Edgar Filing: Care Capital Properties, Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Â VENTAS INC

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
07/31/2015

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Care Capital Properties, Inc. [CCP WI]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

353 N. CLARK STREET,Â SUITE 3300

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

CHICAGO,Â ILÂ 60654

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	100 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾	I	Held through Nationwide Health Properties, LLC ⁽³⁾

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
VENTAS INC 353 N. CLARK STREET SUITE 3300 CHICAGO,Â ILÂ 60654	Â	Â X	Â	Â

Signatures

Kristen M. Benson, Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary		07/31/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This Form 3 is being filed in connection with the SEC's declaration of effectiveness of the Registration Statement on Form 10 of Care Capital Properties, Inc. ("CCP"), which describes the planned separation of CCP from Ventas, Inc. ("Ventas").
(2)	Pursuant to CCP's Certificate of Incorporation (as amended), effective as of 11:59 p.m., EDT, on the date set by resolution of the Board of Directors of Ventas as the record date for the distribution of shares of CCP common stock owned by Ventas to holders of Ventas common stock (such time, the "Effective Time"), the 100 shares of CCP common stock held prior to the Effective Time by Nationwide Health Properties, LLC ("NHP"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ventas, shall, automatically by operation of law and without any further action on the part of CCP, NHP or Ventas by subdivided and converted into a number of shares of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of CCP common stock equal to the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.25, of Ventas, issued and outstanding, not including shares of treasury stock, as of the Effective Time, divided by four (4).
(3)	These shares are owned indirectly through NHP, a Delaware limited liability company, which is wholly-owned subsidiary of the Reporting Person.

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