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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): April 12, 2011
 
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
         
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  001-32559
(Commission
File Number)
  20-0191742
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
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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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Item 8.01.   Other Events
     On April 12, 2011, Medical Properties Trust, Inc. announced that its operating partnership, 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, are offering $450 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2021 to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and to non-U.S. persons outside of the United States in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits
     (d)  Exhibits.
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
99.1
  Press Release issued April 12, 2011

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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 (Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
 
 
 
Date: April 12, 2011

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