EX-10.1






Exhibit 10.1




EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

As Amended and Restated Effective January 1, 2009




          THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Employment Agreement”) is entered into as of the 14th day of May,
1999, among Sovran Self Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation and Sovran Acquisition Limited
Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Corporation” or the “Partnership”, respectively
and collectively the “Company”), and Robert J. Attea (the “Executive”). The Agreement is amended
and restated effective January 1, 2009.




W I T N E S S E T H:




          WHEREAS, the Executive is a valuable employee of the Company, an integral part of its
management team and a key participant in the decision making process relative to short-term and
long-term planning and policy for the Company;




          WHEREAS, the Company wishes to attract and retain well-qualified executive and key personnel
and to assure continuity of management, which will be essential to its ability to evaluate and
respond to any actual or threatened Change in Control (as defined below) in the best interests of
shareholders;




          WHEREAS, the Company understands that any actual or threatened Change in Control will present
significant concerns for the Executive with respect to his financial and job security;




          WHEREAS, the Company wishes to encourage the Executive to continue his career and services
with the Company for the period during and after an actual or threatened Change in Control and to
assure to the Company the Executive’s services during the period in which such a Change in Control
is threatened, and to provide the Executive certain financial assurances to enable the Executive to
perform the responsibilities of his position without undue distraction and to exercise his judgment
without bias due to his personal circumstances; and




          WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) and the Partnership have
determined that it would be in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders and partners
to assure continuity in the management of the Company in the event of a Change in Control by
entering into an employment continuation and noncompete agreement with Executive;




          WHEREAS, this Agreement has been amended and restated effective January 1, 2009 to include
provisions intended to comply with final regulations promulgated under Internal Revenue Code
(“Code”) Section 409A and shall be construed to the extent practicable so as to avoid causing any
amounts payable to the




 









 





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Executive hereunder to be includable in his gross income under Code Section 409A(a)(1).




          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, the parties agree as
follows:




1. Employment




     (a) The Company hereby employs the Executive as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, on the terms and subject
to the conditions hereinafter set forth.



     (b) During the term of this Employment Agreement and any renewal hereof (all references herein
to the term of this Employment Agreement shall include references to the period of renewal hereof,
if any), the Executive shall be and have the title of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company and shall devote his entire business time and all reasonable efforts to his
employment in that capacity with such other duties as may be reasonably requested from time to time
by the Board, which duties shall be consistent with his position and with those previously
performed by Executive during the one year period prior to the date hereof. Except as hereafter
expressly agreed in writing by the Executive, the Executive shall not be required to report to any
single individual and shall report only to the Board as an entire body. For service as a director,
officer and employee of the Company, the Company agrees that the executive shall be entitled to the
full protection of the applicable indemnification provisions of the Articles of Incorporation and
By-laws of the Company (including the provisions for advances), as the same may be amended from
time to time.



2. Compensation




     The Company will pay Executive the salary and bonus and provide the benefits set forth in
Exhibit A to this Employment Agreement.



3. Term




     This Employment Agreement shall have a continuous term until terminated as provided in
Paragraph 4.



4. Termination




     (a) Death or Retirement. This Employment Agreement will terminate upon Executive’s
death or retirement.



 









 





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     (b) Disability. The Company may terminate this Employment Agreement upon at least
thirty (30) days’ written notice in the event of Executive’s “disability.” For purposes of this
Employment Agreement, the Executive’s “disability” shall be deemed to have occurred only after one
hundred fifty (150) days in the aggregate during any consecutive twelve (12) month period, or after
one hundred twenty (120) consecutive days, during which one hundred fifty (150) or one hundred
twenty (120) days, as the case may be, the Executive, by reason of his physical or mental
disability or illness, shall have been unable to substantially discharge his duties under this
Employment Agreement. The date of disability shall be such one hundred fiftieth (150th)
or one hundred twentieth (120th) day, as the case may be. In the event either the
Company or the Executive, after receipt of notice of the Executive’s disability from the other,
disputes whether the Executive’s disability shall have occurred, the Executive shall promptly
submit to a physical examination by the chief of medicine of any major accredited hospital in the
Buffalo, New York area and, unless such physician shall issue his written statement to the effect
that in his opinion, based on his diagnosis, the Executive is capable of resuming his employment
and devoting his full time and energy to discharging his duties within thirty (30) days after the
date of such statement, such permanent disability shall be deemed to have occurred. 



