Material Event - Form 8-K

On May 7, 2024, Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and the operating partnership entered into an underwriting agreement with BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in the underwriting agreement (collectively, the "underwriters"), relating to the sale of up to 12,075,000 shares (the "shares") of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (including 1,575,000 shares that the underwriters had the option to purchase, and which option was exercised in full on May 8, 2024), at a purchase price to the underwriters of $136.66 per share. The offering closed on May 10, 2024.

The shares were offered and sold under a prospectus supplement and related prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to our effective shelf registration statement on Form (File A copy of the underwriting agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form and is incorporated herein by reference. The summary set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

In connection with the filing of the prospectus supplement, we are filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form an opinion of our counsel, Venable LLP, regarding certain Maryland law issues regarding our common stock.