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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 17, 2009


<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 3pt"><B>Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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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</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SPARTECH 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><BR>
(State of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>43-0761773</B><BR>
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>120 S. Central Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1700, Clayton, Missouri</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>63105</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SPARTECH CORPORATION<BR>
2004 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Randy C. Martin<BR>
Executive Vice President Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
Spartech Corporation<BR>
120 S. Central Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1700<BR>
Clayton, Missouri 63105</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(314)&nbsp;721-4242</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>With Copies to:<BR>
David W. Braswell, Esq.<BR>
Armstrong Teasdale, LLP<BR>
One Metropolitan Square, Suite&nbsp;2600<BR>
St. Louis, Missouri 63102<BR>
(314)&nbsp;621-5070</B></DIV>

<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,
or 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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<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center"><br>Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common stock, par value $0.75 per share
</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">2,500,000 shares
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$9.47
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$23,675,000
</TD>
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<TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$1321.07</TD>
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    <TD>Average of the high and low trading prices on the New York
Stock Exchange on July 13, 2009, a date
within five business days prior to the date of filing of this registration statement.</TD>
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    <TD>Because the exercise price of the equity awards issuable under the plan is not currently known,
the registration fee is calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h).</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plan(s) described herein.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE:</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On March&nbsp;19, 2004, Spartech Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-113752) (the &#147;Initial Registration Statement&#148;) which registered 3,000,000
shares of Registrant common stock reserved for issuance under the Spartech Corporation 2004 Equity
Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). At the Registrant&#146;s 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March
11, 2009, the Registrant&#146;s shareholders approved and adopted an amendment to the Plan to increase
the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 2,500,000 shares. By this
Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby registers an additional 2,500,000 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s common stock, $0.75 par value, authorized for issuance under the Plan. In accordance
with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Initial Registration Statement are
hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
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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: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U><B>.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;Commission&#148;) are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
made a part hereof:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November&nbsp;1, 2008,
and the portions of Registrant&#146;s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;9, 2009 incorporated by reference into such Annual Report.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;All other reports filed by the Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant
document referred to in (a)&nbsp;above.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s common stock set forth in Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A dated November&nbsp;28, 1994, filed with the Commission
on May&nbsp;17, 1999 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;The description of the Registrant&#146;s Series&nbsp;Z Preferred Stock Purchase Rights attached to
the Registrant&#146;s common stock set forth in the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;5, 2001.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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<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 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 Clayton, State of Missouri, on July&nbsp;17, 2009.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">SPARTECH CORPORATION<BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Randy C. Martin&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Randy C. Martin&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President Corporate Development
and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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<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 by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Myles S. Odaniell<BR>
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Myles S. Odaniell</TD>
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President and Chief Executive  Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Randy C. Martin<BR>
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Randy C. Martin</TD>
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Executive Vice President Corporate
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Development and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="bottom">/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Michael G. Marcely<BR>
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Michael G. Marcely</TD>
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Senior Vice President Planning and
&nbsp;
Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;17, 2009</TD>
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Ralph B. Andy</DIV></TD>
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Director
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Lloyd E. Campbell</DIV></TD>
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Director
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Edward J. Dineen</DIV></TD>
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Director
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Victoria M. Holt</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;17, 2009</TD>
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Walter J. Klein</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">*<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Pamela F. Lenehan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;17, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom">*<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Jackson W. Robinson</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July&nbsp;17, 2009</TD>
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<DIV ALIGN="LEFT">Craig A. Wolfanger</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD>The undersigned, by
signing his name hereto, does sign and execute this registration statement pursuant to
the powers of attorney executed by the
above-named directors of the registrant, which powers of attorney are filed herewith.</TD></TR>
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<td>By:</td>
<td align="center">/s/ Randy C. Martin</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left">Randy C. Martin</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left">Attorney-in-Fact</td>
<td>&nbsp;</td>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Spartech Corporation 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Armstrong Teasdale LLP</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Armstrong Teasdale LLP (incorporated in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</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 align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"> 24.8
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney</TD>
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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JULY 17, 2009
Registration Statement No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
SPARTECH CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State of incorporation)
43-0761773
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
120 S. Central Avenue, Suite 1700, Clayton, Missouri
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
63105
(Zip Code)
SPARTECH CORPORATION
2004 EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Randy C. Martin
Executive Vice President Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer
Spartech Corporation
120 S. Central Avenue, Suite 1700
Clayton, Missouri 63105
(Name and address of agent for service)
(314) 721-4242
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With Copies to:
David W. Braswell, Esq.
Armstrong Teasdale, LLP
One Metropolitan Square, Suite 2600
St. Louis, Missouri 63102
(314) 621-5070
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
or 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
offering price per unit(1)
aggregate offering price(1)
registration fee(2)
Common stock, par value $0.75 per share
2,500,000 shares
$9.47
$23,675,000
$1321.07
(1)
Average of the high and low trading prices on the New York
Stock Exchange on July 13, 2009, a date
within five business days prior to the date of filing of this registration statement.
(2)
Because the exercise price of the equity awards issuable under the plan is not currently known,
the registration fee is calculated pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h).
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement
also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the employee
benefit plan(s) described herein.
EXPLANATORY NOTE:
On March 19, 2004, Spartech Corporation (the "Registrant") filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (File No. 333-113752) (the "Initial Registration Statement") which registered 3,000,000
shares of Registrant common stock reserved for issuance under the Spartech Corporation 2004 Equity
Compensation Plan (the "Plan"). At the Registrant's 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on March
11, 2009, the Registrant's shareholders approved and adopted an amendment to the Plan to increase
the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan by 2,500,000 shares. By this
Registration Statement, the Registrant hereby registers an additional 2,500,000 shares of the
Registrant's common stock, $0.75 par value, authorized for issuance under the Plan. In accordance
with General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Initial Registration Statement are
hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The following documents previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission ("Commission") are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and
made a part hereof:
(a) The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 1, 2008,
and the portions of Registrant's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the
Commission on February 9, 2009 incorporated by reference into such Annual Report.
(b) All other reports filed by the Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant
document referred to in (a) above.
(c) The description of the Registrant's common stock set forth in Amendment No. 1 to the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A dated November 28, 1994, filed with the Commission
on May 17, 1999 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(d) The description of the Registrant's Series Z Preferred Stock Purchase Rights attached to
the Registrant's common stock set forth in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 5, 2001.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the
Exchange Act subsequent to the effective date of this Registration Statement, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement indicating that all securities offered
hereby have been sold or deregistering all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained herein or in any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration
Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes
such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to constitute a
part of this Registration Statement, except as so modified or superseded.
Item 8.
Exhibits
.
The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
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 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 Clayton, State of Missouri, on July 17, 2009.
SPARTECH CORPORATION
By:
/s/  Randy C. Martin
Randy C. Martin
Executive Vice President Corporate Development
and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/  Myles S. Odaniell
Myles S. Odaniell
President and Chief Executive  Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
July 17, 2009
/s/  Randy C. Martin
Randy C. Martin
Executive Vice President Corporate
 
