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Prologis
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PROLOGIS  2011 ANNUAL REPORT

AN EXTRAORDINARY 
YEAR OF TRANSFORMATION

$43.3B IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT ACROSS 
THE AMERICAS, EUROPE AND ASIA

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SERVING LEADERS IN LOGISTICS 

PROVIDING MORE THAN 4,500 CUSTOMERS 
 WITH LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE

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UNPARALLELED SCALE

600M SF (55.7 MSM) OF MODERN DISTRIBUTION 
FACILITIES IN 22 COUNTRIES

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THE RIGHT PEOPLE 
IN THE RIGHT PLACES

1,300 REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS– THE MOST 
TALENTED REAL ESTATE ORGANIZATION  
IN THE INDUSTRY

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ALIGNING OUR PORTFOLIO  
WITH OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY

$1.65B IN CONTRIBUTIONS AND DISPOSITIONS 
IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2011

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EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS 
AND DELIVERING RESULTS

OCCUPANCY IN OUR GLOBAL PORTFOLIO INCREASED 
120 BASIS POINTS TO 92.2% FROM THE THIRD QUARTER

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Dear Shareholders,
The past year was one of transformation for our company. In June 
2011, we closed the merger between the former ProLogis and AMB, 
bringing together the people and assets of the two leading companies 
in the industrial property sector and forming what is arguably one 
of the world’s pre-eminent real estate firms. We are confident that 
this business combination will prove to be a defining moment for 
our industry.

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Hamid R. Moghadam  
Chairman and  
Co-Chief Executive Officer

Walter C. Rakowich  
Co-Chief Executive Officer

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Setting the course for our future once the merger closed, we established five strategic 
priorities for the new company: aligning our portfolio with our investment strategy; 
strengthening our financial position; streamlining our private capital business; improving 
the utilization of our low-yielding assets; and building the most effective and efficient 
organization in the industry. We are pleased to report that we made excellent progress 
across the board in 2011.

After a detailed analysis of all of our assets in these markets, we commenced a $2.9 
billion program to divest the company of buildings as well as select submarkets that were 
no longer strategic for us. Proceeds from this disposition program will be used to recycle 
capital into new developments, which in turn will allow us to monetize our land bank and 
to upgrade the age and quality of our portfolio. Since the close of the merger, our share of 
building and land dispositions generated more than $530 million in proceeds.

ALIGNING THE PORTFOLIO
Of the five priorities, perhaps the most central to our plan is refining the combined real 
estate portfolio and aligning it with our investment strategy because, in many ways, the 
other priorities flow from this one. Not all of the assets of the combined company were 
the right fit with our go-forward strategy. As a first step, we performed a comprehensive 
review of our markets and categorized them into one of three segments—global, regional 
or other markets. “Global” markets represent approximately 83 percent of our overall 
holdings; “regional” markets represent approximately 12 percent, and we intend to hold 
only the highest-quality class-A product in these markets; and “other” markets represent 
approximately five percent. We identified certain “global” and “regional” properties for 
disposition and plan to exit “other” markets entirely in an orderly fashion over the next  
few years.

The momentum of our disposition program has continued into 2012. Demand is increasing 
and capital is available for high-quality industrial real estate around the globe. In fact, our 
share of dispositions year-to-date is $385 million, bringing our share of sales proceeds, 
since the merger through early February 2012, to more than $915 million.

STRENGTHENING OUR FINANCIAL POSITION
We intend to build one of the strongest balance sheets in the REIT industry. Reducing 
leverage and maintaining staggered debt maturities will provide us with greater financial 
flexibility and continued access to capital markets, while allowing us to take advantage of 
market opportunities as they become available across the entire business cycle.

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As we evaluate and manage risk on an integrated basis, we will take a holistic approach 
to overseeing our global investment strategy, our development program and our exposure 
to foreign currency. We plan to lower the company’s currency exposure by holding assets 
outside the United States primarily in co-investment ventures that also generate private 
capital revenue. In addition, we expect that new development projects, particularly in 
emerging markets such as Brazil, China and Mexico, will be completed in collaboration with 
our private capital partners—an approach that allows us to stretch our capital to meet the 
needs of customers around the world while further mitigating risk.

