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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;8, 2003
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-__________
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<P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8
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<P align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>American Standard Companies Inc.
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<DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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<B>13-3465896</B></FONT></TD>
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(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>One Centennial Avenue<BR>
P.O. Box 6820<BR>
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>American Standard Companies Inc.<BR>
Supplemental Compensation Plan for Outside Directors</B><BR>
(Full title of the Plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>J. Paul McGrath, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel &#038; Secretary<BR>
One Centennial Avenue<BR>
P.O. Box 6820<BR>
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820<BR>
(732)&nbsp;980-6000</B><BR>
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock, par
value $ .01 per
share</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">70,000</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Consists of shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the American
Standard Companies Inc. Supplemental Compensation Plan for Outside
Directors (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Such indeterminate number of additional shares as
may be issuable pursuant to the recapitalization provisions under the Plan
is hereby also registered.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Computed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) solely for the purpose of determining
the registration fee, based upon an assumed price of $86.68 per share,
which was the average of the high and low prices of American Standard
Companies Inc. common shares on October&nbsp;2, 2003, as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange.</FONT></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></TD></TR>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#008">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">PART II
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement are the following
documents filed by American Standard Companies Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;):
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    <TD><FONT size="2">The Company&#146;s latest annual report filed
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">All other reports filed by the Company pursuant
to sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to
in (a)&nbsp;above; and</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock,
par value $ .01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), contained in
the Company&#146;s Registration Statements on Form&nbsp;8-A and Form
S-2 (File No.&nbsp;33-56042), each dated January&nbsp;5, 1995, and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Company&#146;s &#147;Rights&#148;
attached to each share of Common Stock, contained in the
Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;5, 1995, between the
Company and Citibank N.A. as Rights Agent, as amended;
previously filed as Exhibit (4)(xxv) to the Company&#146;s Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1994,
Exhibit&nbsp;1(a) and 1(b) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A
dated February&nbsp;7, 2003 and Exhibit&nbsp;1(c) in the
Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A dated August&nbsp;20, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or deemed to be</FONT>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">incorporated by reference herein) modified or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Delaware General Corporation Law (the &#147;Delaware Law&#148;) permits a
Delaware corporation to include a provision in its Certificate of
Incorporation, and the Company&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Amended By-Laws so provide, eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a
director to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision may not eliminate or
limit the liability of a director (i)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware Law which makes directors
personally liable for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or
redemptions and (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which the director derives
improper personal benefit. Under Delaware law, directors and officers may be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement in connection with any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation (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 interest of the Company
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe their conduct was unlawful. In derivative actions, indemnification
extends only to expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) incurred in connection
with defense or settlement of such an action and, in the event such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, only to the extent
that a proper court shall have determined that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses. The Company&#146;s Restated
Certificate of Incorporation further provides that if Delaware Law is amended
to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Company shall
be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, as so
amended.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company maintains directors&#146; and officers&#146; reimbursement and liability
insurance pursuant to standard form policies. The risks covered by such
policies include certain liabilities under the securities law.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An Exhibit&nbsp;Index, containing a list of all exhibits filed with this
registration statement, is included on pages 9-11.
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;415 Offering. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any Prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act, unless the information 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 the Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the Prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of 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, unless the
information 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 the Registration
Statement;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
Statement or any material change to such information in the
Registration Statement.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&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.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;Subsequent Exchange Act Documents. 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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Indemnification. 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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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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, 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 the City of Piscataway, New Jersey on the 2nd day of October,
2003.
