Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3)
May 22 2015 - 5:31PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
POWER OF ATTORNEY
(Beneficial Ownership Reports)
The undersigned hereby:
(i) constitutes and appoints the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
the General Counsel, the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Treasurer and the Assistant Treasurer, now or
hereafter serving, of GrafTech International Ltd. (the "Company"), and
each of them individually, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution (collectively, the "Attorneys-in-Fact," and,
individually, an "Attorney-in-Fact"), to be the undersigned's true
and lawful representative, agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, for
him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to:
(a) prepare, act on, execute, acknowledge, publish (including website
posting) and deliver to and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
any and all national securities exchanges and the Company the following
Forms with respect to securities of the Company, including those which
are or may be deemed to be beneficially owned or held by the undersigned:
(1) Forms ID, 3, 4, 5 and 144 (including any and all amendments thereto)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"),
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and the
rules and regulations thereunder; and
(2) any successor Form or any related document; and
(b) request and obtain from any and all third parties, including brokers,
employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, any and all information
with respect to ownership and holding of and transactions in securities of
the Company and to use and disclose such information, in each case as
necessary, appropriate, convenient or expedient in connection with the
foregoing; and
(ii) authorizes any and all such third parties to provide and disclose
such information to any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact or their agents;
(iii) grants to any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact the full right, power
and authority to do any and all such things and all such actions which may
be necessary, convenient, expedient or appropriate in connection with the
foregoing, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or
could do or take; and
(iv) approves, ratifies and confirms all that any and all of the
Attorneys-in-Fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
The undersigned hereby agrees that any and all of the Attorneys-in-Fact may
rely on information provided or disclosed orally or in writing by or on behalf
of the undersigned or such third parties without independent verification
thereof.
The validity of this Power of Attorney shall not be affected in any manner
by reason of (i) the execution, at any time, of other powers of attorney by
the undersigned in favor of persons other than those named herein or (ii) the
death, disability or incompetence of the undersigned.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect as long as the undersigned
remains employed by the Company or its subsidiaries or a director of the
Company, unless it is revoked as described in the next sentence. This Power
of Attorney may be revoked only by written notice to the Secretary of the
Company, delivered personally or by registered mail or certified mail, return
receipt requested. No such revocation shall be effective as to any Attorney-
in-Fact until such notice of revocation shall have been actually received
and read by him or her. All third parties may deal with each Attorney-in-
Fact as if such Attorney-in-Fact was the undersigned, without undertaking or
having any duty to undertake any investigation as to whether this Power of
Attorney has been revoked or otherwise becomes invalid.
The undersigned acknowledged that it is his or her responsibility to pre-clear
with the General Counsel all proposed transactions in securities of the Company
and that this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from any
responsibility for compliance with the obligations of the undersigned under
the Exchange Act, including the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as
of this 20th day of May 2015.
Signature: /s/Quinn J. Coburn
Print Name: Quinn J. Coburn