Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Ventas, Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 25, 2021. Represented at the Annual Meeting were 341,856,152 shares, or 91.14%, of the Company's 375,053,524 shares of common stock outstanding and entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Proxies for the Annual Meeting were solicited pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Set forth below are the voting results for the proposals considered and voted upon at the Annual Meeting, all of which were described in the Company's definitive Proxy Statement, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2021. The vote required for approval of Proposal 1 is based on a majority of votes cast, while the vote required for Proposals 2 and 3 is based on a majority of shares present (in person or by proxy) and entitled to vote. Abstentions have no effect on Proposal 1 and are counted as "against" on Proposals 2 and 3. Broker non-votes have no effect on Proposals 1 and 2.

1. The election of eleven directors to terms expiring at the 2022 Annual Meeting


    of Stockholders.




                                                                             Broker
Nominee                    For            Against          Abstain         Non-Votes
Melody C. Barnes        313,988,349       2,255,900         212,396         25,399,507
Debra A. Cafaro         277,855,483       17,657,895       20,943,267       25,399,507
Jay M. Gellert          305,311,519       10,918,955        226,171         25,399,507
Matthew J. Lustig       311,192,800       5,031,089         232,756         25,399,507
Roxanne M. Martino      308,615,771       7,625,687         215,187         25,399,507
Marguerite M. Nader     315,119,887       1,120,529         216,229         25,399,507
Sean P. Nolan           313,797,674       2,428,528         230,443         25,399,507
Walter C. Rakowich      293,516,578       22,709,748        230,319         25,399,507
Robert D. Reed          305,921,793       10,305,677        229,175         25,399,507
James D. Shelton        278,928,137       37,300,191        228,317         25,399,507
Maurice S. Smith        315,136,423       1,079,741         240,481         25,399,507

2. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation to the Company's named


    executive officers.




     For            Against         Abstain       Broker Non-Votes
  270,414,155       45,533,185       509,305          25,399,507

3. The ratification of the selection of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent

registered public accounting firm for fiscal year 2021.






     For           Against       Abstain      Broker Non-Votes
  340,909,590       531,596       414,966                 -

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