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  0001764784
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001125376
  ENSIGN GROUP, INC
  001-33757
  29222 RANCHO VIEJO RD.
  SUITE 127
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
  CA
  92675
  (949) 487-9500
  Blouin Ann Scott
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  350
  40764.50
  56923016
  05/07/2024
  NASDAQ
  Common
  07/15/2020
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  319
  07/15/2020
  Compensation
  Common
  01/15/2021
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  31
  01/15/2021
  Compensation
  Y
  05/07/2024
  02/06/2024
  /S/ Adam Gehring, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Ann S. Blouin