As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 12, 1999 Registration No. 333-65071 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 2099 45-0423511 (State or other jurisdiction (Primary Standard Industrial (I.R.S. Employer of incorporation or Classification Code Number) Identification No.) organization) One Pasta Avenue P. O. Box 21 Carrington, North Dakota 58421-0021 (701) 652-2855 (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive office) ------------------- Timothy J. Dodd President and General Manager Dakota Growers Pasta Company One Pasta Avenue P. O. Box 21 Carrington, North Dakota 58421-0001 (701) 652-2855 (Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) ------------------- Copies to: Ronald D. McFall, Esq. Christine K. Hansen, Esq. Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P. 4200 IDS Center 80 South 8th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Telephone: (612) 371-3211 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Pursuant to this Post-effective Amendment No. 1 (Amendment No. 3) to its Registration Statement (File No. 333-65071), Dakota Growers Pasta Company (the "Registrant") hereby amends this Registration Statement to deregister 498 shares of its Membership Stock and 54,218 shares of its Equity Stock, previously registered in connection with the initial registration on Form S-1 of up to 500 shares of Membership Stock and up to 3,679,000 shares of Equity Stock, to be offered to the public by the Registrant and certain selling stockholders of the Registrant. The shares being deregistered were not issued in the offering, which has terminated. An aggregated 2 shares of Membership Stock and 3,634,782 shares of Equity Stock of the Company were issued in the offering. 2 SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to the Registration Statement (File No. 333-65071) to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Carrington, State of North Dakota, on this 28th day of April, 1999. DAKOTA GROWERS PASTA COMPANY By: /s/ Timothy J. Dodd ----------------------------- Timothy J. Dodd President and General Manager Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below on the 28th day of April, 1999, by the following persons in the capacities indicated. 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 * Director - --------------------------- Michael E. Warner * Director - --------------------------- Eugene J. Nicholas II-1 * Director - --------------------------- Curt R. Trulson * Director - --------------------------- Jeffrey O. Topp * Director - --------------------------- Roger A. Kenner *By: /s/Timothy J. Dodd ----------------------- Timothy J. Dodd Attorney-In-Fact II-2