CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2010

Dec 16, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2010-12-14

Reporting Person: Schwaneke Jeffrey A. (VP, Cont. & Chief Acct Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-12-14	Common Stock	A	5000	$23.88	Acquired	14211	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.38	2018-07-07	Common Stock (15000)	15000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Ownership includes this award of 5,000 restricted stock units which vest in three annual installments on the anniversary of the grant date. In addition, ownership includes previous awards of 6,533 restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements.