Notes: Aug. 28, 2019 -- The Ensign Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ENSG), the parent company of the Ensign™ group of skilled nursing, rehabilitative care services, home health care, hospice care and assisted living companies, announced today that its board of directors has approved the separation from The Ensign Group, Inc. of its home health and hospice operation and substantially all of its senior living businesses into a separate publicly-traded company. Upon consummation of the spin-off, the two companies will consist of: The Ensign Group, Inc., which will include transitional and skilled services, rehabilitative care services, healthcare campuses, post-acute-related new business ventures and real estate investments; and The Pennant Group, Inc., which will include Ensign’s home health and hospice operations and substantially all of Ensign’s senior living operations.