INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM INC
S-3/A, 2000-03-20
COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN
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     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2000
                                                     Registration No. 333- 86213

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                       TO
                                    FORM S-3

             REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                          INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

            ARIZONA                                             8-0271282
(State or other jurisdiction of                               (IRS Employer
 incorporation or organization)                           Identification Number)

                         3410 East University, Suite 180
                     Phoenix, Arizona 85034, (602) 941-1900
          (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
             area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

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                  Mr. Joseph P. Kealy                       The Commission is Requested to Send Copies of All
             International Fibercom, Inc.                                   Communications To:
            3410 East University, Suite 180                             Christian J. Hoffmann, Iii
                Phoenix, Arizona 85034                                      Streich Lang, P.a.
                    (602) 941-1900                                        2 North Central Avenue
(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,              Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2391
  Including Area Code, of Agent for Service of Service)                       (602) 229-5200
</TABLE>

APPROXIMATE  DATE OF  COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO PUBLIC:
From  time to  time  after  the  Registration  Statement  becomes  effective  as
determined by market conditions and the needs of the Selling Shareholders.

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]

                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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 Title of Each Class of      Amount to be       Proposed Maximum            Proposed Maximum             Amount of
Security to be Registered    Registered(1)  Offering Price Per Unit(2)  Aggregate Offering Price(2)  Registration Fee(3)
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Common Stock, no par value     2,098,944             $7.375                     $15,479,712                $4,691
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(1)  In the  event of a stock  split  stock  dividend,  or  similar  transaction
     involving the Company's  Common Stock,  in order to prevent  dilution,  the
     number of shares  registered shall  automatically be increased to cover the
     additional shares in accordance with Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act.

(2)  Estimated for purposes of calculating the amount of registration fee only.

(3)  A  registration  fee in the amount of $4,691 was paid with  respect to this
     registration statement on August 31, 1999.


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,  AS  AMENDED  (THE  "SECURITIES  ACT")  OR  UNTIL  THE
REGISTRATION  STATEMENT  SHALL BECOME  EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION,
ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE.
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                                   PROSPECTUS

                          INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM, INC.

                 2,098,944 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE

                                   ----------

     This prospectus is part of a registration  statement that covers  2,098,944
shares of our common  stock.  These  shares may be offered and sold from time to
time by the selling shareholders ("Selling  Shareholders").  We will not receive
any of the proceeds from the sale.


     Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ  National  Market under the Symbol
"IFCI." On March 15, 2000,  the average of the high and low prices of the common
stock on the NASDAQ National Market was $24.00 per share.

     Unless the context indicates otherwise,  all references to "we," "our," the
"Company" or "IFC" refer to International  FiberCom,  Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Our principal executive offices are located at 3410 East University,  Suite 180,
Phoenix, Arizona 85034. Our telephone number is (602) 387-4000.


     NEITHER THE  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION  NOR ANY STATE  SECURITIES
COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED THESE  SECURITIES,  OR DETERMINED IF THIS
PROSPECTUS  IS TRUTHFUL OR  COMPLETE.  ANY  REPRESENTATION  TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.



    SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 4 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN RISKS
                  RELATED TO AN INVESTMENT IN THE COMMON STOCK.

                                   ----------

                  The date of this Prospectus is March 17, 2000

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS



WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION........................................... 3

USE OF PROCEEDS............................................................... 6

SELLING SHAREHOLDERS.......................................................... 7

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION.......................................................... 8

LEGAL MATTERS................................................................. 9

EXPERTS....................................................................... 9


     You  should  rely only on the  information  contained  or  incorporated  by
reference in this prospectus and in any accompanying  prospectus supplement.  No
one has been authorized to provide you with different information.

     The shares of common stock are not being offered in any jurisdiction  where
the offer is not permitted.

     You  should not  assume  that the  information  in this  prospectus  or any
prospectus  supplement  is  accurate  as of any date  other than the date on the
front of the documents.

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                       WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

     We file annual,  quarterly and special reports,  proxy statements and other
information  with the SEC.  You may  read and copy any  document  we file at the
SEC's public reference rooms in Washington,  D.C., New York, NY and Chicago, IL.
Please  call the SEC at  1-800-SEC-0330  for further  information  on the public
reference  rooms.  Our SEC filings are also available to the public at the SEC's
web site at http://www.sec.gov.

     The SEC allows us to  "incorporate  by reference"  the  information we file
with it, which means we can disclose  important  information to you by referring
to those documents.  The information  incorporated by reference is considered to
be a part of this  prospectus,  and information  that we file later with the SEC
will automatically update and supersede previously filed information,  including
information contained in this document.

