---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-030254"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "VTR"
cik: "0000740260"
company_name: "Ventas, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T05:06:19.816351+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ventas and Land & Buildings reach cooperation agreement; two new directors

## Summary
- Ventas appoints Theodore Bigman (former Morgan Stanley executive) and Joe V. Rodriguez (former Invesco CIO) to the Board.
- Board temporarily expands to 13 directors; 12 are independent and over 50% diverse by gender or ethnicity.
- Land & Buildings agrees to standstill, voting commitments, and non-disparagement until after 2025 annual meeting.
- Land & Buildings will vote for Ventas's director nominees at the 2024 Annual Meeting.
- Bigman joins Investment Committee; Rodriguez joins Nominating, Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-030254
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: VTR
- cik: 0000740260
- company_name: Ventas, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465924030254/0001104659-24-030254-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465924030254/tm247849d1_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-030254
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-030254.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-030254.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Joe V. Rodriguez, Jr. was appointed as Director at Ventas, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 4, 2024, Theodore R. Bigman and Joe V. Rodriguez, Jr. were appointed to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465924030254/0001104659-24-030254-index.htm
- Executive change
  Theodore R. Bigman was appointed as Director at Ventas, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 4, 2024, Theodore R. Bigman and Joe V. Rodriguez, Jr. were appointed to the Board effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465924030254/0001104659-24-030254-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  Ventas, Inc. entered into Cooperation Agreement with Land & Buildings Investment Management, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, Land & Buildings) (effective 2024-03-04).
  - Action: entry
  - Counterparty: Land & Buildings Investment Management, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, Land & Buildings)
  - Effective: 2024-03-04
  source text: entered into a cooperation agreement (the "Cooperation Agreement") with Land & Buildings Investment Management, LLC and certain of its affiliates (collectively, "Land & Buildings")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/740260/000110465924030254/0001104659-24-030254-index.htm

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