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 <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><a name="scotch"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2007</font></b></a></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p align="right" style="border:none;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No. 333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p> </div>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br> </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington,
D.C. 20549</font></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM S-8</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br>
Under<br>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><b>Massachusetts</b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">04-2053130</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of<br>
  Incorporation or Organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(IRS Employer<br>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1855 Boston Road, Wilbraham, MA</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">01095</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)</font></p>
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Friendly Ice Cream
Corporation Key Executive Stock Option Award</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Full Title of the Plan)</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Gregory A. Pastore<br>
Vice President, General Counsel and Clerk<br>
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation<br>
1855 Boston Road, Wilbraham, MA 01095<i><br>
</i></font></b>(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(413) 731-4000</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Copies
to:<br>
Matthew S. Gilman, Esquire<br>
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP<br>
One Financial Center<br>
Boston, Massachusetts&#160; 02111</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Title&nbsp;Of&nbsp;Each&nbsp;Class<br>
  Of&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;To&nbsp;Be<br>
  Registered</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  Registered(1)</font></b></p>
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  Maximum&nbsp;Offering<br>
  Price&nbsp;Per&nbsp;Share(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed<br>
  Maximum&nbsp;Aggregate<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  Registration&nbsp;Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common&nbsp;Stock,&nbsp;$.01&nbsp;par&nbsp;value</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">75,000&nbsp;shares</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$12.02</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$901,500</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$27.68</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock(3)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">75,000 rights</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Such
presently indeterminable number of additional shares of common stock and rights
are also registered hereunder as may be issued in the event of a merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or
other similar change in common stock.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated
solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices for the registrant&#146;s common stock on March
5, 2007, as reported on the American Stock Exchange.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Pursuant to a Rights
Agreement entered into on November 19, 1997, one right (each a &#147;Right&#148;) is
deemed to be delivered with each share of common stock issued by the
registrant. The Rights currently are not separately transferable apart from the
common stock, and they are not exercisable until the occurrence of certain
events.&#160; Accordingly, no independent
value has been attributed to the Rights.</p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PART I</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will
be sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities
Act&#148;). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this registration
statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></b><a name="InformationRequiredInTheRegistrat_211459"></a></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp; Incorporation
of Documents By Reference.<a name="Item3_IncorporationOfDocumentsByR_211503"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The following documents are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">(a) &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-72.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font face="Times New Roman">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The description of the registrant&#146;s common stock and rights to purchase preferred stock which are contained in the registrant&#146;s registration statements filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and all amendments thereto and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which de-registers all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed hereby incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.&#160; Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp; Description
of Securities.<a name="Item4_DescriptionOfSecurities__211549"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item
5.&nbsp;&nbsp; Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.<a name="Item5_InterestsOfNamedExpertsAndC_211602"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Note applicable.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp; Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.<a name="Item6_IndemnificationOfDirectorsA_211612"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.51 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, under
which the registrant is governed, provides that a corporation may indemnify a
director who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director against
liability incurred in the proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith and
he </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">reasonably believed that his conduct was in the best
interests of the corporation or that his conduct was at least not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section&nbsp;8.52 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act requires
corporations to indemnify any director who was wholly successful in the defense
of any proceeding to which he was a party because he was a director of the
corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the
proceeding.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.56 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act
provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of
the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he is an officer of the
corporation to the same extent as a director, and, if he is an officer but not
a director, to such further extent as may be provided by the articles of
organization, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or contract,
except for liability arising out of acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.
Section&nbsp;8.56 also provides that an officer of the corporation who is not a
director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section&nbsp;8.52, and
that the officer may apply to a court for indemnification or an advance for
expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may be entitled
to indemnification or advance under those provisions.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In its Restated Articles of Organization and
Amended and Restated By-Laws, the registrant has elected to provide
indemnification to its directors and officers in appropriate circumstances.
Generally, the Restated Articles of Organization and Amended and Restated
By-Laws provide that the registrant shall indemnify directors and officers of
the registrant against liabilities and expenses arising out of legal
proceedings brought against them by reason of their status as directors or
officers of the registrant or by reason of their agreeing to serve, at the
request of the registrant, as a director or officer of another organization.
