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In fiscal 2026, Korn Ferry was named a Founding Partner of the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games and the Official Talent and Organizational Consulting Partner. Entrusted to build and align the 5,000+ people who will power the Games, Korn Ferry is helping shape the workforce, leadership structure and organizational capabilities required to deliver one of the world's most visible and operationally complex global events, work that reflects our broader role in helping organizations to succeed in high-stakes environments at pace and scale.

The Korn Ferry Advantage

What We Know

Korn Ferry brings together talent and organizational consulting expertise with more than 50 years of proprietary insight. Our consultants work with boards, CEOs, senior leaders and workforces around the world, giving us a practical view of how organizations are structured, led, staffed, rewarded and run.

We have one of the world's deepest and broadest bodies of insight into how people and organizations perform, grounded in real performance in real organizations across industries, regions and markets. Built on more than 12 billion proprietary data points and decades of real-world application, we combine our expertise with our Foundational Assets—data, intellectual property ("IP") and behavioral science—to help organizations identify opportunity and drive results.

How We Apply It

Our talent intelligence helps reveal patterns that are difficult to see in isolation, connecting leadership, workforce capability, rewards, structure and culture to provide a clearer view of organizational effectiveness. It helps identify where friction exists, where capability gaps are limiting execution and where change will have the greatest impact.

To make these insights accessible and actionable, Korn Ferry Talent Suite® brings them together in a consistent and scalable way. Increasingly, artificial intelligence ("AI") capabilities help surface patterns, generate recommendations, and support decision-making by drawing on those insights. Together, these capabilities enable consultants and clients to access and apply Korn Ferry's insight in a consistent and scalable way through embedded solutions and subscription-based offerings.

How We Help Clients Act on It

Many organizations address business challenges through separate initiatives. Korn Ferry helps clients understand how leadership, workforce and organizational decisions work together to drive results.

By connecting these factors to our clients' business strategies, we help clients improve execution, deploy talent more effectively, focus investment on the areas that matter most and make better decisions about how their organizations grow, adapt and perform.

Intelligence in Action

Our business is organized around three connected elements: Foundational Assets, Capabilities and Integrated Solutions. Together, they allow us to connect insight, expertise and execution to help clients address complex business challenges.

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Our Foundational Assets are the proprietary data, science and IP that inform our work and help clients make better people and organizational decisions.

•More than 115 million assessments conducted across industries, functions and geographies.

•More than 11,000 validated success profiles covering more than 30,000 job titles.

•Compensation and rewards data from more than 29 million professionals across 31,000 organizations.

•Employee engagement benchmarks based on approximately 44 million responses.

•Culture survey data from approximately 7.1 million individuals across 500 organizations.

•Pay policy and practice data covering nearly 160 countries.

Our Capabilities are the areas of expertise we bring to clients.

•Organization Strategy: Aligning people, processes, structure and operating models to support business goals.

•Assessment & Succession: Evaluating potential, readiness, and fit to guide hiring, promotion, mobility and succession decisions.

•Talent Acquisition: Sourcing and hiring talent across all levels through executive search, professional recruiting, interim talent and Recruitment Process Outsourcing ("RPO").

•Leadership & Professional Development: Developing leaders and building critical skills through coaching, experiential learning and scalable digital programs.

•Total Rewards: Designing compensation, benefits, recognition and pay transparency strategies that support performance and reflect evolving regulatory and business priorities.

•Board & CEO Services: Advising boards and CEOs on leadership transitions, governance, succession and long-term planning.

Our Integrated Solutions combine multiple Capabilities to address high-priority business challenges.

•Sales Effectiveness & Revenue Growth: Improving salesforce structure, roles, skills and pay to strengthen go-to-market performance.

•Productivity & Cost Optimization: Redesigning work, roles, structures, and rewards to improve efficiency, simplify organizations and ensure talent is deployed effectively.

•Workforce Readiness & AI Enablement: Helping organizations prepare for changing business models and AI-enabled ways of working by aligning talent, skills, workforce capabilities and organizational structures.

•Leadership & Succession: Strengthening leadership pipelines, succession planning and executive readiness for critical roles.

•Reward, Engagement & Pay Transparency: Designing compensation, rewards and pay transparency strategies that support performance, retention and evolving regulatory requirements.

•Strategy Execution & Change Management: Turning strategy into action by aligning leadership, building commitment and driving cultural change.

Go-To-Market Approach

Central to our approach is We Are Korn Ferry, an enterprise-wide go-to-market model designed to bring the full breadth of Korn Ferry’s capabilities, insights and expertise to clients. Rather than organizing around individual solution areas, we organize around client needs, bringing together expertise from across the firm to address increasingly interconnected business challenges. This approach helps our teams work more collaboratively across industries, functions, geographies and solutions, enabling clients to access the full breadth of Korn Ferry’s capabilities and insights while positioning us to deepen relationships as client needs evolve over time.

Because our consultants work collaboratively across industries, functions and areas of expertise, we are able to apply a wider range of experiences and perspectives to client challenges. This helps clients benefit from what Korn Ferry is learning across markets and organizations, while creating additional opportunities for us to expand our relationships and deliver value across multiple areas of the business.

In fiscal 2026, approximately 27% of our consolidated fee revenue came from cross-solution referrals, up from 14% in 2018 when we began tracking this metric. This increase reflects the growing traction of We Are Korn Ferry, expanding client demand for connected solutions, and demonstrates the value of bringing together the full breadth of Korn Ferry's expertise to help clients achieve better business outcomes.

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We serve clients through strategic account partnerships and flexible engagement models that are tailored to client needs. Core to this is our Marquee and Diamond Accounts Program (the “Program”)—a structured approach to managing long-term relationships with many of the world’s most complex organizations.

Clients within the Program are supported by dedicated account leaders who coordinate engagement across Korn Ferry’s portfolio. This model supports consistent delivery, a deeper understanding of client priorities and broader access to the firm’s capabilities. As of fiscal year-end 2026, our 350 Marquee and Diamond accounts represented approximately 40% of consolidated fee revenue—more than double their contribution at the Program’s inception.

Outside the Program, we serve thousands of additional clients worldwide through both project-based and recurring engagements. These organizations range from emerging businesses to global enterprises that engage with us in ways that match their scale, priorities and pace of growth.

To deliver value at scale across this broad client base, we operate through three primary engagement models:

1.Advisory engagements – tailored consulting and talent acquisition services grounded in proprietary data, behavioral science and expert advisory.

2.Embedded solutions – technology-enabled capabilities integrated into client workflows and decision-making processes to support ongoing talent, leadership and organizational decisions.

3.Subscription-based offerings – licensed offerings that provide clients direct access to Korn Ferry's talent intelligence.

This diversified model balances project-based work with recurring revenue streams while maintaining flexibility to meet varying client needs. In fiscal 2026, approximately 82% of our assignments were with clients we had served in the prior three years—reflecting strong loyalty and long-term engagement.

Corporate Functions, Technology, and Global Footprint

Our global operating model supports the firm’s alignment, consistency and ability to scale. Centralized teams spanning finance, legal, human resource ("HR"), technology, marketing and the Korn Ferry Institute ("KFI") support our work worldwide and enables effective, cohesive delivery.

Our technology capabilities support the firm's digital platforms, data assets and enterprise operations. We are integrating AI capabilities across the firm to enable consultants and clients to access and apply Korn Ferry's insights more effectively. By strengthening our platforms, protecting proprietary data and helping unlock the value of our Foundational Assets, AI supports how we deliver solutions, improve decision-making and expand the value of our offerings. In fiscal 2026, we accelerated firm-wide AI transformation initiatives designed to embed AI into key workflows and digital platforms across our solutions and enterprise functions, improving consultant effectiveness, efficiency, quality, and client outcomes while maintaining strong standards for security, transparency and responsible use.

As a firm, we operate across four regions—North America, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America—balancing global reach with local expertise. As of April 30, 2026, we had 98 offices in 51 countries.

