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Registration of Additional Securities   —   Form S-3
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Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-3MEF      Friedman's Inc Form S-3MEF                             3     17K 
 2: EX-5        Opinion of Alston & Bird                               1      7K 
 3: EX-23.2     Consent of Ernst & Young                               1      5K 

S-3MEF   —   Friedman’s Inc Form S-3MEF

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AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON MAY 30, 1996

                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-03653

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER 
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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FRIEDMAN'S INC. 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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             DELAWARE                          5944                         58-2058362          
   (State or other jurisdiction    (Primary Standard Industrial  (I.R.S. Employer Identification
of incorporation or organization)  Classification Code Number)               Number)            

4 WEST STATE STREET 
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401 
(912) 233-9333
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of 
registrant's principal executive offices) 

BRADLEY J. STINN
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
FRIEDMAN'S INC. 
4 WEST STATE STREET 
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA 31401 
(912) 233-9333
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service) 

THE COMMISSION IS REQUESTED TO SEND COPIES OF ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO:

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     M. HILL JEFFRIES                                    JEFFREY M. STEIN   
     MARK F. MCELREATH                                    KING & SPALDING   
       ALSTON & BIRD                                   191 PEACHTREE STREET 
    ONE ATLANTIC CENTER                               ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303
1201 WEST PEACHTREE STREET                                (404) 572-4600    
  ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30309                                                    
      (404) 881-7000                                                        

   APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as
practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.                

If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered  
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following 
box.  / /                                                                       

   If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on
a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of  
1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest
reinvestment plans, check the following box.  / /                               

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering 
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier        
effective registration statement for the same offering:  /X/  333-03653         

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act   
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement   
for the same offering:  / /                                                     

  If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box:  /X/                                            
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE 

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                                                     PROPOSED MAXIMUM  PROPOSED MAXIMUM                   
         TITLE OF SHARES              AMOUNT TO         AGGREGATE         AGGREGATE         AMOUNT OF     
         TO BE REGISTERED          BE REGISTERED(1) PRICE PER UNIT(2) OFFERING PRICE(2)  REGISTRATION FEE 
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Class A Common Stock, $.01 par                                                                            
  value per share.................      230,000          $28.375          $6,526,250          $2,251      
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(1) Includes 30,000 shares subject to the Underwriters' over-allotment option.  

(2) Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee based  
 upon the average of the high and low prices of the Class A Common Stock
reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market on May 30, 1996.

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THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION       
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF  
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME     
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), 
MAY DETERMINE.                                                                  
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

  The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-3, Registration No.
333-03653 are hereby incorporated by reference.                                 

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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-3 and has duly caused this Registration       
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly         
authorized, in the City of Savannah, and State of Georgia, on May 30, 1996.     

                   FRIEDMAN'S INC.

                             By: /s/  BRADLEY J. STINN
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                        Bradley J. Stinn
                                          Chairman of the Board of Directors
                                   and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this      
Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the    
capacities indicated on May 30, 1996.                                           

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                  SIGNATURE                                       TITLE                    
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                /s/  BRADLEY J. STINN          Chairman of the Board of Directors          
---------------------------------------------    and Chief Executive Officer               
              Bradley J. Stinn                   (Principal Executive Officer)             

                          *                    Senior Vice President and                   
---------------------------------------------    Chief Financial Officer                   
                John G. Call                     (Principal Financial and Accounting       
                                                 Officer)                                  

                          *                    Director                                    
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            Sterling B. Brinkley                                                           

                          *                    Director                                    
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            Robert W. Cruickshank                                                          

                          *                    President and Chief Operating Officer and   
---------------------------------------------    Director                                  
              Robert S. Morris                                                             

                          *                    Director                                    
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              David B. Parshall                                                            

                          *                    Director                                    
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               Mark C. Pickup                                                              

*By:         /s/  JOHN G. CALL                                                             
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                John G. Call                                                               
              Attorney-in-fact                                                             

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