FORM 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 3, 2014

 

 

MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Commission File Number 001-32559

 

Maryland     20-0191742
(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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 3, 2014, Medical Properties Trust appointed D. Paul Sparks, Jr. to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective September 3, 2014.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated September 5, 2014

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.

(Registrant)

By:  

/s/ R. Steven Hamner

  R. Steven Hamner
  Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: September 5, 2014

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

99.1    Press release dated September 5, 2014

 

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