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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 10-K/A
(Amendment No. 1)
 
(Mark One)
     
þ   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010
OR
     
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to
Commission File Number 1-10989
 
VENTAS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
Delaware   61-1055020
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
111 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 4800, Chicago, Illinois   60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
(877) 483-6827
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
     
Title of Each Class   Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.25 per share   New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
 
     Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes þ    No o
     Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes o    No þ
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ    No o
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ    No o
     Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment of this Form 10-K. þ
     Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
             
Large accelerated filer þ   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer o   Smaller reporting company o
        (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    
     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes o No þ
     The aggregate market value of shares of the Registrant’s common stock, par value $0.25 per share, held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, computed by reference to the closing price of the common stock on June 30, 2010, was approximately $7.3 billion. For purposes of the foregoing calculation only, all directors and executive officers of the Registrant have been deemed affiliates.
     As of February 11, 2011, 162,920,524 shares of the Registrant’s common stock were outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
     Portions of the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on May 12, 2011 are incorporated by reference into Part III, Items 10 through 14 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
 
 

 


 

EXPLANATORY NOTE
     This Amendment No. 1 to Ventas, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 18, 2011 (the “Original Filing”), is being filed solely to include eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) information in Exhibit 101 that was excluded from the timely filed Original Filing, as provided for under Rule 405 of the SEC’s Regulation S-T. This Amendment No. 1 does not reflect events or transactions occurring after the date of the Original Filing or modify or update those disclosures that may have been affected by events or transactions occurring subsequent to such filing date, and, except as described above, all information included in the Original Filing remains unchanged.
     Exhibit 101 provides the following items formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2010 and 2009; (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008; (iii) Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Years Ended December, 2010, 2009 and 2008; (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008; (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements; and (vi) Schedule III — Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation.

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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 1, 2011
         
    Ventas, Inc.
 
       
 
  By:   /s/ Debra A. Cafaro  
 
       
 
    Debra A. Cafaro
Chairman and
 
 
    Chief Executive Officer  

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EXHIBIT INDEX
         
Exhibit        
Number   Description of Document   Location of Document
101
  Interactive Data File.   Filed herewith.