Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2012

Sep 5, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2012-08-31

Reporting Person: GELLERT JAY M (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-31	Common Stock	M	5000	$11.45	Acquired	66683.872	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-08-31	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.45	M	5000	Disposed	2013-01-01	Common Stock (5000)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: These options were part of a previously reported grant of 5,000 on January 1, 2003, by the Issuer to the Reporting Person that vested in two equal annual installments beginning on January 1, 2003.

F2: Represents total number of unexercised stock options held by the Reporting Person as of August 31, 2012.