     We  incorporate  by  reference  the  documents  listed below and any future
filings  made  with the SEC  under  Sections  13(a),  13(c),  14 or 15(d) of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 until the Selling  Shareholders  sell all of
their shares.


     *    Annual  Report on Form 10- K for the fiscal  year ended  December  31,
          1999;


     *    The  description  of  our  common  stock  that  is  contained  in  the
          Registration  of Certain  Classes of  Securities  Pursuant  to Section
          12(b) or (g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on Form 8-A, dated
          August 9, 1994, as amended from time to time.

     You may  request  a copy of  these  filings,  at no  cost,  by  writing  or
telephoning us at our principal  executive  offices at the following address and
phone number:


                    Secretary
                    International FiberCom, Inc.
                    3410 East University, Suite 180
                    Phoenix, Arizona 85034
                    (602) 387-4000


     You  should  rely only on the  information  contained  or  incorporated  by
reference  in this  prospectus  and in any  prospectus  supplement.  We have not
authorized  anyone else to provide you with different  information.  The Selling
Shareholders will not make an offer of these shares in any state where the offer
is not permitted.  You should not assume that the information in this prospectus
or any supplement is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of
the documents.

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RISKS RELATING TO OFFERING


SALES  OF OUR  COMMON  STOCK  BY OUR  OFFICERS  AND  DIRECTORS  OR  OTHER  LARGE
SHAREHOLDERS MAY LOWER THE MARKET PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK

Our officers  and  directors  own an  aggregate  of shares of our common  stock,
including  exercisable  stock options.  If our officers and directors,  or other
shareholders,  sell a  substantial  amount  of our  common  stock  or  even  the
potential for such sales, it could cause the market price of our common stock to
decrease  and could hurt our  ability to raise  capital  through the sale of our
equity securities.

THE PRICE OF OUR COMMON STOCK MAY VARY SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE SHORT TERM DUE TO:

The market  price of our common stock has  historically  shown a large amount of
price volatility.  The last three years have been marked by generally  favorable
industry conditions,  acquisitions of new businesses and substantially improving
operating  results,  including  revenue  and net income from  recently  acquired
businesses  which has  resulted in a large  increase in the market  price of our
common stock.

- --   LARGE FLUCTUATIONS IN THE STOCK MARKET IN GENERAL

The stock market has also experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that
have affected the market price of many companies.  These fluctuations have often
been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies.  Our common
stock price may be affected by these fluctuations.

- --   FLUCTUATIONS IN OUR OPERATING RESULTS, NEW TECHNOLOGY, ANNOUNCEMENTS OF NEW
     ACQUISITIONS OR OTHER FACTORS


The  trading  price of our common  stock in the future  could be subject to wide
fluctuations in response to many factors including:

*    quarterly variations in our operating results or those of our competitors;

*    actual  or  anticipated  announcements  of  new  acquisitions  by us or our
     competitors;

*    actual  or  anticipated  announcements  of  new  contracts  by  us  or  our
     competitors;

*    technical innovations or new products by our competitors;

*    changes in analysts' estimates of our financial performance;

*    changes in capital plans of our cable and other customers; and

*    general industry, economic and financial conditions in the United States.


WE MAY ISSUE  OPTIONS  UNDER OUR STOCK  OPTION  PLANS AND SELL SHARES  UNDER OUR
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN WHICH MAY DILUTE THE INTERESTS OF SHAREHOLDERS

We  reserved  441,707  shares of our common  stock for  issuance  under our 1994
Incentive Stock Option and Restricted Stock Purchase Plans,  3,200,000 shares of
common stock for issuance under our 1997  Incentive  Stock Option and Restricted
Stock Plans and 2,000,000  shares for issuance under our Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.


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The exercise price for incentive  stock options  granted under our plans are set
at the  market  price on the date of grant or, in the case of  certain  holders,
110% of the market  price on the date of grant.  Non-statutory  options are also
granted from time to time outside of our stock option plans.  The exercise price
of these  non-statutory stock options are set at the market price on the date of
grant.  If stock  options with an exercise  price lower than the current  market
price are exercised,  our stockholders will experience dilution. Also, the terms
upon which we will be able to obtain  equity  capital may be affected  since the
holders of  outstanding  options can be expected to exercise them at a time when
we would,  in all  likelihood,  be able to obtain  needed  capital on terms more
favorable to us than those provided in outstanding options.

