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26
Performance Graph
The graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on the shares of Common Stock of the Company
(MCY) for the last five years with the cumulative total return on the Standard and Poor’ s 500 Index and a peer group comprised of
selected property and casualty insurance companies over the same period (assuming the investment of $100 in the Company’ s
Common Stock, the S&P 500 Index and the peer group at the closing price on December 31, 2003 and the reinvestment of all
dividends).
Comparative Five-Year Cumulative Total Returns
Among Mercury General Corporation,
Peer Group Index and S&P 500 Index
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Mercury General Corporation 100.00$ 132.37$ 132.54$ 124.45$ 122.25$ 118.55$
Peer Group 100.00$ 108.84$ 119.70$ 140.28$ 148.13$ 106.31$
S&P 500 Composite Index 100.00$ 110.88$ 116.33$ 134.70$ 142.10$ 89.53$
The peer group consists of Ace Limited, Alleghany Corporation, Allstate Corporation, American Financial Group,
Berkshire Hathaway, Chubb Corporation, Cincinnati Financial Corporation, CNA Financial Corporation, Erie Indemnity
Company, Hanover Insurance Group, HCC Insurance Holdings, Markel Corporation, Old Republic International, PMI Group,
Inc., Progressive Corporation, RLI Corporation, Selective Insurance Group, Travelers Companies, Inc., W.R. Berkley Corporation
and XL Capital, Ltd.