UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC
S-3/A, 1997-08-11
ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS
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     AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON AUGUST 11, 1997
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-26097

                            SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                                  WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                              POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                            TO
                                         FORM S-3
                                  REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                           UNDER
                                THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


                                  UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
                    (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN CHARTER)

                   DELAWARE                                    06-1385548
              (STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF         (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
                INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)        IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
                                   39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD
                                DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06817
                                      (203) 207-7700
                    (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
             INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)


                                  PETER B. MANCINO, ESQ.
                            VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL
                                  UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
                                   39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD
                                DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 06817
                                      (203) 207-7740
                (NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE AND TELEPHONE NUMBER,
                        INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)


                                    COPY REQUESTED TO:
                                  M. RIDGWAY BARKER, ESQ.
                                 KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
                                    TWO STAMFORD PLAZA
                                   281 TRESSER BOULEVARD
                                STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT 06901


  APPROXIMATE  DATE OF COMMENCEMENT  OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC:  As soon as
possible after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

  If the  only  securities  being  registered  on this  Form are  being  offered
pursuant to dividend or interest  reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. |_|

  If any of the securities  being registered on this Form are to be offered on a
delayed or continuous  basis  pursuant to Rule 415 under the  Securities  Act of
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box.|X|

  If this  Form is filed  to  register  additional  securities  for an  offering
pursuant to Rule  462(b)  under the  Securities  Act of 1933,  please  check the
following box and list the Securities Act  registration  statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.|_|

  If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under
the Securities Act of 1933,  check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration  statement number of the earlier effective  registration  statement
for the same offering.|_|
                                    ------------------
  If delivery  of the  prospectus  is expected to be made  pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box.|_|
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                              CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================================================================
TITLE OF SHARES TO BE REGISTERED                         AMOUNT TO      PROPOSED MAXIMUM     PROPOSED MAXIMUM        AMOUNT OF
                                                       BE REGISTERED     OFFERING PRICE         AGGREGATE        REGISTRATION FEE(1)
                                                                          PER UNIT          OFFERING PRICE
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<S>                                                    <C>                <C>               <C>                    <C>

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share .......          2,431,151(2)      $46.125           $112,136,839.90        $33,980.90(3)
===================================================================================================================================

(1)   Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act
      of 1933.  The price per share is estimated based on the average of the high and low trading prices for the Common Stock on 
      August 4, 1997 as reported by the New York Stock Exchange.

(2)   The number of shares to be sold that appears in the prospectus under "Selling Stockholders" is smaller due to sales of shares
      registered prior to the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.

(3)   A fee of $27,734.57 was previously paid in respect of the 2,166,641 shares originally registered.
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  The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates
as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant  shall file
a further amendment which specifically  states that this Registration  Statement
shall  thereafter  become  effective  in  accordance  with  Section  8(a) of the
Securities  Act of  1933 or  until  this  Registration  Statement  shall  become
effective on such date as the Commission,  acting pursuant to said Section 8(a),
may determine.


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                              2,431,151 Shares

                           UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
                                COMMON STOCK
                              ($.01 par value)


       This Prospectus relates to the offer and sale of 2,431,151 shares (the
"Shares") of common stock, $.01 par value ("Common Stock"), of UCAR
International Inc. ("UCAR" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Company")
by or on behalf of certain stockholders of UCAR (the "Selling Stockholders").
See "Selling Stockholders."

       The Shares  may be  offered  and sold from time to time by one or more of
the Selling  Stockholders.  No Selling  Stockholder is required to offer or sell
any of his Shares. The Selling Stockholders anticipate that, if and when offered
and sold,  the Shares will be offered and sold in  transactions  effected on the
New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE") at then prevailing market prices. The
Selling Stockholders reserve the right, however, to offer and sell the Shares on
any other  national  securities  exchange  on which the  Common  Stock is or may
become listed or in the over-the-counter market, in each case at then prevailing
market prices,  or in privately  negotiated  transactions  at a price then to be
negotiated.  All  offers  and  sales  made  on the  NYSE or any  other  national
securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market will be made through or to
licensed  brokers and dealers.  All proceeds from the sale of the Shares will be
paid  directly  to the  Selling  Stockholders  and will not be  deposited  in an
escrow,  trust or other  similar  arrangement.  UCAR will not receive any of the
proceeds from the sales by the Selling Stockholders.  No discounts,  commissions
or other  compensation  will be allowed or paid by the Selling  Stockholders  or
UCAR in connection with the offer and sale of the Shares,  except that usual and
customary brokers' commissions may be paid by the Selling Stockholders. Upon any
sale of the Shares offered hereby,  the Selling  Stockholders and  participating
agents,  brokers or  dealers  may be deemed to be  underwriters  as that term is
defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the  "Securities  Act"),  and
commissions or discounts or any profit realized on the resale of such securities
purchased  by them may be deemed to be  underwriting  commissions  or  discounts
under the Securities  Act. The legal,  accounting and other fees and expenses to
be paid by UCAR related to the offer and sale of the Shares  contemplated hereby
are estimated to be $42,000.

       The Common Stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol  "UCR." On August
7, 1997, the last reported sale price of the Common Stock, as  reported  on  the
NYSE Composite Tape, was $48.50 per share.


                                ---------------

  THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
   AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE
    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION
          PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS.
          ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

                                ---------------

               The date of this Prospectus is August 11, 1997.


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       No  dealer,  salesman  or other  person has been  authorized  to give any
information or to make any  representation  not contained in this  Prospectus in
connection with the offering made hereby.  If given or made, such information or
representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company.
Neither the delivery of this  Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall under
any circumstances  create any implication that the information  contained herein
is correct as of any time  subsequent to the date hereof.  This  Prospectus does
not  constitute  an  offer  to sell or a  solicitation  of an  offer  to buy any
securities  in any  jurisdiction  to any person to whom it would be  unlawful to
make such an offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.


