UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020
OR
☐
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-32559
Commission file number 333-177186
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
MPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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)
REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (205) 969-3755
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒ (Medical Properties Trust, Inc. only)
Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer
☒ (MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. only)
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Title of each class
Trading Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
MPW
The New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of November 4, 2020, Medical Properties Trust, Inc. had 535,996,738 shares of common stock, par value $0.001, outstanding.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This report combines the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 of Medical Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and MPT Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, through which Medical Properties Trust, Inc. conducts substantially all of its operations. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references in this report to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Medical Properties,” “MPT,” or the “company” refer to Medical Properties Trust, Inc. together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context requires otherwise, all references to “operating partnership” refer to MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. together with its consolidated subsidiaries.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC. AND MPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.
AND SUBSIDIARIES
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED September 30, 2020
Table of Contents
Page
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1 Financial Statements
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
5
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
6
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
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MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. and Subsidiaries
9
10
11
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capital for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 and 2019
12
14
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. and MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
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Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
36
Item 4 Controls and Procedures
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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 1 Legal Proceedings
Item 1A Risk Factors
Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Item 3 Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5 Other Information
Item 6 Exhibits
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SIGNATURE
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Item 1. Financial Statements.
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
September 30,
2020
December 31,
2019
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
(Note 2)
Assets
Real estate assets
Land, buildings and improvements, intangible lease assets, and other
$
11,335,005
8,102,754
Investment in financing leases
2,089,219
2,060,302
Mortgage loans
602,479
1,275,022
Gross investment in real estate assets
14,026,703
11,438,078
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
(754,560
)
(570,042
Net investment in real estate assets
13,272,143
10,868,036
Cash and cash equivalents
183,794
1,462,286
Interest and rent receivables
48,476
31,357
Straight-line rent receivables
430,811
334,231
Equity investments
864,944
926,990
Other loans
910,467
544,832
Other assets
267,780
299,599
Total Assets
15,978,415
14,467,331
Liabilities and Equity
Liabilities
Debt, net
8,190,669
7,023,679
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
431,180
291,489
Deferred revenue
17,296
16,098
Obligations to tenants and other lease liabilities
126,393
107,911
Total Liabilities
8,765,538
7,439,177
Equity
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 10,000 shares;
no shares outstanding
—
Common stock, $0.001 par value. Authorized 750,000 shares;
issued and outstanding — 535,574 shares at September 30, 2020 and
517,522 shares at December 31, 2019
536
518
Additional paid-in capital
7,337,155
7,008,199
Retained (deficit) earnings
(33,619
83,012
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(95,654
(62,905
Treasury shares, at cost
(777
Total Medical Properties Trust, Inc. stockholders’ equity
7,207,641
7,028,047
Non-controlling interests
5,236
107
Total Equity
7,212,877
7,028,154
Total Liabilities and Equity
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income
For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
For the Nine Months
Revenues
Rent billed
192,953
124,361
538,277
343,841
Straight-line rent
51,125
31,026
103,697
76,813
Income from financing leases
52,544
32,587
157,469
67,253
Interest and other income
32,836
36,782
115,989
109,852
Total revenues
329,458
224,756
915,432
597,759
Expenses
Interest
82,263
64,519
243,538
167,396
Real estate depreciation and amortization
69,665
40,833
192,049
108,161
Property-related
5,897
4,038
19,178
15,394
General and administrative
31,718
23,286
97,121
69,009
Total expenses
189,543
132,676
551,886
359,960
Other income (expense)
(Loss) gain on sale of real estate
(927
209
(2,703
62
Real estate impairment charges
(19,006
Earnings from equity interests
5,893
3,474
15,263
11,635
Unutilized financing fees
(3,959
(611
(4,873
Other (including mark-to-market adjustments on equity
securities)
2,461
(2,282
(9,499
(1,497
Total other income (expense)
7,427
(2,558
(16,556
5,327
Income before income tax
147,342
89,522
346,990
243,126
Income tax (expense) benefit
(15,985
745
(24,824
3,352
Net income
131,357
90,267
322,166
246,478
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests
(251
(481
(600
(1,432
Net income attributable to MPT common stockholders
131,106
89,786
321,566
245,046
Earnings per common share — basic and diluted
0.25
0.20
0.61
0.60
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic
531,095
439,581
526,651
404,902
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted
532,436
440,933
527,832
406,100
Dividends declared per common share
0.27
0.26
0.81
0.76
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(In thousands)
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized loss on interest rate swap
(2,624
(15,441
(35,635
(20,699
Foreign currency translation gain (loss)
19,983
(8,048
2,886
(11,118
Total comprehensive income
148,716
66,778
289,417
214,661
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling
interests
Comprehensive income attributable to MPT common
stockholders
148,465
66,297
288,817
213,229
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity
Preferred
Common
Shares
Par
Value
Additional
Paid-in
Capital
Retained
Earnings
(Deficit)
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Treasury
Stock
Non-
Controlling
Interests
Total
Balance at December 31, 2019
517,522
80,992
165
81,157
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principles
(8,399
Unrealized loss on interest rate swap, net of
tax
(25,103
Foreign currency translation loss
(23,272
Stock vesting and amortization of
stock-based compensation
2,312
10,034
10,036
Distributions to non-controlling interests
(165
Proceeds from offering (net of
offering costs)
2,601
61,680
61,682
Dividends declared ($0.27 per
common share)
(141,580
Balance at March 31, 2020
522,435
522
7,079,913
14,025
(111,280
6,982,510
109,468
184
109,652
(7,908
Foreign currency translation gain
6,175
189
1
12,191
12,192
(185
6,017
108,099
108,105
(143,264
Balance at June 30, 2020
528,641
529
7,200,203
(19,771
(113,013
106
7,067,277
251
188
12,372
Sale of non-controlling interests
5,073
(194
6,745
7
124,580
124,587
(144,954
Balance at September 30, 2020
535,574
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (continued)
Balance at December 31, 2018
370,637
371
4,442,948
162,768
(58,202
13,830
4,560,938
75,822
469
76,291
(3,772
(5,918
1,055
6,714
6,715
(645
20,147
20
354,010
354,030
Dividends declared ($0.25 per
(97,163
Balance at March 31, 2019
391,839
392
4,803,672
141,427
(67,892
13,654
4,890,476
79,438
482
79,920
(1,486
2,848
119
6,317
(670
2,467
45,321
45,323
(99,093
Balance at June 30, 2019
394,425
394
4,855,310
121,772
(66,530
13,466
4,923,635
481
118
9,087
(669
65,235
66
1,107,944
1,108,010
Dividends declared ($0.26 per
(120,023
Balance at September 30, 2019
459,778
460
5,972,341
91,535
(90,019
13,278
5,986,818
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Operating activities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
200,807
111,067
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discount
9,773
6,293
Straight-line rent revenue and other
(161,163
(91,616
Share-based compensation
34,600
22,119
Loss (gain) from sale of real estate and other
2,703
(62
Impairment charges
19,006
Straight-line rent and other write-off
27,098
7,232
Unutilized financing costs
611
4,873
Pre-acquisition rent collected - Circle Transaction
(35,020
Other adjustments
27,187
11,643
Changes in:
(6,189
528
12,117
4,409
(11,478
4,413
Net cash provided by operating activities
442,218
327,377
Investing activities
Cash paid for acquisitions and other related investments
(3,524,910
(3,703,092
Net proceeds from sale of real estate
93,042
4,859
Principal received on loans receivable
738,036
920
Investment in loans receivable
(65,708
(34,149
Construction in progress and other
(42,227
(55,168
Return of equity investment
63,122
Capital additions and other investments, net
(8,362
(213,096
Net cash used for investing activities
(2,747,007
(3,999,726
Financing activities
Proceeds from term debt
915,950
1,732,740
Revolving credit facilities, net
225,000
417,089
Dividends paid
(423,005
(291,675
Lease deposits and other obligations to tenants
7,584
(8,349
Proceeds from sale of common shares, net of offering costs
294,374
1,507,363
Payment of deferred financing costs and other financing activities
(2,143
(24,187
Net cash provided by financing activities
1,017,760
3,332,981
Decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash for period
(1,287,029
(339,368
Effect of exchange rate changes
9,116
(16,645
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
1,467,991
822,425
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
190,078
466,412
Interest paid
231,257
158,259
Supplemental schedule of non-cash financing activities:
Dividends declared, unpaid
144,954
120,023
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash are comprised of the following:
Beginning of period:
820,868
Restricted cash, included in Other assets
5,705
1,557
End of period:
461,622
6,284
4,790
MPT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Liabilities and Capital
285,899
152,999
Payable due to Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
144,891
138,100
8,765,148
7,438,787
General Partner — issued and outstanding — 5,356 units at September 30,
2020 and 5,176 units at December 31, 2019
73,062
70,939
Limited Partners:
Common units — issued and outstanding — 530,218 units at
September 30, 2020 and 512,346 units at December 31, 2019
7,230,623
7,020,403
LTIP units — issued and outstanding — 232 units at September 30,
2020 and December 31, 2019
Total MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. capital
7,208,031
7,028,437
Total Capital
7,213,267
7,028,544
Total Liabilities and Capital
(In thousands, except per unit amounts)
Net income attributable to MPT Operating Partnership
partners
Earnings per unit — basic and diluted
Net income attributable to MPT Operating Partnership partners
Weighted average units outstanding — basic
Weighted average units outstanding — diluted
Dividends declared per unit
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests
Comprehensive income attributable to MPT Operating Partnership
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capital
General
Limited Partners
Partner
LTIPs
Units
Unit
5,176
512,346
232
810
80,182
(84
(8,315
Unit vesting and amortization of unit-based
compensation
23
100
2,289
9,936
Proceeds from offering (net of offering
costs)
26
617
2,575
61,065
Distributions declared ($0.27 per unit)
(1,416
(140,164
5,225
70,966
517,210
7,023,107
6,982,900
1,095
108,373
122
187
12,070
60
1,081
5,957
107,024
(1,433
(141,831
5,287
71,831
523,354
7,108,743
7,067,667
1,311
129,795
124
186
12,248
67
1,246
6,678
123,341
(1,450
(143,504
5,356
530,218
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Capital (continued)
3,706
46,084
366,931
4,559,616
4,561,328
758
75,064
68
1,044
6,647
201
3,540
19,946
350,490
Distributions declared ($0.25 per unit)
(972
(96,191
3,918
49,478
387,921
4,895,626
4,890,866
794
78,644
63
6,254
453
2,442
44,870
(991
(98,102
3,944
49,797
390,481
4,927,292
4,924,025
898
88,888
91
117
8,996
653
11,080
64,582
1,096,930
Distributions declared ($0.26 per unit)
(1,200
(118,823
4,598
60,666
455,180
6,003,283
5,987,208
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Unit-based compensation
Distributions paid
Proceeds from sale of units, net of offering costs
Distributions declared, unpaid
1. Organization
Medical Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, was formed on August 27, 2003, under the Maryland General Corporation Law for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in, owning, and leasing healthcare real estate. Our operating partnership subsidiary, MPT Operating Partnership, L.P., (the “Operating Partnership”) through which we conduct all of our operations, was formed in September 2003. Through another wholly-owned subsidiary, Medical Properties Trust, LLC, we are the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. At present, we directly own substantially all of the limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership and have elected to report our required disclosures and that of the Operating Partnership on a combined basis, except where material differences exist.
