X0201 4 2003-12-29 0 0000066025 MIDLAND CO mlan 0001105788 CONATON MICHAEL J 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2003-12-29 5 G 0 E 4000 0 D 62946 D Common Stock 189522 I As Trustee for Immediate Family Stock Option 11.375 2000-04-01 2010-02-21 Common Stock 15000 15000 D Stock Option 16.594 2001-02-15 2011-02-15 Common Stock 3000 3000 D Stock Option 20.78 2002-02-01 2012-01-31 Common Stock 2200 2200 D Stock Option 17.23 2003-02-14 2013-02-13 Common Stock 2700 2700 D Charles S Griffith III as Attorney in Fact for Michael J. Conaton 2003-12-30