X0202 4 2008-06-04 1 0000811612 COMMERCE GROUP INC /MA CGI 0001237527 BECKER RANDALL V 77 BATES POINT ROAD WEBSTER MA 01570 1 1 0 0 Sr. Vice President & CFO Common stock 2008-06-04 4 D 0 137394 36.7 D 0 D Common stock 2008-06-04 4 D 0 51162 36.7 D 0 I See Common stock 2008-06-04 4 D 0 37244 36.7 D 0 I See Common stock 2008-06-04 4 D 0 14376 36.7 D 0 I See Common stock 2008-06-04 4 D 0 10753 36.7 D 0 I See Each share was converted into the right to receive $36.70 per share pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 30, 2007, among The Commerce Group, Inc., Mapfre S.A. and Magellan Acquisition Corp. (the "Merger Agreement"). 51,162 shares are owned by the reporting person's wife. 37,244 shares are owned by a trust for benefit of the undersigned's sons of which the undersigned is the trustee. The reporting person's wife indirectly beneficially owns 14,736 shares that are held by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan of The Commerce Group, Inc., which number of shares is calculated based on the units that have been credited to the reporting person as a participant in the ESOP and is subject to adjustment from time to time due, in part, to the unit value and the price per share of the common stock. The reporting person indirectly beneficially owns 10,753 shares that are held by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan of The Commerce Group, Inc., which number of shares is calculated based on the units that have been credited to the reporting person as a participant in the ESOP and is subject to adjustment from time to time due, in part, to the unit value and the price per share of the common stock. The filing of this statement by the reporting person is not to be construed as and shall not be deemed to be an admission that the undersigned is, for the purposes of Section 16 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, a beneficial owner of these shares. /s/ Randall V. Becker 2008-06-06