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): September 30, 2015
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
MPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Commission File Number 001-32559
333-177186
| Maryland Delaware |
20-0191742 20-0242069 | |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) |
(I. R. S. Employer Identification No.) | |
| 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)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:
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| Item 1.01. | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
The information set forth below under Item 2.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is hereby incorporated in this Item 1.01 by reference.
| Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
On September 30, 2015, Medical Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and MPT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the Company’s operating partnership (the “Borrower”), entered into an amendment (the “Amendment”) to the existing amended and restated revolving credit and term loan agreement (the “Credit Agreement”), dated as of June 19, 2014, with Bank of America, N.A., as Syndication Agent, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the several lenders from time to time parties thereto.
The Amendment, among other things, increases the aggregate commitment to $1.95 billion (including a new additional $400 million accordion feature) . The foregoing description of the Amendment is qualified in its entirety by the full terms and conditions of the Amendment, a copy of which will be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 | |
| 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: October 6, 2015
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