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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
/ / Check this box if no
longer subject to Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Section 16. Form 4 Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the
or Form 5 obligations Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
may continue. See or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company
Instruction 1(b). Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
Lacey, David W. Technitrol, Inc. (TNL) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social Security 4. Statement for ---- ---
Number of Reporting Month/Year X Officer (give Other (specify
29 W. Sunset Avenue Person (Voluntary) November 1998 ---- title --- below)
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(Street) Vice President Human Resources
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5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of (Check Applicable Line)
Original X Form filed by One Reporting
Philadelphia, PA 19118 ###-##-#### (Month/Year) ---- Person
Form filed by More than One
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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. Transac- 4. Securities Acquired (A) 5. Amount of 6. Ownership 7. Nature
(Instr. 3) action tion or Disposed of (D) Securities Form: of In-
Date Code (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) Beneficially Direct (D) direct
(Instr. 8) Owned at or Indirect Benefi-
(Month/ End of Month (I) cial
Day/ --------------------------------------- (Instr. 3 and 4) (Instr. 4) Owner-
Year) Code V Amount (A) or Price ship
(D) (Instr.
4)
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Common Stock 11/5/98 P 1,000 A 29.00 1,500 D
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. (Over)
SEC 1474 (8/92)
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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 Derivative 2. Conver- 3. Trans- 4. Trans- 5. Number of 6. Date Exer- 7. Title and Amount 8. Price
Security sion or action action Derivative cisable and of Underlying of
(Instr. 3) Exercise Date Code Securities Ac- Expiration Securities Derivative
Price of (Month/ (Instr. 8) quired (A) or Date (Instr. 3 and 4) Security
Deriv- Day/ Disposed of (D) (Month/Day/ (Instr. 5)
ative Year) (Instr. 3, 4, Year) (Instr. 5)
Security and 5)
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Date Expira- Amount or
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Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Shares
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9. Number of 10. Ownership 11. Nature of
Derivative Form of Indirect
Securities Derivative Beneficial
Beneficially Security: Ownership
Owned at End Direct (D) (Instr. 4)
of Month or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Explanation of Responses:
**Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. /s/ David W. Lacey 12/1/98
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). ------------------------------- ------
**Signature of Reporting Person Date
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. Page 2
If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. SEC 1474 (7-96)
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