Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2011

Oct 13, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2011-10-11

Reporting Person: GELLERT JAY M (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-10-11	Common Stock	M	5000	$11.86	Acquired	58161.589	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2011-10-11	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.86	M	5000	Disposed	2012-01-02	Common Stock (5000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These options were part of a previously reported grant of 5,000 on January 2, 2002 by the Issuer to the Reporting Person that vested in two equal installments on January 2, 2002 and January 2, 2003.

F2: Represents total number of unexercised stock options held by the Reporting Person as of October 11, 2011.