SEC FORM 4/A SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Holmes Robert E

(Last) (First) (Middle)
1000 URBAN CENTER DRIVE
SUITE 501

(Street)
BIRMINGHAM AL 35242

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MEDICAL PROPERTIES TRUST INC [ MPW ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/06/2010
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
01/08/2010
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $.001(1) 01/06/2010 A 7,843 A $0 62,340 D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Form amended to attach new Power of Attorney.
Remarks:
Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney
Alison G. Schmidt, by power of attorney 04/05/2010
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING
OBLIGATIONS

      I hereby constitute and appoint Michael G. Stewart,
Kevin Hanna, and Allison Schmidt, each an employee of
Medical Properties Trust, Inc. (the "Company") or certain
of its subsidiaries, as my true and lawful attorney-in-
fact to undertake the following activities, acting
individually and not collectively:

1.      prepare, execute in my name and on my behalf, and
submit to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any
other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes
and passwords enabling me to make electronic filings with
the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation
of the SEC;

2.       execute, for and on my behalf, in my capacity as
an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the related rules, and any other
forms or reports I may be required to file in connection
with my ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
securities of the Company;

3.       perform any acts on my behalf which may be
necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5, or other form or report, and to file such
forms or reports with the SEC and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

4.       take any other action in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally
required by me, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on my behalf pursuant
to this power of attorney shall be in such form and
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-
fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      I hereby grant to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to perform any act necessary or
proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers granted in this power of attorney, as fully as
I could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact, or their
substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this power of attorney and the rights and powers granted
in this power of attorney. I acknowledge that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at my request, are not assuming, nor is the Company
assuming, any of my responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934.

      This limited power of attorney shall be effective on
the date set forth below and shall remain in full force
and effect until I am no longer required to file Forms 3,
4 and 5 with respect to my holdings of and transactions
in the Company's securities, unless I revoke it earlier in
a signed writing filed with the SEC or delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

I hereby revoke any prior appointment of Philip Summerlin
to act as my attorney-in-fact or otherwise on my behalf.
Such revocation shall be effective on the date set forth
below.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this power of
attorney this 20th day of August, 2009.


/s/ Robert E. Holmes
_________________________________________________________
Robert E. Holmes