Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2011

Jul 6, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2011-07-01

Reporting Person: SCHWEINHART RICHARD A (EVP & Chief Fin. Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-07-01	Common Stock	A	78	—	Acquired	124962.234	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1605	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Received in exchange for 100 shares of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. ("NHP") common stock in connection with the merger of NHP into a wholly owned subsidiary of Issuer on July 1, 2011. On the effective date of the merger, the closing price of NHP common stock was $42.42 per share, and the closing price of Issuer's common stock was $53.74 per share.

F2: As of July 1, 2011, Reporting Person also owns options to purchase 306,567 shares of Issuer's common stock.