa3, stable / BBB+, stable / BBB+, stable
(Moody's / S&P / Fitch)
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| Principal Amount: | $300,000,000 | |||||||
| Trade Date: | July 28, 2025 | |||||||
| Settlement Date**: |
August 1, 2025 (T+4)
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| Maturity Date: | August 1, 2035 | |||||||
| Interest Rate: | 5.625% per annum | |||||||
| Benchmark Treasury: | UST 4.250% due May 15, 2035 | |||||||
| Benchmark Treasury Price: | 98-22+ | |||||||
| Benchmark Treasury Yield: | 4.414% | |||||||
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Re-Offer Spread to Benchmark Treasury:
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T + 122 basis points | |||||||
| Re-Offer Yield: | 5.634% | |||||||
| Price to Public: | 99.932% | |||||||
| Purchase Price by Underwriters: | 99.282% | |||||||
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Net Proceeds, before expenses, to the Issuer:
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$297,846,000 | |||||||
| Interest Payment Dates: | Semi-annually on each February 1 and August 1, beginning on February 1, 2026 | |||||||
| Record Dates: | Every January 15 and July 15 preceding each Interest Payment Date | |||||||
| Optional Redemption: |
Prior to May 1, 2035 (the date that is three months prior to the maturity date of the notes) (the "Par Call Date"), we will have the right to redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at our option, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date (assuming the Notes to be redeemed matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 20 basis points less accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to the date of redemption, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date.
On or after the Par Call Date, we will have the right to redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at our option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date.
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| CUSIP / ISIN: |
52107QAM7 / US52107QAM78
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Joint Lead Book-Running Managers:
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
Lazard Frères & Co. LLC
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| Co-Managers: |
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. Independence Point Securities LLC |
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