Port Barry 4

What Happened

• Barry R. Port, CEO of Ensign Group, received a grant/award of 13,871 shares on February 18, 2026. The reported acquisition price/valuation is $209.96 per share, for a total reported value of $2,912,355. This transaction is recorded as an award/grant (code A), i.e., an issuance of shares to the insider rather than an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-18; Filing date: 2026-02-20 (filed within the typical 2-business-day Form 4 window).
• Price/value: $209.96 per share; total value reported $2,912,355.
• Shares acquired: 13,871 shares.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Transaction code: A (award/grant).
• Footnote: F1 notes shares are held of record by Barry R. Port and Michelle Port, spouse, as Trustees.
• No indication in the filing of a sale, cashless exercise, or 10b5-1 plan.

Context

• This was a stock award to the CEO (an acquisition of shares via grant), not an open-market buy or a sale. Grants to executives are common compensation events and reflect equity allocation, but they do not by themselves indicate the insider is buying additional shares on the open market.
• The filing appears timely and contains a record-ownership footnote indicating the shares are held by the Reporting Person and spouse in a trustee capacity.