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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 19, 2001<BR></FONT></H1>

<H1 ALIGN=RIGHT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;Registration No. 333-_________</FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></H1>

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549</FONT></H1>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>FORM S-8</FONT></H1>

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</FONT></H1>

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American Standard Companies Inc.</B></FONT></TD>
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=35%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>13-3465896</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=40%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=60%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>One Centennial Avenue<BR>
P.O.  Box 6820<BR>
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=60%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>American Standard Companies Inc.<BR>
Deferred Compensation Plan</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=60%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>J. Paul
McGrath, Esq.<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
One Centennial Avenue<BR>
P.O. Box 6820<BR>
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820</B></FONT></TD>
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(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,<BR>
including area code, of agent for service)
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                                    CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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   Title of Securities     Amount to be     Proposed Maximum   Proposed Maximum        Amount of
     to be Registered     Registered (1)     Offering Price   Aggregate Offering Registration Fee (2)
                                             Per share (2)         Price (2)
----------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Common Stock, par value      1,000,000       $66.325            $66,325,000            $15,852
$0.01 per share
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Deferred Compensation           N/A               N/A                 N/A                 N/A
Obligations
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=1>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the Registrant's  current estimate of
shares of Common Stock  issuable  pursuant to the American  Standard  Companies  Inc.  Deferred  Compensation  Plan (the "Plan").  Also
includes,  pursuant to Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  additional  shares of Common
Stock that may be issuable  pursuant to  anti-dilution  provisions of the Plan.  The Deferred  Compensation  Obligations  are unsecured
obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan.</FONT></P>

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(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration  fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance
with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the  Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices of the  Registrant's  common
stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 17,  2001.  This  registration  statement  also  registers  interests in the
Plan constituting  separate  securities.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(2) of the Securities Act, no separate fee is required with respect to
such plan interests.</FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART I</FONT></H1>

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></H1>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The document(s)  containing the  information  specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1).  Such documents need not be filed with the Commission  either as part of this  Registration  Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus  supplements  pursuant to Rule 424.  These  documents  and the  documents  incorporated  by reference  in this  Registration
Statement  pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form,  taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.</FONT></P>

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>PART II</FONT></H1>

<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</FONT></H1>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<U>Documents Incorporated By Reference</U></B></FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The  following  documents  filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  by American  Standard  Companies  Inc.  (the
&#147;Company&#148;) are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>


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<LI><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed on March 30, 2001.</FONT>

<LI><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001, filed on May 15, 2001.</FONT>

<LI><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 24, 2001, with
respect to certain common stock purchase warrants issued by the Company.</FONT>

<LI><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, filed on August 10, 2001.</FONT>

<LI><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001, filed on November 13, 2001.</FONT>

<LI><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company's Form 8-A filed on January 1, 1995.</FONT>
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All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  or the Plan  pursuant  to  Sections  13(a),  13(c),  14 and  15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange  Act&#148;),  prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates that all
securities  offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  are hereby  incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</FONT></P>

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Any  statement  contained  herein or in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration  Statement to the extent that a statement  contained herein or in
any other  subsequently  filed document which also is 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.</FONT></P>

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<U>Description of Securities</U></B></FONT></H2>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Not applicable.</FONT></P>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel</U></B></FONT></H2>

