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DC 20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT</font></div>
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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div>
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CORPORATION</font></div>
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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div>
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other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div>
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Employer Identification No.)</font></div>
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Public Square, Suite 1500, Cleveland,
OH&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
&#160;44114</font></div>
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of Principal Executive
Offices)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(Zip
Code)</font></div>
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and Restated 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan</font></div>
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Title of the Plan)</font></div>
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      E. Weinberg</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Copy
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer</font></div>
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      C. Krantz, Esq.</font></div>
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      Jackson &amp; Krantz P.L.L.</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">200
      Public Square, Suite 1500</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">1375
      East 9th Street, 20th Floor</font></div>
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      861-3553</font></div>
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address, telephone number, including area code of agent for
service)</font></div>
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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
company.&#160;&#160;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221;
&#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.</font></div>
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One):</font></div>
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OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></div>
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      of securities</font></div>
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      be registered</font></div>
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      to be registered</font></div>
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      maximum offering price</font></div>
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      share</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Proposed
      maximum aggregate</font></div>
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      of registration fee</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Class
      A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(1)</font></font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">553,483
      shares</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$18.28<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(2)</font></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;$10,117,669</font></div>
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            <td valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
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            <td valign="bottom" width="31%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Class
      A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">31,517<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">3)</font>
      shares</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$18.29</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="23%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;$576,446</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="31%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Class
      A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="13%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">30,000<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">(3)</font>
      shares</font></div>
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            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$16.05</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="23%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$481,500</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="31%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Total</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">615,000
      shares</font></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" width="21%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
      </font></td>
            <td align="right" valign="bottom" width="23%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$11,175,615</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="12%" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 2px solid">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">$439.20</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(1)</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
      this registration statement shall cover any additional shares of common
      stock which become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of
      any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
      transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase
      in the number of outstanding shares of common stock of the
      Company.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Estimated
      solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee upon the basis of
      fluctuating market prices pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proposed maximum aggregate
      offering price was determined by averaging the high and low prices of the
      Company&#8217;s shares of Class A common stock, as reported on the American
      Stock Exchange on August 5, 2008.</font></div>
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      to purchase shares of Class A common stock issued under the 2000 Long Term
      Incentive Plan</font></div>
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              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">EXPLANATORY
      NOTE</font></div>
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              <div align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">REGISTRATION
      OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.4pt"></font>Hawk Corporation (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) is
filing this registration statement to register an additional 615,000 shares of
Class A common stock (the &#8220;Shares&#8221;) authorized for issuance under the Company&#8217;s
2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) pursuant to the amendment and
restatement of the Plan which increased the number of Shares available for
issuance under the Plan to 1,315,000.&#160;&#160;The amendment and restatement
of the Plan, which also extended the Plan&#8217;s termination date to June 4, 2018,
was approved by the Company&#8217;s stockholders at the 2008 annual meeting held on
June 4, 2008.&#160;&#160;On October 3, 2000, the Company filed registration
statement no. 333-47220 on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) covering 700,000 Shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan.&#160;&#160;Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of
the registration statement filed on October 3, 2000 are incorporated herein by
reference, except for Item 3, Item 8 and Item 9, which are being updated by this
registration statement.</font></div>
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I</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 37.4pt"></font>The information required by Part I is
included in documents sent or given to participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule
428(b)(1) issued by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.&#160;&#160;This prospectus, which has been
amended to incorporate the amendment and restatement of the Plan, also relates
to the Shares registered under the Company&#8217;s registration statement filed on
October 3, 2000.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">PART
II</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Item
3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt"></font>The following documents previously
filed by the Company with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
      31, 2007;</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">The
      Company&#8217;s Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on April 29,
      2008;</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Company&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30,
      2008 and March 31, 2008;</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">The
      Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2008, June 3, 2008,
      May 14, 2008, May 9, 2008, April 24, 2008, April 15, 2008, March 20, 2008,
      March 19, 2008, March 17, 2008, February 8, 2008 and January 4,
      2008;</font></div>
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    </div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      description of the Company&#8217;s Class A Common Stock&#160;contained in its
      Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated&#160;January 16, 1998 (File No.
      001-13797) filed with the&#160;Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
      Securities&#160;Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;).
