As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2002. Registration No. 333- ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 -------------- FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 -------------- AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) -------------- OHIO 31-0258080 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) 7887 WASHINGTON VILLAGE DRIVE DAYTON, OHIO 45459 (937) 291-7000 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive office) -------------- AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION 1999 STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN (Full title of the plan) -------------- SAMUEL T. REES, ESQ. VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY 7887 WASHINGTON VILLAGE DRIVE DAYTON, OHIO 45459 (937) 291-7000 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) -------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proposed Maximum Title of Securities to Amount to be Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Amount of be Registered Registered(1)(2) Offering Price per Share(3) Price(3) Registration Fee - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Common Shares, no par value 425,000 $3.41 $1,449,250 $134 - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1) In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement also covers an indeterminate amount of Common Shares that may be offered or sold as a result of any adjustments from stock splits, stock dividends or similar events. 2) There are also being registered hereunder an equal number of Series A Preferred Share Purchase Rights, which are currently attached to and transferable only with the Common Shares registered hereunder. 3) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee in accordance with Rule 457(h) and Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices for a Common Shares reported on the New York Stock Exchange on August 23, 2002. PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT The Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-35654) filed by Amcast Industrial Corporation, an Ohio corporation (the "Registrant"), is hereby incorporated by reference. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dayton, State of Ohio, on August 27, 2002. AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION By /s/ Samuel T. Rees -------------------------------------- Name: Samuel T. Rees Title: Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. SIGNATURE TITLE /s/ Byron O. Pond - ------------------------------------- Chairman of the Board and August 27, 2002 Byron O. Pond Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Director /s/ Francis J. Drew - ------------------------------------- Vice President, Finance and August 27, 2002 Francis J. Drew Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer) /s/ Mark D. Mishler - ------------------------------------- Controller (Principal August 27, 2002 Mark D. Mishler Accounting Officer) * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- Walter E. Blankley * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- Peter H. Forster 2 * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- Don R. Graber * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- Joseph R. Grewe * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- Leo W. Ladehoff * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- Bernard G. Rethore * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- William G. Roth * Director August 27, 2002 - ------------------------------------- R. William Van Sant * The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does hereby execute this registration statement on behalf of the directors of the registrant indicated above by asterisks, pursuant to powers of attorney duly executed by such directors and incorporated by reference as an exhibit to this registration statement. /s/ Samuel T. Rees ---------------------------------------- Samuel T. Rees Attorney-In-Fact August 27, 2002 INDEX TO EXHIBITS (4) INSTRUMENTS DEFINING THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS, INCLUDING INDENTURES *4.1 Articles of Incorporation, as amended, of Amcast Industrial Corporation. *4.2 Code of Regulations of Amcast Industrial Corporation. 4.3 Amended and Restated Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24,1998, between Amcast Industrial Corporation and First Chicago Trust Company of New York, as Rights Agent (filed as Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the SEC on February 25, 1998 and incorporated by reference herein). 3 *4.4 Amcast Industrial Corporation 1999 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended. (5) OPININON RE LEGALITY *5.1 Opinion of Thompson Hine LLP with respect to the legality of the securities being registered. (23) CONSENTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL *23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. *23.2 Consent of Thompson Hine LLP (contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1). (24) POWERS OF ATTORNEY *24.1 Power of Attorney granted by each director whose name was signed to this registration statement by power of attorney. - ----------------------- * Filed herewith. 4