Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results

Per Share Net Income of $0.05 and Normalized FFO of $0.37 in First Quarter

Recent Transactions Validate Underwritten Values;
Provides Additional Capital Flexibility

Declared Second Quarter Regular Dividend of $0.29 Per Share

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “MPT”) (NYSE: MPW) today announced financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023, as well as certain events occurring subsequent to quarter end.

• Net income of $0.05 and Normalized Funds from Operations (“NFFO”) of $0.37 for the 2023 first quarter on a per diluted share basis;
• As previously announced, agreed in March to sell the Healthscope portfolio in Australia for AUD$1.2 billion with proceeds targeted for repayment of the Company’s Australian term loan;
• Received notice in March that Prime Healthcare (“Prime”) will exercise its right to repurchase three hospitals in Kansas and Texas in the third quarter for roughly $100 million;
• In April selectively added to existing portfolios five behavioral health facilities operated by Priory Group (“Priory”) in the U.K. for approximately £44 million and invested in three MEDIAN post-acute facilities in Germany for a total of roughly €70 million; and
• Declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share of common stock to be paid on July 13, 2023 to stockholders of record on June 15, 2023.

Edward K. Aldag, Jr., Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer, said, “We are pleased to report a first quarter that saw our core portfolio, as it has for nearly two decades, realize attractive and predictable growth driven by strong original underwriting and inflation-based cash rent escalators. This performance establishes a baseline level of profitability that supports our dividend payments and sets the table for continued growth.”

Aldag continued, “The terms of recently announced transactions including Springstone, the acquisition by CommonSpirit of Steward’s Utah operations, Healthscope and Prime, have valued our hospital investments near and in excess of our original purchase prices. This confirmation of our underwritten asset values by sophisticated market participants, as well as our existing liquidity and prudently planned debt structure, position us to have no debt maturities until 2025.”

Included in the financial tables accompanying this press release is information about the Company’s assets and liabilities, net income, and reconciliations of net income to NFFO and AFFO, including per share amounts, all on a basis comparable to 2022 results.

PORTFOLIO UPDATE

The Company did not acquire any new hospital real estate during the first quarter and expects aggregate acquisitions during the entire first half of 2023 of approximately $150 million. These are expected to be comprised of five behavioral hospitals acquired from and leased to Priory in England for approximately £44 million and three post-acute facilities in Germany acquired from and leased to MEDIAN for roughly €70 million.

As part of an expected series of Prospect Medical Holdings’ (“Prospect”) future strategic transactions, during the first quarter MPT provided $50 million in a loan instrument that is convertible into equity of Prospect’s managed care entity in anticipation of a larger Prospect financing transaction. Subsequent to quarter-end, Prospect received a binding commitment from a third-party lender that will provide significant liquidity for Prospect’s hospital and managed care businesses and will facilitate MPT’s conversion of certain existing and future real estate obligations of Prospect into additional managed care equity.

The Company has total assets of approximately $19.7 billion, including $13.7 billion of general acute care hospitals, $2.5 billion of behavioral health facilities and $1.7 billion of post-acute facilities. MPT’s portfolio includes 444 properties and approximately 45,000 licensed beds across the United States as well as in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Spain, Finland, Colombia, Italy and Portugal. The properties are leased to or mortgaged by 54 hospital operating companies.

OPERATING RESULTS AND OUTLOOK

Net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 was $33 million ($0.05 per diluted share) compared to $632 million ($1.05 per diluted share) in the year earlier period. Included in 2023 first quarter net income is approximately $90 million of impairment and other non-cash charges related to the expected sale of hospitals and no rent or interest revenue recognized from Prospect leases or loan investments, as compared to 2022 first quarter net income which included an approximate $452 million gain on sale, inclusive of a write-off of roughly $125 million of straight-line rent, related to the partnership transaction with Macquarie Asset Management.

NFFO for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023 was $222 million ($0.37 per diluted share) compared to $282 million ($0.47 per diluted share) in the year earlier period.

The Company is adjusting its 2023 calendar estimate of per share net income to $0.06 to $0.17 to account for first quarter results and announced transaction activity and is adjusting its estimate of per share NFFO to $1.50 to $1.61 to account for the impact of announced deleveraging asset sales (and expected $1.4 billion debt reduction). At their high-end, the ranges reflect management’s expectation that certain amounts related to Prospect are recognized as revenue during 2023, while their low-end accounts for the possibility that the entirety of this revenue is recognized subsequent to 2023. The estimates are based on an existing portfolio which includes the impact of binding disposition and leasing transactions and changes to lease terms but excludes expected future contributions from development and other capital projects.

These estimates do not include the effects, among others, of unexpected real estate operating costs, changes in accounting pronouncements, litigation costs, debt refinancing costs, acquisition costs, currency exchange rate movements, changes in income tax rates, interest rate hedging activities, write-offs of straight-line rent and in place lease intangibles, other impairments or other non-recurring/unplanned transactions. Moreover, these estimates do not provide for the impact on MPT or its tenants and borrowers from the global COVID-19 pandemic. These estimates may change if the Company acquires or sells assets in amounts that are different from estimates, market interest rates change, debt is refinanced or repurchased, new shares are issued or repurchased, additional debt is incurred, other operating expenses vary, income from equity investments vary from expectations, or existing leases or loans do not perform in accordance with their terms.

