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FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OMB APPROVAL
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OMB Number: 3235-0287
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Expires: May 31, 1994
Estimated average burden
[ ] Check box if no hours per response........0.5
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Section 16. Form 4 Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
or Form 5 obligations Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
Instruction 1(b)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
Person (Check all applicable)
Pitlor Joel Precision Optics Corporation, Inc. (POCI)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for Month/Year [ ] Officer (give [ ] Other (Specify
Security Number 10/98 title below)
19 Chalk Street of Reporting below)
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(Street) 5. If Amendment, Date of
Original (Month/Year)
Cambridge MA 02139 -----------------------------------------------
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(City) (State) (Zip) TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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1.Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. Trans- 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature
(Instruction 3) action action Acquired (A) or Securities Form: of In-
Date Code Disposed of (D) Beneficially Direct (D) direct
(Month/ (Instr. 8) (Instr. 3, 4 Owned at or Indirect Bene-
Day/ and 5) End of Month (I) (Instr.4) ficial
Year) -------------------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) Ownership
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price (Inst. 4)
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Common Stock 10/1/98 P 1,200 A $1.00 D
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Common Stock 10/2/98 P 1,000 A $1.00 D
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Common Stock 10/5/98 P 1,000 A $1.00 D
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Common Stock 10/6/98 P 2,000 A $1.00 D
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Common Stock 10/7/98 P 13,000 A $1.00 127,717 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly (Over)
(Print or type responses) SEC 1474 (8-92)
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FORM 4 (CONT'D) TABLE II -- DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF, OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
(e.g. PUTS, CALLS, WARRANTS, OPTIONS, CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES)
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1. Title of Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of Deriv- 6. Date Exercisable 7. Title and Amount of
Securities sion or action action ative Securities and Expiration Underlying Securities
(Instruction 3) Exercise Date Code Acquired (A) or Date (Month/ (Instr. 3 and 4)
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) Disposed of (D) Day/Year)
Deriv- Day/ Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
ative Year) ------------------------------------------------
Security Date Expira- Title Amount or
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Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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8. Price of Derivative 9. Number of Derivative 10. Ownership Form of 10. Nature of Indirect
Security (Instr. 5) Securities Beneficially Derivative Security: Beneficial Ownsership
Owned at End of Month Direct (D) or (Instr. 4)
(Instr. 4) Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations. /s/ Joel Pitlor 11/03/98
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ----------------------------------------- -------------
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Joel Pitlor
Joel Pitlor
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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