Lazard Shares Unchanged Following 20% Boost to Quarterly Dividend to $0.30 per Share

Lazard Ltd

today announced that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the quarterly dividend on its outstanding Class A common stock by 20% to $0.30 per share. The dividend is payable on February 21, 2014, to stockholders of record on February 10, 2014. About Lazard Lazard, one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 40 cities across 26 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. With origins dating to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, strategic matters, restructuring and capital structure, capital raising and corporate finance, as well as asset management services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments and individuals. For more information on Lazard, please visit www.lazard.com.