GROUND ROUND RESTAURANTS INC
SC 14D1/A, 1997-10-08
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

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                                 SCHEDULE 14D-1
               TENDER OFFER STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(d)(1)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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                                (AMENDMENT NO. 6)

                         GROUND ROUND RESTAURANTS, INC.
                            (Name of Subject Company)

                                GRR MERGER CORP.
                                GRR HOLDINGS, LLC
                                    (Bidders)

                    Common Stock par value $.16 2/3 per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   399427 10 3
                      (Cusip Number of Class of Securities)

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                               Barbara M. Ginader
                                GRR Merger Corp.
                             21 Custom House Street
                                Boston, MA 02110
                                 (617) 737-3700

                     (Name, Address and Telephone Number of
                    Persons Authorized to Receive Notices and
                      Communications on Behalf of Bidders)

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                                    Copy to:
                           Erica H. Steinberger, Esq.
                                Latham & Watkins
                                885 Third Avenue
                               New York, NY 10022
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                  This Amendment No. 6 amends and supplements the Tender Offer
Statement on Schedule 14D-1 originally filed on September 8, 1997, as previously
amended (the "Statement"), with respect to the tender offer by GRR Merger Corp.,
a New York corporation (the "Purchaser") and a wholly owned subsidiary of GRR
Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("Parent"), to purchase all
outstanding shares of common stock, par value $.16 2/3 per share (the "Shares"),
of Ground Round Restaurants, Inc., a New York corporation (the "Company"), at a
purchase price of $1.65 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest
thereon, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to
Purchase, dated September 8, 1997 (the "Offer to Purchase"), and in the related
Letter of Transmittal (which, as the same may be amended or supplemented from
time to time, collectively constitute the "Offer"). The items of the Statement
set forth below are hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

ITEM 10.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

(b), (f)          On October 8, 1997, the Purchaser issued a press release
announcing the extension of the Offer until 6:00 p.m., New York City time, on
October 9, 1997, unless further extended. The information set forth in the press
release, attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(14), is incorporated herein by 
reference.

ITEM 11.  MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS.

(a)(14)           Press Release dated October 8, 1997.
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                                    SIGNATURE

         After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this Statement is true, complete and correct.

                                     October 8, 1997


                                     GRR HOLDINGS, LLC
                                     By: Boston Ventures Limited Partnership V,
                                         its Managing Member

                                      By: Boston Ventures Company V, L.L.C.,
                                          its General Partner


                                      By: /s/  Barbara M. Ginader
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                                          Name: Barbara M. Ginader
                                          Title:  Managing Director


                                      GRR MERGER CORP.

                                      By: /s/  Barbara M. Ginader
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                                          Name: Barbara M. Ginader
                                          Title: President


                                      BOSTON VENTURES LIMITED
                                      PARTNERSHIP V
                                      By: Boston Ventures Company V, L.L.C.,
                                          its General Partner


                                      By: /s/  Barbara M. Ginader
                                          -----------------------
                                          Name: Barbara M. Ginader
                                          Title:  Managing Director

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                                                                 EXHIBIT (a)(14)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:


                 GRR MERGER CORP. ANNOUNCES FURTHER EXTENSION OF
                 TENDER OFFER FOR GROUND ROUND RESTAURANTS, INC.

                  Boston, Mass., October 8, 1997 -- GRR Merger Corp. announced
that its tender offer for all outstanding shares of common stock of Ground Round
Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq NMS: GRXR) has been extended and will now expire at
6:00 p.m., New York City time, on Thursday, October 9, 1997, unless further
extended.

                  According to the preliminary report of the depositary for the
offer, 8,566,072 shares, which, together with the 554,900 shares owned by GRR
Merger Corp.'s parent, constitute approximately 82% of the outstanding shares,
were tendered prior to 6:00 p.m., New York City time, on October 7, 1997, the
previous expiration date of the tender offer. Of the shares tendered,
approximately 9,469 shares were tendered by guaranteed delivery.

                  GRR Merger Corp. is seeking to enter into satisfactory
arrangements with the applicable authorities in Massachusetts to allow liquor
licenses held by Ground Round, the transfer of which is subject to approvals by
such authorities, to continue in full force and effect following consummation of
the offer and the merger pending receipt of such approvals, and is awaiting
action by the Massachusetts legislature with respect to pending legislation to
resolve issues existing under the Massachusetts tied-house statute. GRR Merger
Corp. announced that it has been advised that legislation to resolve issues
existing under the Massachusetts tied-house statute has been unanimously
approved by the Joint Committee of Government Regulations and unanimously
approved by the Senate and is currently scheduled for a vote in the House of
Representatives at its next session on Thursday, October 9, 1997.


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