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EX-10.4

EXHIBIT 10.4

AMENDED AND RESTATED

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

          THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, dated this 18th day of June, 2008 (the
“Agreement”), is entered into by and between HEALTH CARE REIT, INC., a Delaware corporation, (the
“Corporation”), and DANIEL R. LOFTUS (the “Executive”).

          WHEREAS, the Corporation and the Executive entered into an Employment Agreement, effective as
of December 20, 2006;

          WHEREAS, the Compensation Committee of the Corporation’s Board of Directors has approved
certain modifications to the terms of such Employment Agreement; and

          WHEREAS, the Corporation wishes to assure itself of the services of the Executive for the
period provided in this Agreement and the Executive is willing to serve in the employ of the
Corporation for such period upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

     1. EMPLOYMENT

          The Corporation hereby agrees to employ the Executive as a Senior Vice President upon the
terms and conditions herein contained, and the Executive hereby agrees to accept such employment
and to serve in such position, and to perform the duties and functions customarily performed by a
Senior Vice President of a publicly traded corporation during the term of this Agreement. In such
capacity, the Executive shall report to the head of the Medical Facilities Group and to the
Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and Board of Directors and shall have such powers
and responsibilities consistent with his position as may be assigned.

          Throughout the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall devote his best efforts and all of
his business time and services to the business and affairs of the Corporation.

     2. TERM OF AGREEMENT

          The current term of employment under this Agreement shall expire on January 31, 2011. Upon
the expiration of such term, the term of employment hereunder shall automatically be extended
without further action by the parties for successive two (2) year renewal terms, unless either
party shall give at least six (6) months advance written notice to the other of his or its
intention that this Agreement shall terminate upon the expiration of the current term or the then
current renewal term, as the case may be.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement
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Section 5 below, if the Executive (i) becomes disabled as described in Section 5(b), (ii) is
terminated for Cause, as defined in Section 5(c), or (iii) voluntarily terminates his employment
before the current term of this Agreement expires, as described in Section 5(d).

     3. SALARY AND BONUS

          The Executive shall receive a base salary during the term of this Agreement at a rate of not
less than $267,800 per annum for 2008, and at a rate of not less than $267,800 per annum for
subsequent years, payable in substantially equal semi-monthly installments. The Compensation
Committee of the Board shall consult with the CEO and review the Executive’s base salary at annual
intervals, and may adjust the Executive’s annual base salary from time to time as the Committee
deems to be appropriate.

          The Executive shall also be eligible to receive a bonus from the Corporation each year during
the term of this Agreement, with the actual amount of such bonus to be determined by the
Compensation Committee of the Corporation’s Board, using such performance measures as the Committee
deems to be appropriate.

          On the date of this Agreement, the Executive shall receive a grant of shares of the
Corporation’s common stock having a value of $150,000, based on the closing price of the
Corporation’s common stock on the date of this Agreement. One-half of such shares shall be fully
vested on the date of this Agreement and one-half shall vest on January 15, 2009.

     4. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

          The Executive shall receive the following additional compensation and welfare and fringe
benefits:

     (a) Stock Options and Other Long-Term Incentives. The Executive has been
granted incentive stock options, nonstatutory stock options and shares of restricted stock
pursuant to the terms of the Corporation’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan. During the
remaining term of the Agreement, any additional stock options, restricted stock or other
awards granted under the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan shall be at the discretion of the
Compensation Committee of the Corporation’s Board.

     (b) Health Insurance. The Corporation shall provide the Executive and his
dependents with health insurance, life insurance and disability coverage on terms no less
favorable than that from time to time made available to other key employees.

     (c) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to up to three (3) weeks of
vacation during each year during the term of this Agreement and any extensions thereof,
prorated for partial years.

     (d) Business Expenses. The Corporation shall reimburse the Executive for all
reasonable expenses he incurs in promoting the Corporation’s business, including expenses

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for travel and similar items, upon presentation by the Executive from time to time of an
itemized account of such expenditures.

          In addition to the benefits provided pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 4,
the Executive shall be eligible to participate in such other executive compensation and retirement
plans of the Corporation as are applicable generally to other officers, and in such welfare benefit
plans, programs, practices and policies of the Corporation as are generally applicable to other key
employees, unless such participation would duplicate, directly or indirectly, benefits already
accorded to the Executive.

