UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 23, 2010

 

 

DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		001-32336		26-0081711
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

560 Mission Street, Suite 2900 San Francisco, California		94105
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(415) 738-6500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(d)    On October 27, 2009, our Board of Directors, or the Board, appointed Robert H. Zerbst as an independent director to the Board. In our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 2, 2009 announcing the appointment of Mr. Zerbst to the Board, we stated that the committees of the Board on which Mr. Zerbst will serve had not yet been determined. The purpose of this amendment to that Current Report on Form 8-K is to disclose the committees to which Mr. Zerbst has been appointed.

On February 23, 2010, the Board appointed Mr. Zerbst to both the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. These appointments are effective as of February 23, 2010. Each of the committees consists solely of independent directors.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Date: March 1, 2010