MERCURY GENERAL CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Mar 9, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: MERCURY GENERAL CORP (MCY)
CIK: 0000064996
Period of Report: 2016-03-07

Reporting Person: TIRADOR GABRIEL (Director, CEO/President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-03-07	Common Stock	M	12500	$42.458	Acquired	47708	Direct
2016-03-07	Common Stock	F	10865	$54.44	Disposed	36843	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-03-07	Common Stock	$42.458	M	12500	Disposed	2023-04-26	Common Stock (12500)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1563	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares of common stock retained by the issuer to satisfy (i) the exercise price of the option exercised by the reporting person on March 7, 2016 and (ii) the reporting person's tax withholding obligations resulting from the exercise of such option.