Ventas, Inc. — Director's Dealing 2014

Jan 31, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: VENTAS INC (VTR)
CIK: 0000740260
Period of Report: 2014-01-29

Reporting Person: SCHWEINHART RICHARD A (EVP & CFO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-01-29	Common Stock	A	10513	—	Acquired	140628.234	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-01-29	Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$61.6	A	63453	Acquired	2024-01-29	Common Stock (63453.0)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	1605	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Restricted stock granted by Issuer pursuant to the Ventas, Inc. 2012 Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This restricted stock vests on the third anniversary of the date of the grant.

F2: Stock options granted by Issuer pursuant to the Plan.

F3: These options vest on the third anniversary of the date of the grant.

F4: As of January 29, 2014, Reporting Person owns options to purchase an aggregate of 311,214 shares of Issuer's common stock.