Ventas Reports Ten Percent Rise in 2007 Normalized FFO Per Common Shar...( Ventas's 2007 Investments Tot...),Health

Ventas's 2007 Investments Totaled Approximately $2.2 Billion Ventas Expects 2008 Normalized FFO Per Common Share to Range between $2.75

and $2.82 2008 FIRST QUARTER DIVIDEND INCREASES EIGHT PERCENT TO $0.5125 PER SHARE

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ventas, Inc. (NYSE: VTR) ("Ventas" or the "Company") said today that full year 2007 normalized Funds from Operations ("FFO") per diluted common share rose ten percent to $2.69, compared to $2.44 last year. Normalized FFO increased 30 percent in 2007 to $330.6 million, compared to $255.2 million in 2006.

Normalized FFO for the fourth quarter of 2007 rose 23 percent to $87.7 million, versus $71.2 million for the fourth quarter of 2006. Normalized FFO per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2007 decreased one percent to $0.66, from $0.67 per diluted common share for the comparable 2006 period. FFO per diluted common share, as defined by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), in the fourth quarter of 2007 increased nine percent to $0.75, from $0.69 per diluted common share for the comparable 2006 period. Both periods reflect the increase in annual rent from the Company's tenant Kindred Healthcare, Inc. (NYSE: KND) ("Kindred") that became effective in the third quarter of 2006.

During the fourth quarter and year, the Company benefited from both internal growth and accretive acquisitions, offset by the Company's increase in outstanding shares and general and administrative costs, which are principally related to Ventas's acquisition of Sunrise Senior Living Real Estate Investment Trust ("Sunrise REIT") in 2007.

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