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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><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: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC.</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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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>52-2404079</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(IRS Employer Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1166 Avenue of the Americas <BR>
3<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">rd</SUP> Floor <BR>
New York, NY</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>10036</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC.<BR>
2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Brian Sullivan<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
CTPartners Executive Search Inc.<BR>
1166 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor<BR>
New York, NY 10036<BR>
Phone: (212)&nbsp;588-3500<BR>
Fax: (212)&nbsp;688-5754</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including are code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>with a copy to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Howard Groedel, Esq.<BR>
Ulmer &#038; Berne LLP<BR>
1660 West 2<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">nd</SUP> Street, Suite&nbsp;1100<BR>
Cleveland, OH 44113-1448<BR>
Phone: (216)&nbsp;583-7000<BR>
Fax: (216)&nbsp;583-7001</B></DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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 Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="CENTER">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Amount to be</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="CENTER">to be registered</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,000,000</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$15.23</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$15,230,000</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act 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
CTPartners Executive Search Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457 of the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, as quoted on the NYSE Amex on
January&nbsp;11, 2011.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
information specified in Items 1 and 2 of this Part&nbsp;I is omitted from this filing in
accordance with the provisions of Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to
Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be delivered
to the participants in the CTPartners Executive Search Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan covered by
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) as required by Rule
428(b)(1).
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B>.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
documents listed below:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s prospectus filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;8, 2010
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in connection with the Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-169224)
(the &#147;Prospectus&#148;); and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock as set forth in Registrant&#146;s
registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section 12(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
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 in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document 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 superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;None.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides, in general, that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation),
because he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the
person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which he or she
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, he or she is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court
shall deem proper.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an
officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit
or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation as authorized by Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(e) of the DGCL further provides that such expenses (including attorneys&#146;
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees or agents of the corporation may
be so paid upon such terms and conditions as the corporation deems appropriate.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted
by the DGCL, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is involved in
any actual or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal
representative, is or was one of our directors or officers or, while serving as one of our
directors or officers, is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee, or agent
of another corporation or of another entity, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) reasonably incurred by such person, subject to limited exceptions
relating to indemnity in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person.
The bylaws further provide for the advancement of expenses to each of our officers and directors.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, as the same exists or may be amended from time to time, our directors shall not be
personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director. Under Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the personal liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty can be limited or
eliminated except:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>under Section&nbsp;174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividend or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company also intends to maintain a general liability insurance policy which covers certain
liabilities of directors and officers of the Company arising out of claims based on acts or
omissions in their capacities as directors or officers, whether or not the Company would have the
power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL or the provisions of the
Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation or bylaws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company&#146;s directors
and executive officers. These agreements will provide that the Company will indemnify each of the
directors and such officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and by the Company&#146;s certificate
of incorporation or bylaws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For a list of Exhibits, see the Exhibit&nbsp;Index in this Registration Statement, which is
incorporated into this Item by reference.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(a) </B>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of
1933;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>provided, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference herein.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
</TR>




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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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 Cleveland, State of Ohio,
on the 13th day of January,
2011.
</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">CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC.<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/ David C. Nocifora
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">David C. Nocifora&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

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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>

</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Brian M. Sullivan and David C. Nocifora, and each of them severally, as his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, please and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, 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 in connection
therewith, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do so in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any of them, or their
or his or her substitutes or substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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 date indicated.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Capacity</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Date</TD>
</TR>

