Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Form 3 Digital Realty Trust / Christopher Sharp ownership change

SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Sharp Christopher

(Last) (First) (Middle)

FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER

SUITE 3200

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/11/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. [ DLR ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
Chief Technology Officer

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Long-Term Incentive Units(1)	(2)	(2)	Common Stock	38,604	(1)	D
Long-Term Incentive Units(1)	(3)	(3)	Common Stock	764	(1)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. 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.

2. These units were granted on August 10, 2015. Thirty-three and one third percent (33.33%) of these units vested on August 10, 2016, an additional thirty-three and one third percent (33.33%) of these units vested on August 10, 2017, and the remaining thirty-three and one third percent (33.33%) will vest on August 10, 2018. The vested profits interest units have no expiration date.

3. These units were granted on February 28, 2017. Twenty-five percent (25%) of these units will vest on February 27, 2018, an additional twenty-five percent (25%) will vest on February 27, 2019, an additional twenty-five percent (25%) will vest on February 27, 2020, and the remaining twenty-five percent (25%) will vest on February 27, 2021. The vested profits interest units have no expiration date.

Remarks:

This initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities ("Form 3") of the Issuer is filed to report information that is also being reported concurrently on a Form 3 for Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership") of which the Issuer is the general partner. The information reported on this Form 3 for the Issuer is the same information reported in the Form 3 for the Operating Partnership.

	/s/ Salini Nandipati as attorney-in-fact	08/18/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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