Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On March 24, 2017, the operating
partnership of Medical Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), MPT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), and MPT Finance Corporation, a Delaware
corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of the Operating Partnership (MPT Finance and, together with the Operating Partnership, the Issuers), completed a public offering of 500 million aggregate principal amount of
their 3.325% Senior Notes due 2025 (the Notes). The Notes are governed by the terms of an Indenture, dated as of October 10, 2013 (the Base Indenture), among the Company, the Issuers, certain subsidiaries of the
Operating Partnership and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by an Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 24, 2017 (the Supplemental Indenture and, together with
the Base Indenture, the Indenture) among the Issuers, the Company, the Trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent (the Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent).
Interest on the Notes will be payable annually on March 24 of each year, commencing on March 24, 2018. The Notes will pay interest
in cash at a rate of 3.325% per year. The Notes will mature on March 24, 2025. The Notes are redeemable in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at the Issuers option. If the Notes are redeemed prior to 90 days before
maturity, the redemption price will be 100% of their principal amount, plus a make-whole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date. Within the period beginning on or after 90 days before maturity,
the Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date.
The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company.
In the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture), each holder of the Notes may require the Issuers to repurchase some or all
of its Notes at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.
The Indenture contains restrictive covenants that, among other things, restrict the ability of the Issuers and their restricted subsidiaries
to: (i) incur debt; (ii) pay dividends and make distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, their capital stock; (iii) make certain investments or other restricted payments; (iv) sell assets; (v) create liens; (vi) enter
into transactions with affiliates; and (vii) merge, consolidate or transfer all or substantially all of their assets. The Issuers and their restricted subsidiaries are also required to maintain total unencumbered assets of at least 150% of
their collective unsecured debt. All of these covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions under the Indenture.
The Indenture also provides for customary events of default, including, but not limited to, the failure to make payments of interest or
premium, if any, on, or principal of, the Notes, the failure to comply with certain covenants and agreements specified in the Indenture for a period of time after notice has been provided, the acceleration of other indebtedness resulting from the
failure to pay principal on such other indebtedness prior to its maturity, and certain events of insolvency. If an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the Notes immediately due and payable, except that an Event of Default resulting from certain events of insolvency with respect to an Issuer will automatically cause the Notes to become
immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any holders of Notes.
The offering and
sale of the Notes was made pursuant to a free writing prospectus, preliminary prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement pursuant to the Issuers and the Companys effective registration statements on Form S-3 (File
Nos. 333-213027, 333-213027-01 and 333-213027-02), each of which has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The
Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to prepay and extinguish the 200 million of outstanding term loans under the euro-denominated term loan facility portion of its revolving credit and term
loan facilities, and accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to pay capital gain taxes owed from the closings of certain real estate assets that the Operating Partnership previously announced it would acquire from the Median Kliniken group S.à
r.l. (the MEDIAN Transactions) and to finance the closings of the remaining MEDIAN Transactions, including related fees, expenses and real estate transfer taxes, and the remainder of the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which
may include investing in additional healthcare properties.
The foregoing is a summary description of certain terms of the Indenture and
the Notes and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Indenture (including the form of Note included as an exhibit thereto). Copies of the Base Indenture and Supplemental Indenture are attached hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2
respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The Trustee has in the past provided and may from time to time in the future
provide trustee, registrar, exchange agent, paying agent and other services to the Company and the Issuers.