PSA-M Public Storage

Proposal 1:

Election of Trustees

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PROPOSAL 1

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Our Board has nominated thirteen trustees for election at this year’s Annual Meeting to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders.

Each of the thirteen nominees has agreed to be named in this proxy statement and to serve on the Board if elected. We expect all nominees to attend the Annual Meeting.

If any of our nominees becomes unavailable to stand for election, the proxies named on the proxy card intend to vote your Common Stock for the election of any substitute nominee proposed by the Board.

As discussed more fully below, the proposed slate of thirteen nominees represents a reduction from the Board’s current size of fourteen trustees and reflects the Board’s determination that reducing the size of the Board, while maintaining an appropriate mix of skills, experience, and personal qualities, creates an effective, well-functioning Board that serves the best interests of Public Storage and our shareholders. The Board will be reduced in size effective at the Annual Meeting.

The Board is responsible for overseeing management and providing sound governance on behalf of our shareholders. The Board and each of its committees have an active role in overseeing management of the Company’s risks, a responsibility that the Board believes is one of its most important areas of oversight.

The Board carries out its responsibilities through (1) the effective collaboration of our highly capable and experienced trustees; (2) a well-crafted Board structure, which includes separate individuals holding the positions of the CEO, the Chairman of the Board, and the Lead Independent Trustee; (3) a strong committee structure that enables trustees to provide the appropriate level of focused oversight and subject-matter expertise; and (4) adherence to our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Trustees’ Code of Ethics.

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BOARD COMPOSITION HIGHLIGHTS

Each of our nominees is a current trustee and well-qualified to serve on our Board based on education, experience, and personal qualities. Our trustees provide a variety of points of view that improve the quality of dialogue, contribute to a more effective decision-making process, and enhance overall culture in the boardroom. Our trustee-nominees represent a diversity of professional experience, race, ethnicity, gender, age, and cultural background, including:

2023 Trustee Nominees
Independence		Gender Diversity
Racial Diversity*		Age Diversity

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BOARD EVALUATIONS AND NOMINATIONS

In our annual Board evaluation and nomination process, the NGS Committee evaluates our trustees—individually and as a group—in light of the current needs of the Board and the Company. This annual evaluation process reviews the effectiveness of the Board, its committees, and trustees, with a focus on Board composition, culture, and administration. In addition, during the course of the year, the NGS Committee discusses Board succession and reviews potential trustee candidates. The NGS Committee has in the past retained third parties to assist in identifying potential nominees.

Our annual evaluation process involves assessments at the Board, Board committee, and individual trustee levels under the direction of the NGS Committee Chair and the Chairman of the Board. Each trustee completes an anonymous written questionnaire, which is followed with an individual conversation with the NGS Committee Chair to review themes identified in the responses to the questionnaires and discuss other evaluation topics. Following conclusion of the individual interviews, the NGS Committee Chair discusses with the NGS Committee the aggregated results of the written questionnaires and the NGS Committee Chair’s conversations with individual trustees. The NGS Committee Chair also presents committee-specific feedback to each of the Audit Committee Chair and CHC Committee Chair and reports the results of the annual evaluation process to the full Board. This process assists the Board in determining the appropriate nominees for election based on current Company and Board needs. In addition, the NGS Committee takes into consideration its ongoing evaluation of potential new trustee candidates when recommending a slate of nominees for election to the Board at each annual meeting of shareholders.

As discussed more fully below under “Board Refreshment and Succession Strategy,” our 2022 Board evaluation process confirmed a belief within the Board that the Board should be reduced in size to facilitate greater efficiency and effectiveness. The result of the Board’s subsequent deliberations is the slate of thirteen nominees submitted for election at the Annual Meeting, reflecting a reduction in the Board’s size by one trustee while maintaining a robust mix of skills, experience, and personal qualities.

BOARD QUALIFICATIONS

The NGS Committee has developed a matrix of skills to assess the qualifications of trustee candidates, including:

The NGS Committee considers all these relevant attributes of each Board candidate with the goal of nominating a diverse slate of candidates with an appropriate combination of skills, experience, and personal qualities that will best serve the Board and its committees, our Company, and our shareholders.

