UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-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): January 6, 2021
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)
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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 Rule
12b-2
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This Current Report on
Form 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 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On January 6, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had entered into definitive agreements to acquire approximately 40 behavioral health facilities currently owned and operated by the Priory Group, a leading private provider of behavioral care in the United Kingdom, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately £800 million (approximately $1.0 billion). A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 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 Exhibit 99.1, 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. |
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Press release, dated January 6, 2021 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, 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: January 6, 2021
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: January 6, 2021