SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PRETORIUS HERMANUS LAMBERTUS
(Last) (First) (Middle)
C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
12900 SNOW ROAD
(Street)
PARMA OH 44130
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD [ GTI ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) X Other (specify below)
Vice President, President of Engineered Solutions
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/03/2008
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 17,836 D(1)
Common Stock 03/03/2008 S 2,415 D $16.02 17,585 D(2)
Common Stock 1,142 I(3) By Savings Plan
Common Stock 630 I(4) By Compensation Deferral Plan
Common Stock 12,000 D(5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Time options (right to buy) $17.06 (6) 09/29/2008 Common Stock 57,000 57,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $14 02/28/2005 02/28/2010 Common Stock 10,000 10,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $8.56 12/15/2002 12/15/2010 Common Stock 2,500 2,500 D
Time options (right to buy) $8.85 (7) 09/25/2011 Common Stock 10,000 10,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $6.56 (8) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 49,100 49,100 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. On August 31, 2005, the Company granted 20,000 restricted shares, valued at the then current market price of $5.94 per share, under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, one-third of which vested on August 31, 2006, one-third of which vested on August 31, 2007, and one-third of which will vest on August 31, 2008.
2. On October 23, 2006, the Company granted 20,000 restricted shares under the Company's Management Long Term Incentive Program, all of which will cliff vest in February 2010, subject to accelerated vesting in equal thirds in February of each of 2008, 2009 and 2010, if certain performance targets are met. 2,415 of the 6,666 shares that vested on February 29, 2008 were sold by the issuer on behalf of the reporting person to pay withholding taxes due upon vesting. Such shares were sold pursuant to a trading plan established under Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
3. Represents the number of units attributable to the reporting person's participation in the Company Stock Fund option of the GrafTech International Holdings Inc. Savings Plan.
4. Represents obligations whose value is based on the Common Stock through a contribution, exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(c), under the Company's Compensation Deferral Program. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.
5. On October 4, 2007, the Company granted 12,000 restricted shares under the Company's Management Long Term Incentive Program. One-third of the restricted shares shall vest on each of February 27, 2009, February 26, 2010, and February 28, 2011, but only if certain performance targets are met.
6. Of such options, 19,000 vested on each of May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999, and September 29, 1999.
7. Such options have vested and were granted as part of an annual grant with vesting dates of September 25, 2001 and September 25, 2003.
8. All such options have fully vested.
Remarks:
/s/Gary R. Whitaker, Attorney in Fact for Hermanus L. Pretorius 03/05/2008
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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