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Strategies & Market Trends : Meditrust NYSE: MT
MT 36.89-3.4%Nov 4 3:59 PM EST

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To: Charles Holewinski who wrote (172)2/21/2000 2:48:00 PM
From: Mr. Sunshine   of 233
 
Charles, Interest is an expense, but payment of principal is not. MT can not count prepayment of principal as an expense to reduce earnings in order to not pay a dividend.

They probably will take numerous write-downs, but the extent of these write downs is anyone's guess.

Their statement earlier this year was that they could cut the dividend as much as 50% and still qualify for REIT status.
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