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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D. C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2274963</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1329 Millwood Road <BR>
McKinney, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>75069</B></TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION 2010 STOCK OPTION PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Daniel L. Jones<BR>
President and Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Encore Wire Corporation<BR>
1329 Millwood Road<BR>
McKinney, Texas 75069</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(972)&nbsp;562-9473</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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.
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<TR valign="top"><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
<TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT>
<BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Title of securities</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to be registered</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">registered<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(1)</SUP></TD>

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="2">offering price per share<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(2)</SUP></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock,
par value
$0.01 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">500,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="CENTER" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$25.37</TD>
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    <TD align="CENTER" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$12,685,000</TD>
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    <TD align="CENTER" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1,472.73</TD>
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    <TD>The number of shares registered is equal to the maximum number of shares issuable by Encore
Wire Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), pursuant to the Encore Wire
Corporation 2010 Stock Option Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), the offering and sale of shares issuable upon any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction with respect to these shares are also being
registered hereunder.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act, the registration fee for the 500,000 shares available
for grants under the Plan is based upon a price of $25.37 per share, the average of the high and
low sales prices reported on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange for the Registrant&#146;s common stock on July
12, 2011.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Part I.</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s) containing the information required in Part&nbsp;I of this Form S-8 will be sent or
given to Plan participants as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) under the Act. Such documents are not
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;), but constitute, along
with the documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration statement, a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Encore Wire Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) will furnish without charge to each Plan
participant, upon such participant&#146;s written or oral request, a copy of any document (i)
incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration statement or (ii)&nbsp;required to
be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b), other than the exhibits to such document (unless
such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated).
The documents incorporated by reference in Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this registration statement are
incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. Requests must be made to Encore Wire
Corporation, Attn: Secretary, 1329 Millwood Road, McKinney, Texas 75069, (972)&nbsp;562-9473.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Part II.</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and shall be deemed a part hereof:
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    <TD>Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010 (filed March&nbsp;4, 2011);</TD>
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    <TD>Current report on Form 8-K (filed April&nbsp;28, 2011);</TD>
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    <TD>Current report on Form 8-K (filed May&nbsp;4, 2011);</TD>
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    <TD>Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2011 (filed May
5, 2011);</TD>
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    <TD>Amendment to current report on Form 8-K (filed May&nbsp;5, 2011); and</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Registrant (&#147;Common Stock&#148;) contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A dated
June&nbsp;4, 1992, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be a part hereof from the date 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, that 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, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (the &#147;Certificate&#148;) provides that to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no director of the Corporation shall be personally
liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director, except (i)&nbsp;for any breach of such director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
stockholders; (ii)&nbsp;for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of the law; (iii)&nbsp;under Section&nbsp;174 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware; or (iv)&nbsp;for any transaction from which such director derived an improper
benefit.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (the &#147;Bylaws&#148;) provide that the
Registrant will indemnify an officer or director who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made
a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, in the
context of an action by or in the right of the Registrant, the Registrant will only indemnify an
officer or director against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) and will not indemnify an officer
or director if such person has been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance
of such person&#146;s duty to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that a court determines that
in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for expenses that the court deems proper.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any director or officer of the Registrant has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any such action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any such claim, issue or matter
therein, the Bylaws require the Registrant to indemnify such person against expenses (including
attorneys&#146; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Any such
indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the
disinterested directors, independent legal counsel or the stockholders that indemnification is
proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws also provide that the Registrant will advance reasonable expenses, including court
costs and attorneys&#146; fees incurred by a person who was, or is, a witness or who was, or is, named
as a defendant or respondent in any threatened, pending or completed action, claim, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, any appeal in such action,
suit or proceeding, and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit or
proceeding, by reason of the fact that such individual is, or was, a director or officer of the
Registrant, or while a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was serving at the request of
the Registrant as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or
similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, upon receipt by the Registrant of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or
director to repay all such amounts paid or reimbursed by the Registrant if it should ultimately be
determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant. The rights of
indemnification and to receive advancement of expenses as provided in the Bylaws shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled under the
Certificate or any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Bylaws and Section&nbsp;145 of the General Corporation Code of the State of Delaware further
authorize the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against
any liability asserted against such person and
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person&#146;s status as such,
whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
officers (each, an &#147;Indemnification Agreement&#148;). Under each Indemnification Agreement, the
Registrant agreed to indemnify each director and officer who was, is or becomes involved in any
threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution
mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or investigation that such director or officer in good faith
believes might lead to the foregoing actions, of any nature, as a result of his service to the
Registrant, against any and all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) and all other costs, expenses
and obligations incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or
participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, or to be a witness in or to
participate in connection with such action. Additionally, the Registrant agreed to advance any and
all expenses actually incurred by such director or officer within ten days after the Registrant
receives evidence of the incurrence of such expenses.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The exhibits listed in the accompanying Index to Exhibits are furnished as part of this
registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Act;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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; and
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
</DIV>

