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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * CERNUGEL WILLIAM J   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol ALBERTO CULVER CO [ACV] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Senior Vice-President & CFO (Last) (First) (Middle) 8111 LAKE RIDGE DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 11/16/2006 (Street) BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 4. If Amendment, Date 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 (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 11/16/2006   D   23,758 D (1) 0 I Profit Sharing Plan Common Stock 11/16/2006   D   6,615 D (1) 0 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 34.227

11/16/2006

D

7,125

(2)

09/30/2012

Common Stock

7,125

(3)

0

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 39.543

11/16/2006

D

24,750

(2)

09/30/2013

Common Stock

24,750

(3)

0

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 43.83

11/16/2006

D

22,500

(2)

09/30/2014

Common Stock

22,500

(3)

0

D

Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)

$ 44.4

11/16/2006

D

23,000

(2)

09/30/2015

Common Stock

23,000

(3)

0

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
CERNUGEL WILLIAM J 8111 LAKE RIDGE DRIVE BURR RIDGE, IL 60527			Senior Vice-President & CFO

Signatures

By: /s/ James M. Spira as Attorney-in-Fact for William J. Cernugel		11/17/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Disposition of shares of common stock, including shares of restricted stock, in a merger of one of the issuer's subsidiaries into the issuer to effect the formation of a holding company (the "Holding Company Merger"). In the Holding Company Merger, the shares of common stock, including shares of restricted stock, of the issuer were converted, on a one-for-one basis, into shares of common stock, including shares of restricted stock, of Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. ("Sally Beauty Holdings") pursuant to an Investment Agreement dated as of June 19, 2006, as amended, among the issuer and certain of its subsidiaries and CDRS Acquisition LLC.
(2)	This option, to the extent unexercisable, became exercisable in full on November 16, 2006.
(3)	This option was assumed by Sally Beauty Holdings in the Holding Company Merger and replaced with an option to purchase a number of shares of common stock of Sally Beauty Holdings equal to the number of shares subject to this option at an exercise price equal to the exercise price of this option.

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