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Exchange Commission on May 22, 2018.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333&#45;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington,&nbsp;D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S&#45;8</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>UNDER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF&nbsp;1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 13pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL&nbsp;LTD.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">(State or other jurisdiction of</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>27&#45;2496053</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">(I.R.S. Employer</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center"><B>982&nbsp;Keynote Circle</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(216)&nbsp;676&#45;2000</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(Address of Registrant&#8217;s Principal Executive
Offices)</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD. OMNIBUS EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>David J. Rintoul</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>GrafTech International&nbsp;Ltd.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>982&nbsp;Keynote Circle</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(216)&nbsp;676&#45;2000</B></P>

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number,</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 10pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; text-indent: -10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>(Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for&nbsp;service)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Sandra L. Flow, Esq.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Adam Fleisher, Esq.</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Cleary Gottlieb Steen&nbsp;&amp; Hamilton&nbsp;LLP</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>One Liberty Plaza</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>New&nbsp;York, New&nbsp;York 10006</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>(212)&nbsp;225&#45;2000</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non&#45;accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221;
and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule&nbsp;12b&#45;2 of the Exchange Act. (Check&nbsp;one):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 25%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">Non&#45;accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">(Do&nbsp;not check if a</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt">smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">o</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Emerging growth company&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">x</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 35%; border: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Title of Securities to be Registered</B></FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Amount to Be Registered</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 8pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>(1)(2)</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 13%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share </B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 8pt"><B>Amount of Registration Fee (3)</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">844,970 shares(3)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$15.00</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$12,674,550 (6)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: -0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$1,578</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">26,075 shares (4)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$15.00</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$391,125 (6)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: -0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$49</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">14,128,955 shares (5)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$19.23</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$271,699,805 (7)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: -0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$33,827</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">TOTAL</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">15,000,000 shares</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">&#8211;</FONT></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">$284,765,480</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: -0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">$35,454</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(1)</TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Represents shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;<U>Common&nbsp;Stock</U>&#8221;)
of GrafTech International Ltd. (the &#8220;<U>Registran</U>t&#8221;) issuable in connection with equity awards under the GrafTech
International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;<U>Plan</U>&#8221;).</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(2)</TD><TD>Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<U>Securities&nbsp;Act</U>&#8221;), this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that may become available for issuance pursuant to
the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt
of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(3)</TD><TD>Represents shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with non-qualified stock options (the&nbsp;&#8220;<U>Options</U>&#8221;)
granted under the Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(4)</TD><TD>Represents shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with awards of restricted stock units and deferred share units granted
under the Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(5)</TD><TD>Represents shares of Common Stock available for future issuance under the Plan.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(6)</TD><TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in">(7)</TD><TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based
on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2018.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of
Part I of the Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the
introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to the recipient of the applicable grants, as required by Rule 428 under the Securities Act. Such documents are not
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;<U>Commission</U>&#8221;) either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents, which previously
have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">1.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The Registrant&#8217;s prospectus filed with the Commission on April 19, 2018 pursuant to Rule
424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act in connection with the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1, originally
filed with the Commission on March 20, 2018 (File No. 333-223791) and as subsequently amended;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">2.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#8217;s Form
8-A filed with the Commission on April 18, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">3.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 25, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">4.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 7, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">5.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 7, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);
and</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">6.</FONT></TD><TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">All other reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#8220;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#8221;) prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
date of the filing of such reports and documents.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">For purposes of this Registration Statement,
any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement
in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 4.</B></TD><TD><B>Description of Securities.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 1in"><B>Item 5.</B></TD><TD><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">None.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (&#8220;<U>DGCL</U>&#8221;) provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and
individuals against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified
actions, suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or
in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is
applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys' fees,
incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there can be
any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that
it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested
director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including payment of expenses in advance of resolution of any such matter. The Registrant&#8217;s Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the potential personal monetary liability of our directors to the Company
or its shareholders for breaches of their duties as directors except as otherwise required under the DGCL.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant intends to enter into
separate indemnification agreements with its directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement will provide, among other things,
for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Registrant&#8217;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Amended By-Laws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The
indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement
to the Registrant if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and the Registrant&#8217;s
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Registrant maintains standard policies
of insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason
of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b) to the Registrant with respect to payments which it may make to such officers
and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 7. Exemption From Registration
Claimed.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in"><B>Item 8. Exhibits.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following exhibits are filed with
or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation
