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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;23, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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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<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</I></B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>76-0127701</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Identification No.)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>77064</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Houston, Texas 77064</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Zip Code)</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan<BR>
(As Amended and Restated effective February&nbsp;19, 2010)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan<BR>
(As Amended and Restated effective December&nbsp;1, 2009)<BR>
(Full title of the plans)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><DIV align="center"><DIV style="FONT-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 26%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Todd R. Moore<BR>
Executive Vice President and General Counsel<BR>
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West<BR>
Houston, Texas 77064<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(281)&nbsp;897-7788<BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>copy to:</I></B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>John M. Allen, Jr.<BR>
Debevoise &#038; Plimpton LLP<BR>
919 Third Avenue<BR>
New York, NY 10022<BR>
(212)&nbsp;909-6611</B></DIV>

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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Amount to be</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>maximum offering</B></TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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                      <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">NCI Building
Systems, Inc. 2003
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Stock $0.01</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">par value per share</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">5,668,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$14.09</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$79,862,120.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">5,694.17</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">NCI Building
Systems, Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Stock $0.01</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">par value per share</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">400,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$14.09</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$5,636,000.00</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">401.85</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 0px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder
includes such indeterminate additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or issued to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
based upon the average of the high and low prices reported in the consolidated reporting
system for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;19, 2010.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#101">PART I</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#102">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#103">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#104">PART II</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#105">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#106">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#107">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#108">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#109">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#110">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#111">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings</A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#112">SIGNATURES </A>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="h72339exv4w3.htm">EX-4.3</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="h72339exv4w5.htm">EX-4.5</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="h72339exv4w6.htm">EX-4.6</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10 PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>
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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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">*</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed by NCI
Building Systems, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#147;or &#147;Registrant&#148;) with respect to its 2003 Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan (the &#147;LTIP&#148;) and its Deferred Compensation Plan (the &#147;DCP&#148; and together with the
LTIP, the &#147;Plans&#148;) referred to on the cover of this Registration Statement. Information required
by Part&nbsp;I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus for both plans is omitted from the
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule&nbsp;428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the
information required in Part&nbsp;I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to each of the
Company&#146;s employees who is eligible to participate in the Plans, as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act. Such document(s) are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) but constitute (together with the documents incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II hereof) a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></div>
<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as
other securities for which registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the NCI Building
Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan are effective. Accordingly, pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, NCI Building Systems, Inc. hereby incorporates by reference herein the
contents of such registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-111139, Registration No.
333-124266 and Registration No.&nbsp;333-162568 (together the &#147;Previous Registration Statements&#148;)),
including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, and hereby deems such contents to
be a part hereof, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement. The
number of shares registered in each of the Previous Registration Statements has been adjusted to
reflect our 1-for-5 reverse stock split effected on March&nbsp;5, 2010.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><B><I>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) (excluding any portions of such documents that have been &#147;furnished&#148; but not
&#147;filed&#148; for purposes of the Exchange Act):
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    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November&nbsp;1,
2009;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since November&nbsp;1, 2009; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Form
8-A, filed on July&nbsp;20, 1998, and any subsequent amendment thereto filed for the purpose
of updating such description.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold and that
deregisters all securities that remain unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in
this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;4. </B><B><I>Description of Securities</I></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;5. </B><B><I>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</I></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>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. </B><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (&#147;DGCL&#148;) provides that a corporation may
indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses,
including attorneys&#146;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions,
suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a
derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a
manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their
conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except
that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there
can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the
corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be
granted by a corporation&#146;s charter, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote,
agreement, or otherwise.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability for:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any breach of the director&#146;s duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be liable to
us or our stockholders for acts or omissions as a director, except to the extent such exemption
from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware statutory or decisional
law. The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that each current or former director,
officer or employee of the Registrant or each such person who is or was serving or who had agreed
to serve another corporation, trust or other enterprise in any capacity at the Registrant&#146;s
request, will be indemnified by the Registrant to the full extent permitted by law for liability
arising from such service. The Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated By-Laws require us to advance
expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, so long as the
person undertakes in writing to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined that such person
is not entitled to indemnification. In addition, the Registrant&#146;s by-laws 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 Registrant, or each such person who was serving at the Registrant&#146;s
request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such
person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him against such liability.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into written indemnification agreements with its directors and
certain of its officers. Under these agreements, if an officer or director makes a claim of
indemnification to the Registrant, either a majority of the independent directors or independent
legal counsel selected by the independent directors must review the relevant facts and make a
determination, within 45&nbsp;days of the Registrant&#146;s receipt of such claim, whether the officer or
director has met the standards of conduct under Delaware law that would permit (under Delaware law)
and require (under the indemnification agreement) the Registrant to indemnify the officer or
director.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please read &#147;Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings&#148; for a description of the Commission&#146;s position regarding
such indemnification provisions.
