The Ensign Group, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

• Press Release
• Source: The Ensign Group, Inc.
• On 5:13 pm EDT, Friday September 18, 2009

MISSION VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENSG - News), the parent company of the Ensign(TM) 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 $0.045 per share of Ensign common stock, payable on or before October 31, 2009 to shareholders of record as of September 30, 2009. Ensign has been a dividend-paying company since 2002.

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About The Ensign Group, Inc.

The Ensign Group, Inc.'s operating subsidiaries provide a broad spectrum of skilled nursing and assisted living services, physical, occupational and speech therapies, and other rehabilitative and healthcare services for both long-term residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients, at 70 facilities located in California, Arizona, Texas, Washington, Utah, Idaho and Colorado. More information about Ensign is available at http://www.ensigngroup.net.