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 *
PRETORIUS HERMANUS LAMBERTUS
   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
_____ Officer (give title below) __X__ Other (specify below)
Advanced Graphite & Carbon
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
12900 SNOW ROAD		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/04/2007
(Street)

PARMA, OH 44130		 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 09/04/2007   S   2,164 D $ 17.01 17,836 D (1)  
Common Stock               20,000 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) $ 17.06               (3) 09/29/2008 Common Stock 57,000   57,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 14             02/28/2005 02/28/2010 Common Stock 10,000   10,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.56             12/15/2002 12/15/2010 Common Stock 2,500   2,500 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 8.85               (4) 09/25/2011 Common Stock 10,000   10,000 D  
Time options (right to buy) $ 6.56               (5) 12/31/2008 Common Stock 50,000   50,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
PRETORIUS HERMANUS LAMBERTUS
12900 SNOW ROAD
PARMA, OH 44130		       Advanced Graphite & Carbon

Signatures

 /s/Gary R. Whitaker, Attorney-in-Fact for Hermanus L. Pretorius   09/05/2007
**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) On August 31, 2005, the Company granted 20,000 restricted shares, valued at the then current market price of $5.94 per share, under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan, one-third of which vested on August 31, 2006, one-third of which vested on August 31, 2007, and one-third of which will vest of August 31, 2008. 2,164 of the 6,667 shares that vested on August 31, 2007 were sold by the issuer on behalf of the reporting person to pay withholding taxes due upon vesting. Such shares were sold pursuant to a trading plan established under Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
(2) On October 23, 2006, the Company granted 20,000 restricted shares under the Company's Management Long Term Incentive Program, all of which will cliff vest in February 2010, subject to accelerated vesting in equal thirds in February of each of 2008, 2009 and 2010, if certain performance targets are met.
(3) Of such options, 19,000 vested on each of May 21, 1999, July 14, 1999 and September 29, 1999.
(4) Such options have vested and were granted as part of an annual grant with vesting dates of September 25, 2001 and September 25, 2003.
(5) All such options have fully vested.

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