</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;7. </B><B><I>Exemption from Registration Claimed</I></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>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Exhibit&nbsp;Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left">
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;9. </B><B><I>Undertakings</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement; and
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 4%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bonafide offering thereof.
</DIV>

<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 may be
permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&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 S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Houston, the State of Texas, on April&nbsp;23, 2010.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD valign="top" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left" nowrap>/s/ Norman C. Chambers
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Norman C. Chambers&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
    <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on April&nbsp;23, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
</DIV>
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    <TD width="78%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Name</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Title</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" nowrap><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Norman C.
Chambers
</DIV></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Norman C. Chambers</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*Mark E. Johnson
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*Kathleen J. Affeldt
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom"><!-- Blank Space -->
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*James G. Berges
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*Gary L. Forbes
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*George Martinez
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*Nathan K. Sleeper
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*Jonathan L. Zrebiec
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    <TD>Norman C. Chambers, by signing his name hereto on the 23rd day of April, 2010, does hereby
sign this document pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by the Officers and Directors named
above, filed with the Commission on behalf of such Officers and Directors, all in the capacities
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through September&nbsp;30, 1998 (filed as Exhibit
3.1 to NCI&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended November&nbsp;2, 2002 and
incorporated by reference herein)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of March&nbsp;12,
2007 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.2 to NCI&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended April
29, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of March&nbsp;5, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Third Amended and Restated By-Laws, effective as of February&nbsp;19, 2010 (filed as Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to
NCI&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K dated February&nbsp;24, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (as Amended and Restated effective
December&nbsp;1, 2009)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
effective February&nbsp;19, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">*5.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Debevoise &#038; Plimpton LLP</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Debevoise &#038; Plimpton LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 23, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
76-0127701
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
77064
Houston, Texas 77064
(Zip Code)
(Addresses of Principal Executive Offices)
NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
(As Amended and Restated effective February 19, 2010)
NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
(As Amended and Restated effective December 1, 2009)
(Full title of the plans)
Todd R. Moore
Executive Vice President and General Counsel
10943 North Sam Houston Parkway West
Houston, Texas 77064
(Name and address of agent for service)
(281) 897-7788
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
copy to:
John M. Allen, Jr.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
(212) 909-6611
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
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Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
maximum offering
aggregate offering
Amount of
Name of Plan
to be registered
registered(1)
price per share(2)
price(2)
registration fee
NCI Building
Systems, Inc. 2003
Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan
Common Stock $0.01
par value per share
5,668,000
$14.09
$79,862,120.00
$
5,694.17
NCI Building
Systems, Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan
Common Stock $0.01
par value per share
400,000
$14.09
$5,636,000.00
$
401.85
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), the number of shares of Common Stock registered hereunder
includes such indeterminate additional shares of Common Stock as may be offered or issued to
prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock dividends and similar transactions.
(2)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee
based upon the average of the high and low prices reported in the consolidated reporting
system for the Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on April 19, 2010.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Item 1. Plan Information
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
PART II
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
EX-4.3
EX-4.5
EX-4.6
EX-5.1
EX-23.2
EX-24.1
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10 PROSPECTUS
Item 1. Plan Information.*
Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") is being filed by NCI
Building Systems, Inc. (the "Company"or "Registrant") with respect to its 2003 Long-Term Stock
Incentive Plan (the "LTIP") and its Deferred Compensation Plan (the "DCP" and together with the
LTIP, the "Plans") referred to on the cover of this Registration Statement. Information required
by Part I to be contained in the Section 10(a) prospectus for both plans is omitted from the
Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") and the Note to Part I of Form S-8. The document(s) containing the
information required in Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to each of the
Company's employees who is eligible to participate in the Plans, as specified by Rule 428(b)(1)
under the Securities Act. Such document(s) are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") but constitute (together with the documents incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof) a prospectus that meets the
requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 registers additional securities of the same class as
other securities for which registration statements on Form S-8 relating to the NCI Building
Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Incentive Plan are effective. Accordingly, pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8, NCI Building Systems, Inc. hereby incorporates by reference herein the
contents of such registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration No. 333-111139, Registration No.
333-124266 and Registration No. 333-162568 (together the "Previous Registration Statements")),
including any amendments thereto or filings incorporated therein, and hereby deems such contents to
be a part hereof, except as otherwise updated or modified by this registration statement. The
number of shares registered in each of the Previous Registration Statements has been adjusted to
reflect our 1-for-5 reverse stock split effected on March 5, 2010.
