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Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 4 OMB APPROVAL
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL
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/_/ Check this box if no OMB Number: 3235-0287
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Expires: September 30, 1998
Section 16. Form 4 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) Estimated average
or Form 5 of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of burden hours per
obligations may 1935 or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company response............... 0.5
continue. See Act of 1940 ----------------------------
Instruction 1(b).
(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of 2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or 6. Relationship of Reporting
Reporting Person* Trading Symbol Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Trend-Lines, Inc. __ Director _X_ 10% Owner
BLACK EMILIA F. "TRND" __ Officer (give ___ Other (specify
________________________________ title below)
(Last) (First) (Middle) below)
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Trend-Lines, Inc.
135 American Legion Highway 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement
________________________________ Security Number for
(Street) of Reporting Month/Year
Person
(Voluntary) May, 1998
Revere MA 02151
________________________________ 5. If 7. Individual or Joint/Group
(City (State) (Zip) Amendment, Filing
Date of (Check Applicable Line)
Original _X__Form filed by One Reporting
(Month/ Person
Year) ____Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person
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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 Acquired 5. Amount 6. Owner- 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action action (A) or of ship of
Date Code Disposed of (D) Securities Form: Indirect
(Month/ (Instr.8) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Benefi- Direct (D) Beneficial
Day/ cially or Indi- Ownership
Year) Owned at rect (I) (Instr. 4)
End of (Instr. 4)
Month
(Instr. 3
and 4)
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Code V Amount (A) or Price
(D)
Class A Common Stock 5/12/98 S V 20,000 A $6.3725 2,555,772 * *
Class A Common Stock 5/14/98 S V 8,000 A $6.3725 2,555,772 * *
Class A Common Stock 5/14/98 S V 2,000 A $6.25 2,555,772 * *
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* See Attached Schedule A
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of
securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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FORM 4 (continued) 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 2. Con- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Num- 6. Date 7. Title 8. Price 9. Num- 10. Own- 11. Na-
Derivative version action action ber of Exercis- and Amount of De- ber of ership ture of
Security or Date Code Deri- able and of Under- rivative Deriva- Form of Indi-
(Instr. 3) Exer- (Month/ (Instr. vative Expiration lying Secu- Secu- tive Deriva- rect Ben-
cise Day/ 8) Secu- Date rities rity Securi- tive Se- eficial
Price Year) rities (Month/Day/ (Instr. 3 (Instr. ties Ben- curity: Owner-
of De- Acquired Year) and 4) 5) eficially Direct ship
rivative (A) or Owned at (D) or (Instr.
Security Disposed End of Indirect 4)
of (D) Month (I)
(Instr. 3, (Instr. (Instr.
4, and 5) 4) 4)
__________ ___________ ____________ _____________
Code V (A) (D) Date Expi- Title Amount
Exer- ra- or
cis- tion Number
able Date of
Shares
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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). /s/ Emilia F. Black May 29, 1998
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Emilia F. Black
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SCHEDULE A
TO
FORM 4
EMILIA F. BLACK
CLASS A COMMON STOCK SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED
Emilia F. Black 2,555,772(1)(2)
(1) Emilia F. Black shares voting and investment control with
her spouse, Stanley D. Black, with respect to 118,500 shares of
Class A Common Stock. Mrs. Black does not currently have voting
or investment power with respect to 9,313 shares of Class A
Common Stock deemed beneficially owed by her, but has the right,
in her capacity as settlor of a certain trust, to acquire such
shares. Of the aggregate 2,427,959 shares of Class B Common
Stock deemed beneficially owned by Mrs. Black, 1,100,000 shares
are held of record by a limited partnership (the "Limited
Partnership") of which Mrs. Black and Mr. Black are the general
partners and share voting and investment power. All other shares
are held of record by various trusts created by Mr. Black and/or
Mrs. Black. Mrs. Black has sole voting and investment power with
respect to 967,852 of the 2,427,959 shares of Class B Common
Stock deemed beneficially owned by her. Mrs. Black does not
currently have voting or investment power with respect to the
aggregate of 381,087 shares of Class B Common Stock deemed
beneficially owned by her, but has the right, in her capacity as
settlor of certain trusts, to acquire such shares. Except for
these 381,087 shares and the 1,100,000 shares held of record by
the Limited Partnership, Mrs. Black disclaims beneficial
ownership of all shares listed as beneficially owned by Mr.
Black. Of the aggregate 2,427,959 shares of Class B Common Stock
deemed beneficially owned by Mrs. Black, 1,792,749 shares
(including the aggregate 1,100,000 held of record by a limited
partnership as noted above) are also deemed beneficially owned by
Mr. Black.
(2) Includes shares of Class B Common Stock which are
convertible at any time into Class A Common Stock on a share-
for-share basis.
