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FILED AS OF DATE:		20250623
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250623

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001332349
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-NURSING & PERSONAL CARE FACILITIES [8050]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	08 Industrial Applications and Services
		EIN:				203068069
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32641
		FILM NUMBER:		251065352

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		105 WESTWOOD PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			BRENTWOOD
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37027
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(615) 221-2250

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		105 WESTWOOD PLACE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			BRENTWOOD
		STATE:			TN
		ZIP:			37027
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COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14a-101)</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">&#9744;</FONT> Preliminary Proxy Statement </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Brookdale Senior Living Inc. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of
Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial"><B>Below is the Company&#146;s press release published on June&nbsp;23, 2025, which was also posted on the
Company&#146;s website: VoteBrookdaleBlue.com, in connection with its 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be held on July&nbsp;11, 2025: </B></P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial" ALIGN="center"><B>Brookdale Comments on ISS Recommendation </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial" ALIGN="center"><I>ISS Recommends Shareholders Support the Majority of the Brookdale Board of Directors and Questions Ortelius&#146; Plan for Brookdale </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial" ALIGN="center"><I>Brookdale Urges Shareholders to Vote &#147;FOR&#148; ALL of Brookdale&#146;s Eight Highly Qualified Director Nominees on the BLUE Proxy Card </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial" ALIGN="center"><I>Brookdale Highlights Critical Skillsets Offered by Directors Lee Wielansky and Victoria Freed </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial"><B>NASHVILLE, Tenn., June</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;23, 2025 </B>&#150; Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (NYSE: BKD) (&#147;Brookdale&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;) today
commented on a report issued by the proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (&#147;ISS&#148;) in connection with the election of the Company&#146;s director nominees at its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&#147;Annual
Meeting&#148;), scheduled to be held on July&nbsp;11, 2025: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial">Brookdale agrees with ISS&#146;s recommendation against giving Ortelius control of the
Company&#146;s Board of Directors and notes ISS&#146;s view that <B><I>&#147;</I></B><B><I>&#133;</I></B><B><I>the dissident has not provided shareholders with a means to assess performance if it gains control of the board&#148;</I></B>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:arial">Further, ISS notes that <B><I>&#147;</I></B><B><I>&#133;</I></B><B><I>the dissident does not provide enough details for shareholders to fully assess the
plan&#146;s feasibility or track execution&#148;</I></B>, also stating: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:arial; font-size:11pt">&#147;The dissident&#146;s plan is focused on shrinking the company&#146;s portfolio in an effort to improve the
company&#146;s overall operating metrics, primarily occupancy rates, NOI, and leverage&#133;it is unclear what the expected timing of a sale process would be, what the expected proceeds of a sale would amount to, who the potential buyers are,
whether higher occupancy assets need to be included in any portfolios that would be sold, and how the dissident would negotiate with the company&#146;s lenders to sell assets that may be part of larger loan collateral pools. Further, the dissident
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:arial; font-size:11pt">&#147;The second primary part of the dissident&#146;s plan is for the company to exit the entirety of its leased
portfolio&#133; The dissident has not provided an estimate of the potential costs to break the leases. Further, it is unclear whether the company&#146;s lessors would be willing to terminate the leases at a reasonable price, and the dissident has
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">While we agree with ISS that Ortelius should not have control of the Brookdale Board, we
strongly believe that ISS reached the wrong conclusion in failing to recommend that shareholders support ALL of Brookdale&#146;s eight highly qualified director nominees. Replacing Lee Wielansky or Victoria Freed with dissident nominees Lori Wittman
or Steven Vick would deprive the Board of key skillsets, expertise, and institutional knowledge at a critical time, could impair the Board&#146;s ability to recruit and oversee a new CEO with the requisite background to move the Company forward and
could jeopardize shareholder value creation. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;margin-left:5%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ortelius candidate Ms.&nbsp;Wittman&#146;s career has been concentrated at Real Estate Investment Trusts (&#147;REIT&#148;) focused on
single-tenant net lease retail properties, medical facilities and cannabis-related retail. Further, Ms.&nbsp;Wittman&#146;s real estate experience has been focused largely on financial management and capital markets, with her limited exposure to
senior living being through finance and investor relations roles at REITs. Moreover, Ms.&nbsp;Wittman&#146;s real estate experience is primarily in the skilled nursing industry, which represents only 2% of Brookdale&#146;s business. Brookdale is an
operator of senior living communities, not a REIT, providing healthcare, hospitality and senior living services with the ability to serve approximately 58,000 residents each day. We believe Ms.&nbsp;Wittman&#146;s
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-operational</FONT> background in REITs does not translate to the needs of Brookdale as an operator in senior living, and that she lacks critical knowledge and skills to contribute meaningfully to the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By contrast, <B><U>Mr.</U></B><B><U></U></B><B><U>&nbsp;Wielansky&#146;s</U></B> four decades of real estate experience are deeply rooted in
operations, offering strategic insight into not only asset management and development but also operational efficiency. Under Mr.&nbsp;Wielansky&#146;s leadership in his prior role as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Executive</FONT> Chairman of
