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<P STYLE="font: bold 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 6pt 0 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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&#9;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">FORM S-8</P>

<P STYLE="font: italic bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">Registration
Statement</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">under</FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">The Securities Act of 1933</FONT></P>

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<FONT STYLE="font-style: normal">&#9;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">HOUSTON WIRE &amp; CABLE COMPANY</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Delaware</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction of</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 6pt; text-align: center">incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>34-4151663</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">(I.R.S. employer</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">identification no.)</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>10201 North Loop East</B></P>

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(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 3pt; text-align: center"><B>HOUSTON WIRE &amp; CABLE COMPANY 2017
STOCK PLAN</B></P>

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DIRECTORS&rsquo;</B><BR>
<B>DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN</B></P>

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<B>Nicol G. Graham</B><BR>
<B>Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary</B><BR>
<B>Houston Wire &amp; Cable Company</B><BR>
<B>10201 North Loop East</B><BR>
<B>Houston, Texas 77029</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
<BR>
<B>(713) 609-2100</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)<BR>
<BR>
<B>With a copy to:</B><BR>
<BR>
<B>Robert J. Minkus</B><BR>
<B>Schiff Hardin LLP</B><BR>
<B>233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6600</B><BR>
<B>Chicago, Illinois 60606</B><BR>
<B>(312) 258-5500</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company,&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging
growth company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#253;</FONT></FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Non-accelerated filer <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&#9;(Do
        not check if a smaller</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 1.5in">reporting company)</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Smaller reporting company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Emerging growth company <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. &#9633;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 14%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>maximum</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>offering price</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>per share(2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>Proposed</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>maximum</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>aggregate</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>offering price(2)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; border-top: Black 1.5pt double; border-right: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>Amount of</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt"><B>registration fee</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 6pt">Common Stock, par value $.001 per share</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1.5pt double; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">1,000,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">$7.13</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">$7,130,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1.5pt double; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-left: 20.55pt; text-indent: -9pt">Houston Wire &amp; Cable Company Nonemployee Directors&rsquo; Deferred Compensation Plan</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">300,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">$7.13</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">$2,139,000</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-left: 6pt">Total:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">1,300,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">$7.13</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">$9,269,000</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-right: Black 1.5pt double; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">$1,154</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1.5pt double; padding-right: 6pt; padding-left: 6pt; text-align: center">(3)</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">(1)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of $7.125 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on March 23, 2018.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: left; font-size: 12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 9pt">In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan for which no separate fee is required.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B><BR>
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<B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The following documents filed by Houston
Wire &amp; Cable Company (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) are incorporated herein by reference:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt">(a)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 93%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt">The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt">(b)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt">All other reports of the Registrant filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since December 31, 2017; and</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt">(c)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt">The description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-132703), as incorporated by reference to the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 12, 2006.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">All documents subsequently filed by the
Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt"><B>Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the &ldquo;Delaware Law&rdquo;) allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of a director to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in cases where the director breached
his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of the law, willfully or negligently authorized the unlawful payment of a dividend or approved an unlawful
stock redemption or repurchase or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company's certificate of incorporation contains a
provision which eliminates directors' personal liability as set forth above.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company's certificate of incorporation
and bylaws provide in effect that the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the Delaware
Law. Section 145 of the Delaware Law provides that a Delaware corporation has the power to indemnify its directors, officers,
employees and agents in certain circumstances. Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware Law empowers a corporation to indemnify
any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
provided that such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that
such director, officer, employee or agent had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the
Delaware Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee
or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities
set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Section 145 further provides that to
the extent that a director or officer or employee of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys&rsquo; fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; that
indemnification provided by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the party seeking indemnification
may be entitled; and the corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or
arising out of his or her status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liabilities under Section 145; and that, unless indemnification is ordered by a court, the determination that indemnification under
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 is proper because the director, officer, employee or agent has met the applicable standard
of conduct under such subsections shall be made by (1) a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit
or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company has in effect insurance policies
