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Ventas, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On: Tuesday, 2/23/21, at 3:24pm ET · For: 12/31/20 · Accession #: 740260-21-48 · File #: 1-10989

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/23/21  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/20  125:68M

Annual Report — Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   9.33M 
 2: EX-4.29     Description of Securities                           HTML     36K 
 4: EX-10.18.3  Offer Letter                                        HTML     41K 
 5: EX-10.19.2  Offer Letter                                        HTML     45K 
 3: EX-10.3     Amended Credit Facility                             HTML    581K 
 6: EX-21       Subsidiaries of Ventas, Inc.                        HTML    333K 
 7: EX-22       Guarantor and Issuer Listing                        HTML     36K 
 8: EX-23       Consent of Kpmg LLP.                                HTML     34K 
 9: EX-31.1     Section 302 CEO Certification                       HTML     35K 
10: EX-31.2     Section 302 CFO Certification                       HTML     35K 
11: EX-32.1     Section 906 CEO Certification                       HTML     32K 
12: EX-32.2     Section 906 CFO Certification                       HTML     32K 
19: R1          Cover                                               HTML     94K 
20: R2          Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     44K 
21: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    149K 
22: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     46K 
23: R5          Consolidated Statements of Income                   HTML    155K 
24: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     65K 
25: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML     98K 
26: R8          Consolidated Statements of Equity (Parenthetical)   HTML     34K 
27: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    179K 
28: R10         Description of Business                             HTML     51K 
29: R11         Accounting Policies                                 HTML    112K 
30: R12         Concentration of Credit Risk                        HTML     80K 
31: R13         Acquisitions of Real Estate Property                HTML     37K 
32: R14         Dispositions and Impairments                        HTML     57K 
33: R15         Loans Receivable and Investments                    HTML     75K 
34: R16         Investments in Unconsolidated Entities              HTML     53K 
35: R17         Intangibles                                         HTML     67K 
36: R18         Other Assets                                        HTML     43K 
37: R19         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt                 HTML    113K 
38: R20         Fair Values of Financial Instruments                HTML     61K 
39: R21         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     69K 
40: R22         Income Taxes                                        HTML    112K 
41: R23         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     62K 
42: R24         Permanent and Temporary Equity                      HTML     58K 
43: R25         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     38K 
44: R26         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     94K 
45: R27         Segment Information                                 HTML    255K 
46: R28         Schedule III: Real Estate and Accumulated           HTML   5.44M 
                Depreciation                                                     
47: R29         Schedule IV - Real Estate Mortgage Loans            HTML     65K 
48: R30         Accounting Policies (Policies)                      HTML    177K 
49: R31         Accounting Policies (Tables)                        HTML     45K 
50: R32         Concentration of Credit Risk (Tables)               HTML     72K 
51: R33         Dispositions and Impairments (Tables)               HTML     51K 
52: R34         Loans Receivable and Investments - Loans            HTML     71K 
                Receivable and Investments (Tables)                              
53: R35         Intangibles (Tables)                                HTML     71K 
54: R36         Other Assets (Tables)                               HTML     43K 
55: R37         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt (Tables)        HTML     92K 
56: R38         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Tables)       HTML     58K 
57: R39         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     61K 
58: R40         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    110K 
59: R41         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     39K 
60: R42         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     61K 
61: R43         Permanent and Temporary Equity (Tables)             HTML     56K 
62: R44         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     94K 
                (Tables)                                                         
63: R45         Segment Information (Tables)                        HTML    257K 
64: R46         Description of Business (Details)                   HTML    101K 
65: R47         Schedule of VIEs (Details)                          HTML     48K 
66: R48         Redeemable OP Unitholder and Noncontrolling         HTML     53K 
                Interests (Details)                                              
67: R49         Accounting for Historic and New Markets Tax         HTML     41K 
                Credits (Details)                                                
68: R50         Accounting for Real Estate Acquisitions (Details)   HTML     34K 
69: R51         Deferred Financing Costs (Details)                  HTML     33K 
70: R52         Revenue Recognition (Details)                       HTML     34K 
71: R53         Gain on the Sale of Assets (Details)                HTML     45K 
72: R54         Segments (Details)                                  HTML     33K 
73: R55         Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Standards     HTML     45K 
                (Details)                                                        
74: R56         Concentration of Credit Risk (Details)              HTML     63K 
75: R57         Concentration of Credit Risk - Triple-Net Leased    HTML    129K 
                Properties (Details)                                             
76: R58         Concentration of Credit Risk - Minimum Rents        HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
77: R59         Concentration of Credit Risk - Senior Living        HTML     37K 
                Operations (Details)                                             
78: R60         Acquisitions of Real Estate Property - 2020         HTML     54K 
                Acquisitions (Details)                                           
79: R61         Acquisitions of Real Estate Property - 2019         HTML     54K 
                Acquisitions (Details)                                           
80: R62         Acquisitions of Real Estate Property - 2018         HTML     46K 
                Acquisitions (Details)                                           
81: R63         Dispositions and Impairments - 2020 Dispositions    HTML     80K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
82: R64         Dispositions and Impairments - 2019 Dispositions    HTML     51K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
83: R65         Dispositions and Impairments - 2018 Dispositions    HTML     53K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
84: R66         Dispositions and Impairments - Assets Held For      HTML     69K 
                Sale and Impairment (Details)                                    
85: R67         Loans Receivables and Investments (Details)         HTML     33K 
86: R68         Loans Receivables and Investments (Details) 2       HTML     93K 
87: R69         Loans Receivable and Investments - 2020 Activity    HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R70         Loans Receivable and Investments - 2019 Activity    HTML     62K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R71         Investments in Unconsolidated Entities (Details)    HTML    131K 
90: R72         Intangibles (Details)                               HTML     83K 
91: R73         Intangibles - Goodwill (Details)                    HTML     39K 
92: R74         Other Assets (Details)                              HTML     55K 
93: R75         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt - Summary of    HTML    150K 
                Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt (Details)                    
94: R76         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt - Credit        HTML     86K 
                Facilities and Unsecured Term Loans (Details)                    
95: R77         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt - Senior Notes  HTML    131K 
                (Details)                                                        
96: R78         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt - Mortgages     HTML     78K 
                (Details)                                                        
97: R79         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt - Scheduled     HTML     67K 
                Maturities (Details)                                             
98: R80         Senior Notes Payable and Other Debt - Derivatives   HTML     40K 
                and Hedging (Details)                                            
99: R81         Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Details)      HTML    100K 
100: R82         Stock-Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML    189K  
101: R83         Income Taxes (Tax Treatment of Distributions and    HTML     78K  
                Consolidated Benefit for Income Taxes) (Details)                 
102: R84         Income Taxes (Reconciliation of Income Taxes)       HTML     56K  
                (Details)                                                        
103: R85         Income Taxes (Tax Effects of Temporary Differences  HTML     48K  
                and Carryforwards Included in Net Deferred Tax                   
                Liabilities) (Details)                                           
104: R86         Income Taxes (Unrecognized Tax Benefits) (Details)  HTML     38K  
105: R87         Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     64K  
106: R88         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     64K  
107: R89         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML    111K  
108: R90         Permanent and Temporary Equity (Details)            HTML     54K  
109: R91         Permanent and Temporary Equity Permanent and        HTML     43K  
                Temporary Equity (Accumulated Other Comprehensive                
                Loss) (Details)                                                  
110: R92         Permanent and Temporary Equity (Redeemable OP       HTML     53K  
                Unitholder and Noncontrolling Interest) (Details)                
111: R93         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     88K  
112: R94         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     92K  
                (Summarized Unaudited Consolidated Quarterly                     
                Information) (Details)                                           
113: R95         Segment Information (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     49K  
114: R96         Segment Information (Income Statement by Segment)   HTML    177K  
                (Details)                                                        
115: R97         Segment Information (Assets) (Details)              HTML     47K  
116: R98         Segment Information (Capital Expenditures)          HTML     41K  
                (Details)                                                        
117: R99         Segment Information (Geographic Information)        HTML     55K  
                (Details)                                                        
118: R100        Schedule III: Real Estate and Accumulated           HTML     61K  
                Depreciation (Rollforward) (Details)                             
119: R101        Schedule III: Real Estate and Accumulated           HTML   8.82M  
                Depreciation (Properties) (Details)                              
120: R102        Schedule IV - Real Estate Mortgage Loans (Details)  HTML     60K  
121: R103        Schedule IV - Real Estate Mortgage Loans (Mortgage  HTML     46K  
                Loan Reconciliation) (Details)                                   
123: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    225K  
18: XML         XBRL Instance -- vtr-20201231_htm                    XML  25.47M 
122: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    415K  
14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- vtr-20201231_cal                XML    355K 
15: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- vtr-20201231_def                 XML   2.94M 
16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- vtr-20201231_lab                      XML   7.16M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- vtr-20201231_pre               XML   3.54M 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- vtr-20201231                          XSD   1.06M 
124: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks            1,041±  1.53M  
125: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0000740260-21-000048-xbrl      Zip   1.89M

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 2/15/24  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/23  131:20M
 2/10/23  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/22  138:40M
 2/18/22  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/21  121:21M
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 8/11/21  Ventas, Inc.                      424B3                  1:2.3M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/11/21  Ventas Realty, Ltd. Partnership   424B5                  1:907K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 8/09/21  Ventas, Inc.                      S-4/A                  8:2.9M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/26/21  Ventas, Inc.                      S-4                    5:2.4M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/24/21  Ventas, Inc.                      424B5                  1:440K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
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 2/02/21  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:1,2,5,9 1/29/21   12:1.5M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/08/20  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        3/31/20   85:10M
 4/01/20  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     3/30/20   13:662K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/24/20  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/19  133:77M
 8/21/19  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     8/12/19   14:684K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA2
 7/03/19  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     7/03/19    5:575K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/26/19  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     2/19/19    4:647K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/26/18  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        9/30/18   91:19M
 8/15/18  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     8/15/18    5:586K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/27/18  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        3/31/18   88:13M
 2/23/18  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     2/13/18    6:1.1M                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/09/18  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/17  134:62M
 7/28/17  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        6/30/17   87:16M
 4/28/17  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        3/31/17   93:14M
 3/29/17  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     3/22/17    4:682K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/14/17  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/16  125:64M
 1/11/17  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:5,9     1/10/17    2:175K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 9/21/16  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     9/14/16    4:578K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 6/02/16  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     5/25/16    5:587K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 2/12/16  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/15  121:65M
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10/24/14  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        9/30/14   83:23M
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 2/18/14  Ventas, Inc.                      10-K       12/31/13  108:85M
 9/26/13  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:8,9     9/26/13    3:645K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
10/26/12  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        9/30/12   80:20M                                    Toppan Merrill-FA
 8/07/12  Ventas, Inc.                      S-8         8/07/12    8:297K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 5/23/12  Ventas, Inc.                      8-K:5,8,9   5/17/12    3:248K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/27/12  Ventas, Inc.                      10-Q        3/31/12   83:17M                                    Toppan Merrill-FA
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Ventas, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

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