---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-23-008415"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DLR"
cik: "0001297996"
company_name: "DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T15:11:56.139705+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Digital Realty closes $740M unsecured term loan due March 2025

## Summary
- Term loan facility of $740M; matures March 31, 2025, with one 12-month extension option at 0.1875% fee.
- Interest at SOFR plus margin (0.95% at closing); margins tied to debt ratings, ranging 0.80%-1.60% before extension.
- Proceeds for general corporate purposes; voluntary prepayment allowed without penalty; amounts cannot be reborrowed.
- Guaranteed by parent Digital Realty Trust, Inc. and certain subsidiaries; subject to financial covenants including unencumbered assets ratio.
- Distribution to stockholders restricted during an event of default, with exceptions to maintain REIT status.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-23-008415
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DLR
- cik: 0001297996
- company_name: DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-01-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523008415/0001193125-23-008415-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523008415/d413543d8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. incurred term loan of $740 million with Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and lenders at SOFR-based with applicable margin of 0.95% per annum maturing March 31, 2025.
  - Instrument: term loan
  - Principal: $740 million
  - Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent and lenders
  - Rate: SOFR-based with applicable margin of 0.95% per annum
  - Maturity: March 31, 2025
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On January 9, 2023, the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement were satisfied, and, on such date, the Term Loan was deemed executed and became effective. The Term Loan Agreement provides for a $740 million senior unsecured term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523008415/0001193125-23-008415-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  DIGITAL REALTY TRUST, INC. entered into Term Loan Agreement with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, certain lenders, and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, as escrow agent valued at $740 million (effective 2023-01-09).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: credit facility
  - Counterparty: Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, certain lenders, and Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, as escrow agent
  - Value: $740 million
  - Effective: 2023-01-09
  source text: On January 9, 2023, the terms and conditions of the Escrow Agreement were satisfied, and, on such date, the Term Loan was deemed executed and became effective.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1297996/000119312523008415/0001193125-23-008415-index.htm

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