0000930413-18-003228.txt : 20181030 0000930413-18-003228.hdr.sgml : 20181030 20181030170218 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-18-003228 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20181030 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20181030 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20181030 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LAZARD FUNDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000874964 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 497J SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 033-40682 FILM NUMBER: 181147683 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10112 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126326000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10112

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C000205571 R6 Shares

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THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

October 30, 2018

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Deborah O’Neal-Johnson, Esq.

Re:	The Lazard Funds, Inc. (the “Fund”)
	Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 811-06312; 33-40682)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 497(j) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the Fund hereby certifies that:

(1)

the form of Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information that would have been filed pursuant to Rule 497(c) under the Securities Act would not have differed from that contained in Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and

(2)

the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 129 to the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically on October 26, 2018.

THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

By:	/s/ Shari Soloway
	Shari Soloway
	Assistant Secretary