0000930413-21-001814.txt : 20211029 0000930413-21-001814.hdr.sgml : 20211029 20211028174210 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-21-001814 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 497J PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211029 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20211028 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20211029 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: 211359675 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

0000874964 S000074073 Lazard US Systematic Small Cap Equity Portfolio

C000231513 Institutional Shares

C000231514 Open Shares

C000231515 R6 Shares

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THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

October 28, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Investment Management

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Attention: Samantha Brutlag

Re: The Lazard Funds, Inc. (the "Fund")

Registration Statement on Form N-1A (File Nos. 811-06312; 33-40682)

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. 144 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A; and

(2)

the text of Post-Effective Amendment No. 144 to the Fund's Registration Statement on Form N-1A was filed electronically on October 28, 2021 (Accession No. 0000930413-21-001812).

THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

By: /s/ Jessica Falzone

Jessica Falzone

Assistant Secretary