CNA FINANCIAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2003

Aug 21, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CNA FINANCIAL CORP (CNA)
CIK: 0000021175
Period of Report: 2003-08-20

Reporting Person: LEWIS JAMES (President & CEO, P&C)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-08-20	Common Stock	F	737	$22.16	Disposed	9263	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The Company's 2000 Incentive Compensation Plan permits the withholding of shares of common stock to satisfy tax withholding obligations of the participants upon the lapse of restrictions on those shares. As previously reported, these shares were granted to Mr. Lewis on September 21, 2001. These shares are not sold on the open market but are retired.