We have operated as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) since April 6, 2004, and accordingly, elected REIT status upon the filing, in September 2005, of the calendar year 2004 federal income tax return. Accordingly, we will generally not be subject to United States (“U.S.”) federal income tax, provided that we continue to qualify as a REIT and our distributions to our stockholders equal or exceed our taxable income. Certain non-real estate activities we undertake are conducted by entities which we elected to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRS”). Our TRS entities are subject to both U.S. federal and state income taxes. For our properties located outside the U.S., we are subject to the local taxes of the jurisdictions where our properties reside and/or legal entities are domiciled; however, we do not expect to incur substantial additional taxes in the U.S. as the majority of such income flows through our REIT.
Our primary business strategy is to acquire and develop real estate and improvements, primarily for long-term lease to providers of healthcare services, such as operators of general acute care hospitals, inpatient physical rehabilitation hospitals, and long-term acute care hospitals. We also make mortgage and other loans to operators of similar facilities. In addition, we may obtain profits or equity interests in our tenants, from time to time, in order to enhance our overall return.
Our business model facilitates acquisitions and recapitalizations, and allows operators of healthcare facilities to unlock the value of their real estate to fund facility improvements, technology upgrades, and other investments in operations. At September 30, 2020, we have investments in 385 facilities in 33 states in the U.S., in six countries in Europe, and across Australia. We manage our business as a single business segment.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements: The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. for interim financial information, including rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. for complete financial statements.
The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. During the first nine months of 2020, the global outbreak of a novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, has spread all over the world including countries where we own and lease facilities. The World Health Organization designated COVID-19 as a pandemic, and numerous countries, including the U.S., declared national emergencies with respect to COVID-19. As the global impact of the outbreak evolved, many countries reacted by instituting quarantines and restrictions on travel, closing financial markets and/or restricting trade- including requiring medically necessary elective surgeries at hospitals to be deferred. Although hospitals are back accepting patients and performing medically necessary elective surgeries, many of these trade restrictions are still in place. We believe the estimates and assumptions underlying our consolidated financial statements are reasonable and supportable based on the information available as of September 30, 2020 (particularly as it relates to our assessments of the recoverability of our real estate and the adequacy of our credit loss reserves on loans and financing receivables). However, the ultimate impact to our tenants’ results of operations and liquidity and their ability to pay our rent and interest due to the impact of COVID-19 cannot be predicted with 100% confidence, particularly given we are still learning the full scope, severity, and duration of the pandemic and the actions needed to contain the pandemic or mitigate its impact. This makes any estimates and assumptions as of September 30, 2020 inherently less certain than they would be absent the potential impact of COVID-19. Actual results may ultimately differ from our estimates.
For information about significant accounting policies, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019. There have been no material changes to these significant accounting policies other than the following:
On January 1, 2020, we adopted Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13, “Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments" ("ASU 2016-13"). This standard requires a new forward-looking “expected loss” model measured over the contractual life of an asset that considers forecasts of future economic conditions, as well as past and current events, to be used for our financing receivables, including financing leases and loans, which the Financial Accounting Standards Board believes will result in more timely recognition of such losses. Additionally, we have made the accounting policy election to exclude interest receivables from the credit loss reserve analysis and will continue to timely reserve or write-off such short-term receivables.
Pursuant to ASU 2016-13, we grouped our financial instruments into two primary pools of similar credit risk: secured and unsecured. The secured instruments include investment in financing leases and mortgage loans, as all are secured by the underlying real estate among other collateral. The unsecured instruments include acquisition, working capital, and shareholder loans. Within these two major pools, we further grouped our instruments into sub-pools based on several tenant/borrower characteristics, including years of experience in the healthcare industry and in a particular market or region and overall capitalization. We then determined a credit loss percentage per pool based on our history of credit losses incurred on similar instruments. We used an historical period of time in determining such loss rates that closely matches the remaining terms of the financial instruments being analyzed in the respective pools, since our underwriting process has been consistent over this time. Finally, we made specific modifications for current trends, as appropriate.
Upon adoption of this standard, we recorded a credit loss reserve of $8.4 million with the effect recorded in equity as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle.
Reclassifications
Certain amounts in the consolidated financial statements for prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
3. Real Estate and Lending Activities
New Investments
We acquired or invested in the following net assets (in thousands):
Land and land improvements
330,941
375,721
Buildings
2,610,197
1,320,449
Intangible lease assets — subject to amortization (weighted average useful
life 27.6 years for 2020 and 18.7 years for 2019)
364,006
149,201
1,386,797
284,399
47,641
51,267
Other loans and assets
306,328
135,258
Liabilities assumed
(134,203
Total assets acquired
3,524,910
3,703,092
Loans repaid(1)
(737,242
Total net assets acquired
2,787,668
(1)
The 2020 column includes $737 million of loans advanced to Steward Health Care, Inc. (“Steward”) in 2017 and exchanged for the fee simple real estate of two hospitals as described below.
2020 Activity
Circle Transaction
On January 8, 2020, we acquired a portfolio of 30 acute care hospitals located throughout the United Kingdom for approximately £1.5 billion from affiliates of BMI Healthcare, Inc. (“BMI”). In a related transaction, affiliates of Circle Health Ltd. (“Circle”) entered into definitive agreements to acquire BMI and assume operations of its 52 facilities in the United Kingdom subject to customary regulatory conditions. As part of our acquisition, we inherited 30 existing leases with the operator that had initial fixed terms ending in 2050, with no renewal options but with annual inflation-based escalators. Once final regulatory approval was received
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in the 2020 second quarter, these 30 leases with Circle were amended (effective June 16, 2020) to include two five-year renewal options and improve the annual inflation-based escalators. These 30 leases are cross-defaulted and guaranteed by Circle.
Other Transactions
On August 13, 2020, we acquired a general acute care hospital in Lynwood, California for a total investment of approximately $300 million. This property is leased to Prime Healthcare Services, Inc. (“Prime”) pursuant to an existing long-term master lease, which Prime has agreed to extend to August 2035, with annual escalations and multiple extension options.
On July 8, 2020, we acquired the fee simple real estate of two general acute care hospitals located in the Salt Lake City, Utah area, Davis Hospital & Medical Center and Jordan Valley Medical Center, in exchange for the reduction of the mortgage loans made to Steward for such properties and additional cash consideration of $200 million based on their relative fair value. The approximate $950 million investment in these two facilities is now subject to the Steward master lease.
On June 24, 2020, we originated a CHF 45 million secured loan to Infracore SA (“Infracore”).
On May 13, 2020, we formed a joint venture for the purpose of investing in the operations of international hospitals. As part of the formation, we originated a $205 million acquisition loan. We have a 49% interest in this joint venture and are accounting for our investment using the fair value option election. The joint venture simultaneously purchased from Steward the rights and existing assets related to all present and future international opportunities previously owned by Steward for strategic, regulatory, and risk management purposes.
Other acquisitions throughout the first nine months of 2020 included one inpatient rehabilitation hospital and one general acute care hospital. The inpatient rehabilitation facility, located in Dahlen, Germany, was acquired on August 5, 2020 for €12.5 million and is leased to MEDIAN Kliniken S.à.r.l. pursuant to the existing master lease. The general acute care facility, located in Darlington, United Kingdom, was acquired on August 7, 2020 for £29.4 million and is leased to Circle pursuant to a long-term lease.
2019 Activity
Prospect Transaction
On August 23, 2019, we invested in a portfolio of 14 acute care hospitals and two behavioral health facilities operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, Inc. (“Prospect”) for a combined purchase price of approximately $1.55 billion. Our investment included the acquisition of the real estate of 11 acute care hospitals and two behavioral health facilities for $1.4 billion. We accounted for these properties as a financing receivable (as presented in the “Investment in financing leases” line of the condensed consolidated balance sheet) under the new lease accounting rules due to certain lessee end-of-term purchase options. In addition, we originated a $51.3 million mortgage loan, secured by a first mortgage on an acute care hospital, and a $112.9 million term loan which we expect will be converted into the acquisition of two additional acute care hospitals upon the satisfaction of certain conditions. The master leases, mortgage loan and term loan are cross-defaulted and cross-collateralized. The master leases and mortgage loan have substantially similar terms, with a 15-year initial fixed term subject to three extension options, plus annual increases based on inflation.
The agreements provide for the potential for a future purchase price adjustment of up to an additional $250.0 million, based on achievement of certain performance thresholds over a three-year period beginning August 23, 2019. Although such performance thresholds have not been met at this time, any future purchase price adjustment, if earned, will be added to the lease base upon which we will earn a return in accordance with the master leases.
On August 30, 2019, we invested in a portfolio of facilities throughout various states for approximately $254 million. The properties are leased to Vibra Healthcare, LLC (“Vibra”) pursuant to a master lease agreement with an initial lease term of 20 years. The lease provides for annual escalations and includes three five-year extension options.
On August 16, 2019, we acquired freehold interests in eight acute care hospitals located throughout England for an aggregate purchase price of approximately £347 million. The hospitals are leased to Ramsay Health Care pursuant to in-place net leases that had approximately 18-year remaining lease terms upon our acquisition and include annual fixed and periodic market-based escalations.
On June 10, 2019, we acquired seven community hospitals in Kansas for approximately $145.4 million. The properties are leased to an affiliate of Saint Luke’s Health System (“SLHS”) pursuant to seven individual in-place leases that had an average remaining lease term of 14 years upon our acquisition. The leases provide for fixed escalations every five years and include two five-year extension options. All seven hospitals were constructed in either 2018 or 2019, and the leases are guaranteed by SLHS.
On June 6, 2019, we acquired 11 hospitals in Australia for a purchase price of approximately AUD $1.2 billion plus stamp duties and registration fees of AUD $66.6 million. The properties are leased to Healthscope, Ltd. (“Healthscope”), pursuant to master lease agreements that had an average initial term of 20 years, upon our acquisition, with annual fixed escalations and multiple extension options. Healthscope was acquired in a simultaneous transaction by Brookfield Business Partners L.P. and certain of its institutional partners.
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On May 27, 2019, we invested in a portfolio of 13 acute care campuses and two additional properties in Switzerland for an aggregate purchase price of approximately CHF 236.6 million. The investment was effected through our purchase of a stake in a Swiss healthcare real estate company, Infracore, from the previous majority shareholder, Aevis Victoria SA (“Aevis”). The facilities are leased to Swiss Medical Network, a wholly-owned Aevis subsidiary, pursuant to leases that had an average 23-year remaining term upon our acquisition and are subject to annual escalation provisions. We are accounting for our 40% interest in this joint venture under the equity method. Additionally, we purchased a 4.9% stake in Aevis for approximately CHF 47 million on June 28, 2019 that we are marking to fair value through income each quarter.
Other acquisitions throughout the first nine months of 2019 included three acute care hospitals and one inpatient rehabilitation hospital for an aggregate investment of approximately $135 million.
Development Activities
On May 15, 2020, we agreed to finance the development of and lease an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Bakersfield, California for $47.9 million. This facility will be leased to Ernest Health, Inc. (“Ernest”) and is expected to commence rent in the fourth quarter of 2021.
During the 2020 second quarter, we completed construction on one general acute care facility and one inpatient rehabilitation facility, both located in Birmingham, England. We began recognizing revenue on these two properties on June 29, 2020. These facilities are leased to Circle pursuant to a long-term lease.
During the 2020 first quarter, we completed construction and began recording rental income on a general acute care facility located in Idaho Falls, Idaho. This facility commenced rent on January 21, 2020 and is being leased to Surgery Partners, Inc. pursuant to an existing long-term lease.
See table below for a status update on our current development projects (in thousands):
Property
Commitment
Costs Incurred as of
September 30, 2020
Estimated
Rent
Commencement
Date
NeuroPsychiatric Hospitals (Houston, Texas)
27,500
20,241
2Q 2021
Ernest (Bakersfield, California)
47,929
16,010
4Q 2021
75,429
36,251
Disposals
During the first nine months of 2020, we completed the disposition of nine facilities and six ancillary properties for approximately $93 million. The transactions resulted in a net loss on real estate of $2.7 million.
Leasing Operations (Lessor)
We acquire and develop healthcare facilities and lease the facilities to healthcare operating companies under long-term net leases (typical initial fixed terms of 15 years) and most include renewal options at the election of our tenants, generally in five year increments. More than 97% of our leases provide annual rent escalations based on increases in the Consumer Price Index (or similar index outside the U.S.) and/or fixed minimum annual escalations ranging from 0.5% to 3.0%. Many of our domestic leases contain purchase options that are generally priced at the greater of fair market value or our total investment. For five properties with a carrying value of $229 million, our leases require a residual value guarantee from the tenant. Our leases typically require the tenant to handle and bear most of the costs associated with our properties including repairs/maintenance, property taxes, and insurance. We routinely inspect our properties to ensure the residual value of each of our assets is being maintained. Except for leases classified as financing leases, all of our leases are classified as operating leases.
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At September 30, 2020, leases on 14 Ernest facilities and ten Prime facilities are accounted for as direct financing leases and leases on 13 of our Prospect facilities are accounted for as a financing. The components of our total investment in financing leases consisted of the following (in thousands):
As of
Minimum lease payments receivable
1,838,490
1,884,921
Estimated residual values
394,195
Less: Unearned income and allowance for credit loss
(1,566,655
(1,618,252
Net investment in direct financing leases
666,030
660,864
Other financing leases (net of allowance for credit loss)
1,423,189
1,399,438
Total investment in financing leases
Rent Deferrals
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our tenants’ business during the first nine months of 2020, we agreed to defer collection on approximately 2% of our rent. The amount of this deferral, net of subsequent collections, is approximately $13 million as of September 30, 2020. Pursuant to our agreements with the tenants, we expect such deferred rent to be paid over specified periods in the future, with interest. Beginning October 1, 2020, we resumed collection on substantially all of our rent and interest.
Adeptus Health
Due to a decline in operating results of 20 freestanding emergency facilities and one acute care facility caused by a reduction in volumes from COVID-19 and other factors, we entered into agreements to sever the remaining leases with Adeptus Health, Inc. (“Adeptus”) in the second quarter of 2020. As a result, we recorded an approximate $20 million net charge, primarily all of which was for the write off of straight-line rent, partially offset by approximately $9 million of proceeds received from a letter of credit in the second quarter of 2020. Additionally, we recorded a $9.9 million real estate impairment charge on these severed facilities. At September 30, 2020, we no longer lease any properties to Adeptus and our net book value on those properties that were previously leased to Adeptus but are currently vacant approximates less than 1% of our total assets. In the third quarter of 2020, we re-leased two of these facilities to a new operator, pursuant to a long-term master lease. At September 30, 2020, we believe our investment in these real estate assets are fully recoverable, but no assurances can be given that we will not have any impairment in future periods.
Alecto Facilities
At September 30, 2020, we lease one acute care facility to Alecto Healthcare Services LLC (“Alecto”) and have a mortgage loan on a second property, representing less than 1% of our total assets. During the second quarter of 2020, we re-leased one acute care facility to West Virginia University and sold another facility previously leased to Alecto. In addition, we donated the Wheeling facility to a local municipality, resulting in a $9.1 million real estate impairment charge in the first quarter of 2020.
Other Leasing Activity
On July 24, 2020, we re-leased our five San Antonio, Texas free standing emergency facilities (with a total investment of approximately $30 million) to Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio, a joint venture between HCA Healthcare and Methodist Healthcare Ministries of South Texas, pursuant to a long-term master lease. As a result, we recorded an approximate $1.5 million write-off of straight-line rent in the third quarter.
Loans
The following is a summary of our loans (net of allowance for credit loss in 2020):
(in thousands)
Acquisition loans
334,281
123,893
576,186
420,939
1,512,946
1,819,854
The decrease in mortgage loans relates to the conversion of Steward mortgage loans for the underlying fee simple real estate of two general acute care hospitals as more fully described under “New Investments” in this same Note 3.
