As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 20, 2000
Registration No. 333-14719
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 1,286,366 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 November 15, 1996. 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 1,286,366 shares of Common Stock registered, 332,123 shares were
sold. 954,243 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 954,243 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
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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
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/s/ Thomas J. Reiman Chairman of the Board June 19, 2000
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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
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Alan B. Anixter
* Director June 19, 2000
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Scott C. Anixter
/s/ Michael Segal Director June 19, 2000
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Michael Segal
* By: /s/ Donald C. Welchko
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Donald C. Welchko
Attorney in Fact