     5. PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION

          (a) Involuntary Termination. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Corporation during the term of this Agreement, the Executive shall be entitled to receive his base
salary accrued through the date of termination, any accrued but unpaid vacation pay, plus any
bonuses earned but unpaid with respect to fiscal years or other periods preceding the termination
date. The Executive shall also receive any nonforfeitable benefits payable to him under the terms
of any deferred compensation, incentive or other benefit plans maintained by the Corporation,
payable in accordance with the terms of the applicable plan.

          If the termination is not a termination for Cause, as described in paragraph (c), a voluntary
termination by the Executive as described in paragraph (d), or a result of the Executive’s death or
disability, then the Corporation shall also be obligated to make a series of monthly severance
payments to the Executive for each month during the remaining term of this Agreement, but not less
than twelve (12) months. Each monthly payment shall be equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the sum of
(i) the Executive’s annual base salary, as in effect on the date of termination, and (ii) the
average of the annual bonuses paid to the Executive for the prior three fiscal years preceding the
termination date. If the Executive obtains a replacement position with any new employer (including
a position as an officer, employee, consultant, or agent, or self-employment as a partner or sole
proprietor), the payments shall be reduced by all amounts the Executive receives as compensation
for services performed during such period. The Executive shall be under no duty to mitigate the
amounts owed to him under this paragraph (a) by seeking such a replacement position.

          Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if the Executive is a “specified employee” of the
Corporation (or its successor) at the date of the termination, the amount of monthly severance
payments which may be paid to the Executive within the first six (6) months after the date of the
termination of employment shall be limited to two (2) times the lesser of (i) the Executive’s
annualized compensation from the Corporation for the calendar year preceding the year of the
termination, or (ii) $230,000 or such higher annual limit on the maximum annual compensation taken
into account by a qualified retirement plan under Section 401(a)(17) of the Internal Revenue Code
(the “Code”) as may be in effect for the year of the termination date. Any portion of the
severance benefits which would otherwise have been paid to the Executive within the first six (6)
months after the date of the Executive’s “separation from service” with the Corporation (as that
term is defined under Section 409A of the Code and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h) but for the
delay imposed by this paragraph shall instead be paid to the Executive, together with interest at
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month certificate of deposit, on the first day of the first calendar month beginning at least
six months following the date of the termination, or, if the Executive should die before that date,
be paid to the Executive’s surviving spouse (or such other beneficiary as the Executive may
designate in writing), as promptly as practicable after the date of death. For this purpose, a
termination of the Executive’s employment shall be treated as a separation from service only if it
reduces the level of services the Executive is anticipated to provide to the Corporation (whether
as an employee or consultant) to less than twenty percent (20%) of the average level of bona fide
services the Executive provided to the Corporation during the immediately preceding thirty-six (36)
months. For this purpose, the Executive shall be considered a “specified employee” only if the
Executive was a “key employee” of the Corporation within the meaning of Code Section 416(i)
(without regard to paragraph (5) thereof) on December 31 of the prior calendar year. This
limitation has been inserted solely in order to comply with the requirements of Section
409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and shall not apply if at the date of the Executive’s termination no
stock of the Corporation (or its successor) is publicly traded on an established securities market
or if Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code is not then applicable to the Executive for any other
reason.

          In addition, if the termination is not a termination for Cause as described in paragraph (c),
a voluntary termination by the Executive as described in paragraph (d), or a result of the
Executive’s death or disability, then:

     (i) Any stock options, restricted stock or other awards granted to the Executive under
the Corporation’s 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan shall become fully vested and, in the case
of stock options, exercisable in full; and

     (ii) The Executive shall be provided continued coverage at the Corporation’s expense
under any life, health and disability insurance programs maintained by the Corporation in
which the Executive participated at the time of his termination for the remaining term of
the Agreement (but not less than six (6) months), or until, if earlier, the date the
Executive obtains comparable coverage under benefit plans maintained by a new employer.