      (No&#160;further amendment or report has been filed to update
      such&#160;description.); and</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">All
      reports and documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment which indicated all securities
      offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
      unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
      registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
      such documents (other than portions of these documents not deemed to be
      filed).</font></div>
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    <div>&#160;</div>
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8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Amended
and Restated 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company&#8217;s proxy statement filed with the Commission on April 29,
2008)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Opinion
of Kohrman Jackson &amp; Krantz P.L.L.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Consent
of Ernst &amp; Young LLP</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23.2&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Consent
of Kohrman Jackson &amp; Krantz P.L.L. (contained in its opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1)</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">24.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Reference
is made to the Signatures section of this Registration Statement for the Power
of Attorney contained therein</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt"><br>&#160;</div>
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9.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Undertakings.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt"></font>(a)&#160;&#160;The Company hereby
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement 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></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(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 <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(3) To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(4) That,
for determining liability of the Company under the Securities Act to any
purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the Company undertakes
that in a primary offering of securities of the Company pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the Company will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities
to such purchaser:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.2pt"></font>(i) Any preliminary prospectus or
prospectus of the Company relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.2pt"></font>(ii) Any free writing prospectus
relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or
referred to by the Company;</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.2pt"></font>(iii) The portion of any other free
writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the Company or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Company;
and</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 45pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><font id="TAB1" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 33.2pt"></font>(iv) Any other communication that is
an offer in the offering made by the&#160;&#160;Company to the
purchaser.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 45pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(b) For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Company&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#8217;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 therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-STYLE: italic">bona fide</font> offering
thereof.</font></div>
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Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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.&#160;&#160;In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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></div>
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and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including any post-effective
amendments, to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
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s8amendment.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HAWK
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
34-1608156
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
200
Public Square, Suite 1500, Cleveland,
OH            
 44114
(Address
of Principal Executive
Offices)                             (Zip
Code)
Amended
and Restated 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan
(Full
Title of the Plan)
Ronald
      E. Weinberg
Copy
      to:
Chairman
      and Chief Executive Officer
Marc
      C. Krantz, Esq.
Hawk
      Corporation
Kohrman
      Jackson & Krantz P.L.L.
200
      Public Square, Suite 1500
1375
      East 9th Street, 20th Floor
Cleveland,
      Ohio 44114
Cleveland,
      Ohio 44114
(216)
      861-3553
(216)
      696-8700
(Name,
address, telephone number, including area code of agent for
service)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
(Check
One):
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated
      filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller
      reporting company
¨
(Do not check
      if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities
to
      be registered
Amount
      to be registered
Proposed
      maximum offering price
per
      share
Proposed
      maximum aggregate
offering price
Amount
      of registration fee
Class
      A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
(1)
553,483
      shares
$18.28
(2)
$10,117,669
Class
      A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
31,517
(
3)
shares
$18.29
$576,446
Class
      A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
30,000
(3)
shares
$16.05
$481,500
Total
615,000
      shares
$11,175,615
$439.20
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
      this registration statement shall cover any additional shares of common
      stock which become issuable under the plan set forth herein by reason of
      any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar
      transaction without receipt of consideration which results in an increase
      in the number of outstanding shares of common stock of the
      Company.
(2)
Estimated
      solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee upon the basis of
      fluctuating market prices pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) under the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The proposed maximum aggregate
      offering price was determined by averaging the high and low prices of the
      Company's shares of Class A common stock, as reported on the American
      Stock Exchange on August 5, 2008.
(3)
Options
      to purchase shares of Class A common stock issued under the 2000 Long Term
      Incentive Plan
EXPLANATORY
      NOTE
REGISTRATION
      OF ADDITIONAL SECURITIES
Hawk Corporation (the "Company") is
filing this registration statement to register an additional 615,000 shares of
Class A common stock (the "Shares") authorized for issuance under the Company's
2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to the amendment and
restatement of the Plan which increased the number of Shares available for
issuance under the Plan to 1,315,000.  The amendment and restatement
of the Plan, which also extended the Plan's termination date to June 4, 2018,
was approved by the Company's stockholders at the 2008 annual meeting held on
June 4, 2008.  On October 3, 2000, the Company filed registration
statement no. 333-47220 on Form S-8 with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission") covering 700,000 Shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan.  Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of
the registration statement filed on October 3, 2000 are incorporated herein by
reference, except for Item 3, Item 8 and Item 9, which are being updated by this
registration statement.
