Transaction in Own Shares

Lazard World Trust Fund

Transaction in own shares

Lazard World Trust Fund (the "Company") announces that on 17 July 2018, the Company purchased 100,000 ordinary shares of USD 0.20 each, for treasury, at a price of 375.0 pence per share.

Following this purchase, the Company's issued share capital consists of 46,635,763 Ordinary Shares, of which 34,928,486 Ordinary Shares have voting rights and 11,707,277 Ordinary Shares are held in Treasury without voting rights.

The Company has been advised that, under the Luxembourg Transparency Law of 11 January 2008, shares held in treasury are required to be included in the denominator to be used by shareholders in their shareholding announcements.

Accordingly, the above figure (46,635,763) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interests in, the Company in accordance with the Luxembourg Transparency Law of 11 January 2008 on transparency requirements for issuers of securities.

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