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The Board appointed H. Michael Schwartz, Chairman of the Board and the Company's Chief Executive Officer, to the additional office of President effective as of February 19, 2026. H. Michael Schwartz. Mr. Schwartz is the Chairman of our board of directors and our Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Schwartz has been an officer and director since our initial formation in January 2013; he served as our Chief Executive Officer from January 2013 to June 2019, our Executive Chairman from June 2019 to April 2021, and again as our Chief Executive Officer starting in April 2021. Mr. Schwartz is also the Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Asset Management I, LLC (f/k/a SmartStop Asset Management, LLC), our former sponsor (SAM), our former sponsor. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the board of directors of each of the following self storage REITs sponsored by our subsidiary: Strategic Storage Growth Trust III, Inc., or SSGT III, and Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc., or SST VI. He also serves as the Chief Executive Officer and President of the sponsor, advisor and property manager entities for SSGT III and SST VI. In addition, Mr. Schwartz serves as Chairman of the Board of Strategic Student & Senior Housing Trust, Inc., or SSSHT, a public non-traded student and senior housing REIT sponsored by SAM. Previously, Mr. Schwartz served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of each of Strategic Storage Growth Trust, Inc., or SSGT, and Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc., or SST IV, each a public non-traded self storage REIT, as well as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the board of directors of Strategic Storage Growth Trust II, Inc., or SSGT II, a private REIT. We acquired each of SSGT, SST IV, and SSGT II by way of a merger into subsidiaries of ours on January 24, 2019, March 17, 2021, and June 1, 2022, respectively. Mr. Schwartz also served as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Chairman of the board of directors of SmartStop Self Storage, Inc., or SST I, from August 2007 until the merger of SST I with Extra Space Storage, Inc., or Extra Space, on October 1, 2015. Since February 2008, Mr. Schwartz has also served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Strategic Storage Holdings, LLC, or SSH, the sponsor of SST I. Prior to this time, Mr. Schwartz held various roles in the real estate and financial services industry, which includes more than 30 years of real estate, securities and corporate financial management experience. Mr. Schwartz holds a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of Southern California.

Joe Robinson. Mr. Robinson is our Chief Operations Officer, a position he has held since October 2019. Mr. Robinson also serves as Chief Operations Officer of the sponsor, advisors, and property managers of our sponsored real estate programs. Prior to joining SmartStop, Mr. Robinson served as Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President of Simply Self Storage Management LLC from April 2016 until September 2019. At Simply, Mr. Robinson led various functions including all marketing, pricing, information technology, and training. From 2010 to 2016, Mr. Robinson served in several pricing and marketing capacities at Extra Space. Most recently, he was Vice President, Marketing where he led revenue management, data analytics, and the call center. Prior to that, Mr. Robinson served as Director of Revenue Management, where he led the development of multiple industry first centralized pricing models for self storage. Mr. Robinson is a respected authority on Revenue Management in the self storage industry. He has delivered multiple speaking engagements on pricing and has had multiple articles distributed in several industry trade publications. Mr. Robinson holds a B.S. in Computer Science with a Business Minor from Brigham Young University, and a Masters of Business Administration from Rice University.

James R. Barry. Mr. Barry is our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, positions he has held since June 2019. Mr. Barry also serves as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the sponsor, advisors, and property managers of our sponsored real estate programs. Mr. Barry served as our Senior Vice President - Finance from August 2018 to June 2019. Prior to being our Senior Vice President - Finance, Mr. Barry served in various positions for SAM, including Senior Vice President - Finance from August 2018 to July 2019 and Director of Finance from October 2015 to August 2018. Mr. Barry was also a director on the board of directors of Strategic Storage Growth Trust II, Inc. from March 2021 until its merger with a subsidiary ours in June 2022. From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Barry held the title of Financial Analyst at SmartStop Self Storage Inc., and was highly involved in the negotiations, calculations, and communications for the merger with Extra Space on October 1, 2015. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Barry served as a Corporate Accountant and Senior Financial Analyst at Thompson National Properties, LLC, a sponsor of commercial real estate offerings. From 2007 to 2009, Mr. Barry worked in various accounting functions at Grubb & Ellis Co. Mr. Barry holds a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from California State University, Fullerton, and a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Chapman University, where he graduated with honors.

