Dividend Equivalents. Subject to Section 9.2, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may provide that Dividend Equivalents shall be earned by a Holder of Restricted Stock Units based on dividends declared on the Common Stock, to be credited as of dividend payment dates during the period between the date an Award of Restricted Stock Units is granted to a Holder and the maturity date of such Award.

Dividend Equivalents. The Administrator, in its discretion, may provide in the Award Agreement evidencing any Award (other than Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) that the Participant will be entitled to receive Dividend Equivalents with respect to the payment of cash dividends on Shares having a record date prior to the date on which the Awards are settled or forfeited. The Dividend Equivalents, if any, will be credited to an Award in such manner and subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion subject to the provisions of this Section 14; provided, however that Dividend Equivalents will be subject to the same vesting provisions as the Awards to which they relate and while amounts may accrue while the Dividend Equivalent is unvested, the amounts payable with respect to Dividend Equivalents will not be paid before the Dividend Equivalent or the Award to which it relates vests. In the event of a dividend or distribution paid in Shares or any other adjustment made upon a change in the capital structure of the Company as described in Section 17, appropriate adjustments will be made to the Participant’s Award and the associated Dividend Equivalent so that it represents the right to receive upon settlement any and all new, substituted or additional securities or other property (other than normal cash dividends) to which the Participant would be entitled by reason of the consideration issuable upon settlement of the Award, and all such new, substituted or additional securities or other property will be immediately subject to the same vesting and settlement conditions as are applicable to the Award. Dividend Equivalents will be subject to the same Fiscal Year limits applicable to the underlying Award as set forth in Section 6(d).

Each Restricted Stock Unit shall accrue Dividend Equivalents with respect to dividends that would otherwise be paid on the Share underlying such Restricted Stock Unit during the period from the Date of Grant to the date such Share is delivered in accordance with Section 6. Any such Dividend Equivalent shall be deemed reinvested in additional Shares underlying the Restricted Stock Units immediately upon the related dividend’s payment date, based on the then-current Fair Market Value (rounded down to the nearest whole number), and shall be subject to the Period of Restriction applicable to the Restricted Stock Unit on which such Dividend Equivalent is paid. Any such conversion of Dividend Equivalents shall be conclusively determined by the Committee. The Shares underlying Restricted Stock Units into which Dividend Equivalents are so converted shall be delivered in accordance with Section 6.

Dividend Equivalents. The Award Agreement in respect of an Other Stock-Based Award, or a separate agreement if required by Section 409A of the Code, may provide that the Participant shall be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred or contingent basis, dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Award or other distributions from MPT OP or other Subsidiary, as applicable, prior to vesting (whether based on a period of time or based on attainment of specified performance conditions), as determined at the time of grant by the Committee in its sole discretion, and the Committee may provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock or otherwise reinvested.

Dividend Equivalents. All Stock Equivalents credited to a Director’s account shall be further credited with an amount equivalent to each dividend declared on Common Shares. The amount of such dividend equivalents shall be divided by the price per share of the Common Shares on the ex-dividend date for such dividend (or other pricing date determined by the Committee for such dividend; and, if any such date is not a Trading Day, then on the first Trading Day immediately preceding such date) to determine the number of additional Stock Equivalents or fractions thereof (calculated to the third decimal place with conventional rounding or as otherwise approved by the Committee) to be credited to a Director’s account.

Each Director Stock Award Subaccount shall be credited, as applicable, with Dividend Equivalents. Any Dividend Equivalents shall be credited in the form of additional Director Deferred Shares and shall automatically and irrevocably be deemed to be part of the Participant’s Director Stock Award Subaccount until distributed to the Participant. The number of Directed Deferred Shares credited to the Participant’s Director Stock Award Subaccount for a particular Dividend Equivalent shall, in the case of a stock dividend, be equal to # the number of Director Deferred Shares credited to the Participant’s Director Stock Award Subaccount as of the payment date for such dividend in respect of each share of common stock of the Company, multiplied by # the number of additional or fractional shares of common stock of the Company actually paid as a dividend in respect of each share of common stock or, in the case of a cash dividend, shall be equal to # the number of Director Deferred Shares credited to the Participant’s Director Stock Award Subaccount, multiplied by # the fair market value of the dividend in respect of each share of common stock, divided by # the Fair Market Value (as defined in the Incentive Plan) of the common stock on the payment date for such dividend.

No Dividend Equivalents. No Option shall provide for the payment or accrual of dividend equivalents.

Deferral; Dividend Equivalents. The Board shall be authorized to establish procedures pursuant to which the payment of any Award may be deferred. Subject to the provisions of the Plan and any Award Agreement, the recipient of an Award may, if so determined by the Board, be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, cash, stock or other property dividends in amounts equivalent to cash, stock or other property dividends on Shares (“Dividend Equivalents”) with respect to the number of Shares covered by the Award, as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion. The Board may provide that such amounts and Dividend Equivalents (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or otherwise reinvested and may provide that such amounts and Dividend Equivalents are subject to the same vesting or performance conditions as the underlying Award.

Dividends; Dividend Equivalents. To the extent determined by the Committee, Participants shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the dividends paid on the number of Units covered by Awards made under this Article IX; provided that the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide for either of the following at the time of grant: # dividends or dividend equivalents will be paid as accrued but will be subject to the same vesting terms and conditions as the underlying Award; or # payment of dividends or dividend equivalents shall be deferred until, and conditioned upon, settlement of the underlying Award.

The Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide that Stock Awards shall earn dividends or