The increase in acquisition loans relates to the $205 million loan to the new international joint venture described under “New Investments” in this same Note 3.
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Other loans consist of loans to our tenants for working capital and other purposes and include our shareholder loan made to the joint venture with Primotop Holdings S.à.r.l. (“Primotop”) in the amount of €290 million.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
We monitor concentration risk in several ways due to the nature of our real estate assets that are vital to the communities in which they are located and given our history of being able to replace inefficient operators of our facilities, if needed, with more effective operators:
1)
Facility concentration – At September 30, 2020, our largest investment in any single property approximated 3% of our total assets, similar to December 31, 2019.
2)
Operator concentration – For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, revenue from Steward, Circle, Prospect, and Prime represented 30%, 13%, 13%, and 11% of our total revenues, respectively. In comparison, Steward and Prime represented 44% and 16%, respectively, of our total revenues for the first nine months of 2019, while Prospect and Circle, collectively, represented less than 4%.
3)
Geographic concentration – At September 30, 2020, investments in the U.S., Europe, and Australia represented approximately 70%, 25%, and 5%, respectively, of our total assets, compared to 74%, 20%, and 6% at December 31, 2019.
4)
Facility type concentration – For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, approximately 89% of our revenues are from our general acute care facilities, while rehabilitation and long-term acute care facilities make up 8% and 3%, respectively. These percentages are similar to those for the first nine months of 2019.
4. Debt
The following is a summary of debt (dollar amounts in thousands):
Revolving credit facility
Term loan
200,000
British pound sterling term loan(A)
904,400
Australian term loan facility(A)
859,440
842,520
4.000% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022(A)
586,050
560,650
2.550% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2023(A)
516,800
530,280
5.500% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024
300,000
6.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2024
500,000
3.325% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2025(A)
5.250% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2026
5.000% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2027
1,400,000
3.692% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2028(A)
775,200
795,420
4.625% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2029
900,000
8,252,940
7,089,520
Debt issue costs and discount, net
(62,271
(65,841
(A)
Non-U.S. dollar denominated debt that reflects the exchange rate at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
As of September 30, 2020, principal payments due on our debt (which exclude the effects of any discounts, premiums, or debt issue costs recorded) are as follows (in thousands):
2021
2022
786,050
2023
2024
1,659,440
Thereafter
5,065,650
British Pound Sterling Term Loan
On January 6, 2020, we entered into a £700 million unsecured sterling-denominated term loan facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of financial institutions as the lender. The term loan facility matures on January 15, 2025. We used the proceeds under the facility to help finance our acquisition of the Circle transaction described in Note 3. The applicable margin under the term loan is adjustable based on a pricing grid from 0.85% to 1.65% dependent on our current credit rating. On March 4, 2020, we entered into an interest rate swap transaction (effective March 6, 2020) to fix the interest rate to approximately 0.70% for the duration of the loan. The current applicable margin for the pricing grid (which can vary based on our credit rating) is 1.25% for an all-in fixed rate of 1.95%.
On July 26, 2019, we completed a $900 million senior unsecured notes offering (“4.625% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2029”). Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, and commenced on February 1, 2020. The notes were issued at 99.5% of par value, pay interest at a rate of 4.625% per year and mature on August 1, 2029.
On July 10, 2019, we received a commitment to provide a senior unsecured bridge loan facility to fund our investment in Prospect. With this commitment, we paid approximately $4 million of underwriting and other fees. However, this commitment was cancelled with the completion of the debt and equity offerings in July 2019 (as more fully described above and in Note 5), which resulted in fully expensing the total amount of underwriting and other fees that were paid.
Australian Term Loan Facility
On May 23, 2019, we entered into an AUD $1.2 billion term loan facility agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and a syndicate of financial institutions as the lender. The term loan facility matures on May 23, 2024. The interest rate under the term loan is adjustable based on a pricing grid from 0.85% to 1.65%, dependent on our current senior unsecured credit rating. On June 27, 2019, we entered into an interest rate swap transaction (effective July 3, 2019) to fix the interest rate to approximately 1.20% for the duration of the loan. The current applicable margin for the pricing grid (which can vary based on our credit rating) is 1.25% for an all-in fixed rate of 2.45%.
Covenants
Our debt facilities impose certain restrictions on us, including restrictions on our ability to: incur debts; create or incur liens; provide guarantees in respect of obligations of any other entity; make redemptions and repurchases of our capital stock; prepay, redeem, or repurchase debt; engage in mergers or consolidations; enter into affiliated transactions; dispose of real estate or other assets; and change our business. In addition, the credit agreements governing our revolving credit (“Credit Facility”) limit the amount of dividends we can pay as a percentage of normalized adjusted funds from operations (“NAFFO”), as defined in the agreements, on a rolling four quarter basis. At September 30, 2020, the dividend restriction was 95% of NAFFO. The indentures governing our senior unsecured notes also limit the amount of dividends we can pay based on the sum of 95% of NAFFO, proceeds of equity issuances and certain other net cash proceeds. Finally, our senior unsecured notes require us to maintain total unencumbered assets (as defined in the related indenture) of not less than 150% of our unsecured indebtedness.
In addition to these restrictions, the Credit Facility contains customary financial and operating covenants, including covenants relating to our total leverage ratio, fixed charge coverage ratio, secured leverage ratio, consolidated adjusted net worth, unsecured leverage ratio, and unsecured interest coverage ratio. This Credit Facility also contains customary events of default, including among others, nonpayment of principal or interest, material inaccuracy of representations, and failure to comply with our covenants. If an
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event of default occurs and is continuing under the Credit Facility, the entire outstanding balance may become immediately due and payable. At September 30, 2020, we were in compliance with all such financial and operating covenants.
5. Common Stock/Partners’ Capital
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
In the first nine months of 2020, we sold 15.4 million shares of common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $294 million; while, in the first nine months of 2019, we sold 36.1 million shares of common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $649 million.
Subsequent to September 30, 2020, we sold an additional 0.3 million shares of common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $5 million.
On July 18, 2019, we completed an underwritten public offering of 51.75 million shares (including the exercise of the underwriters’ 30-day option to purchase an additional 6.75 million shares) of our common stock, resulting in net proceeds of $858.1 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses.
MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.
At September 30, 2020, the company has a 99.9% ownership interest in the Operating Partnership, with the remainder owned by two other partners, who are employees.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Operating Partnership issued approximately 15.4 million and 87.9 million units, respectively, in direct response to the common stock offerings by Medical Properties Trust, Inc. during the same periods.
6. Stock Awards
We adopted the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Equity Incentive Plan”) during the second quarter of 2019, which authorizes the issuance of common stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance units, and other stock-based awards. The Equity Incentive Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, and we have reserved 12.9 million shares of common stock for awards, out of which 8.4 million shares remain available for future stock awards as of September 30, 2020. Share-based compensation expense totaled $34.6 million and $22.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
7. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
We have various assets and liabilities that are considered financial instruments. We estimate that the carrying value of cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate their fair values. We estimate the fair value of our interest and rent receivables using Level 2 inputs such as discounting the estimated future cash flows using the current rates at which similar receivables would be made to others with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities. The fair value of our mortgage loans and other loans are estimated by using Level 2 inputs such as discounting the estimated future cash flows using the current rates which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities. We determine the fair value of our senior unsecured notes using Level 2 inputs such as quotes from securities dealers and market makers. We estimate the fair value of our revolving credit facility and term loans using Level 2 inputs based on the present value of future payments, discounted at a rate which we consider appropriate for such debt.
Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time, are subjective in nature, and involve uncertainties and matters of significant judgment. Settlement of such fair value amounts may not be a prudent management decision. The following table summarizes fair value estimates for our financial instruments (in thousands):
December 31, 2019
Asset (Liability)
Book
Fair
47,650
30,472
Loans(1)
1,186,533
1,195,148
1,704,854
1,742,153
(8,190,669
(8,369,896
(7,023,679
(7,331,816
Excludes $115 million of mortgage loans related to Ernest and the $205 million acquisition loan to the new international joint venture discussed in Note 3 that are recorded at fair value (which is equal to their book value) based on Level 2 inputs
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by discounting the estimated cash flows using the market rates which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and the same remaining maturities.
8. Earnings Per Share
Our earnings per share were calculated based on the following (amounts in thousands):
Numerator:
Non-controlling interests’ share in net income
Participating securities’ share in earnings
(435
(432
Net income, less participating securities’ share in earnings
130,671
89,354
Denominator:
Basic weighted-average common shares
Dilutive potential common shares
1,341
1,352
Dilutive weighted-average common shares
(1,386
(1,354
320,180
243,692
1,181
1,198
Our earnings per common unit were calculated based on the following (amounts in thousands):
Basic weighted-average units
Dilutive potential units
Diluted weighted-average units
9. Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
We agreed to invest in three general acute care facilities in Colombia for approximately $135 million. These facilities are expected to be operated by the new international joint venture discussed in Note 3. Closing and funding of this transaction is expected during the 2020 fourth quarter.
Contingencies
We are a party to various legal proceedings incidental to our business. In the opinion of management, after consultation with legal counsel, the ultimate liability, if any, with respect to those proceedings is not presently expected to materially affect our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
10. Subsequent Events
Subsequent to September 30, 2020, we received approximately $300 million in loan principal prepayments, the majority of which came from Prime to payoff certain 2022 mortgage loans.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of the consolidated financial condition and consolidated results of operations are presented on a combined basis for Medical Properties Trust and MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. as there are no material differences between these two entities.
The following discussion and analysis of the consolidated financial condition and consolidated results of operations should be read together with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in this Form 10-Q and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
During the first nine months of 2020, COVID-19’s impact on our business was limited as we received approximately 98% of our rent and interest payments in the third quarter as we did in the second quarter. For the 2% not collected, we have agreements in place to collect such deferred amounts plus interest. Our tenants were impacted by the governmental mandates to defer elective surgeries, the takeover of certain facilities by the government in certain countries like the United Kingdom, and the overall downturn in the economy in general. We received substantially all rent and interest payments for October 2020 and expect that to continue. However, no assurances can be made that if the pandemic continues for an extended period of time that our rent and interest payments will not be delayed into the future until our tenants can recover.
Forward-Looking Statements.
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results or future performance, achievements or transactions or events to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and as updated in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for future periods, and Current Reports on Form 8-K as we file them with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such factors include, among others, the following:
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the political, economic, business, real estate and other market conditions in the United States (both national and local), Europe (in particular Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Switzerland), Australia and other foreign jurisdictions where we may own healthcare facilities or transact business, which may have a negative effect on the following, among other things:
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the financial condition of our tenants, our lenders, or institutions that hold our cash balances, which may expose us to increased risks of default by these parties;
our ability to obtain equity or debt financing on attractive terms or at all, which may adversely impact our ability to pursue acquisition and development opportunities, refinance existing debt, and our future interest expense; and
the value of our real estate assets, which may limit our ability to dispose of assets at attractive prices or obtain or maintain debt financing secured by our properties or on an unsecured basis.
the risk that a condition to closing under the agreements governing any or all of our outstanding transactions that have not closed as of the date hereof may not be satisfied;
the possibility that the anticipated benefits from any or all of the transactions we enter into will take longer to realize than expected or will not be realized at all;
the competitive environment in which we operate;
the execution of our business plan;
financing risks;
acquisition and development risks;
potential environmental contingencies and other liabilities;
adverse developments affecting the financial health of one or more of our tenants, including insolvency;
other factors affecting the real estate industry generally or the healthcare real estate industry in particular;
our ability to maintain MPT’s status as a REIT for federal and state income tax purposes;
our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel;
the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, our joint ventures and the business of our tenants/borrowers and the economy in general, as well as other factors that may affect our business, our joint ventures or that of our
tenants/borrowers that are beyond our control, including natural disasters, health crises or pandemics and subsequent government actions in reaction to such matters;
changes in foreign currency exchange rates;
changes in federal, state, or local tax laws in the United States., Europe, Australia or other jurisdictions in which we may own healthcare facilities or transact business; and
healthcare and other regulatory requirements in the United States, Europe, Australia and other foreign countries.
Key Factors that May Affect Our Operations
Our revenue is derived from rents we earn pursuant to the lease agreements with our tenants, from interest income from loans to our tenants and other facility owners and from profits or equity interests in certain of our tenants’ operations. Our tenants operate in the healthcare industry, generally providing medical, surgical, and rehabilitative care to patients. The capacity of our tenants to pay our rents and interest is dependent upon their ability to conduct their operations at profitable levels. We believe that the business environment of the industry segments in which our tenants operate is generally positive for efficient operators. However, our tenants’ operations are subject to economic, regulatory, market, and other conditions (such as the impact caused by COVID-19 in the form of requirements to defer elective surgeries, government takeover of facilities in certain of our international locations, and overall negative impact to the economy in general) that may affect their profitability, which could impact our results. Accordingly, we monitor certain key factors, changes to which we believe may provide early indications of conditions that may affect the level of risk in our portfolio.
Key factors that we consider in underwriting prospective tenants and borrowers and in monitoring the performance of existing tenants and borrowers include the following:
admission levels and surgery/procedure/diagnosis volumes by type;
the current, historical, and prospective operating margins (measured by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and facility rent) of each tenant or borrower and at each facility;
the ratio of our tenants’ or borrowers’ operating earnings both to facility rent and to facility rent plus other fixed costs, including debt costs;
changes in revenue sources of our tenants’ or borrowers’ revenue, including the relative mix of public payors (including Medicare, Medicaid/MediCal, managed care in the U.S., pension funds in Germany, and National Health Service in the United Kingdom) and private payors (including commercial insurance and private pay patients);
trends in tenants’ cash collections, including comparison to recorded net patient service revenues;
tenants’ free cash flows;
the effect of evolving healthcare legislation and other regulations on our tenants’ or borrowers’ profitability and liquidity; and
the competition and demographics of the local and surrounding areas in which our tenants or borrowers operate.
Certain business factors, in addition to those described above that directly affect our tenants and borrowers, will likely materially influence our future results of operations. These factors include:
trends in the cost and availability of capital, including market interest rates, that our prospective tenants may use for their real estate assets instead of financing their real estate assets through lease structures;
changes in healthcare regulations that may limit the opportunities for physicians to participate in the ownership of healthcare providers and healthcare real estate;
reductions in reimbursements from Medicare, state healthcare programs, and commercial insurance providers that may reduce our tenants’ or borrowers’ profitability and our lease rates;
competition from other financing sources; and
the ability of our tenants and borrowers to access funds in the credit markets.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Refer to our 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of our critical accounting policies, which include revenue recognition, investments in real estate, purchase price allocation, loans, losses from rent and interest receivables, stock-based compensation, our fair value option election, and our accounting policy on consolidation. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, there were no material changes to these policies except for those described in Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Overview
We are a self-advised REIT focused on investing in and owning net-leased healthcare facilities across the U.S. and selectively in foreign jurisdictions. We have operated as a REIT since April 6, 2004, and accordingly, elected REIT status upon the filing of our calendar year 2004 federal income tax return. Medical Properties Trust, Inc. was incorporated under Maryland law on August 27, 2003, and MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. was formed under Delaware law on September 10, 2003. We conduct substantially all of our business through MPT Operating Partnership, L.P. We acquire and develop healthcare facilities and lease the facilities to healthcare operating companies under long-term net leases, which require the tenant to bear most of the costs associated with the property. We also make mortgage loans to healthcare operators collateralized by their real estate assets. In addition, we selectively make loans to certain of our operators through our taxable REIT subsidiaries, the proceeds of which are typically used for acquisitions and working capital. Finally, from time to time, we acquire a profits or other equity interest in our tenants that gives us a right to share in such tenant’s profits and losses.
At September 30, 2020, our portfolio consisted of 385 properties leased or loaned to 46 operators, of which two are under development and 11 are in the form of mortgage loans.
Our investments in healthcare real estate, including mortgage and other loans, as well as any equity investments in our tenants are considered a single reportable segment. At September 30, 2020, all of our investments are located in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Our total assets are made up of the following (dollars in thousands):
As of September 30,
% of
As of December 31,
Real estate owned (gross)
13,387,973
83.8
%
9,994,844
69.1
Accumulated real estate depreciation and amortization
-4.7
-3.9
3.8
8.8
5.7
Construction in progress
0.2
168,212
1.2
10.1
5.4
6.4
747,067
4.6
665,187
4.5
Total assets
100.0
Additional Concentration Details
On a pro forma gross asset basis (as defined in “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures”), our concentration as of September 30, 2020 as compared to December 31, 2019 is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Total Pro Forma Gross Assets by Operator
As of September 30, 2020
As of December 31, 2019
Operators
Total Pro Forma
Gross Assets
Percentage of
Steward
4,169,482
23.7
4,052,162
24.5
Circle
2,265,174
12.8
2,152,951
13.0
Prospect
1,588,936
9.0
1,563,642
9.5
MEDIAN
1,206,498
6.8
1,025,765
6.2
LifePoint Health, Inc. ("LifePoint")
1,202,434
1,202,319
7.3
Other operators
6,262,140
35.5
5,628,892
33.4
950,511
903,543
6.1
17,645,175
16,529,274
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Total Pro Forma Gross Assets by U.S. State and Country
U.S. States and Other Countries
Texas
1,577,739
8.9
1,390,835
8.4
Massachusetts
1,497,182
8.5
9.1
California
1,377,996
7.8
1,298,244
7.9
Utah
1,295,685
1,087,743
6.6
Pennsylvania
861,596
4.9
905,887
5.5
All other states
4,001,949
22.7
4,022,909
24.2
Other domestic assets
855,781
798,990
4.8
Total U.S.
11,467,928
65.0
11,001,790
66.5
United Kingdom
2,717,588
15.4
2,617,158
15.8
Germany
1,302,430
7.4
1,117,539
Australia
927,448
5.3
897,915
Switzerland
653,237
3.7
505,172
3.1
Spain
209,614
159,451
1.0
All other countries
272,200
1.5
125,696
0.8
Other international assets
94,730
0.5
104,553
0.6
Total international
6,177,247
35.0
5,527,484
33.5
Grand total
On an individual property basis, our largest investment in any single property approximated 3% of our total pro forma gross assets as of September 30, 2020.
On an adjusted revenue basis (as defined in the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section of Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q), concentration for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the prior year is as follows (dollars in thousands):
Total Adjusted Revenue by Operator
For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
Total Adjusted
Revenue
276,419
27.8
265,060
40.2
116,175
11.7
4,485
0.7
115,176
11.6
16,780
2.5
Prime
100,413
95,961
14.6
LifePoint
79,794
8.0
34,420
5.2
305,444
30.8
241,472
36.8
993,421
658,178
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Total Adjusted Revenue by U.S. State and Country
110,107
11.1
56,143
104,626
10.5
102,893
15.6
78,622
88,818
13.5
77,988
65,128
9.9
58,707
5.9
16,051
2.4
281,780
28.4
218,155
33.2
711,830
71.7
547,188
83.1
135,636
13.7
7,555
1.1
72,739
72,135
11.0
73,216
31,300
281,591
28.3
110,990
16.9
Total Adjusted Revenue by Facility Type
Facility Types
General acute care hospitals
843,930
85.0
530,383
80.6
Rehabilitation hospitals
123,758
12.5
105,369
16.0
Long-term acute care hospitals
25,733
22,426
3.4
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020 Compared to September 30, 2019
Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2020, was $131.1 million, compared to $89.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019. This 46% increase in net income is primarily due to incremental revenue from new investments made in 2019 and 2020, including revenue from the Circle transaction in January 2020. Such increase in revenue was partially offset by higher interest (from additional debt to partially finance these new investments) and depreciation expense. In addition, we incurred higher general and administrative costs and income tax expense due to the growth of the company and $9 million of higher income tax expense related to the changes in corporate tax rates in the United Kingdom. Funds from operations (“FFO”), after adjusting for certain items (as more fully described in the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures”), was $220.7 million for the 2020 third quarter, up 50% as compared to the $147.5 million for the 2019 third quarter. Similar to net income, this increase in FFO is primarily due to incremental revenue from new investments in 2019 and throughout 2020.
A comparison of revenues for the three month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):
Year over
Year
Change
58.6
55.3
55.2
15.5
13.8
64.8
15.9
14.5
61.2
10.0
16.4
-10.7
46.6
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Our total revenue for the 2020 third quarter is up $104.7 million, or 47%, over the prior year. This increase is made up of the following:
Operating lease revenue (includes rent billed and straight-line rent) – up $88.7 million over the prior year of which approximately $94.0 million is incremental revenue from acquisitions made post September 30, 2019 ($43.1 million of which relates to the Circle acquisition in January 2020 and $23.0 million of which relates to the two Steward facilities acquired in July 2020, both described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements), $4.8 million is from the commencement of rent on the Idaho Falls and Circle development properties, and approximately $1.0 million from favorable foreign currency fluctuations. This increase is partially offset by lost revenue from disposals and properties vacated since the 2019 third quarter and more straight-line rent write-offs than in the same period of 2019 due to property disposals and re-leasing activity discussed in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Income from financing leases – up $20.0 million due to $19.7 million of incremental revenue from the Prospect acquisition in the 2019 third quarter.
Interest and other income – down $3.9 million from the prior year due to an approximately $13.0 million decrease in interest income from the exchange of mortgage loans on two Steward facilities in July 2020 for ownership of the fee simple real estate as described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements. This decrease is partially offset by $7.3 million of incremental revenue earned on new loan investments, including $3.9 million earned on the loan made to the new international joint venture in May 2020 and $1.7 million related to Prospect loans made in August 2019, $0.1 million from annual escalations in interest rates in accordance with loan provisions, and $0.2 million from favorable foreign currency fluctuations.
Interest expense for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 totaled $82.3 million and $64.5 million, respectively. This increase is primarily related to new debt issuances post September 30, 2019 to fund new investments, including the £700 million term loan issued in January 2020 and the £1 billion senior unsecured notes issued in December 2019. We incurred approximately $4 million of bridge loan fees (as described in Note 4 to condensed consolidated financial statements) in the three months ended September 30, 2019. Our weighted-average interest rate was 3.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 4.3% in the same period in 2019.
Real estate depreciation and amortization during the third quarter of 2020 increased to $69.7 million from $40.8 million in 2019 primarily due to new investments made after September 30, 2019.
Property-related expenses totaled $5.9 million and $4.0 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. This increase is primarily due to property taxes incurred related to the severed Adeptus properties as described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses represent 9.6% for the 2020 third quarter, which is lower than the 10.4% in the prior year. On a dollar basis, general and administrative expenses totaled $31.7 million for the 2020 third quarter, which is an $8.4 million increase from the prior year third quarter. Of this increase, $4.6 million relates to compensation primarily related to higher stock compensation expense from our performance-based awards. Given our strong performance in 2019 including a 39% total shareholder return and significant growth from $4.5 billion of new investments, along with our largest ever one-time acquisition in January 2020, we believe it is more likely that certain performance awards will be earned and have adjusted our stock compensation expense accordingly. The balance of the increase is primarily related to other corporate expenses, which are higher due to the growth of the company.
During the three months ended September 30, 2020, we disposed of four facilities and two ancillary properties resulting in a net loss of $0.9 million.
Earnings from equity interests was $5.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, up $2.4 million from the same period in 2019 due to our investment in HM Hospitales made in the fourth quarter of 2019 and a higher return in the third quarter of 2020 on our Primotop, Infracore, and Valore equity investments compared to the same period of 2019.
Other income of $2.5 million for the third quarter of 2020 was generated primarily from non-cash fair value adjustments related to the marking of our investment in Aevis Victoria SA stock to market. We acquired this stock as part of our overall Switzerland investment in May 2019.
Income tax expense typically includes U.S. federal and state income taxes on our domestic TRS entities, as well as non-U.S. income based or withholding taxes on certain investments located in jurisdictions outside the U.S. The $16.0 million income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020 is primarily from the income generated by our investments in the United Kingdom, including an adjustment of approximately $9 million to reflect an increase in the United Kingdom corporate tax rate from
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17% to 19%. In comparison, we recorded a $0.7 million income tax benefit in the third quarter of 2019 from one-time tax benefits recognized by our domestic TRS.
We utilize the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets are recorded to the extent we believe these assets will more likely than not be realized. In making such determination, all available positive and negative evidence is considered, including scheduled reversals of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, tax planning strategies, and recent financial performance. Based upon our review of all positive and negative evidence, including our three-year cumulative pre-tax book loss position in certain entities, we concluded that a valuation allowance of $14.7 million should be reflected against certain of our international and domestic net deferred tax assets at September 30, 2020. In the future, if we determine that it is more likely than not that we will realize our net deferred tax assets, we will reverse the applicable portion of the valuation allowance, recognize an income tax benefit in the period in which such determination is made, and incur higher income taxes in future periods as income is earned.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 Compared to September 30, 2019
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, was $321.6 million, compared to $245.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. This 31% increase in net income is primarily due to incremental revenue from new investments made in 2019 and 2020, partially offset by $76 million in increased interest expense from new debt incurred to partially fund these new investments, $84 million of higher depreciation expense, and over $20 million in non-cash real estate impairment charges and fair value adjustments on equity securities. In addition, we incurred higher general and administrative and income tax expenses in the first nine months of 2020 compared to 2019 due to the growth of the company and $9 million of higher income tax expense related to changes in corporate tax rates in the United Kingdom and other countries where we transact business. Funds from operations (“FFO”), after adjusting for certain items (as more fully described in the “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures”), was $611.5 million for the first nine months of 2020 as compared to $386.2 million for the first nine months of 2019. Similar to net income, this increase in FFO is primarily due to incremental revenue from new investments post September 30, 2019.
A comparison of revenues for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 is as follows (dollar amounts in thousands):
58.8
57.5
56.5
11.3
12.9
17.2
11.2
134.1
12.7
18.4
5.6
53.1
Our total revenue for the first nine months of 2020 is up $317.7 million, or 53%, from the prior year. This increase is made up of the following:
Operating lease revenue (includes rent billed and straight-line rent) – up $221.3 million over the prior year of which approximately $247.5 million is incremental revenue from acquisitions made post September 30, 2019 ($108.1 million of which relates to the Circle acquisition in January 2020 as described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements and $45.4 million of which relates to the LifePoint acquisition completed in the fourth quarter of 2019), $9.5 million is from the commencement of rent on the Idaho Falls and Circle development properties, and approximately $0.5 million is from favorable foreign currency fluctuations. This increase is partially offset by lost revenue from disposals and properties vacated since the 2019 third quarter, as well as more straight-line rent write-offs than in 2019 from the property disposals and re-leasing activities as described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
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As discussed in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements, we received final regulatory approval of the Circle/BMI lease variations and amended such leases accordingly on June 16, 2020. If such amended leases were in place at the closing date of our acquisition on January 8, 2020, lease revenue would have been approximately $17 million higher in the first nine months of 2020.