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BOARD REFRESHMENT AND SUCCESSION STRATEGY

Our Board and the NGS Committee understand the importance of Board refreshment. We aim to strike a balance between the knowledge that comes from longer-term service on the Board with the new experience, ideas, and energy that can come from adding new trustees. We regularly consider whether the range of our Board’s tenure appropriately encompasses trustees who have historic institutional knowledge of Public Storage and the competitive environment, complemented by newer trustees with varied backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. As a result of our ongoing Board refreshment efforts, the average tenure of the thirteen trustees submitted for re-election at the Annual Meeting is 6.7 years.

The NGS Committee takes a strategic approach to refreshment and succession planning. The NGS Committee’s approach includes considering the Company’s business strategy, regularly refining its list of the skills necessary for effective Company oversight over the short- and long-term, regularly assessing how the current Board meets these targeted skills, and identifying skills and backgrounds that should be bolstered by adding new trustees.

These ongoing strategic assessments are supported and informed by the rigorous annual evaluation process performed under the direction of the NGS Committee Chair and the Chairman of the Board at the Board, Board committee, and individual trustee levels.

We also consider any meaningful changes in the job responsibilities or business associations of a trustee in the event of any such change. Our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Trustees’ Code of Ethics permit the NGS Committee to request that a trustee resign if such change impairs the trustee’s effectiveness. The NGS Committee also takes into account anticipated trustee retirements as it considers its long-term Board composition goals. In addition, as part of our shareholder engagement dialogue, we have in the past discussed with our investors the composition and performance of our Board, and we will continue to do so upon request or as otherwise appropriate.

As noted above, our 2022 Board evaluation process confirmed the Board’s belief that the number of trustees should be reduced in order to facilitate a more efficiently- and effectively-functioning Board. Accordingly, beginning in late 2022 and continuing into early 2023, the NGS Committee, led by the NGS Committee Chair, the Chairman of the Board, and the Lead Independent Trustee, considered how best to reduce the size of the Board. The NGS Committee weighed the core trustee attributes, diversity qualities, and additional professional skills, experience, and knowledge of each of our existing trustees against the Board’s and Company’s perceived needs, the desired size of the Board, and other feedback identified through the 2022 Board evaluation process.

After deliberation, the NGS Committee recommended to the Board, and the Board agreed, that the Board should be reduced in size to thirteen trustees effective at the Annual Meeting, as reflected in the slate of nominees submitted for election. Assuming the election of this year’s proposed trustee nominees, we believe we will have a good balance between tenured trustees with significant experience with the Company and newer trustees with fresh perspectives. The proposed slate of nominees constitutes a strong, independent Board that will be well-positioned to navigate the current challenging business environment and accelerate the Company’s growth and accomplishment of key corporate objectives for the benefit of all of our stakeholders.

BOARD FOCUS ON DIVERSITY

Board succession and ensuring an appropriate diversity of views and experience are key focus areas for the NGS Committee and the Board. Our Board, including the nominees submitted for election at the Annual Meeting, reflects diverse perspective and a complementary mix of skills, experience, and

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backgrounds that we believe are paramount to our ability to represent the interests of all stakeholders. Our Board recognizes the importance of diversity and supports management’s efforts to enhance all aspects of diversity throughout the Company.

Our trustee nominees, 85% of whom are independent, have a broad range of experience in varying fields, including real estate, finance, financial reporting, banking, international affairs, governance, marketing, retail, operations, legal, and cybersecurity/technology. A majority of our trustees hold or have held directorships at other U.S. public companies. Five of our trustee nominees, in addition to our Chairman and our CEO, have served as CEOs, and all have demonstrated superb leadership and analytical skills gained from deep experience in management, finance, and corporate governance.

Four of our trustee nominees are women, and four are racially diverse or self-identify as being from an underrepresented community. Additionally, our Chairman and our CEO have provided meaningful in-person opportunities for the Board to interact with key members of management beyond our executive officers on a quarterly basis. Half of our current executive officers are diverse (including our Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Legal Officer). Similarly, 52% of our nearly 5,900 employees are people of color and 67% of our employees are female.

