As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 25, 2008.
Registration No. 333-104610
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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SGL CARBON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)



Federal Republic of Germany
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  
Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
Rheingaustrasse 182
D-65203 Wiesbaden
Germany
 (Address of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

SGL CARBON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT STOCK OPTION PLAN
SGL CARBON AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT SHARE PLAN
REGARDING MATCHING SHARES
(Full title of the plans)


Anna Blackwelder
SGL Carbon LLC
P.O. Box 563960
Charlotte, North Carolina 28256-3960
Tel.:  (704) 593-5282
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

Copies to:
Stephan Hutter, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Gervinusstrasse 17
D-60322
Frankfurt am Main,
Federal Republic of Germany
 
 
 

 
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
 
This Post-Effective Amendment No.1 to Registration Statement on Form S-8, Registration No. 333-104610 (the “Registration Statement”), is being filed to deregister certain Ordinary Shares of no par value (the “Shares”), of SGL Carbon Aktiengesellschaft (the “Registrant”) that were registered for issuance to employees of the Registrant and its subsidiaries pursuant to the SGL Carbon Aktiengesellschaft Stock Option Plan and the SGL Carbon Aktiengesellschaft Share Plan Regarding Matching Shares (collectively, the “Plans”).  The Registration Statement registered 400,000 Shares issuable pursuant to the Plans.  In connection with the Registrant’s suspension of its duty to file reports under Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registration Statement is hereby amended to deregister the remaining unissued Shares.
 
 
PART II
 
SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wiesbaden, the Federal Republic of Germany on June 25, 2008.
 
  SGL Carbon Aktiengesellschaft  
         
         
 
 By:  /s/ Robert J. Koehler  
    Name:  Robert J. Koehler  
    Title:  Chief Executive Officer  
         
 
         
 
 By:  /s/ Sten Daugaard  
    Name: Sten Daugaard  
    Title:  Chief Financial Officer  
         





 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated as of the 25th day of June, 2008.

     
Signature
  
Capacity
     
     
     
     
  *  
Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the Board of Management
Robert J. Koehler
    
     
     
     
     
/s/ Sten Daugaard  
Chief Financial Officer, Member of the Board of Management
Sten Daugaard
    
     
     
     
  *  
Member of the Board of Management
Theodore H. Breyer
    
     
     
     
     
  *  
Member of the Board of Management
Dr. Hariolf Kottmann
    

     
*  By:
 /s/ Helmut Muehlbradt  
  Helmut Muehlbradt,   
 
Attorney-in-fact
  
 
 

 
SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRANT

Pursuant to the requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative of the Registrant in the United States, has signed  this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to  Registration  Statement in Charlotte, North Carolina, on June 25, 2008.
 
  SGL Carbon LLC  
         
         
 
 By:  /s/ Scott L. Carlton  
    Name:  Scott L. Carlton  
    Title:  President  
         
 


 
EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
   
24.1
Power of Attorney (incorporated by reference to the signature pages of the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.333-104610)).