content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
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                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
          Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 7, 2002
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                            Sutter Holding Company, Inc.
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
  
  
          Delaware                     1-15733                   59-2651232
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  (State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File          (IRS Employer
   of Incorporation)               Number)                   Identification No.)
  
  
     150 Post Street, Suite 405, San Francisco, California              94108
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            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)
  
  
  
      Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (415) 788-1441
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            (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  
  
  
  
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  ITEM 5.  Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure
  
  On October 7, 2002, the registrant, Sutter Holding Company, Inc., entered into a
  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement with Third Half Millenium Company, Inc., an
  Illinois corporation. The agreement provides for the sale by the registrant to
  Third Half Millenium of all of the capital stock of SSI Securities, an inactive
  wholly owned subsidiary of the registrant. SSI's liabilities greatly exceed its
  assets and the transaction involved nominal consideration to the registrant. The
  registrant retained a contingent right to certain net cash proceeds in the event
  SSI Securities should collect certain payables. Third Half Millenium is not an
  affiliate of the registrant, or any of the registrant's executive officers,
  directors or principal shareholders.
  
  ITEM 7.        Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (3)      Exhibits
  
           10.1     Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement
  
  SIGNATURES
  
  October 15, 2002            SUTTER HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
  
                              By: s/ ROBERT E. DIXON
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                                      Robert E. Dixon, Co-Chief Executive
                                      Officer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  
                               WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
  
                                   --------------
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                                   CURRENT REPORT
  
                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                           SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
          Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) October 7, 2002
                                   ---------------
  
                            Sutter Holding Company, Inc.
                 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
  
          Delaware                     1-15733                   59-2651232
  ----------------------------    -----------------      -------------------------
  (State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File          (IRS Employer
   of Incorporation)               Number)                   Identification No.)
  
     150 Post Street, Suite 405, San Francisco, California              94108
   -------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------
            (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                  (Zip Code)
  
      Registrant's telephone number, including area code       (415) 788-1441
                                                             ------------------
  
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            (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
  ITEM 5.  Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure
  
  On October 7, 2002, the registrant, Sutter Holding Company, Inc., entered into a
  Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement with Third Half Millenium Company, Inc., an
  Illinois corporation. The agreement provides for the sale by the registrant to
  Third Half Millenium of all of the capital stock of SSI Securities, an inactive
  wholly owned subsidiary of the registrant. SSI's liabilities greatly exceed its
  assets and the transaction involved nominal consideration to the registrant. The
  registrant retained a contingent right to certain net cash proceeds in the event
  SSI Securities should collect certain payables. Third Half Millenium is not an
  affiliate of the registrant, or any of the registrant's executive officers,
  directors or principal shareholders.
  
  ITEM 7.        Financial Statements and Exhibits
  
  (3)      Exhibits
  
           10.1     Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement
  
  SIGNATURES
  
  October 15, 2002            SUTTER HOLDING COMPANY, INC.
  
                              By: s/ ROBERT E. DIXON
                                  --------------------------------------------
                                      Robert E. Dixon, Co-Chief Executive
                                      Officer
  
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