Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2011

Jun 9, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2011-06-07

Reporting Person: GELLERT JAY M (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-06-07	Common Stock	M	10000	$11.34	Acquired	51457.413	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-06-07	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.34	M	10000	Disposed	2011-09-10	Common Stock (10000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These options were part of a previously reported grant of 10,000 on September 10, 2001, by the Issuer to the Reporting Person that vested in two equal installments on September 10, 2001 and September 10, 2002.

F2: Represents total number of unexercised stock options held by the Reporting Person as of June 7, 2011.