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VENTAS, INC.              

Stockholder Meeting to be held on 05/07/09

    
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•  Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement

  
       

•  2008 Chairman’s Letter to Investors

  
       

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111 SOUTH WACKER DRIVE

SUITE 4800

CHICAGO, IL 60606

              
         

 

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How to Vote

    
   

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Meeting Date:

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For Holders as of:

 

Annual

05/07/09

9:00 a.m. CDT

03/16/09

            

 

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Ventas, Inc.

111 South Wacker Drive, 29th Floor

Chicago, IL 60606

            

 

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Voting items  

 

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR ALL” DIRECTOR NOMINEES AND “FOR” PROPOSAL 2.

 

  

1.

  

Election of Directors: to elect eight (8) directors to terms expiring at the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

  
 

Nominees:

      
 

(01)

  

Debra A. Cafaro

  

(05)

  

Robert D. Reed

  
 

(02)

  

Douglas Crocker II

  

(06)

  

Sheli Z. Rosenberg

  
 

(03)

  

Ronald G. Geary

  

(07)

  

James D. Shelton

  
 

(04)

  

Jay M. Gellert

  

(08)

  

Thomas C. Theobald

  

2.

  

DIRECTORS’ PROPOSAL: to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2009.