4,000,000 Shares of 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock $0.01 Par Value Per Share (Liquidation Preference $25.00 per Share) QTS REALTY TRUST, INC. UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • March 13th, 2018 • QualityTech, LP • Real estate investment trusts • New York
Introductory. QTS Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of 4,000,000 shares of its 7.125% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”). The 4,000,000 Shares to be issued and sold by the Company are being hereinafter called the “Firm Shares.” In addition, the Company has granted to the Underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 600,000 Shares, as provided in Section 2. The additional 600,000 Shares to be sold by the Company pursuant to such option are called the “Optional Shares.” The Firm Shares and, if and to the extent such option is exercised, the Optional Shares are collectively called the “Offered Shares.” The terms of the Offered Shares will be set forth in an Articles Supplementary with respect to the Shares (the “Articles Supplementary”) to be filed with the State Department of Assess