In terms of results, since the close of the merger, we completed more than $1.6 billion of 
debt financings and refinancings, with approximately $1.3 billion of that on behalf of our 
co-investment ventures, and the balance related directly to Prologis. To further advance 
our goal of achieving a top balance sheet in the industry, in June 2011 we raised capital 
through the issuance of 34.5 million shares of common equity. The offering generated net 
proceeds of approximately $1.1 billion which was used to reduce our leverage and provide 
us with greater flexibility around the timing of asset sales and fund formations. Additionally, 
we bought back more than $200 million of the company’s convertible debt and Prologis 
European Properties Fund (PEPR) bonds.

These transactions, in combination with our fourth-quarter disposition and capital 
deployment activity, enabled us to lower our look-through debt by more than $905 million, 
reduce our share of 2012 maturities by approximately $400 million and improve our credit 
metrics across the board. As we’ve previously stated, it is our goal to become eligible for 
an “A” rating in 2013. To that end, Moody’s Investors Service upgraded PEPR’s corporate 
credit rating to Baa3 in August 2011, and Fitch upgraded Prologis to BBB- with a positive 
outlook in February 2012. While we are pleased with this progress and exceeded our 2011 
de-levering objectives, we remain laser-focused on achieving the company’s long-term 
leverage and credit rating targets.

STREAMLINING OUR PRIVATE CAPITAL BUSINESS
Prologis’ private capital business raised a record $1.8 billion in 2011. At year-end, we 
had approximately $25 billion of assets under management in 20 co-investment ventures 
around the world, with more than $2 billion of available investment capacity.

As we reviewed our co-investment ventures post-merger, we recognized that not all of the 
funds were profitable or were based on workable governance policies. For example, some 
provided fee structures that fell short of the costs of managing the assets, while others 
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for us to be responsive in the marketplace. We are currently working in concert with 
our co-investors on streamlining our private capital business. As always, our actions will 
be guided by our strong commitment to transparency, the highest standards of corporate 
governance and complete alignment of interest with our investors.

Since the close of the merger, we sold our 20 percent interest in the Prologis Korea Fund, 
liquidated the first phase of the Prologis North American Properties Fund I and completed 
the sale of the SGP portfolio into the U.S. Targeted Logistics Fund. Subsequent to year-end, 
we purchased our partner’s 63 percent interest in the Prologis North American Industrial 
Fund II and brought the portfolio entirely onto the company’s balance sheet.

Our goal is to grow the private capital business by forming new funds, as well as raising 
incremental capital for existing open-end funds in the United States and Europe. We are 
currently working toward establishing new co-investment vehicles in Japan, where we have 
a sizable portfolio of high-quality logistics facilities and an experienced management team.

IMPROVING ASSET UTILIZATION
Our fourth priority involves increasing the return of the company’s low-yielding assets by 
stabilizing portfolio occupancy closer to our historical average of 95 percent, completing 

the build-out and lease-up of development projects, and monetizing land through new 
developments or third-party sales.

Prologis’ leasing teams around the world delivered outstanding results in 2011. Activity 
was strong, and we ended the year with occupancy in our global portfolio up 220 basis 
points from the end of the second quarter. Looked at another way, the company leased 
71 million square feet since the merger, which translates to approximately 400,000 square 
feet a day—a truly remarkable achievement. Despite concerns over the ongoing sovereign 
debt crisis, our team in Europe continued to produce impressive results—fourth-quarter 
occupancy in our European portfolio was up 160 basis points over the prior quarter. In 
addition, demand for our properties has remained strong in Asia as we continue to lease 
new developments well ahead of schedule in both Japan and China.

BUILDING ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE
The success of any merger depends on the talent of the people and their ability to work 
together as one team. Prologis has some of the most talented real estate professionals 
in the industry, and we feel that the depth and breadth of our organization today is 
unparalleled. This was readily apparent during the merger integration, when we were able 
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legacy enterprise. As part of the merger, we did have to say goodbye to some very good 
people, and this is never easy. Our goal was to treat our departing colleagues fairly and 
respectfully, and by all accounts we did exactly that.

Prologis employees around the world are committed to our vision of becoming the leading 
global company in the real estate industry. In 2011, we introduced the IMPACT Award to 
recognize colleagues who have demonstrated the company’s core values represented by the 
acronym “IMPACT” (Integrity, Mentorship, Passion, Accountability, Courage and Teamwork). 
As part of the honor, the company will make a $25,000 donation to a charitable cause 
selected by the honorees.

Our team in Japan was presented with the inaugural IMPACT Award for its efforts in the 
aftermath of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in March 
2011. The team went to extraordinary lengths in the face of unimaginable conditions to 
ensure the safety of our employees and their families. At the same time, Prologis Japan 
helped our customers restore their operations in record time. We are very proud of how 
our people responded to the disaster and also kept the business running. They remain an 
inspiration to all of our colleagues around the globe.

Also remarkable is that the two legacy groups operated as one integrated team throughout 
the crisis, which occurred prior to the closing of the merger. Almost immediately they were 
providing assistance to one another, as well as to customers. These efforts strengthened 
Prologis’ reputation for taking excellent care of its customers. That reputation, combined 
with the ability of our properties to withstand seismic events, has led to strong leasing 
demand and high occupancy rates in our Japan portfolio.

GROWING CUSTOMER DEMAND
Since late 2010, space utilization has been on an overall upward trajectory throughout 
our entire portfolio. In the United States, net absorption totaled more than 117 million 
square feet in 2011, a remarkable improvement over the past few years. We expect net 
absorption to reach 150 million to 175 million square feet in 2012. Within Europe and 
Japan, significant supply chain reconfiguration and product obsolescence fuels demand for 
industrial space. Demand also remains strong in emerging markets such as Brazil, China 
and Mexico, where we have investments primarily through our co-investment ventures.

Prologis’ customers indicate they are optimistic as they plan for the remainder of 2012. 
Many of them already have put forth new space requirements. Following three years of 
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and our customers appear to have reached an inflection point—they can no longer delay 
decisions on expansion. Notably, demand is picking up in the small- and medium-sized 
customer segment, which gained 200 basis points in occupancy between the third and 
fourth quarters of 2011. In fact, it accounted for the majority of our occupancy gains in the 
fourth quarter and will likely continue to drive occupancy into 2012.

UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF THE NEW PROLOGIS
We are pleased with our results as a new company and proud of the diligent efforts of our 
global teams. These efforts helped us identify $115 million in merger-related savings, of 
which we have realized over 90 percent on an annual run-rate basis as of year-end 2011. 
As we look forward, we are in the process of implementing a world-class information 
system which, once complete, will provide our teams and the company with data and 
infrastructure that is unparalleled in our industry.

This system, called Integrated Global Platform (IGP), will bring our global real estate and 
financial systems onto a single platform in 2012. The first major phase of this project is 
scheduled to go live in April, with the other phases coming on line before the end of the 
year. We are very excited about the capabilities these new technologies and processes 
will provide.

With the merger integration exceeding our expectations, global markets strengthening and 
our team firing on all cylinders to execute on our corporate priorities, we are just beginning 
to unlock the full potential of the new Prologis. We are looking forward to continued 
progress in 2012 and beyond.

On behalf of our Prologis colleagues around the world, thank you for your ongoing support.

Hamid R. Moghadam 
Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer 

Walter C. Rakowich 
Co-Chief Executive Officer

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Hamid R. Moghadam 
Chairman & Co-Chief Executive Officer

Walter C. Rakowich 
Co-Chief Executive Officer

Gary E. Anderson 
Chief Executive Officer,  
Europe & Asia

Michael S. Curless 
Chief Investment Officer

Nancy J. Hemmenway 
Chief Human Resources Officer

Guy F. Jaquier 
Chief Executive Officer,  
Private Capital

Edward S. Nekritz 
Chief Legal Officer &  
General Counsel

Thomas S. Olinger 
Chief Integration Officer

Eugene F. Reilly 
Chief Executive Officer,  
The Americas

William E. Sullivan 
Chief Financial Officer

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PROLOGIS AND 
 AMB PROPERTY 
CORPORATION 
 ANNOUNCE  
 MERGER OF 
EQUALS

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PROLOGIS CLOSES 
ON MAJORITY OF 
CATELLUS RETAIL 
AND MIXED-USE 
ASSET SALE TO  
TPG CAPITAL

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AMB PROPERTY 
CORPORATION 
 LEASES 361,200 
SF IN ASIA 
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PROLOGIS SIGNS 
1.2 MILLION 
SQUARE FEET 
OF NEW LEASES 
GLOBALLY

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AMB PROPERTY 
CORPORATION 
AND ALLIANZ REAL 
ESTATE FORM A 
EURO 470 MILLION 
JOINT VENTURE

