X0201 42003-10-02 0000787075 FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDINGS INC /DE/ FFCH 0001226824 SALMONS RICHARD W JR 7 PRICES ALLEY CHARLESTON SC 29401 1000Option23.22752003-10-022003-10-024J041223.2275A2003-10-012013-10-01Common Stock412901DJ - Grant to the reporting person to buy 412 shares of common stock under the First Financial Holdings, Inc. Outside Directors Stock Options-for-Fees Plan which was approved by the stockholders on January 25, 1995, and which is exempt under old Rule 16b-3.Richard W. Salmons, Jr.2003-10-06