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  0001548135
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001125376
  ENSIGN GROUP, INC
  001-33757
  29222 RANCHO VIEJO RD.
  SUITE 127
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
  CA
  92675
  (949) 487-9500
  Shaw Daren
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  4000
  380013.50
  56200853
  10/10/2023
  NASDAQ
  Common
  10/10/2023
  Option Granted - 05/29/2014
  Issuer
  N
  4000
  10/10/2023
  Cash
  N
  DAREN SHAW
  29222 Rancho Viejo Road
  Suite 127
  San Juan Capistrano
  CA
  92675
  Common
  08/29/2023
  2000
  195680.00
  10/10/2023
  05/23/2023
  /s/ Gerardo Ibarra-Munoz, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Daren Shaw