Medical Properties Trust Announces Exercise in Full of Underwriters' Option to Purchase Additional Shares of Common Stock

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

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) MPW announced that the underwriters under its previously announced public offering of common stock have exercised in full their option to purchase an additional 1,245,000 shares from the Company. Including the sale of the additional shares, which closed on April 8, 2014, the Company sold a total of 8,945,000 shares of its common stock for aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $116 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses.

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Jefferies LLC acted as joint book-running managers for the offering. The offering was made under the Company's effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus have been filed with the SEC and may be obtained from: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, or by telephone at (800) 221-1037, or by e-mail at newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com; Jefferies LLC, Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department, 520 Madison Avenue, 12th Floor, New York, New York 10022, or by telephone at (877) 547-6340, or by e-mail at Prospectus_Department@Jefferies.com; or by visiting the EDGAR database on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of the Company's common stock, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

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 has more than $3.0 billion in assets, with healthcare facilities throughout the United States and in Germany. These facilities include acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals and other medical and surgical facilities.

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 use of the proceeds from the offering. For further discussion of the factors that could affect outcomes, please refer to the “A Warning About Forward Looking Statements” and "Risk Factors" sections of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and its other SEC filings and “Risk Factors” sections contained in each of the prospectuses. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update the information in this press release.