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
Beekley, Roger 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
08/31/98
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)
Vice President & Controller
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 |8/14/9|M | |643 |A |$7.50 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |8/14/9|M | |915 |A |$9.42 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |8/14/9|M | |910 |A |$9.50 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |8/14/9|M | |910 |A |$14.00 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |8/14/9|M | |2,700 |A |$11.125 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |8/14/9|M | |2,684 |A |$12.50 | | | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |8/14/9|S | |6,762 |D |$27.00 | | | |
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Common Stock |8/17/9|S | |2,000 |D |$27.00 |15,499.7416 (1) |D | |
|8 | | | | | | | | |
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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>
Common Stock |$7.50 |8/14/|M | |643 |D |5/23/|5/23/|Common Stock|643 |0 | | | |
| |98 | | | | |91 |00 | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |$9.42 |8/14/|M | |915 |D |5/22/|5/22/|Common Stock|915 |0 | | | |
| |98 | | | | |92 |01 | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |$9.50 |8/14/|M | |910 |D |5/27/|5/27/|Common Stock|910 |0 | | | |
| |98 | | | | |93 |02 | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |$14.00 |8/14/|M | |910 |D |5/26/|5/26/|Common Stock|910 |0 | | | |
| |98 | | | | |94 |03 | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |$11.125 |8/14/|M | |2,700 |D |5/25/|5/25/|Common Stock|2,700 |0 | | | |
| |98 | | | | |95 |04 | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |$12.50 |8/14/|M | |684 |D |5/25/|5/25/|Common Stock|684 |0 | | | |
| |98 | | | | |96 |05 | | | | | | |
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Common Stock |$12.50 |8/14/|M | |2,000 |D |5/25/|5/25/|Common Stock|2,000 |0 |26,386 |D | |
| |98 | | | | |96 |05 | | | | | | |
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Explanation of Responses:
(1) Total includes 108.8520 shares acquired July 15, 1998 under the
Harleysville Group Inc. Employee Stock
Purchase
Plan.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Roger J. Beekley
DATE
9/3/98
