Hughes Joel S – ‘4’ for 2/28/01 re: New England Business Service Inc.

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Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider   —   Form 4   —   SEA’34
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 1: 4           Form 4 - 02/28/01                                      2±    10K 


U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION                                         
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549                                                          
FORM 4                                                                          
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP                                    
[ ] Check box if no longer subject to Section 16.                               
Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b).               
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person                                         
Hughes, Joel S.                                                           
500 Main Street                                                           
Groton, MA  01471                                                         
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol                                     
New England Business Service, Inc. NEB                                    
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)                

4. Statement for Month/Year                                                     
02/28/01                                                                  
If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)                                     

Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable)               
( ) Director  ( ) 10% Owner (x) Officer (give title below)                
( ) Other (specify below)                                                 
Sr. V.P., Corp. Channel Market.                                           

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 Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                 |
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1. Title of Security       |2.    |3.    |4.Securities Acquired (A)         |5.Amount of        |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect       |
                           | Transaction |  or Disposed of (D)              |  Securities       |ect   |  Beneficial Ownership     |
                           |      |      |                                  |  Beneficially     |(D)or |                           |
                           |      |    | |                  | A/|           |  Owned at         |Indir |                           |
                           | Date |Code|V|    Amount        | D |    Price  |  End of Year      |ect(I)|                           |
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Common Stock Par Value     |02/16/|A   |V|7 [1]             |A  |21.4000    |835                |D     |                           |
$1.00                      |2001  |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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Common Stock Par Value     |      |    | |                  |   |           |1680               |I     |401K [2]                   |
$1.00                      |      |    | |                  |   |           |                   |      |                           |
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 Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned                                                   |
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1.Title of Derivative |2.Con-  |3.   |4.    |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount  |8.Price|9.Number    |10.|11.Nature of|
  Security            |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and|  of Underlying     |of Deri|of Deriva   |Dir|Indirect    |
                      |or Exer |     |      | rities Acqui  |Expiration |  Securities        |vative |tive        |ect|Beneficial  |
                      |cise    |     |      | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/|                    |Secu   |Securities  |(D)|Ownership   |
                      |Price of|     |      | posed of(D)   |Day/Year)  |                    |rity   |Benefi      |or |            |
                      |Deriva- |     |      |               |Date |Expir|                    |       |ficially    |Ind|            |
                      |tive    |     |      |           | A/|Exer-|ation|   Title and Number |       |Owned at    |ire|            |
                      |Secu-   |     |    | |           | D |cisa-|Date |   of Shares        |       |End of      |ct |            |
                      |rity    |Date |Code|V|  Amount   |   |ble  |     |                    |       |Year        |(I)|            |
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Explanation of Responses:                                                       
1. Amount represents dividends on restricted shares that are automatically      
reinvested in additional restricted shares under the terms of the               
underlying restricted stock award.                                              
2. 401(k) is a unitized stock fund consisting of company stock and cash and the 
amount of securities listed on this form is expressed in equivalent shares.  The
amount of shares attributed to a plan participant and expressed as equivalent   
shares may change from time to time without the volition of the plan participant
and depends upon the amount of cash in the fund, the fair market value of       
company stock, and the number of plan participants.                             

HUGHES, JOEL S.                                                                 
SIGNATURE OR REPORTING PERSON                                                   
Joel S. Hughes                                                                  
DATE                                                                            
03/12/2001