================================================================================ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 11, 2004 AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION ----------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Ohio 1-9967 31-0258080 ---- ------ ---------- (State of Incorporation) (Commission (I.R.S. Employer Identification File Number) Number) 7887 Washington Village Drive, Dayton, Ohio 45459 - ------------------------------------------- ----- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) (937) 291-7000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code) ================================================================================ Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers Amcast Industrial Corporation announced on October 11, 2004 that Joseph R. Grewe, who has served since July 15, 2003 as the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, and who has served since April 8, 2002 as President and as a member of the Board of Directors, has resigned his positions as an officer and a director effective November 1, 2004. Item 9.01, Financial Statements and Exhibits (c) Exhibits The Following exhibit is filed as part of this Form 8-K: Number Description of Exhibit 99.1 Press Release dated October 11, 2004 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION (Registrant) Date: October 13, 2004 By: /s/ Jeffrey A. McWilliams ---------------- ------------------------- Jeffrey A. McWilliams Vice President Administration and Secretary