SEC Form 4 · accession 0001144204-15-057652

QTS Realty Trust, Inc. · QTS

Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗

Reporting owner

Officer — Chief Sales & Mktg Officer

Period of report

Sep 30, 2015

Accepted (ET)

Oct 1, 2015 · 3:47 pm EDT

Rule 10b5-1 plan

unknown — predates the checkbox

Issuer CIK

0001577368

Table I — non-derivative securities

Security	Date	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Owned after	D/I	Nature of ownership
Class A common stock^F1	Sep 30, 2015	F	274	$42.90	D	56,260	D

Security	Conv. / exercise price	Date	Code	Shares	A/D	Exercisable	Expires	Underlying	Underlying shares	Owned after	D/I
Class RS LTIP units of Operating Partnership^F2	—	Sep 30, 2015	C	3,125	D	—	—	Class A units of Operating Partnership	3,125	9,375	D
Class A units of Operating Partnership^F3	—	Sep 30, 2015	C	3,125	A	—	—	Class A common stock	3,125	40,625	D

F1Reflects shares surrendered to the Issuer to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of restricted shares.
F2Each 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.
F3Class 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.