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        <footnote id="F1">Stock Options granted pursuant to the 2001 Stock Option and Incentive Plan; options vest in 3 equal annual installments
 beginning 1 year from grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Received in exchange for 1,600 shares of Class A common stock of Shurgard Storage Centers, Inc. (SHU) in connection with the
 merger (the Merger) of SHU into an affiliate of Public Storage, Inc. (PSA).  On the effective date of the Merger, the
 closing price of SHU common stock was $71.16 per share and the closing price of PSA common stock was $85.50..</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Received in the Merger in exchange for an employee stock option to acquire 10,000 shares of SHU Class A common stock for
 $42.10 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Received in the Merger in exchange for an employee stock option to acuire 6,000 shares of SHU Class A common stock for $57.71
 per share.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Stock Options granted pursuant to the 2007 Equity and Performance-Based Incentive Compensation Plan; options vest in 3 equal
 annual installments beginning 1 year from grant date.</footnote>
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