Beverly B. Wittekind - 19 Feb 2026 Form 4 Insider Report for ENSIGN GROUP, INC (ENSG)

Role
VP and Chief Legal Officer
Signature
/s/ Chad A. Keetch, as power of attorney
Issuer symbol
ENSG
Transactions as of
19 Feb 2026
Net transactions value
-$86,435
Form type
4
Filing time
20 Feb 2026, 17:03:23 UTC
Previous filing
23 Dec 2025
Next filing
02 Mar 2026
SEC
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Reporting Owners (1)

Name Relationship Address Signature Signature date CIK
Wittekind Beverly B. VP and Chief Legal Officer 29222 RANCHO VIEJO ROAD, SUITE 127, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO /s/ Chad A. Keetch, as power of attorney 20 Feb 2026 0001475842

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction ENSG Common Stock Options Exercise $41,820 +500 +1.5% $83.64 33,279 19 Feb 2026 Direct F1
transaction ENSG Common Stock Sale $105,115 -500 -1.5% $210.23 32,779 19 Feb 2026 Direct F1
transaction ENSG Common Stock Tax liability $23,140 -113 -0.34% $204.78 32,666 19 Feb 2026 Direct F2

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction ENSG Employee Stock Option (right to buy) Options Exercise $0 -500 -100% $0.000000 0 19 Feb 2026 Common Stock 500 $83.64 Direct F1, F3
* 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 September 2, 2025.
F2 Represents shares that have been withheld by the Issuer to satisfy its income tax withholding and remittance obligations in connection with the net settlement of restricted stock and does not represent a sale by the Reporting Person. The shares were originally granted on February 19, 2021 and vested in five equal installments beginning February 19, 2022.
F3 These shares were granted February 19, 2021 and vested over 5 equal annual installments.