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<FONT size=2 face="serif">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August 27, 2008 </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT></P>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT></P>
<P align="center">
<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">FORM S-8 </FONT></B><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">UNDER </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </FONT></P>
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  <TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
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      <TD align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"> <div align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Lazare
      Kaplan International Inc.</FONT> </div></TD>
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    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;      </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><font size=2 face="serif">Delaware</font> </div></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center nowrap>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;      </TD>
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      <TD align=center><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <font size=2 face="serif">13-2728690</font> </div></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;      </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=left nowrap><div align="center"><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;
        <font size=2 face="serif">19
          West 44<sup>th </sup>Street, New York, NY 10036</font> </div>
      </div></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;      </TD>
    </TR>
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      <TD align=center nowrap><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><font size=2 face="serif">2008
      Long Term Incentive Plan</font> </div></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(Full title of the Plan)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;      </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">William Moryto</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">Lazare Kaplan International Inc.</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">19 West 44</FONT><SUP><FONT size=2 face="serif">th </FONT></SUP><FONT size=2 face="serif">Street</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000" size=2 face="serif">New York, NY 10036</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;      </TD>
    </TR>
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      <TD align=right nowrap>
        <div align="center"><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT size=2 face="serif">(212) 972-9700</FONT> </div></div></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=center nowrap>
      <FONT size=2 face="serif">(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">Copy to: </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Frederick R. Cummings, Jr., Esq. </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">555 Fifth Avenue </FONT><BR>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">New York, New York 10017 </FONT></P>

<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">&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 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</FONT></P>
<P align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Large accelerated filer&nbsp; </FONT><font face=WINGDINGS>o</font><FONT size=2 face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accelerated Filer</FONT> &nbsp;<font face=WINGDINGS>o</font></P>

<P align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp; </FONT><font face=WINGDINGS>x</font><FONT size=2 face="serif"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Smaller
    reporting company</FONT> &nbsp;<font face=WINGDINGS>o</font></P>
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<B><FONT size=2 face="serif">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </FONT></B></P>
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<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Proposed</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Proposed</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
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  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Maximum</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Maximum</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Amount</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Offering</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap><div align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Aggregate</FONT> </div></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=right nowrap>
    <div align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Amount of</FONT> </div></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Title of Securities</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=center nowrap>
    <div align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">to be</FONT> </div></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Price Per</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=center nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Offering</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=right nowrap>
    <div align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Registration</FONT> </div></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<U><FONT size=2 face="serif">to be Registered</FONT></U>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Registered</FONT></U>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=center nowrap>
    <div align="left"><U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Share</FONT></U><FONT size=1 face="serif"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT> </div></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=center nowrap>
<U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Price</FONT></U><FONT size=1 face="serif"><SUP>(2)</SUP></FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=center nowrap>
    <div align="center"><U><FONT size=2 face="serif">Fee</FONT></U> </div></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=9>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">Common Stock,</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
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  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">&#36;1.00 par value</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">750,000</FONT><FONT size=1 face="serif"><SUP>(1)</SUP></FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">&#36;8.815</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=right nowrap>
    <div align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">&#36; 6,611,250</FONT> </div></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
    <div align="center"><FONT size=2 face="serif">&#36; 259.82</FONT> </div></TD>
</TR>
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<FONT size=2 face="serif">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also registers any additional shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock as may
become issuable pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Registrant's plan.</FONT></P>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT size=2 face="serif">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT size=2 face="serif">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The price shown is the average of the high and low price of the Common Stock as reported on The American
Stock Exchange on August 25, 2008.</FONT></P>
  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P align="center">
<FONT face="serif">PART I </FONT><BR>
<FONT face="serif">INCORPORATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 1. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Plan Information</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission
as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 2. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">Upon written or oral request, Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement which are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The Registrant will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b)
under the Securities Act. Requests for the above mentioned information should be directed to Controller, Lazare Kaplan International Inc., 19 West 44</FONT><SUP><FONT face="serif">th</FONT></SUP><FONT face="serif"> Street, New York, NY 10036,
telephone number (212) 972-9700.</FONT></P>
<P align="center">
<FONT face="serif">PART II </FONT></P>
<P align="center">
<FONT face="serif">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 3. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">The documents of the Registrant listed below are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>
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  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<FONT face="serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=99%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007;</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=99%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007;</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=99%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the quarters ended August 31, 2007, November 30, 2007 and February 29, 2008, respectively;</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement in connection with the Registrant's 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on each of November 15, 2007, February 7, 2008, February 19, 2008, March 11, 2008, and April 14, 2008.</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth under Item 1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on September 21, 1973, which incorporates by reference
the description set forth in the Prospectus, contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S- 1 filed with the Commission on August 28, 1972 (File No. 2-45510), under the caption "Description of Common Stock."</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;) 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 into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">Any document, and 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 that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any