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The information required by Part I is
included in documents sent or given to participants in the Plan pursuant to Rule
428(b)(1) issued by the Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act").  These documents and the documents
incorporated by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of
Part II, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.  This prospectus, which has been
amended to incorporate the amendment and restatement of the Plan, also relates
to the Shares registered under the Company's registration statement filed on
October 3, 2000.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
3.                                Incorporation
of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously
filed by the Company with the Commission are hereby incorporated by reference in
this registration statement:
(a)
The
      Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
      31, 2007;
(b)
The
      Company's Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on April 29,
      2008;
(c)
The
      Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the periods ended June 30,
      2008 and March 31, 2008;
(d)
The
      Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2008, June 3, 2008,
      May 14, 2008, May 9, 2008, April 24, 2008, April 15, 2008, March 20, 2008,
      March 19, 2008, March 17, 2008, February 8, 2008 and January 4,
      2008;
(e)
The
      description of the Company's Class A Common Stock contained in its
      Registration Statement on Form 8-A dated January 16, 1998 (File No.
      001-13797) filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 12(g) of the
      Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").
      (No further amendment or report has been filed to update
      such description.); and
(f)
All
      reports and documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to
      Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the
      filing of a post-effective amendment which indicated all securities
      offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
      unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
      registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
      such documents (other than portions of these documents not deemed to be
      filed).
Item
8.                                Exhibits.
4.1           Amended
and Restated 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
Company's proxy statement filed with the Commission on April 29,
2008)
5.1           Opinion
of Kohrman Jackson & Krantz P.L.L.
23.1         Consent
of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2         Consent
of Kohrman Jackson & Krantz P.L.L. (contained in its opinion filed as
Exhibit 5.1)
24.1         Reference
is made to the Signatures section of this Registration Statement for the Power
of Attorney contained therein
Item
9.                                Undertakings.
(a)  The Company hereby
undertakes:
To file,
during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this registration statement 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 which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(4) That,
for determining liability of the Company under the Securities Act to any
purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the Company undertakes
that in a primary offering of securities of the Company pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the Company will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities
to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or
prospectus of the Company relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus
relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or
referred to by the Company;
(iii) The portion of any other free
writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the Company or its securities provided by or on behalf of the Company;
and
(iv) Any other communication that is
an offer in the offering made by the  Company to the
purchaser.
(b) For
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of
the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering
thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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 Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company 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 Company 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the Company 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 Cleveland, State of Ohio,
on August 7, 2008.
Hawk Corporation
By:
/s/ Ronald E.
Weinberg
Ronald E. Weinberg, Chairman and
CEO
Know All Men By These Presents, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Marc
C. Krantz his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full powers of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any or all amendments, including any post-effective
amendments, to this registration statement, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorney-in-fact or his substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
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 date indicated.
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Ronald E. Weinberg
Ronald
      E. Weinberg
Chairman
      and CEO
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
August
      7, 2008
/s/
Joseph J.
      Levanduski
Joseph
      J. Levanduski
Vice
      President – Chief Financial Officer
(Principal
      Financial and Accounting Officer)
August
      7, 2008
/s/ Andrew T. Berlin
Andrew
      T. Berlin
Director
August
      7, 2008
/s/ Paul R. Bishop
Paul
      R. Bishop
Director
August
      7, 2008
/s/ Norman C. Harbert
Norman
      C. Harbert
Director
August
      7, 2008
/s/ Jack F. Kemp
Jack
      F. Kemp
Director
August
      7, 2008
/s/ Byron S. Krantz
Byron
      S. Krantz
Director
August
      7, 2008
/s/ Richard T. Marabito
Richard
      T. Marabito
Director
August
      7, 2008
/s/ Dan T. Moore III
Dan
      T. Moore, III
Director
August
      7, 2008
EXHIBIT
INDEX
4.1
Amended and
      Restated 2000 Long Term Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to the
      Company's proxy statement filed with the Commission on April 29,
      2008)
5.1
Opinion of
      Kohrman Jackson & Krantz P.L. L.
23.1
Consent of
      Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of
      Kohrman Jackson & Krantz P.L.L. (contained in its opinion filed as
      Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Reference is
      made to the Signatures section of this Registration Statement for the
      Power of Attorney contained therein