Income from financing leases – up $90.2 million due to $89.3 million of incremental revenue from the Prospect acquisition in the 2019 third quarter.
Interest and other income – up $6.1 million from the prior year due to the following:
Interest from loans – up $5.9 million over the prior year due to approximately $16.5 million of incremental revenue earned on new loan investments, including $7.9 million related to Prospect loans made in August 2019 and $6.0 million earned on the loan made to the new international joint venture in May 2020 (see Note 3 for additional
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details), and $2.2 million from our annual escalations in interest rates in accordance with loan provisions. This increase is partially offset by a $13.0 million decrease in interest income from the exchange of mortgage loans on two Steward facilities in July 2020 for ownership of the fee simple real estate as described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements.
Other income – up $0.2 million from the prior year due to additional properties acquired in 2019 and 2020, whereby we have received more payments from our tenants for ground lease, property taxes, and insurance.
Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, totaled $243.5 million and $167.4 million, respectively. This incremental increase is primarily related to new debt issuances in 2020 and 2019 including the £700 million term loan issued in January 2020, the £1 billion senior unsecured notes issued in December 2019, and the $900 million senior unsecured notes issued in July 2019. We incurred $0.6 million of accelerated commitment fee amortization expense associated with our GBP term loan facility in the first nine months of 2020. In the same period of 2019, we incurred $4.9 million of similar expense associated with our Australian term loan facility and bridge loan fees (as described in Note 4 to condensed consolidated financial statements). Our weighted-average interest rate was 3.9% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to 4.6% in the same period in 2019.
Real estate depreciation and amortization during the first nine months of 2020 increased to $192.0 million from $108.2 million in the same period of 2019, primarily due to new investments made after September 30, 2019.
Property-related expenses totaled $19.2 million and $15.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. This increase is primarily due to property taxes and other expenses incurred on the severed Adeptus properties in the first nine months of 2020 and the two Alecto properties that were disposed of in the second quarter of 2020 (as described in Note 3 to the condensed consolidated financial statements).
As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses represent 10.6% for the first nine months of 2020, a decline from the 11.5% in the prior year same period. On a dollar basis, general and administrative expenses totaled $97.1 million for the first nine months of 2020, which is a $28.1 million increase from the same period of 2019. Of this increase, $17.2 million relates to compensation primarily related to higher stock compensation expense from our performance-based awards. Given our strong performance in 2019 including a 39% total shareholder return and significant growth from $4.5 billion of new investments, along with our largest ever one-time acquisition in January 2020, we believe it is more likely that certain performance awards will be earned and have adjusted our stock compensation expense accordingly. The balance of the increase is primarily related to other corporate expenses, which are higher due to the growth of the company.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we disposed of nine facilities and six ancillary properties resulting in a net loss of $2.7 million. In addition, we made a $19.0 million adjustment to lower the carrying value of the real estate on certain Adeptus properties and one Alecto facility in the first quarter of 2020 (see Note 3 to condensed consolidated financial statements for further details).
Earnings from equity interests was $15.3 million for the first nine months of 2020, up $3.6 million from the same period of 2019, primarily due to our investments in Infracore and HM Hospitales made in the second and fourth quarters of 2019, respectively.
Other expense of $9.5 million for the first nine months of 2020 represents non-cash fair value adjustments primarily related to the marking of our investment in Aevis Victoria SA stock to market. This stock, like most stocks, declined during the first nine months of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We acquired this stock as part of our overall Switzerland investment in May 2019.
Income tax expense typically includes U.S. federal and state income taxes on our TRS entities, as well as non-U.S. income based or withholding taxes on certain investments located in jurisdictions outside the U.S. The $24.8 million income tax expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 is primarily from our investments in the United Kingdom and other international countries, including tax adjustments of $9 million to reflect corporate tax rate changes in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In comparison, we recorded a $3.4 million income tax benefit in the first nine months of 2019 from non-recurring tax benefits recognized by our domestic TRS.
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Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Investors and analysts following the real estate industry utilize funds from operations, or FFO, as a supplemental performance measure. FFO, reflecting the assumption that real estate asset values rise or fall with market conditions, principally adjusts for the effects of GAAP depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, which assumes that the value of real estate diminishes predictably over time. We compute FFO in accordance with the definition provided by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or Nareit, which represents net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (losses) on sales of real estate and impairment charges on real estate assets, plus real estate depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures.
In addition to presenting FFO in accordance with the Nareit definition, we also disclose normalized FFO, which adjusts FFO for items that relate to unanticipated or non-core events or activities or accounting changes that, if not noted, would make comparison to prior period results and market expectations less meaningful to investors and analysts.
We believe that the use of FFO, combined with the required GAAP presentations, improves the understanding of our operating results among investors and the use of normalized FFO makes comparisons of our operating results with prior periods and other companies more meaningful. While FFO and normalized FFO are relevant and widely used supplemental measures of operating and financial performance of REITs, they should not be viewed as a substitute measure of our operating performance since the measures do not reflect either depreciation and amortization costs or the level of capital expenditures and leasing costs necessary to maintain the operating performance of our properties, which can be significant economic costs that could materially impact our results of operations. FFO and normalized FFO should not be considered an alternative to net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP) as indicators of our financial performance or to cash flow from operating activities (computed in accordance with GAAP) as an indicator of our liquidity.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net income attributable to MPT common stockholders to FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except per share data):
For the Three Months Ended
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2019
FFO information:
80,841
50,163
223,166
130,424
Loss (gain) on sale of real estate
927
(209
Funds from operations
212,439
139,308
565,055
374,054
Write-off of straight-line rent and other
1,266
6,503
9,505
Non-cash fair value adjustments
(1,575
(2,273
9,030
Tax rate change
8,535
9,661
3,959
Normalized funds from operations
220,665
147,497
611,455
386,159
Per diluted share data:
0.15
0.12
0.42
0.32
0.01
0.03
0.40
1.07
0.92
0.05
0.02
0.41
0.33
1.16
0.95
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Pro Forma Gross Assets
Pro forma gross assets is total assets before accumulated depreciation/amortization (adjusted for our unconsolidated joint ventures) and assumes all real estate commitments on new investments and unfunded amounts on development deals and commenced capital improvement projects as of the applicable reporting periods are fully funded, and assumes cash on hand is used in these transactions. We believe total pro forma gross assets is useful to investors as it provides a more current view of our portfolio and allows for a better understanding of our concentration levels as our commitments close and our other commitments are fully funded. The following table presents a reconciliation of total assets to total pro forma gross assets (in thousands):
Add:
Real estate commitments on new investments(1)
135,000
1,988,550
Unfunded amounts on development deals and commenced
capital improvement projects(2)
172,850
163,370
754,560
570,042
Incremental gross assets of our joint ventures(3)
912,200
563,911
Proceeds from new debt subsequent to period-end
927,990
Less:
Cash used for funding the transactions above(4)
(307,850
(2,151,920
Total pro forma gross assets
The 2020 column reflects our commitment at September 30, 2020 to acquire three facilities in Colombia. The 2019 column reflects the acquisition of 30 facilities in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2020.
(2)
Includes $39.2 million and $41.7 million of unfunded amounts on ongoing development projects and $133.7 million and $121.7 million of unfunded amounts on capital improvement projects and development projects that have commenced rent, as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.
(3)
Adjustment to reflect our share of our joint ventures’ gross assets.
(4)
Includes cash available on-hand plus cash generated from activities subsequent to period-end including proceeds from new debt, asset sales or loan repayments.
Adjusted revenue
Adjusted revenues are total revenues adjusted for our pro rata portion of similar revenues in our real estate joint venture arrangements. We believe adjusted revenue is useful to investors as it provides a more complete view of revenue across all of our investments and allows for better understanding of our revenue concentration. The following table presents a reconciliation of total revenues to total adjusted revenues (in thousands):
Revenue from real estate properties owned through joint venture arrangements
77,989
60,419
Total adjusted revenue
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
2020 Cash Flow Activity
During the first nine months of 2020, we generated approximately $442 million of cash flows from operating activities (which did not include approximately $35 million of revenue earned on our new Circle/BMI investment as such rent was prepaid before the acquisition closed), primarily consisting of rent and interest from mortgage and other loans. We used these operating cash flows to fund our dividends of $423 million. In addition, we invested approximately $2.8 billion in real estate and other assets, including the £1.5 billion Circle acquisition of 30 properties in January 2020 (as more fully described in Note 3 to Item 1 of this Form 10-Q), using a combination of cash on-hand, proceeds from a £700 million British pound sterling term loan, the sale of 15.4 million shares of common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $294 million, and $225 million from our revolving portion of the Credit Facility.
Subsequent to September 30, 2020, we received approximately $300 million in loan principal repayments and used a portion of such proceeds to partially reduce the outstanding balance on our revolver. Additionally, subsequent to September 30, 2020, we sold
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0.3 million shares of common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $5 million.
2019 Cash Flow Activity
During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we generated approximately $330 million of cash flows from operating activities, primarily consisting of rent and interest from mortgage and other loans. We used these operating cash flows to fund our dividends of $291.7 million.
