The Ensign Group, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend

MISSION VIEJO, Calif., March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services and assisted living companies, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.055 per share of Ensign common stock, payable on or before April 30, 2011 to shareholders of record as of March 31, 2011. Ensign has been a dividend-paying company since 2002.

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About Ensign™

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s independent operating subsidiaries provide a broad spectrum of skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, home health and hospice services, and other rehabilitative and healthcare services for both long-term residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients at 85 facilities, two hospice companies and a home health business in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah, Idaho and Colorado. More information about Ensign is available at www.ensigngroup.net.  

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