| Item 1.01 | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On April 9, 2024, Public Storage (the “Company”) and Public Storage Operating Company, a subsidiary of the Company (“PSOC”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as joint book-running managers of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), for the sale of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes in two tranches (collectively, the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued by PSOC and guaranteed by the Company.
The first tranche of $700 million aggregate principal amount of floating rate senior notes due 2027 will bear interest at a rate equal to Compounded SOFR (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering), reset quarterly, plus 70 basis points, will be issued at 100.000% of par value and will mature on April 16, 2027 (the “floating rate notes”). PSOC will pay interest on the floating rate notes quarterly on April 16, July 16, October 16 and January 16 of each year, commencing July 16, 2024.
The second tranche of $300 million aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2053 will bear interest at an annual rate of 5.350%, will be issued at 98.249% of par value and will mature on August 1, 2053 (the “2053 notes”). PSOC will pay interest on the 2053 notes semi-annually on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing August 1, 2024. The 2053 notes will be issued as additional notes under the indenture pursuant to which PSOC previously issued $600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.350% Senior Notes due 2053 (the “initial 2053 notes”). The 2053 notes will have substantially identical terms as the initial 2053 notes, will be treated as a single series of securities with the initial 2053 notes under the indenture, will be fungible with the initial 2053 notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will have the same CUSIP number as the initial 2053 notes. Holders of the 2053 and the initial 2053 notes will vote together as one class under the indenture.
The offering of the Notes was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-273970 and 333-273970-01) filed by the Company and PSOC with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 14, 2023. A preliminary prospectus supplement, dated April 9, 2024, 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 “Securities Act”).
The offering is expected to close on April 16, 2024, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions. PSOC expects to use the net proceeds to repay its outstanding $700 million in aggregate principal amount of its floating rate senior notes due 2024 and for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions of self-storage facilities and repayment of other debt.
The Underwriters have performed investment banking and advisory services for the Company and PSOC 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 and PSOC in the ordinary course of their business.
The lenders under PSOC’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.; Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC; BNP Paribas, an affiliate of BNP Paribas Securities Corp.; The Bank of Nova Scotia, an affiliate of Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.; UBS AG, Stamford Branch, an affiliate of UBS Securities LLC; Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and PNC Bank, National Association, an affiliate of PNC Capital Markets LLC.
PSOC and the Company made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants concerning the Company, PSOC and the registration statement in the Underwriting Agreement and also agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The summary set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1.
