-----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, O4Iqlz162CVhd4cTyLbsyJPC7Yra5xgFp+YhsZBQ1wKSV+X7UgO2lTpQLgR+DT6c q4X6soTSnGhdNsAaBwR/Rw== 0001054833-04-000123.txt : 20040830 0001054833-04-000123.hdr.sgml : 20040830 20040830090240 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001054833-04-000123 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20040827 FILED AS OF DATE: 20040830 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20040830 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: STARK CHARLES R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001236154 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-16477 FILM NUMBER: 041003802 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 111 CORPORATE OFFICE DR CITY: EARTH CITY STATE: MO ZIP: 63045 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: 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 4 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0202 4 2004-08-27 0 0001054833 COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC CVH 0001236154 STARK CHARLES R 111 CORPORATE OFFICE DR EARTH CITY MO 63045 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2004-08-27 4 M 0 22500 10.7 A 74203 D Common Stock 2004-08-27 4 S 0 22500 50.8202 D 51703 D Common Stock 10.7 2004-08-27 4 M 0 22500 0 D 2004-02-22 2014-06-14 Common Stock 22500 47500 D Table I- Non-Derivative Securities comprised of 22,500 shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an option held directly, 248 shares held directly, 394 shares held indirectly, 1,326 shares held indirectly by managed account and 49,735 shares held outright as awards of restricted common stock vesting over 4 year periods. See Footnote #2 for shares held directly and indirectly. Same as footnote #1 except the total shares held outright is reduced by the sale of 22,500 shares. /s/ Shirley R. Smith by attached power of attorney 2004-08-30 EX-24 2 stark.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY Stark Pwr Atty

POWER OF ATTORNEY

        I, Charles R. Stark, Senior Vice President 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 16, 2003 By: /s/ Charles R. Stark
Charles R. Stark
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