0001144204-16-073834.txt : 20160104 0001144204-16-073834.hdr.sgml : 20160104 20160104170821 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-16-073834 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20160104 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20160104 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QTS Realty Trust, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001577368 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 462809094 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12851 FOSTER STREET, SUITE 205 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66213 BUSINESS PHONE: 913-814-9988 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12851 FOSTER STREET, SUITE 205 CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66213 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: SCHAFER WILLIAM H CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001191862 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36109 FILM NUMBER: 161319018 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3300 ENTERPRISES PARKWAY CITY: BEECHWOOD STATE: OH ZIP: 44122 4 1 v428216_4.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0306 4 2015-12-31 0 0001577368 QTS Realty Trust, Inc. QTS 0001191862 SCHAFER WILLIAM H C/O QTS REALITY TRUST, INC. 12851 FOSTER STREET OVERLAND PARK KS 66213 0 1 0 0 Chief Financial Officer Class A Common Stock 2015-12-31 4 F 0 249 45.25 D 51065 D Class RS LTIP units of Operating Partnership 2015-12-31 4 C 0 1562 D Class A units of Operating Partnership 1562 25626 D Class A units of Operating Partnership 2015-12-31 4 C 0 1562 A Class A common stock 1562 49374 D Reflects shares surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of restricted shares. Each Class RS LTIP unit is convertible by the Company's Operating Partnership or by the holder into Class A units at any time, and upon equalization of the capital account of a Class RS LTIP unit with the per unit capital account of the Class A units (and full vesting of the Class RS LTIP unit, if such unit is subject to vesting), the Class RS LTIP unit will be convertible into one Class A unit, subject to certain exceptions and adjustments. Class RS LTIP units of the Operating Partnership automatically converted on a one-for-one basis to Class A units of the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms. Class A units are redeemable for cash or, at the Company's election, shares of the Company's Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, beginning one year following the beginning of the first full calendar month following the closing of the Company's initial public offering, which was October 15, 2013. /s/ Timothy J. Kuester, attorney-in-fact 2016-01-04