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by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
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Stock</font>&#8221;), of the Company reserved for issuance under the Plan, which
shares are in addition to 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock previously registered
pursuant to Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-8 (File No.&#160;333-142521).
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form&#160;S-8 (File
No.&#160;333-142521) are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General
Instruction&#160;E to Form&#160;S-8. The additional 1,100,000 shares being
registered pursuant to this Registration Statement were approved at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of the Company held on November 17, 2009. After giving
effect to this Registration Statement, an aggregate of 3,600,000 shares of
Common Stock have been registered for issuance pursuant to the
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Commission (the &#8220;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; TEXT-DECORATION: underline">Commission</font>&#8221;) and the
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it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form&#160;S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Westlake, State of Texas, on this&#160;16th&#160;day of&#160;December
2009.</font></div>
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the undersigned officers and directors of&#160;Animal Health International,
Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint William F. Lacey and Damian
Olthoff, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power
to them and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities
indicated below, all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement and any related subsequent registration statement
pursuant to Rule&#160;462(b)&#160;of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to
enable Animal Health International, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.</font></div>
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s-8_2009.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
ANIMAL
HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
71-0982698
(State or other
      jurisdiction of
incorporation or
      organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
      Identification No.)
7
      Village Circle, Ste 200
Westlake, Texas
76262
(Addres of prinicpal
      executive offices)
(Zip
      Code)
2007
Stock Option and Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Damian
Olthoff
General Counsel
and
Secretary
Animal
Health International, Inc.
7
Village Circle, Ste 200
Westlake,
TX 76262
(Name and
Address of Agent for Service)
(817)
859-3000
(Telephone
Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller
reporting company" in Rule 12b2 of the Exchange Act.
Large
      accelerated filer
o
Accelerated
      filer
o
Non-accelerated
      filer
o
(Do
      not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller
      reporting company
x
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount
of
Registration
Fee(3)
Common
      Stock, par value $.01 per share
1,100,000
$
2.28
$
2,508,000
$
140.00
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"), t
his
      Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the
      Registrant's common stock that become issuable under the Amended and
      Restated 2007 Stock Option and Incentive Plan by reason of any stock
      dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
      effected without the receipt of consideration that results in an increase
      in the number of the Registrant's outstanding shares of common
      stock.
(2)
The
      price of $2.28 per share, which is the average of the high and low prices
      of the common stock as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December
      15, 2009, is set forth solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee
      pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the Securities
      Act.
(3)
Calculated
      pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Securities
  Act.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This
Registration Statement is filed by Animal Health International, Inc. (the "
Company
")
to register additional securities issuable pursuant to the 2007 Stock Option and
Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the "
Plan
"),
and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to
Form S-8. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 registers 1,100,000
additional shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "
Common
Stock
"), of the Company reserved for issuance under the Plan, which
shares are in addition to 2,500,000 shares of Common Stock previously registered
pursuant to Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-142521).
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-142521) are hereby incorporated by reference pursuant to General
Instruction E to Form S-8. The additional 1,100,000 shares being
registered pursuant to this Registration Statement were approved at the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders of the Company held on November 17, 2009. After giving
effect to this Registration Statement, an aggregate of 3,600,000 shares of
Common Stock have been registered for issuance pursuant to the
Plan.
__________________________________
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The
documents containing the information specified in this Part I of Form
S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "
Commission
") and the
Introductory Note to Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with
the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses
or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
8.
Exhibits
.
See the
Exhibit Index on the page immediately preceding the exhibits for a list of
exhibits filed as part of this Registration Statement on Form S-8, which Exhibit
Index is incorporated herein by reference.
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 to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Westlake, State of Texas, on this 16th day of December
2009.
ANIMAL
      HEALTH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/
      Damian Olthoff
Damian
      Olthoff
General
      Counsel and Secretary (Duly authorized
  officer)
POWER
OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
Each of
the undersigned officers and directors of Animal Health International,
Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint William F. Lacey and Damian
Olthoff, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys, with full power
to them and each of them singly, to sign for us in our names in the capacities
indicated below, all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to this
Registration Statement and any related subsequent registration statement
pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
generally to do all things in our names and on our behalf in such capacities to
enable Animal Health International, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
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 below:
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/
      James C. Robison
President,
      Chief Executive Officer and Director
December 16,
      2009
James
      C. Robison
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
/s/
      William F. Lacey
Senior
      Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
December
      16, 2009
William
      F. Lacey
(Principal
      Financial and Accounting Officer )
/s/
      David Biegler
Director
December
      16, 2009
David
      Biegler
/s/
      E. Thomas Corcoran
Director
December
      16, 2009
E.
      Thomas Corcoran
/s/
      Michael Eisenson
Director
December
      16, 2009
Michael
      Eisenson
/s/
      Jerry Pinkerton
Director
December
      16, 2009
Jerry
      Pinkerton
/s/
      Mark Rosen
Director
December
      16, 2009
Mark
      Rosen
/s/
      Ronald Steinhart
Director
December
      16, 2009
Ronald
      Steinhart
/s/
      Brandon White
Director
December
      16, 2009
Brandon
      White
EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
      of Exhibit
4.1
Specimen
      Certificate for shares of the Registrant's Common Stock (Incorporated by
      reference herein to the exhibits to the Company's Registration Statement
      on Form S-1 (File No. 333-137656))
5.1+
Opinion
      of Goodwin Procter LLP
23.1
Consent
      of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2+
Consent
      of Grant Thornton LLP
23.3+
Consent
      of KPMG LLP
24.1
Power
      of Attorney (included as part of the signature page of this
      Registration Statement)
99.1
2007
      Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (Incorporated by
      reference herein to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on
      Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 20,
  2009)
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