Certain investing and financing activities in the first nine months of 2019 included:
a)
Purchased $3.7 billion in real estate assets representing more than 70 facilities across four countries;
b)
Funded approximately $260 million of development, capital addition, and other projects;
c)
Sold 36.1 million shares of common stock under our at-the-market equity offering program, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $649 million;
d)
Closed on an Australian term loan facility for approximately $837 million to help fund the Healthscope acquisition; and
e)
Completed an underwritten public offering of 51.75 million shares, resulting in net proceeds of $858.1 million and a $900 million senior unsecured notes offering resulting in net proceeds of approximately $885 million. We used proceeds from these offerings to invest in 16 facilities for $1.55 billion leased or loaned to Prospect.
Short-term Liquidity Requirements:
As of November 4, 2020, we have no debt principal payments due between now and February 2021 when our revolving credit facility, with a current outstanding amount of $125 million, comes due (which we can extend by one year). At November 4, 2020, availability under our revolving credit facility plus cash on-hand approximated $1.5 billion. We believe this liquidity along with our current monthly cash receipts from rent and loan interest, regular distributions from our joint venture arrangements, and approximately $700 million of availability under our at-the-market equity program is sufficient to fund our operations, debt and interest obligations, our firm commitments, and dividends in order to comply with REIT requirements for the next twelve months.
Long-term Liquidity Requirements:
As of November 4, 2020, we have no debt principal payments due between now and February 2021 when our revolving credit facility, with a current outstanding amount of $125 million, comes due (which we can extend by one year). With our liquidity at November 4, 2020 of approximately $1.5 billion, along with our current monthly cash receipts from rent and loan interest, regular distributions from our joint venture arrangements, and approximately $700 million of availability under our at-the-market equity program, we believe such liquidity is sufficient to fund our operations, debt and interest obligations, our firm commitments, and dividends in order to comply with REIT requirements for the foreseeable future.
However, in order to fund additional investments, to fund debt maturities coming due in later years, or to strategically refinance any existing debt (including our Credit Facility coming due in 2022) in order to reduce interest rates, we may need to access one or a combination of the following sources of capital:
sale of equity securities;
issuance of new USD, EUR, or GBP denominated debt securities, including senior unsecured notes;
amending or entering into a new revolving credit facility and/or bank term loans,
placing new secured loans on real estate located outside the U.S.; and/or
proceeds from strategic property sales or joint ventures.
However, there is no assurance that conditions will be favorable for such possible transactions (particularly in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic) or that our plans will be successful.
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Principal payments due on our debt (which excludes the effects of any discounts, premiums, or debt issue costs recorded) as of November 4, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
125,000
786,300
519,520
1,661,840
5,074,740
8,167,400
Disclosure of Contractual Obligations
We presented our contractual obligations in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 and updated the schedule in our second quarter Form 10-Q. Except for changes to our purchase obligations, as more fully described in Note 9 to Item 1 of this Form 10-Q, there have been no other significant changes as of September 30, 2020. However, see Note 10 for activities subsequent to September 30, 2020.
The following table updates our contractual obligations schedule for these updates (in thousands):
Contractual Obligations
Less Than
1 Year(1)
1-3 Years
3-5 Years
After
5 Years
Purchase obligations
186,575
229,745
74,229
204,664
695,213
This column represents the remaining three months of 2020.
Distribution Policy
The table below is a summary of our distributions declared during the two year period ended September 30, 2020:
Declaration Date
Record Date
Date of Distribution
Distribution
per Share
August 13, 2020
September 10, 2020
October 8, 2020
May 21, 2020
June 18, 2020
July 16, 2020
February 14, 2020
March 12, 2020
April 9, 2020
November 21, 2019
December 12, 2019
January 9, 2020
August 15, 2019
September 12, 2019
October 10, 2019
May 23, 2019
June 13, 2019
July 11, 2019
February 14, 2019
March 14, 2019
April 11, 2019
November 15, 2018
December 13, 2018
January 10, 2019
We intend to pay to our stockholders, within the time periods prescribed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Code”), all or substantially all of our annual taxable income, including taxable gains from the sale of real estate and recognized gains on the sale of securities. It is our policy to make sufficient cash distributions to stockholders in order for us to maintain our status as a REIT under the Code and to avoid corporate income and excise taxes on undistributed income. However, our Credit Facility limits the amount of dividends we can pay - see Note 4 in Item 1 to this Form 10-Q for further information.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices, and other market changes that affect market sensitive instruments. We seek to mitigate the effects of fluctuations in interest rates by matching the terms of new investments with new long-term fixed rate borrowings to the extent possible. We may or may not elect to use financial derivative instruments to hedge interest rate or foreign currency exposure. For interest rate hedging, these decisions are principally based on our policy to match investments with comparable borrowings, but are also based on the general trend in interest rates at the applicable dates and our perception of the future volatility of interest rates. For foreign currency hedging, these decisions are principally based on how our investments are financed, the long-term nature of our investments, the need to repatriate earnings back to the U.S., and the general trend in foreign currency exchange rates.
In addition, the value of our facilities will be subject to fluctuations based on changes in local and regional economic conditions and changes in the ability of our tenants to generate profits, all of which may affect our ability to refinance our debt, if necessary. The
changes in the value of our facilities would be impacted also by changes in “cap” rates, which is measured by the current base rent divided by the current market value of a facility.
Our primary exposure to market risks relates to fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency. The following analyses present the sensitivity of the market value, earnings, and cash flows of our significant financial instruments to hypothetical changes in interest rates and exchange rates as if these changes had occurred. The hypothetical changes chosen for these analyses reflect our view of changes that are reasonably possible over a one-year period. These forward looking disclosures are selective in nature and only address the potential impact from these hypothetical changes. They do not include other potential effects which could impact our business as a result of changes in market conditions (such as the impact caused by COVID-19 in the form of greater volatility in exchange rates). In addition, they do not include measures we may take to minimize our exposure such as entering into future interest rate swaps to hedge against interest rate increases on our variable rate debt.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
For fixed rate debt, interest rate changes affect the fair market value but do not impact net income to common stockholders or cash flows. Conversely, for floating rate debt, interest rate changes generally do not affect the fair market value but do impact net income to common stockholders and cash flows, assuming other factors are held constant. At September 30, 2020, our outstanding debt totaled $8.2 billion, which consisted of fixed-rate debt of approximately $7.8 billion and variable rate debt of $0.4 billion. If market interest rates increase by 1%, the fair value of our debt at September 30, 2020 would decrease by $7.5 million. Changes in the fair value of our fixed rate debt will not have any impact on us unless we decided to repurchase the debt in the open market.
If market rates of interest on our variable rate debt increase by 1%, the increase in annual interest expense on our variable rate debt would decrease future earnings and cash flows by $0.1 million per year. If market rates of interest on our variable rate debt decrease by 1%, the decrease in interest expense on our variable rate debt would increase future earnings and cash flows by $0.1 million per year. This assumes that the average amount outstanding under our variable rate debt for a year is $0.4 billion, the balance of such variable rate debt at September 30, 2020.
Foreign Currency Sensitivity
With our investments in Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Australia, we are subject to fluctuations in the euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Australian dollar to U.S. dollar currency exchange rates. Although we generally deem investments in these countries to be of a long-term nature, are able to match any non-U.S. dollar borrowings with investments in such currencies, and historically have not needed to repatriate a material amount of earnings back to the U.S., increases or decreases in the value of the respective non-U.S. dollar currencies to U.S. dollar exchange rates may impact our financial condition and/or our results of operations. Based solely on our 2020 operating results, a 5% change to the following exchange rates would have impacted our net income and FFO by the amounts below (in thousands):
Net Income Impact
FFO Impact
Euro (€)
1,804
British pound (£)
1,058
Swiss franc (CHF)
265
865
Australian dollar (AUD $)
578
1,541
Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
We have adopted and maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.
As required by Rule 13a-15(b), under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, we have carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the quarter covered by this report. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective in providing reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
The information contained in Note 9 “Commitments and Contingencies” to condensed consolidated financial statements is incorporated by reference into this Item 1.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Please review the risk factors disclosed under the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 17 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and filed with the SEC on February 27, 2020, in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 8, 2020, as well as the additional risk factor disclosed on page 32 in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 11, 2020. Except as indicated above, there have been no other material changes to the Risk Factors as presented in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
(a)
None.
(b)
Not applicable.
(c)
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.
Item 5. Other Information.
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
Description
31.1*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Medical Properties Trust, Inc.)
31.2*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (Medical Properties Trust, Inc.)
31.3*
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.)
31.4*
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. (MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.)
32.1**
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (Medical Properties Trust, Inc.)
32.2**
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. (MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.)
Exhibit 101.INS*
XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.
Exhibit 101.SCH*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit 101.CAL*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.DEF*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.LAB*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.PRE*
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
Exhibit 104*
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.*)
*
Filed herewith.
**
Furnished herewith.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
By:
/s/ J. Kevin Hanna
J. Kevin Hanna
Vice President, Controller, Assistant Treasurer, and Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
of the sole member of the general partner
of MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.
Date: November 9, 2020