1. Name and Address of Reporting Person KING, JR., SAMUEL C. 10200 DAVID TAYLOR DRIVE PO BOX 37937 CHARLOTTE, NC 28237-7937 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FIRST CHARTER CORPORATION (FCTR) 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) (X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) 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 |2. Trans- |3. Trans- |4. Securities Acquired (A) |5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature | | | action | action | or Disposed of (D) | Securities | ship | of In- | | | Date | Code | | Beneficially | Form: | direct | | | | | | Owned at | Direct | Bene- | | | (Month/ | | | End of | (D) or | ficial | | | Day/ | +-----------+------+----------+ Year | Indirect| Owner- | | | Year) | |Amount |A/D |Price | | (I) | ship | +---------------------------------+----------+-------------+-----------+------+----------+----------------+-----------+------------+ Common Stock 01/17/2002 R 313.6074 A $17.7293 D Common Stock 03/19/2002 M 360 A $15.7500 D Common Stock 03/22/2002 G -350 D $19.0000 D Common Stock 04/11/2002 R 284.0677 A $19.7780 31496.793 D Common Stock 01/17/2002 R 23.0838 A $17.7293 I King's Office Supply, Inc. Common Stock 04/11/2002 R 20.9025 A $19.7780 I King's Office Supply, Inc. Common Stock 07/11/2002 R 23.3862 A $17.8387 I King's Office Supply, Inc. Common Stock 10/11/2002 R 26.3277 A $16.4500 2367.3583 I King's Office Supply, Inc. Common Stock 14798 I Jean G. King - Mother Common Stock 5720.7594 I Joint - Samuel & Carol King Common Stock 0 I Samuel King, Cust., Sarah King Common Stock 01/17/2002 R 44.4219 A $17.7293 I Spouse - Carol S. King Common Stock 04/11/2002 R 40.2245 A $19.7780 4460.0102 I Spouse - Carol S. King Common Stock - Street Name 6937 D TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned +-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ |1. |2. |3. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. | | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | | | | | | | | | | |of |ship | | | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| | | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | | | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature | | |Conver- | | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of | | |sion or | | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi- |ity: |In- | | |Exercise| | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct | | |Price of|Transac- |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- | |Title of |Deriv- |tion Date |tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of |at End |In- |ficial | |Derivative |ative |(Month/ | +-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative|of |direct |Owner- | |Security |Security|Day/Year) | |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security |Year |(I) |ship | +-------------+--------+----------+---------+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+--------+-------+-------+ Stock Option $15.75 03/19/2002 M 360 01/17/2001 01/17/2011 Common 360 $15.7500 1440 D Stock Stock Option $17.37 01/16/2012 Common 2500 D Stock Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ SAMUEL C. KING, JR. DATE 02/13/2003