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Tue, February 15, 2011
Mon, February 14, 2011
PS Business Parks, Inc. Repurchases All Outstanding 6.55% Series Q Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units at Discount to Par
GLENDALE, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--PS Business Parks, Inc. (NYSE:PSB) announced that on February 14, 2011 it repurchased all of the outstanding 6.55% Series Q Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units, which had a par value of $5,085,000, for an aggregate purchase price of $3,681,540, representing a 27.6% discount to par. The repurchase was funded with the Companya™s retained cash.
Company Information
PS Business Parks, Inc., a member of the S&P SmallCap 600, is a self-advised and self-managed equity real estate investment trust that acquires, develops, owns and operates commercial properties, primarily multi-tenant flex, office and industrial space. The Company defines aflexa space as buildings that are configured with a combination of office and warehouse space and can be designed to fit a number of uses (including office, assembly, showroom, laboratory, light manufacturing and warehouse space). As of December 31, 2010, PSB wholly owned 21.8million rentable square feet with approximately 4,100 customers located in eight states, concentrated in California (5.8million sq. ft.), Virginia (4.0 million sq. ft.), Florida (3.7 million sq. ft.), Texas (3.4 million sq. ft.), Maryland (2.4 million sq. ft.), Oregon (1.3million sq. ft.), Arizona (0.7 million sq. ft.) and Washington (0.5 million sq. ft.).
Additional information about PS Business Parks, Inc. is available on the Internet. The Companya™s website is [ www.psbusinessparks.com ].