Total Assets Grow 47% Year-to-Date Additional Near-term Investments Anticipated BIRMINGHAM, Ala.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 5, 2019 — Medical Properties Trust, Inc. ("MPT" or the "Company") (NYSE:MPW) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with affiliates of LifePoint Health, Inc. ("LifePoint"), one of the largest acute care operators in the United States, under which MPT will acquire the real estate assets of 10 acute care hospitals in six U.S. states for an aggregate purchase price of $700 million and will lease the facilities back to LifePoint. LifePoint is a portfolio company of certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., a leading global alternative investment manager.