QTS Declares $0.39 First Quarter Common Stock Dividend

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS), one of the nation's largest and fastest-growing providers of data center facilities and cloud services, announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a cash dividend of $0.39 per share on its common stock for the first quarter of 2017. The $0.39 per share dividend is payable on April 5, 2017 to common stockholders of record at the close of business on March 16, 2017. The $0.39 per share dividend rate represents an 8.3% increase over the 2016 quarterly per share dividend rate of $0.36 per share.

About QTS QTS Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: QTS) is a leading provider of secure, compliant data center, hybrid cloud and managed services. QTS features the nation's only fully integrated technology services platform providing flexible, scalable solutions for the federal government, financial services, healthcare and high tech industries. QTS owns, operates or manages more than 5 million square feet of data center space and supports more than 1,000 customers in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. In addition, QTS' Critical Facilities Management (CFM) provides increased efficiency and greater performance for third-party data center owners and operators. For more information, please visit www.qtsdatacenters.com, call toll-free 877.QTS.DATA or follow us on Twitter @DataCenters_QTS.

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