Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2011

Sep 28, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2011-09-26

Reporting Person: CROCKER DOUGLAS II (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-09-26	Common Stock	A	30.012	$49.98	Acquired	74235.601	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Common stock in the form of Units granted under the Ventas Nonemployee Director Deferred Stock Compensation Plan (the "Plan") in lieu of Director fees pursuant to the Director's deferral election. Such Units are payable solely in common stock and subject to the terms and conditions of the Director's deferral election and the Plan.

F2: Includes 45.148 Units acquired on July 12, 2011 under the Plan as a result of dividend equivalents credited with respect to the dividend on Issuer's common stock paid on July 12, 2011.

F3: As of September 26, 2011, Reporting Person also owns options to purchase 40,000 shares of Issuer's common stock.