X0201 4 2003-10-30 0 0000066025 MIDLAND CO MLAN 0001084404 LABAR JOHN R THE MIDLAND COMPANY 7000 MIDLAND BLVD AMELIA OH 45102 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2003-10-30 4 G 0 7000 0 D 113000 D Common Stock 850128 I By LaBar Investments, LLC which is co-managed by the reporting person and his wife Common Stock 121000 I By spouse Shares held in a trust of which the reporting person is the sole trustee and beneficiary. Lori Birkenhauer as Attorney-in-Fact for John R. LaBar 2003-10-31