As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2003 Registration No. 333 - 83056 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 MICHAEL ANTHONY JEWELERS, INC. ------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware 13-2910285 -------- ----------------------- (State or Other Jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer of Incorporation or Organization) Identification Number) Michael Anthony Jewelers, Inc. 115 South MacQuesten Parkway Mount Vernon, New York 10550 914-699-0000 ---------------------------------------- (Address and telephone number of principal executive offices and principal place of business) Michael W. Paolercio 115 South MacQuesten Parkway Mount Vernon, New York 10550 914-699-0000 ---------------------------------------- (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) COPIES OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO: Irv Berliner, Esq. Kahn Kleinman, A Legal Professional Association 1301 East Ninth Street, Suite 2600 Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1824 216-736-3331 216-623-4912 - FAX DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES Through the filing of this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-3, filed on February 18, 2002, Michael Anthony Jewelers, Inc. hereby deregisters any and all securities that were previously registered pursuant to the Registration Statement. None of such securities have been sold or otherwise issued under the Registration Statement as of the date hereof. SIGNATURES In accordance with 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-3/A and duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Mount Vernon, State of New York, on December 29, 2003. MICHAEL ANTHONY JEWELERS, INC. ------------------------------ Date: December 29, 2003 By: /s/ Michael W. Paolercio -------------------------------------- Michael W. Paolercio, Co-Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED. Date: December 29, 2003 By: /s/ Michael W. Paolercio ------------------------------------------------ Michael W. Paolercio, Co-Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Date: December 29, 2003 By: * ------------------------------------------------ Anthony Paolercio, Jr., Co-Chairman of the Board and President Date: December 29, 2003 By: * ------------------------------------------------ Allan Corn, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Director (Principal Accounting Officer) Date: December 29, 2003 By: * ------------------------------------------------ Michael Wager, Director Date: December 29, 2003 By: * ------------------------------------------------ David Harris, Director Date: December 29, 2003 By: * ------------------------------------------------ Nathan Light, Director Date: December 29, 2003 By: * ------------------------------------------------ Barry Scheckner, Director * The undersigned, by signing his name hereto, does hereby sign this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-3 on behalf of Michael Anthony Jewelers, Inc. and the above named directors and officers of Michael Anthony Jewelers, Inc. pursuant to a Power of Attorney, executed on behalf of Michael Anthony Jewelers, Inc. and each of such directors and officers, and which is being filed with the Commission. By: /s/ Michael W. Paolercio ------------------------------------- Michael W. Paolercio, Attorney-in-Fact