Universal Health Realty Income Trust Announces ATM Equity Offering Program

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Universal Health Realty
Income Trust (NYSE: UHT) announced today that it has entered into an
at-the-market (ATM) equity offering program through which it may sell common
shares of UHT (UHT Shares) with an aggregate sales price of up to $50 million.
The shares may be offered from time to time through BofA Merrill Lynch, who
will be acting as sales agent and/or principal.

The ATM program allows UHT to sell newly issued UHT shares with an aggregate
sales price of up to $50 million from time to time through BofA Merrill Lynch.
Any sales will be made by means of ordinary brokers' transactions on the New
York Stock Exchange or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of
sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

UHT has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) and a
prospectus supplement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
for the offering of UHT Shares described in this communication. Before you
invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the
prospectus supplement relating to the at-the-market offering and other
documents UHT has filed with the SEC for more complete information about it
and the at-the-market offering program. You may obtain these documents for
free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, UHT
or the sales agent will arrange to send you the prospectus supplement
(including the prospectus) if you request it by contacting BofA Merrill Lynch,
4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, Attn: Preliminary
Prospectus Department or by email to Prospectus.Requests@ml.com.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy the UHT Shares nor shall there be any sale of such UHT shares
in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws
of any such state or jurisdiction.

Universal Health Realty Income Trust, a real estate investment trust, invests
in healthcare and human service related facilities including acute care
hospitals, behavioral healthcare facilities, rehabilitation hospitals,
sub-acute care facilities, surgery centers, childcare centers and medical
office buildings. We have fifty-one real estate investments in fifteen
states.

The matters discussed in this press release, as well as other news releases
issued from time to time by us, include certain statements containing the
words "believes", "anticipates", "intends", "expects" and words of similar
import, which constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements or industry
results to be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Readers
should not place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements which
reflect management's view only as of the date hereof. We undertake no
obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any
other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Universal Health Realty Income Trust

Cheryl K. Ramagano, Vice President and Treasurer of Universal Health Realty
Income Trust, +1-610-768-3300