-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, AmtXpn59zf2zR+RraXCGbsGt3+p9plWixlUDoZIhGmDGQmBh8KLtm4Z2SFA8QU8A CIodPRaObzIM6m29o0XniQ== 0000000000-05-009880.txt : 20060501 0000000000-05-009880.hdr.sgml : 20060501 20050302140000 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000000000-05-009880 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: UPLOAD PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050302 FILED FOR: 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 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: UPLOAD BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6705 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 900 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20817 BUSINESS PHONE: 3015810600 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 6705 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 900 CITY: BETHESDA STATE: MD ZIP: 20817 PUBLIC REFERENCE ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950144-05-001872 LETTER 1 filename1.txt Via Facsimile and U.S. Mail Mail Stop 03-09 March 2, 2005 Dale B. Wolf Chief Executive Officer Coventry Health Care, Inc. 6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 900 Bethesda, Maryland 20817 RE: Coventry Health Care, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-4 Filed February 25, 2005 Registration No. 333-123014 Dear Mr. Wolf: This is to advise you that we have undertaken a limited review of the above referenced registration statement and have the following comment. 1. It appears you are registering the exchange notes in reliance on the staff`s position set forth in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (May 13, 1988), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (June 5, 1991), and Shearman & Sterling (July 2, 1993). Accordingly, please provide us with a supplemental letter containing the statements and representations that are set forth in those letters. * * * As appropriate, please amend your registration statement in response to these comments. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of the amendment to expedite our review. Please furnish a cover letter with your amendment that keys your responses to our comments and provides any requested supplemental information. Detailed cover letters greatly facilitate our review. Please understand that we may have additional comments after reviewing your amendment and responses to our comments. We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require for an informed decision. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. Notwithstanding our comments, in the event the company requests acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement, it should furnish a letter, at the time of such request, acknowledging that: * should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; * the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and * the company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States. In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in connection with our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing. We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as a confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above registration statement. We will act on the request and, pursuant to delegated authority, grant acceleration of the effective date. Please contact Albert Lee at (202) 824-5522 or to me at (202) 942-2979. Sincerely, Jeffrey Riedler Assistant Director cc: Bob F. Thompson Bass, Berry & Sims PLC 315 Deaderick Street, Suite 2700 Nashville, Tennessee 37238 ?? ?? ?? ?? Dale B. Wolf Coventry Health Care, Inc. Page 1 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----