Form 144

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 144

 

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

    SEC USE ONLY
  

DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.

 

  

CUSIP NUMBER

 

   WORK LOCATION
    
ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.

 

1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)

        FIRST INTERSTATE BANCSYSTEM INC.

  

(b) IRS IDENT. NO.

        81-0331430

  

(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.

        001-34653

    
1 (d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER    STREET   

CITY                

   STATE              ZIP CODE       (e) TELEPHONE NO.
                 AREA CODE     NUMBER
        401 North 31st Street       Billings   MT      59116-0918             406            255-5390

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT
         THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD

        Homer A. Scott, Jr. (1)

         

(b) RELATIONSHIP TO         ISSUER

10% Shareholder  

  

(c) ADDRESS STREET

 

    P.O. Box 30918

     

CITY

 

Billings

     

STATE

 

MT

     

ZIP CODE

 

59116

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

 

3 (a)                

    (b)         SEC USE ONLY    (c)    (d)   (e)                                 (f)                               (g)

Title of the

Class of

Securities

To Be Sold

   

Name and Address of Each Broker

Through Whom the Securities are

to be Offered or Each Market

Maker who is Acquiring

the Securities

   

Broker-Dealer

File Number

   

Number of Shares

or Other Units

To Be Sold

(See instr. 3(c))

   

Aggregate

Market Value

(See instr. 3(d))

  

Number of Shares

or Other Units

Outstanding

(See instr. 3(e))

   

Approximate

Date of Sale

(See instr. 3(f))

(MO. DAY YR.)

   

Name of Each

Securities

Exchange

(See instr. 3(g))

               
Class A Common Stock   

Instinet LLC

3 Times Square

New York, NY 10036

        

7,048

   

$88,100

  

16,515,994

   

November 4, 2011

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INSTRUCTIONS:

1.

   (a)   Name of issuer
  (b)   Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
  (c)   Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
 

(d)

(e)

  

Issuer’s address, including zip code

Issuer’s telephone number, including area code

2.

   (a)   Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
  (b)   Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
  (c)   Such person’s address, including zip code
3.   (a)   Title of the class of securities to be sold
  (b)   Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
  (c)   Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
  (d)   Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
  (e)  

Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer

Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold

  (f)  
  (g)   Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
 

 

Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not

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SEC 1147 (08-07)

TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

 

Title of

the Class

   

Date you  

Acquired  

    Nature of Acquisition Transaction   

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

(If gift, also give date donor acquired)

    Amount of
Securities Acquired		   

Date of  

Payment  

    Nature of
Payment
             
Class A   Common   Stock     

December 28,  

1994  

and   December 31,  

2002  

    Contribution to trust.         Homer A. Scott, Jr.                   N/A    N/A
INSTRUCTIONS:    If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

 

 

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS

 

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

 

Name and Address of Seller   Title of Securities Sold   Date of Sale       Amount of    
Securities Sold     		   Gross Proceeds    
         

Homer A. Scott, Jr. (1)

P.O. Box 30918

Billings, MT 59116

   Class A Common Stock  

8/18/11

8/26/11

  

1,426

3,923

  

$16,612.90

$53,157.00

REMARKS: (1) This Form provides information regarding potential sales by the Homer Scott Jr. Unitrust-2002 and the Homer Scott Jr. Charitable Remainder Unitrust, which received shares of the Issuer on December 31, 2002, and December 28, 1994, respectively from Mr. Scott who had received them as an inheritance. As an income beneficiary of both trusts, the trusts and Mr. Scott are deemed to be the same person for purposes of the Form pursuant to Rule 144(a)(ii).

 

INSTRUCTIONS:

See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

  

ATTENTION:

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

November 3, 2011

DATE OF NOTICE

  

/s/ R. Darcy Lee and Elizabeth Sorenson

(SIGNATURE)

 

DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION,

IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1

   The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

 

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC 1147 (02-08)