---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-116245"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMA"
cik: "0001585389"
company_name: "SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T09:37:37.505559+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartStop Self Storage REIT registers $300M ATM stock offering

## Summary
- Up to $300M of common stock may be sold through agents or via forward sale agreements.
- Proceeds for general corporate purposes: acquisitions, development, debt reduction.
- Sales may be at-the-market or in negotiated transactions; commissions up to 2.0%.
- Forward sale agreements may be physically, cash, or net share settled at company's option.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-116245
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMA
- cik: 0001585389
- company_name: SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-03-19T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312526116245/0001193125-26-116245-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312526116245/d80652d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-116245.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. entered into Agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Evercore Group L.L.C., Huntington Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., M&T Securities, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Truist Securities valued at up to $300 million (effective 2026-03-19).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: atm program
  - Counterparty: J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Evercore Group L.L.C., Huntington Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., M&T Securities, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Truist Securities
  - Value: up to $300 million
  - Effective: 2026-03-19
  source text: On March 19, 2026, SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and SmartStop OP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“the “Operating Partnership” and, together with the Company, “SmartStop”), entered into a distribution agreement (the “Agreement”) with each of J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., Evercore Group L.L.C., Huntington Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., M&T Securities, Inc., Raymond James & Associates, Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., Truist Securities, Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as sales agents (in such capacity, “Sales Agents”), the Forward Sellers (as defined below and together with the Sales Agents, the “Agents”) and the Forward Purchasers (as defined below). Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company may issue and sell, from time to time, shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Stock”) having an aggregate offer
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312526116245/0001193125-26-116245-index.htm

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