0001144204-15-070916.txt : 20151215 0001144204-15-070916.hdr.sgml : 20151215 20151215144359 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-15-070916 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20151211 FILED AS OF DATE: 20151215 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20151215 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: Goza Shirley E. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001587367 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36109 FILM NUMBER: 151288215 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: QTS REALTY TRUST, INC. STREET 2: 12851 FOSTER STREET CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66213 4 1 v426996_4.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0306 4 2015-12-11 0 0001577368 QTS Realty Trust, Inc. QTS 0001587367 Goza Shirley E. C/O QTS REALITY TRUST, INC. 12851 FOSTER STREET OVERLAND PARK KS 66213 0 1 0 0 Secretary Class A common stock 2015-12-11 4 M 0 8877 21 A 27273 D Class A common stock 2015-12-11 4 C 0 27549 A 54822 D Class A common stock 2015-12-11 4 S 0 8877 41.35 D 45945 D Class A common stock 2015-12-11 4 S 0 27549 41.42 D 18396 D Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 21 2015-12-11 4 M 0 8887 21 D 2023-10-15 Class A common stock 8887 8878 D Class O LTIP units of Operating Partnership 2015-12-11 4 C 0 60906 D Class A units of Operating Partnership 27549 25969 D Class A units of Operating Partnership 2015-12-11 4 C 0 27549 A Class A common stock 27549 37549 D Class A units of Operating Partnership 2015-12-11 4 C 0 27549 D Class A common stock 27549 10000 D 8,877 shares of Class A common stock were acquired upon Ms. Goza's exercise of options to purchase shares of Class A common stock, granted on October 15, 2013 under the QTS Realty Trust, Inc. 2013 Equity Compensation Plan. The options vest ratably over a four year period beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and at the end of each calendar quarter thereafter. 27,549 shares of Class A common stock were acquired upon Ms. Goza's redemption of 27,549 Class A units of the Operating Partnership. Class A units are redeemable for cash or, at the operating partnership's election, shares of the QTS Realty Trust Inc.'s (the "Company") Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, beginning November 1, 2014, which was one year following the beginning of the first full calendar month following the closing of the Company's initial public offering. The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $41.02 to $41.67, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to 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 (3). The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $41.03 to $41.69, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to 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 (4). Each Class O LTIP unit is convertible by the Company's operating partnership or by the holder into Class A units at any time, and upon such equalization of the capital account of a Class O LTIP unit (and full vesting of the Class O LTIP unit, if such unit is subject to vesting and being converted by the holder), the Class O LTIP unit will be convertible into a number of Class A units equal to (i) the Class O LTIP unit's capital account divided by (ii) the capital account balance of a Class A unit (i.e., in a manner similar to a typical stock appreciation right), subject to certain exceptions and adjustments. Class A units are redeemable for cash or, at the operating partnership's election, shares of the Company's Class A common stock on a one-for-one basis, beginning November 1, 2014, which was one year following the beginning of the first full calendar month following the closing of the Company's initial public offering. /s/ Timothy J. Kuester, attorney-in-fact 2015-12-15