Barnes Melody C 4

What Happened

• Melody C. Barnes, a director of Ventas, Inc. (VTR), was granted 66.742 shares on April 16, 2026. The award is valued at $85.51 per share, for a total reported value of $5,707. This was an equity award (not an open-market purchase or sale) resulting from dividend equivalents credited under the company's Non-Employee Directors' Equity Award Deferral Program.

Key Details

• Transaction date and price: April 16, 2026; 66.742 shares @ $85.51 (closing price on grant date).
• Total value reported: $5,707.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not reported in the provided filing.
• Footnotes: The shares were granted as units under the Non-Employee Directors' Equity Award Deferral Program and are payable solely in common stock per the director's deferral election. The per-share price cited is the closing price on the grant date.
• Filing timeliness: Report filed on April 17, 2026 (next business day), indicating a timely report.

Context

• This award reflects dividend-equivalent compensation to a non-employee director and is a routine corporate compensation action rather than a direct purchase or sale in the open market. Such dividend-equivalent grants typically reflect standard director pay practices and do not, by themselves, indicate insider sentiment about the stock.