4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP [ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person(s) Perry, Joseph H. 106 Horizon Dr Ithaca, NY 14850 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Tompkins Trustco, Inc. (TMP) 3. I.R.S. Identification Number of Reporting Person, if an entity (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Day/Year 3/3/2003 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) Senior Vice President Trust 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 2)Trans- 3.Trans- 4.Securities Acquired(A) 5)Amount of 6) 7)Nature of action action or Disposed of (D) Securities Indirect Date Code A Beneficially D Beneficial (Month/ or Owned at or Ownership Day/Year) Code V Amount D Price End of Month I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Common Stock 02/28/03 M 475 A $19.2667 D Direct Common Stock 02/28/03 S 475 D $44.7260 450 D Direct Common Stock - 401K/ESOP 9,353 D Direct Common Stock DRIP 295 D Direct Common Stock DRIP 4 I by Son Common Stock DRIP 4 I by Son 2 Table II (PART 1) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1 through 6) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 2)Conversion 3)Trans- 4)Trans- 5)Number of Derivative 6)Date Exercisable and Security or Exercise action action Securities Acquired (A) Expiration Date Price of Date Code or Disposed of (D) Derivative Security Code V A D Exercisable Expiration ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right $19.2667 02/28/03 M 475 02/13/06 to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right $23.6587 08/12/07 to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right $26.6250 09/14/10 to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right $42.9000 09/30/12 to buy) Table II (PART 2) Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (Columns 1,3 and 7 through 11) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1)Title of Derivative 3)Trans- 7)Title and Amount 8)Price 9)Number of 10) 11)Nature of Security action of Underlying of Deri- Derivative Indirect Date Securities vative Securities D Beneficial Amount or Security Beneficially or Ownership Number of Owned at I - Title Shares End of Month ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Incentive Stock Option (right 02/28/03 Common Stock 475 1,125 D Direct to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right Common Stock 1,500 1,500 D Direct to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right Common Stock 3,500 3,500 D Direct to buy) Incentive Stock Option (right Common Stock 3,000 3,000 D Direct to buy)Explanation of Responses: SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /S/ Perry, Joseph H. DATE 03/03/03