Free Writing Prospectus

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-167458

July 19, 2011

PUBLIC STORAGE

17,000,000 DEPOSITARY SHARES

EACH REPRESENTING 1/1000 OF A 6.35% CUMULATIVE

PREFERRED SHARE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST, SERIES R

Final Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

Public Storage (PSA)

 

Security:

Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1000 of a 6.35% Cumulative Preferred Share of Beneficial Interest, Series R

 

Size:

17,000,000 depositary shares

 

Over-allotment Option:

2,550,000 depositary shares at $25.00 per depositary share

 

Type of Security:

SEC Registered - Registration Statement No. 333-167458

 

Public Offering Price:

$25.00 per depositary share; $425,000,000 total (not including over-allotment option)

 

Underwriting Discounts:

$0.7875 per share for Retail Orders; $11,973,543.75 total; and $0.50 per share for Institutional Orders; $897,750.00 total

 

Proceeds to the Company, before expenses:

$412,128,706.25 total

 

Estimated Company Expenses:

$575,000, other than the underwriting discount

 

Use of Proceeds:

We expect to use the net proceeds from this offering to redeem depositary shares representing interests in our 7.25% Cumulative Preferred Shares, Series K at $25.00 per share, together with accrued and unpaid dividends. If all such shares were redeemed, the total redemption amount would be approximately $424.8 million plus the accrued and unpaid dividends. The Series K preferred shares may be redeemed on or after August 8, 2011.

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

  Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

UBS Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Underwriting:

 

     Number of
Firm Shares
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

  Incorporated

     3,580,625   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     3,580,625   

UBS Securities LLC

     3,580,625   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     3,580,625   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     340,000   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     680,000   

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

     85,000   

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

     85,000   

Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.

     85,000   

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

     85,000   

Pershing LLC

     85,000   

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

     85,000   

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated

     85,000   

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

     85,000   

Advisors Asset Management

     42,500   

Ameriprise Advisors Services, Inc.

     42,500   

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott & Stringfellow, LLC

     42,500   

Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.

     42,500   

C. L. King & Associates, Inc.

     42,500   

City Securities Corporation

     42,500   

D.A. Davidson & Co.

     42,500   

Davenport & Company LLC

     42,500   

Drexel Hamilton, LLC

     42,500   

Halliday (HRC Investements Inc.)

     42,500   

J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc.

     42,500   

Jefferies & Co.

     42,500   

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

     42,500   

KeyBanc Capital Markets

     42,500   

Mesirow Financial, Inc.

     42,500   

Sanders Morris Harris Inc.

     42,500   

Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.

     42,500   

Stone & Youngberg LLC

     42,500   

Synovus Securities, Inc.

     42,500   

U.S. Bancorp Investment, Inc.

     42,500   

Wedbush Morgan Securities Inc.

     42,500   

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

     42,500   

Ziegler Capital Markets Group

     42,500   

 

Distribution Rights:

6.35% of the liquidation preference per annum; Distributions begin on September 30, 2011 (prorated from the settlement date)

 

Redemption:

The depositary shares may not be redeemed until on or after July 26, 2016, except in order to preserve our status as a real estate investment trust.

 

Trade Date:

July 19, 2011

 

Settlement Date:

July 26, 2011 (T+5)

 

Selling Concession:

$0.50/depositary share for Retail Orders; $0.30/depositary share for Institutional Orders

 

Reallowance to other dealers:

$0.45/depositary share for Retail Orders

 

CUSIP Number:

74460D125

 

ISIN Number:

US74460D1256

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus with the SEC) and prospectus supplement for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the prospectus supplement, and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus or prospectus supplement if you request it by calling (i) Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free 1-800-294-1322; (ii) Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll-free 1-866-718-1649; (iii) UBS Securities LLC toll-free 1-877-827-6444, ext. 561-3884; or (iv) Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free 1-800-326-5897.

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