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AMB PROPERTY 
CORPORATION  
AND PROLOGIS  
CLOSE MERGER

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PROLOGIS, INC.  
 LEASES 
723,000 SF IN 
THREE JAPAN 
DEVELOPMENTS

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JUN 3, 2011

JUN 22, 2011

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AUG 24, 2011

PROLOGIS 
INCREASES 
OWNERSHIP 
IN PROLOGIS 
EUROPEAN 
PROPERTIES 
(“PEPR”) TO 38%…

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PROLOGIS, INC.  
TO OFFER 30  
MILLION SHARES  
OF COMMON 
STOCK

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PROLOGIS, INC. 
ANNOUNCES SALE  
 OF 2.8 MILLION 
SQUARE FOOT 
PORTFOLIO 
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PARTNERS

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AND 20 PERCENT 
INTEREST IN 
KOREA PROPERTY 
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PROLOGIS 
SELLS SIZEABLE 
INDUSTRIAL 
PORTFOLIO IN 
BRAZIL TO PREVI

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PROLOGIS CLOSES 
 MORE THAN $1B IN 
CAPITAL MARKETS 
TRANSACTIONS IN  
Q4 ON BEHALF OF  
 ITS PROPERTY 
FUNDS

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OCT 6, 2011

NOV 9, 2011

DEC 19, 2011

DEC 21, 2011

PROLOGIS 
ANNOUNCES 
 AN ADDITIONAL 
 $543 MILLION IN 
CONTRIBUTIONS  
AND DISPOSITIONS

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PROLOGIS 
COMPLETES 
CONTRIBUTION  
 OF $293 MILLION  
 IN MEXICO

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REVENUE SUMMARY

FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (BASIC)

FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (DILUTED)

EARNINGS PER SHARE (BASIC)

DIVIDENDS PER SHARE

REVENUE SUMMARY
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7
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7
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4
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3
3
5
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1
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2011

AMB and Prologis completed the merger (the “Merger”) on June 3, 2011. As Prologis was the accounting acquirer in the Merger, 
revenue, FFO per share and earnings per share presented in this Annual Report reflect such measures for legacy ProLogis for the 
full-year 2009, 2010 and through the date of the Merger and for the combined company from the date of the Merger going forward. 
Relative to the financial information, please see Prologis’ Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (DILUTED)

EARNINGS PER SHARE (BASIC)

DIVIDENDS PER SHARE

FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (BASIC)

3
0
.
1
$

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4
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$

1
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.
1
$

2009

2010

2011

AMB and Prologis completed the merger (the “Merger”) on June 3, 2011. As Prologis was the accounting acquirer in the Merger, 
revenue, FFO per share and earnings per share presented in this Annual Report reflect such measures for legacy ProLogis for the 
full-year 2009, 2010 and through the date of the Merger and for the combined company from the date of the Merger going forward. 
Relative to the financial information, please see Prologis’ Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (DILUTED)

EARNINGS PER SHARE (BASIC)

DIVIDENDS PER SHARE

FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (DILUTED)

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0
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1
$

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$

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2009

2010

2011

AMB and Prologis completed the merger (the “Merger”) on June 3, 2011. As Prologis was the accounting acquirer in the Merger, 
revenue, FFO per share and earnings per share presented in this Annual Report reflect such measures for legacy ProLogis for the 
full-year 2009, 2010 and through the date of the Merger and for the combined company from the date of the Merger going forward. 
Relative to the financial information, please see Prologis’ Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (BASIC)

FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (DILUTED)

EARNINGS PER SHARE (BASIC)

DIVIDENDS PER SHARE

EARNINGS PER SHARE (BASIC)

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0
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0
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$

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0
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5
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$

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$

2009

2010

2011

AMB and Prologis completed the merger (the “Merger”) on June 3, 2011. As Prologis was the accounting acquirer in the Merger, 
revenue, FFO per share and earnings per share presented in this Annual Report reflect such measures for legacy ProLogis for the 
full-year 2009, 2010 and through the date of the Merger and for the combined company from the date of the Merger going forward. 
Relative to the financial information, please see Prologis’ Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (BASIC)

FFO PER SHARE & UNIT (DILUTED)

EARNINGS PER SHARE (BASIC)

DIVIDENDS PER SHARE

DIVIDENDS PER SHARE

2
1
.
1
$

2
1
.
1
$

2
1
.
1
$

2009

2010

2011

AMB and Prologis completed the merger (the “Merger”) on June 3, 2011. As AMB was the legal acquirer in the Merger,  dividends 
per share presented in this Annual Report reflect dividends per share for legacy AMB for the full-year 2009, 2010 and through the 
date of the Merger and for the combined company from the date of the Merger going forward. 

Relative to the financial information, please see Prologis’ Annual Report on form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

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