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Ownership Document
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| Schema Version: X0202 |
| Document Type: 4 |
| Period of Report: 5/21/04 |
| Not Subject to Section 16: 0 |
| Issuer: |
| Issuer CIK: 205700 |
| Issuer Name: NEW ENGLAND BUSINESS SERVICE INC |
| Issuer Trading Symbol: NEB |
| Reporting Owner: |
| Reporting Owner ID: |
| | Owner CIK: 1094177 |
| | Owner Name: WARREN ROBERT D |
| Reporting Owner Address: |
| | Owner Street 1: 500 MAIN STREET |
| | Owner Street 2: C/O LEGAL DEPARTMENT |
| | Owner City: GROTON |
| | Owner State: MA |
| | Owner ZIP Code: 014710001 |
| | Owner State Description: |
| Reporting Owner Relationship: |
| | Is Director? No |
| | Is Officer? Yes |
| | Is Ten Percent Owner? No |
| | Is Other? No |
| | Officer Title: Senior Vice President |
| Non-Derivative Table: |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock Par Value $1.00 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 5/21/04 |
| | Deemed Execution Date: |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: J |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | | Footnote ID: F1 |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 200.435 |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Footnote ID: F1 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 4,586.819 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: I |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: By 401(k) |
| Footnote ID: F2 |
| Non-Derivative Transaction: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock, Restricted, Par Value $1.00 |
| | Transaction Date: |
| | | Value: 5/21/04 |
| | Deemed Execution Date: |
| | Transaction Coding: |
| | | Transaction Form Type: 4 |
| | | Transaction Code: A |
| | | Equity Swap Involved? No |
| | Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Transaction Shares: |
| Value: 39.815 |
| Footnote ID: F3 |
| | | Transaction Price Per Share: |
| Value: 43.800 |
| | | Transaction Acquired-Disposed Code: |
| Value: A |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 8,068.618 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
| Non-Derivative Holding: |
| | Security Title: |
| | | Value: Common Stock Par Value $1.00 |
| | Post-Transaction Amounts: |
| | | Shares Owned Following Transaction: |
| Value: 11,244.993 |
| | Ownership Nature: |
| | | Direct or Indirect Ownership: |
| Value: D |
| | | Nature of Ownership: |
| Value: |
| Footnotes: |
| Footnote - F1: The information appearing this field has been included solely as a placeholder that is required by the EDGAR software and should be disregarded. |
| Footnote - F2: 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, and is based on the participant's latest available plan statement. 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. |
| Footnote - F3: Amount represents dividends on restricted shares that are automatically reinvested in additional restricted shares under the terms of the underlying restricted stock award. |
| Remarks: |
| Owner Signature: |
| Signature Name: By: /S/ Craig Barrows, Attorney in Fact for |
| Signature Date: 5/25/04 |
