0001231554-12-000003.txt : 20120702 0001231554-12-000003.hdr.sgml : 20120702 20120702093624 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001231554-12-000003 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120629 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120702 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120702 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001054833 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS [6324] IRS NUMBER: 522073000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6720-B ROCKLEDGE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 700 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20817 BUSINESS PHONE: 3015810600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6720-B ROCKLEDGE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 700 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20817 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: RUHLMANN JOHN J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001231554 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16477 FILM NUMBER: 12938660 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0306 4 2012-06-29 0 0001054833 COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC CVH 0001231554 RUHLMANN JOHN J 6720-B ROCKLEDGE DRIVE SUITE 700 BETHESDA MD 20817 0 1 0 0 Sr.VP & Corporate Controller Common Stock Restricted 2012-06-29 4 S 0 4670 32.83 D 18596 D Common Stock 4743 I 401(k) Plan Account Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 20.46 2011-05-26 2020-05-26 Common Stock 4000 4000 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 29.98 2013-05-24 2022-05-24 Common Stock 31132 31132 D Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 44.2 2009-05-19 2018-05-19 Common Stock 25000 25000 D Non-qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 47.9 2006-06-20 2015-06-20 Common Stock 30000 30000 D Non-qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 51.3 2007-05-22 2016-05-22 Common Stock 25000 25000 D Non-qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 60.01 2008-05-22 2017-05-22 Common Stock 30000 30000 D Non-qualified Stock Option (right to buy) 36.11 2012-06-22 2021-06-22 Common Stock 19361 19361 D Restrictions were released on the shares of stock sold. Shirley R. Smith on behalf of John J. Ruhlmann by Power of Attorney 2012-07-02 EX-24 2 ruhlmann.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Ruhlmann Pwr Atty

POWER OF ATTORNEY

I, John J. Ruhlmann, Vice President and Controller of Coventry Health Care, Inc. (the “Company”), hereby authorize and designate Shirley R. Smith or Thomas C. Zielinski, and each of them, as my agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, to:

(1) Prepare and sign on my behalf any Form 3, Form 4 or Form 5 under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the Company’s securities and file the same with each stock exchange on which the Corporation’s stock is listed;

(2) Take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed and dated writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.


Date: June 18, 2003	By: /s/ John J. Ruhlmann

	John J. Ruhlmann