---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001289490-26-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EXR"
cik: "0001289490"
company_name: "Extra Space Storage Inc."
filed_at: "2026-05-15T20:18:05+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T20:27:19.413881+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Extra Space Storage stockholders elect 10 directors, ratify auditor, approve say-on-pay at 2026 annual meeting

## Summary
- All 10 director nominees elected; Joseph Margolis received highest votes (190.6M for, 533.7K against).
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor: 189.3M for, 10.2M against, 72.2K abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 176.3M for, 12.8M against, 2.0M abstain.
- Broker non-votes on director elections and say-on-pay: 8.4M shares not voted.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001289490-26-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EXR
- cik: 0001289490
- company_name: Extra Space Storage Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-05-15T20:18:05+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289490/000128949026000039/0001289490-26-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289490/000128949026000039/exr-20260514.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Extra Space Storage Inc. shareholders approved Election of 10 members of the board of directors at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal 1. The election of 10 members of the Company’s board of directors for terms expiring at the 2027 annual meeting of stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289490/000128949026000039/0001289490-26-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Extra Space Storage Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Audit Committee's selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal 2. The ratification of the Audit Committee's selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289490/000128949026000039/0001289490-26-000039-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Extra Space Storage Inc. shareholders approved Advisory approval of the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: Proposal 3. The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers, as disclosed in the Company’s proxy statement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1289490/000128949026000039/0001289490-26-000039-index.htm

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