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I. GENERAL DISCLAIMERS
This Site is not intended for any use which would be contrary to local law or regulation. No portion of this Site is directed at you if Lazard or any of its affiliates (each, a "Lazard entity") is prohibited by any law of any jurisdiction from making the information on this Site available to you. No portion of this Site constitutes investment, legal or other advice nor is it to be relied upon in making an investment decision. No portion of this Site constitutes an offer or an invitation to make an offer to sell securities or to provide investment services of any description.
By using the Site, you are agreeing that your personal data may be utilized by the Lazard entities and may be held and processed by any Lazard entity and disclosed to third parties anywhere in the world, both electronically and manually, by any Lazard entity for the purposes of any Lazard entity's administration and/or management of its employees, its prospective employees and/or its business, and/or for compliance with applicable policies and procedures, laws and regulations.
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UK Regulatory Information: Except where expressly otherwise stated, this Site is issued in the UK by Lazard & Co., Limited, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
United States Regulatory Information: All U.S. persons may only contact one of the Lazard entity offices located in the United States. Lazard Frères & Co. LLC ('LF & Co.') is registered as a broker-dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC') and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ('FINRA'), as well as a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC"). Lazard Asset Management LLC ("LAM") is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC. Lazard Asset Management Securities LLC ("LAM Securities") is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC and is a member of FINRA, as well as a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. Please visit WWW.FINRA.ORG for more information.
LF & Co. has developed a business continuity plan for how it will respond to events that significantly disrupt its business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is unpredictable, LF & Co. must be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur. With that in mind, we are providing you with this information about our business continuity plan. Contacting Us – If a significant business disruption occurs at LF & Co.'s main office located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, LF & Co.'s phone systems will automatically route your call to LF & Co.'s disaster recovery site.
Contact with LF & Co. branch offices may also be made through the relevant entity's disaster recovery site. Business Continuity Plan – LF & Co. plans to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption, and respond by safeguarding its employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment, and protecting the entity's books and records. In short, LF & Co.’s business continuity plan is designed to permit the firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption.
LF & Co. will make every reasonable effort to continue conducting business during any significant business disruption, employing the use of its business continuity plan. LF & Co. plans to continue conducting business during any significant business disruption unless circumstances prohibit it from doing so. If, for any reason, at any time, LF & Co. is forced by circumstances outside its direct control to discontinue business, it will immediately determine its planned recovery time and communicate those plans to all concerned parties.
LF & Co. views a pandemic akin to other risks that could potentially damage the day-to-day operations of its business. Such risks are planned for in its Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans. These plans enable LF & Co. to resume operations as quickly as possible by leveraging a combination of Business Continuity space as well as virtual or “at home” resources, as appropriate. To the extent that an outbreak occurred, senior management and the Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Team would review the severity of the situation and determine the appropriate plan to effect.
LF & Co. has devoted considerable thought and effort to designing its business continuity plan. However, no plan can assure recovery if a disaster or significant business interruption were to occur.
LF & Co. reviews and tests its plan periodically to ensure readiness.
Lazard Asset Management LLC, along with its affiliates including LAM Securities (collectively referred to as "LAM") has developed a business continuity plan for how it will respond to events that significantly disrupt its business. Since the timing and impact of disasters and disruptions is unpredictable, LAM must be flexible in responding to actual events as they occur. With that in mind, we are providing you with this information about our business continuity plan.
Contacting Us – If a significant business disruption occurs at LAM's main office located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York, LAM intends to leverage its virtual resources to resume operations.
Business Continuity Plan – LAM plans to quickly recover and resume business operations after a significant business disruption, and respond by safeguarding its employees and property, making a financial and operational assessment, and protecting the entity's books and records. In short, LAM’s business continuity plan is designed to permit the firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, given the scope and severity of the significant business disruption.
LAM's Business Continuity Plan works in tandem with our Disaster Recovery Plan in an effort to facilitate a prompt recovery of business operations, personnel safety, and technology systems following a significant disruption. Our plans are customized for each business unit and prioritize functions based on their importance to the organization.
LAM will make every reasonable effort to continue conducting business during any significant business disruption, employing the use of its business continuity plan. LAM plans to continue conducting business during any significant business disruption unless circumstances prohibit it from doing so. If, for any reason, at any time, LAM is forced by circumstances outside its direct control to discontinue business, it will immediately determine its planned recovery time and communicate those plans to all concerned parties.
