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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 7, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES < /p>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
A. William Stein
Chief Executive Officer
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3200
San Francisco, CA 94111
(415) 738-6500
(Name and Address and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copy to:
Julian T.H. Kleindorfer, Esq.
Latham & Watkins LLP
355 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
(213) 485-1234
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
INTRODUCTION
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (referred to herein as our, we, us, the Company and the Registrant) relating to 4,407,905 shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the Common Stock), issuable pursuant to the Digital Realty Trust, Inc. 2015 Employee Stock Purchase (referred to herein as the Plan).
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act. In accordance with Rule 428 of the Securities Act and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents are not being filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) either as part of this registration statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. The Registrant shall maintain a file of such documents in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Upon request, the Registrant shall furnish to the SEC or its staff a copy of any or all of the documents included in the file.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this registration statement, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede this information. We incorporate by reference the following documents we have filed, or may file, with the SEC:
In addition, all documents we file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any information that we later file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information and statements contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein. Any such information or statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement. Under no circumstances will any information filed under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8-K expressly provides to the contrary.
The Registrants...