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 *
MASON SCOTT C
   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)
Pres., Advcd. Carbon Solutions
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O UCAR CARBON COMPANY INC., P.O. BOX 6116		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
06/15/2005
(Street)

CLEVELAND,, OH 44101		 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               16,753 D  
Common Stock 06/15/2005   J V 123 A $ 4.27 15,708 I By Savings Plan. (1)
Common Stock 06/30/2005   J V 127 A $ 4.13 15,835 I By Savings Plan. (2)

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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) $ 13.19               (3) 09/29/2008 Common Stock 150,000   150,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.56             12/15/2002 12/15/2010 Common Stock 80,000   80,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.85               (4) 09/25/2011 Common Stock 87,000   87,000 D  
Stock options (right to buy) $ 6.56               (5) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 275,000   275,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
MASON SCOTT C
C/O UCAR CARBON COMPANY INC.
P.O. BOX 6116
CLEVELAND,, OH 44101		       Pres., Advcd. Carbon Solutions  

Signatures

 /s/Edward J. Yocum, Jr., Attorney-in-fact for Scott C. Mason   07/05/2005
**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 123 units reported in this transaction correspond to 118 shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.45 per share.
(2) Represents the number of unit attributable to the reporting person's participation through Company matching contributions in the Company Stock Fund option of the UCAR Carbon Savings Plan. The 127 units reported in this transaction correspond to 122 shares of Common Stock at a price of $4.30 per share.
(3) 50,000 of such options vested on April 3, 2001. 100,000 of such options will vest on April 3, 2007; however, 50,000 unvested shares will vest on each of the dates, if any, on which the closing price of the Company's Common Stock has been at least $15.85 per share and $18.50 per share for at least 20 consecutive trading days.
(4) 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.
(5) Such options will vest on 7/31/08 or earlier on 3/31/06 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, 1/3 of the options granted will vest on 3/31/06. If not previously exercised, these options will expire on December 31, 2008.

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