As filed with the Securities and Exchange Registration No. 333-88688 Commission on December 30, 2004 POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 Horizon Telcom, Inc. -------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Ohio 31-1449037 ---- ---------- (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer incorporation or organization) Identification No.) 68 East Main Street, Chillicothe, Ohio 45601-0480 -------------------------------------- ---------- (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code) Horizon Telcom, Inc. 1999 Stock Option Plan ------------------------------------------- (Full title of the plan) Thomas McKell, President Horizon Telcom, Inc. 68 East Main Street Chillicothe, Ohio 45601-0480 ---------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) (740) 772-8200 -------------- (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) Copy to: Daniel A. Etna Herrick, Feinstein LLP 2 Park Avenue New York, New York 10016 (212) 592-1557 Horizon Telcom, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the "Registrant"), registered ten thousand (10,000) shares of its Class A common stock, without par value ("Class A Common Stock"), and Class B common stock, without par value, in the aggregate, on a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (Reg. No. 333-88688) (the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on May 20, 2002, to be issued pursuant to the Registrant's 1999 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan"). As of the date of the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 ("Amendment") to the Registration Statement, no shares of Class A Common Stock have been issued by the Registrant under the Plan. The Registrant is filing this Amendment to remove from registration all of the shares of Class A Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement. -2- 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-8 and has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chillicothe, State of Ohio on December 30, 2004. Horizon Telcom, Inc. By: /s/ Thomas McKell ------------------ Thomas McKell President Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on December 30, 2004. Signature Capacity --------- -------- /s/ Thomas McKell President and Director (Principal -------------------- Executive Officer) Thomas McKell /s/ Jack E. Thompson Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, -------------------- Secretary and Director (Principal Jack E. Thompson Financial and Accounting Officer) /s/ Robert McKell Chairman of the Board and Director -------------------- Robert McKell /s/ Joseph S. McKell Director -------------------- Joseph S. McKell /s/ David McKell Director -------------------- David McKell /s/ Helen M. Sproat Director -------------------- Helen M. Sproat -3- /s/ John E. Herrnstein Director ---------------------- John E. Herrnstein /s/ Jerry B. Whited Director ---------------------- Jerry B. Whited /s/ Donald L. McNeal Director ---------------------- Donald L. McNeal /s/ Joel Gerber Director ---------------------- Joel Gerber -4-