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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;28, 2005
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No. <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Chaparral Steel Company</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>20-2373478</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>300 Ward Road, Midlothian, Texas 76065</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CHAPARRAL STEEL COMPANY AMENDED AND RESTATED<BR>
2005 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Robert E. Crawford Jr.<BR>
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel<BR>
Chaparral Steel Company<BR>
300 Ward Road, Midlothian, Texas 76065</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>(972)&nbsp;779-1060</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registration</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">to be Registered</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Registered<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Share<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Offering Price<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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Par Value &#151; $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000" align="center" valign="bottom">4,000,000 shares</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000" align="center" valign="bottom">$19.05</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-bottom: 3px double #000000" align="center" valign="bottom">$76,180,000</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP> Plus any additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to
the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP> Computed in accordance with Rules&nbsp;457 (c)&nbsp;and (h), the offering price and
registration fee are computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the shares,
as reported by the Nasdaq National Market, on July&nbsp;27, 2005.</DIV>



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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PLAN INFORMATION*<br></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*<br></B>
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    <TD>*Information required by Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;428 under
the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant 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;), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10, as amended, filed with the Commission
on May&nbsp;6, 2005 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;10&#148;).</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Registrant&#146;s Capital Stock contained in Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10 filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their
respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter
referred to as &#147;Incorporated Documents. Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained therein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document
modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Common Stock being registered hereunder has been registered pursuant to Section&nbsp;12 of the
Exchange Act and a description of the Common Stock is contained in the Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Robert E. Crawford Jr., the Registrant&#146;s Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, was
formerly a shareholder of Winstead Sechrest &#038; Minick P.C., the law firm engaged to render an
opinion regarding the securities being registered under this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following contains summaries of certain circumstances in which indemnification is provided
pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;DGCL&#148;), the Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws of the Registrant. Such summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
referenced statutes, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, under certain circumstances, provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors, employees, and agents against liabilities that they may incur in such
capacities. Section&nbsp;145 provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify directors and officers
as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments,
fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than action by or in the right of
the corporation &#151; a &#147;derivative action&#148;), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that
indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in connection with
the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can
be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the
corporation. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a Delaware corporation
has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in Section&nbsp;145 of the DGCL, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be
granted by a corporation&#146;s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote,
stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise. Under the DGCL, a corporation may advance funds to the
person requesting indemnity, provided that the corporation receives an undertaking that the person
will repay the advanced funds if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to
indemnification. The DGCL also permits corporations to provide that a director of such corporation
shall not, except under certain circumstances, be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director shall not, except under
certain circumstances, be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director. It also provides that any director or officer seeking
indemnification shall be indemnified for actions taken on behalf or for the benefit of the
Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware. The Registrant&#146;s
Bylaws provide that any person seeking indemnification shall be indemnified to the fullest extent
permitted by DGCL. The Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees),
costs, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by a
director or officer seeking indemnification shall be paid by the Registrant in advance of the final
disposition of the action, suit or proceeding. However, as a condition to any such advance, the
Registrant must receive an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amounts advanced
if a final adjudication is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that such person was not
entitled to indemnification.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant also maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability insurance coverage which
insures certain directors and officers of the Registrant against certain losses arising from claims
made by reason of their being directors or officers of the Registrant or its subsidiaries and for
which the Registrant has not provided reimbursement.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;EXHIBITS</B>.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index on page 6.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ITEM 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;UNDERTAKINGS.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;);
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the 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 the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective registration statement; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants&#146; annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midlothian and the State of Texas, on
July&nbsp;28, 2005.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CHAPARRAL STEEL COMPANY</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">By /s/ Tommy A. Valenta
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">Tommy A. Valenta<BR>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Tommy A.
