FWP

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Statement No. 333-202624

November 30, 2017

PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.

8,000,000 DEPOSITARY SHARES

EACH REPRESENTING 1/1000 OF A SHARE OF

5.20% CUMULATIVE PREFERRED STOCK, SERIES Y

Final Term Sheet

 

Issuer:    PS Business Parks, Inc. (PSB)
Security:   

Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1000 of a Share of

5.20% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series Y

Size:    8,000,000 depositary shares
Over-allotment Option:    None
Type of Security:    SEC Registered - Registration Statement No. 333-202624
Public Offering Price:    $25.00 per depositary share; $200,000,000 total
Underwriting Discounts:    $0.7875 per share for Retail Orders; $5,319,802.69 total; and $0.50 per share for Institutional Orders; $622,347.50 total
Proceeds to the Company, before expenses:    $194,057,849.81 total
Joint Book-Running Managers:   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

UBS Securities LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Underwriting:   

 

     Number of
Firm Shares
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                      Incorporated

     2,000,000  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

     2,000,000  

UBS Securities LLC

     2,000,000  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     2,000,000  

 

Distribution Rights:                                           Distributions on the Preferred Stock will be payable quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, beginning on March 29, 2018 (for the period from the original issue date to, but excluding, April 1, 2018, with the payment on that date being based pro rata on the number of days from the original issuance of the Preferred Stock).


Redemption:    The depositary shares may not be redeemed until on or after December 7, 2022, except in order to preserve our status as a real estate investment trust.
Use of Proceeds:   

The Issuer expects to use a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to fund the redemption of its 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series T, repay outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility, and for general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition and development of commercial properties.

 

Certain of the underwriters or their affiliates hold depositary shares representing partial shares of the Issuers’ 6.00% Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series T, and will receive any net proceeds of the offering used to redeem their preferred shares.

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, an affiliate of Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, is the lender under our credit facility and will receive the portion of the net proceeds of this offering used to repay amounts outstanding under our credit facility.

Trade Date:    November 30, 2017
Settlement Date:    December 7, 2017 (T+5)
Selling Concession:    $0.50/depositary share for Retail Orders; $0.30/depositary share for Institutional Orders
Reallowance to other dealers:                          $0.45/depositary share for Retail Orders
CUSIP Number:    69360J 578
ISIN Number:    US69360J5781

The Issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus with the SEC) and prospectus supplement for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement, the prospectus supplement, and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus or prospectus supplement if you request it by calling Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated toll-free 1-800-294-1322, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll-free 1-866-718-1649, UBS Securities LLC toll-free 1-888-827-7275 or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC toll-free 1-800-645-3751.

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