---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001125376-26-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ENSG"
cik: "0001125376"
company_name: "ENSIGN GROUP, INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-18T20:04:23+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-18T21:19:46.244427+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ensign Group shareholders elect all four director nominees and ratify auditor

## Summary
- Class I directors Smith (47.4M for), Abbott (47.8M), Snapper (48.6M) elected; Class II director Pison (50.6M for) elected.
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as auditor for 2026 received 52.9M for, 1.2M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay approved with 48.6M for, 2.8M against, 2.8M broker non-votes.
- Total shares present 54.2M of 58.4M outstanding; meeting held May 13, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001125376-26-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ENSG
- cik: 0001125376
- company_name: ENSIGN GROUP, INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-18T20:04:23+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537626000026/0001125376-26-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537626000026/ensg-20260513.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001125376-26-000026.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  ENSIGN GROUP, INC shareholders approved Ratification of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent registered public accounting firm for year ending December 31, 2026 at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2026 was ratified, and the voting results were as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537626000026/0001125376-26-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ENSIGN GROUP, INC shareholders approved Election of Class I and Class II directors at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: The four nominees named below were elected to serve as Class I or Class II directors of the board of directors, as set forth below, to serve until the 2029 and 2027 Annual Meetings, respectively, or until a successor is elected and qualified, and the voting results were as follows:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537626000026/0001125376-26-000026-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  ENSIGN GROUP, INC shareholders approved Advisory approval of compensation paid to named executive officers at the 2026-05-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-13
  source text: 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:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125376/000112537626000026/0001125376-26-000026-index.htm

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