     (c) Cause. The Company may terminate this Employment Agreement for “cause.” For
purposes of this Employment Agreement, “cause” shall mean




	 	(i)	 	The Executive’s fraud, commission of a felony, commission of an act or series
of acts of dishonesty which are materially inimical to the best interests of the
Company, or the Executive’s willful and substantial failure to perform his duties under
this Employment Agreement, which failure has not been cured within a reasonable time
(which shall not be less than thirty (30) days) after the Company gives notice thereof
to the Executive; or
	 
	 	(ii)	 	The Executive’s material breach of any material provision of this Employment
Agreement, which breach, if capable of being cured, has not been cured in all
substantial respects within thirty (30) days) after the Company gives notice thereof to
the Executive.
	 
	 	(iii)	 	The Executive’s commission of an act of moral turpitude, dishonesty or fraud
which, in the good faith determination of the Board, would render his continued
employment materially damaging or detrimental to the Company.





     (d) Termination Without Cause. The Company may terminate this Employment Agreement
without cause by notifying Executive in writing of its election to terminate at least thirty (30)
days before the effective date of termination. Executive



 









 





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may, on written notice to the Company, accelerate the effective date of termination to any
other date of his choosing up to the date of notice of acceleration.




     (e) Termination for Good Reason. Executive may terminate this Employment Agreement
for “Good Reason” which shall mean the occurrence of one or more of the following events provided
that, in the case of events described in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), the Executive shall give the
Company a written notice, within 90 days following the initial occurrence of the event, describing
the event that the Executive claims to be Good Reason and stating the Executive’s intention to
terminate employment unless the Company takes appropriate corrective action:




	 	 	 	“Good reason” shall exist if:
	 
	 	(i)	 	the Company materially changes the Executive’s duties and responsibilities as
set forth in this Employment Agreement or changes his title or position without his
consent;
	 
	 	(ii)	 	there arises a requirement that, in the Executive’s reasonable judgment, the
services required to be performed by the Executive would necessitate the Executive
moving his residence at least 50 miles from the Buffalo, New York area;
	 
	 	(iii)	 	the Company materially diminishes the salary, fringe benefits or other
compensation being paid to the Executive;
	 
	 	(iv)	 	there occurs a material breach by the Company of any of its obligations under
this Employment Agreement;
	 
	 	(v)	 	the Executive is not elected to the Board at any annual meeting of the
Corporation’s shareholders;
	 
	 	(vi)	 	the failure of any successor of the Company to furnish the assurances provided
for in Section 7(c).




In the case of events described in (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), the Company shall have 30 days from
the date of receipt of the written notice from the Executive stating his claim of Good Reason in
which to take appropriate corrective action. If the Company does not cure the Good Reason, the
Good Reason will be deemed to have occurred at the end of the 30-day period.




     (f) Termination By Mutual Agreement. This Employment Agreement may be terminated by
mutual agreement of the Company and the Executive.



 









 





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     (g) Resignation. Executive may terminate this Employment Agreement at any time with
sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Company, and the Company may accelerate the effective date
of termination to any other date up to the date of notice of acceleration.



     (h) Payment of Compensation Due. The Company will pay Executive on the effective date
of termination all unpaid compensation accrued at the rate set forth on Exhibit A through the
effective date of termination.



5. Severance Payments




     (a) Termination Without Cause or for Good Reason. The Company will make the severance
payments specified in Section 5(b) or (c) below if this Employment Agreement is terminated pursuant
to Sections 4(d) (Without Cause) or (e) (for Good Reason) hereof. In the event of such termination
any outstanding stock options held by Executive shall be deemed to have vested immediately prior to
such termination and shall be exercisable at any time during the balance of their original terms.
In addition, the employee welfare benefits referred to in Exhibit A, Section 1(c) shall be
continued for a period of thirty-six (36) months after termination of employment provided, however,
the Executive and not the Company shall pay the premiums for any such benefits, where the payment
of the premiums by the Company would constitute gross income to the Executive, during the 6-month
period following the Executive’s Separation from Service.



     (b) Severance Payments Without Change in Control. As severance payments under this
Section 5(b), the Company will pay Executive thirty-six (36) monthly payments each in an amount
equal to 1/12th of the sum of the highest (i) salary payments made by the Company to Executive in
any calendar year, (ii) bonus and other incentive compensation earned by Executive (whether or not
deferred) with respect to services rendered to the Company during any calendar year and (iii) the
value of any restricted stock awards during any calendar year. The 36 monthly payments described
in the preceding sentence shall be deemed a series of separate payments within the meaning of
Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii). The first six monthly payments shall be paid to the Executive in
a lump sum within 30 days following his Separation from Service. The remaining thirty monthly
payments shall be paid to the Executive in 30 separate payments on the first day of 30 successive
calendar months with the first payment occurring on the first day of the seventh calendar month
beginning after the date of the Executive’s Separation from Service. The parties affirm that it
is their intent that the first six monthly payments be excluded from the application of Code
Section 409A by reason of the “short-term deferral” rule set forth at Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4).