the Board and in his current role as Chair of the Board&#146;s Investment Committee, we have made substantial progress on optimizing our real estate portfolio. We have reduced our leased properties by nearly 50% and completed the disposition of
approximately 350 communities since 2017, streamlining our portfolio to one that is delivering profitable occupancy growth. Mr.&nbsp;Wielansky&#146;s expertise provides a critical skillset for the continued optimization of our portfolio that remains
a fundamental part of the Board&#146;s strategy. In addition, his institutional knowledge of our business and operations will be crucial to the effective onboarding of a new CEO and the continued execution on our strategy. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ortelius candidate Mr.&nbsp;Vick has not held a meaningful leadership or governance position at any public company in more than two decades,
and he previously departed Alterra Healthcare within a year of it filing for bankruptcy, raising significant questions regarding his tenure as President and COO and as a director of Alterra. His more recent senior living experience appears limited
to private and smaller-scale ventures, which would not scale to Brookdale, which operates approximately 650 communities, and his track record at those ventures is also unclear. Further, any senior housing experience attributed to him is
<B><U>already</U></B> well-represented on Brookdale&#146;s Board through Brookdale directors Elizabeth Mace and Denise Warren. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On the
other hand, <B><U>Ms.</U></B><B><U></U></B><B><U>&nbsp;Freed</U></B><B> </B>brings a unique and highly valuable background in sales and marketing and hospitality, a skillset that is not offered by Mr.&nbsp;Vick or Ms.&nbsp;Wittman. Her more than 25
years of executive leadership expertise in sales, revenue management, customer service and marketing provide Brookdale with essential insights into customer revenue generation within the hospitality industry. Brookdale is a resident-first business
that must attract older adults making lifestyle and healthcare choices, and Ms.&nbsp;Freed&#146;s experience is essential to growing profitable occupancy and driving continued improvements in resident and family
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member satisfaction. Ms.&nbsp;Freed manages marketing for a $16B+ revenue public company and her expertise in large-scale branding and customer engagement provides critical insights for our
operators. Ms.&nbsp;Freed also has played a critical role in Brookdale&#146;s strategic ongoing board refreshment as Chair of the Board&#146;s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. During her tenure, she has overseen our four most recent
appointments of independent directors, diligently executing director searches and interviews and focusing on evolving the Board&#146;s skillsets to appropriately support the current and future needs of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brookdale&#146;s Board has taken an intentional approach to refreshing its composition in order to achieve a balance of tenure, critical
skillsets and fresh perspectives brought by directors with a balanced mix of skills that are relevant to Brookdale&#146;s business and strategy. If Mr.&nbsp;Wielansky and Ms.&nbsp;Freed are removed from the Brookdale Board and Ms.&nbsp;Wittman and
Mr.&nbsp;Vick are added, <B><I>six of Brookdale&#146;s eight directors would have served on the Board for approximately one year or less. Not having experienced directors on the Board to provide effective support and oversight of the management team
could present a significant challenge to the Board&#146;s ability to recruit a first-class CEO. With the addition of Ortelius&#146; nominees, Brookdale would effectively have a new board and CEO, both lacking sufficient and essential historical
knowledge of the Company, which would significantly disrupt the execution of our strategy at this pivotal inflection point.</I></B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Brookdale Board and management team have taken and continue to take deliberate steps to ensure Brookdale&#146;s continued growth and value creation. Brookdale&#146;s eight highly qualified directors together offer the right mix of expertise and
skills necessary to continue delivering positive financial and operational performance and driving enhanced shareholder value. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Brookdale Board strongly urges shareholders to vote &#147;FOR&#148; ALL of Brookdale&#146;s eight nominees on the BLUE proxy card to protect the value of your investment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brookdale reminds all shareholders that every vote is important, no matter how many or few shares you own. Please simply disregard any white proxy card you
may receive from Ortelius. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Whether or not you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, please promptly follow the easy instructions on your <B><U>BLUE
</U></B>proxy card or <B><U>BLUE</U></B> voting instruction form to vote by phone, internet or by signing, dating, and returning the <B><U>BLUE</U></B> proxy card in the postage-paid envelope provided. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have any questions or require any assistance in voting your shares, please contact Brookdale&#146;s proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&amp;A Incorporated,
at+ 1 (877) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">750-5838</FONT> (toll-free from the U.S. and Canada) or +1 (412) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">232-3651</FONT> (from other countries). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>ABOUT BROOKDALE SENIOR LIVING </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brookdale Senior
Living Inc. is the nation&#146;s premier operator of senior living communities. With 647 communities across 41 states and the ability to serve approximately 58,000 residents as of March&nbsp;31, 2025, Brookdale is committed to its mission of
enriching the lives of seniors through compassionate care, clinical expertise, and exceptional service. The Company, through its affiliates, operates independent living, assisted living, memory care, and continuing care retirement communities,
offering tailored solutions that help empower seniors to live with dignity, connection, and purpose. Leveraging deep expertise in healthcare, hospitality, and real estate, Brookdale creates opportunities for wellness, personal growth, and meaningful
relationships in settings that feel like home. Guided by its four cornerstones of passion, courage, partnership, and trust, Brookdale is committed to delivering exceptional value and redefining senior living for a brighter, healthier future.
Brookdale&#146;s stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol BKD. For more information, visit <FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>brookdale.com</U></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"> or connect with Brookdale on </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>Facebook</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman"> or </FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" COLOR="#0563c1"><U>YouTube</U></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman">. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:3pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain statements in this communication may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and include all statements that are not historical statements of fact and those regarding the Company&#146;s intent, belief, or expectations. Forward-looking statements
are generally identifiable by use of forward-looking terminology such as &#147;may,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;would,&#148; &#147;on track,&#148; &#147;potential,&#148; &#147;intend,&#148;
&#147;enable,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;endeavor,&#148; &#147;seek,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;executing,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;poised,&#148; &#147;positioned,&#148; &#147;project,&#148;
&#147;predict,&#148; &#147;continue,&#148; &#147;plan,&#148; &#147;target,&#148; or other similar words or expressions, and include statements regarding the focus of the Board of Directors and management of the Company, the execution and advancement
of the Company&#146;s strategy, the Company&#146;s CEO search process, the Company&#146;s ability to continue to successfully execute on key initiatives, deliver positive financial and operational performance and drive enhanced shareholder value.
These forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and expectations, and the Company&#146;s ability to predict results or the actual effect of future plans or strategies is inherently uncertain. Although the Company believes that
expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its assumptions or expectations will be attained and actual results and performance could differ materially from those
projected. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on the Company&#146;s operations and future prospects or which could cause events or circumstances to differ from the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, events
which adversely affect the ability of seniors to afford resident fees, including downturns in the economy, housing market, consumer confidence, or the equity markets and unemployment among resident family members; the effects of senior housing
construction and development, lower industry occupancy, and increased competition; conditions of housing markets, regulatory changes, acts of nature, and the effects of climate change in geographic areas where the Company is concentrated;
terminations of the Company&#146;s resident agreements and vacancies in the living spaces it leases; changes in reimbursement rates, methods, or timing under governmental reimbursement programs including the Medicare and Medicaid programs; failure
to maintain the security and functionality of the Company&#146;s information systems, to prevent a cybersecurity attack or breach, or to comply with applicable privacy and consumer protection laws, including HIPAA; the Company&#146;s ability to
complete its capital expenditures in accordance with its plans; the Company&#146;s ability to identify and pursue development, investment, and acquisition opportunities and its ability to successfully integrate acquisitions; competition for the
acquisition of assets; the Company&#146;s ability to complete pending or expected disposition, acquisition, or other transactions on agreed upon terms or at all, including in respect of the satisfaction of closing conditions, the risk that
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in the financial markets or decreases in the appraised values or performance of the Company&#146;s communities that affect the Company&#146;s ability to obtain financing or extend or refinance debt as it matures and the Company&#146;s financing
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Company&#146;s property securing leases and indebtedness due to any resulting lease terminations and foreclosure actions; the inability to renew, restructure, or extend leases, or exercise purchase options at or prior to the end of any existing
lease term; the effect of the Company&#146;s indebtedness and long-term leases on the Company&#146;s liquidity and its ability to operate its business; increases in market interest rates that increase the costs of the Company&#146;s debt
obligations; the Company&#146;s ability to obtain additional capital on terms acceptable to it; departures of key officers and potential disruption caused by changes in management; increased competition for, or a shortage of, associates, wage
pressures resulting from increased competition, low unemployment levels, minimum wage increases and changes in overtime laws, and union activity; environmental contamination at any of the Company&#146;s communities; failure to comply with existing
environmental laws; an adverse determination or resolution of complaints filed against the Company, including putative class action complaints; negative publicity with respect to any lawsuits, claims, or other legal or regulatory proceedings; costs
to respond to, and adverse determinations resulting from, government inquiries, reviews, audits, and investigations; the cost and difficulty of complying with increasing and evolving regulation, including new disclosure obligations; changes in, or
its failure to comply with, employment-related laws and regulations; the risks associated with current global economic conditions and general economic factors on the Company and the Company&#146;s business partners such as inflation, commodity
costs, fuel and other energy costs, competition in the labor market, costs of salaries, wages, benefits, and insurance, interest rates, tax rates, tariffs, geopolitical tensions or conflicts, and uncertainty surrounding a new presidential
administration, the impact of seasonal contagious illness or other contagious disease in the markets in which the Company operates; actions of activist stockholders, including as a result of the current proxy contest and any potential change of
control of the Company or the Board; as well as other risks detailed from time to time in the Company&#146;s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;), including those set forth in the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form
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