Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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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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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SHULAR CRAIG S
   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
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
CEO and President
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD., 1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/13/2005
(Street)

WILMINGTON,, DE 19803		 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               19,310 D  
Common Stock 05/13/2005   J V 270 A $ 3.09 26,459 I By Savings Plan. (1)
Common Stock 05/31/2005   J V 197 A $ 4.22 26,656 I By Savings Plan. (2)
Common Stock               36,505 I By Compensation Deferral Plan. (3)

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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
Time options (right to buy) $ 17.3125               (4) 09/29/2008 Common Stock 150,000   150,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 14             02/28/2005 02/28/2010 Common Stock 30,000   30,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.56             12/15/2002 12/15/2010 Common Stock 100,000   100,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.85               (5) 09/25/2011 Common Stock 87,000   87,000 D  
Stock options (right to buy) $ 6.56               (6) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 600,000   600,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SHULAR CRAIG S
C/O GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301
WILMINGTON,, DE 19803		   X     CEO and President  

Signatures

 /s/Edward J. Yocum, Jr., Attorney-in-fact for Craig S. Shular   06/02/2005
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) 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 270 units reported in this transaction correspond to 260 shares of Common Stock at a price of $3.21 per share.
(2) 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 197 units reported in this transaction correspond to 189 shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.40 per share.
(3) Represents obligations whose value is based on the Common Stock through a contribution, exempt pursuant to Rule 16b-3(f), under the Company's Compensation Deferral Program. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities.
(4) Of such options, 50,000 vested on each of May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999 and September 29, 1999.
(5) Options were granted as part of an annual grant. Of such options, 15,000 vested on September 25, 2001 and 72,000 vested on September 25, 2003.
(6) Such options will vest on July 31, 2008 or earlier on March 31, 2006 if certain cash flow performance targets are achieved in each of 2003, 2004 and 2005 under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan. For each year that such targets are achieved, one-third of the options granted will vest on March 31, 2006. If not previously exercised, these options will expire on December 31, 2008.

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