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Common Stock Purchase Agreement - Mid Atlantic Medical Services Inc. and The Bank of New York

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                         COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT


     THIS COMMON STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"),  made this 6th day
of September,  2002,  between Mid Atlantic  Medical  Services,  Inc., a Delaware
corporation  (the  "Seller") and The Bank of New York,  not in its individual or
corporate capacity, but solely in its capacity as trustee (the "Trustee") of the
Stock  Compensation  Trust (the  "Trust")  (the Trust is  hereinafter  sometimes
referred to as the "Purchaser")  under a trust agreement  between the Seller and
the Trustee dated August 26, 1996,  as most recently  amended and restated as of
August 4, 2000 (the "Trust Agreement").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

     WHEREAS,  as  contemplated  by the Trust  Agreement,  the  Purchaser  is to
purchase from the Seller, and the Seller is to sell to the Purchaser,  shares of
the  Seller's  common  stock,  $0.01 par value  (the  "Common  Stock"),  as more
specifically provided herein;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings
contained  herein,  and  subject to and on the terms and  conditions  herein set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

                                    ARTICLE I

                           PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHARES

     1.1  Purchase  and Sale.  Subject  to the terms  and  conditions  set forth
herein,  the Seller will sell to the Purchaser,  and the Purchaser will purchase
from  the  Seller,  at  the  Closing  (as  hereinafter  defined),   two  million
(2,000,000)  shares of Common Stock at $34.95 per share which is the Fair Market
Value (as defined in the Trust) of the Common Stock on the last full trading day
prior  to the  Closing.  The  shares  of  Common  Stock to be  purchased  by the
Purchaser  and  sold  by the  Seller  at the  Closing  are  referred  to in this
Agreement as the "Common  Shares." In consideration  for the Common Shares,  the
Purchaser will deliver to the Seller cash in the amount of $20,000, representing
the par value of the Common Stock, and an allonge to the Replacement  Promissory
Note dated  December 20,  1996,  as amended by Allonge  dated  January 11, 1999,
Allonge dated August 20, 1999,  Allonge dated August 4, 2000,  and Allonge dated
July 11,  2001  previously  delivered  by the  Purchaser  to the  Seller  in the
principal  amount  of  $145,594,696.75  (the  "Note")  in the form of  Exhibit A
attached hereto.

     1.2  Closing.  The closing of the sale and  purchase  of the Common  Shares
hereunder  (the  "Closing"),  will be  held  at the  offices  of the  Seller  on
September  6,  2002 or at such  other  time,  date and place as agreed to by the
parties.

     1.3 Delivery and  Payment.  At the Closing,  the Seller will deliver to the
Purchaser a certificate  representing the Common Shares, which certificate shall
be  registered in the name of the Trustee,  or the name of its nominee,  against
payment by the Purchaser to the Seller of the aggregate purchase price therefor.
Notwithstanding the foregoing,  the Seller may accomplish the transfer of shares
to the Trustee by book entry,  in which event a cross  receipt shall be executed
by the parties.  The Seller will pay all stamp and other transfer taxes, if any,
which may be payable in respect of the sale and delivery of the Common Shares.

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                                   ARTICLE II

                  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SELLER

     The Seller represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:

     2.1 Corporate Existence and Authority. The Seller (i) is a corporation duly
organized,  validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware; (ii) has all requisite corporate power to execute, deliver and perform
this  Agreement;  and  (iii)  has  taken  all  necessary  corporation  action to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

     2.2 No Conflict. The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, conflict with
or constitute a default under (i) the Seller's  certificate of  incorporation or
by-laws,  (ii) any agreement,  indenture or other instrument to which the Seller
is a party or by which the  Seller or its  assets may be bound or (iii) any law,
regulation,  order,  arbitration,  award,  judgment or decree  applicable to the
Seller.

     2.3  Validity.  This  Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Seller and is a valid and binding  agreement of the Seller  enforceable  against
the Seller in accordance with its terms,  except as the  enforceability  thereof
may  be  limited  by  any  applicable  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  reorganization,
moratorium,  fraudulent  conveyance or other laws  affecting the  enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, and by general principles of equity.

     2.4 The Common Shares.  The Common Shares have been duly authorized and are
(or when issued as  contemplated  hereby will be) validly  issued and constitute
fully-paid and  non-assessable  shares of Common Stock,  $0.01 par value, of the
Seller.  No stockholder  of the Seller has any preemptive or other  subscription
right to acquire  any shares of Common  Stock.  The  Seller  will  convey to the
Purchaser,  on the date of Closing,  good and valid  title to the Common  Shares
free and clear of any liens, claims, security interests and encumbrances.

