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<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2001
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Registration No. 333- _____
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</FONT> <B><FONT SIZE=2>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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</FONT></B> <B><FONT SIZE=2>WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>FORM S-8
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</FONT></B> <B><FONT SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT
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</FONT></B><B><FONT SIZE=2>UNDER
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</FONT></B> <B><FONT SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2>
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</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) </FONT> </P>
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<TD WIDTH="37%"> <DIV ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>OHIO</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="23%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>34-1888342</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="37%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>(State or Other Jurisdiction of</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="23%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>(I.R.S. Employer</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="37%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="23%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Identification Number)</FONT></DIV>
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<P ALIGN="center"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>1100 Superior Avenue
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21</FONT><SUP><FONT SIZE=2>st</FONT></SUP>
<FONT SIZE=2> Floor
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Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2598
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>Oglebay Norton Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan
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(Full Title of the Plan)
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<P ALIGN="center"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>CT Corporation System
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1300 East 9</FONT><SUP><FONT SIZE=2>th</FONT></SUP>
<FONT SIZE=2> Street, Suite 1010
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Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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(216) 621-4270
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</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2>(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>maximum</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>maximum</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=2>Title of securities to</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>offering price</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>offering</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%"><DIV ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT SIZE=2>be registered</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="23%"> <DIV ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amount to be registered</FONT></DIV>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>per share (1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=2>price (1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN=2 WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=2>registration fee (1)</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=2>Common Shares,</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%" NOWRAP><FONT SIZE=2>par value $1.00 per share</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="23%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;600,000 shares</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>27.75</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>16,650,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=2>$</FONT><FONT SIZE=2>4,162.50</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="18%"><FONT SIZE=2>Plan Interests(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="23%"><FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indeterminate</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="95%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The fee with
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<P ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>1</FONT><B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT></B> </P>

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<TD WIDTH="95%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>shares registered herein is based on the average of the high and low sale prices on May 7, 2001 of the Registrant&#146;s Common Shares as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market.</FONT></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2>(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="95%" VALIGN="top"><FONT SIZE=2> In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Oglebay Norton Incentive
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.</FONT> </TD>
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<P ALIGN="center"><B><FONT SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE </FONT></B> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> This Form S-8 Registration Statement (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed to register 600,000 additional shares under the Oglebay Norton Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan. Shares previously registered
under this plan were filed on a Form S-8 registration statement, registration number 333-75221, on March 29, 1999.</FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>PART I </FONT></B> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> The documents containing the information specified in Part I of the General Instructions to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 have been sent or given to employees of the Registrant who participate in the plans that are the
subject of this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act. </FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>2</FONT>&nbsp;<B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT></B> </P>

<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>PART II </FONT></B> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </FONT></B> </P>
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=2>ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE. </FONT></B> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated herein by reference: </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>1.</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed by the Predecessor Issuer on
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; March 8, 2001. </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>2.</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Predecessor Issuer on January 1, 2001 and filed by the Registrant
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; on May 1, 2001. </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>3.</FONT>&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The description of the Registrant's common shares contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-4
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; filed by the Registrant on January 11, 2001, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; updating that description. </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents. </FONT> </P>
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=2>ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES. </FONT></B> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not Applicable. </FONT> </P>
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=2>ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the shares being offered by this Registration Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Thompson Hine LLP. Malvin E. Bank, a former partner of
Thompson Hine LLP, is a Director of the Registrant. Certain partners of Thompson Hine LLP beneficially own shares in the Registrant. </FONT> </P>
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=2>ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article Seventh, Paragraphs (d)(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant provides as follows: </FONT> </P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)(1) The Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent then permitted by law, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact the he or she is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
Director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise. The Corporation shall pay, to the full extent then required by law, expenses, including
attorney&#146;s fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by a Director in defending any such action, suit, or proceeding as they are incurred, in advance of the disposition thereof, upon receipt of any undertaking then required
by law. The Corporation may, in its discretion, indemnify any other person, or advance expenses to any other person, in the same manner and to the full extent then permitted by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in Subsection (2)
hereof, the Corporation shall indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation. </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)(2) If a claim under Subsection (1) is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty days after a </FONT> </P>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be
entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the
required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Ohio General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for
the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to
the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Ohio General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met
the applicable standard of conduct. </FONT> </P>
<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>(d)(3) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this subparagraph (d) shall not be exclusive of any
other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Regulations, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise. </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)(4) The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a Director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or
her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this subparagraph (d) or of the Ohio General
Corporation Law.</FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant maintains liability insurance for all of its Directors and officers ("D&amp;O insurance"). This D&amp;O insurance also insures the Registrant against amounts payable to
indemnify Directors and officers, subject to policy limits and retention amounts. </FONT> </P>
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=2>ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable. </FONT> </P>
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=2>ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index on page 8 and are incorporated herein by reference. </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant will submit or has submitted the Oglebay Norton Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the plan. </FONT> </P>
<P> <B><FONT SIZE=2>ITEM 9. UNDERTAKINGS.</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>(a) &nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</FONT> </P>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2> to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </FONT> </P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="TOP"><DIV ALIGN="RIGHT"><FONT SIZE=2>(ii)</FONT></DIV>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2> 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, </FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2> 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> <FONT SIZE=2>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.</FONT> </P>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>(2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;offering thereof. </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</FONT> </P>
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<P> <FONT SIZE=2>(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2>Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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. </FONT> <FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2>(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>
<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>5</FONT>&nbsp;<B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT></B> </P>

