Net Income Per Share of Class A Common Stock (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Company's Basic and Diluted Net Income Per Share and Weighted Average Shares Outstanding

The calculations of the Company’s basic and diluted net income per share and weighted average shares outstanding for the three month and six month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are presented below:

	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income attributable to Lazard Ltd - basic	$	146,963	$	120,378	$	306,655	$	227,931
Net income attributable to Lazard Ltd - diluted	$	146,963	$	120,378	$	306,655	$	227,931
Weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding		120,049,627		122,085,842		119,872,688		122,308,531
Add - adjustment for shares of Class A common stock issuable on a non-contingent basis		256,630		282,308		245,494		283,125
Weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding - basic		120,306,257		122,368,150		120,118,182		122,591,656
Add - dilutive effect, as applicable, of:
Weighted average number of incremental shares of Class A common stock issuable from share-based incentive compensation		9,942,797		9,771,466		11,077,543		9,822,840
Weighted average number of shares of Class A common stock outstanding - diluted		130,249,054		132,139,616		131,195,725		132,414,496
Net income attributable to Lazard Ltd per share of Class A common stock:
Basic	$	1.22	$	0.98	$	2.55	$	1.86
Diluted	$	1.13	$	0.91	$	2.34	$	1.72