          (b) Disability. The Corporation shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement, if the
Board determines that the Executive has been unable to attend to his duties for at least ninety
(90) days because of a medically diagnosable physical or mental condition, and has received a
written opinion from a physician acceptable to the Board that such condition prevents the Executive
from resuming full performance of his duties and is likely to continue for an indefinite period.
Upon such termination, the Executive shall be entitled to receive his base salary accrued through
the date of termination, any accrued but unpaid vacation pay, plus any bonuses earned but unpaid
with respect to fiscal years or other periods preceding the termination date. In addition, the
Corporation shall make a series of monthly disability payments to Executive, each equal to
one-twelfth (1/12th) of the sum of (i) his annual base salary, as in effect at the time
Executive became permanently disabled, and (ii) the average of the annual bonuses paid to the
Executive for the prior three fiscal years preceding the date of disability. Payment of such
disability benefit shall commence with the month following the date of the termination by reason of
permanent disability and continue each month for the remaining current term of this Agreement (but
not less than twelve
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terminate at an earlier date if the Executive returns to active employment,
either with the Corporation or otherwise. Any amounts payable under this Section 5(b) shall be
reduced by any amounts paid to the Executive under any long-term disability plan or other
disability program or insurance policies maintained or provided by the Corporation.

          (c) Termination for Cause. If the Executive’s employment is terminated by the
Corporation for Cause, the amount the Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation
shall be limited to his base salary accrued through the date of termination, any accrued but unpaid
vacation pay, plus any bonuses earned but unpaid with respect to the fiscal year of the Corporation
most recently ended, and any nonforfeitable benefits payable to the Executive under the terms of
any deferred compensation, incentive or other benefit plans maintained by the Corporation.

          For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall be limited to (i) action by the
Executive involving willful disloyalty to the Corporation, such as embezzlement, fraud,
misappropriation of corporate assets or a breach of the covenants set forth in Sections 9 and 10
below; or (ii) the Executive being convicted of a felony; or (iii) the Executive being convicted of
any lesser crime or offense committed in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder or
involving moral turpitude; or (iv) the intentional and willful failure by the Executive to
substantially perform his duties hereunder as directed by the Corporation’s CEO or President (other
than any such failure resulting from the Executive’s incapacity due to physical or mental
disability) after a demand for substantial performance is made on the Executive by the Board of
Directors.

          (d) Voluntary Termination by the Executive. If the Executive resigns or otherwise
voluntarily terminates his employment before the end of the current term of this Agreement (other
than in connection with a Change in Corporate Control, as described in Section 6), the amount the
Executive shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation shall be limited to his base salary
accrued through the date of termination, any accrued but unpaid vacation pay, plus any bonuses
earned but unpaid with respect to any fiscal years or other periods preceding the termination date,
and any nonforfeitable benefits payable to the Executive under the terms of any deferred
compensation, incentive or other benefit plans of the Corporation.

          For purposes of this paragraph, a resignation by the Executive shall not be deemed to be
voluntary if, without the Executive’s prior written consent, the Executive is (1) assigned to a
position other than the Senior Vice President of the Corporation (other than for Cause or by reason
of permanent disability), (2) assigned duties materially inconsistent with such position, or (3)
directed to report to anyone other than the head of the Medical Facilities Group or the
Corporation’s CEO or Board of Directors; provided that the Executive has notified the Corporation
within the first ninety (90) days following the date of such change in assignment or reporting
duties that the Executive regards such change in assignment or reporting duties as grounds
justifying resignation under this paragraph and the Corporation has failed to cure such change in
assignment or reporting duties within thirty (30) days following its receipt of such notice from
the Executive.

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     6. EFFECT OF CHANGE IN CORPORATE CONTROL

          (a) In the event of a Change in Corporate Control, the vesting of any stock options,
restricted stock or other awards granted to the Executive under the terms of the Corporation’s 2005
Long-Term Incentive Plan shall be accelerated (to the extent permitted by the terms of such plans)
and such awards shall become immediately vested in full and, in the case of stock options,
exercisable in full.

          (b) If, at any time during the period of twelve (12) consecutive months following the
occurrence of a Change in Corporate Control, and during the term of this Agreement, the Executive
is involuntarily terminated (other than for Cause), the Executive shall be entitled to receive a
lump sum severance payment equal to the present value of a series of monthly payments for
twenty-four (24) months, each in an amount equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the sum of (i) the
Executive’s annual base salary, as in effect at the time of the Change in Corporate Control, and
(ii) the average of the annual bonuses paid to the Executive for the prior three fiscal years of
the Corporation ending prior to the Change in Corporate Control. Such present value shall be
calculated using a discount rate equal to the interest rate on 90-day Treasury bills, as reported
in the Wall Street Journal (or similar publication) on the date of the Change in Corporate
Control.

