The CuAl5 single crystal with the initial orientation (I 10)[00I] was cold rolled and subsequently compressed in a channel die in such a way that the new direction of plastic flow was parallel to the transverse direction of initial rolling and the compressed plane was parallel to the former rolling plane. The dislocation slip was the only deformation mechanism during rolling. The dislocation substructure after rolling was uniform. During the compression in a channel die, additionally, the deformation twinning as well as the shear band formation took place. The recrystallization commenced and proceded within the shear bands. After that. the recrystallization proceeded by the nucleation and growth of new grains within the areas with high density of deformation twins. The recrystallized regions of the former shear bands were filled by fine grains while the regions amongst them exhibited much bigger grains. The recrystallization texture was formed according to the theory of the oriented growth.