Korn Ferry Institute

KFI is the firm’s research and innovation hub. KFI develops the insights, analytics, and behavioral science that inform our IP, offerings and delivery models. Drawing on decades of proprietary research and real-world organizational data, KFI helps ensure our methodologies remain rigorous, relevant and responsive to changing workforce and business needs.

Culture & People

Our people are central to our success. Our culture—rooted in our values of inclusion, performance, honesty and knowledge—empowers employees to grow, collaborate and drive impact. We invest in internal mobility, leadership development and recognition programs that support long-term careers. Globally competitive benefits and flexible work models promote well-being, while our enterprise-wide promotion process highlights exceptional contributions. This commitment to our people is reflected in our global workforce, which is strategically distributed by function and region to support delivery at scale. As of April 30, 2026, Korn Ferry employed 8,965 full-time professionals.

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Consultants and execution staff1

Support staff2

Total employees

Consulting
1,522 318 1,840

Digital
233 1,005 1,238

Executive Search
566 1,169 1,735

Professional Search & Interim
467 333 800

RPO
156 2,936 3,092

Corporate
— 260 260

Total
2,944 6,021 8,965

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1.Consultants and execution staff, primarily responsible for originating client services

2.Support staff includes associates, researchers, administrative and support staff

Operating Model and Financial Reporting Alignment

To bring our strategy to life, we deliver services through five solution areas. These solutions reflect the breadth of our expertise and allow us to develop deep specialization, build proprietary insight and innovate within our areas of focus. They are further strengthened by industry, functional and regional expertise that gives Korn Ferry a practical understanding of the market dynamics, leadership challenges, workforce trends and competitive forces shaping organizations around the world. Centralized corporate functions help connect expertise, intelligence and delivery across the firm, driving alignment, connectivity and scale.

Beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2027, our external reporting structure will transition from a solution-based presentation to a regional reporting model consisting of the Americas, EMEA and APAC. We will continue to provide new business, fee revenue and estimated remaining fees under existing contacts information through three groupings: Search (Executive Search and Professional Search), Talent & Organizational Solutions (Consulting and Digital), and Workforce Solutions (RPO and Interim). We believe this structure better reflects how work is delivered across the firm, aligns more closely with how clients buy our services and supports our We Are Korn Ferry operating model.

Fiscal 2026 Financial Performance

Our financial performance in fiscal 2026 is a direct result of our initiatives to integrate technology, deepen client relationships and drive growth. It also reflects the introduction of our We Are Korn Ferry initiative and the ongoing success of the Program. Together, these efforts are helping clients access the full breadth of our capabilities and insights, strengthening our position as a strategic enterprise partner and creating additional opportunities to serve clients across the firm. Long-term, strategic partnerships underscore the success of our client-first approach and our ability to deliver integrated, enterprise-wide solutions across diverse industries. As we continue to evolve and execute our strategy, we are confident that our investments in innovation and client-tailored solutions align with and support our growth plan, while delivering value to shareholders.

In fiscal 2026, we advanced our strategic priorities, delivering meaningful business results:

•$2,907.5 million in fee revenue.

•Net Income Attributable to Korn Ferry was $277.4 million with a margin of 9.5%, a 50bps increase compared to fiscal 2025.

•Adjusted EBITDA* was $497.8 million with a margin of 17.1%, a 10bps increase compared to fiscal 2025.

•Diluted Earnings Per Share was $5.22.

•We continued with our balanced approach to capital allocation and for the full year, the Company invested $84.7 million in capital expenditures (excluding leasehold improvements and furniture & fixtures), $18.5 million on debt service costs, and returned $116.1 million and $104.6 million to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends, respectively.

*Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP financial measures and have limitations as analytical tools. See Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for a discussion of why management believes the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding Korn Ferry’s performance.

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1.Consulting helps clients design and implement the talent strategies, organizational structures, and workforce capabilities and rewards to drive growth. Our consulting teams collaborate across Korn Ferry to deliver integrated solutions that support end-to-end transformation—from strategy through execution.

