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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;&#095;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 4pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 4pt"><B>KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL</B>
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(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>95-2623879</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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<B>1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite&nbsp;2600<BR>

Los Angeles, California 90067</B><BR>

(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant&#146;s Principal Executive Offices)</DIV>


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<B>KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN</B><BR>

(Full Title of Plan)</DIV>


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<B>Gary D. Burnison<BR>

1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite&nbsp;2600<BR>

Los Angeles, California 90067<BR>

(310)&nbsp;552-1834</B><BR>

(Name, address, zip code, and telephone number,<BR>

including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>


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<B>Copy to:<BR>

Bruce D. Meyer, Esq.<BR>

Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP<BR>

333 South Grand Avenue<BR>

Los Angeles, California 90071</B></DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Deferred
Compensation
Obligations (1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$100,000,000</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">100%(2)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Deferred Compensation Obligations being registered are general unsecured obligations
of Korn/Ferry International (&#147;Registrant&#148;) to pay deferred compensation in the future to
participating members of a select group of management or highly compensated employees in
accordance with the terms of the Korn/Ferry International Executive Capital Accumulation Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.</TD>
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    <TD>Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h).</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is filed by
Korn/Ferry International, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), relating to
$100,000,000 of principal amount of deferred compensation obligations issuable to participating members
of a select group of management and highly compensated employees under the Korn/Ferry International
Executive Capital Accumulation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), which $100,000,000 of deferred
compensation obligations is in addition to the $40,000,000 principal amount of deferred compensation
obligations registered on the Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on December 10, 2003 (Commission File
No.&nbsp;333-111038) (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;).  The contents of the Prior
Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration
Statement, except as amended hereby.

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to General Instruction&nbsp;E to Form&nbsp;S-8, because this Registration Statement registers additional
securities under the Plan of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statement relates and
is effective, this Registration Statement consists only of the following:  the facing page, the required
statement regarding incorporation by reference, information required to be in this Registration Statement
that is not in the Prior Registration Statement, the required opinions and consents, and the signature page.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></DIV>



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    <TD><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Registration Statement hereby incorporates
by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement. After giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of $140,000,000 principal
amount of deferred compensation obligations of the Registrant under the Plan will have been
registered for issuance pursuant to the Plan. In addition, the following documents filed with the
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:</DIV>


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">a)</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2008,
filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;30, 2008;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">b)</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July&nbsp;31,
2008, October&nbsp;31, 2008 and January&nbsp;31, 2009, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;9,
2008, December&nbsp;10, 2008 and March&nbsp;12, 2009, respectively; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">c)</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;2, 2008,
July&nbsp;14, 2008, September&nbsp;26, 2008, March&nbsp;6, 2009,
March&nbsp;17, 2009, April&nbsp;29, 2009,  May
20, 2009 and June 5, 2009.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</DIV>


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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Item&nbsp;6.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Under Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;Delaware Law&#148;), the Registrant has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws include
provisions to (i)&nbsp;eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for monetary
damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section
102(b)(7) of the Delaware Law and (ii)&nbsp;require the Registrant to indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware Law, including
circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to Section&nbsp;145 of the
Delaware Law, a corporation generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors,
officers, employees and agents against expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding to which any such person is or is threatened to be made a party by
reason of such person serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation
and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. These provisions do not eliminate the directors&#146; duty of care,
and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of
non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware Law. In addition, each director will
continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Registrant,
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations
of law, for acts or omissions that the director believes to be contrary to the best interests of
the Registrant or its stockholders, for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit, for acts or omissions involving a reckless disregard for the director&#146;s duty to
the Registrant or its stockholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of a risk
of serious injury to the Registrant or its stockholders, for acts or omissions that constitute an
unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director&#146;s duty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, for improper transactions between the director and the Registrant
and for improper distributions to stockholders and loans to directors and officers. The provision
also does not affect a director&#146;s responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal
securities law or state or federal environmental laws.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Registrant has also entered into an indemnification agreement with each of its directors and
executive officers and has obtained an insurance policy covering its directors and officers with
respect to certain liabilities (including, without limitation, liabilities arising under the
Securities Act).</DIV>


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    <TD><B>Exhibits.</B></TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Incorporation of
 the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed
 December 15, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 5pt">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Second Amended and Restated
Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on
<font style="white-space: nowrap">Form 8-K,</font>
 filed April 29, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 5pt">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Korn/Ferry International Executive Capital Accumulation Plan, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-111038), filed December&nbsp;10, 2003,
and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed
herewith.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->3<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Korn/Ferry
International, 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 Los Angeles, State of
California, on this 9<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of June, 2009.</DIV>


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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Gary D. Burnison</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Gary D. Burnison&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer and Director&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">We, the undersigned officers and directors of Korn/Ferry International, do hereby constitute and
appoint Peter L. Dunn and Gary D. Burnison, and each of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of us and in each of our
names, places and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as each of us might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his/her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</DIV>

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    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Gary D. Burnison</DIV>
Gary D. Burnison</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Michael A. DiGregorio</DIV>
Michael A. DiGregorio</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Chief Financial Officer  and
Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Mark Neal</DIV>
Mark Neal</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">VP, Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Kenneth Whipple</DIV>
Kenneth Whipple</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chair of Board and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ James E. Barlett</DIV>
James E. Barlett</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Patti S. Hart</DIV>
Patti S. Hart</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Edward D. Miller</DIV>
Edward D. Miller</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->4<!-- /Folio -->
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<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Debra Perry</DIV>
Debra Perry</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Ihno Schneevoigt</DIV>
Ihno Schneevoigt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June&nbsp;9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer</DIV>
Gerhard Schulmeyer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Harry L. You</DIV>
Harry L. You</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">June 9, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><!-- Folio -->5<!-- /Folio -->
</DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="88%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 5pt">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Incorporation of
 the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed
 December 15, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 5pt">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Second Amended and Restated
Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K,
 filed April 29, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 5pt">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">99.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Korn/Ferry International Executive Capital Accumulation Plan, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (No.&nbsp;333-111038), filed December&nbsp;10, 2003,
and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Filed herewith.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2009
Registration No. 333-_________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
95-2623879
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2600
Los Angeles, California 90067
(Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)
KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE CAPITAL ACCUMULATION PLAN
(Full Title of Plan)
Gary D. Burnison
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 2600
Los Angeles, California 90067
(310) 552-1834
(Name, address, zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Bruce D. Meyer, Esq.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90071
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
Title of Securities
to be
Price Per
Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered
Share
Price
Fee
Deferred
Compensation
Obligations (1)
$100,000,000
100%(2)
$100,000,000(2)
$5,580(3)
(1)
The Deferred Compensation Obligations being registered are general unsecured obligations
of Korn/Ferry International ("Registrant") to pay deferred compensation in the future to
participating members of a select group of management or highly compensated employees in
accordance with the terms of the Korn/Ferry International Executive Capital Accumulation Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee.
(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h).
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is filed by
Korn/Ferry International, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), relating to
$100,000,000 of principal amount of deferred compensation obligations issuable to participating members
of a select group of management and highly compensated employees under the Korn/Ferry International
Executive Capital Accumulation Plan (the "Plan"), which $100,000,000 of deferred
compensation obligations is in addition to the $40,000,000 principal amount of deferred compensation
obligations registered on the Form S-8 filed by the Registrant on December 10, 2003 (Commission File
No. 333-111038) (the "Prior Registration Statement").  The contents of the Prior
Registration Statement are incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Registration
Statement, except as amended hereby.
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, because this Registration Statement registers additional
securities under the Plan of the same class as those to which the Prior Registration Statement relates and
is effective, this Registration Statement consists only of the following:  the facing page, the required
statement regarding incorporation by reference, information required to be in this Registration Statement
that is not in the Prior Registration Statement, the required opinions and consents, and the signature page.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
This Registration Statement hereby incorporates
by reference the contents of the Prior Registration Statement. After giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of $140,000,000 principal
amount of deferred compensation obligations of the Registrant under the Plan will have been
registered for issuance pursuant to the Plan. In addition, the following documents filed with the
Commission are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2008,
filed with the Commission on June 30, 2008;
b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 31,
2008, October 31, 2008 and January 31, 2009, filed with the Commission on September 9,
2008, December 10, 2008 and March 12, 2009, respectively; and
c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 2, 2008,
July 14, 2008, September 26, 2008, March 6, 2009,
March 17, 2009, April 29, 2009,  May
20, 2009 and June 5, 2009.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement
contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this
Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except
as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Under Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware Law"), the Registrant has
broad powers to indemnify its directors and officers against liabilities they may incur in such
capacities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation and Second Amended and Restated Bylaws include
provisions to (i) eliminate the personal liability of its directors and officers for monetary
damages resulting from breaches of their fiduciary duty to the extent permitted by Section
102(b)(7) of the Delaware Law and (ii) require the Registrant to indemnify its directors and
officers to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware Law, including
circumstances in which indemnification is otherwise discretionary. Pursuant to Section 145 of the
Delaware Law, a corporation generally has the power to indemnify its present and former directors,
officers, employees and agents against expenses (including attorney fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such persons in connection with any
action, suit or proceeding to which any such person is or is threatened to be made a party by
reason of such person serving in such positions so long as they acted in good faith and in a manner
the person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation
and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the person had no reasonable cause to
believe their conduct was unlawful. These provisions do not eliminate the directors' duty of care,
and, in appropriate circumstances, equitable remedies such as injunctive or other forms of
non-monetary relief will remain available under Delaware Law. In addition, each director will
continue to be subject to liability for breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Registrant,
for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct, for knowing violations
of law, for acts or omissions that the director believes to be contrary to the best interests of
the Registrant or its stockholders, for any transaction from which the director derived an improper
personal benefit, for acts or omissions involving a reckless disregard for the director's duty to
the Registrant or its stockholders when the director was aware or should have been aware of a risk
of serious injury to the Registrant or its stockholders, for acts or omissions that constitute an
unexcused pattern of inattention that amounts to an abdication of the director's duty to the
Registrant or its stockholders, for improper transactions between the director and the Registrant
and for improper distributions to stockholders and loans to directors and officers. The provision
also does not affect a director's responsibilities under any other law, such as the federal
securities law or state or federal environmental laws.
The Registrant has also entered into an indemnification agreement with each of its directors and
executive officers and has obtained an insurance policy covering its directors and officers with
respect to certain liabilities (including, without limitation, liabilities arising under the
Securities Act).
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of
 the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed
 December 15, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Second Amended and Restated
Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K,
filed April 29, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
5.1*
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Korn/Ferry International Executive Capital Accumulation Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-111038), filed December 10, 2003,
and incorporated herein by reference.
*   Filed
herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant, Korn/Ferry
International, 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 Los Angeles, State of
California, on this 9
th
day of June, 2009.
KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL
By:
/s/ Gary D. Burnison
Gary D. Burnison
Chief Executive Officer and Director
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Korn/Ferry International, do hereby constitute and
appoint Peter L. Dunn and Gary D. Burnison, and each of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of us and in each of our
names, places and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite or necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as
fully to all intents and purposes as each of us might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his/her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been
signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Gary D. Burnison
Gary D. Burnison
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) and
Director
June 9, 2009
/s/ Michael A. DiGregorio
Michael A. DiGregorio
Chief Financial Officer  and
Executive Vice President
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 9, 2009
/s/ Mark Neal
Mark Neal
VP, Finance (Principal Accounting Officer)
June 9, 2009
/s/ Kenneth Whipple
Kenneth Whipple
Chair of Board and Director
June 9, 2009
/s/ James E. Barlett
James E. Barlett
Director
June 9, 2009
/s/ Patti S. Hart
Patti S. Hart
Director
June 9, 2009
/s/ Edward D. Miller
Edward D. Miller
Director
June 9, 2009
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Debra Perry
Debra Perry
Director
June 9, 2009
/s/ Ihno Schneevoigt
Ihno Schneevoigt
Director
June 9, 2009
/s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer
Gerhard Schulmeyer
Director
June 9, 2009
/s/ Harry L. You
Harry L. You
Director
June 9, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Certificate of Incorporation of
 the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed
 December 15, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference.
4.2
Second Amended and Restated
Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K,
 filed April 29, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
5.1*
Opinion of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page).
99.1
Korn/Ferry International Executive Capital Accumulation Plan, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-111038), filed December 10, 2003,
and incorporated herein by reference.
*   Filed herewith.
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