                            AVAILABLE INFORMATION

       UCAR is  subject  to the  informational  requirements  of the  Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange  Act") and, in accordance  therewith,  files
reports,  proxy  and  information  statements  and  other  information  with the
Securities and Exchange  Commission (the "Commission").  The reports,  proxy and
information  statements  and other  information  so filed may be  inspected  and
copied at the public  reference  facilities  maintained by the Commission at 450
Fifth Street,  N.W., Room 1024,  Washington,  D.C. 20549 and at the Commission's
Regional Offices located at Seven World Trade Center,  Suite 1300, New York, New
York 10048 and Citicorp Center,  500 West Madison Street,  Suite 1400,  Chicago,
Illinois 60661.  Copies of such reports,  proxy and  information  statements and
other  information can be obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference
Section of the Commission,  450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington,  D.C. 20549. The
Commission  maintains a Web site that contains  reports,  proxy and  information
statements and other  information  regarding  registrants  (including UCAR) that
file  electronically  with  the  Commission.  The  address  of such  Web site is
http://www.sec.gov.  The Common Stock is listed on the NYSE, and reports,  proxy
and information  statements and other  information filed with the Commission can
also be inspected at the offices of the NYSE,  20 Broad  Street,  New York,  New
York 10005.

       UCAR has filed with the Commission a  Registration  Statement on Form S-3
(together with  amendments,  exhibits,  schedules and supplements  thereto,  the
"Registration  Statement")  under the Securities Act with respect to the Shares.
This Prospectus,  which constitutes a part of the Registration  Statement,  does
not  contain all of the  information  set forth in the  Registration  Statement.
Information  omitted has been omitted as permitted by the rules and  regulations
of the Commission.  For further information with respect to UCAR and the Shares,
reference is made to the Registration  Statement.  Statements  contained in this
Prospectus  as to the  contents  of any  contract  or  other  document  are  not
necessarily complete and, where such contract or other document is an exhibit to
the Registration Statement,  each such statement is qualified in all respects by
the  provisions  in such  exhibit,  to  which  reference  is  hereby  made.  The
Registration  Statement may be inspected at, and copies of all or any portion of
the Registration  Statement can be obtained at prescribed rates from, the Public
Reference Section of the Commission,  450 Fifth Street, N.W.,  Washington,  D.C.
20549.

       UCAR is a  corporation  formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on
November 24, 1993. The mailing address of its principal  executive  office is 39
Old Ridgebury Road,  Danbury,  Connecticut  06817.  The telephone number of such
office is (203) 207-7700.

                         INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS
                                BY REFERENCE

       The following documents  previously filed by UCAR with the Commission are
incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:

       (a)  UCAR's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
            1996;

       (b)  UCAR's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March
            31, 1997 and June 30, 1997;

       (c)  all other reports filed by the Company  pursuant to Section 13(a) or
            Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act since  December 31, 1996, the last
            day of the fiscal year  covered by the  Company's  Annual  Report on
            Form 10-K referred to in item (a) above; and


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<PAGE>


       (d)  the   description  of  UCAR's  capital  stock  contained  in  UCAR's
            Registration  Statement on Form 8-A dated July 28, 1995,  as updated
            by any  amendment or report  filed for the purpose of updating  such
            description.

       In  addition,  all  documents  filed by UCAR  pursuant to Section  13(a),
13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the  Exchange Act after the date of this  Prospectus  and
prior to the  termination of the Offering shall be deemed to be  incorporated by
reference  herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
documents.  Any  statement  contained  herein or in a document  incorporated  or
deemed to be incorporated by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded  for  purposes  of this  Prospectus  to the extent  that a  statement
contained  herein  or in any  other  subsequently  filed  document  that also is
incorporated by reference  herein  modifies or supersedes  such  statement.  Any
statement so modified or superseded  shall not be deemed,  except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.

       UCAR will provide without charge to each person, including any beneficial
owner of Common Stock, to whom a copy of this Prospectus is delivered,  upon the
written  or  oral  request  of any  such  person,  a  copy  of any or all of the
documents  incorporated  by  reference  herein  (other  than  exhibits  to  such
documents,  unless such exhibits are  specifically  incorporated by reference in
the documents that this  Prospectus  incorporates  by reference).  Such requests
should be addressed to UCAR International  Inc., 39 Old Ridgebury Road, Danbury,
Connecticut  06817,  Attention:  Investor  Relations,   telephone  number  (203)
207-7726.


                                 THE COMPANY

       The Company's business was founded in 1886 by National Carbon Company. In
1917, National Carbon Company,  along with Union Carbide Company and three other
companies,  became  subsidiaries  of a new  corporation  named Union Carbide and
Carbon Company, now known as Union Carbide Corporation ("Union Carbide"). In the
1950s,  National  Carbon  Company was dissolved,  and its business  subsequently
became the Carbon Products Division of Union Carbide.

       Effective  January 1, 1989, Union Carbide realigned each of its worldwide
businesses  into  separate  subsidiaries  (the  "Realignment").   In  connection
therewith, the business of the Carbon Products Division was separated from Union
Carbide's  other  business  and  became  owned by the  Company,  which  was then
wholly-owned by Union Carbide.  On February 25, 1991,  Union Carbide sold 50% of
the common equity of the Company to Mitsubishi  Corporation  ("Mitsubishi")  for
$233 million (the "Mitsubishi  Purchase").  Since the Mitsubishi  Purchase,  the
Company has  operated on a stand alone basis in all material  respects.  In this
regard,  the  Company  has  been  self-financing,   except  for  certain  credit
enhancements  which were provided by Union Carbide and  Mitsubishi and which the
Company terminated in their entirety in September 1994.

       On January 26, 1995, the Company consummated a leveraged recapitalization
(the "Recapitalization") pursuant to the Recapitalization and Stock Purchase and
Sale Agreement dated as of November 14, 1994 (the "Recapitalization  Agreement")
among  Blackstone  Capital  Partners  II  Merchant  Banking  Fund L.P.  ("BCP"),
Blackstone  Offshore  Capital  Partners  II  L.P.  ("BOCP"),  Blackstone  Family
Investment  Partnership  II L.P.  ("BFIP"  and,  together  with  BCP  and  BOCP,
"Blackstone"),   Union   Carbide,   Mitsubishi   and  UCAR.   Pursuant   to  the
Recapitalization: (i) UCAR issued Common Stock representing approximately 75% of
the then outstanding Common Stock to Blackstone,  Chase Equity Associates,  L.P.
and certain members of management for $203 million; (ii) UCAR Global Enterprises
Inc.,  as  wholly-owned  subsidiary  of  UCAR  ("Global"),  and  certain  of its
subsidiaries  borrowed $585 million under senior  secured bank  facilities  (the
"Recapitalization  Bank  Facilities");  (iii)  Global  issued  $375  million  of
Subordinated  Notes; (iv) the Company repaid  approximately $250 million of then
existing  indebtedness;  (v) UCAR  repurchased  and  cancelled all of the common
equity then held by Mitsubishi for $406 million; (vi) UCAR paid to Union Carbide
a cash dividend of $347 million on the common equity then held by Union Carbide,
which common equity was  reclassified  and  immediately  thereafter  represented
approximately  25% of the then  outstanding  Common  Stock;  and  (vii)  certain
members of management received restricted stock matching a portion of the Common
Stock purchased by them and options to purchase up to an aggregate of 12% of the
then  outstanding  Common  Stock on a fully  diluted  basis,  subject to certain
vesting  provisions.  In  connection  with  the  Recapitalization,  the  Company
transferred  all of the  stock  of  its  operating  subsidiaries  to  Global  or
subsidiaries  of Global.  UCAR  currently  holds no material  assets  other than
common stock of Global.

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<PAGE>

       On August 15, 1995,  UCAR completed its initial public offering of Common
Stock (the "Initial  Offering").  In connection with the Initial Offering,  UCAR
sold Common Stock  representing 22% of the Common Stock outstanding  immediately
after the Initial  Offering for net  proceeds of $227 million and Union  Carbide
sold all of the Common Stock then owned by it. UCAR used net  proceeds  from the
Initial  Offering to  contribute  to Global an amount  sufficient to redeem $175
million aggregate  principal amount of Subordinated  Notes at a redemption price
equal to 110% of the aggregate  principal amount thereof,  plus accrued interest
thereon of $4 million  (the  "Redemption").  On October  19,  1995,  the Company
refinanced  the  Recapitalization  Bank  Facilities  (such new  facilities,  the
"Senior  Bank  Facilities")  at more  favorable  interest  rates  and with  more
favorable covenants (the "Refinancing").  The Redemption and Refinancing reduced
the Company's annual interest expense by approximately $34 million (based on the
principal  amounts  outstanding  and the interest rates in effect at the time of
the Redemption and the  Refinancing,  respectively).  The Senior Bank Facilities
were  amended and  restated on March 19, 1997 to increase  the amount  available
under the  revolving  credit  facility to $200  million from $100 million and to
change the covenants to allow more flexibility in uses of free cash flow.

       In March 1996, certain stockholders of UCAR, including  Blackstone,  sold
an aggregate of 16,675,000 shares of Common Stock in a secondary public offering
(the  "1996  Secondary  Offering").  UCAR did not sell  any  shares  in the 1996
Secondary  Offering and did not receive any proceeds from the shares sold by the
selling stockholders but did receive proceeds of approximately $1.5 million from
the  exercise of options by certain of the selling  stockholders  in  connection
with the sale in the 1996  Secondary  Offering of the shares  acquired  upon the
exercise of such options.

       In February  1997,  UCAR's  Board of  Directors  authorized  a program to
repurchase up to $100 million of Common Stock at prevailing  prices from time to
time in the open market or otherwise  depending on market  conditions  and other
factors.  In April 1997,  Blackstone  sold an aggregate  of 6,411,227  shares of
Common Stock in a secondary  public  offering (the "1997  Secondary  Offering").
UCAR did not sell any shares in the 1997 Secondary  Offering and did not receive
any  proceeds  from the shares sold by  Blackstone.  Concurrently  with the 1997
Secondary  Offering,  UCAR  repurchased  1,300,000  shares of Common  Stock from
Blackstone (the "Blackstone  Share  Repurchase") for  approximately $48 million,
which constituted part of the stock repurchase program. After the 1996 Secondary
Offering,  the 1997  Secondary  Offering and the  Blackstone  Share  Repurchase,
Blackstone ceased to be a principal stockholder of UCAR.


                            SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

       The following  table sets forth, as of July 31, 1997, to the knowledge of
the  Company,  the number of shares of Common  Stock and the  percentage  of the
outstanding   shares  of  Common  Stock   beneficially  owned  by  each  Selling
Stockholder, the number of shares which may be sold by such Selling Stockholder,
and the number of shares and percentage of outstanding shares to be beneficially
owned by such Selling  Stockholder after this offering if all the shares offered
by such Selling  Stockholder are sold. Unless otherwise  indicated,  each person
has sole investment and voting power with respect to the shares set forth in the
following  table.  As of June 30,  1997,  the Company had  45,802,588  shares of
Common Stock issued and outstanding.

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                                           BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                        BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
                                          PRIOR TO THE OFFERING(C)                      AFTER THE OFFERING

                                          SHARES OF                    SHARES TO     SHARES OF
                                         COMMON STOCK    PERCENTAGE     BE SOLD    COMMON STOCK      PERCENTAGE

<S>                                      <C>               <C>         <C>           <C>                <C>

Robert P. Krass(a)(b)(d)........          1,306,485         2.9%        970,385       336,100            *
Robert J. Hart(a)(d)(e).........            525,394         1.1%        338,777       186,617            *
Peter B. Mancino(a)(d)(e).......            258,262          *          239,153        19,109            *
William P. Wiemels(a)(d)(e).....            382,607          *          325,022        57,585            *
Fred C. Wolf(a)(d)(e)...........            206,746          *          188,304        18,442            *
Petrus J. Barnard(a)(d).........            135,661          *          135,661            --           --
William D. Cate(a)(d)(e)........            161,227          *          128,849        32,378            *

</TABLE>

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 *  Represents holdings of less than one percent.

(a) Each such  person's  business  address is 39 Old  Ridgebury  Road,  Danbury,
    Connecticut 06817.
(b) Except as to the column entitled "Shares to be Sold," includes 214,853
    shares held by Krass Family Limited Partnership, a limited partnership of
    which Mr. Krass is the general partner.  Mr. Krass disclaims beneficial
    ownership of such shares.
(c) Includes  shares  subject  to vested  and  unvested  options,  respectively,
    granted under the  Company's  Management  Stock Option Plan as follows:  Mr.
    Krass,  808,654  shares and 161,731  shares;  Mr. Hart,  263,147  shares and
    75,630 shares; Mr. Mancino, 183,256 shares and 52,359 shares; Mr. Wiemels,
    211,763  shares and 60,504  shares;  Mr. Wolf,  145,253  shares and 43,051
    shares; Mr. Barnard,  104,717 shares and 20,944 shares; and Mr. Cate, 90,924
    shares and 27,925  shares.  Includes  shares  subject to vested and unvested
    options,  respectively,  granted  under the  Company's  1996  Mid-Management
    Equity  Incentive  Plan as  follows:  Mr.  Barnard,  2,500  shares and 7,500
    shares, and Mr. Cate, 2,500 shares and 7,500 shares.
(d) Shares to be sold consist of shares to be acquired  upon exercise of options
    granted pursuant to the Company's Management Stock Option Plan.
(e) Except  as  to  the  column  entitled  "Shares  to  be  Sold"  includes  the
    approximate  number of shares  attributable  to such  person  under the UCAR
    Carbon Savings Plan as of March 31, 1997.

