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) May 2, 1997
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Public Storage Properties IV, Ltd.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California 0-8908 95-3192402
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(State or other juris- (Commission (IRS Employer
diction of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
701 Western Avenue, Suite 200, California 91201-2397
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(Address of principal executive office) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (818) 244-8080
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N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Item 1. Changes in Control of Registrant.
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On March 21, 1997, B. Wayne Hughes ("Hughes"), a general
partner of Public Storage Properties IV, Ltd., a California limited
partnership (the "Partnership"), commenced an Offer to Purchase up to
6,000 of the 40,000 outstanding Units in the Partnership (the "Units")
at a purchase price of $447 per Unit. The Offer to Purchase expired on
May 2, 1997. At the expiration of the Offer to Purchase, 5,033 Units,
representing 12.6% of the outstanding Units, had been validly tendered
and were accepted for purchase by a corporation wholly-owned by Hughes.
Public Storage ("PSI"), a California corporation, the other general
partner of the Partnership, has an option to purchase such 5,033 Units
from Hughes, at Hughes' cost, at any time after May 2, 1998.
As a result of the Offer to Purchase, as of May 2, 1997,
Hughes and PSI beneficially own an aggregate of 24,310 Units,
representing 60.8% of the outstanding Units. Hughes expended
approximately $2,321,000 to consummate the Offer to Purchase, including
related fees and expenses. These funds were obtained from Hughes'
available funds or from borrowings under Hughes' $40,000,000 credit
facility with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association.
Hughes and PSI, which currently beneficially own 60.8% of the
outstanding Units, are in a position to control all voting decisions
with respect to the Partnership, such as the timing of the liquidation
of the Partnership, a sale of all of the Partnership's properties, or a
merger or other extraordinary transaction. This voting power could (i)
prevent other Unitholders from taking action they desired but that
Hughes and PSI opposed and (ii) enable Hughes and PSI to take action
desired by Hughes and PSI but opposed by other Unitholders.
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SIGNATURE
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.
Dated: May 8, 1997 Public Storage Properties IV, Ltd.
By: Public Storage, Inc.
General Partner
By: /S/ DAVID GOLDBERG
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David Goldberg
Senior Vice President
