Description of the Business

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

1.	Description of the Business

Public Storage (referred to herein as "the Company", "the Trust", "we", "us", or "our"), a Maryland real estate investment trust, was organized in 1980. Our principal business activities include the acquisition, development, ownership and operation of self-storage facilities which offer storage spaces for lease, generally on a month-to-month basis, for personal and business use. Our self-storage facilities are located primarily in the United States ("U.S."). We also have interests in self-storage facilities located in seven Western European countries.

At June 30, 2011, we had direct and indirect equity interests in 2,054 self-storage facilities (with approximately 130.3 million net rentable square feet) located in 38 states operating under the "Public Storage" name. In Europe, we own one facility in London, England and we have a 49% interest in Shurgard Europe, which owns 188 self-storage facilities (with approximately 10.1 million net rentable square feet), all operating under the "Shurgard" name. We also have direct and indirect equity interests in approximately 23.5 million net rentable square feet of commercial space located in 11 states in the U.S. primarily operated by PS Business Parks, Inc. ("PSB") under the "PS Business Parks" name.

Any reference to the number of properties, square footage, number of tenant reinsurance policies outstanding and the aggregate coverage of such reinsurance policies are unaudited and outside the scope of our independent registered public accounting firm's audit of our financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).