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The Registrant is incorporating by reference into this Registration Statement the following
documents filed with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Exchange Act") (excluding any portions of such documents that have been "furnished" but not
"filed" for purposes of the Exchange Act):
•
the Registrant's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 1,
2009;
•
all other reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act since November 1, 2009; and
•
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Form
8-A, filed on July 20, 1998, and any subsequent amendment thereto filed for the purpose
of updating such description.
All other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold and that
deregisters all securities that remain unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in this Registration Statement or a document incorporated or deemed to
be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement will be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained in
this Registration Statement or in any other subsequently filed document that is deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes the statement. Any
statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not Applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("DGCL") provides that a corporation may
indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and individuals against expenses,
including attorneys'
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fees, judgments, fines, and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified actions,
suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a
derivative action by or in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a
manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation
and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe their
conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is applicable in the case of derivative actions, except
that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred in connection
with the defense or settlement of such action, and the statute requires court approval before there
can be any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the
corporation. The statute provides that it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be
granted by a corporation's charter, by-laws, disinterested director vote, stockholder vote,
agreement, or otherwise.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a corporation to provide in its certificate of
incorporation that a director of the corporation will not be personally liable to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability for:
•
any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders;
•
acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law;
•
unlawful payment of dividends or unlawful stock purchases or redemptions; or
•
any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
The Registrant's certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be liable to
us or our stockholders for acts or omissions as a director, except to the extent such exemption
from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the Delaware statutory or decisional
law. The Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that each current or former director,
officer or employee of the Registrant or each such person who is or was serving or who had agreed
to serve another corporation, trust or other enterprise in any capacity at the Registrant's
request, will be indemnified by the Registrant to the full extent permitted by law for liability
arising from such service. The Registrant's Amended and Restated By-Laws require us to advance
expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding, so long as the
person undertakes in writing to repay such amounts if it is ultimately determined that such person
is not entitled to indemnification. In addition, the Registrant's by-laws 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 Registrant, or each such person who was serving at the Registrant's
request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against and incurred by such
person in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or not the Registrant
would have the power or the obligation to indemnify him against such liability.
The Registrant has entered into written indemnification agreements with its directors and
certain of its officers. Under these agreements, if an officer or director makes a claim of
indemnification to the Registrant, either a majority of the independent directors or independent
legal counsel selected by the independent directors must review the relevant facts and make a
determination, within 45 days of the Registrant's receipt of such claim, whether the officer or
director has met the standards of conduct under Delaware law that would permit (under Delaware law)
and require (under the indemnification agreement) the Registrant to indemnify the officer or
director.
Please read "Item 9. Undertakings" for a description of the Commission's position regarding
such indemnification provisions.
Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not Applicable.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
See Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental
change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered)
and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range
may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and
price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price
set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided
,
however
, that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to
the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bonafide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers, and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
(other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer, or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled
by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be
governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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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 Houston, the State of Texas, on April 23, 2010.
NCI BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
By:
/s/ Norman C. Chambers
Norman C. Chambers
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed on April 23, 2010 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
Name
Title
/s/ Norman C.
Chambers
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Norman C. Chambers
*Mark E. Johnson
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
*Kathleen J. Affeldt
Director
*James G. Berges
Director
*Gary L. Forbes
Director
*John J. Holland
Director
*Lawrence J. Kremer
Director
*George Martinez
Director
*Nathan K. Sleeper
Director
*Jonathan L. Zrebiec
Director
*
Norman C. Chambers, by signing his name hereto on the 23rd day of April, 2010, does hereby
sign this document pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by the Officers and Directors named
above, filed with the Commission on behalf of such Officers and Directors, all in the capacities
and on the date indicated.
/s/ Norman C. Chambers
Norman C. Chambers,
Attorney in Fact
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through September 30, 1998 (filed as Exhibit
3.1 to NCI's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 2, 2002 and
incorporated by reference herein)
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of March 12,
2007 (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to NCI's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended April
29, 2007 and incorporated by reference herein)
*4.3
Certificate of Amendment to Restated Certificate of Incorporation, effective as of March 5, 2010
4.4
Third Amended and Restated By-Laws, effective as of February 19, 2010 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to
NCI's Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 24, 2010 and incorporated by reference herein)
*4.5
NCI Building Systems, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan (as Amended and Restated effective
December 1, 2009)
*4.6
NCI Building Systems, Inc. 2003 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (As Amended and Restated
effective February 19, 2010)
*5.1
Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
*23.1
Consent of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
*24.1
Power of Attorney
*
Filed herewith