0001297996-17-000010.txt : 20170106 0001297996-17-000010.hdr.sgml : 20170106 20170106182122 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001297996-17-000010 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20170104 FILED AS OF DATE: 20170106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20170106 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001297996 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 260081711 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER STREET 2: SUITE 3200 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 BUSINESS PHONE: (415)738-6500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER STREET 2: SUITE 3200 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Peterson Scott E CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001307041 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32336 FILM NUMBER: 17515416 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. STREET 2: FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94111 4 1 wf-form4_148374486897280.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2017-01-04 0 0001297996 Digital Realty Trust, Inc. DLR 0001307041 Peterson Scott E FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111 0 1 0 0 Chief Acquisitions Officer Long-Term Incentive Units 2017-01-04 4 A 0 49059 0 A Common Stock 49059.0 106460 D Long-Term Incentive Units 2017-01-04 4 A 0 16414 0 A Common Stock 16414.0 122874 D Long-term incentive units are profits interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner. Vested profits interestunits may be converted into an equal number of common limited partnership units ("Common Units") in the Operating Partnership subject to the terms of the Operating Partnership's limited partnership agreement. Common Units are redeemable for cash based on the fair market value of an equivalent numbers of shares of the Issuer's common stock, or, at the election of the Issuer, for an equal number of sharesof the Issuer's common stock, subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock dividends, issuance of stock rights, specified extraordinary distributions or similar events. Reflects an award initially granted on February 11, 2014 that was subject to a performance-based vesting condition which was determined to be satisfied on January 4, 2017. The number of units reported herein includes 5,675 distribution equivalent units, which vested effective as of December 31, 2016. The remaining 43,384 units are subject to an additional time-based vesting condition, pursuant to which 50% will vest on February 27, 2017 and 50% will vest on February 27, 2018. The vested profits interest units have no expiration date. Reflects an award initially granted on February 11, 2014 that was subject to a performance-based vesting condition which was determined to be satisfied on January 4, 2017. The number of units reported herein includes 1,928 distribution equivalent units, which vested effective as of December 31, 2016. The remaining 14,486 units are subject to an additional time-based vesting condition, pursuant to which 50% will vest on February 27, 2017 and 50% will vest on February 27, 2018. The vested profits interest units have no expiration date. This statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities ("Form 4") of the Issuer is being filed to report transactions that are being reported concurrently on a Form 4 for Operating Partnership. The changes in beneficial ownership reported on this Form 4 for the Issuer are as a result of the same transactions reported in the Form 4 for Operating Partnership /s/ Salini Nandipati, attorney-in-fact 2017-01-06