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FORM 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 OMB APPROVAL
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES OMB Number: 3235-0104
Expires: December 31, 2001
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Estimated average burden
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or hours per response .... 0.5
(Print or Type Responses) Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 -----------------------------
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Date of Event Re- 4. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol
Blake S. Prestley quiring Statement Friendly Ice Cream Corporation FRND
(Month/Day/Year)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) 6. If Amendment, Date
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3. IRS or Social Se- Director X 10% Owner (Month/Day/Year)
curity Number of ---- ---- N/A
6799 South Marina Way, Sailfish Point Reporting Person Officer (give Other (specify ---------------------
------------------------------------------------- (Voluntary) title below) below) 7. Individual or
(Street) N/A ---- ---- Joint/Group Filing
(Check Applicable
Line)
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X Reporting Person
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Form filed by
More than One
Reporting Person
Stuart, Florida 34996 ---
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1. Title of Security 2. Amount of Securities 3. Ownership 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial
(Instr. 4) Beneficially Owned Form: Direct Ownership (Instr. 5)
(Instr. 4) (D) or Indirect
(I) (Instr. 5)
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Common Stock, $.01 Par Value 641,800 D
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Common Stock, $.01 Par Value 100,000 I By SPB Family Limited
Partnership See Note 1
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Common Stock, $.01 Par Value 10,000 I By The Helen D. Blake 1993 Trust
See Note 2
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, SEE Instruction 5(b)(v). SEC 1473 (7-96)
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TABLE II - DERIVATIVE SECURITIES BENEFICIALLY OWNED (E.G., PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative Security 2. Date Exer- 3. Title and Amount of Securities 4. Conver- 5. Owner- 6. Nature of Indirect
(Instr. 4) cisable and Underlying Derivative Security sion or ship Beneficial
Expiration (Instr. 4) Exercise Form of Ownership
Date Price of Deriv- (Instr. 5)
(Month/Day/ Deri- ative
Year) vative Security:
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Amount (D) or
Date Expir- or Indirect
Exer- ation Title Number (I)
cisable Date of
Shares (Instr. 5)
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Explanation of Responses:
/s/ S. Prestley Blake December 8, 2000
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**Signature of Reporting Person Date
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.
SEE 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient,
SEE Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not
required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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SEC 1473 (7-96)
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ADDENDUM TO FORM 3
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NAME AND ADDRESS OF REPORTING PERSON:
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S. Prestley Blake
6799 South Marina Way
Sailfish Point
Stuart, Florida 34996
DATE OF EVENT REQUIRING STATEMENT:
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November 29, 2000
ISSUER NAME AND TICKER OR TRADING SYMBOL:
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Friendly Ice Cream Corporation FRND
NOTES TO TABLE I:
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Note 1: Represents all the shares of Common Stock owned by SPB Family Limited
Partnership, of which S. Prestley Blake is the sole general partner.
Note 2: Represents all of the shares of Common Stock owned by The Helen D. Blake
1993 Trust, of which S. Prestley Blake's spouse, Helen D. Blake, is a trustee.
By virtue of his relationship as spouse to the trustee, Mr. Blake may be deemed
to own beneficially all of the shares of Common Stock owned by The Helen D.
Blake 1993 Trust. However, S. Prestley Blake disclaims any beneficial interest
in the Common Stock owned by The Helen D. Blake 1993 Trust.