     2.5 Litigation. There are no actions, suits, proceedings or arbitrations or
investigations  pending,  or to the Seller's best  knowledge,  threatened in any
court or before any governmental  agency or instrumentality or arbitration panel
or otherwise against or by the Seller which seek to or could restrain, prohibit,
rescind or declare unlawful, or result in substantial damages in respect of this
Agreement  or  the  performance  hereof  by  the  Seller   (including,   without
limitation, the delivery of the Common Shares).

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                                   ARTICLE III

                 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE PURCHASER

     The Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Seller as follows:

     3.1  Authority;  Validity.  The  Purchaser  has full power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement and the Note as Trustee and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby. The Note has been duly executed by the Trustee
on behalf of the Trust and,  upon the  execution  and delivery by the Trustee on
behalf  of the  Trust,  the Note will be a valid and  binding  agreement  of the
Purchaser enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforceability
thereof may be limited by any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium,  fraudulent  conveyance or other laws  affecting the  enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, and by general principles of equity.


                                   ARTICLE IV

                RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSITION OF THE COMMON SHARES

     4.1 Restricted Securities. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Purchaser is
acquiring the Common Shares pursuant to a transaction  exempt from  registration
under the 1933 Act.  The  Purchaser  represents,  warrants  and agrees  that all
Common  Shares  acquired by the Purchaser  pursuant to this  Agreement are being
acquired for investment without any intention of making a distribution  thereof,
or of making any sale or other  disposition  thereof which would be in violation
of the 1933 Act or any applicable  state  securities law, and that the Purchaser
will not dispose of any of the Common Shares except that the Trustee will,  from
time to time,  convey a portion of the Common Shares to the  participants in the
Plans  (as  that  term  is  defined  in the  Trust  Agreement)  to  satisfy  the
obligations of the Seller  thereunder,  and except upon termination of the Trust
to the extent  that the Trust then holds any Common  Shares,  all in  compliance
with all provisions of applicable federal and state law regulating the issuance,
sale and distribution of securities.

     4.2 Legend. Until such time as the Common Shares are registered pursuant to
the provisions of the 1933 Act, any certificate or certificates representing the
Common  Shares  delivered  pursuant  to  Section  1.3,  will  bear a  legend  in
substantially the following form:

     "The shares  represented by this certificate have not been registered under
the  Securities  Act of 1933, as amended,  and may not be sold,  transferred  or
otherwise  disposed of unless they have first been registered  under such Act or
unless an exemption from registration is available."

     The Seller may place stop  transfer  orders  against  the  registration  or
transfer of any shares  evidenced by such a certificate  or  certificates  until
such time as the requirements of the foregoing are satisfied.

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                                    ARTICLE V

                              CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

     5.1  Conditions to  Obligations  of the  Purchaser.  The  obligation of the
Purchaser to purchase the Common  Shares is subject to the  satisfaction  of the
following conditions on the date of Closing:

          (a) The  representations  and  warranties  of the  Seller set forth in
     Article II hereof shall be true and correct; and if the Closing shall occur
     on a date other than the date of this  Agreement,  the Purchaser shall have
     been  furnished  with a  certificate,  dated the date of  Closing,  to such
     effect, signed by an authorized officer of the Seller; and

          (b) All  permits,  approvals,  authorizations  and  consents  of third
     parties  necessary for the  consummation of the  transactions  herein shall
     have  been  obtained,  and no order of any court or  administrative  agency
     shall  be  in  effect  which   restrains  or  prohibits  the   transactions
     contemplated by this Agreement,  and no suit, action or other proceeding by
     any  governmental  body or other  person shall have been  instituted  which
     questions the validity or legality of the transactions contemplated by this
     Agreement.


     5.2 Conditions to  Obligations of the Seller.  The obligation of the Seller
to issue,  sell and deliver the Common Shares to the Purchaser is subject to the
satisfaction of the following conditions on the date of Closing:

          (a) The  representations  and warranties of the Purchaser set forth in
     Article III hereof  shall be true and  correct;  and if the  Closing  shall
     occur on a date other  than the date of this  Agreement,  the Seller  shall
     have been furnished with a certificate  dated the date of Closing,  to such
     effect, signed by an authorized office of the Trustee; and

          (b) No order of any court or administrative  agency shall be in effect
     which  restrains  or  prohibits  the  transactions   contemplated  by  this
     Agreement, and no suit, action or other proceeding by any governmental body
     or other person shall have been instituted  which questions the validity or
     legality of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

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                                   ARTICLE VI

                                  MISCELLANEOUS

     6.1 Expenses.  The Seller shall pay all of its  expenses,  and it shall pay
the Purchaser's  expenses,  in connection with the  authorization,  preparation,
execution and performance of this Agreement,  including  without  limitation the
reasonable  fees and  expenses  of the  Trustee,  its  agents,  representatives,
counsel, financial advisors and consultants.

