X0303 4 2011-05-24 0000740260 VENTAS INC VTR 0001388433 Doman Timothy A 111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE, SUITE 4800 CHICAGO IL 60606 0 1 0 0 SVP-Asset Management Common Stock 2011-05-24 4 M 0 4335 21.57 A 16206.402 D Common Stock 2011-05-24 4 S 0 4335 54.9014 D 11905.472 D Common Stock 3417 I By Trust Stock Option (Right to Buy) 21.57 2011-05-24 4 M 0 4335 0 D 2009-02-27 2019-02-27 Common Stock 4335 11567 D On May 24, 2011, the Reporting Person transmitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission a Form 144 covering the sale of the Issuer's common stock reported on Table I. Includes 34.07 shares acquired between March 1, 2011 and May 25, 2011, under the Ventas Employee and Director Stock Purchase Plan. Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of these 3,417 shares except to the extent of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest in the shares. These options were part of a previously reported grant of 13,007 on February 27, 2009, by the Issuer to the Reporting Person that vested in three equal annual installments on February 27, 2009, February 27, 2010 and February 27, 2011. Represents total number of unexercised stock options held directly by the Reporting Person as of May 24, 2011. Reporting Person also owns a total of 13,355 unexercised stock options indirectly by trust. Timothy A. Doman, By: T. Richard Riney, Attorney-In-Fact 2011-05-26