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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the
Investment Company Act of 1940
(Print or Type Responses)
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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)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
Holland Melvyn A. Slade's Ferry Bancorp-SFBC [X] Director [ ] 10% Owner
[ ] Officer (give title below)
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(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. I.R.S. Identi- 4. Statement for _____________________________
fication Number Month/Day/Year ---------------------------------------
16 Hidden Bay Drive of Reporting 4/15/2003 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
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(Street) entity 5. If Amendment, [X] Form filed by One Reporting Person
(Voluntary) Date of Original [ ] Form filed by More than One
New Bedford MA 02714 026-28-7088 (Month/Day/Year) Reporting Person
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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- |2A. Deemed |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Ownership |7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) | action | Execu- | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | Form: | Indirect
| Date | tion | Code | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially| Direct (D) | Beneficial
| | Date, if| (Instr.| | Owned | or In- | Ownership
| | any | 8) | | Following | direct (I) | (Instr. 4)
| (Month/ | (Month/ | | | Reported | (Instr. 4) |
| Day/ | Day/ |__________|___________________________| Transactions| |
| Year) | Year) |Code V | Amount (A)or Price | (Instr. 3 | |
| | | | (D) | and 4) | |
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Common Stock; $.01 | | | | | | |
par value | 1/24/03 | | J | 5.459 A 13.95| 851.631 | D |
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FORM 4 (continued)
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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1.Title of |2.Conver-|3.Trans-|3A.Deemed|4.Trans-|5.Number of |6.Date Exer-|7.Title and Amount|8.Price |9.Number |10.Own-|11.Nature
Derivative |sion or |action |Execution|action |Derivative |cisable and |of Underlying Se- |of Deri-|of Deriv-|ership |of In-
Security |Exercise |Date |Date, if |Code |Securities |Expiration |curities |vative |ative |Form of|direct
(Instr. 3) |Price of |(Month |any |(Instr. |Acquired (A)|Date |(Instr. 3 and 4) |Security|Securi- |Deriva-|Benefi-
|Deri- |Day/ |(Month/ |8) |or Disposed |(Month/Day | |(Instr. |ties |tive |cial
|vative |Year) |Day/Year)| |of (D) |Year) | |5) |Bene- |Securi-|Owner-
|Security | | | |(Instr. 3, | | | |ficially |ty: Di-|ship
| | | | |4 and 5) | | | |Owned |rect |Instr.
| | | | | | | | |Follow- |(D) |4)
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| | | |________|____________|____________|__________________| |Reported |direct |
| | | | |Date | | |Trans- |(I) |
| | | | | |Exer- Expir-| Amount or | |action(s)|(Instr.|
| | | | | |cis- ation | Number of | |(Instr. |4) |
| | | |Code V | (A) (D) |able Date |Title Shares | |4) | |
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| | | | | | |Common | | | |
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Option | | | | | | |($.01
(right to | | | | | |4/15/ 4/14/|par | | | |
buy | $14.59 | 4/15/03| | A | 20 | 03 08 |value 2,000 | 0 | 101 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
A Incentive Stock Option Plan
J Dividend Reinvestment
/s/ Melvyn A. Holland 4/16/03
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** Signature of Reporting Person Date
By authorized signator:
/s/ Isola A. Anctil
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Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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