Common use of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Clause in Contracts

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Ventas maintains “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Such internal control over financial reporting was evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of Ventas’s most recent fiscal year and, as of that date, was effective. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, since the end of Ventas’s most recent audited fiscal year, there have been no changes in Ventas’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Ventas’s internal control over financial reporting.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Ventas maintains “internal control over financial reporting” (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Such internal control over financial reporting was evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of Ventas’s most recent fiscal year and, as of that date, was effective. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, since the end of Ventas’s most recent audited fiscal year, there have been no changes in Ventas’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, VentasXxxxxx’s internal control over financial reporting.