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  0001778500
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001125376
  ENSIGN GROUP, INC
  001-33757
  29222 RANCHO VIEJO RD.
  SUITE 127
  SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
  CA
  92675
  (949) 487-9500
  Burton Spencer
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  2513
  250043.50
  56200853
  08/30/2023
  NASDAQ
  Common
  02/19/2021
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  2513
  02/19/2021
  Compensation
  Y
  08/30/2023
  03/03/2023
  /s/Wade Moss, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Spencer W Burton