CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Dec 13, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2012-12-11

Reporting Person: Hunter Jesse N (EVP, Chief Bus. Dev. Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-12-11	Common Stock	A	22000	$45.70	Acquired	111696	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$13.58	2013-08-26	Common Stock (6000.0)	6000	Direct
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$25.4	2015-12-13	Common Stock (8000.0)	8000	Direct
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$25.21	2016-12-12	Common Stock (12000.0)	12000	Direct
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$16.84	2018-04-28	Common Stock (10000.0)	10000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Ownership includes this award of 22,000 restricted stock units. Half of the units will vest in three annual installments on the anniversary of the grant date. 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 previous awards of 49,334 restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements.