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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
on June 8, 2009
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 2pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_________
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 9pt"><B>COVENTRY HEALTH CARE, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 1pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Delaware</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>52-2073000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or Other Jurisdiction of
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. Employer</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Incorporation or Organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">Identification No.)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite&nbsp;900</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>20817</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Bethesda, Maryland</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Zip Code)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Coventry Health Care, Inc.<BR>
Amended and Restated<BR>
2004 Incentive Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Allen F. Wise<BR>
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite&nbsp;900<BR>
Bethesda, Maryland 20817</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(301)&nbsp;581 &#151; 0600</B><BR>
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Aggregate Offering</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">Registration</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center">to Be Registered</TD>
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                    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">Common Stock
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    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">5,500,000 shares
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$18.12
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$99,660,000
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<TD align="center" valign="top" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$5,561.03</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the offering price
is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;5, 2009.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Registration of Additional Securities</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, $.01 par value, of Coventry Health Care,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), for the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated 2004
Incentive Plan. The Registrant&#146;s previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration
Nos. 333-17966 and 333-138523) previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August&nbsp;5, 2004 and November&nbsp;8, 2006, respectively, are hereby incorporated by
reference.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The validity of the shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock registered hereby has been passed
upon for us by Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC. A&nbsp;copy of the opinion is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this
Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Reference is made to the Index of Exhibits.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda, State of Maryland, on this 21<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">st</SUP> day
of May, 2009.
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">COVENTRY HEALTH CARE, INC.</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Allen F. Wise</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Allen F. Wise<BR>
Chief Executive Officer and Director</TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Allen F. Wise, Shawn M. Guertin, Thomas C. Zielinski and John J. Ruhlmann, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Allen F. Wise
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Allen F. Wise</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and Director<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Shawn M. Guertin
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Shawn M. Guertin</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer<BR>
(Principal Financial Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John J. Ruhlmann
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John J. Ruhlmann</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Controller<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Joel Ackerman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Joel Ackerman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ L. Dale Crandall
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
L. Dale Crandall</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lawrence N. Kugelman
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lawrence N. Kugelman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Daniel N. Mendelson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Daniel N. Mendelson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Rodman W. Moorhead, III
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Rodman W. Moorhead, III</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Elizabeth E. Tallett
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Elizabeth E. Tallett</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May 21, 2009</TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;<BR>
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Timothy T. Weglicki</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">May &#95;&#95;, 2009</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Specimen Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1
to Coventry&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2005, filed on March&nbsp;9, 2006).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Indenture dated as of February&nbsp;1, 2002 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as
Issuer, and First Union National Bank, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit&nbsp;4.9 to Coventry&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-4, Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-83106).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Form of Note issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of February&nbsp;1, 2002
between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as Issuer, and First Union National Bank,
as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.9 to Coventry&#146;s Form&nbsp;S-4,
Registration Statement No.&nbsp;333-83106).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Indenture for the 2012 Notes, dated as of January&nbsp;28, 2005, between Coventry
and Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as
Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Coventry&#146;s Current
Report on <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed on January&nbsp;28, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.5
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Form of Note for the 2012 Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of
January&nbsp;28, 2005 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as Issuer, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.6
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Indenture for the 2015 Notes, dated as of January&nbsp;28, 2005, between Coventry
and Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as
Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Coventry&#146;s Current
Report on <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> filed on January&nbsp;28, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.7
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Form of Note for the 2015 Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of
January&nbsp;28, 2005 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as Issuer, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.2 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.8
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Registration Rights Agreement for the 2012 Notes, dated as of January&nbsp;28,
2005, by and among Coventry and Lehman Brothers Inc., CIBC World Markets
Corp., ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banc of America Securities LLC, Wachovia
Securities and Piper Jaffray &#038; Co. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3
to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.9
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Registration Rights Agreement for the 2015 Notes, dated as of January&nbsp;28,
2005, by and among Coventry and Lehman Brothers Inc., CIBC World Markets
Corp., ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banc of America Securities LLC, Wachovia
Securities and Piper Jaffray &#038; Co. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.4
to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed on January&nbsp;28, 2005).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.10
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;20, 2007 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as
Issuer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K, filed on March&nbsp;20,
2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.11
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Officer&#146;s Certificate pursuant to the Indenture dated March&nbsp;20, 2007
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;20, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.12
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Global Note for the 2017 Notes, dated as of March&nbsp;20, 2007 between Coventry
Health Care, Inc., as Issuer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;20, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.13
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August&nbsp;27, 2007 among Coventry
Health Care, Inc., as Issuer and Union Bank of California, as Trustee
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.1 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed on August&nbsp;27, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.14
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Officer&#146;s Certificate pursuant to the Indenture dated August&nbsp;27, 2007
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.2 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed August&nbsp;27, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.15
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Global Note for the 2014 Notes, dated as of August&nbsp;27, 2007 between Coventry
Health Care, Inc., as Issuer and Union Bank of California, as Trustee
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to Coventry&#146;s Current Report on
Form&nbsp;8-K filed March&nbsp;20, 2007).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Opinion of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Consent of Bass, Berry &#038; Sims PLC (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 filed herewith).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top" align="center"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">99.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV align="justify">Coventry Health Care Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix&nbsp;A to the Registrant&#146;s Proxy Statement
filed on Schedule&nbsp;14A with the Commission on April&nbsp;10,
2009).</DIV></TD>
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Form S-8
As Filed With the Securities and Exchange Commission
on June 8, 2009
Registration No. 333-_________
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COVENTRY HEALTH CARE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
52-2073000
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 900
20817
Bethesda, Maryland
(Zip Code)
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Coventry Health Care, Inc.
Amended and Restated
2004 Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Allen F. Wise
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 900
Bethesda, Maryland 20817
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(301) 581 — 0600
(Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount Of
Title of Securities
Amount to Be
Offering Price Per
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to Be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee
Common Stock
5,500,000 shares
$18.12
$99,660,000
$5,561.03
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, includes an
indeterminate number of additional shares which may be offered and issued to prevent dilution
resulting from stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the offering price
is estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee on the basis of the
average of the high and low prices of the Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the New
York Stock Exchange on June 5, 2009.
Registration of Additional Securities
This Registration Statement is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8 for the
purpose of registering additional shares of common stock, $.01 par value, of Coventry Health Care,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Registrant"), for the Registrant's Amended and Restated 2004
Incentive Plan. The Registrant's previously filed Registration Statements on Form S-8 (Registration
Nos. 333-17966 and 333-138523) previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on August 5, 2004 and November 8, 2006, respectively, are hereby incorporated by
reference.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
The validity of the shares of the Registrant's Common Stock registered hereby has been passed
upon for us by Bass, Berry & Sims PLC. A copy of the opinion is attached as Exhibit 5.1 to this
Registration Statement.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Reference is made to the Index of Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Bethesda, State of Maryland, on this 21
st
day
of May, 2009.
COVENTRY HEALTH CARE, INC.
By:
/s/ Allen F. Wise
Allen F. Wise
Chief Executive Officer and Director
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes
and appoints Allen F. Wise, Shawn M. Guertin, Thomas C. Zielinski and John J. Ruhlmann, and each of
them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any
and all amendments to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying
and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or their substitute or substitutes, may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Allen F. Wise
Allen F. Wise
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
May 21, 2009
/s/ Shawn M. Guertin
Shawn M. Guertin
Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)
May 21, 2009
/s/ John J. Ruhlmann
John J. Ruhlmann
Senior Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
May 21, 2009
/s/ Joel Ackerman
Joel Ackerman
Director
May 21, 2009
/s/ L. Dale Crandall
L. Dale Crandall
Director
May 21, 2009
/s/ Lawrence N. Kugelman
Lawrence N. Kugelman
Director
May 21, 2009
/s/ Daniel N. Mendelson
Daniel N. Mendelson
Director
May 21, 2009
/s/ Rodman W. Moorhead, III
Rodman W. Moorhead, III
Director
May 21, 2009
/s/ Elizabeth E. Tallett
Elizabeth E. Tallett
Director
May 21, 2009
Timothy T. Weglicki
Director
May __, 2009
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Specimen Common Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
to Coventry's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2005, filed on March 9, 2006).
4.2
Indenture dated as of February 1, 2002 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as
Issuer, and First Union National Bank, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference
to Exhibit 4.9 to Coventry's Form S-4, Registration Statement No. 333-83106).
4.3
Form of Note issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of February 1, 2002
between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as Issuer, and First Union National Bank,
as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to Coventry's Form S-4,
Registration Statement No. 333-83106).
4.4
Indenture for the 2012 Notes, dated as of January 28, 2005, between Coventry
and Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as
Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Coventry's Current
Report on
Form 8-K
filed on January 28, 2005).
4.5
Form of Note for the 2012 Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of
January 28, 2005 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as Issuer, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.1 to Coventry's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2005).
4.6
Indenture for the 2015 Notes, dated as of January 28, 2005, between Coventry
and Wachovia Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as
Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Coventry's Current
Report on
Form 8-K
filed on January 28, 2005).
4.7
Form of Note for the 2015 Notes issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of
January 28, 2005 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as Issuer, and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.2 to Coventry's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2005).
4.8
Registration Rights Agreement for the 2012 Notes, dated as of January 28,
2005, by and among Coventry and Lehman Brothers Inc., CIBC World Markets
Corp., ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banc of America Securities LLC, Wachovia
Securities and Piper Jaffray & Co. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3
to Coventry's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2005).
4.9
Registration Rights Agreement for the 2015 Notes, dated as of January 28,
2005, by and among Coventry and Lehman Brothers Inc., CIBC World Markets
Corp., ABN AMRO Incorporated, Banc of America Securities LLC, Wachovia
Securities and Piper Jaffray & Co. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4
to Coventry's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 28, 2005).
4.10
Indenture dated as of March 20, 2007 between Coventry Health Care, Inc., as
Issuer, and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (Incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.1 to Coventry's Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on March 20,
2007).
4.11
Officer's Certificate pursuant to the Indenture dated March 20, 2007
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Coventry's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed March 20, 2007).
4.12
Global Note for the 2017 Notes, dated as of March 20, 2007 between Coventry
Health Care, Inc., as Issuer and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Coventry's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed March 20, 2007).
4.13
First Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 27, 2007 among Coventry
Health Care, Inc., as Issuer and Union Bank of California, as Trustee
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Coventry's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on August 27, 2007).
4.14
Officer's Certificate pursuant to the Indenture dated August 27, 2007
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Coventry's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed August 27, 2007).
4.15
Global Note for the 2014 Notes, dated as of August 27, 2007 between Coventry
Health Care, Inc., as Issuer and Union Bank of California, as Trustee
(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Coventry's Current Report on
Form 8-K filed March 20, 2007).
5.1
Opinion of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC.
23.1
Consent of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (included in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith).
23.2
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP.
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page of this Registration Statement).
99.1
Coventry Health Care Inc. Amended and Restated 2004 Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference to Appendix A to the Registrant's Proxy Statement
filed on Schedule 14A with the Commission on April 10,
2009).