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

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

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the
Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The undertaking regarding indemnification of officers and directors is included as part of
Item&nbsp;6, which is incorporated into Item&nbsp;9 by reference.
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</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Registrant. </I>Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 McKinney, State of Texas, on the 15th day of July, 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">ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION<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/ Daniel L. Jones
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Daniel L. Jones, President and&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
</DIV>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant do hereby constitute and appoint
Daniel L. Jones and Frank J. Bilban, and either of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents or attorney-in-fact and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable the Registrant to comply with the Act
and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Commission in connection with this registration
statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers
granted include the full power of authority, the powers granted include the full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in
the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and all amendments (including
any post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents
filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement, and each of the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof. The Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the
dates indicated below.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, this registration statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated below.
</DIV>
<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Signature</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Daniel L. Jones
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel L. Jones</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Frank J. Bilban
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Frank J. Bilban</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Vice President-Finance, Treasurer, Secretary<BR>
and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Title</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Donald E. Courtney
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Donald E. Courtney</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas L. Cunningham
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas L. Cunningham</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William R. Thomas, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William R. Thomas, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Scott D. Weaver
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Scott D. Weaver</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John H. Wilson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John H. Wilson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 15, 2011</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">5.1</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Legal opinion of Thompson &#038; Knight LLP</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">23.1</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Encore Wire Corporation 2010 Stock Option Plan (filed as Appendix A to the

