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Fox Neil S – ‘4’ for 11/4/02 re: New England Business Service Inc.

On: Tuesday, 11/5/02, at 5:08pm ET · For: 11/4/02 · Accession #: 205700-2-114 · File #: 1-11427

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

11/05/02  Fox Neil S                        4          Director    1:18K  New England Business Service Inc. New England Busines… Inc

Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of Securities by an Insider — Form 4 — SEA’34
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 1: 4           Neil S. Fox Form 4 11/04/2002 Filing                HTML     17K

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SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form
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See Instruction 1(b).

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*
Fox, Neil S.

(Last) (First) (Middle)

500 Main Street
c/o Legal Department

(Street)

Groton, MA 01471-0001

(City) (State) (Zip)

USA

2. Issuer Name and Ticker
or Trading Symbol

New England Business Service, Inc. NEB

3. I.R.S. Identification
    Number of Reporting
    Person, if an entity
    (voluntary)

4. Statement for
(Month/Year)

November 4, 2002

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Year)

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer

(Check all applicable)

X Director 10% Owner
Officer Other

Officer/Other
Description

7. Individual or Joint/Group
Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X Individual Filing
Joint/Group Filing

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year)

3. Transaction
    Code
    and
    Voluntary
    Code
    (Instr. 8)

Code | V

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed (D) Of
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

Amount | A/D | Price

5. Amount of
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned at
    End of Month

    (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner-
    ship
    Form:
    Direct(D)
    or
    Indirect (I)

    (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of
     Indirect
     Beneficial
     Ownership

    (Instr. 4)

Common Stock Par Value $1.00

11/04/2002

A |

482.000(1) | A | $22.820

2,284.000

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).

(over)
SEC 1474 (3-99)

Fox, Neil S. - November 2002

Form 4 (continued)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conver-
    sion or
    Exercise
    Price of
    Deri-
    vative
    Security

3. Transaction
    Date

    (Month/
    Day/
    Year)

4. Transaction
    Code
    and
    Voluntary (V)
    Code
    (Instr.8)

Code | V

5. Number of Derivative
    Securities Acquired (A)
    or Disposed (D) Of

    (Instr. 3,4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable(DE) and
Expiration Date(ED)
(Month/Day/Year)

(DE) | (ED)

7. Title and Amount of
Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price
    of
    Derivative
    Security
    (Instr.5)

9. Number of
    Derivative
    Securities
    Beneficially
    Owned
    at End of
    Month
    (Instr.4)

10.
Owner-
ship
Form of
Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct
(D)
or
Indirect
(I)

11. Nature of
      Indirect
      Beneficial
      Ownership
      (Instr.4)

Options (Right to Buy)

$22.820

11/04/2002

A |

(A) 3,000.000 (2)

11/04/2003 | 11/03/2012

Common Stock Par Value $1.00 - 3,000.000

$22.820

3,000.000

Explanation of Responses :

** 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,
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/s/ Michelle R. Palermo-Murphy
________________________________ 11-04-2002
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Michelle R. Palermo-Murphy as Attorney-in-Fact for
Neil S. Fox

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SEC 1474 (3-99)

Fox, Neil S. - November 2002

Form 4 (continued)

FOOTNOTE Descriptions for New England Business Service, Inc. NEB

Form 4 - November 2002

Neil S. Fox
500 Main Street
c/o Legal Department
Groton, MA 01471-0001

Explanation of responses:

(1) Represents shares granted pursuant to the Company's Stock Compensation Plan.
(2) The share options vest in full on the first anniversary date following the grant date. The options are granted pursuant to the Company's Stock Compensation Plan.

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Dates Referenced Herein and Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘4’ Filing	Date	Other Filings

Filed on:	11/5/02	4
For Period end:	11/4/02	4
	12/31/01	11-K
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