---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001298675-22-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUBE"
cik: "0001298675"
company_name: "CubeSmart"
filed_at: "2022-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T01:53:11.124819+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CubeSmart board changes: Keler retiring, Salzberg becomes Non-Executive Chair, Lynch nominated

## Summary
- Marianne Keler will not stand for re-election; term ends at 2022 Annual Meeting after 15 years of service.
- Deborah Salzberg to become Non-Executive Chair effective after the 2022 Annual Meeting.
- Jair K. Lynch, CEO of Jair Lynch Real Estate Partners, nominated to fill the board vacancy.
- Keler confirmed no disagreement with CubeSmart over operations, policies, or practices.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001298675-22-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUBE
- cik: 0001298675
- company_name: CubeSmart
- filed_at: 2022-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298675/000129867522000012/0001298675-22-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298675/000129867522000012/cube-20220303x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001298675-22-000012.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Deborah R. Salzberg changed role as Non-Executive Chair of the Board at CubeSmart.
  - Action: will become Non-Executive Chair
  - Role: Non-Executive Chair of the Board
  source text: The Board has determined that, effective at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual Meeting, Deborah R. Salzberg, who has been a Trustee since May 2013, will become Non-Executive Chair of the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298675/000129867522000012/0001298675-22-000012-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jair K. Lynch was appointed as Director at CubeSmart.
  - Action: nominated to fill vacancy
  - Role: Director
  source text: The Board intends to nominate Jair K. Lynch, age 50, to the Board for election by the shareholders at the 2022 Annual Meeting to fill the vacancy that will arise upon Ms. Keler’s retirement.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298675/000129867522000012/0001298675-22-000012-index.htm
- Executive change
  Marianne M. Keler retired as Director and Non-Executive Chair at CubeSmart.
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Director and Non-Executive Chair
  source text: On March 1, 2022, Marianne M. Keler advised the Board of Trustees of CubeSmart of her intention to not stand for re-election to the Board at CubeSmart’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “2022 Annual Meeting”) and her term will therefore end at the conclusion of the 2022 Annual Meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1298675/000129867522000012/0001298675-22-000012-index.htm

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