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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2005</B>



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.</B>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-3072771</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West<BR>
Houston, Texas 77064</B><BR>
(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77064</B><BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV>



<div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan</B></div>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(As Amended and Restated March&nbsp;11, 2005)</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)<BR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Todd R. Moore<BR>
Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West<BR>
Houston, Texas 77064</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(281)&nbsp;897-7788</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">copy to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Kelly B. Rose<BR>
Baker Botts L.L.P.<BR>
910 Louisiana<BR>
One Shell Plaza<BR>
Houston, Texas 77002-4995<BR>
(713)&nbsp;229-1234</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Proposed maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of securities</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>maximum offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>aggregate offering</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be registered</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>registered(1)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>price per share(2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2"><B>price(2)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">1,100,000&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$34.97</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>

<TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$38,467,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$4,527.57</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Rights to purchase
Series&nbsp;A Junior
Preferred Stock</DIV></TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">1,100,000(3)</TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">N/A</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">N/A</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">(4)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder
includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar
transactions.</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;solely for purposes of computing the
registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices reported in the
consolidated reporting system for the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange on April 18, 2005.</TD>
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    <TD>Each share of Common Stock includes one Right to purchase Series&nbsp;A Junior Preferred
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(i) under the Securities Act of 1933, no separate registration fee is
required for the associated Rights to purchase Series&nbsp;A Junior Preferred Stock because no
separate consideration is payable for the Rights.</TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#001">PART II</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="h24518exv5w1.htm">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as
other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the NCI Building
Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan is effective. Accordingly, pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, NCI Building Systems, Inc. hereby incorporates by reference herein the
contents of such registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-111139) and hereby deems
such contents to be a part hereof, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration
statement.



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We are incorporating by reference into this registration statement the following documents
filed with the SEC (excluding any portions of such documents that have been &#147;furnished&#148; but not
&#147;filed&#148; for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended):


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    <TD>our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;30, 2004, filed with
the SEC on January&nbsp;13, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January&nbsp;29, 2005, filed
with the SEC on March&nbsp;10, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>our current reports on Form 8-K dated November&nbsp;9, 2004, filed with the SEC on November
16, 2004; dated February&nbsp;10, 2005, filed with the SEC on February&nbsp;10, 2005; and dated March
11, 2005, filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;14, 2005; and</TD>
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    <TD>all other documents filed by us under Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this registration statement
and prior to the termination of the offering.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this registration statement or a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this registration statement will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in
this registration statement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a 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 a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, 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 extends only 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. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other
indemnification that may be granted by a corporation&#146;s charter, by-laws, disinterested director
vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability for:


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    <TD>any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&#149;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law;</TD>
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    <TD>unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or</TD>
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    <TD>any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Our certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be liable to us or our
stockholders for acts or omissions as a director, except to the extent such exemption from
liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware statutory or decisional law.
Our Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that each current or former director, officer or employee
of ours, or each such person who is or was serving or who had agreed to serve another corporation,
trust or other enterprise in any capacity at our request, will be indemnified by us to the full
extent permitted by law for liability arising from such service. Our Amended and Restated By-Laws
require us to advance expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding, so long as the person undertakes in writing to repay such amounts if it is ultimately
determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. In addition, our By-laws authorize
us to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of ours, or each such person who was serving at our request as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such capacity,
or arising out of his status as such, whether or not we would have the power or the obligation to
indemnify him against such liability.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have entered into written indemnification agreements with our directors and certain of our
officers. Under these agreements, if an officer or director makes a claim of indemnification to us,
either a majority of the independent directors or independent legal counsel selected by the
independent directors must review the relevant facts and make a determination, within 45&nbsp;days of
our receipt of such claim, whether the officer or director has met the standards of conduct under
Delaware law that would permit (under Delaware law) and require (under the indemnification
agreement) us to indemnify the officer or director.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please read &#147;Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings&#148; for a description of the Commission&#146;s position regarding
such indemnification provisions.

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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Number</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Description</U></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></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">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed herewith</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><B><I>Undertakings</I></B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-2</DIV>

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<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 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) of the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement; and



<P align="left" style="margin-left:6%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt"><I>provided, however, </I>that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt"><I>Provided further, however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form
S-1 or Form S-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation&nbsp;AB.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.



<P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s 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 therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&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
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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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, NCI Building Systems, Inc.
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 Houston,
the State of Texas, on April&nbsp;22, 2005.


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<TR>
    <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">NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ A. R. Ginn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">A. R. Ginn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chairman of the Board and<br>
Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints A. R. Ginn, Norman C. Chambers and Todd R. Moore, and each of them severally, his or her
true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without
the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, this Registration Statement and any or all amendments
(including pre-effective and 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 in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in
any and all capacities, each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about
the premises, to all intents and purposes and as fully as they might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying, approving and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitutes
may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&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 and on the dates indicated.

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><U><B>Signature</B></U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><U><B>Title</B></U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><U><B>Date</B></U></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</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" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ A.R. Ginn
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
A. R. Ginn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Frances R. Powell
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Frances R. Powell</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William A. Lawrence
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William A. Lawrence</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">II-4</DIV>

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    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Norman C. Chambers
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Norman C. Chambers</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William D. Breedlove
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
William D. Breedlove</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gary L. Forbes
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Gary L. Forbes</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Philip J. Hawk
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Philip J. Hawk</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Max L. Lukens
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
Max L. Lukens</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ George Martinez
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
George Martinez</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ W. Bernard Pieper
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
W. Bernard Pieper</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John K. Sterling
<HR size="1" noshade color="#000000">
John K. Sterling</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April 22, 2005</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">Exhibit</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Number</U></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Description</U></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="96%">Filed herewith</TD>
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As filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on April 22, 2005
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
04-3072771
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77064
(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)
77064
(Zip Code)
NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated March 11, 2005)
(Full title of the plan)
Todd R. Moore
Vice President and General Counsel
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77064
(Name and address of agent for service)
(281) 897-7788
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
copy to:
Kelly B. Rose
Baker Botts L.L.P.
910 Louisiana
One Shell Plaza
Houston, Texas 77002-4995
(713) 229-1234
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered(1)
price per share(2)
price(2)
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $.01 per
share
1,100,000
$34.97
$38,467,000
$4,527.57
Rights to purchase
Series A Junior
Preferred Stock
1,100,000(3)
N/A
N/A
(4)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder
includes such indeterminate number of additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or
issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar
transactions.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) solely for purposes of computing the
registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices reported in the
consolidated reporting system for the Common Stock on the New York
Stock Exchange on April 18, 2005.
(3)
Each share of Common Stock includes one Right to purchase Series A Junior Preferred
Stock.
(4)
Pursuant to Rule 457(i) under the Securities Act of 1933, no separate registration fee is
required for the associated Rights to purchase Series A Junior Preferred Stock because no
separate consideration is payable for the Rights.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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PART I
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as
other securities for which a registration statement on Form S-8 relating to the NCI Building
Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan is effective. Accordingly, pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8, NCI Building Systems, Inc. hereby incorporates by reference herein the
contents of such registration statement on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-111139) and hereby deems
such contents to be a part hereof, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration
statement.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
We are incorporating by reference into this registration statement the following documents
filed with the SEC (excluding any portions of such documents that have been "furnished" but not
"filed" for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended):
•
our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 30, 2004, filed with
the SEC on January 13, 2005;
•
our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended January 29, 2005, filed
with the SEC on March 10, 2005;
•
our current reports on Form 8-K dated November 9, 2004, filed with the SEC on November
16, 2004; dated February 10, 2005, filed with the SEC on February 10, 2005; and dated March
11, 2005, filed with the SEC on March 14, 2005; and
•
all other documents filed by us under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of this registration statement
and prior to the termination of the offering.
Any statement contained in this registration statement or a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this registration statement will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in
this registration statement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that a 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 a derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, 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 extends only 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. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other
indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's charter, by-laws, disinterested director
vote, stockholder vote, agreement, or otherwise.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability for:
•
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;
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•
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law;
•
unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or
•
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
Our certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be liable to us or our
stockholders for acts or omissions as a director, except to the extent such exemption from
liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware statutory or decisional law.
Our Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that each current or former director, officer or employee
of ours, or each such person who is or was serving or who had agreed to serve another corporation,
trust or other enterprise in any capacity at our request, will be indemnified by us to the full
extent permitted by law for liability arising from such service. Our Amended and Restated By-Laws
require us to advance expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or
proceeding, so long as the person undertakes in writing to repay such amounts if it is ultimately
determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. In addition, our By-laws authorize
us to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of ours, or each such person who was serving at our request as a director,
officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such person in any such capacity,
or arising out of his status as such, whether or not we would have the power or the obligation to
indemnify him against such liability.
We have entered into written indemnification agreements with our directors and certain of our
officers. Under these agreements, if an officer or director makes a claim of indemnification to us,
either a majority of the independent directors or independent legal counsel selected by the
independent directors must review the relevant facts and make a determination, within 45 days of
our receipt of such claim, whether the officer or director has met the standards of conduct under
Delaware law that would permit (under Delaware law) and require (under the indemnification
agreement) us to indemnify the officer or director.
Please read "Item 9. Undertakings" for a description of the Commission's position regarding
such indemnification provisions.
Item 8
. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
*5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
*23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
*23.2
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) The undersigned 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:
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(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(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 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) of the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% 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 this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
Provided further, however
, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not
apply if the registration statement is for an offering of asset-backed securities on Form
S-1 or Form S-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
is provided pursuant to Item 1100(c) of Regulation AB.
(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 undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's 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 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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(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
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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, NCI Building Systems, Inc.
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 Houston,
the State of Texas, on April 22, 2005.
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ A. R. Ginn
A. R. Ginn
Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints A. R. Ginn, Norman C. Chambers and Todd R. Moore, and each of them severally, his or her
true and lawful attorney or attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power to act with or without
the others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to execute in his name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, this Registration Statement and any or all amendments
(including pre-effective and 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 in the name and on behalf of the undersigned, in
any and all capacities, each and every act and thing necessary or desirable to be done in and about
the premises, to all intents and purposes and as fully as they might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying, approving and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their 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 and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ A.R. Ginn
A. R. Ginn
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 22, 2005
/s/ Frances R. Powell
Frances R. Powell
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
April 22, 2005
/s/ William A. Lawrence
William A. Lawrence
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 22, 2005
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/s/ Norman C. Chambers
Norman C. Chambers
President, Chief Operating Officer
and Director
April 22, 2005
/s/ William D. Breedlove
William D. Breedlove
Director
April 22, 2005
/s/ Gary L. Forbes
Gary L. Forbes
Director
April 22, 2005
/s/ Philip J. Hawk
Philip J. Hawk
Director
April 22, 2005
/s/ Max L. Lukens
Max L. Lukens
Director
April 22, 2005
/s/ George Martinez
George Martinez
Director
April 22, 2005
/s/ W. Bernard Pieper
W. Bernard Pieper
Director
April 22, 2005
/s/ John K. Sterling
John K. Sterling
Director
April 22, 2005
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
*5.1
Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P.
*23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
*23.2
Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith
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