X0201 42004-01-21 0000050341 FLEETBOSTON FINANCIAL CORP FBF 0001195062 GIFFORD CHARLES K FLEETBOSTON FINANCIAL CORPORATION 100 FEDERAL STREET BOSTON MA 02110 1100Chairman and CEOCommon Stock2003-05-095G044110D407689DCommon Stock2003-06-095G039930D403696DCommon Stock2003-07-225G0100D403686DCommon Stock2003-12-175G090000D394686DCommon Stock2004-01-214M04535336.55A440039DCommon Stock2004-01-214F03740144.32D402638DCommon Stock2004-01-214F0252544.32D400113DCommon Stock981.4663IAs CustodianCommon Stock101403IBy GRAT ICommon Stock200000IBy GRAT IICommon Stock0IBy DaughterEmployee Stock Option (Right to Buy)36.552004-01-214M0453530D1999-10-012004-01-27Common Stock453530DEmployee Stock Option (Right to Buy)44.322004-01-214A0374010A2004-01-212004-01-27Common Stock3740137401DDelivery of previously owned shares to pay stock option exercise price.Withholding of shares or delivery of previously owned shares to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with a stock option exercise.Since the reporting person's last report, 85,905 shares previously held through a grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT I) have been distributed and are now directly owned.The reporting person no longer has a reportable beneficial interest in 4,707 shares owned by his daughter and included in the reporting person's prior ownership reports.Martha R. Francis, Attorney-in-Fact for Charles K. Gifford 2004-01-23