Can I preserve Pages 4.3 Before Upgrading to Mavericks?

I have seen lots of topics on the Mavericks / Pages upgrade, but not yet found a specific match to my situation.
I am running Mountain Lion, and have the paid version of Pages '09 - version 4.3 (1048). This was purchased from the app store as a single package, and is installed into the applications folder.
I'd like to upgrade OS X to Mavericks, but don't want to lose my old version of Pages. I don't mind both versions co-existing, but I want to keep and use the 4.3 version.
Would someone kindly be able to suggest the best approach?
Thanks in advance

Your existing version is in iWork 09, in the Applications folder. It will still be there after the upgrade to Mavericks.
Make a folder called iWork 09 in the Applications folder, put your existing copy of Pages in it.
And you have a backup anyhow, right?

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