Bloom Steven C Form 4 QTS Realty Trust / Steven C Bloom ownership change

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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Bloom Steven C

(Last) (First) (Middle)

C/O QTS REALTY TRUST, INC.

12851 FOSTER STREET

(Street)

OVERLAND PARK KS 66213

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
QTS Realty Trust, Inc. [ QTS ]

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

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

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/05/2021

4. 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 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
Class A Common Stock	03/05/2021		A		6,733(1)	A	$0.00	31,229	D
Class A Common Stock	03/05/2021		A		9,313(2)	A	$0.00	40,542	D
Class A Common Stock	03/05/2021		F		2,269(3)	D	$57.12	38,273	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. On March 5, 2019, the reporting person was granted performance-based restricted share units ("RSUs") eligible to be earned based on Operating Funds From Operations per diluted share of the Issuer over a two-year performance period. The Compensation Committee certified the degree to which the performance measure was achieved, and two-thirds of the RSUs that were earned vested on March 5, 2021 (including 287dividend equivalent rights accrued thereon) and the remaining one-third RSUs that were earned will vest on March 5, 2022 (including additional dividend equivalent rights to be accrued thereon), subject to continued service.

2. These restricted shares were granted under the QTS Realty Trust, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan") and vest over three years beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and each quarter thereafter.

3. Reflects shares surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of restricted shares and restricted share units.

Remarks:

	/s/ Aga Carpenter, as attorney in fact for Steven C. Bloom	03/09/2021
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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