CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2013

May 31, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2013-05-30

Reporting Person: Schwaneke Jeffrey A. (SVP, Corp. Controller & CAO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-05-30	Common Stock	S	3000	$50.68	Disposed	21790	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$17.38	2018-07-07	Common Stock (3000.0)	3000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This sale is pursuant to a 10b5-1 Trading Plan that was established on May 16, 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.

F2: Ownership includes previous awards of 14,567 restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements.