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Executive Search Asia Pacific Adjusted EBITDA increased by $3.0 million, or 23%, to $16.2 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to $13.2 million in the year-ago period. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily driven by an increase in fee revenue, partially offset by an increase in compensation and benefits expense in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the year-ago period. Executive Search Asia Pacific Adjusted EBITDA, as a percentage of fee revenue, was 22% in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 as compared to 21% in the nine months ended January 31, 2025.
Executive Search Latin America Adjusted EBITDA decreased by $2.5 million, or 36%, to $4.5 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to $7.0 million in the year-ago period. The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily driven by an increase in general and administrative expenses, coupled with a decrease in fee revenue in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the year-ago period. Executive Search Latin America Adjusted EBITDA, as a percentage of fee revenue, was 21% in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 as compared to 32% in the nine months ended January 31, 2025.
Professional Search & Interim Adjusted EBITDA was $87.3 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026, an increase of $7.1 million, or 9%, as compared to $80.2 million in the year-ago period. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was driven by an increase in fee revenue, partially offset by increases in cost of services expense and compensation and benefits expense (excluding integration/acquisition costs). Professional Search & Interim Adjusted EBITDA, as a percentage of fee revenue, was 21% in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to 22% in the year-ago period.
RPO Adjusted EBITDA was $42.2 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026, an increase of $4.1 million, or 11%, as compared to $38.1 million in the year-ago period. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily driven by an increase in fee revenue, partially offset by increases in compensation and benefits expense and cost of services expense in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the year-ago period. RPO Adjusted EBITDA, as a percentage of fee revenue, was 16% in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to 15% in the year-ago period.
Other Income, Net
Other income, net was $27.3 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to $29.3 million in the year-ago period. The difference was primarily due to a decrease in the gains generated from the increase in fair value of our marketable securities that are held in trust for the settlement of the Company's obligations under the ECAP during the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the year-ago period.
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense, net primarily relates to the Company's Notes issued in December 2019, borrowings under COLI policies and interest cost related to our deferred compensation plans, which are partially offset by interest earned on cash and cash equivalents balances. Interest expense, net was $14.9 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to $15.0 million in the year-ago period.
Income Tax Provision
The provision for income tax was $78.6 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026, with an effective tax rate of 27.5%, compared to $70.0 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2025, with an effective rate of 27.4%. Our effective tax rate is primarily impacted by U.S. state income taxes and jurisdictional mix of earnings, which generally create variability in the effective tax rate over time.
On July 4, 2025, the Act was enacted into law. Key provisions of the Act include the extension and modification of certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, changes to bonus depreciation, adjustments to business interest expense limitations, and modifications to the treatment of research and development expenditures. The Act has multiple effective dates, with certain provisions effective in the our fiscal 2026 and others becoming effective in fiscal 2027. In accordance with ASC 740, the effect of changes in tax rates and laws on deferred tax balances are recognized in the period when the legislation is enacted. We have reflected the effect on the Act within the provision for income taxes and the deferred tax balances as of January 31, 2026. The Act did not materially impact our effective tax rate.
Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest represents the portion of a subsidiary’s net earnings that are attributable to shares of such subsidiary not held by Korn Ferry that are included in the condensed consolidated statements of income. Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest for the nine months ended January 31, 2026 was $2.7 million, compared to $4.1 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2025.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
The Company and its Board of Directors (the "Board") endorse a balanced approach to capital allocation. The Company’s long-term priority is to invest in growth initiatives, such as the hiring of consultants, the continued development of IP and derivative products and services and the investment in synergistic, accretive merger and acquisition transactions that are expected to earn a return that is superior to the Company's cost of capital. Next, the Company’s capital allocation approach contemplates the return of a portion of excess capital to stockholders, in the form of a regular quarterly dividend, subject to the factors discussed below and in the “Risk Factors” section of the Form 10-K. Additionally, the Company considers share repurchases on an opportunistic basis and subject to the terms of our Credit Agreement (defined below) and Notes, as well as using excess cash to repay the Notes.
