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FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
/ / Check this box if STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
no longer subject to
Section 16. Form 4 or
Form 5 obligations may Filed pusuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
continue. Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935
See Instruction 1(b). or Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to
Symbol Issuer (Check all applicable)
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Chase Rhoda L. First Intrnational Bancorp, Inc. (FNCE)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS or Social 4. Statement for ___ Director _X_ 10% Owner
Security Number Month/Year
of Reporting Per- January, 1998 ___ Officer ___ Other
son, if an entity (give title (specify below)
c/o Chase Enterprises, One Commercial Plaza (Voluntary) below)
(Street)
Hartford CT 06103
(City) (State) (Zip)
5. If Amendment, 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
Date of Original (Check Applicable Line)
Month/Year _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One
Reporting Person
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Table 1 -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security 2. Trans- 3. 4. Securities 5. Amount of 6. Owner- 7. Nature of
(Instr. 3) action Trans- Acquired (A) Securities ship Form: Indirect
Date action or Disposed of (D) Beneficially Direct Beneficial
Code (Instr. 3,4 and 5) Owned at End of (D) or Ownership
(Month (Instr.8) (A) Month Indirect
/Day/ or (I)
Year) Code V Amount (D) Price (Instr.3 and 4) (Instr. 4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock 1/1/98 P 10,000 A $14.00/sh D
Common Stock 1/16/98 P 25,000 A $14.375/sh 1,460,000 D
Common Stock 1/27/98 J(1) 149,877(1) I By Spouse
Common Stock (2)
*If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
(OVER)
(Print or Type Responses)
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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)
1. Title of 2.Con- 3.Tran- 4.Tran- 5. Number 6.Date 7.Title and 8.Price 9.Number 10.Own- 11.Na
Derivative version saction saction of Deriv- Exer- Amount of of of ship ture
Security or Date Code ative cisable and Underlying Deriv- Deriv- Form of In-
(Instr.3) Exercise (Month/ (Instr. Securities Expiration Securities ative ative of direct
Price Day/ 8) Acquired Date (Instr.3,5) Secur- Secur- Deriv- Bene-
of Year) (A) or (Month/Day ity ities ative ficial
Deriv- Disposed Year) (Instr.5) Bene- Secur- Own-
ative of (D) ficially ity: ship
Security (Inst.3,4,5) Owned Direct (Instr.
at End (D) or 4)
of Indirect
Month (I)
(Instr.4) (Instr.4)
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Code V (A) (D) Date Expir- Title Amount
Exer- ation or
cisableDate Number
of
Shares
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Explanation of Responses: See Page 3.
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By:/s/ Rhoda L. Chase 2/6/98
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Name: Rhoda L. Chase
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal
Criminal Violations.
See 18 U.S.C 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
If space provided is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
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FORM 4
(continued)
Item 1: Rhoda L. Chase
c/o Chase Enterprises
One Commercial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103
Item 2: First International Bancorp, Inc. (FNCE)
Item 4: January, 1998
Explanation of Responses
(1) On the date on which the reporting person became subject to Section 16
with respect to First International Bancorp, Inc., the Cheryl A. Chase
Marital trust (the "Trust") held 32,032 shares of common stock in a
brokerage account with respect to which the reporting person's husband
had been granted the shared power to direct sales and to transfer funds.
On January 27, 1998, the Trust transferred such shares out of such
brokerage account.
(2) The reporting person owns 2.20% of the common stock of D.T. Chase
Enterprises, Inc. ("DTCE") and the reporting person's husband owns 33.95%
of the common stock of DTCE. The reporting person's husband is the
President and Chairman of the Board of DTCE. American Ranger Inc. ("ARI")
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTCE and the reporting person's husband is
the President, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer of ARI. Between
December 30, 1997 and January 6, 1998, ARI purchased an aggregate of
25,000 shares of First International Bancorp, Inc. in open market
transactions. The reporting person expressly disclaims beneficial
ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an
admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such
securities for purposes of Section 16 or for any other purpose.
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