On February 26, 2021, SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. (the Company") announced the retirement of Michael S. McClure, its Chief Executive Officer, effective as of April 15, 2021. The company also announced that H. Michael Schwartz, who is the Company's founder and currently the Company's Executive Chairman, will return to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company effective as of the Transition Date. Mr. Schwartz previously served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer from January 2013 to June 2019.