LAM has devoted considerable thought and effort to designing its business continuity plan. However, no plan can assure recovery if a disaster or significant business interruption were to occur.
LAM reviews and tests its plan periodically to ensure readiness.
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IV. DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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Neither Lazard nor any other party involved in creating, producing, or distributing the Site shall be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from the use of or inability to use the Site, including but not limited to interruptions, deletion of files or email, errors, defects, viruses, delays in operation or transmission, or any failure of performance, whether or not resulting from force majeure, communications failure, theft, destruction, or unauthorized access to Lazard's records, programs, or services. Because some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages, in such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by law.
V. USE OF LINKS
Should you leave this Site via a link contained herein, and view content that is not provided by Lazard, you do so at your own risk. The content to which you link will not have been developed, checked for accuracy, or otherwise reviewed by Lazard. Lazard is not responsible for damages or losses caused by any delays, defects or omissions that may exist in the services, information or other content provided in such site, whether actual, alleged, consequential or punitive. Lazard makes no guarantees or representations as to, and shall have no liability for, any electronic content delivered by any third party, including, without limitation, the accuracy, subject matter, quality or timeliness of any electronic content.
VI. PRIVACY POLICY
Your profile information may be used to create personalized content, services, and advertising on or related to the Site. Lazard may also use your profile information to create aggregate reports. Such profile information is anonymous and does not contain any personally identifiable information.
Lazard reserves the right to cooperate fully with local, state or provincial, national, and international officials in any investigation relating to any Content (including personal or private electronic communication transmitted on the Site) or purported unlawful activities of anyone who accesses the Site.
Privacy Notice - California Residents
This privacy notice for California residents supplements the information contained in the privacy policies of Lazard Freres & Co. LLC and each of its U.S. affiliates and subsidiaries (together, “Lazard”) and applies solely to individuals who are residents of the State of California and who interact with or have a relationship with Lazard. We have adopted this Privacy Notice to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (the “CCPA”).Under the CCPA, California residents have certain rights regarding the Personal Information (as defined in the CCPA) collected by businesses, including Lazard. These rights include:
1. Right to Know About Personal Information Collected, Disclosed, or Sold
You have the right to request what Personal Information, if any, we collect about you and the manner in which it is processed; the categories of any Personal Information we collected about you in the preceding twelve months; the categories of sources used to collect any Personal Information; the business or commercial purposes for collecting any of your Personal Information; and the categories of third parties with whom we share any of your Personal Information, each as it pertains to our activities in the preceding twelve months.
2. Right to Request Deletion of Personal Information
You have the right to request the deletion of Personal Information that we have collected about you, subject to certain exception, as permitted by the CCPA.
We retain Personal information in accordance with our information management policies and record-keeping requirements, which establish general standards and procedures regarding the retention and handling of our records. We retain Personal Information for as long as necessary to meet legal and regulatory requirements; however, retention may be extended if we are required to preserve Personal Information as required by law, such as pursuant to legally binding subpoenas, court orders or similar instruments, or in connection with litigation, investigations or other proceedings.
3. Right to Opt-Out of Sale
Lazard does not sell any Personal Information to third parties.
4. Right to Non-Discrimination
Lazard will not discriminate against you in any way for exercising any rights conferred by the CCPA.
Submitting a Request
Under the CCPA, we are required to verify your identity when you submit a request to exercise the rights noted above, and we are not permitted to respond to your request if we cannot verify your identity and confirm that the Personal Information at issue relates to you. Accordingly, any request should provide sufficient identifying detail that allows us to properly respond to it. The information provided in your request may be checked against third party identity verification services.
You may designate an agent to exercise certain of the rights listed above on your behalf. We will require any agent who makes a request on your behalf to verify his/her authority to do so, including by requesting a copy of your written authorization, and/or by contacting you directly. We will not honor any requests from agents until authorization is verified.
Contact Information
If you would like to discuss or exercise any rights under the CCPA, please contact us at CCPAREQUESTS@LAZARD.COM or at 1-833-932-2843.
We reserve the right to update or amend this notice at our discretion and at any time, and any updated or amended notice will be published at WWW.LAZARD.COM.
Last updated: July 1, 2020
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