UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 15, 2019
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
MPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland | 001-32559 | 20-0191742 | ||
Delaware | 333-177186 | 20-0242069 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
1000 Urban Center Drive, Suite 501, Birmingham, AL 35242
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
(205)969-3755
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Securities Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. | MPW | The New York Stock Exchange |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
This Current Report onForm 8-K is filed by Medical Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and MPT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership through which the Company conducts substantially all of its operations (the “Operating Partnership”). Through one of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the Company serves as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, references to “we” and “our” refer to the Company, the Operating Partnership and any other subsidiaries thereof.
Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Offering of Common Stock
On July 15, 2019, the Company and the Operating Partnership entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Barclays Capital Inc., BofA Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters listed on Schedule 1 thereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters an aggregate of 45,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company, at a public offering price of $17.29 per share. The Company also granted the Underwriters a30-day option to purchase up to 6,750,000 additional shares at the public offering price, which the Underwriters exercised in full on July 16, 2019.
The offering of common stock closed on July 18, 2019, resulting in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $858.1 million, after deducting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.
The offering and sale of the shares of common stock were made pursuant to a preliminary prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement related to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on FormS-3 (FileNo. 333-229103), each of which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company and the Operating Partnership. It also provides for customary indemnification by the Company for losses or damages arising out of or in connection with the sale of the common stock.
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Underwriting Agreement and is qualified in its entirety by the text of the Underwriting Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
This Current Report on Form8-K does not constitute an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any of the Company’s securities, including, without limitation, those securities proposed to be offered and sold pursuant to the preliminary prospectus and registration statement described above.
Item 7.01. | Regulation FD Disclosure |
On July 15, 2019, the Company issued a launch press release and a pricing press release related to the launch and pricing of the common stock offering described above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form8-K. On July 17, 2019, the Company issued a press release announcing that the Underwriters had exercised in full their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 6,750,000 shares at the public offering price. Copies of the press releases are furnished as Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
The information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liability of that section or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3, shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act or into any filing or other document pursuant to the Exchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in any such filing.
Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunder duly authorized.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ R. Steven Hamner | |
Name: | R. Steven Hamner | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Date: July 18, 2019
MPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ R. Steven Hamner | |
Name: | R. Steven Hamner | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the sole member of the general partner of MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. |
Date: July 18, 2019