Current Report Filing (8-k)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 17, 2022

 

 

PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		001-10709		95-4300881
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS. Employer Identification No.)

 

701 Western Avenue, Glendale, California		91201-2349
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

[phone]

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

☐	Written communication pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

☐	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

☐	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Class		Trading Symbol		Name of exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share		PSB		New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.250% Cum Pref Share, Series X, $0.01 par value		PSBPrX		New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 5.200% Cum Pref Share, Series Y, $0.01 par value		PSBPrY		New York Stock Exchange
Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/1,000 of a 4.875% Cum Pref Share, Series Z, $0.01 par value		PSBPrZ		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

 

 

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

On January 18, 2022, PS Business Parks, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that Dan “Mac” Chandler, III, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, is taking a temporary leave of absence for health reasons unrelated to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, effective January 17, 2022. In connection with Mr. Chandler’s leave of absence, on January 17, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Stephen W. Wilson to serve as interim President and Chief Executive Officer and Maria R. Hawthorne to serve as interim Chief Operating Officer until Mr. Chandler returns from his leave of absence. Mr. Wilson has been a director of the Company since 2019 and served as Executive Vice President—Development at AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE:AVB) prior to his retirement in 2019. Ms. Hawthorne has been a Company director since 2016 and previously served in various senior leadership positions at the Company, including as President and Chief Executive Officer, prior to her retirement in 2021.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

				PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC.
				By:		/s/ Adeel Khan
Date: January 18, 2022						Adeel Khan Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary