Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2012

Oct 19, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2012-10-17

Reporting Person: RINEY T RICHARD (EVP, Chief Admin. Off. & GC)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-10-17	Common Stock	G	70000	—	Disposed	174559	Direct
2012-10-17	Common Stock	G	65000	—	Disposed	109559	Direct
2012-10-17	Common Stock	G	70000	—	Acquired	70000	Indirect
2012-10-17	Common Stock	G	65000	—	Acquired	65000	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1300	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents a bona fide gift from the Reporting Person to the Donna Susan Riney Revocable Trust, of which Reporting Person's spouse is the trustee and beneficiary.

F2: Represents a bona fide gift from the Reporting Person to the Riney Family Trust, of which Reporting Person's spouse is the trustee and Reporting Person's children are the beneficiaries. Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these 65,000 shares except to the extent of Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in the shares.

F3: As of October 17, 2012, Reporting Person also owns options to purchase 71,054 shares of Issuer's common stock.