Pricing Agreement
Exhibit
1.2
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.,
00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx,
Xxx Xxxx 00000.
June 2,
2009
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
The shareholders of Lazard Ltd, a
company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (the “Company”), named in
Schedule II hereto (the “Selling Shareholders”) propose, subject to the
terms and conditions stated herein and in the Underwriting Agreement, dated May
29, 2009 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company, the Selling
Shareholders, Lazard Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and the
Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”), to sell to the
Underwriters an aggregate of 4,000,000 Shares as specified in Schedule II
hereto. In the event only one underwriter is listed in Schedule I
hereto, references in this Agreement to the “Underwriters” shall be deemed to
refer to the sole underwriter in the singular form listed in such Schedule
I.
Each of the provisions of the
Underwriting Agreement is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and
shall be deemed to be a part of this Agreement to the same extent as if such
provisions had been set forth in full herein, except that notwithstanding
anything herein or in the Underwriting Agreement to the contrary, all references
to “90 days” in section 7(f) of, and Annex III to, the Underwriting Agreement
are hereby amended to read “100 days”; and each of the representations and
warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the
date of this Pricing Agreement, except that each representation and warranty
which refers to the Prospectus in Sections 1 and 2 of the Underwriting Agreement
shall be deemed to be a representation or warranty as of the date of the
Underwriting Agreement in relation to the Prospectus (as therein defined), and
also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Pricing Agreement in
relation to the Prospectus as amended or supplemented relating to the Shares
which are the subject of this Pricing Agreement and that the representations and
warranties set forth in Sections 1(c), (f), (g), (i), (q), (r) and (t) in the
Underwriting Agreement that are in the future tense shall be deemed to be made
in the past or present tense, as applicable, when such provisions are
incorporated herein by reference. Each reference to the
Representative herein and in the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement so
incorporated by reference shall be deemed to refer to you. Unless
otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Underwriting Agreement are used
herein as therein defined.
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Subject to the terms and conditions set
forth herein and in the Underwriting Agreement incorporated herein by reference,
(a) each of the Selling Shareholders agrees, severally and not jointly, to sell
to each of the Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from each of the Selling Shareholders, at a purchase
price per Share of $26.00, the number of Shares (to be adjusted by you so as to
eliminate fractional shares) determined by multiplying the aggregate number of
Shares to be sold by each of the Selling Shareholders as set forth opposite
their respective names in Schedule II hereto by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased by such Underwriter
as set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I hereto and
the denominator of which is the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased by
all of the Underwriters from the Selling Shareholders
hereunder.
For the purposes of this Agreement and
the Underwriting Agreement, the “Applicable Time” is 4:38 p.m. (Eastern Time) on
the date of this Agreement. The “Time of Delivery” shall be 9:30
a.m., New York City time, on June 5, 2009.
If the foregoing is in accordance with
your understanding, please sign and return to us five counterparts hereof, and
upon acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this
letter and such acceptance hereof, including the provisions of the Underwriting
Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement
between each of the Underwriters, the Company and each of the Selling
Shareholders.
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Very truly
yours,
Lazard Ltd | |||
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
Each
Selling Shareholder named in Schedule II
to
this Agreement
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: General Counsel | |||
As
Attorney-in-Fact acting on behalf of each of the Selling Shareholders
named in Schedule II to this Agreement.
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Accepted
as of the date hereof:
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxx & Co.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. | |
(Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.)
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