On February 19, 2026, the Board approved the appointment of Wayne Johnson, the Company's Chief Investment Officer, as an employee director of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Johnson also serves as the Chief Investment Officer of the Company's Managed REITs, as well as President and Chief Investment Officer of the sponsor, advisor and property management entities for the Managed REITs. Mr. Johnson's industry experience involves all aspects of commercial development and leasing, including office, office warehouse, retail and self storage facilities. Mr. Johnson currently serves on the board of directors of the Self Storage Association's Large Operator Council and was a past President and board member of the Texas Self Storage Association. He began his real estate career in 1979 after earning a B.B.A. in finance and real estate from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Johnson resigned as the President of the Company, a position he also has been serving since June 2019 effective as of February 19, 2026.

Michael O. Terjung. Mr. Terjung is our Chief Accounting Officer, a position he has held since June 2019. Mr. Terjung also serves as Chief Accounting Officer of the sponsor, advisors, and property managers of our sponsored real estate programs. From January 2017 until December 2019, Mr. Terjung served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer for SSSHT. Mr. Terjung was also the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SSGT until that company merged with and into a wholly-owned subsidiary of SST II in January 2019. Mr. Terjung was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SSGT II from July 2018 until June 2019. Mr. Terjung also served as the Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of SAM from January 2017 until April 2022. Previously, from October 2015 to January 2017, Mr. Terjung served as a Controller for SAM. He also served as the Controller of SST I from September 2014 until its merger with Extra Space on October 1, 2015 and served as a Controller of SSH assigned to SST I from September 2009 to September 2014. From July 2004 to September 2009, Mr. Terjung held various positions with NYSE listed Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc., including Corporate Controller responsible for financial reporting and corporate accounting. Mr. Terjung gained public accounting and auditing experience while employed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP from September 2000 to July 2004, where he worked on the audits of a variety of both public and private entities, registration statements, and public offerings. Mr. Terjung is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed in California, and graduated cum laude with a B.S.B.A. degree from California State University, Fullerton.

Harold Skip Perry. Mr. Perry is one of our independent directors and has served as such since January 2016. Since April 2022, he has served as our lead independent director. Mr. Perry is a member and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and Compensation Committee. Mr. Perry previously served as one of our independent directors from October 2013 until June 2014 and served as an independent director of SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. from February 2008 until the merger of SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. with Extra Space on October 1, 2015. Mr. Perry has over 50 years of financial accounting, management, and consulting experience for domestic and international organizations in the real estate industry. He is currently the Executive Managing Director of Real Globe Advisors, LLC, a commercial real estate advisory firm which he founded. Mr. Perry also held the same position with Real Globe Advisors, LLC from July 2007 to June 2009. From June 2009 to March 2011, he was the Managing Director of Alvarez & Marsal Real Estate Advisory Services. From 1995 to June 2007, Mr. Perry was a national partner in Ernst & Young LLP's Transactional Real Estate Advisory Services Group and held a number of leadership positions within Ernst & Young. While at Ernst & Young, he handled complex acquisition and disposition due diligence matters for private equity funds and corporate clients, complex real estate portfolio optimization studies, and monetization strategies within the capital markets arena, including valuation of self storage facilities. Prior to 1995, Mr. Perry headed the Real Estate Consulting Practice of the Chicago office of Kenneth Leventhal & Co. Prior to his time with Kenneth Leventhal & Co., Mr. Perry was a senior principal with Pannell Kerr Forester, a national accounting and consulting firm specializing in the hospitality industry. He is a CPA and holds an MAI designation with the Appraisal Institute and a CRE designation with the Counselors of Real Estate. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Russian and Economics from the University of Illinois, and has a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in finance from Loyola University in Illinois.