          In addition, if the Executive is involuntarily terminated (other than for Cause) within twelve
(12) months after a Change in Corporate Control, he shall be entitled to continued coverage at the
Corporation’s expense under any life, health and disability insurance programs maintained by the
Corporation in which the Executive participated at the time of his termination, which coverage
shall be continued until the expiration of the current term of the Agreement (but not less than six
(6) months) or until, if earlier, the date the Executive obtains comparable coverage under benefit
plans maintained by a new employer.

          (c) For purposes of this Agreement, a “Change in Corporate Control” shall include any of the
following events:

(i) The acquisition in one or more transactions of more than twenty percent (20%) of the
Corporation’s outstanding Common Stock (or the equivalent in voting power of any class or
classes of securities of the Corporation entitled to vote in elections of directors) by any
corporation, or other person or group (within the meaning of Section 14(d)(3) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended);

(ii) Any transfer or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Corporation, or any
merger or consolidation of the Corporation into or with another corporation in which the
Corporation is not the surviving entity;

(iii) Any election of persons to the Board of Directors which causes a majority of the Board
of Directors to consist of persons other than “Continuing Directors”. For this purpose,
those persons who were members of the Board of Directors on May 1, 2008, shall be
“Continuing Directors”. Any person who is nominated for election as a member of the Board
after May 1, 2008, shall also be considered a “Continuing Director” for this purpose if, and
only if, his or her nomination for election to the Board of Directors is approved or

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recommended by a majority of the members of the Board (or of the relevant Nominating
Committee) and at least five (5) members of the Board are themselves Continuing Directors at
the time of such nomination; or

(iv) Any person, or group of persons, announces a tender offer for at least twenty percent
(20%) of the Corporation’s Common Stock, and the Board of Directors appoints a special
committee of the Board to consider the Corporation’s response to such tender offer.

     (d)(i) If any payment, accelerated vesting or other benefit provided by the Corporation
to the Executive in connection with a Change in Corporate Control, whether paid or payable
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (a “Parachute Payment”) is determined
to be a parachute payment subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code
(such excise tax, together with any interest and penalties incurred by the Executive with
respect to such excise tax, are referred to as the “Excise Tax”), the Corporation shall make
an additional payment (the “Gross-Up Payment”) to the Executive in an amount such that the
net amount of the Gross-Up Payment the Executive retains, after payment by the Executive of
all taxes imposed upon the Gross-Up Payment, including, without limitation, the Excise Tax
and any federal, state or local income taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with
respect thereto) on the Gross-Up Payment, will be equal to the Excise Tax liability imposed
upon the Executive with respect to all Parachute Payments (other than the Gross-Up Payment).

     (ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) any payments otherwise due to or on behalf
of the Executive (determined without regard to paragraph 6(d)(i)) are subject to Excise Tax,
and (2) a reduction in such payments otherwise subject to Excise Tax to an amount that is
not less than ninety percent (90%) of the value of the payments otherwise subject to the
Excise Tax would result in no Excise Tax being imposed with respect to any payments, then
the payments to which the Executive is or will become entitled under this Agreement or
otherwise shall be reduced to the extent required to avoid incurring the Excise Tax and no
payments shall be made to the Executive under paragraph 6(d)(i).

          (e) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) above, if the Executive is a “specified employee” of the
Corporation or its successor at the date of the termination of employment, the amount of the
severance payment or payments which may be paid to the Executive within the first six (6) months
after the date of the termination of employment shall be limited to two (2) times the lesser of (i)
the Executive’s annualized compensation from the Corporation for the calendar year preceding the
year of the termination, or (ii) $230,000 or such higher annual limit on the maximum annual
compensation taken into account by a qualified retirement plan under Section 401(a)(17) of the Code
as may be in effect for the year of the termination date. Any portion of the severance benefits
which would otherwise have been paid to the Executive within the first six (6) months after the
date of the Executive’s separation from service (as that term is defined under Section 409A of the
Code and Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(h) but for the delay imposed by this paragraph (e) shall
instead be paid to the Executive, together with interest at an annual rate equal to the interest
rate specified by KeyBank for a six-month certificate of deposit, on the first day of the first
calendar month beginning at least six (6) months following the date of the termination, or, if the
Executive should die before that date, be paid to the Executive’s

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surviving spouse (or such other beneficiary as the Executive may designate in writing) as
promptly as practicable after the date of death. This limitation has been inserted solely in order
to comply with the requirements of Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code, and shall not apply if at the
date of the Executive’s termination no stock of the Corporation or its successor is publicly traded
on an established securities market or if Section 409A(a)(2)(B) of the Code is not then applicable
to the Executive for any other reason.

