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         VENTAS, INC.
(VENTAS LOGO)

Meeting Information
Meeting Type:     Annual
For holders as of:     March 8, 2010
Date:   April 30, 2010     Time:   9:00 a.m. EDT
Location:     Ventas, Inc.
10350 Ormsby Park Place
Room LL050
Louisville, Kentucky 40223
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1. Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement     2. 2009 Chairman’s Letter to Investors     3. 2009 Form 10-K
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Voting Items
COMPANY PROPOSALS – The Board of Directors recommends a vote FOR ALL director nominees and FOR Proposal 2.
1.   Election of eight (8) directors to terms expiring at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Stockholders:

Nominees:
                                         
01)
  Debra A. Cafaro     02 )   Douglas Crocker II     03 )   Ronald G. Geary     04 )   Jay M. Gellert
05)
  Robert D. Reed     06 )   Sheli Z. Rosenberg     07 )   James D. Shelton     08 )   Thomas C. Theobald
2.   Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2010
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL – The Board of Directors recommends a vote AGAINST Proposal 3.
3.   Adoption of a majority vote standard for the election of directors