Amended Statement of Beneficial Ownership (3/a)

FORM 3	UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0104 Estimated average burden hours per response... 0.5
	Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 4/17/2013

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

ARI NETWORK SERVICES INC /WI [ARIS]

(Last) (First) (Middle)

450 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 509

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)

_____ Director ___ X ___ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10123

(City) (State) (Zip)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)

4/15/2013

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

___ Form filed by One Reporting Person
_ X _ 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)

*Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g.* , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)**
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security		6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:
The Reporting Persons are filing this Amendment to withdraw the Form 3 which was previously filed based on incorrect information. The Reporting Persons have been advised that Warrants of the Issuer they own are not presently exercisable and therefore they do not at this time collectively own over 10% of any class of equity securities of the Issuer.

No securities are beneficially owned.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 NEW YORK, NY 10123		X
WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE LP I 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 NEW YORK, NY 10123		X
WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND LTD 450 SEVENTH AVE SUITE 509 NEW YORK, NY 10123		X
WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 450 SEVENTH AVE SUITE 509 NEW YORK, NY 10123		X
WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL INC 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 NEW YORK, NY 10123		X
OBUS NELSON 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 NEW YORK, NY 10123		X
LANDES JOSHUA 450 SEVENTH AVENUE SUITE 509 NEW YORK, NY 10123		X

Signatures
WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P., By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner, /s/ Nelson Obus, Managing Member_		4/17/2013
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WYNNEFIELD PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE, L.P. I, By: Wynnefield Capital Management, LLC, General Partner, /s/ Nelson Obus, Managing Member		4/17/2013
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WYNNEFIELD SMALL CAP VALUE OFFSHORE FUND, LTD., By: Wynnefield Capital, Inc., /s/ Nelson Obus, President		4/17/2013
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, /s/ Nelson Obus, Managing Member		4/17/2013
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
WYNNEFIELD CAPITAL, INC.,/s/ Nelson Obus, President		4/17/2013
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Nelson Obus		4/17/2013
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date
/s/ Joshua Landes		4/17/2013
^** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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