UNITED STATES
                  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                        Washington, D.C. 20549

                               FORM 15

CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO
FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934.

                                     Commission File Number  000-21916
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                               Huntco Inc.
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          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                         14323 South Outer Forty
                               Suite 600N
                     Town & Country, Missouri 63017
                             (314) 878-0155
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(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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        (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

None
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     (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to
file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file
reports:

          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)  X        Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  X
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) _        Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) _
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)  _        Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)  _
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) _        Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) _
                                        Rule 15d-6           _

     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date: 144

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, Huntco Inc. has caused this certification/notice to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:  February 4, 2002  By:  /S/ Robert J. Marischen
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                             Robert J. Marischen
                             Title:  Vice Chairman and Chief
                             Executive Officer