MERCURY GENERAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2004

Dec 13, 2004

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MERCURY GENERAL CORP (MCY)
CIK: 0000064996
Period of Report: 2004-12-09

Reporting Person: NORMAN BRUCE E (Senior Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2004-12-09	Common Stock	G	385	—	Disposed	62387	Indirect
2004-12-09	Common Stock	S	10000	$56.3046	Disposed	52387	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Gift

F2: Includes ESOP allocation for disposition since last report

F3: Includes ESOP allocation for disposition since last report