UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) June 19, 2006
Lazard Ltd
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Bermuda
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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001-32492 |
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Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda |
HM 11 |
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441-295-1422
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
On June 19, 2006, the Board of Directors of Lazard Ltd (the “Board”) elected Ronald J. Doerfler to the Board. A copy of Lazard Ltd’s press release announcing this information is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference. Mr. Doerfler has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed as part of this Report on Form 8-K:
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99.1 |
Press Release issued on June 19, 2006. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Dated: June 20, 2006
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LAZARD LTD |
By: /s/ Scott D. Hoffman___________
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Scott D. Hoffman |
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Managing Director and General | |||
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Counsel |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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99.1 |
Press Release issued on June 19, 2006. |
Exhibit 99.1
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Media contact: |
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Richard Silverman, +1 212 632 6285 |
Jean Greene, +1 212 632 1905 | ||
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LAZARD ELECTS RONALD J. DOERFLER TO BOARD
NEW YORK, June 19, 2006 – Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) today announced it has elected
Ronald J. Doerfler, to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Mr. Doerfler has been senior vice president and chief financial officer of The Hearst Corporation since February 1998, and was elected a member of Hearst’s Board of Directors in August 2002. Hearst is one of the nation’s largest diversified communications companies, with interests in magazine and newspaper publishing, television and radio stations, newspaper comics and features syndication, cable TV networks, television production and syndication, and new media activities.
Mr. Doerfler arrived at Hearst from ABC, Inc., where he was senior vice president and chief financial officer. He joined Capital Cities Communications in 1969, was appointed treasurer in 1977 and senior vice president and chief financial officer in 1980. He played a major role in Capital Cities’ acquisition of ABC in 1986, and with the combined group’s 1996 merger with The Walt Disney Company.
The addition of Mr. Doerfler increases the number of Lazard Ltd directors to nine. The other members of Lazard’s Board are: Bruce Wasserstein, Chairman and CEO of Lazard Ltd; Steven J. Heyer, CEO of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide; Sylvia Jay, Vice Chairman of L’Oreal U.K.; Ellis Jones, CEO of Wasserstein & Co. LP; Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., Senior Managing Director of Lazard Ltd; Anthony Orsatelli, CEO of IXIS Corporate and Investment Bank; Hal S. Scott, Nomura Professor and Director of the Program on International Financial Systems at Harvard Law School; and Michael J. Turner, CEO of BAE Systems plc.
Lazard, one of the world’s preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 29 cities across 16 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and South America. With origins dating back to 1848, the firm provides services including mergers and acquisitions advice, asset management, and restructuring advice to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments, and individuals. For more information on Lazard, please visit www.lazard.com.
Lazard Ltd is committed to providing timely and accurate information to the investing public, consistent with our legal and regulatory obligations. To that end, Lazard and its operating companies use their websites to convey information about their businesses, including the anticipated release of quarterly financial results and the posting of updates of assets under management in various hedge funds and mutual funds and other investment products managed by Lazard Asset Management LLC and its subsidiaries. Monthly updates of these funds will be posted to the Lazard Asset Management website (www.lazardnet.com) on the third business day following the end of each month. Investors can link to Lazard and its operating company websites through www.lazard.com.
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