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TRUSTEE NOMINEES SKILLS SUMMARY

The Board believes that our trustee nominees provide Public Storage with the combined skills, experience, and personal qualities needed for an effective and engaged Board.

 

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VOTE REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDATION

For the election of trustees, trustee nominees receiving an affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting will be elected. For purposes of the vote on this proposal, abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the vote.

The Board recommends voting FOR all trustee nominees.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BOARD ENGAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT

Our Board has been a critical resource for senior management and has provided invaluable insight and oversight, including as senior management formulated and implemented the organic and external growth strategy the Company shared at its 2021 Investor Day. The Board and our senior leadership team engage regularly and collaborate closely to ensure the Company meets its commitments to all stakeholders, including our employees, customers, and our shareholders.

One of the Board’s highest priorities continues to be guiding the development and execution of the Company’s long-term strategy. The Board remains focused on working with management to develop strategies to accelerate growth and create long-term value for our shareholders.

GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE

Our Board oversees our CEO and other senior management to ensure that the long-term interests of the Company and our shareholders are best served. We expect our trustees to take a proactive, focused approach to executing their oversight responsibilities.

Our governance structure is designed to foster principled actions, informed and effective decision-making, and appropriate monitoring of performance, risk, and compliance. Our key governance documents, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines and Trustees’ Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics for Senior Financial Officers, and our committee charters, are available on the Investor Relations section of our website at publicstorage.com or by writing to Public Storage, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, California 91201, Attention: Corporate Secretary. We will disclose any substantive amendments to or waivers of any of our ethics policies and standards on our website and in accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) requirements.

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

One of the Board’s key responsibilities is to determine the optimal leadership structure to provide effective oversight of management. As a result, the Board does not have a policy as to whether the roles of Chairman and CEO should be separated or combined. The Board believes that Public Storage shareholders are best served when the Board has flexibility to consider the relevant facts and circumstances to ensure that the Board leadership structure best reflects the needs of the Company at that time.

Prior to January 1, 2019, when Ronald L. Havner, Jr., retired as CEO, the roles of Chairman and CEO were combined and held by Mr. Havner. Upon Mr. Havner’s retirement, the Board determined that he would remain Chairman of the Board, and the roles of Chairman and CEO have been separately held by Mr. Havner and Mr. Russell, respectively, since January 1, 2019.

The Chairman typically attends our annual meeting of shareholders and has the power to call special meetings of shareholders. The Chairman also has the power to call meetings of the Board and act as chairman of such meetings. In addition to conversations our Chairman has with shareholders at our annual meetings, the Chairman may also participate in informal meetings with shareholders. The Chairman regularly engages with the CEO, Lead Independent Trustee, chairs of Board committees, and other members of the Board regarding issues related to Board structure. The Chairman also assists the CHC Committee with the annual performance review of our CEO.

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Our Board established the position of Lead Independent Trustee in 2011 to provide for an independent leadership role on the Board when the roles of Chairman and CEO are combined or when the Chairman is otherwise not independent. Notwithstanding that the Chairman and CEO roles were separated on January 1, 2019, we maintain the Lead Independent Trustee role as a matter of good corporate governance and to bolster the independence of the Board.

We describe more fully the role of the Lead Independent Trustee in our Corporate Governance Guidelines. Among other things, the Lead Independent Trustee presides at all executive sessions of the independent trustees and assists in the recruitment and selection of new trustees. When the roles of Chairman and CEO are combined, the Lead Independent Trustee assists the CHC Committee with the annual performance review of our CEO. Our Lead Independent Trustee is David Neithercut, who was appointed in January 2021. Mr. Neithercut’s prior experience as chief executive officer of a large publicly-traded REIT, including with respect to risk oversight, is particularly valuable in his role as the Lead Independent Trustee.

