0001179110-18-003023.txt : 20180228 0001179110-18-003023.hdr.sgml : 20180228 20180228135322 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001179110-18-003023 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20180220 FILED AS OF DATE: 20180228 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20180228 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Robey David CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001732827 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-36109 FILM NUMBER: 18649906 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 12851 FOSTER STREET CITY: OVERLAND PARK STATE: KS ZIP: 66213 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 3 1 edgar.xml FORM 3 - X0206 3 2018-02-20 0 0001577368 QTS Realty Trust, Inc. QTS 0001732827 Robey David C/O QTS REALTY TRUST, INC. 12851 FOSTER STREET OVERLAND PARK KS 66213 0 1 0 0 Chief Operating Officer Class A common stock 5833 D Employee stock option (right to buy) 27.82 2024-08-01 Class A Common Stock 1250 D Class O LTIP Units of Operating Partnership 2023-06-17 Class A Units of Operating Partnership 750 D These options to purchase shares of Class A common stock were granted on August 1, 2014 under the QTS Realty Trust, Inc. 2013 Equity Incentive Plan and vest ratably over four years beginning on the first anniversary of the date of grant and each quarter thereafter. 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. Upon completion of the initial public offering of the Company, 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. /s/ Timothy J. Kuester, Attorney-in-Fact 2018-02-28 EX-24 2 ex24robey.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY Know all by these presents that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Timothy J. Kuester and Shirley E. Goza, signing singly, and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or any rule or regulation of the SEC; (2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, any amendment or amendments thereto, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company; (3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, any amendment or amendments thereto, or other form or report, and timely file such form or forms with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and (4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with, or any liability for the failure to comply with, any provision of Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. [Signature Page Follows] IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 23rd day of February, 2018. /s/ David Robey ------------------- Name: David Robey Signature Page to Section 16 Power of Attorney