     7. DEATH

          If the Executive dies during the term of this Agreement, the Corporation shall pay to the
Executive’s estate a lump sum payment equal to the sum of the Executive’s base salary accrued
through the date of death, any accrued but unpaid vacation pay, plus any bonuses earned but unpaid
with respect to fiscal years or other periods preceding the date of death. In addition, the
Corporation shall pay to the Executive’s surviving spouse (or such other beneficiary as the
Executive may designate in writing) a lump sum payment equal to the present value of a series of
monthly payments for each month during the remaining term of the Agreement (but not less than
twelve (12) months), each in an amount equal to one-twelfth (1/12th) of the sum of
(i) the Executive’s annual base salary, as in effect on the date of death, and (ii) the average of
the annual bonuses paid to the Executive for the prior three fiscal years preceding the date of
death. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the interest rate on
90-day Treasury bills, as reported in the Wall Street Journal (or similar publication) for
the date of death. In addition, the death benefits payable by reason of the Executive’s death
under any retirement, deferred compensation, life insurance or other employee benefit plan
maintained by the Corporation shall be paid to the beneficiary designated by the Executive, and the
stock options, restricted stock or other awards held by the Executive under the Corporation’s stock
plans shall become fully vested, and, in the case of stock options, exercisable in full, in
accordance with the terms of the applicable plan or plans.

     8. WITHHOLDING

          The Corporation shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to withhold and deduct
from any payment hereunder any federal, state or local taxes of any kind required by law to be
withheld with respect to any such payment.

     9. PROTECTION OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

          The Executive agrees that he will keep all confidential and proprietary information of the
Corporation or relating to its business confidential, and that he will not (except with the
Corporation’s prior written consent), while in the employ of the Corporation or thereafter,
disclose any such confidential information to any person, firm, corporation, association or other
entity, other than in furtherance of his duties hereunder, and then only to those with a “need to
know.” The Executive shall not make use of any such confidential information for his own purposes
or for the benefit of any person, firm, corporation, association or other entity (except the
Corporation) under any circumstances during or after the term of his employment. The foregoing
shall not apply to any information which is already in the public domain, or is generally disclosed
by the Corporation or is otherwise in the public domain at the time of disclosure.

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          The Executive recognizes that because his work for the Corporation may bring him into contact
with confidential and proprietary information of the Corporation, the restrictions of this Section
9 are required for the reasonable protection of the Corporation and its investments and for the
Corporation’s reliance on and confidence in the Executive.

     10. COVENANT NOT TO COMPETE

          The Executive hereby agrees that he will not, either during the employment term or during the
period of one (1) year from the time the Executive’s employment under this Agreement ceases (for
whatever reason), engage in any business activities on behalf of any enterprise which competes with
the Corporation in the business of the passive ownership of senior housing or health care
facilities, or passive investing in or lending to health care-related enterprises, including,
without limitation, medical office buildings, hospitals of any kind, independent living facilities,
assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities, inpatient rehabilitation facilities,
ambulatory surgery centers, active adult projects or any similar types of facilities or projects.
The Executive will be deemed to be engaged in such competitive business activities if he
participates in such a business enterprise as an employee, officer, director, consultant, agent,
partner, proprietor, or other participant; provided that the ownership of no more than two percent
(2%) of the stock of a publicly traded corporation engaged in a competitive business shall not be
deemed to be engaging in competitive business activities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing
in this section shall restrict the Executive from becoming associated with a private law firm.

          The Executive agrees that he shall not, for a period of one year from the time his employment
under this Agreement ceases (for whatever reason), or, if later, during any period in which he is
receiving monthly severance payments under Section 5 of this Agreement, solicit any employee or
full-time consultant of the Corporation for the purposes of hiring or retaining such employee or
consultant. For this purpose, the Executive shall be considered to be receiving monthly severance
payments under Section 5 of this Agreement during any period for which he would have received such
severance payments had such payments not been offset by compensation received from a successor
employer.