Valenta and Robert E. Crawford Jr. and each of them acting singly, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities indicated below,
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all post-effective amendments and
supplements to the said Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated below.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="32%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>SIGNATURE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>TITLE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>DATE</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Tommy A. Valenta
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief Executive Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Tommy A. Valenta
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer) and Director</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James M. Hoak, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">James M. Hoak, Jr.</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ J. Celtyn Hughes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Celtyn Hughes
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Kevin Linch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kevin Linch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Eugenio Clariond
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Eugenio Clariond</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ian Wachtmeister
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ian Wachtmeister</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Elizabeth C. Williams
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Elizabeth C. Williams</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph M. Grant
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joseph M. Grant</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Ronald G. Gafford
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;28, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Ronald G. Gafford</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><U>Exhibit&nbsp;No.</U> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Description</U>
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    <TD width="9%" nowrap align="left">4</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Rights Agreement, effective as of July&nbsp;29, 2005, between Chaparral Steel Company and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to the
Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2005)</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" nowrap align="left">5</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Winstead Sechrest &#038; Minick P.C. as to the legality of the Registrant&#146;s Common
Stock</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="9%" nowrap align="left">23.1</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Winstead Sechrest &#038; Minick P.C. (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5 hereto)
<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD width="9%" nowrap align="left">23.2</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD> Consent of Ernst &#038;Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD width="9%" nowrap align="left">24</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD> Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereof)</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="9%" nowrap align="left">99</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chaparral Steel Company Amended and Restated 2005 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to the Registrants&#146; Form 10-12G/A filed with the
Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2005)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 28, 2005
Registration No.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Chaparral Steel Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-2373478
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
300 Ward Road, Midlothian, Texas 76065
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
CHAPARRAL STEEL COMPANY AMENDED AND RESTATED
2005 OMNIBUS EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Robert E. Crawford Jr.
Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel
Chaparral Steel Company
300 Ward Road, Midlothian, Texas 76065
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 779-1060
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Maximum
Proposed
Offering
Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Price Per
Aggregate
Registration
to be Registered
Registered
(1)
Share
(2)
Offering Price
(2)
Fee
Common Stock
Par Value — $0.01 per share
4,000,000 shares
$19.05
$76,180,000
$8,966.39
(1)
Plus any additional shares of Common Stock as may become issuable pursuant to
the anti-dilution provisions of the Plan.
(2)
Computed in accordance with Rules 457 (c) and (h), the offering price and
registration fee are computed on the basis of the average of the high and low prices of the shares,
as reported by the Nasdaq National Market, on July 27, 2005.
PART I
ITEM 1.     PLAN INFORMATION*
ITEM 2.     REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION*
*Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus meeting the
requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance
with Rule 428 under
the Securities Act of 1933 and the Note to Part I of Form S-8.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3.     INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof:
(1)
The Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10, as amended, filed with the Commission
on May 6, 2005 (the "Form 10").
(2)
All other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Form 10.
(3)
The description of the Registrant's Capital Stock contained in Registrant's Form 10 filed
with the Commission pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act, including any amendment or report
filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and made a part hereof from their
respective dates of filing (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter
referred to as "Incorporated Documents. Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained therein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document
modifies or supercedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superceded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
ITEM 4.     DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES
The Common Stock being registered hereunder has been registered pursuant to Section 12 of the
Exchange Act and a description of the Common Stock is contained in the Registrant's Form 10.
ITEM 5.     INTEREST OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Robert E. Crawford Jr., the Registrant's Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel, was
formerly a shareholder of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C., the law firm engaged to render an
opinion regarding the securities being registered under this Registration Statement.
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ITEM 6.     INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The following contains summaries of certain circumstances in which indemnification is provided
pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL"), the Certificate of Incorporation and
Bylaws of the Registrant. Such summaries are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
referenced statutes, Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
Section 145 of the DGCL, under certain circumstances, provides for the indemnification of
officers, directors, employees, and agents against liabilities that they may incur in such
capacities. Section 145 provides that a Delaware corporation may indemnify directors and officers
as well as other employees and individuals against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions, suits and proceedings,
whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than action by or in the right of
the corporation — a "derivative action"), if they acted in good faith and in a manner they
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and, with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was
unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that
indemnification only extends to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with
the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there can
be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the
corporation. To the extent that a present or former director or officer of a Delaware corporation
has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in Section 145 of the DGCL, such person shall be indemnified against expenses
(including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
therewith. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be
granted by a corporation's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested director vote,
stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise. Under the DGCL, a corporation may advance funds to the
person requesting indemnity, provided that the corporation receives an undertaking that the person
will repay the advanced funds if it is ultimately determined that he is not entitled to
indemnification. The DGCL also permits corporations to provide that a director of such corporation
shall not, except under certain circumstances, be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director.
