Medical Properties Trust Q4 FFO of $.17

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. MPW today announced financial and operating results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2010. The Company reported fourth quarter 2010 Normalized FFO and AFFO of $18.2 million and $18.6 million, or $0.17 and $0.17 per diluted share, respectively. Normalized FFO and AFFO for the fourth quarter of 2009 were $13.2 million and $13.3 million, or $0.17 and $0.17 per diluted share, respectively. All per share amounts were affected by an increase in the weighted average diluted common shares outstanding to 110.1 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2010, from 78.8 million for the same period in 2009, primarily due to the common stock offering of 29.9 million shares completed in April of 2010.