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 LIMITEDMerger Agreement • August 15th, 2008 • Lazard LTD • Investment advice • 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”).
