Exhibit 99.(a)(6)


                             THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

                             ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY


         The Lazard Funds, Inc. (the "Corporation"), a Maryland corporation
having its principal office in the state of Maryland in Baltimore City,
certifies that:

                  FIRST: The Board of Directors has classified 100,000,000
         authorized but unissued shares of the Corporation's Class A Common
         Stock as 50,000,000 shares of the Corporation's Class B Common Stock
         and as 50,000,000 shares of the Corporation's Class F Common Stock.
         Each share of Class B Common Stock and Class F Common Stock as here
         reclassified shall have and be subject to all of the preferences,
         conversion and other rights, voting powers, limitations as to
         dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of or rights to
         require redemption set forth in the Articles of Incorporation with
         respect to the Class B Common Stock and Class F Common Stock,
         respectively; and

                  SECOND: The stock has been classified and reclassified by the
         Board of Directors under authority contained in the Articles of
         Incorporation.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lazard Funds, Inc. has executed these Articles
Supplementary as of March 31, 1995. The authorized officer who executed these
Articles Supplementary acknowledges them to be the act of the Corporation and
states under penalties for perjury that to the best of his knowledge,
information and belief, the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to
their authorization and approval are true in all material respects.

                                                THE LAZARD FUNDS, INC.

                                                By: /s/Herbert W. Gullquist
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                                                    Herbert W. Gullquist
                                                    President

WITNESS:

/s/ William G. Butterly, III
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William G. Butterly, III
Secretary