Public StoragePSA

Public Storage Commitments Disclosure

10-KFiled Feb 12, 20262 min read
16. Commitments and Contingencies
Contingent Losses
We are a party to various legal proceedings and subject to various claims and complaints; however, we believe that the likelihood of these contingencies resulting in a material loss to the Company, either individually or in the aggregate, is remote.
Insurance and Loss Exposure
We maintain comprehensive property and casualty insurance policies which include coverage for earthquake, rental loss, general liability, umbrella liability, management liability, employee medical insurance and workers compensation coverage through internationally recognized and highly rated insurance carriers, subject to deductibles.
We reinsure a program that provides insurance to our customers from an independent third-party insurer. This program covers customer claims for losses to goods stored at our facilities as a result of specific named perils (earthquakes are not covered by this program), up to a maximum limit of $5,000 per storage unit. We reinsure all risks in this program, but purchase excess insurance to cover this exposure for a limit of $15.0 million for losses in excess of $10.0 million per occurrence. We are subject to licensing requirements and regulations in all states. Customers participate in the program at their option. At December 31, 2025, there were approximately 1.5 million certificates held by self-storage customers under the program, representing aggregate coverage of approximately $7.2 billion.
Commitments
We have construction commitments representing future expected payments for construction under contract totaling $169.4 million at December 31, 2025. We expect to pay approximately $155.3 million in 2026 and $14.1 million in 2027 for these construction commitments.
We have future contractual payments on land, equipment and office space under various lease commitments totaling $65.5 million at December 31, 2025. We expect to pay approximately $4.8 million in 2026, $4.5 million in 2027, $2.9 million in each of 2028 and 2029, $2.7 million in 2030, and $47.7 million thereafter for these commitments.
We have unfunded capital commitments related to our private equity investments totaling $48.2 million at December 31, 2025. We have unfunded loan commitments totaling $43.9 million at December 31, 2025. We expect to fund the loans in 2026, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions.

Historical Timeline

Fiscal YearFiled
2025Feb 12, 2026Showing above
2024Feb 24, 2025
2023Feb 20, 2024
2022Feb 21, 2023
2021Feb 22, 2022
2020Feb 24, 2021
2019Feb 25, 2020
2018Feb 27, 2019
2017Mar 1, 2018
2016Mar 1, 2017
2015Feb 29, 2016

About Commitments Disclosures

Commitments and contingencies disclosures catalog a company's off-balance-sheet obligations and legal exposures — purchase commitments, guarantee arrangements, pending litigation, and regulatory proceedings. These items represent potential future cash outflows that may not appear as liabilities on the balance sheet until they become probable and estimable.

Key signals: litigation reserves and disclosed loss ranges quantify management's estimate of legal exposure, but unquantified "reasonably possible" losses often represent the larger risk. Watch for changes in language around pending cases — shifts from "remote" to "reasonably possible" or increases in estimated loss ranges signal deteriorating outcomes. Unconditional purchase obligations and take-or-pay contracts create fixed cost structures that reduce operational flexibility. Guarantee arrangements for subsidiaries or joint ventures can create cascading obligations. Compare the total commitment schedule against projected free cash flow to assess whether the company can meet its obligations without additional financing.

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