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23
Other Items
The Company is a party to various claims, complaints, and other legal actions that have arisen in the
normal course of business from time to time, that are not described above. We believe that it is unlikely that the
outcome of these other pending legal proceedings including employment and tenant claims, in the aggregate, will
have a material adverse effect upon the operations or financial position of the Company.
ITEM 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
The Company did not submit any matter to a vote of security holders in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2003.
ITEM 4A. Executive Officers of the Company
The following is a biographical summary of the current executive officers of the Company:
Ronald L. Havner, Jr., age 46, was appointed Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company
on November 7, 2002. Mr. Havner has been employed by the Company in various accounting and operational
capacities since 1986 and served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company from
November 1991 until December 1996 when be became Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of PS
Business Parks, Inc. (AMEX: symbol PSB), an affiliate of the Company. He is a member of the National
Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT) and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and a director of
Business Machine Security, Inc. and Mobile Storage Group, Inc. Mr. Havner earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Harvey Lenkin, age 67, became President and a director of the Company in November 1991. Mr. Lenkin
has been employed by the Company for 26 years. He has been a director of PSB since March 1998 and was
President of PSB from 1990 until March 1998. He is a director of Paladin Realty Income Properties I, Inc. and a
member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, Inc. (NAREIT).
John Reyes, age 43, a certified public accountant, joined the Company in 1990 and was Controller of the
Company from 1992 until December 1996 when he became Chief Financial Officer. He became a Vice President of
the Company in November 1995 and a Senior Vice President of the Company in December 1996. From 1983 to
1990, Mr. Reyes was employed by Ernst & Young.
John S. Baumann, age 43, became Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the Company in June
2003. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Baumann was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Syncor International
Corporation, an international high technology health care services company. From 1995 to 1998, he was Associate
General Counsel of KPMG LLP, an international accounting, tax and consulting firm.
PART II
ITEM 5. Market for the Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities
a. Market Price of the Registrants Common Equity:
The Common Stock (NYSE:PSA) has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange since October
19, 1984 and on the Pacific Exchange since December 26, 1996. The Depositary Shares each representing
1/1,000 of a share of Equity Stock, Series A (NYSE:PSAA) (see section d. below) have been listed on the
New York Stock Exchange since February 14, 2000.