CHEMED CORP — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 22, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: CHEMED CORP (CHE)
CIK: 0000019584
Period of Report: 2012-08-21

Reporting Person: MCNAMARA KEVIN J (Director, president and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-21	capital stock	S	6000	$66.38	Disposed	191894	Direct
2012-08-22	capital stock	M	20000	$33.75	Acquired	211894	Direct
2012-08-22	capital stock	F	14077	$66.60	Disposed	197817	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-22	stock option(right to buy with tandem tax withholding)	$33.75	M	20000	Disposed	2018-05-19	capital stock (20000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Payment of purchase price and tax obligation on stock option exercise.

F2: exercisable in three equal annual installments commencing 5/19/2009.