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Exhibit

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. 

[DIRECTOR NAME]
[ADDRESS]

Re: Director Confidentiality Agreement

Dear [DIRECTOR]:

This Director Confidentiality Agreement (this “Agreement”) governs the disclosure of information by and between the Digital Group, defined below, and you.  For good and valuable consideration, and in consideration for your membership with the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), you and the Company agree as follows:
1.Confidentiality.
(a)    During the term of your service as director of the Company and for the duration set forth in Section 1(g) below, you shall be prohibited, directly or indirectly, from disseminating, otherwise disclosing, and/or using for any purpose, including, without limitation, for your personal benefit, any Confidential Information (as defined below), except (i) as may be required by law, (ii) in the proper performance of your service as a director or (iii) as authorized in writing by the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement will prohibit, or be construed to prohibit, you from filing a charge with, reporting possible violations of federal law or regulation to, or participating, cooperating with or providing information (including trade secrets) in confidence to any governmental agency or entity, including but not limited to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Congress, or any agency Inspector General, making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower, anti-discrimination, or anti-retaliation provisions of federal, state or local law or regulation, or from providing information (including trade secrets) to your attorney or in a sealed complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other governmental proceeding; provided, however, that you may not disclose information of the Digital Group that is protected by the attorney-client privilege, except as otherwise required by law.  You do not need the prior authorization of the Company to make any such reports or disclosures, and you are not required to notify the Company that you have made such reports or disclosures.
(b)    “Confidential Information” in whatever form (oral, written, electronic or otherwise) includes, but is not limited to: (i) all trade secrets or privileged records of the Company, Digital Realty Trust, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), or their respective subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, the “Digital Group”); (ii) all information concerning the business of the Digital Group which is not intended to be disseminated (in whole or in part) to the public or other participants in the trades or businesses of the Digital Group, and/or which is otherwise not generally known to competitors; (iii) all information relating to the past, present or future business or affairs of the Digital Group, including customer and vendor information, 

development and acquisition activities, and proprietary information technology of the Digital Group which a reasonable person with knowledge of the industry in which the Digital Group operates would conclude is desirable for the Digital Group to maintain as confidential information; and (iv) all information provided to the Digital Group by third parties which information is subject to a duty by any member of the Digital Group to maintain as confidential.
(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, Confidential Information shall not include any information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of any unauthorized disclosure by you; (ii) was in your possession prior to your election to the Board free of any obligation of confidentiality; or (iii) is independently developed by you outside the scope of your service as a director without reliance in any way on the information provided by the Digital Group.
(d)    If you are required to disclose any Confidential Information by a court order or other specific governmental action, you may comply with such disclosure requirement, unless the Digital Group, at its own expense, is successful in having the effect of such requirement stayed pending an appeal or further review thereof, or revised, rescinded or otherwise nullified.  In all events, you agree to notify the Company promptly if at any time a request or demand of any kind is made to you to disclose any Confidential Information.  The Company shall have the right, at its cost, to intervene in any proceeding in which you are being asked to disclose any Confidential Information.
(e)    Upon termination of your service as a director of the Company, you will not receive or remove from the files or offices of the Digital Group any originals or copies of documents or other materials (physical, electronic or otherwise) of the Digital Group, and you will return any such documents or materials (physical, electronic or otherwise) otherwise in your possession.  You further agree that, upon termination of your service as a director of the Company, you will maintain in strict confidence and not disclose the projects in which any member of the Digital Group is involved or contemplating. 
(f)    At the Company or the Digital Group’s request, upon termination of your service as a director of the Company, you agree to turn over to the Company or the Digital Group all notes, data, disks, tapes, lists, reference items, memoranda, records and other materials in any way relating to any Confidential Information, and other documents which are in your possession or control belonging to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or relating to its business, unless such Confidential Information is subject to a pending litigation hold or is required by law to be retained by you.
(g)    The covenants of confidentiality set forth in this Agreement will continue and must be maintained from the date hereof until (i) with respect to trade secrets (as defined by applicable law), the time period following your resignation or removal as a director during which such trade secrets maintain their status as such under applicable law, and (ii) with respect to all other Confidential Information, a period of ten (10) years has elapsed following your resignation or removal as a director.
2.    Miscellaneous.

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(a)    In case any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or otherwise unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall in no way be affected or impaired thereby.
(b)    No delay or omission by the Company in exercising any right under this Agreement will operate as a waiver of that or any other right.  A waiver or consent given by the Company on any one occasion is effective only in that instance and will not be construed as a bar to or waiver of any right on any other occasion.
(c)    Any notice required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered as follows, with notice deemed given as indicated:  (a) by personal delivery, when actually delivered; (b) by overnight courier, upon written verification of receipt; (c) by facsimile transmission, upon acknowledgment of receipt of electronic transmission; or (d) by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, upon verification of receipt.  Notices to Company shall be sent to Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3200, San Francisco, CA 94111 to the attention of the Legal Department or to such other address as the Company may specify in writing.
(d)    This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of California (without reference to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof).  Any action, suit, or other legal proceeding which is commenced to resolve any matter arising under or relating to any provision of this Agreement shall be commenced only in a court of California (or, if appropriate, a federal court located within California), and each party consents to the jurisdiction of such a court.  Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably waives any right to a trial by jury in any action, suit or other legal proceeding arising under or relating to any provision of this Agreement.
(e)    This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, between you and the Company relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.  This Agreement may not be modified, changed or discharged in whole or in part, except by an agreement in writing signed by the each party to this Agreement.
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Please confirm your agreement to the foregoing by signing and dating the enclosed duplicate original of this letter in the space provided below for your signature and returning it to Joshua A. Mills, General Counsel of the Company.  Please retain one fully-executed original for your files.

