---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001125376-24-000074"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ENSG"
cik: "0001125376"
company_name: "ENSIGN GROUP, INC"
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T14:27:49.571005+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ensign Group shareholders elect directors, approve board expansion to nine, ratify auditor and say-on-pay

## Summary
- Class II directors Christensen (44.9M for) and Shaw (43.9M for) elected; 3.78M broker non-votes.
- Amendment to increase board size to 9 from 8 passed with 52.5M for, 175K against.
- Deloitte & Touche ratified as auditor for FY 2024 with 51.5M for, 1.17M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (47.7M for, 1.2M against, 3.78M broker non-votes).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001125376-24-000074
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ENSG
- cik: 0001125376
- company_name: ENSIGN GROUP, INC
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537624000074/0001125376-24-000074-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537624000074/ensg-20240516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001125376-24-000074.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 2db327e20255942327ff1b02c251c61aca910dab
  claim: ENSIGN GROUP, INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for 2024 at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2024 was ratified, and the voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions (b) 51,515,792 1,173,592 20,048
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537624000074/0001125376-24-000074-index.htm
- claim_id: e6667d341c9492a7b25be2ce8ab1c55cb0317ec3
  claim: ENSIGN GROUP, INC shareholders approved Election of Class II directors Christopher R. Christensen and Daren J. Shaw at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The two nominees named below were elected to serve as Class II directors of the board of directors, to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting, until a successor is elected and qualified, and the voting rights were as follows Votes Votes Nominee For Against Abstain (a) Class II directors elected for a three-year term Christopher R. Christensen 44,933,814 3,971,004 22,264 Daren J. Shaw 43,852,515 5,035,017 39,550
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537624000074/0001125376-24-000074-index.htm
- claim_id: e7da270fc32b2432257d1e67b7d32617c1c2dfa3
  claim: ENSIGN GROUP, INC shareholders approved Approval of amendment to Certificate of Incorporation to increase board size to nine at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The approval of the amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to increase the size of The Ensign Group's Board of Directors to nine from eight, and the voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions (b) 52,516,066 175,150 18,216
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537624000074/0001125376-24-000074-index.htm
- claim_id: ffa2475aa20e15bf4707a0d3eda1b4ee900c5c2c
  claim: ENSIGN GROUP, INC shareholders approved Advisory approval of compensation paid to named executive officers at the 2024-05-16 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The compensation paid to the company's named executive officers, as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K, including the Compensation Discussion and Analysis, compensation tables and narrative discussion, was approved on an advisory basis, and the voting results were as follows: Votes For Votes Against Abstentions (c) 47,696,730 1,205,218 25,134
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537624000074/0001125376-24-000074-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.