Fiscal 2026 highlights:

•Fee revenue was $691.7 million.

•Adjusted EBITDA was $118.4 million, and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 17.1%.

•The number of consulting and execution staff at year-end was 1,522 with an average bill rate (fee revenue divided by the number of hours worked by consultants and execution staff) of $458 per hour.

Client Base: In fiscal 2026, Consulting supported over 4,300 clients globally with 32% of Consulting’s fiscal 2026 fee revenue being referred from Korn Ferry’s other solutions. Our clients span Fortune 500 companies, public institutions and high-growth innovators across industries and geographies.

Competition: The market for organizational consulting is competitive, with a mix of large advisory firms and specialized boutiques providing services in leadership assessment and development, transformation and workforce strategy and rewards. Korn Ferry’s differentiation lies in its ability to leverage its Foundational Assets into its technology-enabled service offerings, creating unique and differentiated insights and end-to-end solutions that connect strategy and talent to drive business outcomes.

2.Digital develops and manages the technology, data, platform, and AI capabilities that power Talent Suite and help us unlock the value of our Foundational Assets. Working closely with our Solution teams, Digital enables consultants and clients to access and apply our insights through embedded and subscription-based offerings.

Fiscal 2026 highlights:

•Fee revenue was $363.5 million.

•Subscription/license revenue was $148.6 million, an increase of 7.9% compared to fiscal 2025.

•Adjusted EBITDA was $113.1 million, and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 31.1%.

Client Base: In fiscal 2026, Digital engaged with more than 7,600 clients globally with 34% of Digital's fiscal 2026 fee revenue being referred from Korn Ferry's other solutions. Our clients come from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, across every major industry and represent diverse business challenges. Subscription and license growth was driven by both direct access to the Talent Suite platform, as well as integrated delivery in partnership with our other solutions, driving increased client utilization and stickiness.

Competition: A broad range of HR technology companies compete in this space, including independent software vendors and enterprise HR platform providers. While many competitors focus on specific talent challenges, Korn Ferry differentiates itself through its ability to connect insights across the talent lifecycle by combining its Foundational Assets, technology, AI capabilities and advisory expertise. Talent Suite enables those insights to be embedded within client workflows, accessed directly through subscription-based offerings, or leveraged by Korn Ferry consultants to help clients improve performance and make more effective people and organizational decisions.

3.Executive Search delivers industry-leading executive recruitment across global markets, powered by decades of expertise and deep industry/sector specialization and Korn Ferry’s own top-tier executive search professionals. We help organizations recruit board-level, C-suite and senior executive talent, using proprietary assessments, leadership benchmarks and deep functional insight to identify leaders who align with strategy, culture and long-term priorities. This solution is managed and reported on a geographic basis and represents four of the Company’s reportable segments (Executive Search North America, Executive Search Europe, Middle East and Africa (“EMEA”), Executive Search Asia Pacific (“APAC”) and Executive Search Latin America).

Fiscal 2026 highlights:

•Fee revenue was $924.1 million.

•Adjusted EBITDA was $237.4 million, and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 25.7%*.

•In fiscal 2026, we opened more than 6,500 new engagements with an average of 563 consultants.

*Executive Search Adjusted EBITDA and Executive Search Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-GAAP financial measures and have limitations as analytical tools. See Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for a discussion of why management believes the presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding Korn Ferry's performance.

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Consultants are organized in six broad industry groups and bring an in-depth understanding of the market conditions and strategic management issues clients face within their sectors and geographies. In addition, we regularly look to expand our specialized expertise through internal development and strategic hiring in targeted growth areas. We also have consultants organized by centers of functional expertise. This helps our teams comprehensively grasp the specific requirements and nuances involved in the role itself. These partners bring a deep understanding of the functional dynamics–from strategy through to execution–enabling them to identify and place candidates who possess the necessary skills, knowledge and experience to excel in the role.

