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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 20pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION</B>
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1900 West Loop South, Suite&nbsp;1500</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>26-1561397</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Quanex Building Products Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan,<BR>
as amended February&nbsp;24, 2011</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Kevin P. Delaney<BR>
1900 West Loop South<BR>
Suite&nbsp;1500<BR>
Houston, Texas 77027</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(713)&nbsp;877-5339</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B><I>Copy to:</I></B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Fulbright &#038; Jaworski L.L.P.<BR>
1301 McKinney, Suite&nbsp;5100<BR>
Houston, Texas 77010<BR>
(713)&nbsp;651-5151<BR>
Attention: Martin F. Doublesin</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>2,400,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$19.49 <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$46,776,000 <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(3)</SUP></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$5,430.69</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">This Registration Statement covers 2,400,000 additional shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Quanex Building
Products Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148; or the &#147;Corporation&#148;)
available for issuance pursuant to awards under the Corporation&#146;s
2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This Registration
Statement also covers any additional shares of common stock of
the Registrant that become issuable pursuant to awards by reason
of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of
the outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is
only being paid with respect to the registration of additional
securities for the Plan. A Registration Statement on Form S-8 has
been filed previously on April&nbsp;23, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;333-150392)
covering 2,900,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance
pursuant to awards under the Plan.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rules
457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per
share of common stock of the Registrant on March&nbsp;28, 2011, as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"><U>Incorporation by Reference</U>. This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on April
23, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;333-150392) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%"><U>Registration of Additional Shares of Common Stock Under the Plan</U>. This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Registrant to register an additional 2,400,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Quanex Building Products Corporation, which may be
awarded under the 2008 Omnibus Award Plan pursuant to an amendment of such plan authorized by the
stockholders of the Registrant on February&nbsp;24, 2011.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on April&nbsp;23, 2008 (File No.&nbsp;333-150392), by Quanex
Building Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Corporation&#148; or the &#147;Registrant&#148;), are
incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the following new documents filed with the
Commission by the Corporation are incorporated herein by reference:
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">the Corporation&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2010, filed with the
Commission on December&nbsp;20, 2010;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify"> the Corporation&#146;s Quarterly Report for the fiscal
quarter ended January&nbsp;31, 2011, filed with the
Commission on March&nbsp;11, 2011;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify"> the Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on December&nbsp;3, 2010, February&nbsp;2, 2011, and
February&nbsp;25, 2011 (excluding information furnished under
Items 2.02 and 9.01); and</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify"> the description of common stock contained in Exhibit
99.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;5 to the Registration Statement on
Form&nbsp;10 (File No.&nbsp;001-33913), filed by Quanex Building
Products Corporation with the Commission on March&nbsp;24,
2008, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the effective date of this Registration
Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any information that the
Registrant discloses under Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the
Registrant may from time to time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or
otherwise become a part of, this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in any 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 or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so
modified or superseded.
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Quanex Building Products Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended
February&nbsp;24, 2011, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on
Form&nbsp;10-Q (Reg. No.&nbsp;001-33913) as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March&nbsp;11, 2011.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant dated as of December&nbsp;12, 2007,
filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;10 (Reg.
No.&nbsp;001-33913) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
11, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant dated as of August&nbsp;28, 2008, filed
as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (Reg. No.
001-33913) for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2008, and incorporated herein by
reference.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Kevin P. Delaney</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Kevin P. Delaney (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Filed herewith.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas on this 1st day of April,
2011.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>Quanex Building Products Corporation </B></FONT><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/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">David D. Petratis</FONT>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left"><B>David D. Petratis</B>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="2" align="left"><I>Chairman of the Board, President
and <br>Chief Executive Officer</I>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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



<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Kevin P. Delaney and Brent L. Korb, and each of them individually, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement
on Form S-8 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 individually, 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">David D. Petratis</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
David D. Petratis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer<BR>

(principal executive officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Donald G. Barger, Jr.</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald G. Barger, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Susan F. Davis</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Susan F. Davis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">William C. Griffiths</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William C. Griffiths
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">LeRoy D. Nosbaum</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
LeRoy D. Nosbaum
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Joseph D. Rupp</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joseph D. Rupp
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Curtis M. Stevens</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Curtis M. Stevens
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Brent L. Korb</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Brent L. Korb
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Senior Vice President-Finance and <BR>
Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</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="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ <FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">Deborah M. Gadin</FONT>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Deborah M. Gadin
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">Vice President and Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">April&nbsp;1, 2011</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="86%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 10pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Exhibit No.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><B>Description</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Quanex Building Products Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as
amended February&nbsp;24, 2011, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly
Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q (Reg. No.&nbsp;001-33913) as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;11, 2011.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant dated as of December&nbsp;12,
2007, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
10 (Reg. No.&nbsp;001-33913) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January&nbsp;11, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant dated as of August&nbsp;28,
2008, filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 of the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q
(Reg. No.&nbsp;001-33913) for the quarter ended July&nbsp;31, 2008, and incorporated
herein by reference.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">5.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Kevin P. Delaney</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Kevin P. Delaney (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)*</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Filed herewith</DIV></TD>
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Form S-8
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
1900 West Loop South, Suite 1500
26-1561397
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Houston, TX 77027
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Incorporation or Organization)
(Address, Including Zip Code, of
Principal Executive Offices)
Quanex Building Products Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan,
as amended February 24, 2011
(Full Title of the Plan)
Kevin P. Delaney
1900 West Loop South
Suite 1500
Houston, Texas 77027
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(713) 877-5339
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copy to:
Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
1301 McKinney, Suite 5100
Houston, Texas 77010
(713) 651-5151
Attention: Martin F. Doublesin
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
þ
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount
Title Of Each Class Of Securities
Amount To Be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Of
To Be Registered
Registered
(1)
Per Share
Offering Price
Registration Fee
(2)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
2,400,000 shares
$19.49
(3)
$46,776,000
(3)
$5,430.69
(1)
This Registration Statement covers 2,400,000 additional shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Quanex Building
Products Corporation (the "Registrant" or the "Corporation")
available for issuance pursuant to awards under the Corporation's
2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This Registration
Statement also covers any additional shares of common stock of
the Registrant that become issuable pursuant to awards by reason
of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other
similar transaction that results in an increase in the number of
the outstanding shares of common stock of the Registrant.
(2)
Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, a filing fee is
only being paid with respect to the registration of additional
securities for the Plan. A Registration Statement on Form S-8 has
been filed previously on April 23, 2008 (File No. 333-150392)
covering 2,900,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance
pursuant to awards under the Plan.
(3)
Calculated solely for purposes of this offering under Rules
457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
the basis of the average of the high and low selling prices per
share of common stock of the Registrant on March 28, 2011, as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Incorporation by Reference
. This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on April
23, 2008 (File No. 333-150392) are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
Registration of Additional Shares of Common Stock Under the Plan
. This Registration
Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Registrant to register an additional 2,400,000 shares of
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Quanex Building Products Corporation, which may be
awarded under the 2008 Omnibus Award Plan pursuant to an amendment of such plan authorized by the
stockholders of the Registrant on February 24, 2011.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 previously filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on April 23, 2008 (File No. 333-150392), by Quanex
Building Products Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Corporation" or the "Registrant"), are
incorporated herein by reference. In addition, the following new documents filed with the
Commission by the Corporation are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
the Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended October 31, 2010, filed with the
Commission on December 20, 2010;
(b)
the Corporation's Quarterly Report for the fiscal
quarter ended January 31, 2011, filed with the
Commission on March 11, 2011;
(c)
the Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the
Commission on December 3, 2010, February 2, 2011, and
February 25, 2011 (excluding information furnished under
Items 2.02 and 9.01); and
(d)
the description of common stock contained in Exhibit
99.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on
Form 10 (File No. 001-33913), filed by Quanex Building
Products Corporation with the Commission on March 24,
2008, and any amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the effective date of this Registration
Statement, prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
indicating that all securities offered hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be part hereof from
the date of filing of such documents. In no event, however, will any information that the
Registrant discloses under Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any Current Report on Form 8-K that the
Registrant may from time to time furnish to the Commission be incorporated by reference into, or
otherwise become a part of, this Registration Statement. Any statement contained in any 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 or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a part of this Registration Statement, except as so
modified or superseded.
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Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Quanex Building Products Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as amended
February 24, 2011, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q (Reg. No. 001-33913) as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on March 11, 2011.
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant dated as of December 12, 2007,
filed as Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 (Reg.
No. 001-33913) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January
11, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant dated as of August 28, 2008, filed
as Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (Reg. No.
001-33913) for the quarter ended July 31, 2008, and incorporated herein by
reference.
5.1
*
Opinion of Kevin P. Delaney
23.1
*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
*
Consent of Kevin P. Delaney (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
24
*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, Texas on this 1st day of April,
2011.
Quanex Building Products Corporation
By:
/s/
David D. Petratis
David D. Petratis
Chairman of the Board, President
and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby
constitutes and appoints Kevin P. Delaney and Brent L. Korb, and each of them individually, his or
her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement
on Form S-8 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 individually, 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, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
David D. Petratis
David D. Petratis
Chairman of the Board, President
and Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
April 1, 2011
/s/
Donald G. Barger, Jr.
Donald G. Barger, Jr.
Director
April 1, 2011
/s/
Susan F. Davis
Susan F. Davis
Director
April 1, 2011
/s/
William C. Griffiths
William C. Griffiths
Director
April 1, 2011
/s/
LeRoy D. Nosbaum
LeRoy D. Nosbaum
Director
April 1, 2011
/s/
Joseph D. Rupp
Joseph D. Rupp
Director
April 1, 2011
/s/
Curtis M. Stevens
Curtis M. Stevens
Director
April 1, 2011
/s/
Brent L. Korb
Brent L. Korb
Senior Vice President-Finance and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
April 1, 2011
/s/
Deborah M. Gadin
Deborah M. Gadin
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
April 1, 2011
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
4.1
Quanex Building Products Corporation 2008 Omnibus Incentive Plan, as
amended February 24, 2011, filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q (Reg. No. 001-33913) as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on March 11, 2011.
4.2
Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant dated as of December 12,
2007, filed as Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
10 (Reg. No. 001-33913) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
January 11, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
4.3
Amended and Restated By-laws of the Registrant dated as of August 28,
2008, filed as Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
(Reg. No. 001-33913) for the quarter ended July 31, 2008, and incorporated
herein by reference.
5.1
*
Opinion of Kevin P. Delaney
23.1
*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
*
Consent of Kevin P. Delaney (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)*
24
*
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
*
Filed herewith
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