Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-year Results

Per Share Net Loss of ($0.24) and Normalized FFO of $0.43 in Fourth Quarter

35% Growth in Net Income and 4% Growth in Both NFFO and AFFO, on a Per Share Basis, in Full-Year 2022

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “MPT”) (NYSE: MPW) today announced financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2022, as well as certain events occurring subsequent to quarter end.

• Net loss of ($0.24) and Normalized Funds from Operations (“NFFO”) of $0.43 for the 2022 fourth quarter and net income of $1.50 and NFFO of $1.82 for the full-year 2022, all on a per diluted share basis;
• Fourth quarter 2022 net loss and full-year 2022 net income include a real estate impairment of approximately $171 million related to four properties leased to Prospect Medical Holdings (“Prospect”) in Pennsylvania as well as a write-off of roughly $112 million in unbilled Prospect rent also included in Funds from Operations (“FFO”) but excluded from normalized results;
• In October, commenced a development project to be leased to Ernest in South Carolina upon completion for approximately $22 million;
• In December, acquired six Priory behavioral health facilities previously leased from a third-party owner in the UK for £233 million; and
• Additional cash rent from CPI-based and fixed rent escalators of approximately $50 million expected in 2023.

Previously announced activities:

• January announcement that Pipeline Health will assume the existing terms of its Los Angeles hospital master lease and collect 100% of past due rent;
• February repayment to MPT of $205 million loan investment in Springstone, upon Lifepoint Health’s acquisition of a majority interest in the operator;
• Agreed in February to lease entire Utah hospital portfolio to a wholly owned subsidiary of CommonSpirit Health (“CommonSpirit”), upon CommonSpirit’s planned acquisition of Steward Health Care System’s (“Steward”) Utah operations; and
• Declared in February a regular quarterly dividend of $0.29 per share, representing a fourth quarter payout of adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”) per share of roughly 85%.

“The vast majority of our portfolio is positioned to support a significant inflation-based increase in cash rents for 2023,” said Edward K. Aldag, Jr., Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer. “On the other hand, our initial outlook for this year contemplates a conservative scenario due to the underperformance of Prospect’s Pennsylvania hospitals that we first communicated over a year ago, as well as the process by which we expect to recover our full investment in Prospect’s Pennsylvania and Connecticut hospitals.”

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 2021 results, as well as a reconciliation of total assets to total adjusted gross assets.

PORTFOLIO UPDATE

In December, MPT acquired for £233 million six of the largest, highest acuity, most profitable and best-known Priory inpatient behavioral health facilities, comprising 374 beds in the vicinity of London, Manchester and Bristol in the United Kingdom. The third-party seller of the real estate provided MPT roughly £105 million in attractive seller financing, and MPT assumed the in-place lease at an attractive cash yield, with inflation-based rent escalators and more than 20 years of remaining lease term. The merged Priory and MEDIAN platforms are expected to continue to source select attractive real estate opportunities.

MPT plans to reallocate capital away from real estate leased to Prospect through the previously announced sale, predominantly for cash, of its Connecticut hospitals later this year, as well as by exercising lease provisions entitling it to the significant value embedded in Prospect’s managed care platform. In order for this to occur, 12 to 18 months is necessary to allow for Prospect to recapitalize and prepare its managed care business for sale or recapitalization.

The Company has total assets of approximately $19.7 billion, including $13.4 billion of general acute care hospitals, $2.7 billion of behavioral health facilities, $1.4 billion of inpatient rehabilitation facilities, $0.3 billion of long-term acute care hospitals, and $0.2 billion of freestanding emergency room and urgent care properties. MPT’s portfolio includes 444 properties and approximately 45,000 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

Operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 were a net loss of ($140) million (($0.24) per diluted share) and net income of $903 million ($1.50 per diluted share), respectively, compared to net income of $207 million ($0.34 per diluted share) and $656 million ($1.11 per diluted share) in the year earlier periods.

NFFO for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2022 was $258 million ($0.43 per diluted share) and $1,088 million ($1.82 per diluted share), respectively, compared to $279 million ($0.47 per diluted share) and $1,036 million ($1.75 per diluted share) in the year earlier periods

The Company is introducing initial 2023 calendar estimates of per share net income and NFFO of $0.83 to $0.98 and $1.50 to $1.65, respectively. At their high-end, the ranges reflect management’s base case expectation that certain amounts are recovered from Prospect and recognized as revenue in the second half of 2023, while their low-end accounts for the remote possibility that the entirety of this revenue is recognized subsequent to 2023. The estimates are based on an existing portfolio which includes the impact of binding disposition transactions and changes to lease terms but excludes expected future contributions from development and other capital projects, the possible future impact of deleveraging and other capital markets strategies.

These estimates do not include the effects, among others, of unexpected real estate operating costs, 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, other impairments or other non-recurring/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 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 Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time to present the Company’s financial and operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2022. The dial-in numbers for the conference call are 833-630-1956 (U.S.) and 412-317-1837 (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 March 9, 2023 using dial-in numbers 877-344-7529 (U.S.), 855-669-9658 (Canada) and 412-317-0088 (International) along with passcode 7716069. 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 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; (xvi) the risk that the expected sale of three Connecticut hospitals currently leased to Prospect does not occur; (xvii) the risk that Steward’s anticipated sale of its Utah operations and MPT’s expected lease with CommonSpirit are not executed as announced; and (xviii) the risk that other property sales, loan repayments, and other capital recycling transactions do not occur.

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, 2021 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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