On December 16, 2019, we completed a private placement of the Notes with a $400.0 million principal amount pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Notes were issued with a $4.5 million discount and will mature December 15, 2027, with interest payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, that commenced on June 15, 2020. The Notes represent senior unsecured obligations that rank equally in right of payment to all existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness. We may redeem the Notes prior to maturity, subject to certain limitations and premiums defined in the indenture governing the Notes. The Notes are guaranteed by each of our existing and future wholly owned domestic subsidiaries to the extent such subsidiaries guarantee our obligations under the Credit Agreement (defined below). The indenture governing the Notes requires that, upon the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Decline (each as defined in the indenture), we shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes at 101% of their principal amount, and accrued and unpaid interest. As of January 31, 2026, the fair value of the Notes was $400.0 million, which is based on borrowing rates currently required of notes with similar terms, maturity and credit risk.
On July 1, 2025, we entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as administrative agent and other lender parties thereto. The Credit Agreement provides for an $850.0 million five-year senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Facility”). The Credit Agreement also provides that, under certain circumstances, we may incur term loans or increase the aggregate principal amount of revolving commitments by an aggregate amount of up to $600.0 million plus an unlimited amount subject to a consolidated secured net leverage ratio of 3.25 to 1.00. The Credit Agreement replaced a previous credit agreement dated as of December 16, 2019 (as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified, the “Prior Credit Agreement”) with Bank of America, National Association as administrative agent and other lenders party thereto. We repaid all outstanding obligations under the Prior Credit Agreement, and expenses and fees in connection therewith. See Note 11 — Long-Term Debt for a further description of the Credit Agreement. The Company had a total of $845.6 million available under the Facility and $645.6 million available under the Prior Credit Agreement as of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively, after $4.4 million of standby letters of credit were issued as of both January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025. The Company had a total of $15.1 million and $13.1 million of standby letters with other financial institutions as of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively. The standby letters of credit were generally issued as a result of entering into office premise leases.
On December 8, 2014, the Board adopted a dividend policy to distribute to our stockholders a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.10 per share. Every quarter since the adoption of the dividend policy, the Company has declared a quarterly dividend. On June 21, 2021 and 2022, the Board increased the quarterly dividend to $0.12 per share and $0.15 per share, respectively. On June 26, 2023, the Board approved an increase of 20% in the quarterly dividend, which increased the quarterly dividend to $0.18 per share. On December 5, 2023, the Board approved an increase of 83% in the quarterly dividend, which increased the quarterly dividend to $0.33 per share. On June 12, 2024, the Board approved an increase in the quarterly dividend to $0.37 per share. On March 10, 2025, the Board approved a further increase of 30% in the quarterly dividend, which increased the quarterly dividend to $0.48 per share. On March 5, 2026, the Board approved a 15% increase in the quarterly dividend, which increased the quarterly dividend to $0.55 per share. The Credit Agreement permits us to pay dividends to our stockholders and make share repurchases so long as there is no default under the Credit Agreement, our total funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio (as set forth in the Credit Agreement, the “consolidated net leverage ratio”) is no greater than 5.00 to 1.00, and we are in pro forma compliance with our financial covenants that require the Company to maintain a consolidated secured net leverage ratio of not greater than 3.75 to 1.00 (which may be temporarily increased to 4.25 following certain material acquisitions under certain circumstances) (the "Financial Covenant"). Furthermore, our Notes allow us to pay $25.0 million of dividends per fiscal year with no restrictions plus an unlimited amount of dividends so long as our consolidated total leverage ratio is not greater than 3.50 to 1.00, and there is no default under the indenture governing the Notes. The declaration and payment of future dividends under the quarterly dividend program will be at the discretion of the Board and will depend upon many factors, including our earnings, capital requirements, financial conditions, the terms of our indebtedness and other factors our Board may deem to be relevant. Our Board may, however, amend, revoke or suspend our dividend policy at any time and for any reason.
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On September 18, 2025, our Board approved an increase to the share repurchase program of $250.0 million, which at the time brought our available capacity to repurchase shares in the open market or privately negotiated transactions to $331.4 million. The Company repurchased approximately $37.2 million and $74.0 million of the Company’s stock during the nine months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. As of January 31, 2026, $306.6 million remained available for common stock repurchases under our share repurchase program. Any decision to continue to execute our currently outstanding share repurchase program will depend on our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition and other factors considered relevant by our Board.
Our primary source of liquidity is the fee revenue generated from our operations, supplemented by our borrowing capacity under our Credit Agreement. Our performance is subject to the general level of economic activity in the geographic regions and the industries we service. We believe, based on current economic conditions, that our cash on hand and funds from operations and the Credit Agreement will be sufficient to meet anticipated working capital, capital expenditures, general corporate requirements, debt repayments, share repurchases and dividend payments under our dividend policy during the next 12 months and thereafter for the foreseeable future. However, if the national or global economy, credit market conditions and/or labor markets were to deteriorate in the future, including as a result of ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty due to inflation and a potential recession, such changes have and could put further negative pressure on demand for our services and affect our operating cash flows. If these conditions were to persist over an extended period of time, we may incur negative cash flows and it might require us to access additional borrowings under the Credit Agreement to meet our capital needs and/or discontinue our share repurchases and dividend policy.
Cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities were $1,218.5 million and $1,277.0 million as of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively. Net of amounts held in trust for deferred compensation plans and accrued bonuses, cash and marketable securities were $685.5 million and $667.3 million at January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively. As of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, we held $426.2 million and $405.2 million, respectively, of cash and cash equivalents in foreign locations, net of amounts held in trust for deferred compensation plans and to pay accrued bonuses. Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and highly liquid investments purchased with original maturities of three months or less. Marketable securities consist of mutual funds and may include investments in commercial paper, corporate notes/bonds and U.S. Treasury and Agency securities. The primary objectives of our investment in mutual funds are to meet the obligations under certain of our deferred compensation plans, while the commercial paper, corporate notes/bonds and U.S. Treasury and Agency securities are available for general corporate purposes.
As of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, marketable securities of $280.1 million and $270.0 million, respectively, included equity securities of $238.0 million (net of gross unrealized gains of $39.6 million and gross unrealized losses of $0.9 million) and $230.4 million (net of gross unrealized gains of $27.7 million and gross unrealized losses of $0.6 million), respectively, and were held in trust for settlement of our obligations under certain deferred compensation plans, of which $223.5 million and $218.0 million, respectively, are classified as non-current. These marketable securities were held to satisfy vested obligations totaling $220.0 million and $205.3 million as of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively. Unvested obligations under the deferred compensation plans totaled $18.8 million and $19.5 million as of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively.
Our working capital (current assets less current liabilities) was $898.9 million as of January 31, 2026 and $794.5 million as of April 30, 2025. The net increase in our working capital of $104.4 million as of January 31, 2026 compared to April 30, 2025 was primarily attributable to a decrease in compensation and benefits payable, as well as increases in accounts receivable and income taxes and other receivables. These changes were partially offset by a decrease in cash and cash equivalents. The decrease in compensation and benefits payable and cash and cash equivalents was primarily due to payments of annual bonuses earned in fiscal 2025 and paid during the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The increase in accounts receivable was due to an increase in days of sales outstanding, which went from 58 days to 67 days (which is consistent with historical experience). Income taxes and other receivables increased primarily due to large tax payments made in fiscal 2026 and lease incentives we expect to receive within a year due to the modification of an office lease that we entered into in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Cash provided by operating activities was $117.5 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to cash provided by operating activities of $108.5 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2025.
Cash used in investing activities was $73.7 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to $112.7 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2025. The decrease from cash used in investing activities was primarily due to $44.4 million in cash paid for the acquisition of Trilogy International during the nine months ended January 31, 2025.
Cash used in financing activities was $131.0 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to $146.4 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2025. The decrease in cash used in financing activities was primarily due to lower repurchases of the Company’s common stock of $36.3 million, partially offset by an increase in dividends paid to stockholders of $17.8 million and higher payments of tax withholding on restricted stock of $2.0 million in the nine months ended January 31, 2026 compared to the year-ago period.
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Cash Surrender Value of Company-Owned Life Insurance Policies, Net of Loans
We purchased COLI policies or contracts insuring the lives of certain employees eligible to participate in the deferred compensation and pension plans as a means of funding benefits under such plans. As of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, we held contracts with gross cash surrender value of $358.1 million and $325.5 million, respectively. Total outstanding borrowings against the CSV of COLI contracts was $72.6 million and $72.8 million as of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively. Such borrowings do not require annual principal repayments, bear interest primarily at variable rates and are secured by the CSV of COLI contracts. At January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, the net cash surrender value of these policies was $285.5 million and $252.6 million, respectively.
Other than the factors discussed in this section, we are not aware of any other trends, demands or commitments that would materially affect liquidity or those that relate to our resources as of January 31, 2026.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements and have not entered into any transactions involving unconsolidated, special purpose entities. We had no material changes in contractual obligations as of January 31, 2026, as compared to those disclosed in our table of contractual obligations included in our Form 10-K.

Critical Accounting Policies
Preparation of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions and changes in the estimates are reported in current operations as new information is learned or upon the amounts becoming fixed or determinable. In preparing our interim condensed consolidated financial statements and accounting for the underlying transactions and balances, we apply our accounting policies as disclosed in the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements and in our Form 10-K. There have been no material changes in our critical accounting policies since the end of fiscal 2025.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
As a result of our global operating activities, we are exposed to certain market risks, including foreign currency exchange fluctuations and fluctuations in interest rates. We manage our exposure to these risks in the normal course of our business as described below.
Foreign Currency Risk
Substantially all our foreign subsidiaries’ operations are measured in their local currencies. Assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates of exchange in effect at the end of each reporting period and revenue and expenses are translated at daily rates of exchange during the reporting period. Resulting translation adjustments are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net on our condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Transactions denominated in a currency other than the reporting entity’s functional currency may give rise to foreign currency gains or losses that impact our results of operations. Historically, we have not realized significant foreign currency gains or losses on such transactions. During the nine months ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, we recorded foreign currency losses of $3.3 million and $1.9 million, respectively, in general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of income.
Our exposure to foreign currency exchange rates is primarily driven by fluctuations involving most major global currencies. Based on the ten largest exposure balances as of January 31, 2026, by notional value (including the U.S. Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Pound Sterling, Euro, Singapore Dollar), a 10% increase or decrease in the value of these currencies could result in a foreign exchange gain or loss of $17.8 million. We have a program that primarily utilizes foreign currency forward contracts to offset the risks associated with the effects of certain foreign currency exposures. These foreign currency forward contracts are neither used for trading purposes nor are they designated as hedging instruments pursuant to ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging .
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Interest Rate Risk
Our exposure to interest rate risk is limited to our Facility, borrowings against the CSV of COLI contracts and to a lesser extent our fixed income debt securities. As of January 31, 2026, there were no amounts outstanding under the Facility. At our option, loans issued under the Credit Agreement bear interest at either Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") or an alternate base rate, in each case plus the applicable interest rate margin. The interest rate applicable to loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement may fluctuate between Term SOFR, plus 1.125% per annum to 2.00% per annum, in the case of Term SOFR borrowings (or between the alternate base rate plus 0.125% per annum and the alternate base rate plus 1.00% per annum, in the alternative), based upon our total funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio (as set forth in the Credit Agreement, the “consolidated net leverage ratio”) at such time. In addition, we are required to pay the lenders a quarterly commitment fee ranging from 0.175% to 0.300% per annum on the average daily unused amount of the Facility, based upon our consolidated net leverage ratio at such time, and fees relating to the issuance of letters of credit.
We had $72.6 million and $72.8 million of borrowings against the CSV of COLI contracts as of January 31, 2026 and April 30, 2025, respectively, bearing interest primarily at variable rates. We have sought to minimize the risk of fluctuations in these variable rates by the fact that we receive a corresponding adjustment to our borrowed funds crediting rate, which has the effect of increasing the CSV on our COLI contracts.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures
a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
As of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, management, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting. Based on their evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures conducted as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) were effective as of January 31, 2026.
b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended January 31, 2026 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we are involved in litigation both as a plaintiff and a defendant, relating to claims arising out of our operations. As of the date of this report, we are not engaged in any legal proceedings that are expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Item 1A. Risk Factors
In our Form 10-K, we described the material factors, events, and uncertainties that make an investment in our securities risky. Those risk factors should be considered carefully, together with all other information in that Form 10-K and our subsequent filings with the SEC. It does not address all of the risks that we face, and additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also arise and impair our business operations. As of the date of this report, there have been no material changes to the risk factors described in our Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
The following table summarizes common stock repurchased by us during the quarter ended January 31, 2026:

