Trust, - Medical Properties Trust Inc. Declares Dividend

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (NYSE: MPW) announced today that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.20 per share of common stock to be paid on January 14, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 17, 2009.

About Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. is a Birmingham, Alabama based self-advised real estate investment trust formed to capitalize on the changing trends in healthcare delivery by acquiring and developing net-leased healthcare facilities. These facilities include inpatient rehabilitation hospitals, long-term acute care hospitals, regional acute care hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers and other single-discipline healthcare facilities, such as heart hospitals and cancer centers.

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