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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2004.</B>
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2"><B>Registration
No.&nbsp;33-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></FONT>

<DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>


<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>CDI CORP.</B></FONT>

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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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<B>1717 Arch Street, 35th Floor<BR>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2768</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><FONT size="2"><B>23-2394430</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(State of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CDI CORP.<BR>
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Joseph R. Seiders, Esquire<BR>
CDI Corp.<BR>
1717 Arch Street, 35th Floor<BR>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2768<BR>
(name and address of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(215)&nbsp;569-2200<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><I>Copies of all communications to:</I><BR><br>
Paul S. Kimbol, Esquire<BR>
Dechert LLP<BR>
4000 Bell Atlantic Tower<BR>
1717 Arch Street<BR>
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2793<BR>
(215)&nbsp;994-2603
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>Title of</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>maximum</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>maximum</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>securities</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>to be</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>aggregate</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registration</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><FONT size="1"><B>to be registered</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>registered (1)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>price per share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1"><B>offering price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">Common Stock
par value $.10 per
share</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">35,000 shares</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">33.12</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1,159,200</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">93.78</FONT></TD>
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 <TD><FONT size="2">This registration statement of CDI Corp. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) relates to the registration of the offer and sale of up to an aggregate of
35,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), pursuant to the CDI Corp. Stock
Purchase Plan for Management Employees and Non-Employee Directors.</FONT></TD>
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 <TD><FONT size="2">The amounts are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on January&nbsp;20, 2004 and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with paragraphs (c)&nbsp;and (h)&nbsp;of
Rule&nbsp;457 under the Securities Act of 1933.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) for the purpose of registering additional shares
of Common Stock of the Registrant in connection with the CDI Corp. Stock
Purchase Plan for Management Employees and Non-Employee Directors (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
A registration statement on Form S-8, file number 333-34508 (the &#147;Prior
Registration Statement&#148;) was filed on April&nbsp;11, 2000 for Common Stock of the
Registrant to be offered under the Plan and is currently effective. The
contents of the Prior Registration Statement, to the extent not amended by this
Registration Statement, are hereby incorporated by reference.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference as part of
this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2"> Opinion of Joseph R. Seiders, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel, CDI Corp., as to the legality
of the securities being registered.
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    <TD><FONT size="2"> Consent of KPMG LLP
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    <TD><FONT size="2">Consent of Joseph R. Seiders, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel, CDI Corp. (contained in the
opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Registration Statement).
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    <TD><FONT size="2"> Power of Attorney (set forth on signature page of
this Registration Statement).
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,
on November&nbsp;11, 2003.
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    <TD colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">CDI CORP</FONT></TD>
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By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Roger H. Ballou</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Roger H. Ballou<br>
President, Chief Executive Officer<br>
and Director</FONT></TD>
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By:
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jay G. Stuart</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Jay G. Stuart<br>
Executive Vice President and<br>
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">POWER OF ATTORNEY
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Roger H. Ballou, Jay G. Stuart and Joseph R.
Seiders, and each of them, as such person&#146;s true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and
in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully as to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement and the
foregoing Power of Attorney have been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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/s/ Walter E. Blankley</FONT></TD>
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Walter E. Blankley<br>
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">Date:</FONT></TD>
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November&nbsp;11, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Michael J. Emmi<br>
Director</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Walter R. Garrison</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 22, 2004.
Registration
No. 33-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CDI CORP.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania
1717 Arch Street, 35th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2768
23-2394430
(State of Incorporation)
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
CDI CORP.
STOCK PURCHASE PLAN FOR MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES AND NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS
(Full Title of the Plan)
Joseph R. Seiders, Esquire
CDI Corp.
1717 Arch Street, 35th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2768
(name and address of agent for service)
(215) 569-2200
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
Paul S. Kimbol, Esquire
Dechert LLP
4000 Bell Atlantic Tower
1717 Arch Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2793
(215) 994-2603
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
Amount
maximum
maximum
Amount of
securities
to be
offering
aggregate
registration
to be registered
registered (1)
price per share(2)
offering price(2)
fee(3)
Common Stock
par value $.10 per
share
35,000 shares
$
33.12
$
1,159,200
$
93.78
(1)
This registration statement of CDI Corp. (the "Registrant") relates to the registration of the offer and sale of up to an aggregate of
35,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.10 per share ("Common Stock"), pursuant to the CDI Corp. Stock
Purchase Plan for Management Employees and Non-Employee Directors.
(2)
The amounts are based upon the average of the high and low sale prices for the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
on January 20, 2004 and are used solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with paragraphs (c) and (h) of
Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
This Registration Statement is filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") for the purpose of registering additional shares
of Common Stock of the Registrant in connection with the CDI Corp. Stock
Purchase Plan for Management Employees and Non-Employee Directors (the "Plan").
A registration statement on Form S-8, file number 333-34508 (the "Prior
Registration Statement") was filed on April 11, 2000 for Common Stock of the
Registrant to be offered under the Plan and is currently effective. The
contents of the Prior Registration Statement, to the extent not amended by this
Registration Statement, are hereby incorporated by reference.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference as part of
this Registration Statement:
5.1
Opinion of Joseph R. Seiders, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel, CDI Corp., as to the legality
of the securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP
23.2
Consent of Joseph R. Seiders, Senior Vice
President and General Counsel, CDI Corp. (contained in the
opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on signature page of
this Registration Statement).
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,
on November 11, 2003.
CDI CORP
By:
/s/ Roger H. Ballou
Roger H. Ballou
President, Chief Executive Officer
and Director
By:
/s/ Jay G. Stuart
Jay G. Stuart
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Roger H. Ballou, Jay G. Stuart and Joseph R.
Seiders, and each of them, as such person's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and agent, with full power of substitution and revocation, for such person and
in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same
with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and
agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done, as fully as to all intents and purposes as
such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact and agent or his substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement and the
foregoing Power of Attorney have been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
By:
/s/ Walter E. Blankley
Walter E. Blankley
Director
Date:
November 11, 2003
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By:
Michael J. Emmi
Director
Date:
By:
/s/ Walter R. Garrison
Walter R. Garrison
Director
Date:
November 11, 2003
By:
/s/ Kay Hahn Harrell
Kay Hahn Harrell
Director
Date:
November 11, 2003
By:
/s/ Lawrence C. Karlson
Lawrence C. Karlson
Director
Date:
November 11, 2003
By:
Alan B. Miller
Director
Date:
By:
/s/ Ronald J. Kozich
Ronald J. Kozich
Director
Date:
November 11, 2003
By:
/s/ Barton J. Winokur
Barton J. Winokur
Director
Date:
November 11, 2003
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