<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</FONT></B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT> </P>
<P> <FONT SIZE=2> Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on May 14, 2001. </FONT> </P>
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<TD COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP><FONT SIZE=2>OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="5%"> <DIV ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE=2>By:</FONT></DIV>
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<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="33%" NOWRAP> <DIV ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE=2>/s/ David H. Kelsey</FONT></DIV>
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<TD WIDTH="33%" NOWRAP><FONT SIZE=2>David H. Kelsey, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
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<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. </FONT> </P>
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<TD WIDTH="29%"> <DIV ALIGN="center">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Signature</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Title</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Date</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ John N. Lauer*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Chairman of the Board, President, Chief</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>John N. Lauer</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Executive Officer and Director (Principal</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Executive Officer)</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ David H. Kelsey</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>David H. Kelsey</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>(Principal Financial Officer)</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ Michael F. Biehl*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Principal Accounting Officer</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>Michael F. Biehl</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ William G. Bares*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>William G. Bares</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ James T. Bartlett*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>James T. Bartlett</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ Albert C. Bersticker*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>Albert C. Bersticker</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ William G. Pryor*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>William G. Pryor</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ John D. Weil*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>John D. Weil</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ Madeleine W. Ludlow*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>Madeleine W. Ludlow</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ Malvin E. Bank*</U></FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>Director</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD ALIGN="center" WIDTH="35%"><FONT SIZE=2>May 14, 2001</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>Malvin E. Bank</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="29%"><FONT SIZE=2>* By David H. Kelsey, attorney in fact.</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="36%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>6</FONT>&nbsp;<B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT></B> </P>

<P> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT SIZE=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the administrator of the Oglebay Norton Company Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan 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 May 14, 2001. </FONT></P>
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD COLSPAN="3" NOWRAP><FONT SIZE=2>OGLEBAY NORTON INCENTIVE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN </FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="58%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="31%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE=2>By: </FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="58%"><FONT SIZE=2><U>/s/ Michael F. Biehl &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
<BR>
Vice President and Treasurer
<BR>
For the Administrator </FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>7</FONT>&nbsp;<B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT></B> </P>

