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What Happened

• Marguerite M. Nader, a director of Ventas, Inc. (VTR), received 66.742 shares on April 16, 2026. The shares were granted as dividend-equivalent units under the Ventas Non-Employee Directors' Equity Award Deferral Program and are valued at $85.51 per share (closing price), for a total value of approximately $5,707. This was an award (not an open-market purchase or sale).

Key Details

• Transaction date: April 16, 2026. Report filed April 17, 2026 (appears timely).
• Price used: $85.51 per share (closing price on grant date); total value ≈ $5,707.
• Shares acquired: 66.742 shares (grant/award, transaction code A).
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported in the provided filing excerpt.
• Footnotes: Units represent dividend equivalents credited under the Non-Employee Directors' Equity Award Deferral Program and are payable solely in common stock subject to the director’s deferral election and program terms.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, gift, tax withholding sale, or option exercise in this transaction.

Context

• This was a routine dividend-equivalent award to a non-employee director, which is typically a standard compensation/dividend deferral mechanism rather than a market-timing signal. The value is modest (~$5.7k) and does not by itself imply insider sentiment about the company’s stock.