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|F O R M 3 | Washington, D.C. 20549 | OMB APPROVAL |
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INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES |OMB Number 3235-0104|
|Expires: September 30, 1998|
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, | Estimated average burden |
Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or | hours per response....0.5 |
Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 - -------------------------
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|1. Name & Address of Reporting Person |2. Date of Event |4. Issuer Name and Ticker of Trading Symbol |
| | Requiring Statement| |
| Edmunds Jack R. | (Month/Day/Year) | inTEST Corporation ("INTT") |
| | |----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| |5.Relationship of Reporting | 6. If Amendment, Date of |
| (Last) (First) (MI) | October 1, 1998 | Person to Issuer) | Original(Month/Date/Year) |
| | | | |
| c/o inTEST Corporation |----------------------| Director 10% Owner | |
| 2 Pin Oak Lane |3. IRS or Social | ---- ---- |-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| Security Number of | |7.Individual or Joint/Group |
| (Street) | Reporting Person | X Officer(give Other | Filing(check applicable line)|
| | (Voluntary) | ---- title below) ---- (specify | |
| | | below) | X Form filed by one reporting|
| | | | --- person |
| | | VP of Operations | Form filed by more than one|
| | | ------------------------- | --- reporting person |
| Cherry Hill NJ 08003 | | | |
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| (City) (State) (Zip) | |
| | Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned |
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|1.Title of Security |2. Amount of Securities |3. Ownership |4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| (Instr. 4) | Beneficially Owned | Form: Direct | (Instr. 5) |
| | | (D) or Indirect | |
| | | (I) (Instr. 5) | |
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|<S> | <C> | <C> | <C> |
|Common Stock | 33,141 | D | |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class securities
beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction
5(b)(v).
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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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|1. Title of Derivative Security |2.Date Exercisable |3.Title and Amount of Securities|4.Conversion |5.Ownership |6. Name of |
| (Instr. 4) | and Expiration | Underlying Derivative | or Exercise| Form of | Indirect |
| | Date | (Instr. 4) | Price of | Derivative | Beneficial |
| | (Month/Day/Year) | | Derivative | Security: | Ownership |
| |-------------------|-------------------|------------| Security | Direct (D) | (Instr. 5) |
| | | | | | | or Indirect| |
| | Date | Expira-| | Amount or | | (I) | |
| | Exer- | tion | Title | Number of | | (Instr. 5) | |
| | cisable | Date | | Shares | | | |
|--------------------------------|----------|--------|-------------------|------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|<S> |<C> |<C> |<C> | <C> | <C> | <C> |<C> |
| Employee Stock Options (right | | | | | | | |
| to buy) | *1 |8/12/08 | Common Stock | 20,000 | $4.25 | D | |
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Explanation of Responses:
*1 Exercisable in annual increments of 20%, beginning on 8/13/99, the first
anniversary date of the effective date of the grant.
/s/Jack R. Edmunds 10/13/98
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
**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 provided is insufficient,
see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information
contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form
displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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