     6.2   Survival   of   Seller's   Representations   and   Warranties.    All
representations  and  warranties  made by the  Seller to the  Purchaser  in this
Agreement shall survive the Closing.

     6.3 Notices.  All  notices,  requests or other  communications  required or
permitted to be delivered hereunder shall be in writing, delivered by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested, as follows:

          (a) To the Seller:

                         Sharon Pavlos, Associate Senior
                         Executive Vice President and
                         General Counsel
                         Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.
                         4 Taft Court
                         Rockville, MD 20850

          (b) To the Purchaser:

                         Lorraine Serio
                         The Bank of New York
                         One Wall Street
                         New York, NY 10286

Any party hereto may from time to time,  by written  notice given as  aforesaid,
designate any other address to which notices,  requests or other  communications
addressed to it shall be sent.

     6.4 Specific Performance. The parties hereto acknowledge that damages would
be an inadequate  remedy for any breach of the  provisions of this Agreement and
agree  that the  obligations  of the  parties  hereunder  shall be  specifically
enforceable,  and  neither  party  will take any action to impede the other from
seeking to enforce such rights of specific performance.

     6.5  Successors  and Assigns;  Integration;  Assignability.  This Agreement
shall be  binding  upon and inure to the  benefit of and be  enforceable  by the
parties  hereto,  and their  respective  legal  representatives,  successors and
assigns.  This  Agreement (a)  constitutes,  together  with the Note,  the Trust
Agreement, and any other written agreements between the Purchaser and the Seller
executed  and  delivered on the date hereof,  the entire  agreement  between the
parties  hereto and supersedes  all other prior  agreements and  understandings,
both  written and oral,  among the parties,  with respect to the subject  matter
hereof;  (b) shall not confer upon any person other than the parties  hereto any
rights or remedies  hereunder;  and (c) shall not be  assignable by operation of
law or otherwise, except that the Trustee may assign all its rights hereunder to
any corporation or other institution  exercising trust powers in connection with
any such institution assuming the duties of a trustee under the Trust.
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     6.6  Governing  Law. This  Agreement  shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the state of New York.

     6.7  Further  Assurances.  Subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  herein
provided,  each of the parties  hereto agrees to use all  reasonable  efforts to
take,  or cause to be taken,  all  action  and to do,  or cause to be done,  all
things  necessary,  proper or advisable to  consummate  and make  effective  the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

     6.8 Amendment  and Waiver.  No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement or consent to departure therefrom shall be effective unless in writing
and signed by the Purchaser and the Seller.

     6.9  Counterparts.  This  Agreement  may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
counterparts  with the same effect as if the  signatures  thereto  were upon one
instrument.

     6.10 Certain Limitations.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement and
the  performance  by the  Trustee of this  Agreement  and under the terms of the
Trust have been or will be,  effected by the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee.
Nothing in this Agreement  shall be interpreted to increase,  decrease or modify
in any  manner any  liability  of the  Trustee to the Seller or to any  trustee,
representative  or other  claimant  by right of the  Seller  resulting  from the
Trustee's  performance  of its duties under the  constituent  instruments of the
Trust, and no personal  liability shall be asserted or enforceable  against said
entity  by  reason  of any  of  the  covenants,  statements  or  representations
contained in this Agreement.

     6.11  Incorporation.  The  terms  and  conditions  of the  Trust  Agreement
relating  to  the  nature  of  the  responsibilities  of  the  Trustee  and  the
indemnification  of the  Trustee  by  the  Seller  are  incorporated  herein  by
reference and made applicable to this Agreement.


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     IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the undersigned  have duly executed this Agreement on
the date and year first above written.


                         MID ATLANTIC MEDICAL SERVICES, INC.


                         By: /s/ Robert E. Foss
                               __________________________________

                         Title:  Senior Executive Vice President and
                                 Chief Financial Officer
                               _________________________________



                         THE BANK OF NEW YORK in its  capacity as
                         trustee of the Mid Atlantic Medical Services, Inc.
                         Stock Compensation Trust


                         By: /s/ Lorraine Serio
                                __________________________________

                         Title:  Vice President
                                __________________________________





EXHIBIT A

Allonge