Registrant&#146;s Notice and Proxy Statement, filed March 26, 2010, and incorporated
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Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-2274963
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
1329 Millwood Road
McKinney, Texas
75069
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION 2010 STOCK OPTION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Daniel L. Jones
President and Chief Executive Officer
Encore Wire Corporation
1329 Millwood Road
McKinney, Texas 75069
(Name and address of agent for service)
(972) 562-9473
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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.
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
Amount to be
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
to be registered
registered
(1)
offering price per share
(2)
aggregate offering price
registration fee
(2)
Common Stock,
par value
$0.01 per share
500,000 shares
$25.37
$12,685,000
$1,472.73
(1)
The number of shares registered is equal to the maximum number of shares issuable by Encore
Wire Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), pursuant to the Encore Wire
Corporation 2010 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to Rule 416 promulgated under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), the offering and sale of shares issuable upon any
stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction with respect to these shares are also being
registered hereunder.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Act, the registration fee for the 500,000 shares available
for grants under the Plan is based upon a price of $25.37 per share, the average of the high and
low sales prices reported on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange for the Registrant's common stock on July
12, 2011.
Part I.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.
The document(s) containing the information required in Part I of this Form S-8 will be sent or
given to Plan participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Act. Such documents are not
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), but constitute, along
with the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement, a
prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Act.
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
Encore Wire Corporation (the "Registrant") will furnish without charge to each Plan
participant, upon such participant's written or oral request, a copy of any document (i)
incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement or (ii) required to
be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b), other than the exhibits to such document (unless
such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference to the information that is incorporated).
The documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this registration statement are
incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. Requests must be made to Encore Wire
Corporation, Attn: Secretary, 1329 Millwood Road, McKinney, Texas 75069, (972) 562-9473.
Part II.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by
reference in this registration statement and shall be deemed a part hereof:
(a)
Annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (filed March 4, 2011);
(b)
Current report on Form 8-K (filed April 28, 2011);
(c)
Current report on Form 8-K (filed May 4, 2011);
(d)
Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 (filed May
5, 2011);
(e)
Amendment to current report on Form 8-K (filed May 5, 2011); and
(f)
The description of the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the
Registrant ("Common Stock") contained in the registration statement on Form 8-A dated
June 4, 1992, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which
indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement and to be a part hereof from the date 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, that 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, 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.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
The Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (the "Certificate") provides that to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no director of the Corporation shall be personally
liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as
a director, except (i) for any breach of such director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its
stockholders; (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or that involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of the law; (iii) under Section 174 of the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware; or (iv) for any transaction from which such director derived an improper
benefit.
The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant (the "Bylaws") provide that the
Registrant will indemnify an officer or director who was or is a party, or is threatened to be made
a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil,
criminal, administrative or investigative by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
director or officer of the Registrant or is or was serving at the request of the Registrant as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or
other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit
or proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to
be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. However, in the
context of an action by or in the right of the Registrant, the Registrant will only indemnify an
officer or director against expenses (including attorneys' fees) and will not indemnify an officer
or director if such person has been adjudged liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance
of such person's duty to the Registrant, unless and only to the extent that a court determines that
in view of all circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to
indemnity for expenses that the court deems proper.
If any director or officer of the Registrant has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any such action, suit or proceeding, or in defense of any such claim, issue or matter
therein, the Bylaws require the Registrant to indemnify such person against expenses (including
attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. Any such
indemnification may be made only as authorized in each specific case upon a determination by the
disinterested directors, independent legal counsel or the stockholders that indemnification is
proper because the indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct.
The Bylaws also provide that the Registrant will advance reasonable expenses, including court
costs and attorneys' fees incurred by a person who was, or is, a witness or who was, or is, named
as a defendant or respondent in any threatened, pending or completed action, claim, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, any appeal in such action,
suit or proceeding, and any inquiry or investigation that could lead to such an action, suit or
proceeding, by reason of the fact that such individual is, or was, a director or officer of the
Registrant, or while a director or officer of the Registrant, is or was serving at the request of
the Registrant as a director, officer, partner, venturer, proprietor, trustee, employee, agent or
similar functionary of another corporation, partnership, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise, upon receipt by the Registrant of an undertaking by or on behalf of such officer or
director to repay all such amounts paid or reimbursed by the Registrant if it should ultimately be
determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Registrant. The rights of
indemnification and to receive advancement of expenses as provided in the Bylaws shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the indemnified party may be entitled under the
Certificate or any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.
The Bylaws and Section 145 of the General Corporation Code of the State of Delaware further
authorize the Registrant to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or enterprise, against
any liability asserted against such person and
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incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such,
whether or not the corporation would otherwise have the power to indemnify such person.
The Registrant has also entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and
officers (each, an "Indemnification Agreement"). Under each Indemnification Agreement, the
Registrant agreed to indemnify each director and officer who was, is or becomes involved in any
threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, proceeding or alternative dispute resolution
mechanism, or any hearing, inquiry or investigation that such director or officer in good faith
believes might lead to the foregoing actions, of any nature, as a result of his service to the
Registrant, against any and all expenses (including attorneys' fees) and all other costs, expenses
and obligations incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or
participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to defend, or to be a witness in or to
participate in connection with such action. Additionally, the Registrant agreed to advance any and
all expenses actually incurred by such director or officer within ten days after the Registrant
receives evidence of the incurrence of such expenses.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not Applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The exhibits listed in the accompanying Index to Exhibits are furnished as part of this
registration statement.
Item 9. Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(a)(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 Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or
in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration
statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement.
Provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information
required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities
being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Act, each filing of the
Registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is
incorporated by reference in 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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(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 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 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 Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) The undertaking regarding indemnification of officers and directors is included as part of
Item 6, which is incorporated into Item 9 by reference.
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 McKinney, State of Texas, on the 15th day of July, 2011.
ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Daniel L. Jones
Daniel L. Jones, President and
Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the undersigned officers and directors of the Registrant do hereby constitute and appoint
Daniel L. Jones and Frank J. Bilban, and either of them, their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents or attorney-in-fact and agent, with power and authority to do any and all acts and
things and to execute any and all instruments which said attorneys and agents, and any one of them,
determine may be necessary or advisable or required to enable the Registrant to comply with the Act
and any rules or regulations or requirements of the Commission in connection with this registration
statement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing power and authority, the powers
granted include the full power of authority, the powers granted include the full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for them and in their name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, the power and authority to sign the names of the undersigned officers and directors in
the capacities indicated below to this registration statement, to any and all amendments (including
any post-effective amendments) and supplements thereto, and to any and all instruments or documents
filed as part of or in connection with such registration statement, and each of the undersigned
hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys and agents, or any of them, shall do or cause
to be done by virtue hereof. The Power of Attorney may be signed in several counterparts.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the
dates indicated below.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, this registration statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on the dates indicated below.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Daniel L. Jones
Daniel L. Jones
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
July 15, 2011
/s/ Frank J. Bilban
Frank J. Bilban
Vice President-Finance, Treasurer, Secretary
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
July 15, 2011
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Donald E. Courtney
Donald E. Courtney
Director
July 15, 2011
/s/ Thomas L. Cunningham
Thomas L. Cunningham
Director
July 15, 2011
/s/ William R. Thomas, III
William R. Thomas, III
Director
July 15, 2011
/s/ Scott D. Weaver
Scott D. Weaver
Director
July 15, 2011
/s/ John H. Wilson
John H. Wilson
Director
July 15, 2011
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit Number
Description
5.1
Legal opinion of Thompson & Knight LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1
Power of attorney (included in the signature page of this registration statement).
99.1
Encore Wire Corporation 2010 Stock Option Plan (filed as Appendix A to the

Registrant's Notice and Proxy Statement, filed March 26, 2010, and incorporated
herein by reference).
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