BOARD COMMITTEES

The three standing committees of the Board are the Audit, Compensation, and NGS Committees. The Board has determined that each member of the Audit, CHC, and NGS Committees is independent in accordance with NYSE rules.

Each committee has a charter that generally states the purpose of the committee and outlines the committee’s structure and responsibilities. Each committee reviews the adequacy of its charter annually. The following lists the number of meetings held by each committee in 2022:

The current membership and primary areas of responsibility of our Board committees are as follows:

Audit Committee

Members: Kristy M. Pipes (Chair), Rebecca Owen, Avedick B. Poladian, and Tariq M. Shaukat

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Compensation and Human Capital Committee

Members: Avedick B. Poladian (Chair), Michelle Millstone-Shroff, Shankh S. Mitra, Ronald P. Spogli, and Paul S. Williams

Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee

Members: Ronald P. Spogli (Chair), Leslie S. Heisz, David J. Neithercut, Kristy M. Pipes, and Paul S. Williams

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PROXY ACCESS

Our Amended and Restated Bylaws (Bylaws) provide for proxy access, thereby giving our shareholders an even greater voice in trustee elections. A shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, owning at least 3% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock continuously for at least three years may include in our proxy materials trustee nominees constituting up to the greater of two trustees or 20% of the number of trustees on the Board, provided that the shareholder and the nominees satisfy the eligibility requirements in our Bylaws. There are no qualifying shareholder nominations for inclusion in our proxy statement.

BOARD’S ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

Our Board is responsible for overseeing our Company-wide approach to the identification, assessment, and management of short-term, intermediate-term, and long-term risks facing the Company. The Board recognizes its responsibility for overseeing the assessment and management of risks that may threaten successful execution of our long-term strategies, and the Board consults with outside advisors and experts when necessary. All of our trustees bring risk management experience from their principal occupation or other professional experience, including service on other boards and attendance at pertinent seminars and director education programs.

The Board’s risk management processes include a comprehensive ERM framework focused on:

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Critical components of our risk oversight framework include regular assessments among risk owners to identify and assess key risks facing the Company. Our executive team calibrates risk owner assessments across each of our key risk categories and leads efforts to identify mitigation controls to reduce the Company’s exposure to risks.

To ensure our risk profile is appropriately reflected in our public disclosures, members of our legal and finance teams, as well as our Vice President, Enterprise Risk and Compliance, participate in quarterly meetings with the Audit Committee regarding risk oversight.

Oversight for certain specific risks falls under the responsibilities of our Board committees. The committees regularly advise the full Board of their oversight activities.

The Audit Committee focuses on financial, reputational, legal, information security, and other risks affecting the Company. The Audit Committee also discusses the Company’s policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management. The Audit Committee engages quarterly with members of management, including from the finance, legal, enterprise risk and compliance, information technology, and internal audit functions, as well as external experts as appropriate, to assess the risk environment, including current and anticipated risks, and the Audit Committee in turn provides reports to the full Board.

The Compensation and Human Capital Committee focuses on risks related to our compensation program, including evaluating appropriate compensation incentives relating to the compensation of our executives and employees, our human capital, and management succession matters.

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In connection with preparing the report for the CHC Committee’s consideration, members of our senior management team, including our CEO and Chief Administrative Officer, reviewed the target metrics for all of our employee incentive compensation plans. At the completion of the review, management and the CHC Committee concluded that our incentive compensation plans did not create undue risks for the Company.

The Nominating, Governance, and Sustainability Committee focuses on risks associated with succession planning, corporate governance, Board effectiveness, ESG, and public policy matters, including political and charitable contributions. The NGS Committee also supports the Board in identifying and overseeing risks associated with ESG and sustainability matters and, as appropriate, coordinates with other Board committees on such matters (such as the CHC Committee with respect to ESG-related compensation metrics and social and human capital issues and the Audit Committee with respect to internal controls regarding ESG reporting).

Our Board and Board committees regularly receive presentations from management on risks to the business. Additionally, all trustees have access to members of management if a trustee wishes to follow up on items discussed outside of the Board or committee meeting.

