Public Storage and Shurgard Announce Date of Shareholder Meetings
July 24 2006 - 4:34PM
Business Wire
Public Storage, Inc. (NYSE:PSA) and Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc.
(NYSE:SHU) announced today that each will hold a shareholder
meeting on August 22, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. (PDT). As previously
announced, Public Storage and Shurgard shareholders of record at
the close of business on June 23, 2006 will be entitled to vote at
their respective meetings. About Public Storage, Inc. Public
Storage, Inc., a member of the S&P 500 and the Forbes Global
2000, is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed
real estate investment trust that primarily acquires, develops,
owns and operates self-storage facilities. Public Storage's
headquarters are located in Glendale, California. Public Storage's
self-storage properties are located in 37 states. At March 31,
2006, Public Storage had interests in 1,508 storage facilities with
approximately 92 million net rentable square feet. Additional
information about Public Storage, Inc. is available on its website,
www.publicstorage.com. About Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc.
Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. is a real estate investment trust
headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Shurgard specializes in all
aspects of the self-storage industry and operates a network of over
656 operating storage centers located throughout the United States
and in Europe. Additional information about Shurgard Storage
Centers, Inc. is available on its website, www.shurgard.com.
Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of
historical facts included in this press release are forward-looking
statements. All forward-looking statements speak only as the date
of this press release. Such forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may
cause the actual results to be materially different from any future
results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
Additional information or factors which could impact the companies
and the forward-looking statements contained herein are included in
each company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including in Part II, Item 1A, "Risk Factors," in Public Storage's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and 8-K and in Part I, Item 1A, "Risk
Factors," in Shurgard's Annual Report on Form 10-K. The companies
assume no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking
statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.
Additional Information and Where to Find It This press release does
not constitute an offer of any securities for sale. In connection
with the proposed transaction, Public Storage and Shurgard have
filed a definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus dated July 24,
2006 with the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a
registration statement regarding the proposed merger of Public
Storage and Shurgard. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO
READ THE DEFINITIVE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER
RELEVANT MATERIAL BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT
PUBLIC STORAGE AND SHURGARD AND THE PROPOSED MERGER. Investors and
security holders may obtain a free copy of the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus and other documents filed by Public Storage
and Shurgard with the SEC at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The
definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant
documents may also be obtained free of charge from Public Storage
or Shurgard by directing such request to: Public Storage, Inc. 701
Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201-2349, Attention: Investor
Relations or Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc., 1155 Valley Street,
Suite 400, Seattle, WA 98109-4426, Attention: Investor Relations.
Public Storage and Shurgard and their respective directors and
executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the
solicitation of proxies from the shareholders of Public Storage and
Shurgard in connection with the merger. Information about Public
Storage and its directors and executive officers, and their
ownership of Public Storage and information about Shurgard and its
directors and executive officers, and their ownership of Shurgard
securities, is set forth in the definitive joint proxy
statement/prospectus dated July 24, 2006 included in the
registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on April 20,
2006 and amended May 24, 2006, June 12, 2006, June 19, 2006 and
July 24, 2006. Additional information regarding the interests of
those persons may be obtained by reading the definitive proxy
statement/prospectus. This communication shall not constitute an
offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be
any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
No offering of securities shall be made except by means of a
prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities
Act of 1933.
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