SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Vessey, Thomas E. (Last) (First) (Middle) ~~5338~~218 ~~Cloverly~~E. ~~Avenue~~State Street (Street) ~~Temple City~~Redlands, CA ~~91780~~92373 (City) (State) (Zip) 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Centennial First Financial ServicesCFFX.OB 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (voluntary) ~~###-##-####~~ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year ~~11/05/~~November 2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Description Executive Vice President and Chief ~~Credit~~Financial Officer 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)

2.TransactionDate(Month/Day/Year)

2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any(Month/Day/Year)

3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)

6. Owner- ship Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

Amount

A/D

Price

Common

1,050

Common

525

son

Common

525

daughter

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conver- sion or Exercise Price of Deri- vative Security

3. Transaction Date(Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr.8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exercisable(DE) and Expiration Date(ED) (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.4)

10. Owner-shipForm ofDeriv-ativeSecurities:Direct (D)orIndirect (I)(Instr.4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.4)

Code

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common*

11/03/2002

2,000

(1)

11/05/2012

Common

2,000

$21.00

2,000

Common

11/03/2002

2,000

(1)

11/03/2012

Common

$21.00

2,000

Explanation of Responses:

J*: Stock Option Grant(1) Stock Option granted ~~11-3-02.~~ 20% vested after each 1 year. After 5 years 100% vested.

By:
/s/
** Signature of Reporting Person Date

SEC 1474 (8-02)

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* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
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