CYBERSECURITY

Public Storage devotes significant resources to protecting and continuing to improve the security of our computer systems, software, networks, and other technology assets. Our security efforts are designed to preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and continued availability of all information owned by, or in the care of, the Company and protect against, among other things, cybersecurity attacks by unauthorized parties attempting to obtain access to confidential information, destroy data, disrupt or degrade service, sabotage systems, or cause other damage. We are also committed to compliance with applicable data privacy requirements, and, in this regard, our data security program is supported by policies and procedures, as well as third party contractual provisions, directed at protecting the privacy of our, our customers’, and our employees’ data.

Board Oversight

Our Board considers cybersecurity risk one of the most significant risks to our business. The Board has delegated to the Audit Committee oversight of cybersecurity and other information technology risks affecting the Company. The Audit Committee periodically evaluates our cybersecurity strategy to ensure its effectiveness. Management provides quarterly reports to the Audit Committee regarding cybersecurity and other information technology risks, and the Audit Committee in turn provides reports to the full Board.

As part of our Board refreshment efforts in recent years, we have focused on adding trustees with information technology skills. Currently, six members of our Board, including all four members of our Audit Committee, have cybersecurity experience from their principal occupation or other professional experience. In addition, several members of our Board and Audit Committee have received or are pursuing various board-level cybersecurity certifications, such as the NACD Cyber-Risk Oversight certification and the Digital Directors Network certification on Cyber Risk Governance for Public Company Corporate Directors. Several trustees have also attended third-party director education courses on cybersecurity, including cyber risk governance, and data privacy issues and trends in the last year.

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Cybersecurity Risk Identification and Management

A dedicated team of technology professionals works throughout the year to monitor all matters of risk relating to cybersecurity. Our Chief Technology Officer and our Vice President, Management Information Systems, oversee our information security program and report to our executive management team through our Chief Administrative Officer. Their teams are responsible for leading enterprise-wide cyber resilience strategy, policy, standards, architecture, and processes.

We identify and address information security risks by employing a defense-in-depth methodology, consisting of both proactive and reactive elements, that provides multiple, redundant defensive measures and prescribes actions to take in case a security control fails or a vulnerability is exploited. We leverage internal resources, along with strategic external partnerships, to mitigate cybersecurity threats to the Company. We have partnerships for Security Operations Center (SOC) services, penetration testing (PENTEST), incident response (IR), and various third-party assessments. We deploy both commercially available solutions and proprietary systems to manage threats to our information technology environment actively.

Our cybersecurity oversight infrastructure is part of our internal control environment, and our controls include information security standards. In addition, we are certified against top information security standards, specifically the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), to ensure we comply with this rigorous standard specifically for the safe handling and protection of credit card data. Annually, we are assessed, either internally or by an independent third-party, against the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cyber Security Framework. We also have policies and procedures to oversee and identify the cybersecurity risks associated with our use of third-party service providers, including the regular review of SOC reports, relevant cyber attestations, and other independent cyber ratings. These processes include technical controls and processes, as well as contractual mechanisms to mitigate risk. Additionally, throughout the year, we utilize reports prepared by our external partners, which provide an independent ranking of our cybersecurity maturity and coverage, to assess our cyber proficiency on a standalone basis and comparatively against peers and other companies. Our cyber proficiency consistently ranks as “advanced.” We also regularly engage appropriate external resources regarding emerging threats to navigate the diverse cybersecurity landscape.

In addition to ensuring adequate safeguards are in place to minimize the chance of a successful cyber-attack, the Company has established well-defined response procedures to address any cyber event that may occur despite these robust safeguards. These response procedures are designed to identify, analyze, contain, and remediate such cyber incidents to ensure a timely, consistent, and compliant response to actual or attempted data incidents impacting the Company. Each year, the Company tests these response procedures, including through disaster response and business continuity plan exercises, in our continuous effort to adapt to the evolving threat landscape. These exercises are intended to challenge and validate our information security response and resources through simulated cybersecurity incidents, including engagement of outside cybersecurity legal counsel, other third party partners, executive management, and our Board.