WE MAY ISSUE  EQUITY  SECURITIES  IN THE  FUTURE  WHOSE  TERMS AND  RIGHTS ARE B
SUPERIOR TO THOSE OF OUR COMMON STOCK

Our Articles of Incorporation  authorize the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares
of preferred  stock. As of March 17, 2000, our Board of Directors had designated
4,400 shares as Series A Preferred,  4,400 shares as Series  Preferred and 1,000
shares  as  Series  C  Preferred.  None  of  these  shares  remain  outstanding.
Additional  shares of  preferred  stock may be issued by our board of  directors
from  time to time in one or more  series  for the  consideration  and  with the
rights  and  preferences  as our  board of  directors  decides.  Any  shares  of
preferred  stock  that may be issued in the  future  could be given  voting  and
conversion  rights that could  dilute the voting  power and equity of holders of
shares of common stock,  and have  preferences  over shares of common stock with
respect to dividends and in liquidation.

WE HAVE NEVER PAID DIVIDENDS ON OUR COMMON STOCK AND DO NOT PLAN TO DO SO IN THE
FUTURE

Our equity securities are entitled to receive any dividends that may be declared
by our board of  directors.  We have not paid any cash  dividends  on our common
stock  and we do not  expect to pay cash  dividends  on our  preferred  stock or
common  stock in the near  term.  We intend to retain  any  future  earnings  to
provide funds for operations of our business.  Investors who anticipate the need
for dividends from investments should not purchase our common stock.

YEAR 2000 DISCLOSURE

We  experienced no significant  disruptions  in our  information  technology and
non-information technology systems with respect to the Year 2000 date change. We
are not aware of any material problems  resulting from year 2000 issues,  either
with our  products,  our  services,  our  internal  systems or the  products and
services of third  parties.  We will  continue to monitor our critical  computer
applications and those of our suppliers and vendors  throughout the year 2000 to
ensure any latent risks that may arise are addressed promptly.


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FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This  prospectus  contains  certain  forward-looking  statements and information
within the meaning of Section 27A of the  Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934. The cautionary  statements made in this
paragraph and elsewhere in this prospectus should be read as being applicable to
all related forward-looking  statements wherever they appear in this prospectus.
Forward-looking   statements,   by  their  very   nature,   include   risks  and
uncertainties.  Accordingly,  our actual  results could differ  materially  from
those discussed  herein.  A wide variety of factors could cause or contribute to
such differences and could adversely impact revenues,  profitability, cash flows
and capital needs. Such factors,  many of which are beyond our control,  include
the following:  our success in obtaining new  contracts;  the volume and type of
work orders that are  received  under such  contracts;  the accuracy of the cost
estimates  for the  projects;  our ability to complete  our projects on time and
within  budget;   levels  of,  and  ability  to,  collect  accounts  receivable;
availability  of trained  personnel and  utilization of our capacity to complete
work;  competition and competitive pressures on pricing; and economic conditions
in the United States and in the region we serve.

                                 USE OF PROCEEDS

     All  net  proceeds  from  the  sale of the  common  stock  covered  by this
prospectus will be received by the selling shareholders who offer and sell their
shares.  We will not receive any  proceeds  from the sale of the common stock by
the selling shareholders.

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                              SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

     The following table provides certain information with respect to the common
stock  beneficially  owned by the selling  shareholders  who are entitled to use
this  prospectus.  The  information  in the  table  is as of the  date  of  this
prospectus.  No selling  shareholder  has had a material  relationship  with IFC
within the past three  years other than as a result of the  ownership  of common
stock.  The common  stock  listed  below may be offered from time to time by the
selling shareholders named below or their nominees:

                                           Shares Available    Percent Owned
Name and Address of              Shares     for Sale Under    After Completion
Selling Shareholder              Owned(1)   this Prospectus   of the Offering(1)
- -------------------              --------   ---------------   ------------------
Randy C. Jensen                   635,980       635,980
2078 High Vista Dr.
Lakeland, FL 33813

Terry D. Lipham                   660,020       666,020
9940 Golf Boulevard
Treasure Island, FL 33706

William and Carolyn Delgado (2)   229,456       229,456
5945 Palm Drive
Carmichael, CA 95608

Clyde Berg                         87,386        87,386
10050 Bandley
Cupertino, CA 95014

Former shareholders of            276,016       276,016
All Star Telecom, Inc. (2)

BlueRidge Solutions, L.C.          51,632        51,632
1990 W. Camelback
Phoenix, AZ 85015

Former shareholders of            152,454       152,454
AeroComm, Inc. (3)

(1)  Because  (i) a selling  shareholder  may offer all or some of the shares of
     common stock which he holds pursuant to the offerings  contemplated by this
     prospectus,   (ii)  the  offerings  of  shares  of  common  stock  are  not
     necessarily  being  underwritten  on a firm commitment  basis,  and (iii) a
     selling  shareholder could purchase  additional shares of common stock from
     time to time, no estimate can be given as to the amount of shares of common
     stock that will be held by any selling shareholder upon termination of such
     offerings. See "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION."

(2)  All of the  shares  owned  by the  former  shareholders  of All  Star  were
     acquired in connection with our purchase of all or substantially all of the
     assets of All Star.  Under the terms of the  purchase we agreed to register
     the  shares   received  in  this   purchase.   The  shares  held  by  these
     shareholders,  excluding William and Carolyn Delgado and Clyde Berg, do not
     exceed one percent  (1%) of our  capitalization.  In the past three  years,
     none of these holders has had a material  relationship with us, except that
     certain of the individuals included in this group have become our employees
     after the purchase.

(3)  All of the  shares  owned  by the  former  shareholders  of  AeroComm  were
     acquired in connection with our purchase of all or substantially all of the
     assets of  AeroComm.  Under the terms of the purchase we agreed to register
     the shares received in this purchase. The shares held by these shareholders
     do not exceed one  percent  (1%) of our  capitalization.  In the past three
     years,  none of these  holders  has had a  material  relationship  with us,
     except that certain of the  individuals  included in this group have become
     our employees after the purchase.

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                              PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

     We are  registering  the common shares  covered by this  prospectus for the
selling  shareholders.  As  used  in  this  prospectus,  "selling  shareholders"
includes  the  pledgees,  donees,  transferees  or others who may later hold the
selling shareholders'  interests.  We will pay the costs and fees of registering
the  common  shares,  but  the  selling  shareholders  will  pay  any  brokerage
commissions,  discounts  or other  expenses  relating  to the sale of the common
shares.

     The selling shareholders may sell the common shares in the over-the-counter
market or otherwise,  at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices
related to the prevailing market prices,  or at negotiated  prices. In addition,
the selling shareholders may sell some or all of their common shares through:

     -    a block  trade in which a  broker-dealer  may  resell a portion of the
          block, as principal, in order to facilitate the transaction;

     -    purchases  by  a  broker-dealer,  as  principal,  and  resale  by  the
          broker-dealer for its account; or

     -    ordinary  brokerage  transactions  and  transactions in which a broker
          solicits purchasers.

     When selling the common  shares,  the selling  shareholders  may enter into
hedging transactions. For example, the selling shareholders may:

     -    enter into transactions  involving short sales of the common shares by
          broker-dealers;

     -    sell common shares short themselves and redeliver such shares to close
          out their short positions;

     -    enter into  option or other  types of  transactions  that  require the
          selling  shareholder to deliver common shares to a broker-dealer,  who
          will then resell or transfer the common shares under this  prospectus;
          or

     -    loan or pledge the common shares to a broker-dealer,  who may sell the
          loaned shares or, in the event of default, sell the pledged shares.

     The selling shareholders may negotiate and pay broker-dealers  commissions,
discounts  or  concessions  for their  services.  Broker-dealers  engaged by the
selling  shareholders may allow other  broker-dealers to participate in resales.
However, the selling shareholders and any broker-dealers involved in the sale or
resale of the common shares may qualify as "underwriters"  within the meaning of
the  Section  2(a)(11)  of the  Securities  Act of 1933  (the  "1933  Act").  In
addition, the broker-dealers'  commissions,  discounts or concession may qualify
as underwriters'  compensation  under the 1933 Act. If the selling  shareholders
qualify as  "underwriters,"  they will be subject to the prospectus  delivery re
quirements  of Section  5(b)(2) of the 1933 Act.  We have  informed  the selling
shareholders that the  anti-manipulative  provisions of Regulation M promulgated
under the Exchange Act may apply to their sales in the market.

     In addition to selling  their  common  shares  under this  prospectus,  the
selling shareholders may:

     -    agree  to  indemnify  any   broker-dealer  or  agent  against  certain
          liabilities  related to the  selling of the common  shares,  including
          liabilities arising under the 1933 Act;

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     -    transfer their common shares in other ways not involving market makers
          or  established   trading   markets,   including   directly  by  gift,
          distribution, or other transfer; or

     -    sell their  common  shares  under Rule 144 of the 1933 Act rather than
          under this  prospectus,  if the transaction  meets the requirements of
          Rule 144.

                                  LEGAL MATTERS

     The legality of the  securities  offered hereby has been passed upon for us
by Streich Lang, P.A.,  Phoenix,  Arizona.  One or more members of such law firm
who have worked on  substantive  matters  for us own shares of our common  stock
constituting less than 1% of our total outstanding common stock.

