Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Reports Second Quarter Results

Per Share Net Loss of ($0.07) and Normalized FFO of $0.48 in Second Quarter

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “MPT”) (NYSE: MPW) today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023, as well as certain events occurring subsequent to quarter end.

• Net loss of ($0.07) and Normalized Funds from Operations (“NFFO”) of $0.48 for the 2023 second quarter on a per diluted share basis;
• Commenced in May rent collections at a newly developed post-acute facility in California leased to Ernest Health at a total cost of approximately $50 million;
• Sold in July three general acute hospitals in Kansas and Texas to Prime Healthcare for roughly $100 million;
• Elected to participate in August as one of seven unrelated initial lenders in Steward Health Care System’s (“Steward”) syndicated asset-backed credit facility; and
• Established a REIT structure within the United Kingdom, reducing future expected income tax expense and expanding strategic flexibility.

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

During the third quarter, Steward refinanced its asset-backed credit facility five months ahead of the maturity of its previous agreement. The new facility carries a four-year term and provides significant incremental liquidity to Steward. The leaders of the lending group, experienced private credit funds Sound Point Capital Management and Brigade Capital Management, offered MPT the opportunity to participate. After careful consideration of the terms, pricing and security in the form of government and commercial receivables, MPT elected to invest up to $140 million, an amount not to exceed 25% of the fully syndicated facility.

In early August, one of Pipeline Health System’s (“Pipeline”) Los Angeles-area safety net hospitals, Coast Plaza Hospital, announced the opening of a specialized inpatient behavioral health unit to fill a critical need in underserved communities. The expansion, which MPT agreed to fund last year, was completed ahead of schedule and is expected to be profitable for Pipeline and supportive of the related increase in rental payments to MPT.

The Company has total assets of approximately $19.2 billion, including $12.5 billion of general acute facilities, $2.6 billion of behavioral health facilities and $1.7 billion of post-acute facilities. MPT’s portfolio includes 444 properties and approximately 44,000 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 55 hospital operating companies.

OPERATING RESULTS AND OUTLOOK

Net loss for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 was ($42 million) (($0.07) per diluted share) compared to net income of $190 million ($0.32 per diluted share) in the year earlier period. Included in 2023 second quarter net loss is the previously disclosed roughly $286 million in accelerated lease intangible amortization related to the early termination of Steward’s leases of five Utah hospitals now leased to CommonSpirit and a related $95 million straight-line rent write-off, partially offset by a roughly $160 million tax benefit related to the Company’s establishment of a U.K. REIT, as well as the recognition of $68 million of 2023 previously unrecorded but contractually owed rent and interest revenue from the receipt of equity in PHP Holdings LLC (“PHP”).

NFFO for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 was $285 million ($0.48 per diluted share) compared to $275 million ($0.46 per diluted share) in the year earlier period. Included in 2023 second quarter NFFO is roughly $68 million ($0.11 per diluted share) from the receipt of equity in PHP in lieu of cash for 2023 previously unrecorded but contractually owed rent and interest revenue from Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (“Prospect”). In accordance with accounting requirements, the value of MPT’s investment in PHP was established at roughly $655 million based on estimates from multiple independent third parties and the application of an appropriate marketability discount.

The Company is narrowing its 2023 calendar estimate of per share net income to $0.33 to $0.37 to account for second quarter results and is also narrowing its estimate of per share NFFO to $1.53 to $1.57. The ranges include Prospect-related income from the expected resumption of partial California rental payments, recognition of the PHP equity value received in the second quarter and other amounts. The estimates are based on an existing portfolio which includes the impact of binding disposition and leasing transactions and 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, modifications to lease terms, 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. 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.

CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST

The Company has scheduled a conference call and webcast for Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to present the Company’s financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2023. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 844-481-2836 (U.S.) and 412-317-1856 (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 August 22, 2023 using dial-in numbers 877-344-7529 (U.S.), 855-669-9658 (Canada) and 412-317-0088 (International) along with passcode 3185290. 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 at www.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 44,000 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 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 MPT’s expected sale of its remaining Australian portfolio does not occur; (xviii) the risk that MPT is unable to monetize its investment in PHP at full value within a reasonable time period or at all; (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.

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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