     (c) Severance Payments With Change in Control.



 









 





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     (i) Section 409A Change in Control. If this Employment Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 4(d) (Without Cause) or Section 4(e) (for Good Reason) within
two years after a Section 409A Change in Control of the Company has occurred, or if a
Section 409A Change in Control of the Company occurs while the Company is making severance
payments to the Executive pursuant to Section 5(b), Executive shall receive the severance
payments specified in Section 5(b) (or the remaining balance thereof) in a lump sum. The
lump sum shall be paid within 30 days after the effective date of the Executive’s Separation
from Service or, if the Section 409A Change in Control occurs after the Executive’s
Separation from Service, within 30 days after such Section 409A Change in Control.




     Notwithstanding the foregoing, the severance payments specified in Section 5(b) shall
not be paid to the Executive (except for the lump sum equal to six monthly payments provided
in the third sentence of Section 5(b)) before the day following the 6-month anniversary of
the Executive’s Separation from Service unless Executive shall have received an opinion of
counsel satisfactory to the Executive that payment before that date will not be a violation
of Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) (concerning the 6-month delay rule). In the event that the
Executive shall fail to obtain such an opinion of counsel, the Company or its successor
shall, within 30 days after the later of the Executive’s Separation from Service or the
Section 409A Change in Control, transfer the remaining balance of the monthly payments due
the Executive to a rabbi trust (similar to the trust described in Revenue Procedure 92-64)
under a trust agreement that requires payment of such remaining balance to the Executive in
a lump sum on the day following the 6-month anniversary of the Executive’s Separation from
Service.




     (ii) Non-Section 409A Change in Control. If this Employment Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 4(d) (Without Cause) or Section 4(e) (for Good Reason) within
two years after a Non-Section 409A Change in Control of the Company has occurred, or if a
Non-Section 409A Change in Control of the Company occurs while the Company is making
severance payments to the Executive pursuant to Section 5(b), the Company or its successor
shall, within 30 days after the Non-Section 409A Change in Control, transfer the remaining
balance of the monthly payments due the Executive to a rabbi trust (similar to the trust
described in Revenue Procedure 92-64) under a trust agreement that requires payment of such
remaining balance to the Executive from the trust in accordance with the original payment
schedule under Section 5(b).



     (d) Reimbursement of Legal Fees and Expenses. The Company shall also reimburse the
Executive (promptly upon documented request), the amount of all legal fees and expenses reasonably
incurred by the Executive in connection with any good faith claim for severance compensation
hereunder, including all such fees and expenses incurred in contesting or disputing, by arbitration
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termination or in seeking to obtain or enforce any right or benefit provided by this
Employment Agreement or in connection with any tax audit or proceeding to the extent attributable
to the application of Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) to
any payment or benefit provided hereunder.




     (e) Gross-up Payments. In the event that the payments or benefits (the “Severance
Payments”) provided under this Section 5 are determined to be subject to the tax (the “Excise Tax”)
imposed by Section 4999 of the Code, the Company shall pay to the Executive additional amounts (the
“Gross-Up Payments”) such that the net amount retained by the Executive, after deduction of any
Excise Tax on the Severance Payments and on the Gross-Up Payments and any federal, state and local
income and FICA tax imposed on the Gross-Up Payments, shall be equal to the Severance Payments.



     For purposes of determining whether any of the Severance Payments will be subject to the
Excise Tax, (i) any other payments or benefits received or to be received by the Executive in
connection with a Transfer of the Company or the termination of the Executive’s employment (whether
pursuant to the terms of this Employment Agreement or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with
the Company, any person whose actions result in a Transfer of the Company or any person affiliated
with the Company or such person) shall be treated as “parachute payments” within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(2) of the Code, and all “excess parachute payments” within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(1) shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax, unless in the opinion of tax
counsel selected by the Company and acceptable to the Executive such other payments or benefits (in
whole or in part) do not constitute parachute payments, or such excess parachute payments (in whole
or in part) represent reasonable compensation for services actually rendered within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(4) of the Code in excess of the base amount within the meaning of
Section 280G(b)(3) of the Code, or are otherwise not subject to the Excise Tax, (ii) the amount of
the Severance Payments which shall be treated as subject to the Excise Tax shall be equal to the
lesser of (a) the total amount of the Severance Payments or (b) the amount of excess parachute
payments within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(1) (after applying clause (i) above), and (iii) the
value of any non-cash benefits or any deferred payment or benefit shall be determined by the
Company’s independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Sections 280G(d)(3) and (4) of
the Code.