    Each of the individual  Selling  Stockholders  is currently  employed by the
Company and has been employed by the Company during the past three years.

    The Selling Stockholders acquired options to purchase shares of Common Stock
pursuant to grants under the Company's  Management  Stock Option Plan in January
1995 and, in the case of Messrs.  Barnard  and Cate,  under the  Company's  1996
Mid-Management  Equity  Incentive  Plan.  The shares of Common  Stock to be sold
hereunder will be acquired upon the exercise of such options.


                            PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

    The Shares  may be offered  and sold from time to time by one or more of the
Selling Stockholders. No Selling Stockholder is required to offer or sell any of
his Shares.  The Selling  Stockholders  anticipate that, if and when offered and
sold, the Shares will be offered and sold in  transactions  effected on the NYSE
at then prevailing market prices.  The Selling  Stockholders  reserve the right,
however,  to offer and sell the Shares on any other national securities exchange
on which the  Common  Stock is or may become  listed or in the  over-the-counter
market,  in  each  case  at  then  prevailing  market  prices,  or in  privately
negotiated  transactions at a price then to be negotiated.  All offers and sales
made  on  the  NYSE  or  any  other  national  securities  exchange  or  in  the
over-the-counter market will be made through or to licensed brokers and dealers.
No agreements,  arrangements or  understandings  have been entered into with any
broker or dealer,  and no brokers or dealers have been  selected,  in connection
with the  offer  and sale of the  Shares.  No  discounts,  commissions  or other
compensation will be allowed or paid by the Selling  Stockholders or the Company
in  connection  with the offer and sale of the  Shares,  except  that  usual and
customary  brokers'  commissions  may be paid by the Selling  Stockholders.  All
proceeds  from the  sale of the  Shares  will be paid  directly  to the  Selling
Stockholders  and will not be  deposited  in an escrow,  trust or other  similar
arrangement.

    The selling  broker may act as agent or may acquire the Shares or  interests
therein as principal or pledgee and may, from time to time, effect distributions
of the Shares or interests. If a dealer is utilized in the sale of the Shares in
respect of which the Prospectus is delivered, the Selling Stockholders will sell
the Shares to the dealer, as principal. The dealer may then resell the Shares to
the  public at varying  prices to be  determined  by such  dealer at the time of
resale.

    The legal,  accounting and other fees and expenses  related to the offer and
sale of the Shares  contemplated  hereby are estimated to be $42,000 and will be
paid by the Company.  The Company will pay all expenses  incurred in  connection
with this offering, excluding commissions charged by any broker-dealer acting on
behalf of a Selling Stockholder.


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                                LEGAL MATTERS

    Certain  legal  matters  with  respect to the validity of the Shares will be
passed upon for UCAR by Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Stamford, Connecticut.


                                   EXPERTS

    The  Consolidated  Financial  Statements of the Company at December 31, 1995
and 1996 and for each of the years in the three year period  ended  December 31,
1996, which are included in UCAR's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1996, have been incorporated by reference in this Prospectus and in
the Registration Statement in which this Prospectus appears in reliance upon the
report of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, independent certified public accountants, which
is  incorporated  by reference  herein,  and upon the  authority of such firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.

    The  report  of KPMG  Peat  Marwick  LLP  refers  to a change in 1996 in the
Company's method of determining LIFO inventories.


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<PAGE>


NO DEALER, SALESPERSON OR OTHER
PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO
GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE
ANY REPRESENTATION NOT CONTAINED
IN THIS PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN
OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR
REPRESENTATION MUST NOT BE RELIED
UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY
THE COMPANY OR ANY SELLING
STOCKHOLDER.  THIS PROSPECTUS DOES
NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY
ANY OF THE SECURITIES OFFERED
HEREBY IN ANY JURISDICTION TO ANY
PERSON TO WHOM IT IS UNLAWFUL TO
MAKE SUCH OFFER IN SUCH JURISDICTION.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE
HEREUNDER SHALL UNDER ANY                              UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC.
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY
IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO
CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE
COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR
THAT THE INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME
SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
                                                            2,431,151
                                                              Shares
        ---------------                                    Common Stock
                                                         ($.01 par value)






                                                            PROSPECTUS





           TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                   PAGE

Available Information.................2
Incorporation of Documents by
Reference.............................2
The Company...........................3
Selling Stockholders..................4
Plan of Distribution..................5
Legal Matters........................ 6
Experts.............................. 6


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                                   PART II
                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14.  OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION

    The  following  table  sets  forth  the  costs  and  expenses,   other  than
underwriting  discounts and  commissions,  paid or to be paid in connection with
the issuance and distribution of the securities being registered.

    SEC registration fee.......................................      $33,980.86
    Legal fees and expenses....................................        5,000.00*
    Accounting fees and expenses...............................        2,000.00*
    Miscellaneous..............................................        1,019.14
          Total................................................      $42,000.00


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*   Estimated.

    All  expenses  of  such  issuance  and  distribution  will  be  paid  by the
registrant,  other than transfer  taxes  relating to the sale of the  securities
registered hereby to be sold by the Selling Stockholders.

ITEM 15.  INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

    Section 145 of the  General  Corporation  Law of the State of Delaware  (the
"Law") provides as follows:

     "(a) A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a
party  or is  threatened  to be  made a  party  to any  threatened,  pending  or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative  (other than an action by or in the right of the  corporation)  by
reason of the fact that the person is or was a  director,  officer,  employee or
agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation
as a director,  officer, employee or agent of another corporation,  partnership,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'
fees),  judgments,  fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the
person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably  believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any  criminal  action or  proceeding,  had no  reasonable  cause to believe  his
conduct was  unlawful.  The  termination  of any action,  suit or  proceeding by
judgment,  order, settlement,  conviction,  or upon a plea of nolo contendere or
its equivalent,  shall not, of itself,  create a presumption that the person did
not act in good faith and in a manner which the person reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to
any criminal  action or  proceeding,  had  reasonable  cause to believe that the
person's conduct was unlawful.

    (b) A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is
a party  or is  threatened  to be made a party  to any  threatened,  pending  or
completed  action or suit by or in the  right of the  corporation  to  procure a
judgment  in its  favor by  reason  of the  fact  that  the  person  is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at
the  request of the  corporation  as a director,  officer,  employee or agent of
another  corporation,  partnership,  joint  venture,  trust or other  enterprise
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by
the person in  connection  with the defense or settlement of such action or suit
if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that
no indemnification  shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such  person  shall  have been  adjudged  to be liable to the  corporation
unless and only to the extent  that the Court of  Chancery or the court in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application  that,  despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all the  circumstances of the case,
such

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person is fairly and  reasonably  entitled to indemnity for such expenses  which
the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

    (c)  To  the  extent  that a  director,  officer,  employee  or  agent  of a
corporation  has been  successful  on the merits or  otherwise in defense of any
action,  suit  or  proceeding  referred  to in  subsections  (a) and (b) of this
section,  or in  defense  of any  claim,  issue or matter  therein,  he shall be
indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred by him in connection therewith.

    (d) Any  indemnification  under  subsections  (a)  and  (b) of this  section
(unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation  only as authorized
in the specific case upon a determination that  indemnification of the director,
officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances because the person has
met the applicable  standard of conduct set forth in subsections  (a) and (b) of
this  section.  Such  determination  shall be made (1) by a majority vote of the
directors who are not parties to such action,  suit or  proceeding,  even though
less than a quorum, or (2) if there are no such directors,  or if such directors
so direct,  by  independent  legal counsel in a written  opinion,  or (3) by the
stockholders.

    (e) Expenses (including  attorneys' fees) incurred by an officer or director
in defending any civil,  criminal,  administrative or investigative action, suit
or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition
of such  action,  suit or  proceeding  upon receipt of an  undertaking  by or on
behalf of such  director or officer to repay such amount if it shall  ultimately
be determined  that he is not entitled to be indemnified  by the  corporation as
authorized in this section.  Such expenses (including  attorneys' fees) incurred
by other employees and agents may be so paid upon such terms and conditions,  if
any, as the board of directors deems appropriate.

    (f) The  indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive
of any other rights to which those seeking  indemnification  or  advancement  of
expenses may be entitled under any bylaw,  agreement,  vote of  stockholders  or
disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity
and as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

    (g) A  corporation  shall have power to purchase and  maintain  insurance on
behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation,  or is or was  serving  at the  request  of  the  corporation  as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,  partnership, joint
venture,  trust or other enterprise  against any liability  asserted against him
and incurred by him in any such capacity,  or arising out of his status as such,
whether or not the  corporation  would have the power to  indemnify  him against
such liability under this section.

    (h) For purposes of this  section,  references  to "the  corporation"  shall
include, in addition to the resulting corporation,  any constituent  corporation
(including  any  constituent of a constituent)  absorbed in a  consolidation  or
merger which, if its separate existence had continued,  would have had power and
authority to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that
any  person  who is or was a  director,  officer,  employee  or  agent  of  such
constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent
corporation as a director,  officer,  employee or agent of another  corporation,
partnership,  joint venture, trust or other enterprise,  shall stand in the same
position  under  this  section  with  respect  to  the  resulting  or  surviving
corporation as he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its
separate existence had continued.

    (i) For purposes of this section,  references to "other  enterprises"  shall
include employee  benefit plans;  references to "fines" shall include any excise
taxes  assessed on a person  with  respect to any  employee  benefit  plan;  and
references  to  "serving at the request of the  corporation"  shall  include any
service as a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent of the  corporation  which
imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or
agent  with  respect  to  an  employee   benefit  plan,  its   participants   or
beneficiaries;  and a  person  who  acted  in  good  faith  and in a  manner  he
reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries


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of an  employee  benefit  plan  shall be deemed to have  acted in a manner  "not
opposed  to the  best  interests  of the  corporation"  as  referred  to in this
section.

    (j) The  indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted
pursuant to, this section shall,  unless  otherwise  provided when authorized or
ratified,  continue  as to a person  who has ceased to be a  director,  officer,
employee  or agent and shall inure to the  benefit of the heirs,  executors  and
administrators of such a person.

    (k) The Court of Chancery is hereby vested with  exclusive  jurisdiction  to
hear and determine all actions for  advancement  of expenses or  indemnification
brought under this section or under any bylaw,  agreement,  vote of stockholders
or disinterested  directors,  or otherwise.  The Court of Chancery may summarily
determine a corporation's  obligation to advance expenses (including  attorneys'
fees)."

    Section 102(b)(7) of the Law provides as follows:

    "(b) In addition to the matters  required to be set forth in the certificate
of  incorporation  by  subsection  (a)  of  this  section,  the  certificate  of
incorporation may also contain any or all of the following matters:

    (7) A provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a director
to the  corporation  or its  stockholders  for  monetary  damages  for breach of
fiduciary duty as a director,  provided that such provision  shall not eliminate
or limit the liability of a director:  (i) for any breach of the director's duty
of loyalty to the  corporation or its  stockholders;  (ii) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law; (iii) under section 174 of this title; or (iv) for any transaction  from
which the director derived an improper personal benefit. No such provision shall
eliminate or limit the liability of a director for any act or omission occurring
prior to the date when such provision becomes effective.  All references in this
paragraph  to a  director  shall  also be deemed to refer (x) to a member of the
governing body of a corporation  which is not authorized to issue capital stock,
and (y) to such other person or persons, if any, who, pursuant to a provision of
the  certificate  of  incorporation  in accordance  with Section  141(a) of this
title,  exercise or perform any of the powers or duties  otherwise  conferred or
imposed upon the board of directors by this title."

    The Company maintains a director's and officer's  liability insurance policy
which indemnifies  directors and officers for certain losses arising from claims
by reason of a wrongful act, as defined therein, under certain circumstances.

