X0303 5 2009-12-31 0 0 0 0001054833 COVENTRY HEALTH CARE INC CVH 0001282714 CONLIN PAUL C 6705 ROCKLEDGE DRIVE SUITE 900 BETHESDA MD 20817 0 1 0 0 Senior Vice President Common Stock 2009-12-31 5 A 0 396 A 80456 D Shares were accumulated in Reporting Person's 401(k) Plan account through payroll deduction during the fiscal year ended 12/31/2009. Shares were acquired at various prices and at various times through payroll deduction in Reporting Person's 401(k) Plan account during the fiscal year ended 12/31/2009. Includes the following: Table I Non-Derivative Securities comprised of 456 shares of common stock held indirectly by managed account (401(k) Plan account), 30,000 shares held directly as an award of restricted common stock with restrictions lapsing in equal annual increments over a four-year period; and Table II Derivative Securities comprised of 50,000 non-qualified stock options vesting in equal annual increments over a three-year period, held directly. See Footnote 3 for shares held directly and indirectly. Paul C. Conlin 2010-02-09