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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September&nbsp;10, 2009<BR>
Registration No.&nbsp;333-___
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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<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 8pt"><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<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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Incorporation or Organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 8pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV><BR>
<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 AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE <BR>PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt">(Full Title of Plan)<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><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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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><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>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD>
<TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 8pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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value $0.01 per
share
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;),
this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of common
stock of the Registrant as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to the terms of the Korn/Ferry International
Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
common stock of the Registrant on the New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;4, 2009.</TD>
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<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY STATEMENT</B>
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<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 2,360,000 shares of its
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), issuable to eligible persons under
the Korn/Ferry International Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;), which
2,360,000 shares are in addition to the 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the
Registrant&#146;s Form S-8 filed on April&nbsp;17, 2009, as amended by the Form S-8/A filed on June&nbsp;5, 2009
(Commission File No.&nbsp;333-158632) (the &#147;Prior Registration Statement&#148;) with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#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.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The following documents, which have previously been filed by the Registrant with the Commission,
are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April&nbsp;30, 2009,
filed with the Commission on June&nbsp;29, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July&nbsp;31,
2009, filed with the Commission on September&nbsp;9, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;20, 2009,
June&nbsp;5, 2009 and June&nbsp;12, 2009; and</TD>
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    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock contained in the Registration
Statement filed with the Commission on November&nbsp;3, 2000 on Form S-3 pursuant to Section&nbsp;12
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</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 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed December&nbsp;15, 1999, and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed April&nbsp;29, 2009, and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-49286), filed November&nbsp;3, 2000, and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Korn/Ferry International Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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</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 10th day of September, 2009.
</DIV>


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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<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.
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    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <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>
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</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gary D. Burnison</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Executive Officer</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gary D. Burnison
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Michael A. DiGregorio</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Vice President</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael A. DiGregorio
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Mark Neal</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">VP, Finance (Principal
Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Mark Neal
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kenneth Whipple</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chair of the Board and Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>

</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Kenneth Whipple
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James E. Barlett</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James E. Barlett
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
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    <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>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Denise Kingsmill</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Denise Kingsmill
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Edward D. Miller</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Edward D. Miller
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Debra Perry</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Debra Perry
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Gerhard Schulmeyer
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ George Shaheen</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
George Shaheen
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Harry L. You</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">September&nbsp;10, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Harry L. You
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Exhibit No.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Description</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q, filed December&nbsp;15, 1999, and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed April&nbsp;29, 2009, and incorporated herein by
reference.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3</FONT> (File No.&nbsp;333-49286), filed November&nbsp;3, 2000, and
incorporated herein by reference.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Gibson, Dunn &#038; Crutcher LLP.</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page).</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Korn/Ferry International Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.</TD>
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FORM S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 10, 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
95-2623879
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(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 AMENDED AND RESTATED 2008 STOCK INCENTIVE
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
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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
Common Stock, par
value $0.01 per
share
2,360,000(1)
$12.83(2)
$30,278,800(2)
$1,689.56
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"),
this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminable number of additional shares of common
stock of the Registrant as may become issuable to prevent dilution in the event of stock splits,
stock dividends or similar transactions pursuant to the terms of the Korn/Ferry International
Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c)
and Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act, based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
common stock of the Registrant on the New York Stock Exchange on September 4, 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
Item 8. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-5.1
EX-23.1
EX-99.1
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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 2,360,000 shares of its
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), issuable to eligible persons under
the Korn/Ferry International Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which
2,360,000 shares are in addition to the 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock registered on the
Registrant's Form S-8 filed on April 17, 2009, as amended by the Form S-8/A filed on June 5, 2009
(Commission File No. 333-158632) (the "Prior Registration Statement") with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission"). 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.
The following documents, which have previously been filed by the Registrant with the Commission,
are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009,
filed with the Commission on June 29, 2009;
b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended July 31,
2009, filed with the Commission on September 9, 2009;
c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 20, 2009,
June 5, 2009 and June 12, 2009; and
d)
the description of the Registrant's common stock contained in the Registration
Statement filed with the Commission on November 3, 2000 on Form S-3 pursuant to Section 12
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, 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
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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.
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.
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-3
(File No. 333-49286), filed November 3, 2000, 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 Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.
*
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 10th day of September, 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
Chief Executive Officer
September 10, 2009
Gary D. Burnison
(Principal Executive Officer)
and Director
/s/ Michael A. DiGregorio
Chief Financial Officer and
Executive Vice President
September 10, 2009
Michael A. DiGregorio
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Mark Neal
VP, Finance (Principal
Accounting Officer)
September 10, 2009
Mark Neal
/s/ Kenneth Whipple
Chair of the Board and Director
September 10, 2009
Kenneth Whipple
/s/ James E. Barlett
Director
September 10, 2009
James E. Barlett
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Denise Kingsmill
Director
September 10, 2009
Denise Kingsmill
/s/ Edward D. Miller
Director
September 10, 2009
Edward D. Miller
/s/ Debra Perry
Director
September 10, 2009
Debra Perry
/s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer
Director
September 10, 2009
Gerhard Schulmeyer
/s/ George Shaheen
Director
September 10, 2009
George Shaheen
/s/ Harry L. You
Director
September 10, 2009
Harry L. You
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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.
4.3
Form of Common Stock Certificate of the Registrant, filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form S-3
(File No. 333-49286), filed November 3, 2000, 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 Amended and Restated 2008 Stock Incentive Plan.
*
Filed herewith.
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