Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) is one of the nation's leading healthcare real estate investment trusts (REITs), with total enterprise value of approximately $6 billion and market capitalization of approximately $3 billion, as of March 31, 2009. Ventas owns 243 senior housing facilities, 40 hospitals, 193 skilled nursing facilities and 29 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. The Company also has investments in 4 other healthcare and senior housing facilities.

On February 27, 2009, Ventas announced that it filed its 2008 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.