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0001185145
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0000890926
RADIAN GROUP INC
001-11356
550 EAST SWEDESFORD ROAD
SUITE 350
WAYNE
PA
19087
2155646600
HALL J FRANKLIN
Officer
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
60939
1428905.25
157192928
03/06/2023
NYSE
Common
03/06/2023
Option Granted - 05/11/2016
Issuer
N
12880
03/06/2023
Cash
Common
03/06/2023
Option Granted - 07/09/2015
Issuer
N
7640
03/06/2023
Cash
Common
05/11/2020
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
29014
05/11/2020
Compensation
Common
05/10/2020
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
2343
05/10/2020
Compensation
Common
05/09/2020
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
2607
05/09/2020
Compensation
Common
12/31/2019
ESPP Purchase
Issuer
N
324
12/31/2019
Cash
Common
05/10/2019
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
1791
05/10/2019
Compensation
Common
05/09/2019
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
2053
05/09/2019
Compensation
Common
05/10/2018
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
2287
05/10/2018
Compensation
N
J Franklin Hall
550 East Swedesford Road
Suite 350
Wayne
PA
19087
Common
03/02/2023
13733
291653.51
03/06/2023
/s/ Jennifer Ruchti, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for J. Franklin Hall