▪if you are a shareholder of record, or you obtain a legal proxy from your broker, trustee or nominee, as applicable, attend the Annual Meeting and vote in person or via the Internet as provided for herein.
If not revoked, we will vote the proxy at the Annual Meeting in accordance with your instructions indicated on the proxy card, voting instruction card or, if submitted over the Internet, as indicated on the submission.
Cost of this Proxy Solicitation
We bear all proxy solicitation costs. In addition to solicitations by mail, our Board, our officers and our regular employees, without additional remuneration, may solicit proxies by telephone, facsimile, electronic transmission, and personal interviews.
We will request brokers, banks, custodians, and other fiduciaries to forward proxy soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of common shares. We will reimburse them for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with distributing proxy materials.
Contacting our Transfer Agent
Please contact Public Storage’s transfer agent, at the phone number or address listed below, with any questions concerning share certificates, dividend checks, transfer of ownership, or other matters pertaining to your share account:
Computershare Investor Services
P.O. Box 43006
Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3006
Phone: (781) 575-3120
Consideration of Candidates for Trustee
Shareholder Recommendations. The policy of the NGS Committee is to consider properly submitted shareholder recommendations of candidates for membership on the Board. Under this policy, only shareholders who would be entitled to submit shareholder proposals under SEC rules may submit shareholder recommendations. In evaluating recommendations, the NGS Committee seeks to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience, and capability on the Board and to address the membership criteria described above. Any shareholder recommendations proposed for consideration by the NGS Committee should include the candidate’s name and qualifications for Board membership, including the information required under Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, and should be addressed to: Public Storage, 2811 Internet Boulevard, Frisco, Texas 75034, Attention: Corporate Secretary.
Deadline to Propose or Nominate Individuals to Serve as Trustees for the 2027 Annual Meeting. To nominate an individual for election at the 2027 annual meeting of shareholders (2027 Annual Meeting), a shareholder must give timely notice to the Corporate Secretary in accordance with our Bylaws, which, in general, require that the notice be received by the Corporate Secretary no earlier than the close of business on November 27, 2026, and no later than the close of business on December 27, 2026, unless the date of mailing of the notice for the 2027 Annual Meeting is advanced by more than 30 days before or delayed by more than 60 days after the anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for this year’s Annual Meeting, in which case the nomination must be delivered no earlier than the close of business on the 120th day and no later than the close of business on the later of the 90th day prior to the mailing of the notice for such meeting or the tenth day following the date we announce publicly the date of mailing of the notice for the 2027 Annual Meeting.