Under this provision, a director or officer of the registrant shall be
indemnified by the registrant for all expenses, liabilities and losses
(including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines, &#147;ERISA&#148; excise taxes
or penalties), unless he is adjudicated in such proceedings not to have acted
in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest
of the registrant or, to the extent such matter relates to service with respect
to an employee benefit plan, in the best interest of the participants or
beneficiaries of such benefit plan.&#160; Any
indemnification for amounts paid in settlement of legal proceedings described
above shall be made by the registrant unless a court of competent jurisdiction
holds that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct set
forth above or the registrant determines, by clear and convincing evidence,
that the director or officer did not meet such standard. Such determination
shall be made by the Board of Directors of the registrant, based on advice of
independent legal counsel.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The registrant&#146;s Restated Articles or Organization and
Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that the registrant shall advance expenses
to a director or officer upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or
officer to repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined that he is not
entitled to indemnification for such expenses. The registrant may, to the
extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant
indemnification rights to employees, agents or other persons serving the
registrant.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2.02 of the Massachusetts Business
Corporation Act provides that the articles of organization of a corporation may
contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a
director to the corporation for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty
as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability;
provided, however, that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director (1)&nbsp;for any breach of the director&#146;s duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (2)&nbsp;for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (3)&nbsp;for improper distributions under Sections&nbsp;6.40
of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act or (4)&nbsp;for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article&nbsp;6B
of the registrant&#146;s Restated Articles of Organization contains such a
provision.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;8.57 of the Massachusetts
Business Corporation Act also contains provisions authorizing a corporation to
obtain insurance on behalf of any director or officer of the corporation
against liabilities, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify against such liabilities. The registrant </font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">maintains directors and officers liability insurance
for the benefit of its directors and certain of its officers.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits.<a name="Item8_Exhibits__211651"></a></font></b></p>

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  Number</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Exhibit Description</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated Articles of
  Organization of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) (Incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-34633).**</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  By-laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit&nbsp;3(II)&nbsp;to the Company&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K
  filed September&nbsp;2, 2003, File No.&nbsp;001-13579).**</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights Agreement
  between the Company and The Bank of New York, a Rights Agent (Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-34633).**</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Legal Opinion of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.*</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Friendly Ice Cream
  Corporation Key Executive Stock Option Award*</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst &amp;
  Young LLP.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP is included in their legal opinion filed as
  Exhibit 5 hereof.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<div style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><hr size="1" width="160" noshade color="black" align="left" style="width:120.0pt;"></div>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*
Filed herewith</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">**
Not filed herewith.&#160; In accordance with
Rule 411 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Commission, which
are incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 47.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-47.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings<a name="Item9_Undertakings_212040"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(A) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i) To include any
prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii) To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement;</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii) To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.1pt;text-indent:.9pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">provided, however, that
paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference into this registration statement.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(B) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(C) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b><a name="Signatures_212208"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Wilbraham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 6th day of March, 2007.</font></p>

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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.66%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.96%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">By:</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="17%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:17.88%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Paul V. Hoagland</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.52%;">
  <p style="margin:12.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Name: Paul V. Hoagland</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="51%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:51.66%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="46%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:46.36%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title: Executive Vice President of<br>
  Administration and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF
ATTORNEY</font></b><a name="PowerOfAttorney_212405"></a></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Gregory A. Pastore and Paul V. Hoagland and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 4.5pt 12.0pt 0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.</font></p>

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  <td width="4%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.28%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Name</p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.0%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="23%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:23.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:11.04%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Title (Capacity)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.5%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.5%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Date</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ George M. Condos</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Executive Officer
  and President</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February 28, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">George M. Condos</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Principal Executive
  Officer and Director)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Paul V. Hoagland</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice
  President of Administration</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Paul V. Hoagland</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Chief Financial
  Officer <font style="letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Principal Financial</font></font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February 28, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">and Accounting Officer)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Donald N. Smith</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the
  Board</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February 28,
  2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Donald N. Smith</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Steven L. Ezzes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">March 1, 2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Steven L. Ezzes</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Burton J. Manning</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February 28,
  2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Burton J. Manning</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Michael J. Daly</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February 28,
  2007</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael J. Daly</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Perry D. Odak</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">February 28,
  2007</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="28%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:28.76%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Perry D. Odak</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="50%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:50.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="15%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:15.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Restated Articles of
  Organization of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;) (Incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1,
  Reg. No.&nbsp;333-34633).**</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended and Restated
  By-laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit&nbsp;3(II)&nbsp;to the Company&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K
  filed September&nbsp;2, 2003, File No.&nbsp;001-13579).**</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rights Agreement
  between the Company and The Bank of New York, a Rights Agent (Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on
  Form&nbsp;S-1, Reg. No.&nbsp;333-34633).**</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Legal Opinion of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
  Key Executive Stock Option Award.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Ernst &amp;
  Young LLP.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP is included in their legal opinion filed as
  Exhibit 5 hereof.*</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.78%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.1%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="89%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:89.64%;">
  <p style="margin:6.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney
  (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*</font></p>
  </td>
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Filed herewith</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">**
Not filed herewith.&#160; In accordance with
Rule 411 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Commission, which
are incorporated by reference herein.</font></p>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2007
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Under
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant
as Specified in Its Charter)
Massachusetts
04-2053130
(State or Other
  Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
1855 Boston Road, Wilbraham, MA
01095
(Address of
  Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Friendly Ice Cream
Corporation Key Executive Stock Option Award
(Full Title of the Plan)
Gregory A. Pastore
Vice President, General Counsel and Clerk
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
1855 Boston Road, Wilbraham, MA 01095
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(413) 731-4000
(Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
Copies
to:
Matthew S. Gilman, Esquire
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
One Financial Center
Boston, Massachusetts  02111
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title Of Each Class
Of Securities To Be
Registered
Amount To Be
Registered(1)
Proposed
Maximum Offering
Price Per Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate
Offering Price(2)
Amount Of
Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value
75,000 shares
$12.02
$901,500
$27.68
Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock(3)
75,000 rights
—
—
—
(1)
Such
presently indeterminable number of additional shares of common stock and rights
are also registered hereunder as may be issued in the event of a merger,
consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split or
other similar change in common stock.