     11. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

          The Executive acknowledges and agrees that it would be difficult to fully compensate the
Corporation for damages resulting from the breach or threatened breach of the covenants set forth
in Sections 9 and 10 of this Agreement and accordingly agrees that the Corporation shall be
entitled to temporary and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary
injunctions and permanent injunctions, to enforce such provisions in any action or proceeding
instituted in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio or in any court in
the State of Ohio having subject matter jurisdiction. This provision with respect to injunctive
relief shall not, however, diminish the Corporation’s right to claim and recover damages.

          It is expressly understood and agreed that although the parties consider the restrictions
contained in this Agreement to be reasonable, if a court determines that the time or territory or
any other restriction contained in this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction on the
activities of the Executive, no such provision of this Agreement shall be
rendered void but shall
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deemed amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such extent as such court
may judicially determine or indicate to be reasonable.

     12. NOTICES

          All notices or communications hereunder shall be in writing and sent certified or registered
mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed as follows (or to such other address as
such party may designate in writing from time to time):

     If to the Corporation:

Health Care REIT, Inc.

One SeaGate, Suite 1500

Toledo, OH 43604

Attention: Senior Vice President-Administration and Corporate Secretary

     If to the Executive:

Daniel R. Loftus

5210 Heathrow Drive

Brentwood, TN 37027

The actual date of receipt, as shown by the receipt therefor, shall determine the time at which
notice was given.

     13. SEPARABILITY

          If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared to be invalid or unenforceable, in whole
or in part, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof
which shall remain in full force and effect.

     14. ASSIGNMENT

          This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs and representatives
of the Executive and the assigns and successors of the Corporation, but neither this Agreement nor
any rights hereunder shall be assignable or otherwise subject to hypothecation by the Executive.

     15. ENTIRE AGREEMENT

     This Agreement represents the entire agreement of the parties and shall supersede any and all
previous contracts, arrangements or understandings between the Corporation and the Executive. The
Agreement may be amended at any time by mutual written agreement of the parties hereto.

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      16. GOVERNING LAW

          This Agreement shall be construed, interpreted, and governed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Ohio, other than the conflict of laws provisions of such laws.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Agreement to be duly executed, and the
Executive has hereunto set his hand, as of the day and year first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	 	 	HEALTH CARE REIT, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Erin C. Ibele
 

Senior Vice President-Administration

	 	 	 	By
	 	/s/ George L. Chapman
 

Chief Executive Officer
	 	 
	and Corporate Secretary
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Witness:	 	 	 	EXECUTIVE:	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Erin C. Ibele	 	 	 	/s/ Daniel R. Loftus	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	Daniel R. Loftus	 	 

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EXHIBIT 10.01

READY MIX, INC.

OFFICER/DIRECTOR INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

     THIS AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into and effective this 5th day of August 2008
(“Effective Date”), by and between Ready Mix, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Corporation”), and
Robert A. De Ruiter (the “Indemnified Party”).

     WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has determined that it is in the best
interest of the Corporation and its shareholders to agree to indemnify the Indemnified Party (who
is a director and/or officer of the Corporation) from and against certain liabilities for actions
taken by him during the performance of his tasks for the Corporation.

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt, adequacy and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

     1. Indemnification. The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, the
Indemnified Party, if the Indemnified Party was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or a
witness or is otherwise involved in any action, suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution
mechanism or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (any of the
foregoing being referred to as a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that the Indemnified Party,
or a person for whom the Indemnified Party is the legal representative, is or was a director or
officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at
the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent (a director, officer,
employee or agent is referred to as an “Indemnified Position”) of another corporate entity or of a
partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company enterprise or any other type of entity
(an “Other Entity”), including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all claims,
demands, debts, duties, liabilities, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement and expenses
(including attorneys’ fees and expenses) actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party
in connection with the investigation, defense, negotiation and settlement of any such Proceeding
(including an action by or in the right of the Corporation) to which the Indemnified Party is or
becomes a party, or is threatened to be made a party, by reason of the fact that the Indemnified
Party is in an Indemnified Position with the Corporation or of any Other Entity. Nothwithstanding
the foregoing, no change in Nevada law shall have the effect of reducing the benefits available to
the Indemnified Party hereunder based on Nevada law as in effect on the Effective Date. For the
avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall apply to the entire period of the Indemnified Party’s
service in an Indemnified Position, including, without limitation, the Indemnified Party’s service
as a director of the Company prior to the Effective Date.

     2. Limitations on Indemnity. No indemnity pursuant to this Agreement shall be made by
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	 	(a)	 	For the amount of such losses for which the Indemnified Party is indemnified
pursuant to any insurance purchased and maintained by the Corporation; or
	 
	 	(b)	 	If the Indemnified Party is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or
	 
	 	(c)	 	On account of any suit in which judgment is rendered against the Indemnified
Party for an accounting of profits made (i) for an improper personal profit without
full and fair disclosure to the Corporation of all material conflicts of interest and
not approved thereof by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation; or (ii) from the purchase or sale by the Indemnified
Party of securities of the Corporation pursuant to the provisions of Section 16(b) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and amendments thereto or similar provisions of
any federal, state or local law; or
	 
	 	(d)	 	If it is established by clear and convincing evidence that the Indemnified
Party did not act in good faith and in a manner in which the Indemnified Party
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation
or the Other Entity, as the case may be, and, with respect to any criminal action or
Proceeding, in which the Indemnified Party had no reasonable cause to believe the
Indemnified Party’s conduct was unlawful; or
	 
	 	(e)	 	If a final decision by a court having jurisdiction in the matter shall
determine that such indemnification is not lawful; or
	 
	 	(f)	 	In connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) commenced by the
Indemnified Party if the commencement of the Proceeding (or part thereof) by the
Indemnified Person was not authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

     The termination of any action, suit or Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction
or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that
the person is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or did not act in good faith and in a manner which he
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, or that, with
respect to any criminal action or Proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct
was unlawful.

     3. Court-Ordered Indemnification. Nothwithstanding any other provision of this
Agreement, a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of the Indemnified Party and such
notice as the court shall require, may order indemnification if it determines that the Indemnified
Party is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant
circumstances, whether or not the Indemnified Party (i) has met the standards of conduct set forth
under Nevada law or (ii) has been adjudged liable for receipt of an improper personal benefit under
Nevada law, in which case the court may order such indemnification as the court shall deem proper.

     4. Continuation of Indemnity. All obligations of the Corporation contained in this
Agreement shall continue during the period the Indemnified Party is in an
Indemnified Position and thereafter so long as the Indemnified Party shall be subject to

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any possible claim or threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, by reason of the fact that the
Indemnified Party was in an Indemnified Position for the Corporation or any Other Entity.

     5. Notification and Defense of Claim. Promptly after receipt by the Indemnified Party
of notice of any claim or any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding, in which the Indemnified
Party has a right to indemnification hereunder, the Indemnified Party will notify the Corporation
of the commencement thereof; provided, however, that the failure to give any such notice shall not
disqualify the Indemnified Party from the right, or otherwise affect in any manner any right of the
Indemnified Party, to indemnification or the advance of expenses under this Agreement unless the
Corporation’s ability to defend in such claim or action or to obtain proceeds under any insurance
policy is materially and adversely prejudiced thereby, and then only to the extent the Corporation
is thereby actually so prejudiced. With respect to any such Proceeding as to which the Indemnified
Party notifies the Corporation of the commencement thereof:

	 	(a)	 	The Corporation will be entitled to participate therein at its own expense;
and
	 
	 	(b)	 	Except as otherwise provided below, to the extent that it may wish, the
Corporation jointly with any other indemnifying party will be entitled to assume the
defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to the Indemnified Party. After notice
from the Corporation to the Indemnified Party of its election to assume the defense
thereof, the Corporation will not be liable to the Indemnified Party under this
Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified
Party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of
investigation or as otherwise provided below. The Indemnified Party shall have the
right to employ counsel in such Proceeding, but the fees and expenses of such counsel
incurred after notice from the Corporation of its assumption of the defense thereof
shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party , unless (i) the employment of
counsel by the Indemnified Party has been authorized by the Corporation, (ii) the
Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Corporation and the Indemnified Party in the conduct of the
defense of such action, (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have employed counsel
to assume the defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees and expenses of
counsel shall be at the expense of the Corporation, or (iv) unless the Indemnified
Party reasonably and in good faith asserts defenses and theories of defense not
asserted by the Corporation. The Corporation shall not be entitled to assume the
defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the Corporation or as to which
the Indemnified Party shall have made the conclusion provided for in (ii) or (iv)
above.
	 
