A. William Stein - Sep 8, 2021 Form 4 Insider Report for DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. (DLR)

Signature
/s/ Christopher Visgilio, Attorney-in-Fact
Stock symbol
DLR
Transactions as of
Sep 8, 2021
Transactions value $
-$3,751,548
Form type
4
Date filed
9/10/2021, 07:21 PM
Previous filing
Sep 7, 2021
Next filing
Jan 4, 2022

Transactions Table

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Ownership Footnotes
transaction DLR Common Stock Options Exercise $0 +22.3K $0.00 22.3K Sep 8, 2021 Direct F1, F2
transaction DLR Common Stock Sale -$3.75M -22.3K -100% $168.05 0 Sep 8, 2021 Direct F2, F3

Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

Type Sym Class Transaction Value $ Shares Change % * Price $ Shares After Date Underlying Class Amount Exercise Price Ownership Footnotes
transaction DLR Long-Term Incentive Units Options Exercise $0 -22.3K -13.71% $0.00 141K Sep 8, 2021 Common Stock 22.3K Direct F2, F4, F5
* An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.

Explanation of Responses:

Id Content
F1 The reporting person converted long-term incentive units into common limited partnership units ("Common Units") of Digital Realty Trust, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner, and subsequently redeemed the Common Units for shares of the common stock of the Issuer, all in accordance with the requirements of the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership.
F2 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.
F3 The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $168.00 to $168.07. The reporting person undertakes to provide Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the range set forth in this footnote.
F4 The transactions reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 plan previously adopted by Mr. Stein.
F5 N/A.

Remarks:

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.