Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2012

Apr 3, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2012-04-01

Reporting Person: SHELTON JAMES D (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-04-01	Common Stock	A	207.968	$57.10	Acquired	9395.009	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: As of April 1, 2012, Reporting Person also owns options to purchase 20,000 shares of Issuer's common stock.