Common Stock/Partners' Capital

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Common Stock/Partners' Capital

5. Common Stock/Partners’ Capital

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

On August 11, 2015, we completed an underwritten public offering of 28.75 million shares (including the exercise of the underwriters’ 30-day option to purchase an additional million shares) of our common stock, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $337 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses.

On August 4, 2015, we filed Articles of Amendment to our charter with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation increasing the number of authorized shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share available for issuance from 250,000,000 to 500,000,000.

On January 14, 2015, we completed an underwritten public offering of 34.5 million shares (including the exercise of the underwriters’ 30-day option to purchase an additional 4.5 million shares) of our common stock, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $480 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses.

On March 11, 2014, we completed an underwritten public offering of 7.7 million shares of our common stock, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $100.2 million, after deducting estimated offering expenses. We also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1.2 million shares of common stock. The option, which was exercised in full, closed on April 8, 2014 and resulted in additional net proceeds of approximately $16 million.

In January 2014, we put an at-the-market equity offering program in place, giving us the ability to sell up to $250 million of stock with a commission of 1.25%. During the first quarter of 2014, we sold 0.9 million shares of our common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, at an average price of $13.21 per share resulting in total proceeds, net of commission, of $12.3 million.

MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.

At September 30, 2015, the Company has a 99.86% ownership interest in the Operating Partnership with the remainder owned by three other partners, two of whom are employees and one of whom is a director. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the partnership issued 63.25 million and 9.8 million units, respectively, in direct response to the common stock offerings by Medical Properties Trust, Inc.