Medical Properties Trust Announces Early Anti-Trust Approval and Completion of MEDIAN Kliniken Acquisition

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “MPT”) MPW announced that MEDIAN Kliniken Group has received regulatory approvals from the German antitrust authorities to complete its sale to affiliates of Waterland Private Equity and MPT, and has closed the sale as of December 15. The parties initially expected the approval would not be received until some point in the first quarter of 2015.

The prompt antitrust approval and sale is further expected to accelerate MPT's $880 million purchase and leaseback of MEDIAN's 40 hospital facilities by at least several weeks ahead of initial expectations. In addition, MPT now expects to fund, and begin accrual of income on, up to approximately $500 million of such purchase prices during the remainder of 2014. The purchase and leaseback transactions are subject to customary real estate, regulatory and other closing conditions, including waiver of any statutory pre-emption rights by local municipalities. MPT expects to complete these transactions in the first quarter of 2015.

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. MPT's lease model allows hospitals and other healthcare facilities to unlock the value of their underlying real estate in order to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades, staff additions and new construction. Facilities include acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, and other medical and surgical facilities. For more information, please visit the Company's website at www.medicalpropertiestrust.com.

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