<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY </FONT></B> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <B><FONT SIZE=2>INDEX TO EXHIBITS </FONT></B></P>
<TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"><B><FONT SIZE=2>EXHIBIT NO.</FONT></B></TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%"><B><FONT SIZE=2>DESCRIPTION </FONT></B></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>4(a)</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%"><FONT SIZE=2>Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant (included as Exhibit B in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by the Registrant on January 11,
2001, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference). </FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%" VALIGN="top"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>4(b)</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%"><FONT SIZE=2>Regulations of Registrant (included as Exhibit C in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by the Registrant on January 11, 2001, as amended, and incorporated
herein by reference). </FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>5</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%"><FONT SIZE=2>Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered. </FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>23(a) </FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Independent Auditors.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>23(b) </FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%"><FONT SIZE=2>Consent of Thompson Hine LLP (included as part of Exhibits 5).</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE=2>24</FONT></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%"><FONT SIZE=2>Power of Attorney. </FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="10%"> <DIV ALIGN="center"></DIV>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH="7%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="83%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE=2>* Previously filed. </FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN="center"> <FONT SIZE=2>8</FONT>&nbsp;<B><FONT SIZE=2> </FONT></B> </P>
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REGISTRATION STATEMENT
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2001
Registration No. 333- _____
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
____________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_______________________
OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
OHIO
34-1888342
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification Number)
1100 Superior Avenue
21
st
Floor
Cleveland, Ohio 44114-2598
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
____________________
Oglebay Norton Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
____________________
CT Corporation System
1300 East 9
th
Street, Suite 1010
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
(216) 621-4270
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
____________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
maximum
maximum
aggregate
Title of securities to
offering price
offering
Amount of
be registered
Amount to be registered
per share (1)
price (1)
registration fee (1)
Common Shares,
par value $1.00 per share
600,000 shares
$
27.75
$
16,650,000
$
4,162.50
Plan Interests(2)
Indeterminate
(1)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(c) and 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act"), solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The fee with
respect to the
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shares registered herein is based on the average of the high and low sale prices on May 7, 2001 of the Registrant's Common Shares as reported on The Nasdaq Stock Market.
(2)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Oglebay Norton Incentive
Savings and Stock Ownership Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Form S-8 Registration Statement (this "Registration Statement") is being filed to register 600,000 additional shares under the Oglebay Norton Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan. Shares previously registered
under this plan were filed on a Form S-8 registration statement, registration number 333-75221, on March 29, 1999.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of the General Instructions to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 have been sent or given to employees of the Registrant who participate in the plans that are the
subject of this Registration Statement as required by Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.
The following documents, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are incorporated herein by reference:
1.
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000, filed by the Predecessor Issuer on
March 8, 2001.
2.
Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by the Predecessor Issuer on January 1, 2001 and filed by the Registrant
on May 1, 2001.
3.
The description of the Registrant's common shares contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-4
filed by the Registrant on January 11, 2001, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating that description.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior
to the filing of a post-effective amendment, which indicates that all of the securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.
ITEM 4. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.
Not Applicable.
ITEM 5. INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.
The legality of the shares being offered by this Registration Statement has been passed upon for the Registrant by Thompson Hine LLP. Malvin E. Bank, a former partner of
Thompson Hine LLP, is a Director of the Registrant. Certain partners of Thompson Hine LLP beneficially own shares in the Registrant.
ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.
Article Seventh, Paragraphs (d)(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Registrant provides as follows:
(d)(1) The Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent then permitted by law, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or
completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, by reason of the fact the he or she is or was a Director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a
Director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise. The Corporation shall pay, to the full extent then required by law, expenses, including
attorney's fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement incurred by a Director in defending any such action, suit, or proceeding as they are incurred, in advance of the disposition thereof, upon receipt of any undertaking then required
by law. The Corporation may, in its discretion, indemnify any other person, or advance expenses to any other person, in the same manner and to the full extent then permitted by law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in Subsection (2)
hereof, the Corporation shall indemnify or advance expenses to any person in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
(d)(2) If a claim under Subsection (1) is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty days after a
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written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be
entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the
required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Ohio General Corporation Law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for
the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) to have made a determination prior to
the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Ohio General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its shareholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met
the applicable standard of conduct.
(d)(3) The right to indemnification and the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its final disposition conferred in this subparagraph (d) shall not be exclusive of any
other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Articles of Incorporation, Regulations, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested Directors, or otherwise.
(d)(4) The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Director, officer, or employee of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
the Corporation as a Director, trustee, officer, employee, or agent of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, or other enterprise against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or
her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the provisions of this subparagraph (d) or of the Ohio General
Corporation Law.
The Registrant maintains liability insurance for all of its Directors and officers ("D&O insurance"). This D&O insurance also insures the Registrant against amounts payable to
indemnify Directors and officers, subject to policy limits and retention amounts.
ITEM 7. EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.
The Exhibits to this Registration Statement are listed in the Exhibit Index on page 8 and are incorporated herein by reference.
The Registrant will submit or has submitted the Oglebay Norton Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan and any amendment thereto to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in a
timely manner and has made or will make all changes required by the IRS in order to qualify the 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,
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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;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the registration statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference 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 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 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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Cleveland, State of Ohio, on May 14, 2001.
OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY
By:
/s/ David H. Kelsey
David H. Kelsey, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ John N. Lauer*
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief
May 14, 2001
John N. Lauer
Executive Officer and Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ David H. Kelsey
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
May 14, 2001
David H. Kelsey
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Michael F. Biehl*
Principal Accounting Officer
May 14, 2001
Michael F. Biehl
/s/ William G. Bares*
Director
May 14, 2001
William G. Bares
/s/ James T. Bartlett*
Director
May 14, 2001
James T. Bartlett
/s/ Albert C. Bersticker*
Director
May 14, 2001
Albert C. Bersticker
/s/ William G. Pryor*
Director
May 14, 2001
William G. Pryor
/s/ John D. Weil*
Director
May 14, 2001
John D. Weil
/s/ Madeleine W. Ludlow*
Director
May 14, 2001
Madeleine W. Ludlow
/s/ Malvin E. Bank*
Director
May 14, 2001
Malvin E. Bank
* By David H. Kelsey, attorney in fact.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the administrator of the Oglebay Norton Company Incentive Savings and Stock Ownership Plan 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 May 14, 2001.
OGLEBAY NORTON INCENTIVE SAVINGS AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN
By:
/s/ Michael F. Biehl
Vice President and Treasurer
For the Administrator
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OGLEBAY NORTON COMPANY
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT NO.
DESCRIPTION
4(a)
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant (included as Exhibit B in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by the Registrant on January 11,
2001, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference).
4(b)
Regulations of Registrant (included as Exhibit C in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included as part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 filed by the Registrant on January 11, 2001, as amended, and incorporated
herein by reference).
5
Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.
23(a)
Consent of Independent Auditors.
23(b)
Consent of Thompson Hine LLP (included as part of Exhibits 5).
24
Power of Attorney.
* Previously filed.
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