The Registrant's Certificate of Incorporation provides that a director shall not, except under
certain circumstances, be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for
breach of fiduciary duty as a director. It also provides that any director or officer seeking
indemnification shall be indemnified for actions taken on behalf or for the benefit of the
Registrant to the fullest extent permitted by the laws of the State of Delaware. The Registrant's
Bylaws provide that any person seeking indemnification shall be indemnified to the fullest extent
permitted by DGCL. The Registrant's Bylaws provide that all expenses (including attorneys' fees),
costs, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by a
director or officer seeking indemnification shall be paid by the Registrant in advance of the final
disposition of the action, suit or proceeding. However, as a condition to any such advance, the
Registrant must receive an undertaking by or on behalf of such person to repay the amounts advanced
if a final adjudication is made by a court of competent jurisdiction that such person was not
entitled to indemnification.
The Registrant also maintains directors' and officers' liability insurance coverage which
insures certain directors and officers of the Registrant against certain losses arising from claims
made by reason of their being directors or officers of the Registrant or its subsidiaries and for
which the Registrant has not provided reimbursement.
ITEM 7.     EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8.     EXHIBITS
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See Exhibit Index on page 6.
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ITEM 9.     UNDERTAKINGS.
(a)      The Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)      To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i)      To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act of 1933 (the "Securities Act");
(ii)      To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the 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 the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii)      To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material
change to such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 with or
furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)      The Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants' annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or
Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered herein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof;
(c)      Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any
action, suit, or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its
counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Midlothian and the State of Texas, on
July 28, 2005.
CHAPARRAL STEEL COMPANY
By /s/ Tommy A. Valenta
Tommy A. Valenta
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby severally constitutes and appoints Tommy A.
Valenta and Robert E. Crawford Jr. and each of them acting singly, as his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, with full and several power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign
for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead in any and all capacities indicated below,
the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any and all post-effective amendments and
supplements to the said Registration Statement, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto
said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in
person hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her
substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated below.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Tommy A. Valenta
President and Chief Executive Officer
July 28, 2005
Tommy A. Valenta
(Principal Executive Officer) and Director
/s/ James M. Hoak, Jr.
Director
July 28, 2005
James M. Hoak, Jr.
/s/ J. Celtyn Hughes
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
July 28, 2005
Celtyn Hughes
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Kevin Linch
Controller
July 28, 2005
Kevin Linch
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Eugenio Clariond
Director
July 28, 2005
Eugenio Clariond
/s/ Ian Wachtmeister
Director
July 28, 2005
Ian Wachtmeister
/s/ Elizabeth C. Williams
Director
July 28, 2005
Elizabeth C. Williams
/s/ Joseph M. Grant
Director
July 28, 2005
Joseph M. Grant
/s/ Ronald G. Gafford
Director
July 28, 2005
Ronald G. Gafford
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
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Rights Agreement, effective as of July 29, 2005, between Chaparral Steel Company and Mellon
Investor Services LLC, as rights agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the
Registrant's Form 8-K filed with the Commission on July 21, 2005)
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Opinion of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. as to the legality of the Registrant's Common
Stock
23.1
Consent of Winstead Sechrest & Minick P.C. (included in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5 hereto)
23.2
Consent of Ernst &Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm
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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page hereof)
99
Chaparral Steel Company Amended and Restated 2005 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrants' Form 10-12G/A filed with the
Commission on July 21, 2005)
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