Integrity, Transparency and Accountability

Ventas is committed to maintaining best-in-class corporate governance practices and policies that promote the long-term interests of our stockholders. Our objective is to promote integrity, transparency and accountability of management and the Board of Directors, sound risk management and the delivery of consistent and superior total returns to stockholders.

Rigorous governance and ethics standards are embedded in our culture and the way we conduct business; it is also borne out by our superior long-term performance and our relationships with our investors, employees and business partners.

We are fully committed to honesty, fairness and integrity in the conduct of our business. Our employees, officers and directors are required to comply with our Global Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and other policies. We also require our partners, suppliers and vendors, as well as their employees, agents and subcontractors, to embrace this commitment to integrity by complying with the Ventas Vendor Code of Conduct.

Communications with Our Directors

Stockholders and other parties interested in communicating directly with our Board or any director on Board-related issues may do so.

Communication Letter Email
Communication
Communicate directly with the Board on Board-related issues
Letter
Board of Directors
c/o Corporate Secretary
Ventas, Inc.
300 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1600,
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Email
Communication
Communicate with the Lead Independent Director or the independent directors as a group
Letter
Lead Independent Director
c/o Corporate Secretary
Ventas, Inc.
300 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1600,
Chicago, Illinois 60654
Email

Communications addressed to our Board or individual members of the Board are screened by our Corporate Secretary for appropriateness before distribution to the Board or to any individual director or directors. Certain communications that are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of the Board are excluded from such distributions, including, among other things, mass mailings, inquiries regarding routine operational matters, employment inquiries and surveys.