LITIGATION UPDATE

On March 30, MPT sued short seller Viceroy Research LLC and its principals, including Fraser Perring, in federal court for defamation and related wrongs arising from their campaign of malicious falsehoods calculated to reap profits for themselves at the expense of MPT and its shareholders. The lawsuit is available here.

Although Perring has publicly acknowledged the lawsuit, he has not appeared in the case. And rather than answer MPT’s allegations, Viceroy has filed motions to dismiss the claims before they reach a jury, arguing that they cannot be sustained because Viceroy's assaults on the Company, though contained in "reports," were not "fact" but mere "opinion" and "commentary . . . dominated by colorful, hyperbolic language," and also claiming that the Court lacks jurisdiction. But as MPT’s complaint makes clear, the false, misleading, and defamatory statements repeatedly published by Viceroy, Perring and others are not “opinions” or “beliefs” but rather statements of purported fact, whose fundamental character cannot be altered by disclaimers. MPT looks forward to proving its claims and to obtaining from the defendants and others the documents, communications, and other discovery to which the law entitles it.

CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

The Company has scheduled a conference call and webcast for Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to present the Company’s financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 833-630-1956 (U.S.) and 412-317-1837 (International); there is no passcode requirement. Call participants are to ask the operator to be joined to the Medical Properties Trust, Inc. conference call upon dialing in. 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 beginning shortly after the call’s completion. The telephone replay will be available through May 11, 2023 using dial-in numbers 877-344-7529 (U.S.), 855-669-9658 (Canada) and 412-317-0088 (International) along with passcode 5178516. The webcast replay will be available for one year following the call’s completion on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website.

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

The Company uses, and intends to continue to use, the Investor Relations page of its website, which can be found atwww.medicalpropertiestrust.com, as a means of disclosing material nonpublic information and of complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD, including, without limitation, through the posting of investor presentations that may include material nonpublic information. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Investor Relations page, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings, public conference calls, presentations and webcasts. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this document.

About Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a self-advised real estate investment trust formed in 2003 to acquire and develop net-leased hospital facilities. From its inception in Birmingham, Alabama, the Company has grown to become one of the world’s largest owners of hospital real estate with 444 facilities and approximately 45,000 licensed beds in ten countries and across four continents. MPT’s financing model facilitates acquisitions and recapitalizations and allows operators of hospitals to unlock the value of their real estate assets to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades and other investments in operations. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.medicalpropertiestrust.com.

This press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “may”, “will”, “would”, “could”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “estimate”, “target”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “objectives”, “outlook”, “guidance” or other similar words, and include statements regarding our strategies, objectives, future expansion and development activities, and expected financial performance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results or future events to differ materially from those expressed in or underlying such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: (i) the economic, political and social impact of, and uncertainty relating to, potential impact from health crises (like COVID-19); (ii) the ability of our tenants, operators and borrowers to satisfy their obligations under their respective contractual arrangements with us, especially as a result of the adverse economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and government regulation of hospitals and healthcare providers in connection with same (as further detailed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 8, 2020); (iii) our expectations regarding annual guidance for net income and NFFO per share; (iv) our success in implementing our business strategy and our ability to identify, underwrite, finance, consummate and integrate acquisitions and investments; (v) the nature and extent of our current and future competition; (vi) macroeconomic conditions, such as a disruption of or lack of access to the capital markets or movements in currency exchange rates; (vii) our ability to obtain debt financing on attractive terms or at all, which may adversely impact our ability to pursue acquisition and development opportunities and pay down, refinance, restructure or extend our indebtedness as it becomes due; (viii) increases in our borrowing costs as a result of changes in interest rates and other factors; (ix) international, national and local economic, real estate and other market conditions, which may negatively impact, among other things, the financial condition of our tenants, lenders and institutions that hold our cash balances, and may expose us to increased risks of default by these parties; (x) factors affecting the real estate industry generally or the healthcare real estate industry in particular; (xi) our ability to maintain our status as a REIT for federal and state income tax purposes; (xii) federal and state healthcare and other regulatory requirements, as well as those in the foreign jurisdictions where we own properties; (xiii) the value of our real estate assets, which may limit our ability to dispose of assets at attractive prices or obtain or maintain equity or debt financing secured by our properties or on an unsecured basis; (xiv) the ability of our tenants and operators to operate profitably and generate positive cash flow, comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations in the operation of the our properties, to deliver high-quality services, to attract and retain qualified personnel and to attract patients; (xv) potential environmental contingencies and other liabilities; (xvi) the risk that the expected sale of three Connecticut hospitals currently leased to Prospect does not occur; (xvii) the risk that Steward’s anticipated sale of its Utah operations and MPT’s expected lease with CommonSpirit Health are not executed as announced; (xviii) the risk that MPT’s expected sale of its Australian portfolio does not occur; (xix) the risk that other property sales, loan repayments, and other capital recycling transactions do not occur; and (xx) the risks and uncertainties of litigation, including our lawsuit against Viceroy Research LLC and its principals.

The risks described above are not exhaustive and additional factors could adversely affect our business and financial performance, including the risk factors discussed under the section captioned “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and as updated in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and actual performance or outcomes may vary materially from any forward-looking statements and the assumptions on which those statements are based. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We disclaim any responsibility to update such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they were made.

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