David J. Mueller. Mr. Mueller is one of our independent directors and has served as such since October 2013. Mr. Mueller is a member and Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Mueller has more than 35 years of financial management experience with several firms in the financial services industry. In June 2009, Mr. Mueller founded his own CPA firm, specializing in consulting, audit, and tax services for small businesses and non-profits, where he continues to serve as Managing Partner. From June 2001 to May 2009, he worked for Manulife Financial Corporation, serving in several capacities including Controller of Annuities and Chief Financial Officer of Distribution for Manulife Wood Logan, where he was heavily involved in the company's due diligence and subsequent integration with John Hancock Financial Services. Prior to his time with Manulife Financial Corporation, Mr. Mueller served as Chief Financial Officer of Allmerica Financial Services, the insurance and investment arm of Allmerica Financial Corporation. He began his career in the Boston office of Coopers and Lybrand, specializing in financial services, real estate, and non-profits. Mr. Mueller is a licensed CPA in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay with a degree in Finance.

Timothy S. Morris. Mr. Morris is one of our independent directors and has served as such since January 2016. Mr. Morris is a member and Chairman of the Compensation Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Morris previously served as an independent director of SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. from February 2008 until the merger of SmartStop Self Storage, Inc. with Extra Space on October 1, 2015. Mr. Morris has more than 35 years of financial and management experience with several international organizations. In 2008, Mr. Morris founded AMDG Worldwide Ltd., a consultancy business to support the philanthropic sector. Through this entity, Mr. Morris continues to serve an eclectic range of philanthropic clients. From March 2019 until July 2021, Mr. Morris served as the finance director of the English-Speaking Union, a global charity which helps underprivileged children with speaking and listening skills. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Morris assumed a part-time executive position as finance director of Tomorrow's Company, a London-based global think tank focusing on business leadership. From June 2007 to April 2008, Mr. Morris was the Chief Financial Officer for Geneva Global, Inc., a philanthropic advisor and broker which invests funds into developing countries. Prior to joining Geneva Global, Inc., from 2002 to 2007, Mr. Morris was the director of corporate services for Care International UK Ltd., where he was responsible for the finance, internal audit, risk management, human resources, legal insurance, and information technology functions during the financial turnaround of that organization. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Morris was the Controller for Royal Society Mencap, a learning disability charity. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Morris was the head of global management reporting for Adidas Group AG in Germany and was later the International Controller for Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., in Carlsbad, California, a subsidiary of Adidas Group AG. Prior to 1996, Mr. Morris held various management and senior finance roles within organizations such as the International Leisure Group, Halliburton/KBR and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland. Mr. Morris has his Bachelor of Science in Economics from Bristol University in the United Kingdom, his MBA from the Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom, and he is a Chartered Management Accountant (CIMA, CGMA).

Lora Gotcheva. Ms. Gotcheva is one of our independent directors and has served as such since July 2025. Ms. Gotcheva has more than 25 years of financial management and investment experience with several firms in the financial services industry. From July 2010 until April 2025, Ms. Gotcheva served in various roles at CPP Investments, one of the largest pension fund managers in Canada which invests the funds of the Canada Pension Plan. Most recently, Ms. Gotcheva served as a Managing Director, specializing in private real estate investments, joint ventures, and public REIT investments. While at CPP Investments, Ms. Gotcheva also served on its Infrastructure Investment Committee, which had the primary responsibility of reviewing acquisitions, dispositions and key value creation initiatives across CPP Investments' global infrastructure portfolio. Ms. Gotcheva earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Mount Holyoke College, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Nicholas M. Look. Mr. Look is our General Counsel and Secretary, positions he has held since June 2019. Mr. Look also serves as General Counsel and Secretary of the sponsor, advisors, and property managers of our sponsored real estate programs. He also serves as the Secretary of each of SSGT III, SST VI, and SST X since their formation. Mr. Look also served as the Secretary of SST IV and SSGT II, positions he held until their respective mergers with us in March 2021 and June 2022, respectively. Mr. Look was previously Senior Corporate Counsel of SAM, a position he held from June 2017 until June 2019. From September 2017 to June 2019, Mr. Look served as Assistant Secretary of SSSHT. Prior to that, Mr. Look worked with the law firms of K&L Gates LLP, from April 2014 to June 2017, and Latham & Watkins LLP, from October 2010 to April 2014, where he served as corporate counsel to a variety of public and private companies, and where his practice focused on securities matters, capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate governance and compliance. Mr. Look holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of California, Irvine, and a J.D. from the Pepperdine University School of Law. He is a member of the State Bar of California.