Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On April 14, 2021, Public Storage (the "Company") entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as managers of the several underwriters named therein (the "Underwriters"), for the sale of $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes in three tranches (collectively, the "Notes").

The first tranche of $700 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2024 will bear interest at a rate equal to Compounded SOFR (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering), reset quarterly, plus 47 basis points, will be issued at 100.000% of par value and will mature on April 23, 2024. The Company will pay interest on the floating rate notes quarterly on January 23, April 23, July 23 and October 23 of each year, commencing July 23, 2021.

The second tranche of $650 million aggregate principal amount of fixed rate senior notes due 2028 will bear interest at an annual rate of 1.850%, will be issued at 99.928% of par value and will mature on May 1, 2028. The third tranche of $650 million aggregate principal amount of fixed rate senior notes due 2031 will bear interest at an annual rate of 2.300%, will be issued at 99.653% of par value and will mature on May 1, 2031. The Company will pay interest on the fixed rate notes semi-annually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing November 1, 2021.

The Underwriting Agreement is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-231510) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 15, 2019. A preliminary prospectus supplement, dated April 14, 2021, relating to the Notes and supplementing the prospectus was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

The Underwriters have performed investment banking and advisory services for the Company from time to time for which they have received customary fees and expenses. The Underwriters may, from time to time, engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company in the ordinary course of their business.

The lenders under the Company's revolving credit facility include, among other financial institutions from time to time as lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., an affiliate of Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; JP Morgan Chase Bank N.A., an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC; Bank of America, N.A., an affiliate of BofA Securities, Inc.; Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC; and UBS AG, Stamford Branch, an affiliate of UBS Securities LLC. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is agent of the facility and also a lender under the revolving credit facility. Wells Fargo Bank, National Association is also the trustee under the indenture that governs the Company's outstanding senior notes and that will govern the Notes.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits




(d)  Exhibits



Exhibit
  No.

 1.1           Underwriting Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2021, by and among the
             Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
             and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as managers of the several
             underwriters named therein.

 5.1           Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP.

23.1           Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

104          Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
             document).

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