     In the event that the Excise Tax is subsequently determined to be less than the amount taken
into account hereunder at the time of termination of the Executive’s employment, the Executive
shall repay to the Company at the time that the amount of such reduction in Excise Tax is finally
determined the portion of the Gross-Up Payment attributable to such reduction (plus the portion of
the Gross-Up Payment attributable to the Excise Tax and federal, state and local income and FICA
taxes imposed on the Gross-Up Payment being repaid by the Executive if such repayment results in a
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deduction) plus interest on the amount of such repayment at the rate provided in
Section 1274(b)(2)(B) of the Code.




     In the event that the Excise Tax is determined to exceed the amount taken into account
hereunder at the time of the termination of the Executive’s employment (including by reason of any
payment the existence or amount of which cannot be determined at the time of the Gross-Up Payment),
the Company shall make an additional gross-up payment in respect of such excess (plus any interest
payable with respect to such excess) at the time that the amount of such excess is finally
determined.



     Gross-Up Payments shall be made on the day following the 6-month anniversary of the
Executive’s Separation from Service or, if later, on the day following the transfer of the Company.



     For the purposes of this Section 5(e), the term “Transfer of the Company” means a change in
the ownership or effective control of the Company or a change in the ownership of a substantial
portion of the assets of the Company within the meaning of Code Section 280G(b)(2)(A)(i).



     (f) No Obligation To Mitigate Damages. Executive shall be under no obligation to
mitigate damages with respect to termination and in the event Executive is employed or receives
income from any other source there shall be no offset therefor against the amounts due from the
Company hereunder.



6. Covenants and Confidential Information




     (a) The Executive acknowledges the Company’s reliance and expectation of the Executive’s
continued commitment to performance of his duties and responsibilities during the term of this
Employment Agreement. In light of such reliance and expectation on the part of the Company:




	 	(i)	 	During the term of this Employment Agreement and, during the one-year period
following the termination of this Employment Agreement, the Executive shall not:
(A) own, manage, control or participate in the ownership, management, or control of, or
be employed or engaged by or otherwise affiliated or associated as a consultant,
independent contractor or otherwise with, any other corporation, partnership,
proprietorship, firm, association or other business entity engaged in the business of,
or otherwise engage in the business of, acquiring, owning, developing or managing
self-storage facilities; provided, however, that the ownership of not more than one
percent (1%) of any class of publicly traded securities of any entity is permitted ; or
(B) directly or indirectly or by acting in concert with others, employ or attempt to
employ or solicit for any employment competitive with the Company, any Company
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	 	(ii)	 	During and after the term of this Employment Agreement, the Executive shall
not, directly or indirectly, disclose, divulge, discuss, copy or otherwise use or
suffer to be used in any manner, in competition with, or contrary to the interests of,
the Company, any confidential information relating to the Company’s operations,
properties or otherwise to its particular business or other trade secrets of the
Company, it being acknowledged by the Executive that all such information regarding the
business of the Company compiled or obtained by, or furnished to, the Executive while
the Executive shall have been employed by or associated with the Company is
confidential information and the Company’s exclusive property; provided, however, that
the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to the extent that such information (A) is
clearly obtainable in the public domain, (B) becomes obtainable in the public domain,
except by reason of the breach by the Executive of the terms hereof, (C) was not
acquired by the Executive in connection with his employment or affiliation with the
Company, (D) was not acquired by the Executive from the Company or its representatives,
or (E) is required to be disclosed by rule or law or by order of a court or
governmental body or agency.





     (b) The Executive agrees and understands that the remedy at law for any breach by him of this
Paragraph 6 will be inadequate and that the damages flowing from such breach are not readily
susceptible to being measured in monetary terms. Accordingly, it is acknowledged that, upon
adequate proof of the Executive’s violation of any legally enforceable provision of this
Paragraph 6, the Company shall be entitled to immediate injunctive relief and may obtain a
temporary order restraining any threatened or further breach.



