Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is one of the nation's leading healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs), with total enterprise value of approximately $9 billion and market capitalization of approximately $7 billion, as of December 31, 2009. Ventas owns 244 senior housing facilities, 40 hospitals, 187 skilled nursing facilities and 34 medical office buildings and other healthcare facilities containing approximately 50,000 licensed beds and senior living units located in 43 states and two Canadian provinces.

On February 19, 2010, Ventas announced that it filed its 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission. To view or print this filing, see SEC Filings under Investor Tools in this website. Alternatively, stockholders can obtain a hard copy of this Form 10-K, without charge, by requesting it either through the Information Requests section under Investor Tools in this website or by written request to Ventas, Inc., 10350 Ormsby Park Place, Suite 300, Louisville, KY 40223, Attention: Corporate Secretary. Copies of the exhibits to the Form 10-K will be provided to any requesting stockholder, provided that such stockholder agrees to reimburse us for our reasonable costs to provide those exhibits.