CENTENE CORP — Director's Dealing 2016

May 2, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CENTENE CORP (CNC)
CIK: 0001071739
Period of Report: 2016-04-28

Reporting Person: Hunter Jesse N (EVP, Products)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-04-28	Common Stock	S	10000	$65.17	Disposed	216329	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$12.6	2016-12-12	Common Stock (24000.0)	24000	Direct
Common Stock Option (right to buy)	$8.42	2018-04-28	Common Stock (20000.0)	20000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This sale is pursuant to a 10b5-1 Trading Plan that was established on May 22, 2015. 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 96,668 restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements.