ENSIGN GROUP, INC — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 15, 2012

SEC Form 5 — Annual Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: ENSIGN GROUP, INC (ENSG)
CIK: 0001125376
Period of Report: 2011-12-31

Reporting Person: Stapley Gregory K. (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-02-22	Common Stock	G	4500	—	Disposed	674254	Indirect
2011-09-02	Common Stock	G	6000	—	Disposed	668284	Indirect
2011-11-03	Common Stock	G	18000	—	Disposed	650284	Indirect
2011-09-02	Common Stock	G	3000	—	Acquired	5350	Indirect
2011-09-02	Common Stock	G	3000	—	Acquired	34050	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: These shares are directly owned by the Stapley Family Trust dated 4/25/06 and indirectly by Gregory K. Stapley as Trustee of the trust. Gregory K. Stapley is an officer of the issuer.

F2: This transaction involved a gift of securities by the reporting person to his children. The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares by his children, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of his children's shares for the purposes of Section 16 or any other purpose.