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
Kirby, Jr., Allan P.
14 East Main Street
P.O. Box 90
Mendham, NJ 07945
USA
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Alleghany Corporation
Y
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Year
April 1999
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner ( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other
(specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
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Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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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)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Common Stock |4/23/9|M | |1,960 |A |44.3726 | | | |
|9 | | | | | | | | |
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|4/23/9|F | |466 |D |$186.375 | | | |
|9 | | | | | | | | |
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|4/26/9|S(1)| |2,197 |D |$185.37890 | | | |
|9 | | | | | | | | |
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|4/28/9|S(1)| |51 |D |$182.00000 | | | |
|9 | | | | | | | | |
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|4/29/9|S(1)| |2,008 |D |$180.03130 |214,296 |D | |
|9 | | | | | | | | |
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|4/29/9|S(1)| |6,113 |D |$180.03130 |305,655 |I |(2) |
|9 | | | | | | | | |
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Table II -- Derivative Securitites Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
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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)| |
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<S> <C> <C> <C> <C><C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Option (right to buy) |$44.3726|4/23/|M | |1 |D |(3) |5/1/9|Common Stock|1,960 |(3) | |D | |
| |99 | | | | | |9 | | | | | | |
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Option (right to buy) |$187.50 |4/26/|A |V|1 |A |(3) |4/26/|Common Stock|1,000 |(3) |10 |D | |
| |99 | | | | | |2009 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Open market sale of shares received from Alleghany Corporation as a stock
dividend in April 1999. Pursuant to arrangements made by Alleghany,
stockholders who wished to sell the shares paid to them as a stock dividend
instructed the dividend disbursing agent to do so. Such shares were sold on
April 26, 1999, April 28, 1999 and April 29, 1999 at an average price of
$185.37890, $182.00000 and $180.03130 per share, respectively.
(2) By undersigned as co-trustee and
beneficiary.
(3) One-third of such option is exercisable on each of the first, second and
third anniversaries of the date of grant.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Allan P. Kirby, Jr.
DATE
May 9, 1999
