Centene (CNC)

=== SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership === Document Type: 4 Period of Report: 2025-12-31 10b5-1 Pre-arranged Plan: No --- Issuer --- Name: CENTENE CORP (CNC) CIK: 0001071739 --- Reporting Owner --- Name: Samuels Theodore R. II CIK: 0001688276 Role: Director --- Non-Derivative Transactions --- [Transaction #1] Security: Common Stock Date: 2025-12-31 | Code: A (Grant or award) Shares: +608 | Price: $0.00 Shares Owned After: 19,812.979 | Ownership: D (Direct) Footnotes: [F1] Ownership includes 3,579 shares of restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements. --- Holdings --- [Holding #1] Security: Common Stock Ownership: I (Indirect) Footnotes: [F2] Owned by a revocable family trust, of which Mr. Samuels serves as a co-trustee. [Holding #2] Security: Common Stock Option (right to buy) Ownership: D (Direct) --- Footnotes (Complete Index) --- F1: Ownership includes 3,579 shares of restricted stock units subject to vesting requirements. F2: Owned by a revocable family trust, of which Mr. Samuels serves as a co-trustee. --- Signature --- /s/ /s/ Christopher A. Koster (executed by attorney-in-fact) (2026-01-05)