	 	(c)	 	The Corporation shall not be liable to indemnify the Indemnified Party under
this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any action or claim effected
without the Corporation’s written consent. The Corporation 

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	 	 	 	shall not settle any
action or claim without the Indemnified Party’s written consent, unless the settlement
includes a full release of the Indemnified Party from all liability in respect of such
action or claim. Neither the Corporation or the Indemnified Party will unreasonably
withhold their consent to any proposed settlement.

     6. Payment of Expenses. The Corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys’
fees) incurred by the Indemnified Party in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final
disposition, provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of
expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of
an undertaking by the Indemnified Party to repay all amounts advanced if it should be ultimately
determined that the Indemnified Party is not entitled to be indemnified under this Agreement or
otherwise.

     7. Enforcement.

	 	(a)	 	The Corporation expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this
Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on the Corporation hereby in order to
induce the Indemnified Party to serve in an Indemnified Position for the Corporation
or an Other Entity, and acknowledges that the Indemnified Party is relying upon this
Agreement as part of the consideration for so acting.
	 
	 	(b)	 	In the event the Indemnified Party is required to bring any action to enforce
rights or to collect moneys due under this Agreement and is successful in such action,
the Corporation shall reimburse the Indemnified Party for all of the Indemnified
Party’s reasonable attorneys’ and other fees and expenses in bringing and pursuing
such action.
	 
	 	(c)	 	If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this
Agreement is not paid in full within 10 days after a written claim therefor by the
Indemnified Party has been received by the Corporation, the Indemnified Party may file
suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in
part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim. In any such
action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnified Party is
not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses under
applicable law.
	 
	 	(d)	 	The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or to advance expenses to
the Indemnified Party who was or is serving at its request as in an Indemnified
Position for an Other Entity shall be reduced by any amount such Indemnified Party may
collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such Other Entity.

     8. Severability. Each of the provisions of this Agreement is a separate and distinct
provision and independent of the others, so that if any provision hereof shall be held to be
invalid or unenforceable for any reason, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the
validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof.

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     9. Governing Law; Binding Effect; Amendment and Termination.

	 	(a)	 	This Agreement shall be interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Nevada.
	 
	 	(b)	 	This Agreement shall be binding upon the Indemnified Party and upon the
Corporation, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the
Indemnified Party, the Indemnified Party’s heirs, personal representatives and assigns
and to the benefit of the Corporation, its successors and assigns. The Corporation
shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger,
consolidation or otherwise) to all or a substantial part, of the business and/or
assets of the Corporation, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to
the Indemnified Party, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the
same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform
if no such succession had taken place.
	 
	 	(c)	 	No amendment, modification, termination or change of this Agreement shall be
effective unless it is signed by both parties hereto. Any amendment, modification,
termination or change of this Agreement shall not adversely affect any right or
protection hereunder of any Indemnified Party in respect of any act or omission
occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

     10. Additional Rights. The rights conferred on the Indemnified Party by this
Agreement shall not be exclusive of any other rights that the Indemnified Party may have or
hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation, its
bylaws, contract, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

     11. Insurance. The Corporation will use its reasonable best efforts to acquire and
maintain directors and officers liability insurance, on terms and conditions deemed appropriate by
the Board of Directors of the Corporation, with the advice of counsel, covering the Indemnified
Party or any claim made against the Indemnified Party for service as a director or officer of the
Corporation and covering the Corporation for any indemnification or advance of expenses made by the
Corporation to the Indemnified Party for any claims made against the Indemnified Party for service
as a director or officer of the Corporation. Without in any way limiting any other obligation
under this Agreement, the Corporation shall indemnify the Indemnified Party for any payment by the
Indemnified Party arising out of the amount of any deductible or retention and the amount of any
excess of the aggregate of all judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnified Party in
connection with a claim or action over the coverage of any insuance referred to in the previous
sentence.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on and as of the day and
year first above written.

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	 	READY MIX, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Bradley E. Larson
 	 
	 	 	Bradley E. Larson, Chief Executive Officer 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	The Indemnified Party:

 	 
	 	/s/ Robert A. De Ruiter
 	 
	 	Robert A. De Ruiter 	 
	 	 	 
	 

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