0001415889-20-001589.txt : 20200610 0001415889-20-001589.hdr.sgml : 20200610 20200610210542 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001415889-20-001589 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200608 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200610 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200610 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Patterson Mark R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001500081 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32336 FILM NUMBER: 20955990 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 40 MINNISINK ROAD CITY: SHORT HILLS STATE: NJ ZIP: 07078 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 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Digital Realty Trust, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040722 4 1 form4-06102020_060628.xml X0306 4 2020-06-08 0001297996 DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. DLR 0001500081 Patterson Mark R FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER, SUITE 3200 SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111 true false false false Long-Term Incentive Units 2020-06-08 4 A 0 1165 0 A Common Stock 1165 6698 D Long-Term Incentive Units are profits interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P. ("Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner. Profits interest units may initially not have full parity with common limited partnership units of Operating Partnership ("Common Units") with respect to liquidating distributions; however upon the occurrence of specified events, profits interest units may achieve full parity with Common Units for all purposes. Vested profits interest units that have achieved full parity with Common Units may be converted into an equal number of Common Units on a 1-for-1 basis at any time. Common Units are redeemable for cash based on the FMV of an equivalent number of shares of common stock of the Issuer, or, at the election of the Issuer, for an equal number of shares of 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. Awards vest on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the grant date or (b) the day before the date of the next annual meeting of stockholders of the Company to occur following the grant date. 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. /s/ Salini Nandipati, Attorney-in-Fact 2020-06-10