AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON NOVEMBER 14, 1997 REGISTRATION NO. 333- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ FORM S-1 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ FRIENDLY ICE CREAM FRIENDLY'S RESTAURANTS CORPORATION FRANCHISE, INC. (Exact name of registrant issuer as specified in its (Exact name of registrant guarantor as specified in its charter) charter) MASSACHUSETTS DELAWARE (State of Incorporation) (State of Incorporation) 04-2053130 51-0296446 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 5812 5812 (Primary Standard Industrial (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) Classification Code Number) 1855 BOSTON ROAD 1855 BOSTON ROAD WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01095 WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01095 (413) 543-2400 (415) 543-2400 (Address, including zip code, and (Address, including zip code, telephone number, including area code, and telephone number, including of registrant's principal executive offices) area code, of agent for service) AARON B. PARKER FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION 1855 BOSTON ROAD WILBRAHAM, MASSACHUSETTS 01095 (413) 543-2400 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) -------------------------- COPIES TO: MICHAEL A. CAMPBELL JOHN B. TEHAN Mayer, Brown & Platt Simpson Thacher & Bartlett 190 South LaSalle Street 425 Lexington Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60603-3441 New York, NY 10017 (312) 782-0600 (212) 455-2000 -------------------------- APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. -------------------------- If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. / / If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462 (b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. /X/ 333-34635 If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462 (c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / -------------------------- CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE PROPOSED MAXIMUM PROPOSED TITLE OF EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT TO OFFERING PRICE PER MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED BE REGISTERED SENIOR NOTE OFFERING PRICE(1) REGISTRATION FEE 10.5% Senior Notes due 2007....................... $25,000,000 100% $25,000,000 $7,576 (2) Guarantee of 10.5% Senior Notes due 2007 by Friendly's Restaurants Franchise, Inc........... (3) (1) Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457. (2) Fee previously paid for the registration of the Senior Notes on Registration Statement 333-34635, initially filed with the Commission on August 29, 1997. (3) Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate filing fee is required for the guarantee. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATORY NOTE This Registration Statement is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Commission File No. 333-34635) filed by Friendly Ice Cream Corporation and Friendly's Restaurants Franchise, Inc. (together, the "Registrants") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on August 29, 1997, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement filed by the Registrants with the Commission on October 6, 1997, as further amended by Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement filed by the Registrants with the Commission on October 20, 1997 and as further amended by Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement filed by the Registrants with the Commission on November 6, 1997, which was declared effective by the Commission on November 13, 1997, are incorporated herein by reference. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilbraham, State of Massachusetts, on the 13th day of November, 1997. FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION By: /s/ GEORGE G. ROLLER ----------------------------------------- Name: George G. Roller Title: Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. SIGNATURES TITLE (CAPACITY) DATE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- ------------------- Chairman of the Board, * Chief Executive Officer - ------------------------------ and President (Principal November 13, 1997 Donald N. Smith Executive Officer and Director) Vice President, Finance, /s/ GEORGE G. ROLLER Chief Financial Officer - ------------------------------ and Treasurer November 13, 1997 George G. Roller (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) * - ------------------------------ Director November 13, 1997 Charles A. Ledsinger, Jr. * - ------------------------------ Director November 13, 1997 Steven L. Ezzes - ------------------------------ Director Barry Krantz - ------------------------------ Director Gregory L. Segall * /s/ GEORGE G. ROLLER - ------------------------------ George G. Roller Attorney-in-fact II-1 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Wilbraham, State of Massachusetts, on the 13th day of November, 1997. FRIENDLY'S RESTAURANTS FRANCHISE, INC. By: /s/ GEORGE G. ROLLER ----------------------------------------- Name: George G. Roller Title: Vice President, Finance Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement, or amendment thereto, has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated. SIGNATURES TITLE (CAPACITY) DATE - ------------------------------ --------------------------- ------------------- Chairman of the Board and * Chief Executive Officer - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive November 13, 1997 Donald N. Smith Officer and Director) Vice President, Chief /s/ GEORGE G. ROLLER Financial Officer and - ------------------------------ Treasurer (Principal November 13, 1997 George G. Roller Financial and Accounting Officer) * - ------------------------------ Director November 13, 1997 Joseph A. O'Shaughnessy * /s/ GEORGE G. ROLLER - ------------------------------ George G. Roller Attorney-in-fact II-2 EXHIBIT INDEX EXHIBIT NUMBER DESCRIPTION - ----------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5.1 Opinion and Consent of Mayer, Brown & Platt, counsel for the Company regarding the validity of the offered securities. 23.1 Consent of Mayer, Brown & Platt (included in Exhibit 5.1) 23.2 Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP 24.1 Power of Attorney (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 24.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, No. 333-34635.)