                                     EXPERTS

     The financial statements  incorporated by reference in this Prospectus have
been  audited  by BDO  Seidman,  LLP and by  Semple & Cooper,  LLP,  independent
certified public accountants, to the extent and for the periods set forth in the
respective  reports  of such firms  incorporated  herein by  reference,  and are
incorporated  herein in reliance  upon such reports  given upon the authority of
such firms as experts in auditing and accounting.

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                                     PART II

                   INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION.

     The  following  table sets forth the  estimated  costs and  expenses of the
Company in connection with the offering described in the Registration Statement.

     Securities and Exchange Commission Registration Fee                 $ 4,691
     Legal Fees and Expenses                                              20,000
     Accounting Fees and Expenses                                          5,000
     Other Expenses                                                        1,000
                                                                         -------
               Total Expenses                                            $30,691
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ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

ARTICLE  XII of the  Articles of  Incorporation  of the  Registrant  provides as
follows:

     The  Corporation  shall  indemnify any person against  expenses,  including
without  limitation,  attorney's  fees,  judgements,  fines and amounts  paid in
settlement,  actually and  reasonably  incurred by reason of the fact that he or
she 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,   in  all   circumstances   in  which,  to  the  extent  that,  such
indemnification  is  specifically  permitted and provided for by the laws of the
State of Arizona as then in effect.

ARTICLE XII of the Bylaws of the registrant provide as follows:

     12.01  Indemnification.  To the full extent  permitted  by Arizona law, the
Corporation  shall  indemnify  and pay the  expenses of any person who is or was
made,  or  threatened  to be made, a party to an action or  proceeding  (whether
civil, criminal,  administrative or investigative) by reason of the fact that he
is or was a  director,  officer,  employee,  trustee  or  agent  of or  for  the
Corporation  or is or was serving at the  request or with the prior  approval of
the Corporation as a director,  officer,  employee,  trustee or agent of another
corporation, trust or enterprise, against any liability asserted against him and
incurred by him in any 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 the provisions of these Bylaws.

Section  10-202(B)(1)  and Chapter 8, Article 5 (Section  10-850 et seq.) of the
General Corporation Law of Arizona, as amended,  apply to registrant and provide
as follows:

Section 10-202(B). The articles of incorporation shall set forth:

     1. If elected by the incorporators, a provision eliminating or limiting the
     liability of a director to the  corporation or its  shareholders  for money
     damages  for any  action  taken  or any  failure  to take any  action  as a
     director, except for any of the following:

          (a)  The amount of any  financial  benefit  received  by a director to
               which the director is not entitled.

          (b)  An  intentional  infliction  of  harm on the  corporation  or the
               shareholders.

          (c)  A violation of Section 10-833.

          (d)  An intentional violation of criminal law.

     As  indicated  above,  the  Registrant  has  included  in its  Articles  of
Incorporation  a provision  limiting  director  liability in accordance with the
statute.

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Chapter 8 -- Directors and Officers, Article 5 -- Indemnification.

Section 10-850. Definitions

1.  "Corporation"  includes  any  domestic  or foreign  predecessor  entity of a
corporation  in a  merger  or  other  transaction  in  which  the  predecessor's
existence ceased on consummation of the transaction.

2.  "Director"  means an individual who is or was a director of a corporation or
an individual  who, while a director of a corporation,  is or was serving at the
corporation's  request as a director,  officer,  partner,  trustee,  employee or
agent of another foreign or domestic  corporation,  partnership,  joint venture,
trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. A director is considered to be
serving an employee benefit plan at the  corporation's  request if his duties to
the corporation  also impose duties on or otherwise  involve  services by him to
the plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.  Director  includes
the estate or personal representative of a director.

3. "Expenses" includes attorney fees and all other costs and expenses reasonably
related to a proceeding.

4. "Liability"  means the obligation to pay a judgment,  settlement,  penalty or
fine, including an excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan,
or  reasonable  expenses  incurred  with  respect to a  proceeding  and includes
obligations and expenses than have not yet been paid by the  indemnified  person
but that have been or may be incurred.

5. "Official capacity" means, if used with respect to a director,  the office of
director in a corporation  and, if used with respect to an individual other than
a director,  as contemplated in Section 10-856, the office in a corporation held
by the  officer  or the  employment  or agency  relationship  undertaken  by the
employee  or agent on  behalf of the  corporation.  Official  capacity  does not
include   service  for  any  other  foreign  or  domestic   corporation  or  any
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise.

6. "Outside director" means a director who, when serving as a director,  was not
an  officer,  employee  or holder of more than five per cent of the  outstanding
shares of any class of stock of the corporation.

7. "Party"  includes an  individual  who was, is or is  threatened  to be made a
named defendant or respondent in a proceeding.

8.  "Proceeding"  means any  threatened,  pending or completed  action,  suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative and whether
formal or informal.

Section 10-851. Authority to indemnify

A. Except as provided in subsection D of this section and in Section  10-854,  a
corporation may indemnify an individual made a party to a proceeding because the
individual is or was a director against liability  incurred in the proceeding if
all of the following conditions exist:

     1. The individual's conduct was in good faith

     2. The individual reasonably believed:

          (a)  In  the  case  of  conduct  in  an  official  capacity  with  the
          corporation, that the conduct was in its best interests.

          (b) In all other  cases,  that the conduct was at least not opposed to
          its best interests.

     3.  In  the  case  of  any  criminal  proceedings,  the  individual  had no
     reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful

B. A director's  conduct with respect to an employee  benefit plan for a purpose
reasonably  believed  to  be  in  the  interests  of  the  participants  in  and
beneficiaries  of the  plan  is  conduct  that  satisfies  the  requirements  of
subsection A, paragraph 2, subdivision (a) of this section.

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C. The termination of a proceeding by judgment,  order, settlement or conviction
or on a plea of no contest or its equivalent is not of itself determinative that
the director did not meet the standard of conduct described in this section.

D. A corporation may not indemnify a director under this section either:

     1. In  connection  with a proceeding by or in the right of  corporation  in
     which the director was adjudged liable to the corporation.

     2. In  connection  with any other  proceeding  charging  improper  personal
     benefit to the director,  whether or not involving action in the director's
     official  capacity,  in which the director was adjudged liable on the basis
     that personal benefit was improperly received by the director.

E. Indemnification  permitted under this section in connection with a proceeding
by or in right of the  corporation  is limited to reasonable  expenses  incurred
during the proceeding.

Section 10-852. Mandatory indemnification

A.  Unless  limited  by its  articles  of  incorporation,  a  corporation  shall
indemnify a director who was the prevailing  party,  on the merits or otherwise,
in the defense of any  proceeding  to which the director was a party because the
director is or was a director of the  corporation  against  reasonable  expenses
incurred by the director in connection with the proceeding.

B. Unless limited by its articles of incorporation, Section 10-851, subsection D
or  subsection  C of this  section,  a  corporation  shall  indemnify an outside
director against  liability.  Unless limited by its articles of incorporation or
subsection C of this  section,  a  corporation  shall pay an outside  director's
expenses in advance of a final  disposition of the  proceeding,  if the director
furnishes the  corporation  with a written  affirmation of the  director's  good
faith belief that the director met the standard of conduct  described in Section
10-851,  subsection A and the director  furnishes the corporation with a written
undertaking  executed  personally,  or on the  director's  behalf,  to repay the
advance  if it is  ultimately  determined  that  the  director  did not meet the
standard of conduct. The undertaking required by this subsection is an unlimited
general obligation of the director but need not be secured and shall be accepted
without reference to the director's financial ability to make repayment.

C. A corporation  shall not provide the  indemnification  or advance  payment of
expenses  described  in  subsection  B if this  section if a court of  competent
jurisdiction  has determined  before payment that the outside director failed to
meet the  standards  described in Section  10-851,  subsection A, and a court of
competent  jurisdiction does not otherwise  authorize payment of indemnification
or expenses under  subsection B of this section for more than sixty days after a
request is made unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction.

Section 10-853. Advance for expenses

A. A corporation may pay for or reimburse the reasonable  expenses incurred by a
director who is a party to a proceeding in advance of final  disposition  of the
proceeding if the following conditions exist:

     1. The director furnishes the corporation with a written affirmation of the
     director's  good faith belief that the director met the standard of conduct
     described in Section 10-851.

     2. The  director  furnishes  the  corporation  with a  written  undertaking
     executed  personally,  or on the director's behalf, to repay the advance if
     it is ultimately  determined that the director did not meet the standard of
     conduct.

     3. A  determination  is made that the facts then known to those  making the
     determination would not preclude indemnification under this article.

B. The  undertaking  required by subsection A, paragraph 2 of this section is an
unlimited  general  obligation of the director but need not be secured and shall
be  accepted  without  reference  to the  director's  financial  ability to make
repayment.

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C.  Determinations  and  authorizations  of payments under this section shall be
made in the manner specified in Section 10-855.

D. This  section  does not apply to the  advancement  of  expenses to or for the
benefit of an outside  director.  Advances  to outside  directors  shall be made
pursuant to Section 10-852.

