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 *
BARNARD PETRUS J
   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, Graphite Electrodes
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD., 1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
11/15/2005
(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 11/15/2005   J V 41 A $ 5.67 1,754 I By Savings Plan. (1)
Common Stock               50,000 D (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) $ 5.46             04/01/2007 04/01/2015 Common Stock 100,000   100,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 35               (3) 02/28/2006 Common Stock 5,000   5,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 17.06               (4) 09/29/2008 Common Stock 66,000   66,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.56             12/15/2002 12/10/2010 Common Stock 60,000   60,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 6.56               (5) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 100,000   100,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.85             09/25/2003 09/25/2011 Common Stock 45,000   45,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
BARNARD PETRUS J
GRAFTECH INTERNATIONAL LTD.
1521 CONCORD PIKE, SUITE 301
WILMINGTON, DE 19803		       President, Graphite Electrodes  

Signatures

 /s/ Karen G. Narwold, Attorney-in-Fact for Petrus J. Barnard   12/02/2005
**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 participating through Company matching contributions in the Company Stock Fund option of the UCAR Carbon Savings Plan. The 41 units reported in this transaction correspond to 39 shares of Common Stock at a price of $5.92.
(2) Of such shares, granted on August 31, 2005 under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, one-third will vest on August 31 of each of 2006, 2007, and 2008.
(3) 2,500 of such options became exercisable on each of May 2, 1996 and August 28, 1997.
(4) Of such options, 22,000 vested on each of: May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999 and September 29, 1999.
(5) 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.

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