As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 29, 2001 Registration Nos. 333-49352 333-43849 333-33939 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 _____________ POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 _____________ PAMECO CORPORATION (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter) Delaware 51-0287654 (State or Other Jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer Incorporation or Organization) Identification No.) _____________ 651 Corporate Circle Golden, Colorado 80401 (303) 568-1200 (Address, including ZIP code, and telephone number, including area code, of the Registrant's principal executive offices) _____________ Pameco 1999 Stock Award Plan Pameco 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan Pameco Employee Stock Option Plan I Pameco Employee Stock Option Plan II Stock Option Agreement between Pameco and Gerald V. Gurbacki Non-Employee Directors Stock Option Plan (Full title of the Plans) EXPLANATORY NOTE On May 29, 2001, Pameco Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Pameco"), consummated a going-private transaction (the "Merger") in which a newly formed entity merged with and into Pameco. As a result of the Merger, the common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Pameco ceased to trade over the counter on the Bulletin Board and became eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) and Rule 12h-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accordingly on May 29, 2001, Pameco filed a Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration on Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The purpose of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration File Nos. 333-49352, 333-43849 and 333- 33939) is to terminate the effectiveness of such Registration Statements and to deregister all of the securities originally registered thereby which remain outstanding as of such termination. Part II Item 8. Exhibits The following exhibit is filed as part of the Registration Statement hereby amended*: Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ----------- ---------------------- 24.1 Power of Attorney ________________ * All other exhibits were previously filed as exhibits to, and are listed in, the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to which this is Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant hereby 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 Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized in the City of Golden, State of Colorado on May 29, 2001. PAMECO CORPORATION By: /s/ Dixon R. Walker ------------------------- Dixon R. Walker Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statements has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date - --------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- -------------------- * Dixon R. Walker President, Chief Executive Officer May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- and Director Dixon R. Walker (Principal Executive Officer) * Stephen C. Hileman Chief Financial Officer May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- (Principal Financial Officer and Stephen C. Hileman Principal Accounting Officer * W. Michael Clevy Director May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- W. Michael Clevy * Edmund J. Feeley Director May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- Edmund J. Feeley * Michael Ira Klein Director May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- Michael Ira Klein * Angus C. Littlejohn, Jr. Director May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- Angus C. Littlejohn, Jr. * Harry F. Weyher III Director May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- Harry F. Weyher III * Willem F.P. de Vogel Director May 29, 2001 - --------------------------------------------- Willem F.P. de Vogel *By: /s/ G. William Speer --------------------------------------- G. William Speer Attorney-in-Fact EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description of Exhibit ----------- ---------------------- 24.1 Power of Attorney ________________ * All other exhibits were previously filed as exhibits to, and are listed in, the Registration Statements on Form S-8 to which this is Post-Effective Amendment No. 1.