Lazard to Announce Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2008 Results

NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) will announce its full-year and fourth-quarter 2008 results in a news release to be issued before the opening of The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, February 4, 2009.

In addition, Lazard plans to host a conference call to discuss the company's full-year and fourth-quarter 2008 results at 10:00 a.m. EST on Wednesday, February 4, 2009. Lazard's Bruce Wasserstein, Chairman & CEO, Steven J. Golub, Vice Chairman, and Michael J. Castellano, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call.

The conference call can be accessed via a live audio web cast available through Lazard's Investor Relations website at [ www.lazard.com ], or by dialing 1 (877) 852-6576 (U.S. and Canada) or +1 (719) 325-4809 (outside of the U.S. and Canada), 15 minutes prior to the start of the conference call.

A replay of the web cast will be available beginning at 1:00 p.m. EST on February 4, 2009, through February 18, 2009, via the Lazard website, or by dialing 1 (888) 203-1112 (for the U.S. and Canada) or +1 (719) 457-0820 (outside of the U.S. and Canada). The replay access code is 7743954.

Lazard, one of the world's preeminent financial advisory and asset management firms, operates from 40 cities across 24 countries in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Central and South America. With origins dating back to 1848, the firm provides advice on mergers and acquisitions, restructuring and capital raising, as well as asset management services to corporations, partnerships, institutions, governments, and individuals. For more information on Lazard, please visit [ www.lazard.com ].

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements."In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as "may", "might", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "predict", "potential" or "continue", and the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but instead represent only our belief regarding future results, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of our control.There are important factors that could cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

These factors include, but are not limited to, those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K under Item 1A "Risk Factors," and also disclosed from time to time in reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K including the following:

A decline in general economic conditions or the global financial markets;
Losses caused by financial or other problems experienced by third parties;
Losses due to unidentified or unanticipated risks;
A lack of liquidity, i.e., ready access to funds, for use in our businesses; and
Competitive pressure.

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, quarterly financial, statistical and business-related information, 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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Lazard to Announce Full-Year and Fourth-Quarter 2008 Results