CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2011

Dec 15, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2011-12-13

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-12-13	Common Stock	A	15000	$36.32	Acquired	43918	Direct
2011-12-14	Common Stock	F	1082	$35.77	Disposed	42836	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Ownership includes this award of 15,000 restricted stock units which vest in three annual installments on the anniversary of the grant date. In addition, ownership includes previous awards of 23,334 restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements.

F2: Shares withheld for taxes upon vesting of previously reported stock grant.