    In  addition,  in response  to this Item 15, the  following  information  is
incorporated by reference:  the  information  included in the description of the
registrant's capital stock contained in the registrant's  Registration Statement
on Form 8-A dated July 28, 1995, as updated by any amendment or report filed for
the purpose of updating  such  description;  Articles  Tenth and Eleventh of the
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the registrant incorporated
by reference as Exhibit 3.1 to this Registration Statement; and Article V of the
Amended and  Restated  By-Laws of the  registrant  incorporated  by reference as
Exhibit 3.2 to this Registration Statement.


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ITEM 16.  EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

    (a) The exhibits  listed in the  following  table have been filed as part of
this Registration Statement.


 Exhibit
  NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

  2.1(1)   Recapitalization and Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of
           November 14, 1994 among Union Carbide Corporation, Mitsubishi
           Corporation, UCAR International Inc. and UCAR International
           Acquisition Inc. and Guaranty made by Blackstone Capital Partners II
           Merchant Banking Fund L.P. and Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners
           II L.P.

  2.2(2)   Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement dated as of February 29,
           1996

  2.3(1)   Form of Management Common Stock Subscription Agreement

  2.4(3)   Form of Management Pledge and Security Agreement, together with form
           of Promissory Note

  2.5(2)   Amendment, Waiver and Release in connection with such Management
           Common Stock Subscription Agreements, Management Pledge and Security
           Agreements and Promissory Notes

  2.6(1)   Indemnification   Agreement  dated  as  of  January  26,  1995  among
           Mitsubishi   Corporation,   Union   Carbide   Corporation   and  UCAR
           International Inc.

  2.7(1)   Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR International Inc. and UCAR Holdings S.A.

  2.8(1)   Exchange Agreements made as of January 26, 1995 between UCAR
           International Inc. and UCAR Holdings II Inc.

  2.9(1)   Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR International Inc. and UCAR Inc.

  2.10(1)  Exchange Agreement made as of January 26, 1995 between UCAR Carbon
           Company Inc. and UCAR Holdings Inc.

  2.11(1)  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR Carbon Company Inc. and UCAR Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.

  2.12(1)  Exchange Agreement made as of January 26, 1995 between UCAR
           International Inc. and UCAR Global Enterprises Inc.

  2.13(1)  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR Carbon Company Inc. and Arapaima s.r.l.

  2.14(1)  Deed of Purchase and Sale of 528,999 Shares of UCAR Carbon
           Navarra S.L.

  2.15(1)  Exchange  Agreement  dated as of December 15, 1993 by and among Union
           Carbide  Corporation,  Union Carbide  Chemicals and Plastics  Company
           Inc., Mitsubishi Corporation and UCAR International Inc.

  2.16(1)  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement  dated as of November 9, 1990 among
           Mitsubishi  Corporation,  Union Carbide  Corporation  and UCAR Carbon
           Company Inc.

  2.17     [omitted]

  2.18(1)  Settlement  Agreement dated as of November 30, 1993 among  Mitsubishi
           Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation and UCAR Carbon Company Inc.


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  2.19(1)  Transfer Agreement dated January 1, 1989 between Union Carbide
           Corporation and UCAR Carbon Company Inc.

  2.20(1)  Amendment No. 1 to such Transfer Agreement dated December 31, 1989

  2.21(1)  Amendment No. 2 to such Transfer Agreement dated as of July 2, 1990

  2.22(1)  Amendment No. 3 to such Transfer Agreement dated as of February 25,
           1991

  2.23(1)  Amended and Restated Realignment Indemnification Agreement dated as
           of June 4, 1992 among Union Carbide Corporation, Union Carbide
           Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc., Union Carbide Industrial Gases
           Inc., UCAR Carbon Company Inc. and Union Carbide Coatings Service
           Corporation

  2.24(1)  Environmental Management Services and Liabilities Allocation
           Agreement dated as of January 1, 1990 among Union Carbide
           Corporation, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc.,
           UCAR Carbon Company Inc., Union Carbide Industrial Gases Inc. and
           Union Carbide Coatings Service Corporation

  2.25(1)  Amendment No. 1 to such Environmental Management Services and
           Liabilities Allocation Agreement dated as of June 4, 1992

  2.26     [omitted]

  2.27     [omitted]

  2.28(4)  Trade Name and Trademark License Agreement dated March 1, 1996
           between Union Carbide Corporation and UCAR Carbon Technology
           Corporation

  2.29(1)  Employee Benefit Services and Liabilities  Agreement dated January 1,
           1990 between Union Carbide Corporation and UCAR Carbon Company Inc.

  2.30(1)  Amendment to such Employee Benefit Services and Liabilities Agreement
           dated January 15, 1991

  2.31(1)  Supplemental Agreement to such Employee Benefit Services and
           Liabilities Agreement dated February 25, 1991

  2.32(1)  Letter Agreement dated December 31, 1990 among Union Carbide
           Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc., UCAR Carbon Company Inc.,
           Union Carbide Grafito, Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation

  2.33(6)  Stock Repurchase Agreement among UCAR International Inc., Blackstone
           Capital Partners II Merchant Banking Fund L.P., Blackstone Offshore
           Capital Partners II L.P., Blackstone Family Investment Partnership
           II L.P. and Chase Equity Associates, L.P.

  3.1(3)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of UCAR
           International Inc.

  3.2(3)   Amended and Restated By-Laws of UCAR International Inc.

  4.1(3)   Specimen certificate representing Common Stock, par value $.01 per
           share, of UCAR International Inc.

  4.2(1)   Indenture dated as of January 15, 1995 among UCAR International Inc.,
           UCAR Global Enterprises Inc. and the United States Trust Company of
           New York, as Trustee


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  5.1      Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP regarding the validity of the
           securities originally registered

  5.2*     Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP regarding the validity of the
           Securities being registered

 23.1      Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 23.2*     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

 23.3*     Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)

 24.1      Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)


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* Filed herewith.

    Unless otherwise indicated, all exhibits have been previously filed.

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of UCAR
    International Inc. and UCAR Global Enterprises Inc. on Form S-1 (File No.
    33-84850).

(2) Incorporated  by reference to the Annual  Report of the  registrant  of Form
    10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.

(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of the registrant on
    Form S-1 (File No. 33-94698).

(4) Incorporated by reference to the Quarterly  Report of the registrant on Form
    10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.