Section 10-854. Court ordered indemnification

Unless the corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise, a director
of the corporation who is a party to a proceeding may apply for  indemnification
to the  court  conducting  the  proceeding  or to  another  court  of  competent
jurisdiction.  On receipt of an  application,  the court after giving notice the
court considers necessary may order indemnification if it determines either:

     1. The  director is entitled to  mandatory  indemnification  under  Section
     10-852, in which case the court shall also order the corporation to pay the
     director's   reasonable   expenses   incurred  to  obtain   court   ordered
     indemnification.

     2. The director is fairly and  reasonably  entitled to  indemnification  in
     view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not the director met the
     standard of conduct set forth in Section  10-851 or was adjudged  liable as
     described in Section 10-851, subsection D, but if the director was adjudged
     liable under Section 10-851,  subsection D,  indemnification  is limited to
     reasonable expenses incurred.

Section 10-855. Determination and authorization of indemnification

A. A  corporation  may not  indemnify a director  under  Section  10-851  unless
authorized  in  the  specific  case  after  determination  has  been  made  that
indemnification of the director is permissible in the circumstances  because the
director has met the standard of conduct set forth in Section 10-851.

B.  The determination shall be made either:

     1. By the board of directors by a majority vote of the directors not at the
     time parties to the proceeding.

     2. By special legal counsel:

          (a)  Selected by majority vote of the disinterested directors.

          (b)  If there are no  disinterested  directors,  selected  by majority
               vote of the board.

     3. By the  shareholders,  but shares owned by or voted under the control of
     directors who are at the time parties to the proceeding  shall not be voted
     on the determination.

C.  Neither  special  legal  counsel  nor  any  shareholder  has  any  liability
whatsoever  for the  determination  made  pursuant  to this  section.  In voting
pursuant to subsection B of this section,  directors  shall discharge their duty
in accordance with Section 10-830.

D.  Authorization  of  indemnification  and evaluation as to  reasonableness  of
expenses  shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner  as  the   determination   that
indemnification  is  permissible,  except that if the  determination  is made by
special legal counsel,  authorization  of  indemnification  and evaluation as to
reasonableness  of expenses shall be made by those entitled under  subsection B,
paragraph 2 of this section to select counsel.

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Section 10-856. Indemnification of officers, employees and agents

Unless a corporation's articles of incorporation provide otherwise:

     1. An  officer of the  corporation  who is not a director  is  entitled  to
     mandatory  indemnification  against  liability  under Section 10-852 and is
     entitled to apply for court ordered indemnification against liability under
     Section 10-854, in each case to the same extent as a director.

     2. The corporation  may indemnify  against  liability and advance  expenses
     under this article to an officer,  employee or agent of the corporation who
     is not a director to the same extent as to a director.

     3. A corporation may also indemnify  against liability and advance expenses
     to an  officer,  employee or agent to the  extent,  consistent  with public
     policy,   that   indemnification   may  be  provided  by  its  articles  of
     incorporation, bylaws, general or specific action of its board of directors
     or  contract,  provided  that if the  officer,  employee or agent is also a
     director,  indemnification  against  liability  arising  from  serving as a
     director  is limited to the other  provisions  of  chapters 1 through 17 of
     this title.

Section 10-857. Insurance

A corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of an individual who
is or was a  director,  officer,  employee or agent of the  corporation  or who,
while a  director,  officer,  employee  or agent of the  corporation,  is or was
serving at the  request of the  corporation  as a  director,  officer,  partner,
trustee,   employee  or  agent  of  another  foreign  or  domestic  corporation,
partnership,  joint venture,  trust,  employee benefit plan or other enterprise,
against  liability  asserted  against  or  incurred  by the  individual  in that
capacity  or  arising  from the  individual's  status  as a  director,  officer,
employee or agent,  whether or not the corporation would have power to indemnify
the  individual  against  the same  liability  under  Section  10-851 or Section
10-852.

Section 10-858. Application of article

A. A provision  that treats a  corporation's  indemnification  of or advance for
expenses to directors  and that is  contained in its articles of  incorporation,
its bylaws, a resolution of its shareholders or board of directors or a contract
or otherwise is valid only if and to the extent the provision is consistent with
this article. If the articles of incorporation limit indemnification or advances
for  expenses,  indemnification  and advances for expenses are valid only to the
extent consistent with the articles.

B.  This  article  does not  limit a  corporation's  power  to pay or  reimburse
expenses incurred by a director in connection with the director's  appearance as
a witness in a proceeding  at a time when the director has not been made a named
defendant or respondent to the proceeding.

