form144.htm
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM 144
 
NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
 
 
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
DOCUMENT SEQUENCE NO.
 
 
ATTENTION:Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker.
 
 
CUSIP NUMBER
 
 
1(a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
 
Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
 
(b)  IRS IDENT. NO.
 
20-3068069
 
 
(c)  S.E.C. FILE NO.
 
001-32641
 
 
 
WORK LOCATION
 
           
 
1(d)       ADDRESS OF ISSUER
 
111 Westwood Place, Suite 200
 
STREET
 
 
 
CITY
 
Brentwood
 
STATE
 
TN
 
 
ZIP CODE
 
37027
 
 
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
 
 
AREA CODE
(615)
 
 
NUMBER
221-2250
 
 
2(a)       NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE AC­COUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
Drawbridge Global Macro Master Fund Ltd.
 
 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER
 
Affiliate
 
 
(c)     ADDRESS
 
STREET
 
 
 
CITY
 
New York
 
 
 
 STATE
 
NY
 
 
ZIP CODE
 
10105
 
1345 Avenue of the Americas
 
INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
 
 
3 (a)
 
 
(b)
 
 
SEC USE ONLY
 
 
(c)
 
 
(d)
 
 
(e)
 
 
(f)
 
 
(g)
 
 
Title of the Class
of Securities
To Be Sold
 
 
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the
Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker
who is Acquiring the Securities
 
 
Broker-Dealer
File Number
 
 
Number of Shares
or Other Units
To Be Sold
(See instr. 3(c))
 
 
Aggregate
Market
Value
(See instr. 3(d))
 
 
Number of Shares
 or Other Units
Outstanding
(See instr. 3(e))
 
 
Approximate
Date of Sale
(See instr. 3(f))
(MO. DAY YR.)
 
 
Name of Each
Securities
Exchange
(See instr. 3(g))
 
 
Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share
 
 
GSEC Goldman Sachs
Execution and Clearing
30 Hudson Street
Jersey City, NJ 07302
 
 
 
 
   125,000
 
 
 
$2,755,000.00(1)
 
 
 
101,480,298
 
 
 
ASAP
 
 
NYSE
 
 
 
 
             
 
 
 
             
INSTRUCTIONS:
 
1.
(a)
Name of issuer.
 
3.
(a)
Title of the class of securities to be sold.
   
(b)
Issuer's I.R.S. Identification Number.
   
(b)
Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold.
   
(c)
Issuer's S.E.C. file number, if any.
   
(c)
Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount).
   
(d)
Issuer's address, including zip code.
   
(d)
Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice.
   
(e)
Issuer's telephone number, including area code.
   
(e)
Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown  by the most recent report or statement published by the issuer.
           
(f)
Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold.
 
2.
(a)
Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
   
(g)
Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold.
   
(b)
Such person's relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or
 
3.
(a)
Title of the class of securities to be sold.
     
member of immediate family of any of the foregoing).
   
(b)
Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold.
   
(c)
Such person's address, including zip code.
   
(c)
Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount).
 
Potential persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB control number. 
SEC 1147 (01-04)

TABLE I — SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:
 
 
Title of
the Class
 
 
Date you
Acquired
 
 
Nature of Acquisition Transaction
 
 
Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(If gift, also give date donor acquired)
 
 
Amount of
Securities Acquired
 
 
Date of
Payment
 
 
Nature of Payment
 
Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share
 
11/21/2005
 
Purchase
 
Brookdale Senior Living Inc.
 
125,000
 
11/21/2005
 
Cash
 
 

I INSTRUCTIONS:       If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
   

TABLE II — SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.
 
 
Name and Address of Seller
 
 
Title of Securities Sold
 
 
Date of Sale
 
 
Amount of
Securities Sold
 
 
Gross Proceeds
 
 
 
 
 
       
REMARKS:
 
(1) Based on $22.04, the last reported sales price of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on August 29, 2008.
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
 
 
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.
 
 
     
 
09/15/2008
 
   
/s/ David N. Brooks, as officer of Drawbridge Global Macro Master Fund Ltd.
 
(DATE OF NOTICE)
 
   
(SIGNATURE)
 
     
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.
Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)
 
SEC 1147 (04-07)