(5) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of the registrant on
    Form S-3 (File No. 333-23073).

(6) Incorporated by reference to the Quarterly  Report of the registrant on Form
    10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997.

    (b)   Financial Statement Schedules

    All schedules are omitted as the required information is inapplicable or the
information  is presented in the  Consolidated  Financial  Statements or related
notes thereto.


ITEM 17.  UNDERTAKINGS

    The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

    (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

          (i)   To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
Securities Act of 1933;


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          (ii) To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events  arising after
the  effective  date  of  this  Registration   Statement  (or  the  most  recent
post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration
Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not
exceed that which was  registered) and any deviation form the low or high and of
the estimated  maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus
filed with the  Commission  pursuant  to Rule 424(b) if, in the  aggregate,  the
changes in volume  and price  represent  no more than 20  percent  change in the
maximum  aggregate  offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration
Fee" table in the effective registration statement.

          (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the plan of
distribution  not  previously  disclosed in this  Registration  Statement or any
material change to such information in this  Registration  Statement;  PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the Registrant
Statement is on Form S-3, Form S-8 or Form F-3, and the information  required to
be included in a  post-effective  amendment by those  paragraphs is contained in
periodic  reports filed with or furnished to the  Commission  by the  Registrant
pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

    (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933,  each  such  post-effective  amendment  shall be deemed to be a new
registration  statement  relating to the  securities  offered  therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA
FIDE offering thereof.

    (3) To remove from  registration by means of a post-effective  amendment any
of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.

    The registrant  hereby  undertakes  that,  for purposes of  determining  any
liability  under the  Securities  Act,  each filing of the  registrant's  annual
report  pursuant  to  Section  13(a) or 15(d) of the  Exchange  Act (and,  where
applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to
Section  15(d) of the Exchange  Act) that is  incorporated  by reference in this
Registration  Statement  shall  be  deemed  to be a new  registration  statement
relating to the securities offered therein,  and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering thereof.

    Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
may  be  permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling  persons  of  the
registrant pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or otherwise,  the registrant
has been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such  indemnification  is
against  public  policy as expressed in the  Securities  Act and is,  therefore,
unenforceable.  In the  event  that a claim  for  indemnification  against  such
liabilities  (other than the payment by the  registrant of expenses  incurred or
paid by a  director,  officer or  controlling  person of the  registrant  in the
successful  defense of any  action,  suit or  proceeding)  is  asserted  by such
director,  officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been  settled by  controlling  precedent,  submit to a court of  appropriate
jurisdiction  the  question  of whether  such  indemnification  by it is against
public  policy as  expressed in the  Securities  Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.

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                                 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-3 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS  AMENDMENT  TO THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED,  THEREUNTO
DULY AUTHORIZED,  IN THE CITY OF DANBURY, STATE OF CONNECTICUT,  ON THE 11TH DAY
OF AUGUST, 1997.

                            UCAR INTERNATIONAL INC.


                            BY:   /S/ PETER B. MANCINO
                                Title:  Vice President and General Counsel

    PURSUANT TO THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS AMENDMENT
TO THE  REGISTRATION  STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING  PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.


        SIGNATURES                     TITLE                          DATE



            *              Chairman of the Board, President      August 11, 1997
      Robert P. Krass         and Chief Executive Officer
                              (Principal Executive Officer)


            *              Vice President, Chief Financial       August 11, 1997
    William P. Wiemels        Officer and Treasurer (Principal
                              Financial and Accounting
                              Officer)


            *               Director                             August 11, 1997

   Robert D. Kennedy



            *               Director                             August 11, 1997

     John R. Hall



            *               Director                             August 11, 1997

    R. Eugene Cartledge




*By:  /S/ PETER B. MANCINO
    Attorney-in-Fact




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                              INDEX TO EXHIBITS


 EXHIBIT
 NUMBER                       DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

  2.1(1)   Recapitalization and Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of
           November 14, 1994 among Union Carbide Corporation, Mitsubishi
           Corporation, UCAR International Inc. and UCAR International
           Acquisition Inc. and Guaranty made by Blackstone Capital Partners II
           Merchant Banking Fund L.P. and Blackstone Offshore Capital Partners
           II L.P.

  2.2(2)   Amended and Restated Stockholders' Agreement dated as of February 29,
           1996

  2.3(1)   Form of Management Common Stock Subscription Agreement

  2.4(3)   Form of Management Pledge and Security Agreement, together with form
           of Promissory Note

  2.5(2)   Amendment, Waiver and Release in connection with such Management
           Common Stock Subscription Agreements, Management Pledge and Security
           Agreements and Promissory Notes

  2.6(1)   Indemnification   Agreement  dated  as  of  January  26,  1995  among
           Mitsubishi   Corporation,   Union   Carbide   Corporation   and  UCAR
           International Inc.

  2.7(1)   Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR International Inc. and UCAR Holdings S.A.

  2.8(1)   Exchange Agreements made as of January 26, 1995 between UCAR
           International Inc. and UCAR Holdings II Inc.

  2.9(1)   Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR International Inc. and UCAR Inc.

  2.10(1)  Exchange Agreement made as of January 26, 1995 between UCAR Carbon
           Company Inc. and UCAR Holdings Inc.

  2.11(1)  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR Carbon Company Inc. and UCAR Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.

  2.12(1)  Exchange Agreement made as of January 26, 1995 between UCAR
           International Inc. and UCAR Global Enterprises Inc.

  2.13(1)  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of January 26, 1995
           between UCAR Carbon Company Inc. and Arapaima s.r.l.

  2.14(1)  Deed of Purchase and Sale of 528,999 Shares of UCAR Carbon
           Navarra S.L.

  2.15(1)  Exchange Agreement dated as of December 15, 1993 by and among Union
           Carbide Corporation, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company
           Inc., Mitsubishi Corporation and UCAR International Inc.

  2.16(1)  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of November 9, 1990 among
           Mitsubishi Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation and UCAR Carbon
           Company Inc.

  2.17(1)  [omitted]


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  2.18(1)  Settlement  Agreement dated as of November 30, 1993 among  Mitsubishi
           Corporation, Union Carbide Corporation and UCAR Carbon Company Inc.

  2.19(1)  Transfer Agreement dated January 1, 1989 between Union Carbide
           Corporation and UCAR Carbon Company Inc.

  2.20(1)  Amendment No. 1 to such Transfer Agreement dated December 31, 1989

  2.21(1)  Amendment No. 2 to such Transfer Agreement dated as of July 2, 1990

  2.22(1)  Amendment No. 3 to such Transfer Agreement dated as of February 25,
           1991

  2.23(1)  Amended and Restated Realignment Indemnification Agreement dated as
           of June 4, 1992 among Union Carbide Corporation, Union Carbide
           Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc., Union Carbide Industrial Gases
           Inc., UCAR Carbon Company Inc. and Union Carbide Coatings Service
           Corporation

  2.24(1)  Environmental Management Services and Liabilities Allocation
           Agreement dated as of January 1, 1990 among Union Carbide
           Corporation, Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc., UCAR
           Carbon Company Inc., Union Carbide Industrial Gases Inc. and Union
           Carbide Coatings Service Corporation

  2.25(1)  Amendment No. 1 to such Environmental Management Services and
           Liabilities Allocation Agreement dated as of June 4, 1992

  2.26     [omitted]

  2.27     [omitted]

  2.28(4)  Trade Name and Trademark License Agreement dated March 1, 1996
           between Union Carbide Corporation and UCAR Carbon Technology
           Corporation

  2.29(1)  Employee Benefit Services and Liabilities  Agreement dated January 1,
           1990 between Union Carbide Corporation and UCAR Carbon Company Inc.

  2.30(1)  Amendment to such Employee Benefit Services and Liabilities Agreement
           dated January 15, 1991

  2.31(1)  Supplemental Agreement to such Employee Benefit Services and
           Liabilities Agreement dated February 25, 1991

  2.32(1)  Letter Agreement dated December 31, 1990 among Union Carbide
           Chemicals and Plastics Company Inc., UCAR Carbon Company Inc., Union
           Carbide Grafito, Inc. and Union Carbide Corporation

  2.33(6)  Stock Repurchase Agreement among UCAR International Inc., Blackstone
           Capital Partners II Merchant Banking Fund L.P., Blackstone Offshore
           Capital Partners II L.P., Blackstone Family Investment Partnership II
           L.P. and Chase Equity Associates, L.P.

  3.1(3)   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of UCAR
           International Inc.

  3.2(3)   Amended and Restated By-Laws of UCAR International Inc.

  4.1(3)   Specimen certificate representing Common Stock, par value $.01 per
           share, of UCAR International Inc.

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  4.2(1)   Indenture dated as of January 15, 1995 among UCAR International Inc.,
           UCAR Global Enterprises Inc. and the United States Trust Company of
           New York, as Trustee

  5.1      Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP regarding the validity of the
           securities originally registered

  5.2*     Opinion of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP regarding the validity of the
           securities being registered

 23.1      Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)

 23.2*     Consent of KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

 23.3*     Consent of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2)

 24.1      Powers of Attorney (included on signature page)


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* Filed herewith

(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of UCAR
    International Inc. and UCAR Global Enterprises Inc. on Form S-1 (File
    No. 33-84850).

(2) Incorporated  by reference to the Annual  Report of the  registrant  of Form
    10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.

(3) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of the registrant on
    Form S-1 (File No. 33-94698).

(4) Incorporated by reference to the Quarterly  Report of the registrant on Form
    10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1996.

(5) Incorporated by reference to the Registration Statement of the registrant on
    Form S-3 (File No. 333-23073).

(6) Incorporated by reference to The Quarterly  Report of the registrant on Form
    10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 1997.


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                            KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
                               TWO STAMFORD PLAZA
                              281 TRESSER BOULEVARD
                               STAMFORD, CT 06901





                                         August 11, 1997




UCAR International Inc.
39 Old Ridgebury Road
Danbury, Connecticut 06817-0001

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have acted as special  counsel to UCAR  International  Inc.,  a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"),  in connection with the proposed public offering of
shares (the  "Shares") of the Company's  common stock,  par value $.01 per share
(the "Common Stock"), as described in the Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration  Statement on Form S-3  (Registration  No.  333-26097) filed by the
Company with the Securities and Exchange  Commission  pursuant to the Securities
Act of 1933,  as amended  (the  "Act"),  to which this  opinion  constitutes  an
exhibit  (the  "Amendment").  The  Shares  are  being  offered  by  the  Selling
Stockholders  (as  defined in the  Amendment).  All of the Shares will be issued
upon the exercise of currently outstanding stock options granted pursuant to the
Company's  Management  Stock Option Plan or the  Company's  1996  Mid-Management
Equity  Incentive  Plan (the "Plans").  As such counsel,  you have requested our
opinion as to the matters described herein relating to the Shares.

     We have examined the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws, in
each case as  amended  and  restated  through  the date  hereof;  minutes of the
Company's corporate proceedings through the date hereof, as made available to us
by officers of the Company;  each of the Plans,  as amended to date; an executed
copy of the  Amendment  and all  exhibits  thereto  in the form  filed  with the
Securities and Exchange Commission;  and such matters of law deemed necessary by
us in order to  deliver  the  opinion  set forth  herein.  In the  course of our
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authority of
all signatories to sign on behalf of their principals,  if any, the authenticity
of all documents  submitted to us as original  documents  and the  conformity to
original documents of all documents  submitted to us as certified or photostatic
copies. As to certain factual matters, we have relied upon information furnished
to us by officers of the Company.



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     Based on the  foregoing and solely in reliance  thereon,  it is our opinion
that the  Shares  have been duly  authorized  and,  when  issued and paid for as
contemplated   by  the   Plans,   will  be  validly   issued,   fully  paid  and
non-assessable.

     We hereby  consent  to the  filing  of this  letter  as an  exhibit  to the
Amendment and to the reference to our firm in the  Prospectus  included  therein
under the caption "Legal Matters." In giving such consent,  we do not admit that
we are in the category of persons whose  consent is required  under Section 7 of
the Act.


                                         Very truly yours,

                                         KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP



                                         By: /s/ M. Ridgway Barker
                                            ---------------------------
                                             A Member of the Firm






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                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


            We consent to the use of our report incorporated herein by reference
and to the reference to our firm under the heading  "Experts" in the prospectus.
Our report on the Consolidated  Financial  Statements  refers to a change in the
method of determining LIFO inventories in 1996.


                                                      /s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Stamford, Connecticut
August 6, 1997


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