Client Base: In fiscal 2026, we partnered with more than 3,700 Executive Search engagement clients including many of the world’s most recognized public and private enterprises.

Competition: Competitors include global executive search firms and specialized regional boutiques. Korn Ferry differentiates itself through a combination of deep industry expertise, global scale, proprietary assessment tools, and integration with leadership development and succession planning services. This integrated approach positions Korn Ferry to deliver high-impact talent solutions across diverse client needs.

4.Professional Search & Interim focuses on scalable, high impact recruiting and interim talent solutions at the professional level that offer flexibility and speed in dynamic business environments. Korn Ferry helps clients rapidly place permanent professionals and senior/professional interim leaders across business-critical functions such as Finance and Accounting, IT, HR and Operations.

Fiscal 2026 highlights:

•Fee revenue was $561.1 million.

•Adjusted EBITDA was $121.2 million, and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 21.6%.

•Average bill rates were $145 per hour in fiscal 2026.

•Professional Search annual fee revenue reached $741K per consultant in fiscal 2026.

Client Base: In FY26, Professional Search & Interim partnered with over 3,100 clients globally delivering strategic hiring solutions at the intersection of speed, quality, and scalability, and 26% of Professional Search & Interim’s fiscal 2026 fee revenue was referred from Korn Ferry’s other solutions.

Competition: Professional Search competitors include regional search firms, global staffing companies and specialist recruiters. Korn Ferry differentiates itself by combining specialist recruitment with proprietary assessment tools, and integration with broader talent strategies. The firm’s ability to work across professional-level and executive level search on both full-time and an interim basis enables clients to address immediate talent needs while building long-term professional/leadership pipelines—offering flexibility and insight as organizations navigate evolving workforce demands.

5.RPO provides high-volume, outsourced hiring solutions that deliver end-to-end talent acquisition services for enterprise clients. These programs are delivered through global Talent Delivery Centers, using a technology-enabled platform and are designed and managed to align with each client’s business objectives, leveraging Korn Ferry’s IP, data, science and deep talent expertise. Advanced technology and AI-driven tools are used to enhance the platform to drive scale, efficiency and quality, while offering an engaging experience for candidates throughout the hiring process.

Fiscal 2026 highlights:

•Fee revenue was $367.1 million.

•Adjusted EBITDA was $57.7 million, and Adjusted EBITDA margin was 15.7%.

•New business was $543.9 million in fiscal 2026 with 43% from New Logo clients (new RPO engagements).

Client Base: RPO supported more than 250 enterprise clients in fiscal 2026 with strategic hiring programs and large-scale workforce buildouts across regions and sectors, and 66% of RPO’s fiscal 2026 fee revenue was referred from Korn Ferry’s other solutions.

Competition: The RPO market includes a broad range of global and regional firms offering high-volume recruitment solutions. Korn Ferry stands apart through its ability to combine proprietary data, IP, technology-enabled service delivery and advisory expertise into fully integrated talent acquisition programs. The firm’s use of AI and automation enhances decision-making, accelerates time-to-fill and improves hiring precision at scale. This approach supports consistent hiring outcomes and positions Korn Ferry as a long-term strategic partner for clients.

Available Information

Korn Ferry files annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements, and other documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), according to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

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Our reports, proxy statements, and other documents filed electronically with the SEC are available at the website maintained by the SEC at https://www.sec.gov.

We also make available, free of charge on the Investor Relations portion of our website at http://ir.kornferry.com, those annual, quarterly, and current reports, and, if applicable, amendments to those reports, filed or furnished under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such reports with, or furnish them to, the SEC at www.sec.gov.

Our Corporate Governance Guidelines, Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, and the charters of the Audit Committee, Compensation and Personnel Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of our Board of Directors are also posted on the Investor Relations portion of our website at http://ir.kornferry.com. Stockholders may request copies of these documents by writing to our Corporate Secretary at 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1225, Los Angeles, California 90067.

In addition, we make available on the Investor Relations portion of our website at http://ir.kornferry.com press releases and related earnings presentations and other essential information, which we encourage you to review.