such document or statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is
qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 4. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Description of Securities</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif"> Not applicable. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 5. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">The legality of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP. Lucien Burstein, of counsel to such firm, is a director and stockholder of the Registrant. </FONT></P>

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<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 6. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's By-Laws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In general, directors
and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the
indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful. In addition, the By-Laws provide that the Registrant has the authority to obtain liability insurance. Furthermore, the personal liability of the directors is limited as provided in the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 7. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Exemption From Registration Claimed</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">Not applicable. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 8. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Exhibits</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
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<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The Registrant&#146;s 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Opinion of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Lazare Kaplan International Inc.</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=3>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Consent of KSI Shah &amp; Associates</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top><FONT face="serif">23.3</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT face="serif">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered
    Public Accounting Firm for Bellataire</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top><FONT face="serif">23.4</FONT></TD>
  <TD><FONT face="serif">Consent of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh,
    LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD width=100%>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">Item 9. </FONT><U><FONT face="serif">Undertakings</FONT></U><FONT face="serif">. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes: </FONT></P>
<div style="margin-left:40px">
  <p align="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="serif">(1)
      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
      amendment to this Registration Statement 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; </font></p>
  <p align="left"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="serif">(2)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment 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; </font></p>
  <p align="left"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="serif">(3)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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. </font></p>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the 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. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant as described above, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>
<P align="center">&nbsp;</P>
<P align="center"><U><FONT face="serif">SIGNATURES</FONT></U><FONT face="serif"> </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">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 New
York, State of New York, on the 27 day of August, 2008. </FONT></P>
<div align="right">
  <TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD colspan="3" align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
        <FONT face="serif">LAZARE KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL INC.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD colspan="3" align=left nowrap><FONT face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;    (Registrant)</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </TD>
      <TD align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #FFFFFF;">
      <div align="left"><FONT face="serif">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></div></TD>
      <TD align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;"><FONT face="serif"> /s/
      William Moryto</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left nowrap><div align="left"><FONT face="serif">William Moryto, Vice President and</FONT> </div></TD>
    </TR>
    <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align=left nowrap><FONT face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Chief Financial Officer</FONT>  </TD>
    </TR>
  </TABLE>
  <BR>
</div>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William Moryto as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and</FONT></P>

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<P align="left">
<FONT face="serif">confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </FONT></P>
<P align="left">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT face="serif">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. </FONT></P>
<TABLE width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD width=22% align=left nowrap><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <font face="serif">/s/
    Maurice Tempelsman</font> </div></TD>
  <TD width=64%>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD width=14% align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">August 27, 2008</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">Maurice Tempelsman, Chairman of the Board</FONT>    </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<FONT face="serif">/s/ Leon Tempelsman</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">August 27, 2008</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD colspan="2" align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">Leon Tempelsman, Vice Chairman of the Board</FONT>    </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">and President</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">(Principal Executive Officer)</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <font face="serif">/s/
    William Moryto</font> </div></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">August 27, 2008</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">William Moryto, Vice President and</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">Chief Financial Officer</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD colspan="3" align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</FONT>      </TD>
  </TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <font face="serif">/s/
    Lucien Burstein</font> </div></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">August 27, 2008</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">Lucien Burstein, Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap><div style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <font face="serif">/s/
    Richard Berenson</font> </div></TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">August 27, 2008</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">Richard Berenson, Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD colspan=3>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap style="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;">
<FONT face="serif">/s/ Robert Del Genio</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">August 27, 2008</FONT>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
  <TD align=left nowrap>
<FONT face="serif">Robert Del Genio, Director</FONT>  </TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;  </TD>
  <TD align=left nowrap>&nbsp;  </TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<FONT face="serif">INDEX TO EXHIBITS </FONT></P>
<TABLE width="100%" border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">4.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">The Registrant&#146;s 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">5.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Opinion of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh, LLP</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">23.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered
    Public Accounting Firm for Lazare Kaplan International Inc.</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">23.2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Consent of KSI Shah &amp; Associates</FONT></P>  </TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan=2>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top><font face="serif">23.3</font></TD>
  <TD><font face="serif">Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered
    Public Accounting Firm for Bellataire</font></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top><font face="serif">23.4</font></TD>
  <TD><font face="serif">Consent of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger &amp; Kuh,
    LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</font></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>&nbsp;</TD>
  <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
  <TD nowrap valign=top>
<FONT face="serif">24.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
  <TD>
<P align="left"><FONT face="serif">Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)</FONT></P>  </TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on August 27, 2008
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lazare
      Kaplan International Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
13-2728690
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
19
          West 44
th
Street, New York, NY 10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
2008
      Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
William Moryto
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
19 West 44
th
Street
New York, NY 10036
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(212) 972-9700
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Frederick R. Cummings, Jr., Esq.
Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP
555 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10017
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
o
Accelerated Filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
x
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
(2)
Price
(2)
Fee
Common Stock,
$1.00 par value
750,000
(1)
$8.815
$ 6,611,250
$ 259.82
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this Registration Statement also registers any additional shares of the Registrant's common stock as may
become issuable pursuant to the antidilution provisions of the Registrant's plan.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The price shown is the average of the high and low price of the Common Stock as reported on The American
Stock Exchange on August 25, 2008.
PART I
INCORPORATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information
.
As permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents
containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission
as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together,
constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
.
Upon written or oral request, Lazare Kaplan International Inc. (the "Registrant") will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement which are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The Registrant will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b)
under the Securities Act. Requests for the above mentioned information should be directed to Controller, Lazare Kaplan International Inc., 19 West 44
th
Street, New York, NY 10036,
telephone number (212) 972-9700.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The documents of the Registrant listed below are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007;
(b)
The Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2007;
(c)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the quarters ended August 31, 2007, November 30, 2007 and February 29, 2008, respectively;
(d)
The Registrant's definitive Proxy Statement in connection with the Registrant's 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders; and
(e)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K as filed with the Commission on each of November 15, 2007, February 7, 2008, February 19, 2008, March 11, 2008, and April 14, 2008.
(f)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth under Item 1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, as filed with the Commission on September 21, 1973, which incorporates by reference
the description set forth in the Prospectus, contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S- 1 filed with the Commission on August 28, 1972 (File No. 2-45510), under the caption "Description of Common Stock."
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission after the date of this Registration Statement pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act") 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 into this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
Any document, and 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 that also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or supersedes such document or statement. Any
such document or statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement. Subject to the foregoing, all information appearing in this Registration Statement is
qualified in its entirety by the information appearing in the documents incorporated by reference herein.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The legality of the securities offered hereby has been passed upon by Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP. Lucien Burstein, of counsel to such firm, is a director and stockholder of the Registrant.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
.
The Delaware General Corporation Law and the Registrant's By-Laws provide for indemnification of the Registrant's directors and officers for liabilities and expenses that they may incur in such capacities. In general, directors
and officers are indemnified with respect to actions taken in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Registrant, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, actions that the
indemnitee had no reasonable cause to believe were unlawful. In addition, the By-Laws provide that the Registrant has the authority to obtain liability insurance. Furthermore, the personal liability of the directors is limited as provided in the
Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed
.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
4.1
The Registrant's 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan
5.1
Opinion of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
23.2
Consent of KSI Shah & Associates
23.3
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered
    Public Accounting Firm for Bellataire
23.4
Consent of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh,
    LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)
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 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;
(2)
      That, for the purpose
of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment 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;
(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, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the 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 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant as described above, or otherwise, the
Registrant has been advised that, in the opinion of the 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 Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant 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 Registrant 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 Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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 New
York, State of New York, on the 27 day of August, 2008.
LAZARE KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/
      William Moryto
William Moryto, Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints William Moryto as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in
his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 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.
/s/
    Maurice Tempelsman
August 27, 2008
Maurice Tempelsman, Chairman of the Board
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Leon Tempelsman
August 27, 2008
Leon Tempelsman, Vice Chairman of the Board
and President
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/
    William Moryto
August 27, 2008
William Moryto, Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/
    Lucien Burstein
August 27, 2008
Lucien Burstein, Director
/s/
    Richard Berenson
August 27, 2008
Richard Berenson, Director
/s/ Robert Del Genio
August 27, 2008
Robert Del Genio, Director
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
4.1
The Registrant's 2008 Long-Term Incentive Plan
5.1
Opinion of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh, LLP
23.1
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered
    Public Accounting Firm for Lazare Kaplan International Inc.
23.2
Consent of KSI Shah & Associates
23.3
Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP, Independent Registered
    Public Accounting Firm for Bellataire
23.4
Consent of Warshaw Burstein Cohen Schlesinger & Kuh,
    LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (contained on signature page)