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<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>
    <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/ Brian M. Sullivan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brian M. Sullivan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director and Chief Executive Officer<br>
(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;13, 2011</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>
    <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/ David C. Nocifora
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David C. Nocifora
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Operating Officer and<br>
Chief Financial Officer<br>
(principal financial and accounting officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;13, 2011</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>
    <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/ Scott M. Birnbaum
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Scott M. Birnbaum
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;13, 2011</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>
    <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 C. Feiner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Michael C. Feiner
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;13, 2011</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>
    <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/ Betsy L. Morgan
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Betsy L. Morgan
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;13, 2011</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>
    <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/ Thomas R. Testwuide, Sr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas R. Testwuide, Sr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">January&nbsp;13, 2011</TD>
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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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    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></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">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Certificate of Incorporation of CTPartners Executive
Search Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-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">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of By-laws of CTPartners Executive Search Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;S-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">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2010 Equity Incentive Plan of CTPartners Executive Search Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.4 to the Registrant&#146;s
Form&nbsp;S-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">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Ulmer &#038; Berne 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">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ulmer &#038; Berne LLP (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">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of McGladrey &#038; Pullen, 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">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 nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Filed herewith.</TD>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
52-2404079
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
1166 Avenue of the Americas
3
rd
Floor
New York, NY
10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC.
2010 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Brian Sullivan
Chief Executive Officer
CTPartners Executive Search Inc.
1166 Avenue of the Americas, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10036
Phone: (212) 588-3500
Fax: (212) 688-5754
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including are code, of agent for service)
with a copy to:
Howard Groedel, Esq.
Ulmer & Berne LLP
1660 West 2
nd
Street, Suite 1100
Cleveland, OH 44113-1448
Phone: (216) 583-7000
Fax: (216) 583-7001
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 Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting
company
þ
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered (1)
per share (2)
price
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $0.001 per
share
1,000,000
$15.23
$15,230,000
$1,768
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act 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
CTPartners Executive Search Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457 of the Securities Act, and based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the
Registrant's common stock, as quoted on the NYSE Amex on
January 11, 2011.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
information specified in Items 1 and 2 of this Part I is omitted from this filing in
accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to
Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered
to the participants in the CTPartners Executive Search Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan covered by
this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") as required by Rule
428(b)(1).
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement the
documents listed below:
(a)
the Registrant's prospectus filed with the Commission on December 8, 2010
pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act in connection with the Registrant's
registration statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-169224)
(the "Prospectus"); and
(b)
the description of the Registrant's common stock as set forth in Registrant's
registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission under Section 12(b) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
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 in this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement contained in a document 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 superseded,
to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145(a) of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides, in general, that a
corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative, or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation),
because he or she is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or
was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including
attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred
by the person in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding, if he or she acted in good faith
and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may indemnify any person
who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because the
person is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving
at the
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request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement
of such action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no
indemnification shall be made with respect to any claim, issue, or matter as to which he or she
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the
Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court determines that, despite the adjudication of
liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, he or she is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or other adjudicating court
shall deem proper.
Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit
or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action,
suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to
repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified by the corporation as authorized by Section 145 of the DGCL.
Section 145(e) of the DGCL further provides that such expenses (including attorneys'
fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees or agents of the corporation may
be so paid upon such terms and conditions as the corporation deems appropriate.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee, or agent of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer,
employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such
capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.
The Company's bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted
by the DGCL, any person who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is involved in
any actual or threatened action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or
investigative, by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal
representative, is or was one of our directors or officers or, while serving as one of our
directors or officers, is or was serving at our request as a director, officer, employee, or agent
of another corporation or of another entity, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses
(including attorneys' fees) reasonably incurred by such person, subject to limited exceptions
relating to indemnity in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person.
The bylaws further provide for the advancement of expenses to each of our officers and directors.
The Company's certificate of incorporation provides that, to the fullest extent permitted by
the DGCL, as the same exists or may be amended from time to time, our directors shall not be
personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a
director. Under Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the personal liability of a director to the
corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty can be limited or
eliminated except:
•
for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its
stockholders;
•
for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law;
•
under Section 174 of the DGCL (relating to unlawful payment of dividend or
unlawful stock purchase or redemption); or
•
for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Company also intends to maintain a general liability insurance policy which covers certain
liabilities of directors and officers of the Company arising out of claims based on acts or
omissions in their capacities as directors or officers, whether or not the Company would have the
power to indemnify such person against such liability under the DGCL or the provisions of the
Company's certificate of incorporation or bylaws.
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of the Company's directors
and executive officers. These agreements will provide that the Company will indemnify each of the
directors and such officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and by the Company's certificate
of incorporation or bylaws.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
For a list of Exhibits, see the Exhibit Index in this Registration Statement, which is
incorporated into this Item by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any
increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form
of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement.
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement.
provided, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports
filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference herein.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered herein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability
under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this registration
statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid
by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any
action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of
its counsel, the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
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 Cleveland, State of Ohio,
on the 13th day of January,
2011.
CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC.
By:
/s/ David C. Nocifora
Name:
David C. Nocifora
Title:
Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes
and appoints Brian M. Sullivan and David C. Nocifora, and each of them severally, as his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for
him or her and in his or her name, please and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, 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 in connection
therewith, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do so in person,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any of them, or their
or his or her substitutes or 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 date indicated.
Signature
Capacity
Date
/s/ Brian M. Sullivan
Brian M. Sullivan
Director and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
January 13, 2011
/s/ David C. Nocifora
David C. Nocifora
Chief Operating Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial and accounting officer)
January 13, 2011
/s/ Scott M. Birnbaum
Scott M. Birnbaum
Director
January 13, 2011
/s/ Michael C. Feiner
Michael C. Feiner
Director
January 13, 2011
/s/ Betsy L. Morgan
Betsy L. Morgan
Director
January 13, 2011
/s/ Thomas R. Testwuide, Sr.
Thomas R. Testwuide, Sr.
Director
January 13, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Form of Certificate of Incorporation of CTPartners Executive
Search Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the
Registrant's Form S-1)
4.2
Form of By-laws of CTPartners Executive Search Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's
Form S-1)
4.3
2010 Equity Incentive Plan of CTPartners Executive Search Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's
Form S-1)
5.1
Opinion of Ulmer & Berne LLP*
23.1
Consent of Ulmer & Berne LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP*
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith.
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