Attached files
| file | filename |
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| EX-8.1 - EX-8.1 - MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC | d679845dex81.htm |
| EX-5.1 - EX-5.1 - MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC | d679845dex51.htm |
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): December 31, 2018
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Commission File Number 001-32559
| Maryland | 20-0191742 | |
| (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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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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| Item 8.01. | Other Events. |
On December 31, 2018, Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a new prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the Company’s existing $750,000,000 at-the-market equity offering program (the “ATM Program”). The new prospectus supplement was filed as a result of the Company’s filing with the SEC on December 31, 2018 of a new shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-229103), which replaced the Company’s previously filed shelf registration statement on Form S-3.
On December 31, 2018, the Company entered into amendments to its Equity Distribution Agreements, each dated as of November 13, 2017, with each of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sales agents, which provide, among other matters, that any offers and sales of shares of the Company’s common stock under the ATM Program will be made pursuant to the new prospectus supplement.
In connection with the Company’s filing with the SEC of the new prospectus supplement with respect to the existing ATM Program, the Company is filing certain exhibits as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K. See “Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.”
This Current Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
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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 | |
Date: December 31, 2018
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