Development and Chief Financial
Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
July 17, 2009
/s/  Michael G. Marcely
Michael G. Marcely
Senior Vice President Planning and
 
Controller (Principal Accounting
Officer)
July 17, 2009
*
Ralph B. Andy
Director
July 17, 2009
Signature
Title
Date
*
Lloyd E. Campbell
Director
July 17, 2009
*
Edward J. Dineen
Director
July 17, 2009
*
Victoria M. Holt
Director
July 17, 2009
*
Walter J. Klein
Director
July 17, 2009
*
Pamela F. Lenehan
Director
July 17, 2009
*
Jackson W. Robinson
Director
July 17, 2009
*
Craig A. Wolfanger
Director
July 17, 2009
*
The undersigned, by
signing his name hereto, does sign and execute this registration statement pursuant to
the powers of attorney executed by the
above-named directors of the registrant, which powers of attorney are filed herewith.
By:
/s/ Randy C. Martin
Randy C. Martin
Attorney-in-Fact
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Description
4.1
Spartech Corporation 2004 Equity Compensation Plan, as amended
5.1
Opinion of Armstrong Teasdale LLP
23.1
Consent of Armstrong Teasdale LLP (incorporated in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney
24.2
Power of Attorney
24.3
Power of Attorney
24.4
Power of Attorney
24.5
Power of Attorney
24.6
Power of Attorney
24.7
Power of Attorney
24.8
Power of Attorney