Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Reports First Quarter Results

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “MPT”) (NYSE: MPW) today announced financial and operating results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 as well as certain events occurring subsequent to quarter end.

• Net income of $0.28 and Normalized Funds from Operations (“NFFO”) of $0.42 for the 2021 first quarter on a per diluted share basis, well in line with portfolio run-rate guidance;
• Closed in January on the previously disclosed £800 million real estate investment in behavioral health properties in the UK operated by Priory Group (“Priory”);
• Issued £850 million in senior notes due 2026 and 2030 at a blended rate of 2.9% with proceeds used to permanently fund the Priory acquisitions;
• Completed a follow-on equity offering generating net proceeds of $711 million and sold approximately 8.0 million common shares from early March through the Company’s “at-the-market” program for additional net proceeds of approximately $173 million;
• Hospital tenants uniformly reporting continued strong operating and financial performance.

“The rapid pace of accretive growth we have created in recent years is showing no signs of slowing,” said Edward K. Aldag, Jr., MPT’s Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. “The positive attention brought to the need for hospitals during the COVID pandemic worldwide, and the essential role of MPT’s tenants has never been so clear. Demand for our capital is strong, and our proven ability to execute large, complex transactions continues to give us a strong competitive advantage in this rapidly expanding market.”

Mr. Aldag continued, “Our operators are well-capitalized, and their fundamentals returned to very close to normalized levels more than nine months ago and remain there today. We have observed that these levels of operations are consistent with recently reported quarterly results of the top publicly held operators in the nation.”

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, all on a basis comparable to 2020 results, and reconciliations of total assets to pro forma total gross assets and total revenues to total adjusted revenues.

PORTFOLIO UPDATE

During and subsequent to the first quarter, MPT continued to execute on accretive acquisitions.

MPT expects to replace the £800 million Priory real estate loan with sale-leaseback transactions involving 35 properties by the end of the second quarter, at which time the Company will begin to recognize a GAAP investment yield of 8.6%.

Through today, MPT made additional investments of approximately $158 million and $335 million, respectively, in its tenants Swiss Medical Network and Steward Health Care System (“Steward”). Swiss Medical, the Company’s tenant through its Infracore investment, is the second largest private operator of hospitals in Switzerland, a nation known for world-class healthcare delivery and an affluent, aging population. At an attractive investment entry point, MPT stands to benefit from greater alignment with Infracore and Swiss Medical, additional insight into the Swiss hospital system, and desirable real estate opportunities as Swiss Medical continues to consolidate a fragmented hospital landscape.

Proceeds of the $335 million loan to Steward were used to redeem a similarly sized convertible loan from Steward’s former private equity sponsor. Terms include opportunities for attractive participation in the value of Steward’s growth as it demonstrates fundamental success consistent with recent reports from public hospital operators. Pursuant to its existing 9.9% equity interest in Steward and a direct realization of the operational strength noted above, MPT received cash distributions during the quarter of $11.0 million.

The Company has pro forma total gross assets of approximately $20.9 billion, including $15.2 billion in general acute care hospitals, $2.1 billion in inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, $1.7 billion in behavioral health facilities, $0.3 billion in long-term acute care hospitals, and $0.3 billion in freestanding emergency room and urgent care properties. MPT’s portfolio, pro forma for the transactions described herein, includes 425 properties representing roughly 44,000 licensed beds across the United States and in Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Australia, and Colombia. The properties are leased to or mortgaged by 51 hospital operating companies. MPT continues to work with existing and new operators in the U.S. and abroad on numerous opportunities.

OPERATING RESULTS AND OUTLOOK

Net income for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 was $164 million (or $0.28 per diluted share) compared to $81 million (or $0.15 per diluted share) in the year earlier period.

NFFO for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 was $244 million ($0.42 per diluted share) compared to $191 million ($0.37 per diluted share) in the year earlier period.

Based on year-to-date transactions, including the Priory sale-leaseback transaction, along with an assumed capital structure resulting in a net debt to EBITDA ratio between 5.0 and 6.0 times, MPT expects an annual run-rate of $1.14 to $1.18 per diluted share for net income and $1.72 to $1.76 per diluted share for NFFO. Included in the annual run-rate estimate but not included in annualized actual results for the first quarter are timing adjustments related to investment and capital markets transactions closed during the quarter, the annualized difference between the 8.6% Priory GAAP lease rate and the current loan interest rate, and the aggregate earnings contribution from two hospitals under development and various expansion projects where rent has not yet commenced. While interest income from the £250 million non-real estate acquisition loan related to the Priory transaction was included in first quarter actual results, it is not included in annual run-rate guidance due to its temporary nature.

These estimates do not include the effects, if any, of unexpected real estate operating costs, changes in accounting pronouncements, litigation costs, debt refinancing costs, acquisition costs, currency exchange rate movements, interest rate hedging activities, write-offs of straight-line rent or other non-recurring or unplanned transactions. Moreover, these estimates do not provide for the impact on MPT or its tenants and borrowers from the global COVID-19 pandemic. 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, new shares are issued, 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 Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to present the Company’s financial and operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2021. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 844-535-3969 (U.S. and Canada) and 409-937-8903 (International); both numbers require passcode 9845178. 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 through May 13, 2021. Dial-in numbers for the replay are 855-859-2056 and 404-537-3406 for U.S./Canada and International callers, respectively. The replay passcode for all callers is 9845178.

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 hospitals with 425 facilities and roughly 44,000 licensed beds in nine countries and across four continents on a pro forma basis. 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, the COVID-19 pandemic, including governmental assistance to hospitals and healthcare providers, including certain of our tenants; (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 run-rate 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, including the potential phasing out of LIBOR after 2021; (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 comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations in the operation of the our properties, to deliver high-quality services, to attract and retain qualified personnel and to attract patients; (xv) potential environmental contingencies and other liabilities; and (xvi) the closing of the Priory sale-leaseback transaction.

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, 2020 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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