================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 11-K --------- [x] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the year ended December 31, 2000 or [ ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from ________ to ________ Commission File No. 0-25642 -------------- A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: COMMONWEALTH INDUSTRIES, INC. SAVINGS PLAN FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES AND COMMONWEALTH INDUSTRIES, INC. PERFORMANCE SHARING PLAN FOR HOURLY EMPLOYEES -------------- B. Name of issuer of securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: COMMONWEALTH INDUSTRIES, INC. 500 West Jefferson Street 19th Floor Louisville, Kentucky 40202-2823 ================================================================================ FORM 11-K Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Performance Sharing Plan for Hourly Employees December 31, 2000 The following financial statements and supplemental schedules of the Plans filed as exhibits to this Form 11-K are incorporated herein by reference and submitted in paper format on Form SE: Financial Statements: Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2000 and 1999 Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999 Notes to Financial Statements Supplemental Schedules: Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes at End of Year, December 31, 2000 Schedule H, Line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the year ended December 31, 2000 Page ---- Signature Page 3 Exhibit Index 4 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Benefits Committee of Commonwealth Industries, Inc. has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Performance Sharing Plan for Hourly Employees By: /s/ Donald L. Marsh, Jr. ------------------------ Donald L. Marsh, Jr. Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary Commonwealth Industries, Inc. and a member of the Benefits Committee Date: June 19, 2001 Exhibit Index ------------- Exhibit Number Description - ------- ----------- 13.1* Financial statements and supplemental schedules of the Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Savings Plan for Salaried Employees as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, including report of independent accountants. 13.2* Financial statements and supplemental schedules of the Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Performance Sharing Plan for Hourly Employees as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and for the years ended December 31, 2000 and 1999, including report of independent accountants. 23 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP * Exhibits 13.1 and 13.2 above are submitted in paper format on Form SE. Exhibit 23 ---------- Consent of Independent Accountants We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-90292) of Commonwealth Industries, Inc. of our reports dated June 19, 2001 relating to the financial statements and supplemental schedules of the Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Performance Sharing Plan for Hourly Employees and the Commonwealth Industries, Inc. Savings Plan for Salaried Employees, which appear in this Form 11-K. /s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Louisville, Kentucky June 19, 2001