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<CONFORMED-NAME>JACLYN INC
<CIK>0000052969
<ASSIGNED-SIC>3100
<IRS-NUMBER>221432053
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>0630
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<STREET1>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
<PHONE>2018689400
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
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<STREET1>5801 JEFFERSON STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
</MAIL-ADDRESS>
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<CONFORMED-NAME>CHESTNOV ROBERT
<CIK>0001052475
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<STREET1>C/O JACLYN INC
<STREET2>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
<PHONE>2127046393
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<STREET1>635 59TH STREET
<CITY>WEST NEW YORK
<STATE>NJ
<ZIP>07093
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         <transactionPricePerShare>
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      <expirationDate>
         <value>2006-06-30</value>
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   <footnotes>
      <footnote id="F1"> 46,653 shares are also held indirectly by the Reporting Person.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F2"> Indirect shares include 372 shares owned by the undersigned's wife and 6,906 shares held by the undersigned's wife as custodian for their children.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F3"> Indirect shares include 27,423 shares owned by a trust in which the undersigned is a co-trustee and 10,952 shares allocated to his account under the ESOP.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F4"> Indirect shares exclude 81,622 additional ESOP shares and 22,654 shares owned by the Jaclyn, Inc. Employees Pension Trust as to which the undersigned acts as co-trustee.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F5"> Indirect shares exclude 3,500 shares owned by a charitable trust as to which the undersigned acts as co-trustee.</footnote>

      <footnote id="F6"> The filing of this statement should not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or otherwise.</footnote>
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   <ownerSignature>
      <signatureName>/s/ Jaclyn Hartstein, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
      <signatureDate>2003-11-12</signatureDate>
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