Registration No. 33-99834 ============================================================================== SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------------- POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ----------------------- DAKOTA GROWERS PASTA COMPANY (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) NORTH DAKOTA (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) ONE PASTA AVENUE, P.O. BOX 21 CARRINGTON, NORTH DAKOTA 58421 (701) 652-2855 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices) 2099 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) 45-0423511 (IRS Employer Identification Number) MR. TIMOTHY J. DODD Dakota Growers Pasta Company President and General Manager One Pasta Avenue, P.O. Box 21 Carrington, North Dakota 58421-0021 (701) 652-2855 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, area code, of agent for service) ----------------------- Copies to: RONALD D. MCFALL, Esq. Doherty, Rumble & Butler Professional Association 3500 Fifth Street Towers 150 South Fifth Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 2 At 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time on January 24, 1996, a Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed by Dakota Growers Pasta Company ("Dakota Growers" or the "Company"), Registration Statement No. 33-99834, became effective with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Pursuant to such Registration Statement, Dakota Growers registered the offer and sale of up to 2,070,000 shares of equity stock, par value $3.85, and up to 500 shares of membership stock, $125 par value. As described in the Registration Statement, the number of shares of membership stock and equity stock registered under Registration Statement No. 33-99834 was an estimate of the number of shares which might be purchased by current and prospective members of the Company. In its offering, the Company offered, sold and issued a total of 1,788,808 shares of equity stock and 81 shares of membership stock. Dakota Growers hereby files this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 33-99834 to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment the remaining (i) 281,992 shares of equity stock and (ii) 419 shares of membership stock registered under Registration Statement No. 33-99834. Consequently, Dakota Growers hereby deregisters the 281,992 shares of equity stock and 419 shares of membership stock not issued in connection with the aforementioned transaction. SIGNATURES In accordance with the provisions of Rule 478 and pursuant to the terms of Registration Statement No. 33-99834, the undersigned agent and duly appointed attorney-in-fact has signed the Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to said Registration Statement on the date and at the place set forth below. Carrington, North Dakota DAKOTA GROWERS PASTA COMPANY Date: July 3, 1996 By /s/ Timothy J. Dodd ------------------------- Timothy J. Dodd President and General Manager Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post- Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 3, 1996 Signature Title - ---------- ----- /s/ Timothy J. Dodd President and General Manager - ---------------------- (Principal Executive Officer) Timothy J. Dodd /s/ Thomas P. Friezen Vice President, Finance - ---------------------- (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) Thomas P. Friezen * Director - ---------------------- John S. Dalrymple III * Director - ---------------------- John D. Rice * Director - ---------------------- Allyn K. Hart * Director - ---------------------- James F. Link 3 Signature Title - ---------- ----- * Director - ---------------------- Michael E. Warner * Director - ---------------------- Eugene J. Nicholas * Director - ---------------------- Curt R. Trulson * Director - ---------------------- Roger A. Kenner * Director - ---------------------- Jeffrey O. Topp * Timothy J. Dodd, by signing his name hereto, signs this document of behalf of himself as President and General Manager and on behalf of each person indicated above pursuant to a power of attorney duly executed by such person and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of Registration Statement No. 33-99834. By /s/ Timothy J. Dodd ------------------------- Timothy J. Dodd Attorney-in-fact