     The above  discussion  is  qualified  in its  entirety by  reference to the
Company's Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

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ITEM 16. EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT
NUMBER                             DESCRIPTION                         REFERENCE
- ------                             -----------                         ---------
  3.1          Restated Articles of Incorporation of Registrant           (1)
               dated October 21, 1981

  3.2          Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Registrant       (1)
               dated April 18, 1986

  3.3          Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Registrant       (1)
               dated May 20, 1987

  3.4          Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Registrant       (1)
               dated February 4, 1988

  3.5          Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Registrant       (1)
               dated August 15, 1991

  3.6          Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Registrant       (1)
               dated June 3, 1994

  3.7          Amended, Revised, and Restated Bylaws of Registrant        (1)

  4.1          Form of Common Stock Certificate                           (1)


  5.1          Opinion of Streich Lang, P.A. as to the legality of        (2)
               securities being registered

  23.1         Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP as Independent Auditors         *

  23.2         Consent of Semple & Cooper, LLP as Independent             (2)
               Auditors

  23.3         Consent of Streich Lang, P.A.                              (3)

  24.          Power of Attorney                                          (2)

  27.1         Financial Data Schedule                                    (4)


- ----------
*    Filed herewith


(1)  Filed with Registration Statement on Form SB-2, No. 33-79730,  dated August
     10, 1994
(2)  Previously filed with original filing of this registration statement.
(3)  Included in Exhibit 5.1
(4)  Previously filed on Form 10- K for the year ended December 31, 2000.


ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS

(a)  The Company 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;

          (ii)  To reflect in the  prospectus  any facts or events arising after
                the effective  date of the  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 the Registration Statement;

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          (iii) To include any material  information with respect to the plan of
                distribution  not  previously   disclosed  in  the  Registration
                Statement  or any  material  change to such  information  in the
                Registration Statement;

          provided,  however,  that  clauses  (i) and  (ii) do not  apply if the
          information  required to be included in a post-effective  amendment by
          those clauses is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
          to the  Commission  by the Company  pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
          the   Exchange  Act  that  are   incorporated   by  reference  in  the
          Registration Statement.

     (2)  That,  for  the  purpose  of  determining   any  liability  under  the
          Securities Act, 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.

     (4)  That, for purposes of determining  any liability  under the Securities
          Act,  each filing of the Company's  annual report  pursuant to Section
          13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that is  incorporated  by reference
          in the 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
of 1933 (the "Act") may be permitted  to  directors,  officers  and  controlling
persons of the small business  issuer pursuant to the foregoing  provisions,  or
otherwise, the small business issuer has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Act and is,  therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for  indemnification  against such liabilities  (other than the payment by
the small business issuer of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the small business issuer 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 small business
issuer 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  whether  such  indemnification  by  it is  against  public  policy  as
expressed  in the 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
No. 1 to the  Registration  Statement  on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Phoenix and State of
Arizona on March 17, 2000.


                                        INTERNATIONAL FIBERCOM, INC., an
                                        Arizona corporation


                                        /s/ Joseph P. Kealy
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        Joseph P. Kealy, Chairman of the Board
                                        and President (Chief Executive Officer)


     Pursuant  to  the   requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has been signed below by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

          Signature and Title                                        Date
          -------------------                                        ----

/s/ Joseph P. Kealy                                              March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
Joseph P. Kealy, Chairman of the Board,
President, Principal Executive Officer and
Director - *Attorney in Fact


                   *                                             March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
V. Thompson Brown, Jr., Director


                   *                                             March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
John F. Kealy, Director


                   *                                             March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
Richard J. Seminoff, Director


                   *                                             March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
Jerry A. Kleven, Director


                   *                                             March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
John P. Stephens, Director


                   *                                             March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
C.  James Jensen, Director


                   *                                             March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
Terry W. Beiriger, Secretary and Treasurer
(Principal Accounting Officer)


/s/ John P. Morbeck                                              March 17, 2000
- -------------------------------------------
John P. Morbeck, Director

                                       S-1

                                  [LETTERHEAD]


                             CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT
                          CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

International FiberCom, Inc.
3410 East University Drive, Suite 180
Phoenix, Arizona 85034

We  hereby  consent  to  the   incorporation  by  reference  in  the  Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated March 10,
2000,  relating  to  the  consolidated  financial  statements  of  International
FiberCom,  Inc.  appearing in the  Company's  Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 1999.

We also  consent  to the  reference  to us under the  caption  "Experts"  in the
Prospectus.

/s/ BDO Seidman, LLP

Los Angeles, California
March 17, 2000


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