As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 9, 2000 Registration No. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 _________________________ FORM S-8 Registration Statement under The Securities Act of 1933 _________________________ KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 95-2623879 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 1800 Century Park East, Suite 900 Los Angeles, California 90067 (Address of Principal Executive Offices) _________________________ KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE AWARD PLAN (Full title of the plan) _________________________ Peter L. Dunn 1800 Century Park East, Suite 900 Los Angeles, California 90067 (310) 843-4100 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Steven B. Stokdyk Sullivan & Cromwell 1888 Century Park East, 21st Floor Los Angeles, California 90067 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE ==================================================================================================================================== Proposed Maximum Proposed Maximum Title of Securities to be Registered Amount to be Offering Price Aggregate Amount of Registered Per Share* Offering Price* Registration Fee ==================================================================================================================================== Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share 6,000,000 $34.78 $208,680,000 $55,092 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h), based on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock of Korn/Ferry International (the "Company") as reported on The New York Stock Exchange on November 1, 2000. 1 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, this Registration Statement registers additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a registration statement, also filed on Form S-8 and relating to the Korn/Ferry International Performance Award Plan, is effective. Therefore, this Registration Statement consists only of the following: the facing page, the required statement (regarding incorporation by reference) set forth below, the required opinions and consents, and the signature page. This Registration Statement hereby incorporates by reference the contents of Registrant's earlier registration statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-73147 filed with the Commission on March 1, 1999 and the post-effective amendment to Form S-8 filed with the Commission on October 26, 1999. After giving effect to this filing, an aggregate of 13,000,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock have been registered for issuance pursuant to the Korn/Ferry International Performance Award Plan. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT Pursuant to the above-mentioned instruction to Form S-8, the only exhibits required with this filing are the opinions and consents, as listed below. Item 8. Exhibits. See the attached Exhibit Index that follows the signature page. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant, Korn/Ferry International, certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on this 8th day of November, 2000. KORN/FERRY INTERNATIONAL By: /s/ Elizabeth S.C.S. Murray -------------------------------------- Elizabeth S.C.S. Murray Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President We, the undersigned officers and directors of Korn/Ferry International, do hereby constitute and appoint Peter L. Dunn and Elizabeth S.C.S Murray, and each of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for each of us and in each of our names, places and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary or desirable to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as each of us might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his/her substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated: Signature Title Date --------- ----- ---- /s/ Richard M. Ferry Chair of the Board and Director November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Richard M. Ferry /s/ Windle B. Priem Chief Executive Officer, President November 2, 2000 - ------------------------------------ and Director (Principal Executive Windle B. Priem Officer) /s/ Elizabeth S.C.S. Murray Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ and Executive Vice President Elizabeth S.C.S. Murray (Principal Financial Officer) 3 /s/ Donald E. Jordan Senior Vice President of Finance November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Officer) Donald E. Jordan /s/ James E. Bartlett Director November 1, 2000 - ------------------------------------ James E. Bartlett /s/ Frank V. Cahouet Director November 3, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Frank V. Cahouet /s/ Peter L. Dunn Director November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Peter L. Dunn Director - ------------------------------------ Timothy K. Friar Director - ------------------------------------ Sakie T. Fukushima /s/ Patti S. Hart Director November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Patti S. Hart /s/ Scott E. Kingdom Director November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Scott E. Kingdom /s/ Charles D. Miller Director November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Charles D. Miller /s/ Gerhard Schulmeyer Director November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Gerhard Schulmeyer 4 /s/ Mark C. Thompson Director November 8, 2000 - ------------------------------------ Mark C. Thompson 5 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description - ------------ ----------- 5.1 Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell as to the validity of the Common Stock. 23.1 Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP. 23.2 Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1). 24 Power of Attorney (included on signature page). 6