SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
NERI THOMAS

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1666 EAST TOUHY AVENUE

(Street)
DES PLAINES IL 60018

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/14/2003
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
LAWSON PRODUCTS INC/NEW/DE/ [ LAWS ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP-Finance & Corp Planning
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities beneficially owned. 0 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Thomas Neri 12/11/2003
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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         The  undersigned   constitutes  and  appoints  Joseph  Pawlick,   Nancy
Gonzales, and Neil Jenkins as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact
and  agent,  with  full  power  of  substitution  and  resubstitution,  for  the
undersigned and in the undersigned's  name, place and stead, to sign any and all
Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  statements  of  beneficial  ownership  of
securities  of Lawson  Products,  Inc.  (the  "Company")  on Forms 3, 4 and 5 as
required under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and to file  the  same  with  all  exhibits  thereto,  and  other  documents  in
connection therewith,  with the Securities and Exchange Commission,  the Company
and  NASDAQ,  granting  unto  said  attorney-in-fact  and agent  full  power and
authority to do and perform  each act and thing  requisite  and  necessary to be
done under said Section  16(a),  as fully and to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned  might or could do in person,  hereby  ratifying and  confirming all
that said  attorney-in-fact  and agent  may  lawfully  do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

         A copy of this power of attorney shall be filed with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission.  The  authorization set forth above shall continue in full
force and effect until the  undersigned  revokes such  authorization  by written
instructions to the attorney-in-fact.

         The authority  granted  hereby shall in no event be deemed to impose or
create  any  duty  on  behalf  of  the  attorney-in-fact  with  respect  to  the
undersigned's  obligations  to file  Forms  3, 4 and 5 with the  Securities  and
Exchange Commission.


Dated:     December 11, 2003



                                                     /s/ Thomas Neri
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                                                     Thomas Neri