Total Number of Shares
Purchased (1)
Average
Price Paid
Per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly-
Announced
Programs Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares
That May Yet be
Purchased Under
the Programs (2)

November 1, 2025—November 30, 2025 98,320 $ 64.71  98,320 $319.5 million
December 1, 2025—December 31, 2025 91,438 $ 67.64  91,000 $313.3 million
January 1, 2026—January 31, 2026 100,000 $ 67.56  100,000 $306.6 million
Total 289,758 $ 66.62  289,320  

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(1) Represents withholding of 438 shares to cover taxes on vested restricted shares, in addition to shares purchased as part of a publicly announced program.
(2) On September 18, 2025, our Board of Directors approved an increase to the share repurchase program of $250 million. The shares can be repurchased in open market transactions or privately negotiated transactions at the Company’s discretion. The share repurchase program has no expiration date. We repurchased approximately $19.3 million of the Company’s common stock under the program during the third quarter of fiscal 2026.
The Credit Agreement permits us to pay dividends to our stockholders and make share repurchases so long as there is no default under the Credit Agreement, the Company's total funded debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio (as set forth in the Credit Agreement, the "consolidated net leverage ratio") is no greater than 5.00 to 1.00, and we are in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenant. Furthermore, our Notes allow the Company to pay $25.0 million of dividends per fiscal year with no restrictions plus an unlimited amount of dividends so long as the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio is not greater than 3.50 to 1.00 and the Company is not in default under the indenture governing the Notes.

Item 5. Other Information
(a) None
(b) Not applicable
(c) Trading Plans
Our directors and Section 16 officers may from time to time enter into plans or other arrangements for the purchase or sale of our shares that are intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c) or may represent a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement under the Exchange Act. During the quarter ended January 31, 2026, no director or Section 16 officer adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements (in each case, as defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K).
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Item 6. Exhibits

Exhibit
Number Description
3.1* Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, dated January 7, 2019, filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed March 11, 2019.

3.2* Eighth Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 26, 2023, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Report on Form 8-K, filed May 30, 2023.

3.3*
Certificate of Amendment of Restated Certificate of Incorporate of the Company dated September 18, 2025, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Report on Form 8-K, filed September 23, 2025.

10.1+
K orn Ferry Amended and Rest ated Employee Stock Purc hase Plan, effective January 1, 20 26.

31.1 Chief Executive Officer Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act.

31.2 Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Exchange Act.

32.1 Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

101.INS Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
101.SCH Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.
104 The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended January 31, 2026, has been formatted in Inline XBRL and included as Exhibit 101.

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*    Incorporated herein by reference.
+    Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Korn Ferry
Date: March 11, 2026

By: /s/ Robert P. Rozek
Robert P. Rozek
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Corporate Officer
(Duly Authorized Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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