DLR-G Digital Realty Trust Inc

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 6, 2021, Digital Realty announced the completion of the listing of Digital Core REIT as a standalone real estate investment trust publicly traded on the Main Board of Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited. Digital Core REIT is sponsored and externally managed by Digital Realty. In connection with the listing, Digital Realty contributed a 90% interest in a portfolio of 10 assets concentrated in major data center markets across the U.S. and Canada valued at approximately $1.4 billion. Digital Realty is retaining a 10% direct ownership stake in each of the assets in the initial Digital Core REIT portfolio and will own an initial approximately 35% ownership interest in Digital Core REIT, assuming exercise of the overallotment option. Digital Realty will earn fees for asset and property management as well as acquisitions, dispositions and development.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K contains certain “forward-looking” statements as that term is defined by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend on or relate to future events or conditions, or that include words such as “believes”, “anticipates”, “expects”, “may”, “will”, “would”, “should”, “estimates”, “could”, “intends”, “plans” or other similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the company’s actual results in future periods to differ materially from those projected or contemplated in the forward-looking statements as a result of, but not limited to, the following factors: risks and uncertainties related to satisfaction of any continuing conditions related to the listing of Digital Core REIT on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, Digital Realty’s receipt of property management, asset management and acquisition, disposition and development fees; and the impact of legislative, regulatory and competitive changes and other risk factors relating to the industries in which we operate, as detailed from time to time in each of our reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC. There can be no assurance that the proposed transactions will be consummated on the terms described herein or at all.

The risks included here are not exhaustive, and additional factors could adversely affect our business and financial performance. We discussed a number of additional material risks in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and other filings with the SEC. Those risks continue to be relevant to our performance and financial condition. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such risk factors on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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