As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 17, 2000 Registration No. 333-67651 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) THOMAS J. REIMAN Chairman of the Board 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. [ ] ------------------------------------ Pursuant to this Registration Statement, as amended, Anicom, Inc. (the "Registrant") registered 2,807,017 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 December 2, 1998. 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. None of the 2,807,017 shares registered for sale by certain stockholders of the Registrant were offered for sale by such stockholders pursuant to this Registration Statement. Accordingly, the Registrant hereby amends the Registration Statement to withdraw from registration such 2,807,017 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock. 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 Rosemont, State of Illinois, on October 13, 2000. ANICOM, INC. By: /s/ DANIEL J. DISTEL ----------------------- Daniel J. Distel Chief Financial Officer 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 --------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------ * --------------------- Thomas J. Reiman Chairman of the Board October 13, 2000 /s/ DANIEL J. DISTEL --------------------- Daniel J. Distel Chief Financial Officer October 13, 2000 (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) * --------------------- Alan B. Anixter Director October 13, 2000 /S/ SCOTT C. ANIXTER --------------------- Scott C. Anixter Director October 13, 2000 * --------------------- William Anixter Director October 13, 2000 By: /S/ SCOTT C. ANIXTER -------------------- Scott C. Anixter Attorney-In-Fact