UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | SEC 1473 (7-02) | ||
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1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) |
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) |
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) |
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
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Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
Reporting Owner Name / Address | Relationships | |||
Director | 10% Owner | Officer | Other | |
Whitt Richard R III C/O MARKEL CORPORATION 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060 |
 |  |  Sr. VP and CFO |  |
Richard R. Whitt III | 05/25/2005 | |
**Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
* | If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v). |
** | Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). |
(1) | Includes 377 restricted stock units granted pursuant to the Markel Corporation Omnibus Incentive Plan, of which 232 units will vest on December 31, 2008 and 145 units will vest on December 31, 2009. |
(2) | Holdings under the Markel Corporation 401(K) Plan are reported in units. The information reported herein is based on a plan statement dated as of May 20, 2005 and utilizes the closing stock price on that date of $343.00 per share. As of May 20, 2005, a unit under the Plan represented one share of Common Stock. |