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.</FONT></TD>
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By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ J. Paul McGrath</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary</FONT></TD>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Frederic M. Poses, J. Paul McGrath, G. Peter D&#146;Aloia and Gary J. Van
Domelen and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead
to execute on his or her behalf, as a director of American Standard Companies
Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form&nbsp;S-8
(the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) for the registration of shares of the Company&#146;s
common stock, par value $.01 (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), in connection with the American
Standard Companies Inc. Supplemental Compensation Plan for Outside Directors
and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the
Registration Statement, and file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#147;SEC&#148;) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#147;Act&#148;), and any and all
other instruments which any of said attorneys-in-fact and agents deems
necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules,
regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities
or Blue Sky laws of any State or other governmental subdivision, giving and
granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he
or she might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents or substitutes may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2">&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, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Frederic M. Poses
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Frederic M. Poses</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ G. Peter D&#146;Aloia
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G. Peter D&#146;Aloia</FONT></TD>
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Senior Vice
President Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)

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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Richard S. Paradise
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Richard S. Paradise</FONT></TD>
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Vice President
and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Steven E. Anderson
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Steven E. Anderson</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jared L. Cohon
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Jared L. Cohon</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Steven F. Goldstone
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Steven F. Goldstone</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Edward E. Hagenlocker
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Edward E. Hagenlocker</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James F. Hardymon
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James F. Hardymon</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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Ruth
Ann Marshall</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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Roger W. Parsons</FONT></TD>
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Director
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">October&nbsp;2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">3.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; previously filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;3(i) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 1998, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, previously filed as Exhibit
(3)(ii) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31,
1999, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Form of Common Stock Certificate; previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4(i) in the
Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002, and herein
incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Indenture, dated as of November&nbsp;1, l986, between American Standard Inc.
(&#147;American&#148;) and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, Trustee, including
the form of 9 1/4% Sinking Fund Debenture Due 2016 issued pursuant
thereto on December&nbsp;9, 1986, in the aggregate principal amount of
$150,000,000; previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4(iii) to American&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K
for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1986, and herein incorporated by
reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of April
25, 1988 among American, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (the
&#147;Resigning Trustee&#148;) and Wilmington Trust Company (the &#147;Successor
Trustee&#148;) relating to resignation of the Resigning Trustee and appointment
of the Successor Trustee under the Indenture referred to in Exhibit
(4)(ii) above; previously filed as Exhibit (4)(ii) to Registration
Statement No.&nbsp;33-64450 of American, filed June&nbsp;16, 1993, and herein
incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February&nbsp;1, 2000 among
American, the Company, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee,
previously filed as Exhibit (4)(iv) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1999, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Form of Senior Debt Indenture dated as of January&nbsp;15, 1998 among
American, the Company and the Bank of New York; filed as Exhibit (4)(i)</FONT></TD>
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to Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-32627 filed
September&nbsp;19, 1997, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Indenture dated as of January&nbsp;15, 1998 among American, the Company and
The Bank of New York, Trustee; previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 in the
Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30, 1998, and herein
incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January&nbsp;15, 1998 between
American, the Company and The Bank of New York, relating to the Company&#146;s
7.375% Senior Notes due 2008, guaranteed by the Company; previously filed
as Exhibit (4)(xi) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 1997, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.8</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of February&nbsp;13, 1998 between
American, the Company and The Bank of New York relating to American&#146;s 7
1/8% Senior Notes due 2003 and 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2010, guaranteed by
the Company; previously filed as Exhibit (4)(xii) in the Company&#146;s Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1997, and herein incorporated
by reference.</FONT></TD>
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Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April&nbsp;13, 1998 to the Indenture
dated January&nbsp;15, 1998 among American, the Company and The Bank of New
York relating to the 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2005; previously filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended September&nbsp;30,
1998, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;28, 1999 to the Indenture
dated as of January&nbsp;15, 1998 among American, the Company and The Bank of
New York relating to the 8.25% Senior Notes due; previously filed as
Exhibit (4)(x) in the Company&#146;s form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 1999, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;28, 1999 to the Indenture
dated as of May&nbsp;28, 1999 among American, the Company and The Bank of New
York relating to the 8.25% Senior Notes due 2009; previously filed as
Exhibit (4)(xi) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 1999, and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May&nbsp;28, 1999 to the Indenture
dated as of May&nbsp;28, 1999 among American, the Company and The Bank of New
York relating to the 7.125% Senior Notes due 2006, previously</FONT></TD>
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filed as Exhibit (4)(xii) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the
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Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;5, 1995, between the Company and
Citibank N.A. as Rights Agent; previously filed as Exhibit (4)(xxv) to the
Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 1994, and
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Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January&nbsp;13, 2003 between
the Company and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent; previously filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;1(a) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A dated February&nbsp;7, 2003, and
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Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;6, 2003,
between the Company and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent; previously
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;1(b) in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A dated February&nbsp;7, 2003
and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Amendment No.&nbsp;3
to Rights Agreement, dated August&nbsp;20, 2003, between the Company
and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent; previously filed as
Exhibit&nbsp;1(c) to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A
dated August&nbsp;20, 2003 and herein incorporated by reference.</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP (filed herewith).</FONT></TD>
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Powers of Attorney (filed herewith &#151; see pages 7-8 of the Registration
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American Standard Companies Inc. Supplemental Compensation Plan for
Outside Directors, as amended and restated effective December&nbsp;5, 2002;
previously filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10 (xii)&nbsp;in the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2002.</FONT></TD>
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AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.
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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on October 8, 2003
Registration No. 333-__________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
American Standard Companies Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
13-3465896
(State or other jurisdiction of
Incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Centennial Avenue
P.O. Box 6820
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
American Standard Companies Inc.
Supplemental Compensation Plan for Outside Directors
(Full title of the Plan)
J. Paul McGrath, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
One Centennial Avenue
P.O. Box 6820
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820
(732) 980-6000
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Title of
maximum
maximum
securities to be
Amount to be
offering price
aggregate
Amount of
registered
registered
per unit
offering price
registration fee
Common Stock, par
value $ .01 per
share
70,000
(1)
$
86.68
$
6,067,600
(2)
$
491
(1)
Consists of shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the American
Standard Companies Inc. Supplemental Compensation Plan for Outside
Directors (the "Plan"). Such indeterminate number of additional shares as
may be issuable pursuant to the recapitalization provisions under the Plan
is hereby also registered.
(2)
Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of determining
the registration fee, based upon an assumed price of $86.68 per share,
which was the average of the high and low prices of American Standard
Companies Inc. common shares on October 2, 2003, as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange.
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Item 4. Description of Securities
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Item 8. Exhibits
Item 9. Undertakings
SIGNATURES
Index to Exhibits
OPINION OF DEBEVOISE & PLIMPTON
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
Incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement are the following
documents filed by American Standard Companies Inc. (the "Company") with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"):
a.
The Company's latest annual report filed
pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
b.
All other reports filed by the Company pursuant
to sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act since the end
of the fiscal year covered by the annual report referred to
in (a) above; and
c.
The description of the Company's Common Stock,
par value $ .01 per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in
the Company's Registration Statements on Form 8-A and Form
S-2 (File No. 33-56042), each dated January 5, 1995, and any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
d.
The description of the Company's "Rights"
attached to each share of Common Stock, contained in the
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 5, 1995, between the
Company and Citibank N.A. as Rights Agent, as amended;
previously filed as Exhibit (4)(xxv) to the Company's Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994,
Exhibit 1(a) and 1(b) in the Company's Form 8-A/A
dated February 7, 2003 and Exhibit 1(c) in the
Company's Form 8-A/A dated August 20, 2003.
All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have
been sold or that deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall
be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to
be part hereof from the dates of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement
contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document which also is
incorporated or deemed to be
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incorporated by reference herein) modified or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Delaware General Corporation Law (the "Delaware Law") permits a
Delaware corporation to include a provision in its Certificate of
Incorporation, and the Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation and
Amended By-Laws so provide, eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a
director to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, provided that such provision may not eliminate or
limit the liability of a director (i) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of
law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware Law which makes directors
personally liable for unlawful dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or
redemptions and (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives
improper personal benefit. Under Delaware law, directors and officers may be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement in connection with any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative (other than an 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 interest of the Company
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause
to believe their conduct was unlawful. In derivative actions, indemnification
extends only to expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred in connection
with defense or settlement of such an action and, in the event such person
shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, only to the extent
that a proper court shall have determined that such person is fairly and
reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses. The Company's Restated
Certificate of Incorporation further provides that if Delaware Law is amended
to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal
liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Company shall
be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, as so
amended.
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The Company maintains directors' and officers' reimbursement and liability
insurance pursuant to standard form policies. The risks covered by such
policies include certain liabilities under the securities law.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
An Exhibit Index, containing a list of all exhibits filed with this
registration statement, is included on pages 9-11.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) Rule 415 Offering. 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:
(i) To include any Prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act, unless the information 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 the Registration Statement;
(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, unless the
information 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 the Registration
Statement;
(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.
(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.
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(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) Subsequent Exchange Act Documents. 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 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Indemnification. 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, 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 Piscataway, New Jersey on the 2nd day of October,
2003.
AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.
By:
/s/ J. Paul McGrath
J. Paul McGrath
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below does hereby make, constitute and
appoint Frederic M. Poses, J. Paul McGrath, G. Peter D'Aloia and Gary J. Van
Domelen and each of them, with full power to act without the others, his or her
true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, in his or her name, place and stead
to execute on his or her behalf, as a director of American Standard Companies
Inc. (the "Company"), the Registration Statement of the Company on Form S-8
(the "Registration Statement") for the registration of shares of the Company's
common stock, par value $.01 ("Common Stock"), in connection with the American
Standard Companies Inc. Supplemental Compensation Plan for Outside Directors
and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the
Registration Statement, and file the same with all exhibits thereto and other
documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "SEC") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), and any and all
other instruments which any of said attorneys-in-fact and agents deems
necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules,
regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities
or Blue Sky laws of any State or other governmental subdivision, giving and
granting to each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or
appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he
or she might or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that his or her said attorneys-in-fact and agents or substitutes may or shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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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.
Signatures
Title
Date
/s/ Frederic M. Poses
Frederic M. Poses
Chairman, Chief
Executive Officer
and Director
(Principal
Executive Officer)
October 2, 2003
/s/ G. Peter D'Aloia
G. Peter D'Aloia
Senior Vice
President Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Financial Officer)
October 2, 2003
/s/ Richard S. Paradise
Richard S. Paradise
Vice President
and Controller
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
October 2, 2003
/s/ Steven E. Anderson
Steven E. Anderson
Director
October 2, 2003
/s/ Jared L. Cohon
Jared L. Cohon
Director
October 2, 2003
/s/ Steven F. Goldstone
Steven F. Goldstone
Director
October 2, 2003
/s/ Edward E. Hagenlocker
Edward E. Hagenlocker
Director
October 2, 2003
/s/ James F. Hardymon
James F. Hardymon
Director
October 2, 2003
Ruth
Ann Marshall
Director
October 2, 2003
/s/ Roger W. Parsons
Roger W. Parsons
Director
October 2, 2003
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Index to Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company; previously filed as
Exhibit 3(i) in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September
30, 1998, and herein incorporated by reference.
3.2
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company, previously filed as Exhibit
(3)(ii) in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
1999, and herein incorporated by reference.
4.1
Form of Common Stock Certificate; previously filed as Exhibit 4(i) in the
Company's Form 10K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, and herein
incorporated by reference.
4.2
Indenture, dated as of November 1, l986, between American Standard Inc.
("American") and Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, Trustee, including
the form of 9 1/4% Sinking Fund Debenture Due 2016 issued pursuant
thereto on December 9, 1986, in the aggregate principal amount of
$150,000,000; previously filed as Exhibit 4(iii) to American's Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1986, and herein incorporated by
reference.
4.3
Instrument of Resignation, Appointment and Acceptance, dated as of April
25, 1988 among American, Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company (the
"Resigning Trustee") and Wilmington Trust Company (the "Successor
Trustee") relating to resignation of the Resigning Trustee and appointment
of the Successor Trustee under the Indenture referred to in Exhibit
(4)(ii) above; previously filed as Exhibit (4)(ii) to Registration
Statement No. 33-64450 of American, filed June 16, 1993, and herein
incorporated by reference.
4.4
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2000 among
American, the Company, and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee,
previously filed as Exhibit (4)(iv) in the Company's Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, and herein incorporated by reference.
4.5
Form of Senior Debt Indenture dated as of January 15, 1998 among
American, the Company and the Bank of New York; filed as Exhibit (4)(i)
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to Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-32627 filed
September 19, 1997, and herein incorporated by reference.
4.6
Indenture dated as of January 15, 1998 among American, the Company and
The Bank of New York, Trustee; previously filed as Exhibit 4.1 in the
Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 1998, and herein
incorporated by reference.
4.7
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 15, 1998 between
American, the Company and The Bank of New York, relating to the Company's
7.375% Senior Notes due 2008, guaranteed by the Company; previously filed
as Exhibit (4)(xi) in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1997, and herein incorporated by reference.
4.8
Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 13, 1998 between
American, the Company and The Bank of New York relating to American's 7
1/8% Senior Notes due 2003 and 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2010, guaranteed by
the Company; previously filed as Exhibit (4)(xii) in the Company's Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997, and herein incorporated
by reference.
4.9
Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of April 13, 1998 to the Indenture
dated January 15, 1998 among American, the Company and The Bank of New
York relating to the 7 3/8% Senior Notes due 2005; previously filed as
Exhibit 4.2 in the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30,
1998, and herein incorporated by reference.
4.10
Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 28, 1999 to the Indenture
dated as of January 15, 1998 among American, the Company and The Bank of
New York relating to the 8.25% Senior Notes due; previously filed as
Exhibit (4)(x) in the Company's form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1999, and herein incorporated by reference.
4.11
Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 28, 1999 to the Indenture
dated as of May 28, 1999 among American, the Company and The Bank of New
York relating to the 8.25% Senior Notes due 2009; previously filed as
Exhibit (4)(xi) in the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 1999, and herein incorporated by reference.
4.12
Sixth Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 28, 1999 to the Indenture
dated as of May 28, 1999 among American, the Company and The Bank of New
York relating to the 7.125% Senior Notes due 2006, previously
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filed as Exhibit (4)(xii) in the Company's Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 1999, and herein incorporated by
reference.
4.13
Rights Agreement, dated as of January 5, 1995, between the Company and
Citibank N.A. as Rights Agent; previously filed as Exhibit (4)(xxv) to the
Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1994, and
herein incorporated by reference.
4.14
Amendment No. 1 to Rights Agreement, dated as of January 13, 2003 between
the Company and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent; previously filed as
Exhibit 1(a) in the Company's Form 8-A/A dated February 7, 2003, and
herein incorporated by reference.
4.15
Amendment No. 2 to Rights Agreement, dated as of February 6, 2003,
between the Company and the Bank of New York, as Rights Agent; previously
filed as Exhibit 1(b) in the Company's Form 8-A/A dated February 7, 2003
and herein incorporated by reference.
4.16
Amendment No. 3
to Rights Agreement, dated August 20, 2003, between the Company
and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent; previously filed as
Exhibit 1(c) to the Company's Form 8-A/A
dated August 20, 2003 and herein incorporated by reference.
5
Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton (filed herewith).
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP (filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Debevoise & Plimpton (included in Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney (filed herewith — see pages 7-8 of the Registration
Statement).
99
American Standard Companies Inc. Supplemental Compensation Plan for
Outside Directors, as amended and restated effective December 5, 2002;
previously filed as Exhibit 10 (xii) in the Company's Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2002.
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