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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-282749"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SMA"
cik: "0001585389"
company_name: "SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-25T20:05:48+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-25T20:08:13.896131+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# SmartStop Self Storage REIT reclassifies 33.75M unissued shares to common; holds annual meeting

## Summary
- At June 23 annual meeting, all six director nominees elected (Schwartz, Perry, Mueller, Morris, Gotcheva, Johnson); say-on-pay approved with 96% of votes cast.
- Shareholders voted to hold advisory say-on-pay votes every year (37M for annual); BDO USA ratified as independent auditor with 99% support.
- On June 25, filed Articles Supplementary reclassifying 31.25M unissued Class A and 2.5M unissued Class T shares into undesignated common stock.
- Total authorized shares unchanged at 225M (175M common, 50M preferred); reclassification simplifies capital structure.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-282749
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SMA
- cik: 0001585389
- company_name: SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-25T20:05:48+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312526282749/0001193125-26-282749-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1585389/000119312526282749/ck0001585389-20260623.htm

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