---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000740260-24-000167"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTR"
cik: "0000740260"
company_name: "Ventas, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T22:07:56.261414+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ventas shareholders elect all 12 director nominees, approve say-on-pay, ratify KPMG at 2024 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 12 director nominees elected; Debra Cafaro received 290.1M votes for, 44.0M against, 17.4M abstain.
- Advisory say-on-pay for named executive officers passed: 303.4M for, 47.7M against, 0.4M abstain.
- Ratification of KPMG as auditor for FY2024 passed: 368.1M for, 3.4M against, 0.2M abstain.
- Total shares represented: 371.7M (91.99% of outstanding), with 20.2M broker non-votes on director election.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000740260-24-000167
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTR
- cik: 0000740260
- company_name: Ventas, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026024000167/0000740260-24-000167-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026024000167/vtr-20240514.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000740260-24-000167
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000740260-24-000167.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000740260-24-000167.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 73553bdf6a063133bf69f5eef2e79112c59d05ce
  claim: Ventas, Inc. shareholders approved To elect the 12 director nominees named in the Proxy Statement to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: Proposal 1: To elect the 12 director nominees named in the Proxy Statement to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders Nominees of the Company: Nominee Votes For Votes Against Votes Abstained Broker Non-Votes Melody C.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000074026024000167/0000740260-24-000167-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.