4 1 edgar.txt FORM 4 - 12/06/2002 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 FORM 4 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP ( ) Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instructions 1(b). 1. Name and Address of Reporting Person Magee, Bruce J. Harleysville Group Inc. 355 Maple Avenue Harleysville, PA 19438 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Harleysville Group Inc. HGIC 3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary) 4. Statement for Month/Year 12/06/2002 5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year) 6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) ( ) Director ( ) 10% Owner (X) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below) Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Secretary 7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) (X) Form filed by One Reporting Person ( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1. Title of Security |2. |3. |4.Securities Acquired (A) |5.Amount of |6.Dir |7.Nature of Indirect | | Transaction | or Disposed of (D) | Securities |ect | Beneficial Ownership | | | | | Beneficially |(D)or | | | | | | | A/| | Owned at |Indir | | | Date |Code|V| Amount | D | Price | End of Month |ect(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| Common Stock |512/26/020|MG | V|650 (1) | | |18,~~820~~075 |AD |~~$14.00~~ | |2 | | | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |512/26/020|M | |~~7,900~~ |A |~~$11.125~~ |865 |(1) |I |Minor ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~Child | ~~Common Stock~~ |5/2~~/02~~ |F | |~~6,368~~ |D |~~$30.209~~ |~~18,668.9670~~ |D | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Common Stock |512/76/020|S | |~~900~~ |D |~~$30.19~~ |~~540~~865 (1) |I |Minor Child | ~~-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------~~|2 | | | | | | |~~540~~ |I |~~Minor~~ ~~Child |~~ -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| 1.Title of Derivative |2.Con- |3. |4. |5.Number of De |6.Date Exer|7.Title and Amount |8.Price|9.Number |10.|11.Nature of| Security |version |Transaction | rivative Secu |cisable and| of Underlying |of Deri|of Deriva |Dir|Indirect | |or Exer | | | rities Acqui |Expiration | Securities |vative |tive |ect|Beneficial | |cise | | | red(A) or Dis |Date(Month/| |Secu |Securities |(D)|Ownership | |Price of| | | posed of(D) |Day/Year) | |rity |Benefi |or | | |Deriva- | | | |Date |Expir| | |ficially |Ind| | |tive | | | | A/|Exer-|ation| Title and Number | |Owned at |ire| | |Secu- | | | | | D |cisa-|Date | of Shares | |End of |ct | | |rity |Date |Code|V| Amount | |ble | | | |Month |(I)| | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________| ~~Stock Option - Right t~~|~~$14.00~~ |~~5/2/0|M~~ | |~~1,820~~ |D |~~(1)~~ |~~5/26/|Common~~ ~~Stock~~|~~1,820~~ |~~---~~ | | | | ~~o Buy~~ | |2 | | | | | |03 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option - Right t|$11.125 |5/2/0|M | |7,900 |D |(2) |5/25/|Common Stock|7,900 |--- | | | | o Buy | |2 | | | | | |04 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Stock Option - Right t|$27.20 |5/22/|A |V|13,205 |A |(3) |5/22/|Common Stock|13,205 |--- |91,812 |D | | o Buy | |02 | | | | | |12 | | | | | | | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________|

Explanation of Responses: (1) Represents transfer of shares to minor children. SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON /s/ Bruce J. Magee DATE 12/09/2002

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