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CUSIP No. 743737 10 8
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Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)
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(a) Linda Eder
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2.
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Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
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(a)
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Not applicable.
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(b)
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Not applicable.
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3.
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SEC Use Only
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4.
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Source of Funds (See Instructions): PF
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5.
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Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6.
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Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States of America
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Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
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Sole Voting Power 0
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Shared Voting Power 892,742a
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9.
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Sole Dispositive Power 0
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10.
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Shared Dispositive Power 892,742a
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11.
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Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 892,742
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12.
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Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions)
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Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 18.4% (based upon 4,841,955 shares outstanding)
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14.
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Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN
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1.
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Name of Reporting Person:
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(a)
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Linda Eder Trust
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2.
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Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
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Not applicable
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(b)
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Not applicable.
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3.
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SEC Use Only
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4.
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Source of Funds (See Instructions): PF
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5.
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Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)
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6.
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Citizenship or Place of Organization: United States of America
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Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With
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Sole Voting Power 74,580
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Shared Voting Power 0
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Sole Dispositive Power 74,580
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10.
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Shared Dispositive Power 0
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11.
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Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person: 74,580b
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12.
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Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions):
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13.
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Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11): 1.5% (based upon 4,841,955 shares outstanding)
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14.
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Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions): OO
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Item 1.
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Security and Issuer
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Common Stock $0.50 par value per share (“Common Stock”), Providence and Worcester Railroad Company, 75 Hammond Street, Worcester, MA 01610.
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Item 2.
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Identity and Background
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(a)
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Linda Eder
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(i)
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Linda Eder;
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(ii)
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Residential Address: 130 Sunrise Avenue, Apt. 507, Palm Beach, Florida 33480;
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(iii)
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Retired;
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(iv)
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During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding;
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(v)
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During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction with respect to, and the Reporting Person is not subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws; and
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(vi)
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United States.
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(b)
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Linda Eder Trust
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(i)
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Linda Eder Trust;
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(ii)
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Residential Address: c/o Linda Eder, 130 Sunrise Avenue, Apt. 507, Palm Beach, Florida 33480;
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(iii)
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N/A;
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(iv)
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During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been convicted in a criminal proceeding;
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(v)
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During the last five years, the Reporting Person has not been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction with respect to, and the Reporting Person is not subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws; and
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(vi)
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United States.
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Item 3.
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Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
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The funds used to purchase certain securities herein described came from the personal resources of the Reporting Person.
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Item 4.
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Purpose of Transaction
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Linda Eder transferred 74,580 shares of the Common Stock of the Company to the Linda Eder Trust, a revocable inter-vivos trust, of which she and her husband, Robert H. Eder, are co-trustees. Mrs. Eder is also co-trustee with her husband of the Robert H. Eder Trust established by her husband which owns 768,162 shares of the Common Stock of the Company and 500 shares of the Company’s Preferred Stock which is convertible into 50,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Mr. Eder is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Eder and Mrs. Eder acquired the shares held by the trusts over time as an investment. Ms. Eder does not have any plans, which relate to or would result in: (a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the issuer, or the disposition of the securities of the issuer; (b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization, or liquidation, involving the issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the issuer or any of its subsidiaries; (d) any change in the present board of directors or management of the issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board; (e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the issuer; (f) any other material change in the issuer’s business or corporate structure; (g) changes in the issuer’s charter, by-laws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the issuer by any person; (h) causing a class of securities of the issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association; (i) a class of equity securities of the issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act; or (j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above. Linda Eder Trust has no such plans in its capacity as an investor.
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(a)
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The aggregate number of securities identified pursuant to Item 1 beneficially owned by Ms. Eder is 892,742c, representing 18.4% of the 4,841,955 shares of the issuer’s Class A Common Stock outstanding on December 31, 2012, of which 74,580 shares are held directly by the Linda Eder Trust and 768,162 shares are held by the Robert H. Eder Trust.
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(b)
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(i) The number of shares as to which Ms. Eder has sole power to vote or to direct the vote is 0; the number of shares as to which there is shared power to vote or to direct the vote is 842,742d; the number of shares as to which there is sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition is 0; the number of shares as to which there is shared power to dispose or direct the disposition is 842,742d.
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(c)
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(i), (ii) None
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(d)
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(i), (ii) Not applicable.
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(e)
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(i), (ii) Not applicable.
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Item 6.
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Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with respect to securities of the Issuer.
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Item 7.
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Material to be filed as exhibits.
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Date February 21, 2014
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/s/ Stephen J. Carlotti | |
| Stephen J. Carlotti, as Attorney-In-Fact for | |||
| Linda Eder and the Linda Eder Trust | |||