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*
WETULA JOHN J
(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) Other (specify below)
President, Adv. Energy Tech.
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/15/2006
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 51,539 D(1)
Common Stock 21,484 D(2)
Common Stock 09/15/2006 J V 65 A $5.39 4,678 I By Savings Plan.(3)
Common Stock 09/29/2006 J V 62 A $5.58 4,741 I By Savings Plan.(4)
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
Performance option (right to buy) $7.6 (5) 01/25/2007 Common Stock 2,155 2,155 D
Time options (right to buy) $7.6 08/15/1995 01/25/2007 Common Stock 8,145 8,145 D
Time options (right to buy) $39.31 (6) 02/10/2007 Common Stock 2,000 2,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $37.59 02/10/1997 02/10/2007 Common Stock 15,000 15,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $17.06 (7) 09/28/2008 Common Stock 10,000 10,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $25.13 06/30/2001 06/30/2009 Common Stock 35,000 35,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $14 02/28/2005 02/28/2010 Common Stock 20,000 20,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $8.56 12/15/2002 12/15/2010 Common Stock 35,000 35,000 D
Time options (right to buy) $8.85 (8) 09/25/2011 Common Stock 32,000 32,000 D
Stock options (right to buy) $6.56 (9) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 105,000 105,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. Such shares, granted on May 25, 2005, are subject to a two-year cliff vesting period.
2. Of such shares, granted on August 31, 2005, under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, one-third vested on August 31, 2006. The remaining two-thirds will vest on each of August 31, 2007 and 2008. The shares were reported as acquired on the grant date.
3. Represents the number of units attributable to the reporting person's participation through Company matching contributions in the Company Stock Fund option of the UCAR Carbon Savings Plan. The 65 units reported in this transaction correspond to 62 shares of Common Stock at a price of $5.64 per share.
4. Represents the number of units attributable to the reporting person's participation through Company matching contributions in the Company Stock Fund option of the UCAR Carbon Savings Plan. The 62 units reported in this transaction correspond to 60 shares of Common Stock at a price of $5.84 per share.
5. Of such options, 992 vested on August 15, 1995 and 1,163 vested on December 8, 1997.
6. 500 of such options became exercisable on each of May 2, 1996 and August 28, 1997. The remaining 1,000 options vested on February 10, 2005.
7. Of such options, 3,333 vested on each of May 21, 1999 and July 14, 1999 and the remaining 3,334 on September 29, 1999.
8. Of such options, 4,000 vested on September 25, 2001 and 28,000 vested on September 25, 2003.
9. On November 30, 2005, the Company approved, under the terms of the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, an accelerated vesting date for such options of November 30, 2005.
Remarks:
/s/Gary R. Whitaker, Attorney-in-fact for John J. Wetula 10/03/2006
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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