SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
SHIEL JAMES G
(Last) (First) (Middle)
W. R. BERKLEY CORPORATION
475 STEAMBOAT ROAD
(Street)
GREENWICH CT 06830
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BERKLEY W R CORP [ WRB ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
EVP - Investments
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/15/2024
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. 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 (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/15/2024 A 17,473(1)(2) A $0 993,371(3) D
Common Stock 08/15/2024 F 806(4) D $57.75 992,565(5) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. On July 10, 2024, the Company's common stock split on a 3-for-2 basis (the "Stock Split"). The number of securities acquired, disposed of, or beneficially owned reported on this Form reflect such Stock Split.
2. Represents the vesting of tranches of shares of common stock underlying performance-based restricted stock units ("RSUs") granted in 2019, 2020 and 2021 under the W. R. Berkley Corporation 2018 Stock Incentive Plan for the three-year performance period ending June 30, 2024 (consisting of 5,529 shares; 6,397 shares; and 5,547 shares, respectively).
3. Includes an increase of 325,300 shares of common stock beneficially owned by the reporting person resulting from the Stock Split, including 204,995 shares of common stock underlying vested RSUs (the receipt of which has been deferred) and does not include shares of common stock underlying unvested performance-based RSUs.
4. Represents payment of tax liability by withholding securities incident to the vesting of RSUs.
5. Includes 631,650 shares of common stock underlying vested RSUs (the receipt of which has been deferred) and does not include shares of common stock underlying unvested performance-based RSUs.
James G. Shiel 08/19/2024
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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