(2)
Estimated
solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices for the registrant's common stock on March
5, 2007, as reported on the American Stock Exchange.
(3)
Pursuant to a Rights
Agreement entered into on November 19, 1997, one right (each a "Right") is
deemed to be delivered with each share of common stock issued by the
registrant. The Rights currently are not separately transferable apart from the
common stock, and they are not exercisable until the occurrence of certain
events.  Accordingly, no independent
value has been attributed to the Rights.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will
be sent or given to employees, officers, directors or others as specified by
Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act"). In accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and the instructions to Form S-8, such
documents are not being filed with the Commission either as part of this registration
statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424
under the Securities Act.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.   Incorporation
of Documents By Reference.
The following documents are incorporated by reference into this registration statement:
(a)       The registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006;
(b)       All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Annual Report referred to in (a) above; and
(c)       The description of the registrant's common stock and rights to purchase preferred stock which are contained in the registrant's registration statements filed pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act and all amendments thereto and reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, subsequent to the date hereof and
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
securities offered have been sold or which de-registers all securities then
remaining unsold, shall be deemed hereby incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.  Any statement contained in a
document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be
deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement
to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement.
Item 4.   Description
of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Note applicable.
Item 6.   Indemnification
of Directors and Officers.
Section 8.51 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act, under
which the registrant is governed, provides that a corporation may indemnify a
director who is a party to a proceeding because he is a director against
liability incurred in the proceeding if he conducted himself in good faith and
he
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reasonably believed that his conduct was in the best
interests of the corporation or that his conduct was at least not opposed to
the best interests of the corporation, and, in the case of any criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
Section 8.52 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act requires
corporations to indemnify any director who was wholly successful in the defense
of any proceeding to which he was a party because he was a director of the
corporation against reasonable expenses incurred by him in connection with the
proceeding.
Section 8.56 of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act
provides that a corporation may indemnify and advance expenses to an officer of
the corporation who is a party to a proceeding because he is an officer of the
corporation to the same extent as a director, and, if he is an officer but not
a director, to such further extent as may be provided by the articles of
organization, the bylaws, a resolution of the board of directors or contract,
except for liability arising out of acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law.
Section 8.56 also provides that an officer of the corporation who is not a
director is entitled to mandatory indemnification under Section 8.52, and
that the officer may apply to a court for indemnification or an advance for
expenses, in each case to the same extent to which a director may be entitled
to indemnification or advance under those provisions.
In its Restated Articles of Organization and
Amended and Restated By-Laws, the registrant has elected to provide
indemnification to its directors and officers in appropriate circumstances.
Generally, the Restated Articles of Organization and Amended and Restated
By-Laws provide that the registrant shall indemnify directors and officers of
the registrant against liabilities and expenses arising out of legal
proceedings brought against them by reason of their status as directors or
officers of the registrant or by reason of their agreeing to serve, at the
request of the registrant, as a director or officer of another organization.
Under this provision, a director or officer of the registrant shall be
indemnified by the registrant for all expenses, liabilities and losses
(including reasonable attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, "ERISA" excise taxes
or penalties), unless he is adjudicated in such proceedings not to have acted
in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best interest
of the registrant or, to the extent such matter relates to service with respect
to an employee benefit plan, in the best interest of the participants or
beneficiaries of such benefit plan.  Any
indemnification for amounts paid in settlement of legal proceedings described
above shall be made by the registrant unless a court of competent jurisdiction
holds that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct set
forth above or the registrant determines, by clear and convincing evidence,
that the director or officer did not meet such standard. Such determination
shall be made by the Board of Directors of the registrant, based on advice of
independent legal counsel.
