X0202 4 2006-07-19 0 0000787784 AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORP ACR 0001337618 Johnson Edgar Carl 111 WESTWOOD PLACE SUITE 200 BRENTWOOD TN 37027 0 1 0 0 Sr. Vice President Common Stock 2006-07-19 4 F 0 1587 32.90 D 7413 D On July 19, 2006, the vesting of restricted stock owned by the reporting person was accelerated due to the approval by American Retirement Corporation's ("the Company") shareholders of a plan of merger between the Company and Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. 1,587 shares were withheld from the shares delivered to the reporting person in order to satisfy the reporting person's tax withholding obligation. /s/ E. Carl Johnson 2006-07-21