Sincerely,

Digital Realty Trust, Inc., 
a Maryland corporation

By:                    
Name: 
Title: 

Accepted and Agreed,
this ____ day of ___________, 2017.

By:                      
[DIRECTOR NAME]

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Exhibit 10.1

THIS UNSECURED PROMISSORY NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.  NO SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER SAID ACT OR AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER SATISFACTORY TO THE PAYOR THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT OR RECEIPT OF A NO-ACTION LETTER FROM THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.

UNSECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

$400,000.00    
February 27, 2017
Thornton, Colorado

For value received, Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Payor”), promises to pay to Global Ichiban Ltd or its assigns (“Holder”) the principal sum of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000.00) with interest on the outstanding principal amount at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum.  Interest shall commence with the date of funding.  Interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days for the actual number of days elapsed.  The principal and accrued interest on this note (the “Note”) shall be due and payable on August 27, 2017 (the “Maturity Date”), provided that the Maturity Date of all Notes (as defined below) may be extended with the written consent of Holder.
1.The obligations under this Note will be unsecured.
2.    All payments of interest and principal shall be in lawful money of the United States of America and shall be made pro rata among all Holders.  All payments shall be applied first to accrued expenses due under this Note, next to interest and thereafter to principal.
3.    The entire outstanding principal balance and all unpaid accrued interest shall become fully due and payable on the Maturity Date.  On the Maturity Date, Payor shall pay the Holder the outstanding principal balance, plus an amount equal to all accrued interest.
4.    Promptly upon the occurrence thereof, Payor shall furnish to Holder written notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default (as defined below) hereunder.

5.    If action is instituted to collect this Note, the Payor promises to pay all costs and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred in connection with such action.
6.    Payor may prepay this Note prior to the Maturity Date.
7.    If there shall be any Event of Default hereunder, at the option of, and upon the declaration of the Holder of this Note and upon written notice to the Payor (which election and notice shall not be required in the case of an Event of Default under Section 7(b) or 7(c)), this Note shall accelerate and all principal and unpaid accrued interest shall become due and payable.  The occurrence of any one or more of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:
(a)    Payor fails to pay timely any of the principal amount due under any of the Notes on the date the same becomes due and payable or any accrued interest or other amounts due under any of the Notes on the date the same becomes due and payable;
(b)    Payor (i) files any petition or action for relief under any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or moratorium law or any other law for the relief of, or relating to, debtors, now or hereafter in effect; (ii) makes any assignment for the benefit of creditors or takes any corporate action in furtherance of any of the foregoing; (iii) applies for or consents to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator or custodian of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property; (iv) is unable, or admits in writing its inability, to pay its debts generally as they mature, (v) is dissolved or liquidated; (vi) becomes insolvent (as such term may be defined or interpreted under any applicable statute); or (vii) takes any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or
(c)    An involuntary petition is filed against Payor (unless such petition is dismissed or discharged within thirty (30) days under any bankruptcy statute now or hereafter in effect) or a custodian, receiver, trustee, assignee for the benefit of creditors (or other similar official) is appointed to take possession, custody or control of any property of Payor.
8.    Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in Section 7(b) or 7(c)) and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such Event of Default, Holder may, by written notice to the Payor, declare all outstanding principal and accrued interest on this Note immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived.  Upon the occurrence or existence of any Event of Default described in Section 7(b) or 7(c), immediately and without notice, all outstanding principal and interest on this Note shall automatically become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived.

9.    The Payor hereby waives notice of default, presentment or demand for payment, protest or notice of nonpayment or dishonor and all other notices or demands relative to this Note.
10.    This Note shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Colorado, as applied to agreements among Colorado residents, made and to be performed entirely within the State of Colorado, without giving effect to conflicts of laws principles.
11.    Any term of this Note (excluding the principal amount of the Note and the interest rate of the Note) may be amended or waived with the written consent of Payor and Holder.  Upon the effectuation of such waiver or amendment in conformance with this Section 11, the Payor shall promptly give written notice thereof to the record holders of the Notes who have not previously consented thereto in writing.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Payor and Holder have caused this Note to be executed as of the date first written above.

PAYOR:

ASCENT SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

By:    /s/ Victor Lee
Name:  Victor Lee
Title:  Chief Executive Officer

HOLDER:

GLOBAL ICHIBAN LTD

For and on Behalf of
LT Asia Management Ltd

By:    /s/ Ashley Ong
Name:  Ashley Ong
Title:  Director

SIGNATURE PAGE TO UNSECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

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