secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Ventas, Inc. (VTR)
CIK:        0000740260
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-03-07T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-030802
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Ventas appoints Embler to board, Gellert retires; Land & Buildings launches proxy fight
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- Jay M. Gellert will not stand for re-election at 2022 annual meeting after serving since 2001.
- Michael J. Embler, former CIO of Franklin Mutual Advisors, appointed independent director immediately; will serve on Investment and Audit Committees.
- Land & Buildings nominated Jonathan Litt and Michelle Applebaum for board; Ventas rejected them, leading to a proxy contest.
- Ventas highlights strong YTD 2022 TSR of 9.5% and Q4 SHOP same-store occupancy up 200 bps YoY.
- Board refreshment: four new independent directors in three years, 45% women/people of color; Melody Barnes to chair Nominating & Governance Committee.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465922030802/0001104659-22-030802-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465922030802/tm228400d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-030802

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