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Jun. 24, 2025
Lazard Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio

Accordingly, effective immediately, the following will replace in its entirety the table under the “Fees and Expenses” section in the Summary Prospectus and the “Summary Section—Lazard Emerging

 

 

Markets Core Equity Portfolio—Fees and Expenses” section in the Prospectus of the Acquired Portfolio:

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
  Institutional
Shares
Open Shares R6 Shares
Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Management Fees 1.00% 1.00% 1.00%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees None .25% None
Other Expenses .24% .40% .75%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses 1.24% 1.65% 1.75%
Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement1 .14% .30% .70%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement 1.10% 1.35% 1.05%

 

1Until September 30, 2025, Lazard Asset Management LLC (the “Investment Manager”) has contractually agreed to waive its fee and, if necessary, reimburse the Portfolio, to the extent Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses exceed 1.10%, 1.35% and 1.05% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio’s Institutional Shares, Open Shares and R6 Shares, respectively, exclusive of taxes, brokerage, interest on borrowings, fees and expenses of “Acquired Funds,” fees and expenses related to filing foreign tax reclaims and extraordinary expenses.

 

To facilitate the reorganization of the Portfolio with and into Lazard Emerging Markets Opportunities ETF, a series of Lazard Active ETF Trust (the “Reorganization”) (including conversion of Open Shares and R6 Shares into Institutional Shares), beginning on October 1, 2025 through the earlier of the closing of the Reorganization or July 24, 2026, the Investment Manager will contractually agree to waive its fee and, if necessary, reimburse the Portfolio, to the extent Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses exceed 1.05% of the average daily net assets of the Portfolio’s Institutional Shares (including Open Shares and R6 Shares converted into Institutional Shares), exclusive of taxes, brokerage, interest on borrowings, fees and expenses of “Acquired Funds,” fees and expenses related to filing foreign tax reclaims and extraordinary expenses.

 

These expense limitation arrangements can only be amended by agreement of the Fund, upon approval by the Fund’s Board of Directors, and the Investment Manager to lower the net amount shown and will terminate automatically in the event of termination of the Management Agreement between the Investment Manager and the Fund on behalf of the Portfolio.

Effective October 1, 2025, the following will replace in its entirety the table under the “Example” section in the Summary Prospectus and the “Summary Section—Lazard Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio—Example” section in the Prospectus of the Acquired Portfolio:

        1 year 3 years 5 years 10 years
Institutional Shares $ 107 $ 377 $ 665 $ 1,485

THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

Lazard Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio

 

Supplement to Current Summary Prospectus and Prospectus

 

Please retain this supplement for future reference.