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SEC Company Response from MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC (MPW) (CIK 0001287865) (MPT) — Jul 6, 2005

MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC (MPW) (CIK 0001287865)
Date: July 6, 2005 · CIK: 0001287865 · Accession: 0000950144-05-007163

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File numbers found in text: 333-119957

Date
July 5, 2005
Author
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated
Form
CORRESP
Company
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC (MPW) (CIK 0001287865)

Letter

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[FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, RAMSEY & CO., INC. LETTERHEAD]

July 5, 2005

VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission Division of Corporate Finance 450 Fifth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20549 Attention: Owen Pinkerton and Michael McTiernan

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-11 File No. 333-119957 -----------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), we, the underwriters, hereby join with Medical Properties Trust, Inc. in requesting that the effective date for the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that such Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 p.m. EDT on July 7, 2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The undersigned hereby confirm that we are aware of our responsibilities under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as they relate to the proposed public offering of common stock of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. specified in the above captioned Registration Statement.

Sincerely,
Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

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              [FRIEDMAN, BILLINGS, RAMSEY & CO., INC. LETTERHEAD]

                                  July 5, 2005

VIA FACSIMILE AND EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Corporate Finance
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Owen Pinkerton and Michael McTiernan

                         Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
                       Registration Statement on Form S-11
                               File No. 333-119957
                       -----------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     In accordance with Rule 461 of the General Rules and Regulations under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), we, the underwriters,
hereby join with Medical Properties Trust, Inc. in requesting that the effective
date for the Registration Statement referred to above be accelerated so that
such Registration Statement will become effective at 4:00 p.m. EDT on July 7,
2005, or as soon thereafter as practicable. The undersigned hereby confirm that
we are aware of our responsibilities under the Securities Act and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as they relate to the proposed public offering
of common stock of Medical Properties Trust, Inc. specified in the above
captioned Registration Statement.

                                     Sincerely,

                                     Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc
                                     J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
                                     Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
                                     Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

                                     By: Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co., Inc.,
                                         as representative of the several
                                         underwriters

                                     By: /s/ James R. Kleeblatt
                                         ---------------------------------------
                                     Name: James R. Kleeblatt
                                           -------------------------------------
                                     Title: Senior Managing Director
                                            ------------------------------------

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