S-K):</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Number</U></B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Description</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 6.5pt"><B>Filed <U>Herewith</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GrafTech International Ltd.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Amended and Restated By-Laws of GrafTech International Ltd.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Form of Stock Option Agreement for the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Form of Deferred Share Unit Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Item 9. Undertakings.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 75pt; text-align: right">(1)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 95pt; text-align: right">(ii)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post&#45;effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;<BR>
</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 95pt; text-align: right">(iii)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">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;</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0in">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post&#45;effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 75pt; text-align: right">(2)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each
such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</TD>
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<TD STYLE="width: 75pt; text-align: right">(3)</TD><TD STYLE="width: 5pt"></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">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.</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing
of the Registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing
of the 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 <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons
of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Signatures</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Brooklyn Heights, State of Ohio as of May 22, 2018.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">GrafTech International&nbsp;Ltd.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><U>/s/ David J. Rintoul_______________________</U></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 44%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 43%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">David J. Rintoul</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><I>President and Chief Executive Officer</I></FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>Power
of Attorney</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B><A NAME="a_001"></A>&nbsp;</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David J. Rintoul and Quinn J. Coburn, and each of them
acting individually, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing), to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
herewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities as of May 22, 2018:</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Name</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 1pt; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>Title</B></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ David
        J. Rintoul </U>_____</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">David J. Rintoul</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ Quinn
        J. Coburn </U>_______</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">Quinn J. Coburn</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Finance and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ Denis
        A. Turcotte </U>_____</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">Denis A. Turcotte</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Chairman and Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ Brian
        L. Acton </U>________</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">Brian L. Acton</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ Ron
        A. Bloom </U>_______</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">Ron A. Bloom</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ Michel
        L. Dumas </U>_____</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">Michel L. Dumas</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 54%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ Jeffrey
        C. Dutton </U>_____</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">Jeffrey C.
        Dutton</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in">
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt"><U>/s/ Anthony
        R. Taccone </U>__</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 10.1pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -10.1pt">Anthony R.
        Taccone</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 0.05in"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 12pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Number</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 55%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 6.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B><U>Description</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%; border-top: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 6.5pt"><B><U>Method of Filing</U></B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GrafTech International Ltd.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000104746918002779/a2235294zex-3_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 13, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Amended and Restated By-Laws of GrafTech International Ltd.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000104746918002779/a2235294zex-3_2.htm">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 13, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.3</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000104746918002503/a2235184zex-10_24.htm">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Form of Stock Option Agreement for the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000104746918002503/a2235184zex-10_25.htm">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.5</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Form of Stock Option Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for David Rintoul</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000104746918002503/a2235184zex-10_26.htm">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.6</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Form of Deferred Share Unit Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000104746918002503/a2235184zex-10_27.htm">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">4.7</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Form of Deferred Share Unit Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for David Rintoul</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931148/000104746918002503/a2235184zex-10_28.htm">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><A HREF="graftechs8ex51.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Filed herewith.</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Consent of Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen &amp; Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on May 22, 2018.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
27-2496053
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
982 Keynote Circle
Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131
(216) 676-2000
(Address of Registrant's Principal Executive
Offices)
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD. OMNIBUS EQUITY
INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
David J. Rintoul
Chief Executive Officer
GrafTech International Ltd.
982 Keynote Circle
Brooklyn Heights, OH 44131
(216) 676-2000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number,
including area code, of agent for service)
(Copies of all communications, including communications sent to agent for service)
Sandra L. Flow, Esq.
Adam Fleisher, Esq.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
One Liberty Plaza
New York, New York 10006
(212) 225-2000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company"
and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
x
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
Emerging growth company
x
If an emerging growth company, indicate
by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial
accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
x
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount to Be Registered
(1)(2)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
Amount of Registration Fee (3)
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
844,970 shares(3)
$15.00
$12,674,550 (6)
$1,578
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
26,075 shares (4)
$15.00
$391,125 (6)
$49
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
14,128,955 shares (5)
$19.23
$271,699,805 (7)
$33,827
TOTAL
15,000,000 shares
–
$284,765,480
$35,454
(1)
Represents shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "
Common Stock
")
of GrafTech International Ltd. (the "
Registran
t") issuable in connection with equity awards under the GrafTech
International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the "
Plan
").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock that may become available for issuance pursuant to
the Plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction affected without the receipt
of consideration that results in an increase in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(3)
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with non-qualified stock options (the "
Options
")
granted under the Plan.
(4)
Represents shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with awards of restricted stock units and deferred share units granted
under the Plan.
(5)
Represents shares of Common Stock available for future issuance under the Plan.
(6)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act.
(7)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, based
on the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on May 15, 2018.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN SECTION 10(a)
PROSPECTUS
The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of
Part I of the Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the
introductory note to Part I of the Form S-8. The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be
sent or given to the recipient of the applicable grants, as required by Rule 428 under the Securities Act. Such documents are not
being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
Commission
") either as part of this Registration
Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets
the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
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Part II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, which previously
have been filed by the Registrant with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof:
1.
