ANICOM INC
POS AM, 2000-06-19
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS & EQUIPMENT, WIRING SUPPLIES
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      As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 19, 2000
                           Registration No. 333-30791

                       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

                                  ANICOM, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

            Delaware                                              36-3885212
 (State or other jurisdiction of                              (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                              Identification No.)

   6133 River Road, Suite 1000, Rosemont, Illinois 60018-5171, (847) 518-8700
   (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,of
                   registrant's principal executive offices)

                                 CARL E. PUTNAM
                      Chief Executive Officer and President
                                  Anicom, Inc.
   6133 River Road, Suite 1000, Rosemont, Illinois 60018-5171, (847) 518-8700
 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                             of agent for service)

                                 With copies to:

                               JEFFREY PATT, ESQ.
                               Katten Muchin Zavis
                       525 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600
                             Chicago, Illinois 60661
                                 (312) 902-5200

     Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  From time
to time 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: |_|

     If this Form is filed to  register  additional  securities  for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, 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,  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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         Pursuant to this Registration Statement, as amended,  Anicom, Inc. (the
"Registrant")  registered  5,041,967  shares of the  Registrant's  Common Stock,
$.001  par  value,  with  the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  under  the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

         The Registration  Statement was declared effective on July 9, 1997. The
Registrant is filing this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement
in order  to  withdraw  from  registration  certain  securities  covered  by the
Registration Statement which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

         Of the 5,041,967 shares of Common Stock registered, 800,660 shares were
sold.  4,241,307  shares  registered  for sale by  certain  stockholders  of the
Registrant  were not  offered  for sale by such  stockholders  pursuant  to this
Registration   Statement.   Accordingly,   the  Registrant   hereby  amends  the
Registration  Statement to withdraw from  registration  such 4,241,307 shares of
the Registrant's Common Stock.


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant  has  duly  caused  this  Post-Effective   Amendment  No.  1  to  the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Rosemont, State of Illinois, on June 19, 2000.

                            ANICOM, INC.


                            By: /s/ Donald C. Welchko
                            -------------------------------------------
                            Donald C. Welchko
                            Chief Financial Officer and Senior Executive
                            Vice President

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

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

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

                *                  Chairman of the Board           June 19, 2000
-------------------------------
         Thomas J. Reiman

                *                  Chief Executive Officer,        June 19, 2000
-------------------------------    President and a Director
          Carl E. Putnam

                                   Chief Financial Officer,        June 19, 2000
                *                  Senior Executive Vice
-------------------------------    President and a Director
        Donald C. Welchko

                *                  Director                        June 19, 2000
-------------------------------
         Alan B. Anixter

                *                  Director                        June 19, 2000
-------------------------------
         Scott C. Anixter

                *                  Director                        June 19, 2000
-------------------------------
        William R. Anixter

                *                  Director                        June 19, 2000
-------------------------------
          Ira J. Kaufman

                *                  Director                        June 19, 2000
-------------------------------
          Michael Segal

                *                  Director                        June 19, 2000
-------------------------------
           Lee B. Stern


* By: /s/ Donald C. Welchko
          ---------------------
          Donald C. Welchko
          Attorney in Fact


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