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| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
In connection with the recent listing of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Listing”) and related registered underwritten public offering (the “Offering”) of 31,050,000 shares of common stock, which closed on April 3, 2025, SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (the “Company”) will be conducting a stockholder webcast presentation (the “Stockholder Webcast Presentation”). The Stockholder Webcast Presentation, which will be posted and made available on the Company’s Investor Relations website at https://investors.smartstopselfstorage.com on April 15, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, is intended to address questions that pre-Offering stockholders may have with respect to their investment, the Listing and the Offering. H. Michael Schwartz, the founder, chairman of the board of directors, and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, will host the Stockholder Webcast Presentation. A copy of the Stockholder Webcast Presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the information in this Item 7.01 disclosure, including Exhibit 99.1 and information set forth therein, is deemed to have been furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | Stockholder Webcast Presentation, dated April 15, 2025 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| SMARTSTOP SELF STORAGE REIT, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 15, 2025 |
By: | /s/ James R. Barry | ||||
| James R. Barry | ||||||
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||||||