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  XXXXXXXX
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  001-05823
  CNA
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  Officer
  Common Stock
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  6250
  319125.00
  270861659
  04/01/2025
  NYSE
  Common
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  Vesting of PSP
  Issuer
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  N
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  151 N. FRANKLIN
  Chicago
  IL
  60606
  Common Stock
  03/17/2025
  6250
  305375.00
  04/01/2025
  11/15/2024
  /s/ Audrey Skillern as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Dino Robusto