1 ================================================================================ 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 Fiscal Year Commission Ended August 31, 1997 File Number 33-38176 - --------------------- -------------------- AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION 401 (k) SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN (Name of Plan) ----------------------------- AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION 7887 Washington Village Drive Dayton, Ohio 45459 (937) 291-7000 (Name of Issuer of Securities held pursuant to Plan and address of its principal executive office.) ================================================================================ 2 REQUIRED INFORMATION -------------------- The Amcast Industrial Corporation 401(k) Salary Deferral Plan (the "Plan") is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. ITEM 4. In lieu of the requirements of Items 1, 2 and 3 of this Form 11-K, the following financial statements of the Plan, notes thereto, and Report of Independent Auditors thereon are being filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report: (a) Statement of Net Assets available for Plan Benefits - August 31, 1997 and August 31, 1996; (b) Statement of Changes in Net Assets available for Plan Benefits - years ended August 31, 1997, and August 31, 1996; (c) Notes to Financial Statements; and (d) Report of Independent Auditors. The Consent of Independent Auditors to the incorporation by reference of the foregoing financial statements in the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 33-38176) pertaining to the Plan is being filed as Exhibit 23.1 to this Report. SIGNATURES ---------- THE PLAN. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Pension Committee of Amcast Industrial Corporation which administers the Amcast Industrial Corporation 401(k) Salary Deferral Plan has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. AMCAST INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION 401(k) SALARY DEFERRAL PLAN By: /s/ Douglas D. Watts ----------------------------------- Douglas D. Watts Authorized Committee Member Dated: March 13, 1998 2 3 EXHIBITS -------- The following Exhibits are being filed with this Annual Report on Form 11-K: (23) CONSENT OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL: 23.1 Consent of Ernst & Young (99) ADDITIONAL EXHIBITS 99.1 Annual Financial Statements of Amcast Industrial Corporation 401(k) Salary Deferral Plan at August 31, 1997 and August 31, 1996 and for the two years ended August 31, 1997 3