CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Apr 25, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2012-04-24

Reporting Person: Thompson Tommy G (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-04-24	Common Stock	A	4000	$44.86	Acquired	68777.279	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$26.75	2015-04-21	Common Stock (10000)	10000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Ownership includes 4,000 shares of restricted stock vesting on the date of the April 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, subject to meeting Board of Director meeting attendance conditions.