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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;22, 2003.</FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">File No.&nbsp;333-________</FONT></div>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="4">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="3">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</FONT></div>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8</B></FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></div>

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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>Safety Components International, Inc.</B></FONT>

<div align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)</FONT></div>

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<B>33-0596831</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>41 Stevens Street<BR>
Greenville, South Carolina 29605<BR>
(864)&nbsp;240-2600</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Safety Components International, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</FONT>

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<B>Copy to:</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>BRIAN P. MENEZES<BR>
Safety Components International, Inc.<BR>
41 Stevens Street<BR>
Greenville, South Carolina 29605<BR>
(864)&nbsp;240-2600</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>GARY C. IVEY<BR>
Alston &#038; Bird LLP<BR>
Bank of America Plaza<BR>
101 South Tryon Street, Suite&nbsp;4000<BR>
Charlotte, NC 28280-4000</B></FONT></TD>
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<B>(704)&nbsp;444-1090</B></FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></FONT>

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$.01 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">900,000 </FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">13,050,000</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 900,000 shares to be
issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted to employees,
officers, directors, consultants and advisors under the Safety Components
International, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan, including additional shares
that may become issuable in accordance with the adjustment and
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Determined in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(h), the registration fee
calculation for these shares is based on the average of the high and low
prices of the Company&#146;s Common Stock reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on
October&nbsp;16, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; Upon written or oral request, the Company will provide, without
charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the
Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon
written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b). Requests for the above mentioned information, should
be directed to Brian P. Menezes at the address and telephone number on the
cover of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents have been filed by Safety Components
International, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp; The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
March&nbsp;29, 2003, as amended;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp; All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since March&nbsp;29, 2003;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp; The description of Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement filed under Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including
all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description;
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4)&nbsp; All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that
remain unsold.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the
purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities. </B>Not Applicable.</FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </B>Not Applicable.</FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The indemnification of officers and directors of the Company is governed
by Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) and the
Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Among other
things, the DGCL permits indemnification of a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company in civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
actions, suits or proceedings (other than an action by or in the right of the
Company) to which such person is a party or is threatened to be made a party by
reason of the fact of such relationship with the Company or the fact that such
person is or was serving in a similar capacity with another entity at the
request of the Company against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
The DGCL permits indemnification of a director, officer, employee or agent in
actions or suits by or in the right of the Company to which such person is a
party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact of such
relationship with the Company or the fact that such person is or was serving in
a similar capacity with another entity at the request of the Company against
expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action if such person acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company except that no indemnification may be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought
determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity of such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
Under the DGCL, to the extent that a present or former director or officer is
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein (whether or not the suit is
brought by or in the right of the Company), such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith. In all cases in which indemnification
is permitted (unless ordered by a court), it may be made by the Company only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the applicable
standard of conduct has been met by the party to be indemnified. The
determination must be made (i)&nbsp;by a majority of the directors who were not
parties to the action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (ii)
by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors,
even though less than a quorum, (iii)&nbsp;if there are no such directors, or if
such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(iv)&nbsp;by the stockholders. The statute authorizes the Company to pay expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by an officer or director in advance of a
final disposition of a proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of such director or officer, to repay the advances if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person was not entitled to indemnification.
Such expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred by other employees and
agents may be paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board may
determine. The DGCL provides that indemnification and advances of expenses
permitted thereunder are not to be exclusive of any rights to which those
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or
otherwise. The DGCL also authorizes the Company to purchase and maintain
liability insurance on behalf of its directors, officers, employees and agents
regardless of whether the Company would have the statutory power to indemnify
such persons against the liabilities incurred.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the
Company shall indemnify each person who was or is made a party or is threatened
to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">or
investigative (hereinafter a &#147;Proceeding&#148;), by reason of the fact that he or
she, or a person of whom he or
she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or
agent or alleged action in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent, to the maximum extent authorized by the DGCL, and
the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to
provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to
provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss
(including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties
pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such proceeding and such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the right to
indemnification contained therein is a contract right and includes the right to
be paid by the Company for the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that if the
DGCL so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or
officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only
upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to
repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in the
Certificate. The Company maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability
insurance covering liabilities incurred by the directors and officers of the
Company in connection with the performance of their duties.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </B>Not Applicable.</FONT>

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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated here by reference.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3, Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
by the Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities being offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; The undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
</FONT>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2">(signatures on following page)</FONT>

<P align="center"><FONT size="2">II-4</FONT>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Greenville, State of Delaware, on October&nbsp;21, 2003.
</FONT>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Safety Components International, Inc.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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By:
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Brian P. Menezes<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Brian P. Menezes<BR>
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></FONT>

<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Brian P. Menezes and William F. Nelli, and each
of them (with full power in each to act alone), his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of the, or their
or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</FONT>
<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated.
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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John C. Corey<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
John C. Corey</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chief Executive Officer, President and<BR>
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 21, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Brian P. Menezes<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Brian P. Menezes</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Vice President and Chief Financial<BR>
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 21, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William F. Nelli<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
William F. Nelli</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 21, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman of the Board
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 20, 2003</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<BR>
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Andy Goldfarb</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October __, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ W. Allan Hopkins<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
W. Allan Hopkins</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 21, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Ben E. Waide III<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Ben E. Waide III</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Director
</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October 21, 2003</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX<BR>
TO<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8</B></FONT>

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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Safety Components
International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.5
to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter
ended October&nbsp;10, 2000)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Amended Bylaws of Safety Components International, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.6 to the Company&#146;s
Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended October&nbsp;10,
2000)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Alston &#038; Bird LLP regarding the legality of the
securities being registered</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Alston &#038; Bird LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">24.1</FONT></TD>
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Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Safety Components International, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan</FONT></TD>
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Safety Components International, Inc.
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 22, 2003.
File No. 333-________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Safety Components International, Inc.
(Exact Name of Issuer as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
33-0596831
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
41 Stevens Street
Greenville, South Carolina 29605
(864) 240-2600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number of Principal Executive Offices)
Safety Components International, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Copy to:
BRIAN P. MENEZES
Safety Components International, Inc.
41 Stevens Street
Greenville, South Carolina 29605
(864) 240-2600
GARY C. IVEY
Alston & Bird LLP
Bank of America Plaza
101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of agent for service)
(704) 444-1090
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to
Offering Price
Aggregate
Amount of
to be Registered
be Registered
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
$.01 par value
900,000
(1)
$
14.50
(2)
$
13,050,000
(2)
$
1,055.75
(1)
Amount to be registered consists of an aggregate of 900,000 shares to be
issued pursuant to the exercise of stock options granted to employees,
officers, directors, consultants and advisors under the Safety Components
International, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan, including additional shares
that may become issuable in accordance with the adjustment and
anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)
Determined in accordance with Rule 457(h), the registration fee
calculation for these shares is based on the average of the high and low
prices of the Company's Common Stock reported on the OTC Bulletin Board on
October 16, 2003.
PART I INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(a)  The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will
be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(b)  Upon written or oral request, the Company will provide, without
charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the
Section 10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon
written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees
pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above mentioned information, should
be directed to Brian P. Menezes at the address and telephone number on the
cover of this Registration Statement.
PART II. INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents have been filed by Safety Components
International, Inc. (the "Company") with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act"), and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the
filing of such documents:
(1)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
March 29, 2003, as amended;
(2)  All other reports filed by the Company pursuant to Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Exchange Act since March 29, 2003;
(3)  The description of Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement filed under Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including
all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description;
(4)  All other documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that
remain unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated
herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the
purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be,
incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not Applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not Applicable.
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Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The indemnification of officers and directors of the Company is governed
by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") and the
Company's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Among other
things, the DGCL permits indemnification of a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Company in civil, criminal, administrative or investigative
actions, suits or proceedings (other than an action by or in the right of the
Company) to which such person is a party or is threatened to be made a party by
reason of the fact of such relationship with the Company or the fact that such
person is or was serving in a similar capacity with another entity at the
request of the Company against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the
best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, if he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
The DGCL permits indemnification of a director, officer, employee or agent in
actions or suits by or in the right of the Company to which such person is a
party or is threatened to be made a party by reason of the fact of such
relationship with the Company or the fact that such person is or was serving in
a similar capacity with another entity at the request of the Company against
expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with the defense or settlement of such action if such person acted
in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Company except that no indemnification may be made in
respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been
adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the extent that the
Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which the action or suit was brought
determines upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity of such expenses which such court shall deem proper.
Under the DGCL, to the extent that a present or former director or officer is
successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any action, suit or
proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein (whether or not the suit is
brought by or in the right of the Company), such person shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred
by such person in connection therewith. In all cases in which indemnification
is permitted (unless ordered by a court), it may be made by the Company only as
authorized in the specific case upon a determination that the applicable
standard of conduct has been met by the party to be indemnified. The
determination must be made (i) by a majority of the directors who were not
parties to the action, suit or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, (ii)
by a committee of such directors designated by majority vote of such directors,
even though less than a quorum, (iii) if there are no such directors, or if
such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or
(iv) by the stockholders. The statute authorizes the Company to pay expenses
(including attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director in advance of a
final disposition of a proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on
behalf of such director or officer, to repay the advances if it shall
ultimately be determined that such person was not entitled to indemnification.
Such expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and
agents may be paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Board may
determine. The DGCL provides that indemnification and advances of expenses
permitted thereunder are not to be exclusive of any rights to which those
seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any
By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or
otherwise. The DGCL also authorizes the Company to purchase and maintain
liability insurance on behalf of its directors, officers, employees and agents
regardless of whether the Company would have the statutory power to indemnify
such persons against the liabilities incurred.
The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the
Company shall indemnify each person who was or is made a party or is threatened
to be made a party to or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed
action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
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or
investigative (hereinafter a "Proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or
she, or a person of whom he or
she is the legal representative, is or was a director, officer, employee
or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with
respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is
alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or
agent or alleged action in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent, to the maximum extent authorized by the DGCL, and
the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Company to
provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Company to
provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss
(including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties
pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended,
and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such proceeding and such indemnification shall
continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or
agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and
administrators. The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the right to
indemnification contained therein is a contract right and includes the right to
be paid by the Company for the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that if the
DGCL so requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or
officer in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made only
upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to
repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such
person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company as authorized in the
Certificate. The Company maintains directors' and officers' liability
insurance covering liabilities incurred by the directors and officers of the
Company in connection with the performance of their duties.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated here by reference.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a)  The undersigned Company hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the
most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually
or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in this Registration Statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in this
Registration Statement;
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Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) above do not
apply if the Registration Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and
the information required to be included in a post-
effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed
by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities being 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 Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
Company has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company
of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of
the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court
of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
(signatures on following page)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Company
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 Greenville, State of Delaware, on October 21, 2003.
Safety Components International, Inc.
By:
/s/ Brian P. Menezes
Brian P. Menezes
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Brian P. Menezes and William F. Nelli, and each
of them (with full power in each to act alone), his true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto
and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of the, or their
or his 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 indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John C. Corey
John C. Corey
Chief Executive Officer, President and
Director (Principal Executive Officer)
October 21, 2003
/s/ Brian P. Menezes
Brian P. Menezes
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
October 21, 2003
/s/ William F. Nelli
William F. Nelli
Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
October 21, 2003
/s/ Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr.
Carroll R. Wetzel, Jr.
Chairman of the Board
October 20, 2003
Andy Goldfarb
Director
October __, 2003
/s/ W. Allan Hopkins
W. Allan Hopkins
Director
October 21, 2003
/s/ Ben E. Waide III
Ben E. Waide III
Director
October 21, 2003
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EXHIBIT INDEX
TO
REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation of Safety Components
International, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5
to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter
ended October 10, 2000)
4.2
Amended Bylaws of Safety Components International, Inc.
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 to the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 10,
2000)
5.1
Opinion of Alston & Bird LLP regarding the legality of the
securities being registered
23.1
Consent of Alston & Bird LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
99.1
Safety Components International, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan