0001017918-05-000080.txt : 20120628 0001017918-05-000080.hdr.sgml : 20120628 20050303153341 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001017918-05-000080 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20050303 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050303 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CENTENE CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001071739 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: HOSPITAL & MEDICAL SERVICE PLANS [6324] IRS NUMBER: 041406317 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-62421 FILM NUMBER: 05657804 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7711 CARONDELET AVE CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 BUSINESS PHONE: 3147254477 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7711 CARONDELET AVE STREET 2: SUITE 800 CITY: ST LOUIS STATE: MO ZIP: 63105 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BAMCO INC /NY/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001017918 IRS NUMBER: 133390015 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NY FISCAL YEAR END: 0228 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVENUE STREET 2: 49TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10153 BUSINESS PHONE: 2125832000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 767 FIFTH AVENUE STREET 2: 49TH FL CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10153 SC 13G/A 1 cnc1.txt AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO SCHEDULE 13G Page 1 of 12 Pages UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 1)* Centene Corporation ----------------------------------------------------- (Name of Issuer) COMMON ----------------------------------------------------- (Title of Class of Securities) 15135B101 ----------------------------------------------------- (CUSIP Number) Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ]. (A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7.) *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes). Page 2 of 12 Pages Schedule 13G (continued) CUSIP No. 15135B101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Baron Capital Group, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 3,603,900 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 3,711,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,711,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 9.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC, CO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT Page 3 of 12 Pages Schedule 13G (continued) CUSIP No. 15135B101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON BAMCO, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 3,399,000 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 3,499,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,499,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 8.5% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA, CO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT Page 4 of 12 Pages Schedule 13G (continued) CUSIP No. 15135B101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Baron Capital Management, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION New York -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 204,900 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 212,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 212,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 0.5% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IA, CO -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT Page 5 of 12 Pages Schedule 13G (continued) CUSIP No. 15135B101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Baron Growth Fund -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 3,200,000 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 3,200,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,200,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 7.8% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC, IN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT Page 6 of 12 Pages Schedule 13G (continued) CUSIP No. 15135B101 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Ronald Baron -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) [ ] (b) [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 5 SOLE VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY -------------------------------------------------------------- OWNED BY 6 SHARED VOTING POWER EACH 3,603,900 REPORTING -------------------------------------------------------------- PERSON 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER WITH -------------------------------------------------------------- 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 3,711,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 3,711,900 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9) 9.0% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* HC, IN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT Page 7 of 12 Pages Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer: Centene Corporation (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices: 7711 Carondelet Avenue, Suite 800 St. Louis, MO 63105 Item 2. (a) Name of Persons Filing: Baron Capital Group, Inc. ("BCG") BAMCO, Inc. ("BAMCO") Baron Capital Management, Inc. ("BCM") Baron Growth Fund ("BGF") Ronald Baron (b) Address of Principal Business Office: 767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10153 (c) Citizenship: BCG, BAMCO and BCM are New York corporations. Baron Growth Fund is a series of a Massachusettes Business Trust. Ronald Baron is a citizen of the United States. (d) Title of Class Securities: Commmon (e) CUSIP Number: 15135B101 Item 3. PERSONS FILING: BCG and Ronald Baron are: (g) Parent holding companies, in accordance with Section 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) BAMCO and BCM are: (e) Investment Advisers registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 BGF is: (d) Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act. All persons filing are: (h) Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) Page 8 of 12 Pages Item 4. OWNERSHIP^ (a) Amount Beneficially Owned as of December 31, 2004: BCG: 3,711,900 shares BAMCO: 3,499,000 shares BCM: 212,900 shares BGF: 3,200,000 shares Ronald Baron: 3,711,900 shares (b) Percent of Class: BCG: 9.0% BAMCO: 8.5% BCM: 0.5% BGF: 7.8% Ronald Baron: 9.0% ^BCG and Ronald Baron disclaim beneficial ownership of shares held by their controlled entities (or the investment advisory clients thereof) to the extent such shares are held by persons other than BCG and Ronald Baron. BAMCO and BCM disclaim beneficial ownership of shares held by their investment advisory clients to the extent such shares are held by persons other than BAMCO, BCM and their affiliates. Page 9 of 12 Pages (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or direct the vote: BCG: 0 BAMCO: 0 BCM: 0 BGF: 0 Ronald Baron: 0 (ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote: BCG: 3,603,900 BAMCO: 3,399,000 BCM: 204,900 BGF: 3,200,000 Ronald Baron: 3,603,900 (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:* BCG: 0 BAMCO: 0 BCM: 0 BGF: 0 Ronald Baron: 0 (iv) shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of:* BCG: 3,711,900 BAMCO: 3,499,000 BCM: 212,900 BGF: 3,200,000 Ronald Baron: 3,711,900 Item 5. OWNERSHIP OF 5% OR LESS OF A CLASS Not applicable. Item 6. OWNERSHIP OF MORE THAN 5% ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER PERSON The advisory clients of BAMCO and BCM have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the Issuer's common stock in their accounts. To the best of the Filing Persons' knowledge, no such person has such interest relating to more than 5% of the outstanding class of securities. Item 7. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SUBSIDIARY WHICH ACQUIRED THE SECURITY BEING REPORTED ON BY THE PARENT HOLDING COMPANY BAMCO and BCM are subsidiaries of BCG. BGF is an investment advisory client of BAMCO. Ronald Baron owns a controlling interest in BCG. Item 8. IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF MEMBERS OF THE GROUP See Item 3. * By virtue of investment advisory agreements with their respective clients, BAMCO and BCM have been given the discretion to dispose or the disposition of the securities in the advisory accounts. All such discretionary agreements, are however, revocable. Page 10 of 12 Pages Item 9. NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF GROUP Not applicable. Item 10. Certification By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purposes or effect. Signature After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Date: March 3, 2005 Baron Capital Group, Inc., BAMCO, Inc., and Baron Capital Management, Inc. By: /s/ Ronald Baron _______________________________________ Ronald Baron, Chairman and CEO Baron Growth Fund By: /s/ Ronald Baron ________________________________________ Ronald Baron, President & CEO Ronald Baron, Individually By: /s/ Ronald Baron _______________________________________ Ronald Baron Page 11 of 12 Pages Joint Filing Agreement The undersigned each hereby agree that the Schedule 13G dated March 3, 2005, which relates to the common stock of Centene Corporation, is to be filed jointly on behalf of each of them for the reasons stated therein, and any amendments thereto shall be filed jointly by the undersigned. Dated: March 3, 2005 Baron Capital Group, Inc., BAMCO, Inc., and Baron Capital Management, Inc. By: /s/ Ronald Baron _______________________________________ Ronald Baron, Chairman and CEO Baron Growth Fund By: /s/ Ronald Baron ________________________________________ Ronald Baron, President & CEO Ronald Baron, Individually By: /s/ Ronald Baron _______________________________________ Ronald Baron