SEC FORM 3

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^*

Kenney Christopher

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER

SUITE 3200

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO

94111

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
11/09/2016

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)
	SVP,International,Acquisitions

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)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	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)
Long-Term Incentive Units⁽¹⁾	⁽²⁾	⁽¹⁾	Common Stock	62,721	⁽¹⁾	D
Long-Term Incentive Unit⁽¹⁾	⁽³⁾	⁽¹⁾	Common Stock	3,068	⁽¹⁾	D
Long-Term Incentive Units⁽¹⁾	⁽⁴⁾	⁽¹⁾	Common Stock	3,454	⁽¹⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Long-term incentive units are profits interest units in Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner. Vested profits interest units may be converted into an equal number of common limited partnership units ("Common Units") in the Operating Partnership on a one-for-one basis at any time and have no expiration date. Common Units are redeemable for cash based on the fair market value of an equivalent numbers of shares of the Issuer's common stock, 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 are fully vested and immediately exercisable.

3. These units were granted on February 11, 2013, with an initial vest date of February 27, 2014. Each grant vests as to 20% in the first year, 20% in the second year, 30% in the third year and 30% in the fourth year.

4. These units were granted on February 11, 2014, with an initial vest date of February 27, 2015. Each grant vests as to 25% in the first year, 50% in the second year and 25% in the third year.

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	11/16/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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