X0306 4 2021-06-30 false 0001577368 QTS Realty Trust, Inc. QTS 0001587366 Berson Jeffrey H. C/O QTS REALTY TRUST, INC. 12851 FOSTER STREET OVERLAND PARK KS 66213 false true false false Chief Financial Officer Class A Common Stock 2021-04-07 5 G false E 52255.00 0.00 D 64316.00 D Class A Common Stock 2021-04-07 5 G false E 52255.00 0.00 A 52255.00 I Footnote Class A Common Stock 2021-06-30 4 F false 1104.00 77.40 D 63212.00 D Class A Common Stock 2021-06-30 4 F false 1098.00 77.40 D 62114.00 D Employee stock option (right to buy) 50.66 2021-04-13 5 G false E 34507.00 0.00 D 2027-03-07 Class A common stock 34507.00 0.00 D Employee stock option (right to buy) 50.66 2021-04-13 5 G false E 34507.00 0.00 A 2027-03-07 Class A common stock 34507.00 34507.00 I Footnote Employee stock option (right to buy) 45.78 2021-04-13 5 G false E 24448.00 0.00 D 2026-03-02 Class A Common Stock 24448.00 0.00 D Employee stock option (right to buy) 45.78 2021-04-13 5 G false E 24448.00 0.00 A 2026-03-02 Class A Common Stock 24448.00 24448.00 I Footnote Employee stock option (right to buy) 35.81 2021-04-13 5 G false E 20313.00 0.00 D 2025-02-27 Class A common stock 20313.00 0.00 D Employee stock option (right to buy) 35.81 2021-04-13 5 G false E 20313.00 0.00 A 2025-02-27 Class A common stock 20313.00 20313.00 I Footnote Employee stock option (right to buy) 34.03 2021-04-13 5 G false E 26590.00 0.00 D 2028-03-07 Class A common stock 26590.00 0.00 D Employee stock option (right to buy) 34.03 2021-04-13 5 G false E 26590.00 0.00 A 2028-03-07 Class A common stock 26590.00 26590.00 I Footnote Employee stock option (right to buy) 34.03 2021-04-13 5 G false E 35465.00 0.00 D 2028-03-07 Class A common stock 35465.00 0.00 D Employee stock option (right to buy) 34.03 2021-04-13 5 G false E 35465.00 0.00 A 2028-03-07 Class A common stock 35465.00 35465.00 I Footnote Employee Stock option (right to buy) 21.00 2021-04-13 5 G false E 23082.00 0.00 D 2023-10-15 Class A common stock 23082.00 0.00 D Employee Stock option (right to buy) 21.00 2021-04-13 5 G false E 23082.00 0.00 A 2023-10-15 Class A common stock 23082.00 23082.00 I Footnote The shares were gifted to a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's spouse. Reflects shares surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of restricted shares. These options to purchase shares of Class A common stock were granted under the QTS Realty Trust, Inc. Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and vested ratably over three years beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and each quarter thereafter. The options were gifted to a trust for the benefit of the reporting person's spouse. These options to purchase shares of Class A common stock were granted under the Plan and vested ratably over four years beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and each quarter thereafter. These options to purchase shares of Class A common stock were granted under the Plan, all of which vested two years after the date of grant. /s/ Aga Carpenter, as attorney in fact for Jeffrey H. Berson 2021-07-01