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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 International Bancorp, Inc. (FNCE)
(Last) (First) (Middle) 3. IRS Identifi- 4. Statement for ___ Director _X_ 10% Owner
cation Number of Month/Year
Reporting Person, August, 1999 ___ Officer ___ Other
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 08/05/99 P 31,000 A $11.374
Common Stock 08/13/99 P 4,500 A $11.447
Common Stock 08/18/99 P 7,250 A $11.306
Common Stock 08/19/99 P 2,750 A $11.130
Common Stock 08/20/99 P 4,500 A $11.242 1,633,000 D
138,169 I By Spouse
55,000(1) I (1)
*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 Response)
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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 and 4) 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, Owned Direct (Instr.
and 5) 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
cisable Date Number
of
Shares
Explanation of Responses: See Page 3
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By: /s/ Rhoda L. Chase 9/3/99
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** 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: Chase, Rhoda L.
c/o Chase Enterprises
One Commercial Plaza
Hartford, CT 06103
Item 2: First International Bancorp, Inc. (FNCE)
Item 4: August, 1999
Explanation of Responses:
(1) These shares are owned by DTC Holdings Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of D.T. Chase Enterprises, Inc. ("DTCE"). The reporting
person owns 6.30% of the common stock of DTCE and the reporting
person's husband owns 42.34% of the common stock of DTCE. The
reporting person's husband is the President and Chairman of the Board
of DTCE and the President, Treasurer and Chairman of the Board of
DTC Holdings Corporation. 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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