CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

Sep 7, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2016-09-07

Reporting Person: NEIDORFF MICHAEL F (Director, Chairman, President and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-09-07	Common Stock	M	10000	$12.60	Acquired	3917568.1753	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-09-07	Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$12.6	M	10000	Disposed	2016-12-12	Common Stock (10000.0)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	3600	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Phantom Stock	$0.0	2011-02-11	Common Stock (101138.002)	101138.002	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Ownership includes previous awards of 556,666 restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements.

F2: Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive the fair market value of one share of Centene common stock.

F3: The phantom stock has no formal expiration date. The phantom stock will be settled in cash or other non-Company securities upon Mr. Neidorff's termination with the Company or on such other date Mr. Neidorff may elect.