As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 1998
Registration No. 333-45489
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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POST-EFFECTIVE
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY
(exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 36-2257936
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE
MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160
PHONE: 708/450-3000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
GARY P. SCHMIDT BELL, BOYD & LLOYD
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL THREE FIRST NATIONAL PLAZA
ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602-4207
2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE ATTENTION: J. CRAIG WALKER
MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160 312/807-4321
708/450-3262
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agents for service)
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Withdrawing Unsold Shares from Registration
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
The registrant files this post-effective amendment, pursuant to its
undertaking, for the purpose of withdrawing from registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 13,200 shares of Class B Common Stock, $.22
par value, of the registrant previously registered under this registration
statement and remaining unsold upon the termination of the sales of shares
covered by this registration statement.
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SIGNATURE
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 registration
statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in Chicago, Illinois on March 17, 1998.
ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY
By: BELL, BOYD & LLOYD
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Agent for Service
By: /S/ J. CRAIG WALKER
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J. Craig Walker
