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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;28, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction <BR>
of Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>36-6169860</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification Number)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>333 S. Wabash <BR>
Chicago, Illinois</B><BR>
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>60604</B><BR>
(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Jonathan D. Kantor<BR>
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary<BR>
CNA Financial Corporation<BR>
333 South Wabash Avenue<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60604<BR>
(312)&nbsp;822-5000</B><BR>
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large
accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule&nbsp;12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#254;</FONT></FONT>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</FONT></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Calculation of Registration Fee</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Per Share</B></TD>
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                    <TD valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Common Stock,<br>
par value $2.50 per share
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000" nowrap>2,000,000 shares (1)
</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">28.70</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">57,400,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 2px solid #000000; border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">4,093</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">(2)</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers such additional and indeterminate number of shares as may become issuable
because of the provisions of the CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan, relating to
adjustments for changes resulting from a stock dividend, stock split or similar change.</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The price of $28.70 per share
represents the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on April&nbsp;26, 2010.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-129538) was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on November&nbsp;8, 2005 covering the registration of 2,000,000
shares of Common Stock under the CNA Financial Corporation 2000 Incentive Compensation Plan, which
was amended and restated as the CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;).
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being filed to
register an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan and hereby incorporates by
reference the contents of the prior Registration Statement except for Items 3 and 8, which are
being updated by this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CNA Financial Corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) hereby incorporates by reference in this
Registration Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the
Commission:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2009, filed with the
Commission on February&nbsp;23, 2010; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;The description of our Common Stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A/A
(File No.&nbsp;001-05823), filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;14, 2010, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of
such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to
as &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;).
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The legality of the securities being registered hereby has been passed on by Jonathan D.
Kantor, Esq., the Registrant&#146;s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and an
employee of the Registrant&#146;s subsidiary, Continental Casualty Company. Mr.&nbsp;Kantor will be eligible
to participate in the Plan and has previously received awards under the Plan of stock appreciation
rights and options to purchase shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit
Index.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on the 28<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
April, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION</B><BR>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left"><FONT style="FONT-variant: SMALL-CAPS">/s/</FONT> Craig Mense
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">D. Craig Mense&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas F. Motamed
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000" align="center">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thomas F. Motamed
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive<br>
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Craig Mense
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D. Craig Mense
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer &#038; Principal Accounting Officer)&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Paul J. Liska
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Paul J. Liska
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Jose O.
Montemayor
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Jose O. Montemayor
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Don M. Randel
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Don M. Randel
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Joseph Rosenberg
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Joseph Rosenberg
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Andrew H. Tisch
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Andrew H. Tisch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James S. Tisch
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;James S. Tisch
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Marvin Zonis
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">April&nbsp;28, 2010</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Incorporation of CNA Financial Corporation, as
amended May&nbsp;6, 1987 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1
of the Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File
No.&nbsp;333-65493) filed on October&nbsp;9, 1998)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of
CNA Financial Corporation, dated May&nbsp;14, 1998 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1a of the Registrant&#146;s annual report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of
CNA Financial Corporation, dated May&nbsp;10, 1999 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3.1 of the Registrant&#146;s annual report on
Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 1999)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By-Laws of CNA Financial Corporation, as amended effective
October&nbsp;24, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;3ii.1
of the Registrant&#146;s current report on Form&nbsp;8-K, dated October
29, 2007, filed on October&nbsp;29, 2007)</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;A to the Registrant&#146;s
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule&nbsp;14A, dated April&nbsp;2,
2010, filed on April&nbsp;2, 2010)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1*
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Jonathan D. Kantor, Esq.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1*
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation or Organization)
36-6169860
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
333 S. Wabash
Chicago, Illinois
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
60604
(Zip Code)
CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Jonathan D. Kantor
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
CNA Financial Corporation
333 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60604
(312) 822-5000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large
accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Calculation of Registration Fee
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
to be Registered
Registered
Per Share
Price
Registration Fee
Common Stock,
par value $2.50 per share
2,000,000 shares (1)
$
28.70
(2)
$
57,400,000
(2)
$
4,093
(2)
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration
Statement also covers such additional and indeterminate number of shares as may become issuable
because of the provisions of the CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan, relating to
adjustments for changes resulting from a stock dividend, stock split or similar change.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rules 457(c) and (h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee. The price of $28.70 per share
represents the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York
Stock Exchange on April 26, 2010.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-129538) was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on November 8, 2005 covering the registration of 2,000,000
shares of Common Stock under the CNA Financial Corporation 2000 Incentive Compensation Plan, which
was amended and restated as the CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan (the "Plan").
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement is being filed to
register an additional 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock under the Plan and hereby incorporates by
reference the contents of the prior Registration Statement except for Items 3 and 8, which are
being updated by this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
CNA Financial Corporation (the "Registrant") hereby incorporates by reference in this
Registration Statement the following documents and information previously filed with the
Commission:
(1) Our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the
Commission on February 23, 2010; and
(2) The description of our Common Stock contained in our registration statement on Form 8-A/A
(File No. 001-05823), filed with the Commission on April 14, 2010, including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant to Sections
13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, after the date of
this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of
such documents (such documents, and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter referred to
as "Incorporated Documents").
Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained
herein or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated Document modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
The legality of the securities being registered hereby has been passed on by Jonathan D.
Kantor, Esq., the Registrant's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, and an
employee of the Registrant's subsidiary, Continental Casualty Company. Mr. Kantor will be eligible
to participate in the Plan and has previously received awards under the Plan of stock appreciation
rights and options to purchase shares of the Registrant's common stock.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit
Index.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on the 28
th
day of
April, 2010.
CNA FINANCIAL CORPORATION
By:
/s/
Craig Mense
D. Craig Mense
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
Name
Title
Date
/s/ Thomas F. Motamed
Thomas F. Motamed
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
April 28, 2010
/s/ Craig Mense
D. Craig Mense
Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal Financial
Officer & Principal Accounting Officer)
April 28, 2010
/s/ Paul J. Liska
Paul J. Liska
Director
April 28, 2010
/s/ Jose O.
Montemayor
Jose O. Montemayor
Director
April 28, 2010
/s/ Don M. Randel
Don M. Randel
Director
April 28, 2010
/s/ Joseph Rosenberg
Joseph Rosenberg
Director
April 28, 2010
/s/ Andrew H. Tisch
Andrew H. Tisch
Director
April 28, 2010
/s/ James S. Tisch
James S. Tisch
Director
April 28, 2010
/s/ Marvin Zonis
Marvin Zonis
Director
April 28, 2010
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
3.1
Certificate of Incorporation of CNA Financial Corporation, as
amended May 6, 1987 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
of the Registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-65493) filed on October 9, 1998)
3.2
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of
CNA Financial Corporation, dated May 14, 1998 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1a of the Registrant's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006)
3.3
Certificate of Amendment to Certificate of Incorporation of
CNA Financial Corporation, dated May 10, 1999 (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant's annual report on
Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999)
3.4
By-Laws of CNA Financial Corporation, as amended effective
October 24, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3ii.1
of the Registrant's current report on Form 8-K, dated October
29, 2007, filed on October 29, 2007)
4.1
CNA Financial Corporation Incentive Compensation Plan
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit A to the Registrant's
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, dated April 2,
2010, filed on April 2, 2010)
5.1*
Opinion of Jonathan D. Kantor, Esq.
23.1*
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2*
Consent of Jonathan D. Kantor, Esq. (included in Exhibit 5.1)
*
Filed herewith