CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Feb 16, 2011

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2011-02-07

Reporting Person: BEDELL KAREN (SVP New Bus Integ & Develop)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	30000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Ownership includes 20,000 restricted stock units. Half of the units will vest in three annual installments on the anniversary of the grant date beginning on December 14, 2011. The remaining half are performance stock units. The number of performance stock units vesting over three annual installments is predicated on meeting a one year performance condition. In addition, ownership includes 10,000 restricted stock units which vest in three annual installments on the anniversary of the grant date beginning on May 13, 2011.