The Company takes data protection seriously and ensures every employee understands their role in keeping Public Storage safe from cyber-attacks. We employ a robust information security and training program for our employees, including mandatory computer-based training, regular internal communications, and ongoing end-user testing to measure the effectiveness of our information security program. As part of this commitment, we require our employees to complete a Cybersecurity Awareness eCourse and acknowledge our Information Security policy each year. In addition, we have an established schedule and process for regular phishing awareness campaigns that are designed to

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emulate real-world contemporary threats and provide immediate feedback (and, if necessary, additional training or remedial action) to employees.

We have experienced no material information security breaches in the last three years. As such, we have not spent any material amount of capital on addressing information security breaches in the last three years, nor have we incurred any material expenses from penalties and settlements related to a material breach during this same time.

We believe we are adequately insured against losses related to a potential information security breach, and we maintain cybersecurity insurance coverage that we believe is appropriate for the size and complexity of our business.

POLITICAL AND CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS

Our NGS Committee oversees the Company’s political and charitable contributions and other public policy matters. In order to facilitate accountability and informed decision-making with respect to the Company’s political contributions, the NGS Committee has adopted Political and Charitable Contributions Guidelines that apply to contributions or expenditures of corporate funds to various political entities, charitable organizations, and certain causes. Contributions subject to the Guidelines must be approved by a management committee and/or the NGS Committee. Decisions are made based on, among other things, a determination that the amount and recipient are aligned with the Company’s strategy, values, policies, and business objectives, and are made without regard for the private political preferences of officers or trustees. All contributions are required to be reported quarterly to the NGS Committee.

BOARD ORIENTATION AND EDUCATION

Each new trustee participates in an orientation program and receives materials and briefings concerning our business, industry, management, and corporate governance policies and practices. We provide continuing education for all trustees through board materials and presentations, including third-party presentations, discussions with management, and the opportunity to attend external board education programs. In addition, all Board members have access to resources of the National Association of Corporate Directors through a Company membership.

TRUSTEE INDEPENDENCE

We require that a majority of the Board be independent in accordance with NYSE rules. To determine whether a trustee is independent, the Board must affirmatively determine that there is no direct or indirect material relationship between the Company and the trustee.

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COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD

Shareholders and interested parties can communicate with any of the trustees, individually or as a group, by writing to them in care of Corporate Secretary, Public Storage, 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, California 91201. We will forward each communication intended for the Board and received by the Corporate Secretary related to the operation of the Company and not otherwise commercial in nature to the specified party following its clearance through normal security procedures.

TRUSTEE ATTENDANCE

The Board held seven meetings in 2022, including telephonic meetings. We do not have a policy regarding trustee attendance at the annual meeting of shareholders, but expect trustees to attend. All of our trustees serving on the Board at that time attended the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. Each trustee attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of Board meetings and committee meetings for the committees on which they served, if any.

COMPENSATION OF TRUSTEES

Trustees who are not also Public Storage employees (non-management trustees) receive compensation for their service. The Board determines the form and amount of compensation for non-management trustees after consideration of the recommendation of the CHC Committee. The Board has approved the mix of cash and equity compensation described below.

Cash Retainers. Retainers are paid quarterly in cash and are prorated when a trustee joins the Board (or in the case of the Lead Independent Trustee, when an appointment is made) other than at the beginning of a calendar year. Below are the annual retainers that non-management trustees were entitled to receive during 2022 for Board service:

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Trustee Deferral Program. Pursuant to the Non-Management Trustee Compensation and Deferral Program (the Trustee Deferral Program), non-management trustees may elect to receive all or a portion of their cash retainers either in cash, in shares of unrestricted Common Stock under the 2021 Equity and Performance-Based Incentive Compensation Plan (the 2021 Plan), or in fully-vested deferred stock units (DSUs) under the 2021 Plan.

Non-management trustees must make the election in writing in advance of the calendar year to which the election relates (or, when a non-management trustee joins the Board, within 30 days of joining the Board). If chosen, the shares of unrestricted stock and/or the DSUs will be granted to the non-management trustee at the end of each calendar quarter based on the cash retainer earned for that quarter and converted into a number of shares or units based on the closing price for the Common Stock on the NYSE on such date. If a non-management trustee chooses to receive fully-vested DSUs, the trustee’s election must also indicate (1) when the units will be settled, such as the trustee’s separation from service (including retirement), a specified future date, or January 1 of the year following a chosen anniversary of the grant date, and (2) whether the units will be settled in a lump sum or in annual installments (not to exceed 10 years). Notwithstanding a trustee’s election, the DSUs will be settled in a lump sum upon the trustee’s earlier death or disability or upon an earlier change of control of Public Storage. In any event, the DSUs will be settled in shares of Common Stock.

Equity Awards

Upon the retirement of a non-management trustee, the vesting of any equity awards granted to the trustee for his/her service on the Board and not otherwise deferred will accelerate effective on his/her retirement date from the Board. Additional terms and conditions may be set forth in the award agreement governing the non-management trustee’s equity awards. Unless otherwise defined in an award agreement, retirement is defined as a retirement from the Board pursuant to any mandatory retirement policy or at a time when the non-management trustee (x) is at least age 55, (y) has provided Services (as defined in the 2021 Plan) for a minimum of 10 years to the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates (or previously provided Services to PS Business Parks or its subsidiaries or affiliates), and (z) the sum of his or her age and years of Service is at least 80.

In addition, upon the retirement of a non-management trustee, the trustee may exercise his/her vested options during the one-year period following his/her retirement date from the Board or, if shorter, the period from his/her retirement date from the Board until the expiration of the original term of the options. If not exercised within such period, the vested options will automatically terminate at the end of such period.

Following the retirement of a non-management trustee, any DSUs received under the Trustee Deferral Program will be delivered as elected in the trustee’s election form.

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Unvested equity awards (RSUs and options) held by non-management trustees who are former Public Storage executives will continue to vest under the terms of the Company’s equity incentive plans for so long as the trustee continues to provide service to the Company. Those awards will not qualify for accelerated vesting as described above upon the retirement of the non-management trustee.

TRUSTEE AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES

Pursuant to the Board’s stock ownership guidelines, we expect each trustee to beneficially own Common Stock equal in market value to three times the amount of the annual cash retainer for Board member service. Each non-management trustee shall attain his or her ownership within five years from the date of election or appointment.

In 2022, we increased the stock ownership guidelines applicable to our executive officers. Our CEO is expected to beneficially own Common Stock equal in value to six times his or her base salary (increased from five times), and our other executive officers are expected to beneficially own Common Stock equal in value to four times their base salary (increased from three times), in each case within five years of appointment or promotion. In addition, each new executive officer is expected to establish an initial Common Stock ownership position within one year of his or her appointment as an executive officer.

In the event a trustee or executive officer does not attain the target by the applicable date or maintain the target after such date, he or she shall retain shares of the Common Stock equal in value to 50% of the net after-tax shares received upon any stock option exercise or upon the vesting of any RSUs until the applicable ownership target is achieved.

Only shares of Common Stock owned by the non-management trustee or executive officer, vested DSUs held by the non-management trustee, shares of Common Stock owned jointly by him/her and his/her spouse, and shares owned by his/her spouse or beneficially for his/her children or in the PS 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (the 401(k) Plan) are counted for determining compliance with these guidelines. We do not count unvested time-based RSUs or unvested or unexercised stock options when determining compliance with these guidelines. Refer to “Share Ownership of Trustees and Management” on page 80 of this proxy statement for information on beneficial ownership of shares of Common Stock by trustees and management.

The NGS Committee administers these stock ownership guidelines and may modify their terms and grant hardship exceptions in its discretion. As of the date of this proxy statement, all of our non-management trustees who have served for five years or more exceeded his/her stock ownership requirement. Each non-management trustee who has served for less than five years and each of our executive officers is currently on track to attain his or her applicable ownership guideline by the end of the applicable accumulation period.

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