LAZARD FUNDS
French open-end investment company with a board of directors
Head Office: 10, avenue Piercer 75008 Paris
484 947 627 R.C.S. PARIS
NOTICE
Combined General Meeting
Shareholders are invited to attend the Combined General Meeting to be held on 31 December 2024 at 2pm at 25, rue de Courcelles - 75008 Paris, to consider the agenda set out below.
In the event that the Extraordinary General Meeting of 31 December 2024 cannot be validly held on first call due to a lack of quorum, a second call will be issued for 10 January 2025 at 2pm.
Agenda :
Resolutions proposed to the Ordinary General Meeting
- Report of the Board of Directors on the operations for the year ended 30 September 2024 and report on its management;
- Auditor's general report on the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2024;
- Discharge of the Directors;
- Approval of the accounts for the financial year ended 30 September 2024 and allocation of distributable sums of the Lazard Credit Opportunities Sub-Fund;
- Statutory Auditor's special report on agreements governed by Article L.225-38 of the Commercial Code and approval of said agreements;
- Determination of the total amount of directors' fees payable to the Board of Directors;
- Change of a Director;
- Powers to carry out formalities.
Resolutions proposed to the Extraordinary General Meeting
- Amendment to Article 27 of the Articles of Association: ‘Allocation of net income and distributable sums’;
- Powers for formalities.
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All shareholders, irrespective of the number of shares held, may attend this Meeting either by participating personally or by appointing another shareholder or their spouse to attend by proxy.
The ownership of shares shall be evidenced by providing a shareholder certificate of participation at the headquarters of Lazard Frères Gestion at the latest two business days prior to the Meeting.
The holders of registered or bearer shares will be allowed to attend the Meeting if they provide proof of their identity and subject to their prior registration in the Company shareholder register at least two business days before the date set for the Meeting.
Pursuant to Article R.225-72 of the French Commercial Code, shareholders may, from the date of this insertion and up to 25 days before the Shareholders’ Meeting, request the addition of draft resolutions to the agenda for the Meeting.
Requests should be sent to the company’s registered office. They must be accompanied by a brief explanatory statement as well as a share registration certificate.
This notice shall also serve as formal notice to attend provided that no modification is made to the agenda following the applications for registration of draft resolutions submitted by shareholders.
The Board of Directors