<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000931148-15-000075.txt : 20150818
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150818162600
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000931148-15-000075
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150814
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150818
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150818

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000931148
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS [3620]
		IRS NUMBER:				061385548
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6100 OAK TREE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300 PARK CENTER I
		CITY:			INDEPENDENCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2166762000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6100 OAK TREE BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300 PARK CENTER I
		CITY:			INDEPENDENCE
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19941011

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Jardini David R.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001609396

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13888
		FILM NUMBER:		151061611

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL
		STREET 2:		12900 SNOW ROAD
		CITY:			PARMA
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			441430
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">On May 17, 2015, Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;) with BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (&quot;Parent&quot;), and Athena Acquisition Subsidiary Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (&quot;Acquisition Sub&quot;), pursuant to which, on August 14, 2015, Acquisition Sub accepted all shares tendered and Parent subsequently made a cash payment for all of the outstanding shares of Issuer's common stock that were tendered.  The reporting person reports disposition of shares tendered by reporting person pursuant to the terms of the tender offer, which involved a change of control.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person is the Trustee of the David R. Jardini 2010 Qualified Annuity Trust Agreement (the &quot;Jardini Trust&quot;) that beneficially owned 62,500 shares of common stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">All such options have fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the underlying stock options that were not in-the-money were canceled.</footnote>
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        <signatureName>/s/John D. Moran, Attorney-in-Fact for David R. Jardini</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-08-18</signatureDate>
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