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None.</FONT></P>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</U></B></FONT></H2>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the  &#147;Delaware  Law&#148;)  permits a Delaware  corporation  to include a provision in its
Certificate  of  Incorporation,  and the Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  so provides,  eliminating or limiting the
personal  liability of a director to the Company or its  stockholders  for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided  that such  provision  may not  eliminate  or limit the  liability of a director  (i) for any such of the  director's  duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve  intentional  misconduct
or a knowing  violation  of law,  (iii) under  Section 174 of the  Delaware Law which makes  directors  personally  liable for unlawful
dividends or unlawful  stock  repurchases  or  redemptions.  Under  Delaware  Law,  directors and officers may be  indemnified  against
expenses (including  attorneys' fees),  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any threatened,  pending or
completed  action,  suit or proceeding  whether civil,  criminal,  administrative  or investigative  (other than an action by or in the
right of the  corporation (a  "derivative  action")) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they  reasonably  believed to be in or
not opposed to the best  interest of the Company and, with respect to any criminal  action or  proceeding,  had no reasonable  cause to
believe  their conduct was unlawful.  In derivative  actions,  indemnification  extends only to expenses  (including  attorneys'  fees)
incurred in  connection  with  defense or  settlement  of such an action and, in the event such person  shall have been  adjudged to be
liable to the  Company,  only to the  extent  that a proper  court  shall have  determined  that such  person is fairly and  reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses.</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company's  Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  and Amended By-Laws provide,  among other things,  that each person who
was or is made a party to, or is threatened  to be made a party to, any action,  suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director or officer of the Company  (or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,  officer,  employee or agent for
another  entity)  while  serving in such  capacity,  shall be  indemnified  by the Company  against  all  expenses,  liability  or loss
(including attorneys' fees),  judgme&#146;'s  Amended  By-Laws also provide that  expenses  incurred by a director or officer in defending the
proceedings  specified above shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition,  provided that the Company is in receipt
of an undertaking  by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it be determined  that the director or officer is
not entitled to be indemnified as provided in the Amended By-Laws.  The Company may also provide  indemnification  to its employees and
agents with the same scope and effect as the foregoing  indemnification  of directors  and officers,  provided that the Company must be
authorized by its Board of Directors to pay expenses in advance to employees or agents.</FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Company  maintains  directors&#146; and officers&#146;  reimbursement  and liability  insurance  pursuant to standard form policies.
The risks covered by such policies include certain liabilities under the federal securities laws.</FONT></P>

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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exemption
from Registration Claimed</U></FONT></H2>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.</FONT></P>

<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Exhibits</U></FONT></H2>

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<TD WIDTH=80%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=80%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp &amp; Szuch LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereto)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
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<H2 ALIGN=LEFT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Undertakings</U></B></FONT></H2>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT></P>

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement: </FONT></P>

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To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
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(ii)&nbsp;&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;</FONT></TD>
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(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I>
offering thereof. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;&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. </FONT></P>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
(b)&nbsp;&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
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered herein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>
offering thereof. </FONT></P>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue. </FONT></P>

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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>SIGNATURES</U></FONT></H1>

<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities Act of 1933,  the  Registrant  certifies  that it has reasonable  grounds to
believe that it meets all the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized,  in the City of Piscataway,  State of New Jersey,  on this 6th day of December,
2001.</FONT></P>

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<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Paul McGrath</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By:_________________________________</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;J.&nbsp;Paul McGrath<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Senior Vice President, General<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Counsel and Secretary</FONT></TD>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS  that each of the  undersigned  officers and  directors  of the  Registrant  hereby  severally
constitutes  and  appoints  Frederic  M.  Poses,  J. Paul  McGrath  and G.  Peter  D'Aloia,  and each of them,  their  true and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  for the undersigned,  in any and all capacities,  with full power of substitution,  to sign any and all amendments to
this Registration Statement (including  post-effective  amendments),  and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could in person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that said  attorney-in-fact  may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.</FONT></P>

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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933,  this  Registration  Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</FONT></P>

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<PRE>

    Signature                                 Title                          Date
    ---------                                 -----                          ----

                                 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
 /s/ Frederic M. Poses                        Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------         (Principal Executive Officer)
Frederic M. Poses

                                     Senior Vice President and
/s/ G. Peter D'Aloia                  Chief Financial Officer           December 6, 2001
--------------------------         (Principal Financial Officer)
G. Peter D'Aloia


/s/ Steven E. Anderson                        Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Steven E. Anderson


/s/ Roger W. Parsons                          Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Roger W. Parsons


/s/ Jared L. Cohon                            Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Jared L. Cohon


/s/ Edward E. Hagenlocker                     Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Edward E. Hagenlocker


/s/ James E. Hardymon                         Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
James E. Hardymon


/s/ David M. Roderick                         Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
David M. Roderick


/s/ J. Danforth Quayle                        Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
J. Danforth Quayle
</PRE>
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<P ALIGN=JUSTIFY><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the  administrative  committee of the American Standard  Companies
Inc.  Deferred  Compensation  Plan (the "Plan") has duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on behalf of the Plan by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Piscataway, State of New Jersey, on this 6th day of December 2001.</FONT></P>

