Christopher R. Christensen - Feb 6, 2024 Form 4 Insider Report for ENSIGN GROUP, INC (ENSG)

Signature
/s/ Chad A. Keetch, as power of attorney
Stock symbol
ENSG
Transactions as of
Feb 6, 2024
Transactions value $
-$12,486,191
Form type
4
Date filed
2/8/2024, 07:40 PM
Previous filing
Jan 18, 2024
Next filing
Apr 17, 2024

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction ENSG Common Stock Award $576K +4.9K +31.48% $117.58 20.5K Feb 6, 2024 Direct
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$2.05M -17.5K -1.88% $117.49 912K Feb 6, 2024 By Hobble Creek Investments, LLC F1, F2, F3
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$3.29M -27.8K -3.05% $118.44 884K Feb 6, 2024 By Hobble Creek Investments, LLC F1, F3, F4
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$1.74M -14.9K -1.68% $117.36 869K Feb 7, 2024 By Hobble Creek Investments, LLC F1, F3, F5
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$1.42M -12K -1.38% $118.08 857K Feb 7, 2024 By Hobble Creek Investments, LLC F1, F3, F6
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$1.04M -8.72K -1.02% $119.53 848K Feb 7, 2024 By Hobble Creek Investments, LLC F1, F3, F7
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$421K -3.6K -0.42% $117.09 845K Feb 8, 2024 By Hobble Creek Investments, LLC F1, F3, F8
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$613K -5.2K -0.62% $117.86 839K Feb 8, 2024 By Hobble Creek Investments, LLC F1, F3, F9
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$774K -6.59K -3.91% $117.48 162K Feb 6, 2024 by Trust F1, F10, F11
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$719K -6.07K -3.75% $118.46 156K Feb 6, 2024 by Trust F1, F11, F12
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$4.55K -38 -0.02% $119.65 156K Feb 6, 2024 by Trust F1, F11, F13
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$505K -4.3K -2.76% $117.31 151K Feb 7, 2024 by Trust F1, F11, F14
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$236K -2K -1.32% $118.01 149K Feb 7, 2024 by Trust F1, F11, F15
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$79.3K -678 -0.45% $116.99 149K Feb 8, 2024 by Trust F1, F11, F16
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale -$156K -1.32K -0.89% $117.92 147K Feb 8, 2024 by Trust F1, F11, F17
holding ENSG Common Stock 170K Feb 6, 2024 By Christensen, Christopher and Claudia Trust F18
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.

Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 This transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted on November 2, 2023.
F2 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $117.07 to $117.91. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F3 Christopher R. Christensen is the sole member of this entity.
F4 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $118.00 to $118.81. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F5 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $117.00 to $117.63. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F6 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $118.00 to $118.46. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F7 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $119.00 to $119.81. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F8 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $116.55 to $117.44. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F9 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $117.67 to $118.07. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F10 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $117.07 to $117.74. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F11 These shares are directly owned by the The Christopher R. Christensen 2020 Irrevocable Trust and indirectly by Claudia Christensen, spouse of Christopher R. Christensen, as trustee of the trust. Christopher R. Christensen is a director and officer of the issuer.
F12 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $118.00 to $118.79. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F13 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $119.30 to $119.83. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F14 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $116.99 to $117.80. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F15 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $118.00 to $118.07. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F16 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $116.55 to $117.49. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F17 This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $117.55 to $118.03. The price above reflects the weighted average sale price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request by the commission staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.
F18 These shares are held by the Christensen, Christopher & Claudia Trust for which Christopher R. Christensen is trustee.