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 <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p> </div>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><hr size="1" width="160" noshade color="black" align="center" style="width:120.0pt;"></div>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">Registration
Statement<br>
under<br>
The Securities Act of 1933</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div style="line-height:9.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><hr size="1" width="160" noshade color="black" align="center" style="width:120.0pt;"></div>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp;
Cable Company</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact
name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Delaware</font></b></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:4.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:47.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">36-4151663</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of<br>
  Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:4.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="47%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt .7pt;width:47.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">10201 North Loop East<br>
Houston, Texas 77029</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">HOUSTON WIRE&nbsp;&amp; CABLE COMPANY 2000 STOCK PLAN<br>
HOUSTON WIRE&nbsp;&amp; CABLE COMPANY 2006 STOCK PLAN</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(Full
Title of the Plans)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Charles A. Sorrentino<br>
President and Chief Executive Officer<br>
Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company<br>
10201 North Loop East</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Houston, Texas 77029</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(Name
and Address of Agent For Service)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(713) 609-2100</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 3.5pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(Telephone Number,
including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">With a copy to:</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">Robert J. Minkus<br>
Schiff Hardin LLP<br>
6600 Sears Tower<br>
Chicago, Illinois 60606<br>
(312) 258-5500</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.82%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Each&nbsp;Class&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount<br>
  To&nbsp;Be<br>
  Registered&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Offering<br>
  Price<br>
  Per&nbsp;Share</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum<br>
  Aggregate<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration&nbsp;Fee</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.82%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $.001 per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">245,065 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1.33 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">325,936</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.82%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $.001 per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">15,000 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">13.00 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">195,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="42%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.82%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Common Stock, par value $.001 per share</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">1,785,000 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(6)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">17.03 </font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">(7)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">30,398,550</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.6%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.24%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Total</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">2,045,065</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.3%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">30,919,486</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.42%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:.8%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.52%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">3,308.44</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="176" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="144" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="18" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="85" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="25" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="6" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="79" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="25" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="6" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="79" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="18" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="6" style="border:none;"></td>
  <td width="79" style="border:none;"></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933,
this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common
Stock which become issuable under the Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company
2000 Stock Plan and the Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company 2006 Stock Plan
pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Company&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
outstanding stock options granted under the Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable
Company 2000 Stock Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of
the 245,065 shares issuable under outstanding stock options as of the date of
this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(4)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Represents shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock
options granted under the Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company 2006 Stock
Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(5)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Calculated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the exercise price of the 15,000 shares
issuable under outstanding stock options as of the date of this Registration
Statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(6)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
awards not yet granted under the Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company 2006
Stock Plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 36.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">(7)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Calculated pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;457(h)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average
of the high and low prices reported in the consolidated reporting system on
July&nbsp;13, 2006.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PART&nbsp;II</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN
THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 3.&#160;&#160; &#160;
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
following documents filed by Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company (the &#147;Company&#148;)
are incorporated herein by reference:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
Company&#146;s Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b)(4)&nbsp;under the
Securities Act of 1933 on June&nbsp;15, 2006 relating to the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-132703)
and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s Registration
Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-132703), as
incorporated by reference in the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A
filed on June&nbsp;12, 2006;</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d)&nbsp;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.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 4.&#160;&#160; &#160;
Description of Securities.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 5.&#160;&#160; &#160;
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6. Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;102 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law (the &#147;Delaware Law&#148;) 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&#146;s certificate
of incorporation contains a provision which eliminates directors&#146; personal
liability as set forth above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company&#146;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&nbsp;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)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;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, </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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&#146;
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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Subsection (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;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&#146; 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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;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)&nbsp;and
(b)&nbsp;or in the defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he or she
shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by him or her in connection therewith; that indemnification
provided by Section&nbsp;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&nbsp;145;
and that, unless indemnification is ordered by a court, the determination that
indemnification under subsections&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;and (b)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;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)&nbsp;a
majority vote of the directors who are not parties to such action, suit or
proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (2)&nbsp;if there are no such
directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion, or (3)&nbsp;by the stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Company has in effect insurance policies for
general officers&#146; and directors&#146; liability insurance covering all of the
Company&#146;s officers and directors.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 7. Exemption from
Registration Claimed.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not
applicable.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.&#160;&#160; &#160;
Exhibits.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
exhibits filed herewith or incorporated by reference herein are set forth in
the Exhibit&nbsp;Index filed as part of this registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.&#160;&#160; &#160; Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned Company hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any prospectus required
by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3)&nbsp;of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">provided, however,</font></i> that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and
(ii)&nbsp;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 Company pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; 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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a)&nbsp;or Section&nbsp;15(d)&nbsp;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><font style="font-style:italic;">bona
fide</font></i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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,</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Registrant</font></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 14th day of July&nbsp;2006.</p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">HOUSTON WIRE&nbsp;&amp; CABLE COMPANY<br>
  </font></b>(Registrant)</p>
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  <td width="45%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:45.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nicol G. Graham</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each
person whose signature appears below appoints Charles A. Sorrentino and Nicol
G. Graham or any one of them, as such person&#146;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.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Charles A.
