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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug 04, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPW) today announced financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

SECOND QUARTER AND RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

• Reported second quarter Normalized Funds from Operations ("FFO") and Adjusted FFO ("AFFO") per diluted share of $0.16 and $0.16, respectively;
• Invested $18.0 million in 40-bed LTACH in DeSoto, Texas in July;
• Completed previously announced refinancing and $450 million offering of unsecured notes;
• Completed repurchase of 85% of the $82.0 million issue of 9.25% exchangeable notes due 2013 in July;
• Expects $75 million investment involving the Hoboken University Medical Center to close in the third quarter;
• Paid 2011 second quarter cash dividend of $0.20 per share on July 14, 2011.

OPERATING RESULTS

The Company reported second quarter 2011 Normalized FFO and AFFO of $17.5 million and $17.8 million, or $0.16 and $0.16 per diluted share, respectively. Normalized FFO and AFFO for the second quarter of 2010 were $15.8 million and $28.6 million, or $0.15 and $0.28 per diluted share, respectively.AFFO for the second quarter of 2010 included collection of $12.0 million of early payment of additional rent. All 2011 per share amounts were affected by a 7% increase in the weighted average diluted common shares outstanding to 110.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, from 103.5 million for the same period in 2010, primarily due to the common stock offering of 29.9 million shares completed in April of 2010.

For the six months ended June 30, 2011, Normalized FFO and AFFO were $37.9 million and $39.0 million, or $0.34 and $0.35 per diluted share, respectively. For the corresponding period in 2010, Normalized FFO and AFFO were $31.5 million and $45.5 million, or $0.35 and $0.50 per diluted share, respectively.

A reconciliation of Normalized FFO and AFFO to net income is included in the financial tables accompanying this press release.

DIVIDEND

The Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock, which was paid on July 14, 2011 to stockholders of record on June 16, 2011.

LIQUIDITY

Subsequent to the previously described refinancing transactions that were completed during the second quarter, the Company used approximately $93.0 million of proceeds to make investments in hospital real estate and operations (including $75.0 million committed to the completion of the previously described Hoboken transaction) and $82.4 million to repurchase approximately 85% of the Company's 9.25% exchangeable notes that mature in March 2013. As of June 30, 2011, MPT held $227.9 million in cash (including the proceeds committed to Hoboken) and had available undrawn credit facilities aggregating $321.0 million. Tenants at two of MPT's hospitals (with an aggregated net book value of $37.0 million) have indicated the intent to reacquire the real estate pursuant to the expiring leases.

PORTFOLIO UPDATE

Subsequent to June 30, 2011, the Company acquired the real estate and an indirect 25% interest in the operations of a newly constructed long-term acute care hospital in the Dallas, Texas suburb of DeSoto.

The Company purchased the real estate of the 40-bed, 37,000 square foot facility and 3.5 acres for $13.0 million. The hospital includes 28 medical/surgical beds and a 12-bed intensive care unit. The initial term of the 15-year net lease expires in July 2026 and has three five-year renewal options. The operator of the facility is Vibra Healthcare. MPT has also agreed to fund up to $2.5 million as a secured working capital loan to the operator and has made an indirect investment in the operating entity of $2.5 million.

In the second quarter, the Company entered into previously described definitive agreements for a transaction involving HUMC Holdco, LLC and the Hoboken University Medical Center in New Jersey. Completion of this transaction is expected prior to the end of the third quarter and remains subject to regulatory and bankruptcy court approval and other customary closing conditions. There is no assurance of such approvals or that the closing will occur in the third quarter or at all.

At June 30, 2011, the Company had total real estate investments of approximately $1.4 billion comprised of 58 healthcare properties in 22 states leased to 19 hospital operating companies. Two of these investments are in the form of mortgage loans.

FUTURE OPERATIONS OUTLOOK

Based solely on the portfolio as of June 30, 2011 and including the Hoboken and DeSoto acquisitions, the recent note offering and the tender offer for the 9.25% notes, the Company estimates that annualized Normalized FFO per share would approximate $0.72 to $0.76 per diluted share. The Company further estimates that its existing portfolio of assets plus approximately $325 million of assets expected to be acquired with available liquidity will generate Normalized FFO of between $0.93 and $0.97 per diluted share on an annualized basis once fully invested. This estimate assumes that average initial yields on new investments will range from 9.75% to 10.5%.

These estimates do not include the effects, if any, of real estate operating costs, litigation costs, debt refinancing costs, costs of acquisitions, new interest rate hedging activities, write-offs of straight-line rent or other non-recurring or unplanned transactions; nor do they include earnings, if any, from the Company's profits interests or other investments in lessees. In addition, this estimate will change if $325 million in new acquisitions are not completed or such investments' average initial yields are lower or higher than the range of 9.75% to 10.5%, market interest rates change, debt is refinanced, assets are sold, the River Oaks property is leased, other operating expenses vary or existing leases do not perform in accordance with their terms.

CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

The Company has scheduled a conference call and webcast on Thursday, August 4, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to present the Company's financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. The dial-in telephone numbers for the conference call are 866-730-5762 (U.S.) and 857-350-1586 (International); using passcode 64403027. The conference call will also be available via webcast in the Investor Relations' section of the Company's website, www.medicalpropertiestrust.com.

A telephone and webcast replay of the call will be available from shortly after the completion through August 11, 2011. Telephone numbers for the replay are 888-286-8010 and 617-801-6888 for U.S. and International callers, respectively. The replay passcode is 35237562.

The Company's supplemental information package for the current period will also be available on the Company's website under the "Investor Relations" section.

About Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a Birmingham, Alabama based self-advised real estate investment trust formed to capitalize on the changing trends in healthcare delivery by acquiring and developing net-leased healthcare facilities. These facilities include inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, regional acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other single-discipline healthcare facilities, such as heart hospitals and orthopedic hospitals. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.medicalpropertiestrust.com.

The statements in this press release that are forward looking are based on current expectations and actual results or future events may differ materially. Words such as "expects," "believes," "anticipates," "intends," "will," "should" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results of the Company or future events to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying such forward-looking statements, including without limitation: the capacity of the Company's tenants to meet the terms of their agreements; annual Normalized FFO per share; the amount of acquisitions of healthcare real estate, if any; the repayment of debt arrangements; statements concerning the additional income to the Company as a result of ownership interests in certain hospital operations and the timing of such income;the restructuring of the Company's investments in non-revenue producing properties; the payment of future dividends, if any; completion of additional debt arrangements; and additional investments; national and economic, business, real estate and other market conditions; the competitive environment in which the Company operates; the execution of the Company's business plan; financing risks; the Company's ability to maintain its status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes; acquisition and development risks; potential environmental and other liabilities; and other factors affecting the real estate industry generally or healthcare real estate in particular. For further discussion of the factors that could affect outcomes, please refer to the "Risk factors" section of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, as amended, and as updated by our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and our other SEC filings. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release.

SOURCE: Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
Charles Lambert, 205-397-8897
Finance Director
clambert@medicalpropertiestrust.com