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144
0001189229
XXXXXXXX
LIVE
0001101239
EQUINIX INC
001-40205
ONE LAGOON DRIVE
REDWOOD CITY
CA
94065
(650) 598-6000
PAISLEY CHRISTOPHER B
Director
Common
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
900 Salem Street
Smithfield
RI
02917
75
55365.00
93523257
05/16/2023
NASDAQ
Common
05/31/2018
Restricted Stock Vesting
Issuer
N
75
05/31/2018
Compensation
N
Paisley Living Trust
One Lagoon Drive
Redwood City
CA
94065
Common
02/16/2023
75
53081.25
Christopher Paisley executed today's transaction in the account of the Paisley Living Trust of which he is a trustee.
05/16/2023
08/18/2022
/s/ Jennifer Ruchti, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Christopher B. Paisley