for general officers&rsquo; and directors&rsquo; liability insurance covering all of the Company&rsquo;s officers and directors.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated
by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; padding-right: 5.75pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt"><B>Item 9.</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 89%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 12pt"><B>Undertakings.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: left"><I>provided, however,</I> that paragraphs
(i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant&rsquo;s annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan&rsquo;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 0.5in">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Exhibit</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B><U>Number</U></B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 86%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><B><U>Exhibit</U></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000104746906003979/a2168640zex-3_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000104746906003979/a2168640zex-3_1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Houston Wire &amp; Cable Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-132703).</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000114420412028039/v312567_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">4.2</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000114420412028039/v312567_ex3-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Amended and Restated By-Laws of Houston Wire &amp; Cable Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed on May 11, 2012.</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000117184317004821/exh_101.htm">4.3</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000117184317004821/exh_101.htm">Houston Wire &amp; Cable Company 2017 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed on August 8, 2017).</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000161577417007336/s108436_ex10-1.htm">4.4</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1356949/000161577417007336/s108436_ex10-1.htm">Houston Wire &amp; Cable Company Nonemployee Directors&rsquo; Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant&rsquo;s Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2017).</A></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="xexhibit_5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">5</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="xexhibit_5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="xexhibit_23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.1</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="xexhibit_23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="xexhibit_5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">23.2</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="xexhibit_5.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Consent of Schiff Hardin LLP (contained in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5).</A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="#a_001">24</A></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><A HREF="#a_001">Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature pages hereto).</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><U>The Registrant</U>. Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 26th day of March, 2018.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 24pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt"><B>HOUSTON WIRE &amp; CABLE COMPANY</B><BR>
(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 47%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-bottom: 12pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Nicol G. Graham&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Nicol G. Graham<BR>
        Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt">Secretary</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in"><A NAME="a_001"></A>Each person whose signature appears below
appoints James L. Pokluda III and Nicol G. Graham or any one of them, as such person&rsquo;s true and lawful attorneys to execute
in the name of each such person, and to file, any pre-effective or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement that
any of such attorneys shall deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect thereto, in connection with
this Registration Statement, which amendments may make such changes in such Registration Statement as any of the above-named attorneys
deems appropriate, and to comply with the undertakings of the Company made in connection with this Registration Statement; and
each of the undersigned hereby ratifies all that any of said attorneys shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 12pt; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 39%; padding-right: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><U>SIGNATURE</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; padding-right: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><U>TITLE</U></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; padding-right: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><U>DATE</U></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.85pt; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ James L. Pokluda III&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">James L. Pokluda III</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.85pt; font-size: 12pt">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center">March 26, 2018</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ Nicol G. Graham&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Nicol G. Graham</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 5.5pt; padding-left: 5.85pt; font-size: 12pt"><BR>
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">March 26, 2018</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt"></TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt; width: 39%">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><U>/s/ William H. Sheffield&#9;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt/12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">William H. Sheffield</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt">&nbsp;</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5pt; padding-left: 5pt; width: 37%">
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 5.85pt">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 5.5pt 5.85pt">Chairman of the Board</P></TD>
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of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan Administrator of the Houston Wire &amp; Cable Company Nonemployee Directors&rsquo; Deferred
Compensation Plan has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 26th day of March, 2018.</P>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2018
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________________________
FORM S-8
Registration
Statement
under
The Securities Act of 1933
_______________________________
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
34-4151663
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)
10201 North Loop East
Houston, Texas 77029
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY 2017
STOCK PLAN
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY NONEMPLOYEE
DIRECTORS'
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Nicol G. Graham
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Houston Wire & Cable Company
10201 North Loop East
Houston, Texas 77029
(Name and address of agent for service)
(713) 609-2100
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
With a copy to:
Robert J. Minkus
Schiff Hardin LLP
233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6600
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 258-5500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions
of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging
growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
ý
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do
        not check if a smaller
reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
Emerging growth company
¨
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant
has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided
pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. □
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities to be Registered
Amount
to be
registered(1)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share(2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(2)
Amount of
registration fee
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
Houston Wire & Cable Company 2017 Stock Plan
1,000,000
$7.13
$7,130,000
Houston Wire & Cable Company Nonemployee Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan
300,000
$7.13
$2,139,000
Total:
1,300,000
$7.13
$9,269,000
$1,154
Interests in the Plan
