Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8

Registration No. 33-62693

 


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

 


 

ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE   36-2257936
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE

MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

1994 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

(Full title of the plan)

 

GARY P. SCHMIDT

ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY

2525 ARMITAGE AVENUE

MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160-1163

(708) 450-3262

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 


 

Withdrawing Unsold Shares From Registration

 

The registrant files this post-effective amendment, pursuant to its undertaking, for the purpose of withdrawing from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 61,185 shares of Class A Common Stock, $.22 par value, of the registrant previously registered under this registration statement and remaining unsold upon the termination of the sales of shares covered by this registration statement.

 



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 registration statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Melrose Park, State of Illinois on October 22, 2003.

 

ALBERTO-CULVER COMPANY

By    

 

/S/    HOWARD B. BERNICK


   

Howard B. Bernick

President 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.

 

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Leonard H. Lavin, Howard B. Bernick, William J. Cernugel and Gary P. Schmidt, or any of them, such person’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to sign any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/S/    LEONARD H. LAVIN        


   Chairman of the Board and Director   October 22, 2003
Leonard H. Lavin         

/S/    HOWARD B. BERNICK        


Howard B. Bernick

   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director 
    (Principal Executive Officer)
  October 22, 2003

/S/    BERNICE E. LAVIN          


Bernice E. Lavin

  

Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and

    Director

  October 22, 2003

/S/    CAROL L. BERNICK        


Carol L. Bernick

  

Vice Chairman, President Alberto-Culver

    Consumer Products Worldwide, Assistant

    Secretary and Director

  October 22, 2003

/S/    WILLIAM J. CERNUGEL        


William J. Cernugel

  

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

    Officer (Principal Financial & Accounting     Officer)

  October 22, 2003

/S/    A. G. ATWATER, JR.    


A. G. Atwater, Jr.

   Director   October 22, 2003

/S/    JAMES G. BROCKSMITH, JR.        


James G. Brocksmith, Jr.

   Director   October 22, 2003

/S/    JIM EDGAR          


   Director   October 22, 2003
Jim Edgar         

/S/    KING HARRIS          


   Director   October 22, 2003
King Harris         

 

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Signature


  

Title


 

Date


/S/    JOHN A. MILLER      


  

Director

 

 

October 22, 2003

 

John A. Miller         

/S/    ALLAN B. MUCHIN      


  

Director

 

 

October 22, 2003

 

Allan B. Muchin         

/S/    ROBERT H. ROCK      


  

Director

 

 

October 22, 2003

 

Robert H. Rock         

/S/    SAM SUSSER        


  

Director

 

 

October 22, 2003

 

Sam Susser         

 

 

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