Free Writing Prospectus

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-167458

January 7, 2013

PUBLIC STORAGE

18,000,000 DEPOSITARY SHARES

EACH REPRESENTING 1/1000 OF A 5.20% CUMULATIVE

PREFERRED SHARE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST, SERIES W

Final Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

Public Storage (PSA)

 

Security:

Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1000 of a 5.20% Cumulative Preferred Share of Beneficial Interest, Series W

 

Size:

18,000,000 depositary shares

 

Over-allotment Option:

2,700,000 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; $450,000,000 total (not including over-allotment option)

 

Underwriting Discounts:

$0.7875 per share for Retail Orders; $12,433,050 total; and $0.50 per share for Institutional Orders; $1,106,000 total

 

Proceeds to the Company, before expenses:

$436,460,950 total (not including the over-allotment option)

 

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

     4,016,250   

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     4,016,250   

UBS Securities LLC

     4,016,250   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     4,016,250   

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

     135,000   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

     135,000   

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

     135,000   

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     135,000   

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

     135,000   


Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

     135,000   

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

     135,000   

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated

     135,000   

Wedbush Securities Inc.

     135,000   

Advisors Asset Management

     45,000   

B.C. Ziegler and Company

     45,000   

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

     45,000   

C.L. King & Associates, Inc.

     45,000   

City Securities Corporation

     45,000   

D.A. Davidson & Co.

     45,000   

Davenport & Company LLC

     45,000   

HRC Investment Services, Inc.

     45,000   

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

     45,000   

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.

     45,000   

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

     45,000   

Mesirow Financial, Inc.

     45,000   

Southwest Securities, Inc.

     45,000   

Sterne Agee & Leach, Inc.

     45,000   

Synovus Securities, Inc.

     45,000   

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

     45,000   

 

Distribution Rights:

5.20% of the liquidation preference per annum; Distributions begin on March 31, 2013 (prorated from the settlement date)

 

Redemption:

The depositary shares may not be redeemed until on or after January 16, 2018, except in order to preserve our status as a real estate investment trust.

 

Trade Date:

January 7, 2013

 

Settlement Date:

January 16, 2013 (T+7)

 

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:

74460W 875

 

ISIN Number:

US74460W8753

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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