Port Barry 4

What Happened

• Barry R. Port, CEO of Ensign Group, was granted 12,000 shares and 30,000 derivative shares (an option) on 2026-02-26. Both grants were reported at an acquisition price of $0.00, for a total of 42,000 shares awarded. These are compensation awards (not open-market purchases or sales).

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-02-26. Form 4 filed: 2026-03-02 (filed within the standard 2 business-day window).
• 12,000 shares: reported as a direct award (A) at $0.00.
• 30,000 shares: reported as a derivative award/option (A) at $0.00.
• Vesting: Both the 12,000-share award and the 30,000-share option vest in five equal annual installments beginning February 26, 2027 (Footnotes F1 and F3).
• Shares of record: Some shares are held of record by Barry R. Port and Michelle Port, spouse, as Trustees (Footnote F2).
• Shares owned after the transaction: Not specified in the provided filing.

Context

• These are compensation grants with multi-year vesting, so they do not provide immediate liquidity or indicate a buy/sell by the insider. The 30,000-share item is a derivative (an option) that will vest over time rather than an exercised-and-sold transaction. No cash changed hands in these reported grants.