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<TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.<BR>
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</FONT></TD>
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<BR>
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<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/&nbsp;Lawrence B. Costello</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>By:_________________________________</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=5%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=45%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;Lawrence B. Costello<BR>
Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sr. V.P., Human Resources</FONT></TD>
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<H1 ALIGN=CENTER><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2><U>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</U></FONT></H1>

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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>5</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Opinion of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp &amp; Szuch LLP</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>23.2</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>Consent of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp &amp; Szuch LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereto)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH=10%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>99.1</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH=80%><FONT FACE="Times New Roman, Times, Serif" SIZE=2>American Standard Companies Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan</FONT></TD>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 19, 2001
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
American Standard Companies Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
13-3465896
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
One Centennial Avenue
P.O.  Box 6820
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820
(Address, including zip code
 of registrant's principal executive offices)
American Standard Companies Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan
(Full Title of Plan)
J. Paul
McGrath, Esq.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
One Centennial Avenue
P.O. Box 6820
Piscataway, New Jersey 08855-6820
(732) 305-8800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

======================= ================ =================== =================== ====================
   Title of Securities     Amount to be     Proposed Maximum   Proposed Maximum        Amount of
     to be Registered     Registered (1)     Offering Price   Aggregate Offering Registration Fee (2)
                                             Per share (2)         Price (2)
----------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Common Stock, par value      1,000,000       $66.325            $66,325,000            $15,852
$0.01 per share
----------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------
Deferred Compensation           N/A               N/A                 N/A                 N/A
Obligations
----------------------- ---------------- ------------------- ------------------- --------------------
(1)     Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee based upon the Registrant's  current estimate of
shares of Common Stock  issuable  pursuant to the American  Standard  Companies  Inc.  Deferred  Compensation  Plan (the "Plan").  Also
includes,  pursuant to Rule 416(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  additional  shares of Common
Stock that may be issuable  pursuant to  anti-dilution  provisions of the Plan.  The Deferred  Compensation  Obligations  are unsecured
obligations of the Registrant to pay deferred compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of the Plan.
(2)     Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the  registration  fee. Such estimate has been computed in accordance
with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the  Securities Act based on the average of the high and low prices of the  Registrant's  common
stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on December 17,  2001.  This  registration  statement  also  registers  interests in the
Plan constituting  separate  securities.  Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(2) of the Securities Act, no separate fee is required with respect to
such plan interests.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The document(s)  containing the  information  specified in this Part I will be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule
428(b)(1).  Such documents need not be filed with the Commission  either as part of this  Registration  Statement or as prospectuses or
prospectus  supplements  pursuant to Rule 424.  These  documents  and the  documents  incorporated  by reference  in this  Registration
Statement  pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this form,  taken together,  constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED
IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Documents Incorporated By Reference
The  following  documents  filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  by American  Standard  Companies  Inc.  (the
"Company") are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed on March 30, 2001.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001, filed on May 15, 2001.
The Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 24, 2001, with
respect to certain common stock purchase warrants issued by the Company.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2001, filed on August 10, 2001.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2001, filed on November 13, 2001.
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Form 8-A filed on January 1, 1995.
All  documents  subsequently  filed by the  Company  or the Plan  pursuant  to  Sections  13(a),  13(c),  14 and  15(d) of the
Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange  Act"),  prior to the filing of a  post-effective  amendment  which  indicates that all
securities  offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,  are hereby  incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
2
Any  statement  contained  herein or in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration  Statement to the extent that a statement  contained herein or in
any other  subsequently  filed document which also is 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
None.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The Delaware  General  Corporation  Law (the  "Delaware  Law")  permits a Delaware  corporation  to include a provision in its
Certificate  of  Incorporation,  and the Company's  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  so provides,  eliminating or limiting the
personal  liability of a director to the Company or its  stockholders  for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
provided  that such  provision  may not  eliminate  or limit the  liability of a director  (i) for any such of the  director's  duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders,  (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve  intentional  misconduct
or a knowing  violation  of law,  (iii) under  Section 174 of the  Delaware Law which makes  directors  personally  liable for unlawful
dividends or unlawful  stock  repurchases  or  redemptions.  Under  Delaware  Law,  directors and officers may be  indemnified  against
expenses (including  attorneys' fees),  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any threatened,  pending or
completed  action,  suit or proceeding  whether civil,  criminal,  administrative  or investigative  (other than an action by or in the
right of the  corporation (a  "derivative  action")) if they acted in good faith and in a manner they  reasonably  believed to be in or
not opposed to the best  interest of the Company and, with respect to any criminal  action or  proceeding,  had no reasonable  cause to
believe  their conduct was unlawful.  In derivative  actions,  indemnification  extends only to expenses  (including  attorneys'  fees)
incurred in  connection  with  defense or  settlement  of such an action and, in the event such person  shall have been  adjudged to be
liable to the  Company,  only to the  extent  that a proper  court  shall have  determined  that such  person is fairly and  reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses.
The Company's  Restated  Certificate of Incorporation  and Amended By-Laws provide,  among other things,  that each person who
was or is made a party to, or is threatened  to be made a party to, any action,  suit or proceeding by reason of the fact that he is or
was a director or officer of the Company  (or was serving at the request of the Company as a director,  officer,  employee or agent for
another  entity)  while  serving in such  capacity,  shall be  indemnified  by the Company  against  all  expenses,  liability  or loss
(including attorneys' fees),  judgme''s  Amended  By-Laws also provide that  expenses  incurred by a director or officer in defending the
proceedings  specified above shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition,  provided that the Company is in receipt
of an undertaking  by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it be determined  that the director or officer is
not entitled to be indemnified as provided in the Amended By-Laws.  The Company may also provide  indemnification  to its employees and
agents with the same scope and effect as the foregoing  indemnification  of directors  and officers,  provided that the Company must be
authorized by its Board of Directors to pay expenses in advance to employees or agents.
The Company  maintains  directors' and officers'  reimbursement  and liability  insurance  pursuant to standard form policies.
The risks covered by such policies include certain liabilities under the federal securities laws.
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Item 7.
Exemption
from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
5
Opinion of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereto)
99.1
American Standard Companies Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
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 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;
(iii)  
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
(2)  
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(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
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration
Statement relating to the securities offered herein, 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 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
is, therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses
incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
5
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 Piscataway,  State of New Jersey,  on this 6th day of December,
2001.
AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.
/s/ J. Paul McGrath
By:_________________________________
J. Paul McGrath
Senior Vice President, General
Counsel and Secretary
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS  that each of the  undersigned  officers and  directors  of the  Registrant  hereby  severally
constitutes  and  appoints  Frederic  M.  Poses,  J. Paul  McGrath  and G.  Peter  D'Aloia,  and each of them,  their  true and  lawful
attorney-in-fact  for the undersigned,  in any and all capacities,  with full power of substitution,  to sign any and all amendments to
this Registration Statement (including  post-effective  amendments),  and to file the same with exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and  necessary to be done in and about the  premises,  as fully to all intents and
purposes as he might or could in person,  hereby  ratifying and confirming all that said  attorney-in-fact  may lawfully do or cause to
be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Act of 1933,  this  Registration  Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature                                 Title                          Date
    ---------                                 -----                          ----