The registrant's Restated Articles or Organization and
Amended and Restated By-Laws provide that the registrant shall advance expenses
to a director or officer upon receipt of an undertaking by such director or
officer to repay such expenses if it is ultimately determined that he is not
entitled to indemnification for such expenses. The registrant may, to the
extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors, grant
indemnification rights to employees, agents or other persons serving the
registrant.
Section 2.02 of the Massachusetts Business
Corporation Act provides that the articles of organization of a corporation may
contain a provision eliminating or limiting the personal liability of a
director to the corporation for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty
as a director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability;
provided, however, that such provision shall not eliminate or limit the
liability of a director (1) for any breach of the director's duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its shareholders, (2) for acts or omissions
not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, (3) for improper distributions under Sections 6.40
of the Massachusetts Business Corporation Act or (4) for any transaction
from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Article 6B
of the registrant's Restated Articles of Organization contains such a
provision.
Section 8.57 of the Massachusetts
Business Corporation Act also contains provisions authorizing a corporation to
obtain insurance on behalf of any director or officer of the corporation
against liabilities, whether or not the corporation would have the power to
indemnify against such liabilities. The registrant
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maintains directors and officers liability insurance
for the benefit of its directors and certain of its officers.
Item 8.   Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.1
Restated Articles of
  Organization of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (the "Company") (Incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1, Reg. No. 333-34633).**
4.2
Amended and Restated
  By-laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 3(II) to the Company's current report on Form 8-K
  filed September 2, 2003, File No. 001-13579).**
4.3
Rights Agreement
  between the Company and The Bank of New York, a Rights Agent (Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1, Reg. No. 333-34633).**
5
Legal Opinion of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.*
10.1
Friendly Ice Cream
  Corporation Key Executive Stock Option Award*
23.1
Consent of Ernst &
  Young LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP is included in their legal opinion filed as
  Exhibit 5 hereof.*
24
Power of Attorney
  (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*
*
Filed herewith
**
Not filed herewith.  In accordance with
Rule 411 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Commission, which
are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.   Undertakings
(1)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(A) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made,
a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any
prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the
prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the
registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate
offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
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(iii) To include any
material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously
disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that
paragraphs (A)(1)(i) and (A)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to
be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in
reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to
Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated
by reference into this registration statement.
(B) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(C) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
(2)
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by
reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(3)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against
public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of
Wilbraham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 6th day of March, 2007.
FRIENDLY ICE CREAM CORPORATION
By:
/s/ Paul V. Hoagland
Name: Paul V. Hoagland
Title: Executive Vice President of
Administration and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY
THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Gregory A. Pastore and Paul V. Hoagland and each of them (with full
power to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date
indicated.
Name
Title (Capacity)
Date
/s/ George M. Condos
Chief Executive Officer
  and President
February 28, 2007
George M. Condos
(Principal Executive
  Officer and Director)
/s/ Paul V. Hoagland
Executive Vice
  President of Administration
Paul V. Hoagland
and Chief Financial
  Officer
(Principal Financial
February 28, 2007
and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Donald N. Smith
Chairman of the
  Board
February 28,
  2007
Donald N. Smith
/s/ Steven L. Ezzes
Director
March 1, 2007
Steven L. Ezzes
/s/ Burton J. Manning
Director
February 28,
  2007
Burton J. Manning
/s/ Michael J. Daly
Director
February 28,
  2007
Michael J. Daly
/s/ Perry D. Odak
Director
February 28,
  2007
Perry D. Odak
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INDEX
TO
EXHIBITS
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.1
Restated Articles of
  Organization of Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (the "Company") (Incorporated
  by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1,
  Reg. No. 333-34633).**
4.2
Amended and Restated
  By-laws of the Company (Incorporated by reference to
  Exhibit 3(II) to the Company's current report on Form 8-K
  filed September 2, 2003, File No. 001-13579).**
4.3
Rights Agreement
  between the Company and The Bank of New York, a Rights Agent (Incorporated by
  reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Company's Registration Statement on
  Form S-1, Reg. No. 333-34633).**
5
Legal Opinion of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP.*
10.1
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
  Key Executive Stock Option Award.*
23.1
Consent of Ernst &
  Young LLP.*
23.2
Consent of Brown
  Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP is included in their legal opinion filed as
  Exhibit 5 hereof.*
24
Power of Attorney
  (included on the signature page of this registration statement).*
*
Filed herewith
**
Not filed herewith.  In accordance with
Rule 411 promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
reference is made to the documents previously filed with the Commission, which
are incorporated by reference herein.