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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Jardini David R.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD [GTI] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD., 6100 OAK TREE BLVD., SUITE 300 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/14/2015 (Street) INDEPENDENCE, OH 44131 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) 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 08/14/2015   U   8,507 D $ 5.05 (1) 0 D   Common Stock 08/14/2015   U   62,500 D $ 5.05 (1) 0 I (2) By Self as Trustee of the Jardini Trust

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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 Underlying Securities (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 of Derivative Security: 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

Stock Options (right to buy)

$ 10.58

08/17/2015

D

V

10,000

(3)

06/05/2024

Common Stock

10,000

$ 0 (4)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Jardini David R. C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD. 6100 OAK TREE BLVD., SUITE 300 INDEPENDENCE, OH 44131	X

Signatures

/s/John D. Moran, Attorney-in-Fact for David R. Jardini		08/18/2015
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

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**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	On May 17, 2015, Issuer entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with BCP IV GrafTech Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Parent"), and Athena Acquisition Subsidiary Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent ("Acquisition Sub"), 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.
(2)	The reporting person is the Trustee of the David R. Jardini 2010 Qualified Annuity Trust Agreement (the "Jardini Trust") that beneficially owned 62,500 shares of common stock.
(3)	All such options have fully vested.
(4)	Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the underlying stock options that were not in-the-money were canceled.

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