                                 Chairman, Chief Executive Officer,
 /s/ Frederic M. Poses                        Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------         (Principal Executive Officer)
Frederic M. Poses

                                     Senior Vice President and
/s/ G. Peter D'Aloia                  Chief Financial Officer           December 6, 2001
--------------------------         (Principal Financial Officer)
G. Peter D'Aloia

/s/ Steven E. Anderson                        Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Steven E. Anderson

/s/ Roger W. Parsons                          Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Roger W. Parsons

/s/ Jared L. Cohon                            Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Jared L. Cohon

/s/ Edward E. Hagenlocker                     Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
Edward E. Hagenlocker

/s/ James E. Hardymon                         Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
James E. Hardymon

/s/ David M. Roderick                         Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
David M. Roderick

/s/ J. Danforth Quayle                        Director                  December 6, 2001
--------------------------
J. Danforth Quayle
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the  administrative  committee of the American Standard  Companies
Inc.  Deferred  Compensation  Plan (the "Plan") has duly caused this  Registration  Statement to be signed on behalf of the Plan by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Piscataway, State of New Jersey, on this 6th day of December 2001.
AMERICAN STANDARD COMPANIES INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
/s/ Lawrence B. Costello
By:_________________________________
Name:  Lawrence B. Costello
Title:     Sr. V.P., Human Resources
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
5
Opinion of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch LLP
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch LLP (included in Exhibit 5 hereto)
99.1
American Standard Companies Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan
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