4 1 jaforma.txt FORM 4 U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 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(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 [_] Check box if no longer subject of Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Allbritton Joe Lewis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Last) (First) (Middle) 2970 Lazy Lane -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Street) Houston Texas 77019 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (City) (State) (Zip) ________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Riggs National Corporation RIGS ________________________________________________________________________________ 3. IRS Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an Entity (Voluntary) ________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year April 16, 2003 ________________________________________________________________________________ 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year) ================================================================================ 6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer (Check all applicable) [X] Director [X] 10% Owner [ ] Officer (give title below) [_] Other (specify below) _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check applicable line) [_] 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 ================================================================================

5. 6. 4. 5.Amount of Owner- Securities Acquired (A) or ~~Amount~~Securities of ship 3. Disposed of (D) ~~Securities~~Beneficially Form: 7. 2A. Transaction (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) ~~Beneficially~~Owned Following Direct Nature of 2. Deemed Code ------------------------------- ~~Owned~~Reported ~~at End~~ (D) or Indirect 1. Transaction Execution (Instr. 8) (A) ofTransaction(s) ~~Month~~ Indirect Beneficial Title of Security Date Date ------------ Amount or Price (Instr. 3 (I) Ownership (Instr. 3) (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy) Code V (D) and 4) (Instr.4) (Instr. 4) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ====================================================================================================================================

* 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. (Print or Type Responses) (Over) (Form 4-07/98) FORM 4 (continued) Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) ================================================================================

109. 910. Number Owner- ~~Number~~0f ship ofDeriv- Form 2. ~~Deriv~~ative- of Conver- 5. 7. ~~ative~~Secur- Deriv- 11. sion Number of Title and Amount ~~Secur-~~ities ative Nature or Derivative 6. of Underlying 8. ~~ities~~Bene- Secur- of Exer- 4. Securities Date Securities Price ~~Bene-~~ficially ity: In- cise 3. 3A. Trans- Acquired (A) Exercisable and (Instr. 3 and 4) of ~~ficially~~Owned Direct direct Price Trans- Deemed action or Disposed Expiration Date ---------------- Deriv- ~~Owned~~Following (D) or Bene- 1. of action Execution Code of(D) (Month/Day/Year) Amount ative atReported ~~End~~ In- ficial Title of Deriv- Date Date, (Instr. (Instr. 3, ---------------- or Secur- ofTrans- direct Owner- Derivative ative (Month/ if any 8) 4 and 5) Date Expira- Number ity ~~Month~~action(s) (I) ship Security Secur- Day/ (Month/ ------ ------------ Exer- tion of (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. (Instr. 3) ity Year) Day/Year) Code V (A) (D) cisable Date Title Shares 5) 4) 4) 4) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~---~~ Option to ~~Buy (1)~~ $13.1984 74/1716/0203 A V 2,500 74/1716/0203 74/1716/1213 Common 2,500 3,~~877~~880,~~500~~000* 3,850,000 D ~~------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Buy 27(1) 30,~~500~~000 I** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~---~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~---~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~---~~ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~---~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (1) These ~~options~~Options were granted to Mrs. Allbritton under the 2002 Riggs National Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan. =================================================================================================================================~~===~~

Explanation of Responses: * All such options are currently exercisable. ** Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4), Mr. Allbritton disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities which represent options to buy granted to Mrs. Barbara B. Allbritton, his wife, pursuant to the Company's plans. /s/ Joe L. Allbritton April 17, 2003 --------------------------------------------- ----------------------- **Signature of Reporting Person Date ** 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. Page 2

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