Edgar Filing: Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Trout James

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. [DLR]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

_____ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Sr. VP, Portfolio & Tech Ops

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

560 MISSION STREET, SUITE 2900

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/30/2008

(Street)

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Class C Profits Interest Units ⁽¹⁾

⁽¹⁾

09/30/2008⁽²⁾

32,468 ⁽²⁾

⁽¹⁾

⁽³⁾

Common Stock

32,468

$ 0

43,291

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Trout James 560 MISSION STREET, SUITE 2900 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105			Sr. VP, Portfolio & Tech Ops

Signatures

/s/ Barbara Polster, attorney-in-fact		10/02/2008
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Class C Profits Interest Units ("Class C Units") are membership interests in Digital Realty Trust, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership of which the issuer is the general partner (the "Operating Partnership"). Class C Units that have satisfied the performance condition and achieved full parity with common limited partnership units of the Operating Partnership ("Common Units") receive the same quarterly distributions as Common Units, and may be converted into an equal number of Common Units on a one-for-one basis at any time. Common Units will be redeemable for cash based on the fair market value of an equivalent number 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. The Class C Units have achieved full parity with Common Units.
(2)	Reflects number of Class C Units initially granted on December 28, 2005 and previously reported on Mr. Trout's Form 3 filed on August 9, 2006, that satisfied the specified performance condition as of September 30, 2008. The performance condition was satisfied in full and maximum dollar value available under the award was achieved. The remaining Class C Units granted to the reporting person on December 28, 2005 were in excess of the maximum dollar value eligible to vest and therefore were automatically cancelled and forfeited on September 30, 2008. More information about these Class C Units can be found in the current report on Form 8-K filed by the issuer on October 5, 2005 and subsequent reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, including the Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 31, 2008.
(3)	N/A

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