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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
ANNUAL 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
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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)
Almy Thomas B. 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/Year ---------------------------------------
958 Regan Road of Reporting 12/2002 7. Individual or Joint/Group Reporting
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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
(Month/Year) Reporting Person
Somerset MA 02726 034-24-9704
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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. Transaction|3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) | Date | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship Form:| Indirect
| (Month/Day/| Code | (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | Beneficially | Direct (D)| Beneficial
| Year) | (Instr. 8)| | | | Owned at | or | Ownership
| | | | | Price | end of Issuer's| Indirect | (Instr. 4)
| | | |(A) or| | Fiscal Year | (I) |
| | | Amount |(D) | | (Instr. 3 and 4| (Instr.4) |
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Common stock; $.01 | | | | | | | |
par value | | | | | | 63,450 | D |
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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 |8.Price |9.Number |10.Own- |11.Nature
Security |sion or |action |action |Derivative |cisable and |Amount of |of Deri-|of Deriva-|ership |of Indir-
(Instr. 3) |Exercise |Date |Code |Securities |Expiration |Underlying |vative |tive |of De- |ect Bene-
|Price of |(Month/ |(Instr. |Acquired(A)|Date(Month/ |Securities |Secu- |Securities|rivative |ficial
|Derivative|Day/Year)|8) |or Disposed|Day/Year) | | |rity |Benefi- |Securi- |Ownership
|Security | | |of (D) |Date |Expir-| |Amount|(Instr. |ficially |ty: Di- |(Instr.
| | | |(Instr. 3, |Exer- |ation | |or |5) |Owned at |rect (D) |4)
| | | |4, and 5) |cisa- |Date | |Number| |End of |or Indi- |
| | | | (A) | (D) |ble | | |of | |Year |rect (I) |
| | | | | | | |Title |Shares| |Instr. 4) |Instr. 4)|
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| | | | | | | |Common| | | | |
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Option (right to | | | | | |4/9/ |4/10/ |par | | | | |
Buy) | $14.15 | 4/9/02 | A | 20 | |02 |07 |value)| 2000 | 0 | 102 | D |
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Explanation of Responses:
A. Incentive Stock Option Plan
/s/ Thomas B. Almy 02/01/03
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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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