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<B>Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549 </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=3>Form S-8 </FONT></H1>

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REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
Under<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 <BR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="5"><B>Commonwealth Industries, Inc.</B> </FONT> <BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT>
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     <TD WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><B>13-3245741</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>Incorporation or Organization</FONT></TD>
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     <TD WIDTH="30%" ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<B>500 West Jefferson Street, PNC Plaza - 19th Floor<BR>
Louisville, Kentucky 40202-2823<BR>
(502) 589-8100</B></FONT></TD>
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including<BR>
area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE="4"><B>1997 Stock Incentive Plan</B> </FONT>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">(Full Title of the Plan)<BR>
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<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Lenna Ruth Macdonald<BR>
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Commonwealth Industries, Inc.<BR>
500 West Jefferson Street, PNC Plaza &#151; 19th Floor<BR>
Louisville, Kentucky 40202-2823<BR>
(502) 589-8100 </FONT><BR>
<FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="1">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service) </FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>copy to:<BR>
<BR>
Robert W. Downes<BR>
Sullivan &amp; Cromwell LLP<BR>
125 Broad Street<BR>
New York, New York 10004<BR>
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     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Title of Securities<BR>To Be Registered</FONT></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Amount To Be<BR>Registered</FONT></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Proposed Maximum<BR>Offering Price per<BR>Share(1)</FONT></TH>
     <TH><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Proposed Maximum<BR>Aggregate Offering<BR>Price(1)</FONT></TH>
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     <TD WIDTH="28%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Common Stock, $0.01 par value</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="18%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">1,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="18%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">$4.92</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="18%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">$4,920,000</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH="18%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">$398.03</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
          Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
          Rule 457. </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
is a registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which
registration statements filed on this form relating to an employee benefit plan have
become effective. The contents of the earlier registration statements, File No. 33-91364
and 333-81055, are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH="80%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">5</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Opinion and consent of Sullivan &amp; Cromwell  LLP  regarding  the validity of
the securities registered.
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Consent of Sullivan
&amp; Cromwell LLP  (included  in opinion  filed as Exhibit 5).
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">24</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Powers of Attorney  (set forth on the  signature  page of the  registration
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc. 1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan, as amended and
restated  April 23, 1999  (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 10.2 from
the  Registration's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
March 31, 1999).
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Amendment,   dated  December  18,  2000,  to  1997  Stock   Incentive  Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7.1 from the  Registrant's  Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000).
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">99.3</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Amendment to  Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc.  1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan,
approved on May 5, 2003.
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SIGNATURES </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>The
Registrant</U>. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Louisville, Kentucky on
September&nbsp;26, 2003. </FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">By: </FONT> </TD>
     <TD WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Mark V. Kaminski</FONT> </TD>
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Mark V. Kaminski<BR>
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<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>POWER OF ATTORNEY </FONT></P>

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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mark&nbsp;V. Kaminski and Lenna Ruth Macdonald his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, 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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all his or her said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof. </FONT></P>
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<P><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
September&nbsp;26, 2003. </FONT></P>




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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Paul E. Lego</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Paul E. Lego</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Chairman of the Board</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Mark V. Kaminski</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Mark V. Kaminski</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">President, Chief Executive<BR>
Officer and Director (Principal<BR>
Executive Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Catherine G. Burke</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Catherine G. Burke</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Steven J. Demetriou</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Steven J. Demetriou</FONT></TD>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ C. Frederick Fetterolf</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">C. Frederick Fetterolf</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry E. Kittelberger</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Larry E. Kittelberger</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ John E. Merow</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">John E. Merow</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Donald L. Marsh, Jr.</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Donald L. Marsh, Jr.</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial<BR>
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">/s/ Henry Del Castillo</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Henry Del Castillo</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">
Vice President Finance (Principal Accounting<BR>
Officer)
</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>Index to Exhibits</U></FONT></P>

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     <TD WIDTH="15%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>Exhibit No.</U></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="5%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"></FONT></TD>
     <TD WIDTH="80%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2"><U>Description</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">5</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Opinion and consent of Sullivan &amp; Cromwell  LLP  regarding  the validity of
the securities registered.
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Consent of Sullivan
&amp; Cromwell LLP  (included  in opinion  filed as Exhibit 5).
</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">24</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Powers of Attorney  (set forth on the  signature  page of the  registration
statement).
</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">99.1</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc. 1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan, as amended and
restated  April 23, 1999  (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 10.2 from
the  Registration's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
March 31, 1999).
</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">99.2</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Amendment,   dated  December  18,  2000,  to  1997  Stock   Incentive  Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7.1 from the  Registrant's  Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000).
</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">99.3</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
     <TD><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE="2">Amendment to  Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc.  1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan,
approved on May 5, 2003.
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 26, 2003
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_________________
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_________________
Commonwealth Industries, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
13-3245741
State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
500 West Jefferson Street, PNC Plaza - 19th Floor
Louisville, Kentucky 40202-2823
(502) 589-8100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
_________________
1997 Stock Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
_________________
Lenna Ruth Macdonald
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Commonwealth Industries, Inc.
500 West Jefferson Street, PNC Plaza — 19th Floor
Louisville, Kentucky 40202-2823
(502) 589-8100
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
_________________
copy to:
Robert W. Downes
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
125 Broad Street
New York, New York 10004
_________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount To Be
Registered
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price per
Share(1)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $0.01 par value
1,000,000 shares
$4.92
$4,920,000
$398.03
(1)    
          Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to
          Rule 457.
_________________
This
is a registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which
registration statements filed on this form relating to an employee benefit plan have
become effective. The contents of the earlier registration statements, File No. 33-91364
and 333-81055, are incorporated herein by reference.
EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell  LLP  regarding  the validity of
the securities registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Sullivan
& Cromwell LLP  (included  in opinion  filed as Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney  (set forth on the  signature  page of the  registration
statement).
99.1
Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc. 1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan, as amended and
restated  April 23, 1999  (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 10.2 from
the  Registration's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
March 31, 1999).
99.2
Amendment,   dated  December  18,  2000,  to  1997  Stock   Incentive  Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7.1 from the  Registrant's  Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000).
99.3
Amendment to  Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc.  1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan,
approved on May 5, 2003.
-1-
SIGNATURES
The
Registrant
. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Louisville, Kentucky on
September 26, 2003.
Commonwealth Industries, Inc.
By:
/s/ Mark V. Kaminski
Mark V. Kaminski
President and Chief Executive
Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW
ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Mark V. Kaminski and Lenna Ruth Macdonald his or her true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign any or all amendments to this Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, 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 full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he
or she might or could do in person, and hereby ratifies and confirms all his or her said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
-2-
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on
September 26, 2003.
Signature
Title
/s/ Paul E. Lego
Paul E. Lego
Chairman of the Board
/s/ Mark V. Kaminski
Mark V. Kaminski
President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer
/s/ Catherine G. Burke
Catherine G. Burke
Director
/s/ Steven J. Demetriou
Steven J. Demetriou
Director
/s/ C. Frederick Fetterolf
C. Frederick Fetterolf
Director
/s/ Larry E. Kittelberger
Larry E. Kittelberger
Director
/s/ John E. Merow
John E. Merow
Director
/s/ Donald L. Marsh, Jr.
Donald L. Marsh, Jr.
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Henry Del Castillo
Henry Del Castillo
Vice President Finance (Principal Accounting
Officer)
-3-
Index to Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
5
Opinion and consent of Sullivan & Cromwell  LLP  regarding  the validity of
the securities registered.
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Sullivan
& Cromwell LLP  (included  in opinion  filed as Exhibit 5).
24
Powers of Attorney  (set forth on the  signature  page of the  registration
statement).
99.1
Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc. 1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan, as amended and
restated  April 23, 1999  (incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 10.2 from
the  Registration's  Quarterly  Report on Form 10-Q for the  quarter  ended
March 31, 1999).
99.2
Amendment,   dated  December  18,  2000,  to  1997  Stock   Incentive  Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7.1 from the  Registrant's  Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000).
99.3
Amendment to  Commonwealth  Industries,  Inc.  1997 Stock  Incentive  Plan,
approved on May 5, 2003.