CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2013

Jun 5, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2013-05-22

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-22	Common Stock	G	150	$51.13	Disposed	91345	Direct
2013-06-03	Common Stock	M	6000	$13.58	Acquired	97345	Direct
2013-06-03	Common Stock	S	6000	$48.28	Disposed	91345	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-06-03	Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$13.58	M	6000	Disposed	2013-08-26	Common Stock (6000.0)	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
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 previous awards of 41,999 restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements. On December 31, 2012, 12,500 performance stock units were forfeited due to not meeting performance conditions.

F2: This sale is pursuant to a 10b5-1 Trading Plan that was established on May 20, 2013. The weighted average price for this transaction is reported within the form. Full information regarding the number of shares at each price is available upon request.