Certificate for Common Stock



 Exhibit 4.1 
  
 NUMBER 
 DRT 
 COMMON STOCK 
 PAR VALUE $0.01 
 THIS CERTIFICATE IS TRANSFERABLE IN NEW YORK, NY 
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 CUSIP 253868 10    3 
 SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN
RESTRICTIONS 
 DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. 
 INCORPORATED UNDER
THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND 
 THIS CERTIFIES THAT 
 IS THE
OWNER OF 
  
 FULLY-PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE
OF DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. (the “Corporation”) transferable on the books of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate properly endorsed. This Certificate and
the shares represented hereby are issued and shall be held subject to all of the provisions of the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Corporation (the “Charter”) and the Bylaws of the Corporation and any amendments thereto. This
Certificate is not valid unless countersigned and registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar. 
  
 In Witness Whereof, the Corporation has caused this Certificate to be executed on its behalf by its duly authorized officers. 
  
 Dated: 
  

			
	
	 COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
  

	 AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

	 (NEW YORK, NY) TRANSFER AGENT

	 AND REGISTRAR

		
	 BY
	 	  


	 	 	 AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

		
	 	 	 [SEAL]

		
	 	 	 /s/


	 	 	 MICHAEL F. FOUST

	 	 	 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SECRETARY

		
	 	 	 /s/


	 	 	 A. WILLIAM STEIN

	 	 	 CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER


  
 DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. 
  
 THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED BY
THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON BENEFICIAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION’S MAINTENANCE OF ITS STATUS AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST (“REIT”) UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE
CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”). SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FURTHER RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE CORPORATION’S ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT, (I) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF
CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION IN EXCESS OF 9.8% OF THE VALUE OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION AND NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF THE CORPORATION’S COMMON STOCK IN EXCESS OF 9.8%
(BY VALUE OR BY NUMBER OF SHARES, WHICHEVER IS MORE RESTRICTIVE) OF THE OUTSTANDING COMMON STOCK OF THE CORPORATION; (II) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE CORPORATION BEING
“CLOSELY HELD” UNDER SECTION 856(h) OF THE CODE OR OTHERWISE CAUSE THE CORPORATION TO FAIL TO QUALIFY AS A REIT; AND (III) NO PERSON MAY TRANSFER SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK IF SUCH TRANSFER WOULD RESULT IN THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION
BEING OWNED BY FEWER THAN 100 PERSONS. ANY PERSON WHO 







 BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNS OR ATTEMPTS TO BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK IN
VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MUST IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE CORPORATION. IF ANY OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OR OWNERSHIP SET FORTH IN (I) OR (II) IS VIOLATED, THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO
THE TRUSTEE OF A TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES, AND ANY TRANSFER THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION BEING OWNED BY FEWER THAN 100 PERSONS SHALL BE VOID AB INITIO. IN ADDITION, THE CORPORATION
MAY REDEEM SHARES UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THAT OWNERSHIP OR A TRANSFER OR OTHER EVENT MAY VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE. FURTHERMORE,
UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS, ATTEMPTED TRANSFERS IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE MAY BE VOID AB INITIO. ALL TERMS IN THIS LEGEND THAT ARE DEFINED IN THE CHARTER OF THE CORPORATION SHALL HAVE THE MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO THEM
IN THE CHARTER OF THE CORPORATION, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, A COPY OF WHICH, INCLUDING THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP, WILL BE FURNISHED TO EACH HOLDER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK ON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE.
REQUESTS FOR SUCH A COPY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE. 
  
 The Corporation will furnish to any stockholder, on request and without charge, a full statement of the information required by Section 2-211(b) of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of
Maryland with respect to the designations and any preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption of the stock of each
class which the Corporation has authority to issue and, if the Corporation is authorized to issue any preferred or special class in series, (i) the differences in the relative rights and preferences between the shares of each series to the extent
set, and (ii) the authority of the Board of Directors to set such rights and preferences of subsequent series. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the charter of the
Corporation, a copy of which will be sent without charge to each stockholder who so requests. Such requests must be made to the Secretary of the Corporation at its principal office or to the Transfer Agent. 
  
 TEN COM – as tenants in common 
 TEN ENT – as tenants by the entireties 
 JT TEN – as joint tenants
with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common 
 UNIF GIFT/TRANS MIN ACT – (Cust) Custodian (Minor) under Uniform Gifts/Transfers to Minors Act
(State) 
 Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list. 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER UNTO 
 PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE 
 (Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address, Including Zip Code, of Assignee) 
 shares of the shares represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint 
 Attorney to
transfer the said shares on the books of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises. 
  
 Dated 
  
 NOTICE: The Signature To This Assignment Must Correspond With The Name As Written Upon The Face Of The Certificate In Every Particular, Without Alteration Or Enlargement Or Any Change Whatever. 
  
 SIGNATURE(S) GUARANTEED: 
  
 THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT
UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM), PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15. 







 KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN, MUTILATED OR DESTROYED, THE CORPORATION WILL REQUIRE A BOND
OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.