  Sorrentino</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Chief
  Executive Officer and Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Financial
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Secretary (Chief
  Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Peter M. Gotsch</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter M. Gotsch</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Robert G. Hogan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert G. Hogan</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Wilson B. Sexton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">July&nbsp;14, 2006</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="37%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:37.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wilson B. Sexton</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.6%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</font></b></p>

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  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;">Exhibit<u><br>
  </u>Number</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:normal;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Exhibit</font></b></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company 2000 Stock
  Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.2 to the Company&#146;s
  Form&nbsp;S-1 as filed March&nbsp;24, 2006 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-132703)).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Houston Wire&nbsp;&amp; Cable Company 2006 Stock
  Plan. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;10.3 to Amendment No.&nbsp;4
  to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-1 as filed June&nbsp;13, 2006
  (Registration No.&nbsp;333-132703)).</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Opinion of Schiff Hardin LLP.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2006
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
36-4151663
(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(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 2000 STOCK PLAN
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY 2006 STOCK PLAN
(Full
Title of the Plans)
Charles A. Sorrentino
President and Chief Executive Officer
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
6600 Sears Tower
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(312) 258-5500
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Amount
To Be
Registered (1)
Proposed
Maximum
Offering
Price
Per Share
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering Price
Amount of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
245,065
(2)
$
1.33
(3)
$
325,936
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
15,000
(4)
$
13.00
(5)
$
195,000
Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
1,785,000
(6)
$
17.03
(7)
$
30,398,550
Total
2,045,065
$
30,919,486
$
3,308.44
(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 Houston Wire & Cable Company
2000 Stock Plan and the Houston Wire & Cable Company 2006 Stock Plan
pursuant to this Registration Statement by reason of any stock dividend, stock
split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
Company's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)           Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
outstanding stock options granted under the Houston Wire & Cable
Company 2000 Stock Plan.
(3)           Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the weighted average exercise price of
the 245,065 shares issuable under outstanding stock options as of the date of
this Registration Statement.
(4)           Represents shares issuable pursuant to outstanding stock
options granted under the Houston Wire & Cable Company 2006 Stock
Plan.
(5)           Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the
Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the exercise price of the 15,000 shares
issuable under outstanding stock options as of the date of this Registration
Statement.
(6)           Represents shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to
awards not yet granted under the Houston Wire & Cable Company 2006
Stock Plan.
(7)           Calculated pursuant to
Rule 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933 on the basis of the average
of the high and low prices reported in the consolidated reporting system on
July 13, 2006.
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 "Company")
are incorporated herein by reference:
(a)
The
Company's Prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the
Securities Act of 1933 on June 15, 2006 relating to the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-132703)
and
(b)
The
description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-132703), as
incorporated by reference in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 8-A
filed on June 12, 2006;
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company 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.
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,
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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.
Item 7. Exemption from
Registration Claimed.
Not
applicable.
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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 Company 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 Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 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.
The
undersigned Company hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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 Company
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company 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,
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therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the Company 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 Company 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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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 14th day of July 2006.
HOUSTON WIRE & CABLE COMPANY
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Nicol G. Graham
Nicol G. Graham
Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and
Secretary (Chief Accounting Officer)
Each
person whose signature appears below appoints Charles A. Sorrentino 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/ Charles A.
  Sorrentino
President, Chief
  Executive Officer and Director
July 14, 2006
Charles A. Sorrentino
/s/ Nicol G. Graham
Chief Financial
  Officer, Treasurer
July 14, 2006
Nicol G. Graham
and Secretary (Chief
  Accounting Officer)
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SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Peter M. Gotsch
Director
July 14, 2006
Peter M. Gotsch
/s/ Robert G. Hogan
Director
July 14, 2006
Robert G. Hogan
/s/ Wilson B. Sexton
Director
July 14, 2006
Wilson B. Sexton
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
4.1
Houston Wire & Cable Company 2000 Stock
  Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's
  Form S-1 as filed March 24, 2006 (Registration No. 333-132703)).
4.2
Houston Wire & Cable Company 2006 Stock
  Plan. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to Amendment No. 4
  to the Company's Form S-1 as filed June 13, 2006
  (Registration No. 333-132703)).
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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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Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page).
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