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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER Dated as of August 14, 2008 by and among LAZARD LTD, LAZ SUB I, LLC, LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, and LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Agreement and Plan of Merger • August 15th, 2008 • Lazard LTD • Investment advice • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  August 15th, 2008
• Company
  Lazard LTD
• Industry
  Investment advice
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER dated as of August 14, 2008 (this “Agreement”), by and among LAZARD LTD, a company incorporated under the laws of Bermuda (“Parent”), LAZ SUB I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and indirect subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and (solely for purposes of Section 5.01(c)) LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales (“LAML”).