(3)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which become issuable under the Plan pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction which results in an increase in the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of $7.125 per share, the average of the high and low sales prices of the Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Stock Market on March 23, 2018.
(3)
In addition, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate number of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Plan for which no separate fee is required.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by Houston
Wire & Cable Company (the "Registrant") are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017;
(b)
All other reports of the Registrant filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, since December 31, 2017; and
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-132703), as incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 12, 2006.
All documents subsequently filed by the
Registrant or the Plan pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities
then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of
such documents.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the "Delaware Law") allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of a director to the corporation
or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except in cases where the director breached
his or her duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of the law, willfully or negligently authorized the unlawful payment of a dividend or approved an unlawful
stock redemption or repurchase or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Company's certificate of incorporation contains a
provision which eliminates directors' personal liability as set forth above.
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The Company's certificate of incorporation
and bylaws provide in effect that the Company shall indemnify its directors and officers to the full extent permitted by the Delaware
Law. Section 145 of the Delaware Law provides that a Delaware corporation has the power to indemnify its directors, officers,
employees and agents in certain circumstances. Subsection (a) of Section 145 of the Delaware Law empowers a corporation to indemnify
any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened
to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative
or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation), against expenses (including attorneys' fees),
judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred in connection with such action, suit or proceeding
provided that such director, officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be
in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided that
such director, officer, employee or agent had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Subsection (b) of Section 145 of the
Delaware Law empowers a corporation to indemnify any director, officer, employee or agent, or former director, officer, employee
or agent, who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or
in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities
set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the Court of Chancery shall determine that despite the adjudication of liability such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the court shall deem proper.
Section 145 further provides that to
the extent that a director or officer or employee of a corporation has been successful in the defense of any action, suit or proceeding
referred to in subsections (a) and (b) or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she shall be indemnified
against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; that
indemnification provided by Section 145 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which the party seeking indemnification
may be entitled; and the corporation is empowered to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of a director, officer, employee
or agent of the corporation against any liability asserted against him or her or incurred by him or her in any such capacity or
arising out of his or her status as such whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such
liabilities under Section 145; and that, unless indemnification is ordered by a court, the determination that indemnification under
subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 is proper because the director, officer, employee or agent has met the applicable standard
of conduct under such subsections shall be made by (1) a majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit
or proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the stockholders.
The Company has in effect insurance policies
for general officers' and directors' liability insurance covering all of the Company's officers and directors.
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Item 7.
Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
The exhibits filed herewith or incorporated
by reference herein are set forth in the Exhibit Index filed as part of this Registration Statement.
Item 9.
Undertakings.
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)       To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)       To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii)       To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement; and
(iii)       To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement
or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs
(i) and (ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)       That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)       To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
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The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of
an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Houston Wire & Cable Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-132703).
4.2
Amended and Restated By-Laws of Houston Wire & Cable Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on May 11, 2012.
4.3
Houston Wire & Cable Company 2017 Stock Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on August 8, 2017).
4.4
Houston Wire & Cable Company Nonemployee Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant's Form 8-K filed on December 14, 2017).
5
Opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent of Schiff Hardin LLP (contained in the Opinion filed as Exhibit 5).
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Powers of Attorney (contained on the signature pages hereto).
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SIGNATURES
The Registrant
. Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all 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 Houston, State of Texas, on the 26th day of March, 2018.
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Nicol G. Graham
Nicol G. Graham
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and
Secretary
Each person whose signature appears below
appoints James L. Pokluda III and Nicol G. Graham or any one of them, as such person's true and lawful attorneys to execute
in the name of each such person, and to file, any pre-effective or post-effective amendments to this Registration Statement that
any of such attorneys shall deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect thereto, in connection with
this Registration Statement, which amendments may make such changes in such Registration Statement as any of the above-named attorneys
deems appropriate, and to comply with the undertakings of the Company made in connection with this Registration Statement; and
each of the undersigned hereby ratifies all that any of said attorneys shall do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates
indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ James L. Pokluda III
James L. Pokluda III
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
March 26, 2018
/s/ Nicol G. Graham
Nicol G. Graham
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
March 26, 2018
/s/ William H. Sheffield
William H. Sheffield
Chairman of the Board
March 26, 2018
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/s/ Michael T. Campbell
Michael T. Campbell
Director
March 26, 2018
/s/ Roy W. Haley
Roy W. Haley
Director
March 26, 2018
/s/ Mark A. Ruelle
Mark A. Ruelle
Director
March 26, 2018
/s/ G. Gary Yetman
G. Gary Yetman
Director
March 26, 2018
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The Plan
. Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the Plan Administrator of the Houston Wire & Cable Company Nonemployee Directors' Deferred
Compensation Plan has caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized,
in the City of Houston, State of Texas, on the 26th day of March, 2018.
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTORS'
        DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
By:
/s/ G. Gary Yetman
Name:
G. Gary Yetman
Title:
Chairman, Compensation Committee
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