The Registrant's prospectus filed with the Commission on April 19, 2018 pursuant to Rule
424(b) promulgated under the Securities Act in connection with the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, originally
filed with the Commission on March 20, 2018 (File No. 333-223791) and as subsequently amended;
2.
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Form
8-A filed with the Commission on April 18, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);
3.
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 25, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);
4.
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 7, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);
5.
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on May 7, 2018 (File No. 001-13888);
and
6.
All other reports and other documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "
Exchange Act
") prior to the filing of
a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part of this Registration Statement from the
date of the filing of such reports and documents.
For purposes of this Registration Statement,
any document or any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed
to be modified or superseded to the extent that a subsequently filed document or a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently
filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such document or such statement
in such document. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute
a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law ("
DGCL
") provides that a corporation may indemnify directors and officers as well as other employees and
individuals against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement in connection with specified
actions, suits and proceedings whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, other than a derivative action by or
in the right of the corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner they reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
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believe their conduct was unlawful. A similar standard is
applicable in the case of derivative actions, except that indemnification extends only to expenses, including attorneys' fees,
incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action and the statute requires court approval before there can be
any indemnification where the person seeking indemnification has been found liable to the corporation. The statute provides that
it is not exclusive of other indemnification that may be granted by a corporation's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, disinterested
director vote, stockholder vote, agreement or otherwise.
The Registrant's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws provide for indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest
extent permitted by law, including payment of expenses in advance of resolution of any such matter. The Registrant's Amended
and Restated Certificate of Incorporation eliminates the potential personal monetary liability of our directors to the Company
or its shareholders for breaches of their duties as directors except as otherwise required under the DGCL.
The Registrant intends to enter into
separate indemnification agreements with its directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement will provide, among other things,
for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and the Registrant's Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
and Amended By-Laws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim. The
indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement
to the Registrant if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and the Registrant's
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-Laws.
The Registrant maintains standard policies
of insurance under which coverage is provided (a) to its directors and officers against loss rising from claims made by reason
of breach of duty or other wrongful act, and (b) to the Registrant with respect to payments which it may make to such officers
and directors pursuant to the above indemnification provision or otherwise as a matter of law.
Item 7. Exemption From Registration
Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The following exhibits are filed with
or incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement (numbering corresponds to Exhibit Table in Item 601 of Regulation
S-K):
Exhibit
Number
Description
Filed
Herewith
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GrafTech International Ltd.
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of GrafTech International Ltd.
4.3
GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
4.4
Form of Stock Option Agreement for the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
4.5
Form of Stock Option Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for David Rintoul
4.6
Form of Deferred Share Unit Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors
4.7
Form of Deferred Share Unit Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for David Rintoul
5.1
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
x
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
x
23.2
Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
x
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature pages)
x
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Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective
amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i)
and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if 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 Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are 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 (and, where applicable, each filing
of the 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 Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In
the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding)
is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will
be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the Village of Brooklyn Heights, State of Ohio as of May 22, 2018.
GrafTech International Ltd.
By:
/s/ David J. Rintoul_______________________
David J. Rintoul
Title:
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
Power
of Attorney
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints David J. Rintoul and Quinn J. Coburn, and each of them
acting individually, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him
and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities (unless revoked in writing), to sign any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments thereto) to this Registration Statement on Form S-8, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and
other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting to such attorney-in-fact and
agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection
herewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact and agents, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities as of May 22, 2018:
Name
Title
/s/ David
        J. Rintoul
_____
David J. Rintoul
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Quinn
        J. Coburn
_______
Quinn J. Coburn
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President Finance and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Denis
        A. Turcotte
_____
Denis A. Turcotte
Chairman and Director
/s/ Brian
        L. Acton
________
Brian L. Acton
Director
/s/ Ron
        A. Bloom
_______
Ron A. Bloom
Director
/s/ Michel
        L. Dumas
_____
Michel L. Dumas
Director
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/s/ Jeffrey
        C. Dutton
_____
Jeffrey C.
        Dutton
Director
/s/ Anthony
        R. Taccone
__
Anthony R.
        Taccone
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
Method of Filing
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GrafTech International Ltd.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 13, 2018
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of GrafTech International Ltd.
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 13, 2018
4.3
GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018
4.4
Form of Stock Option Agreement for the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018
4.5
Form of Stock Option Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for David Rintoul
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018
4.6
Form of Deferred Share Unit Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for Non-Employee Directors
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018
4.7
Form of Deferred Share Unit Agreement under the GrafTech International Ltd. Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan for David Rintoul
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-223791), filed with the Commission on April 4, 2018
5.1
Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Filed herewith.
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Filed herewith.
23.2
Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
Filed herewith.
24.1
Power of Attorney (filed as part of signature pages)
Filed herewith.
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