     (c) The Executive has carefully considered the nature and extent of the restrictions upon him
and the rights and remedies conferred upon the Company under this Paragraph 6, and hereby
acknowledges and agrees that the same are reasonable in time and territory, are designed to
eliminate competition which otherwise would be unfair to the Company, do not stifle the inherent
skill and experience of the Executive, would not operate as a bar to the Executive’s sole means of
support, are fully required to protect the legitimate interests of the Company and do not confer a
benefit upon the Company disproportionate to the detriment to the Executive.



7. Miscellaneous




     (a) The Executive represents and warrants that he is not a party to any agreement, contract or
understanding, whether of employment or otherwise, which would restrict or prohibit him from
undertaking or performing employment in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Employment
Agreement.



 









 





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     (b) The provisions of this Employment Agreement are severable and if any one or more
provisions may be determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in part, the
remaining provisions and any partially unenforceable provision to the extent enforceable in any
jurisdiction nevertheless shall be binding and enforceable.



     (c) Any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or
otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company must, within ten
(10) days after Executive’s request, furnish its written assurance that it is bound to perform this
Employment Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would have been
required to perform it if no such succession had taken place.



     (d) Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Employment Agreement, or the
breach thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the Rules of the American
Arbitration Association then pertaining in the City of Buffalo, New York, and judgment upon the
award rendered by the arbitrator or arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof. The arbitrator or arbitrators shall be deemed to possess the powers to issue mandatory
orders and restraining orders in connection with such arbitration; provided, however, that nothing
in this Section 7(d) shall be construed so as to deny the Company the right and power to seek and
obtain injunctive relief in a court of equity for any breach or threatened breach by the Executive
of any of his covenants contained in Section 6 hereof.



     (e) Any notice to be given under this Employment Agreement shall be personally delivered in
writing or shall have been deemed duly given when received after it is posted in the United States
mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified, return receipt requested, and if mailed to the
Company, shall be addressed to the principal place of business of the Corporation and the
Partnership, attention: President, and if mailed to the Executive, shall be addressed to him at
his home address last known on the records of the Company, or at such other address or addresses as
either the Company or the Executive may hereafter designate in writing to the other.



     (f) The failure of either party to enforce any provision or provisions of this Employment
Agreement shall not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision or provisions as to
any future violations thereof, nor prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each and every
other provision of this Employment Agreement. The rights granted the parties herein are cumulative
and the waiver of any single remedy shall not constitute a waiver of such party’s right to assert
all other legal remedies available to it under the circumstances.



     (g) This Employment Agreement supersedes all prior employment agreements and understandings
between the parties and may not be modified or terminated orally. No modification, termination or
attempted waiver shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the party against whom the same is
sought to be enforced.



 









 





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     (h) This Employment Agreement shall be governed by and construed according to the laws of the
State of New York.



     (i) Captions and paragraph headings used herein are for convenience and are not a part of this
Employment Agreement and shall not be used in construing it.



8. Code Section 409A Matters




     (a) Definitions. The following terms shall have the following meanings when used in
this Agreement:




	 	(i)	 	“Separation from Service” shall have the meaning provided at Treas. Reg. §1.409A-1(h).
	 
	 	(ii)	 	“Section 409A Change in Control” shall mean a change in ownership or effective
control of the Company or a change in ownership of a substantial portion of the assets
of the Company within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-3(i)(5).
	 
	 	(iii)	 	“Non-Section 409A Change in Control” .” For the purposes of this Employment
Agreement, a “Non-Section 409A Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if
any of the following have occurred:






	 	(1)	 	either (A) the Corporation shall receive a report on
Schedule 13D, or an amendment to such a report, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the “1934 Act”) disclosing that any person (as such term is used in
Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act) (“Person”), is the beneficial owner, directly or
indirectly, of twenty (20) percent or more of the outstanding stock of the
Corporation or (B) the Company has actual knowledge of facts which would
require any Person to file such a report on Schedule 13D, or to make an
amendment to such a report, with the SEC (or would be required to file such a
report or amendment upon the lapse of the applicable period of time specified
in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act) disclosing that such Person is the beneficial
owner, directly or indirectly, of twenty (20) percent or more of the
outstanding stock of the Corporation;
	 
	 	(2)	 	purchase by any Person, other than the Company or a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company or an employee benefit plan sponsored or
maintained by the Company or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, of
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	 	 	 	exchange offer to acquire any stock of the Corporation (or securities,
including units of limited partnership interests, convertible into stock) for
cash, securities or any other consideration provided that, after consummation
of the offer, such Person is the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3
under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of twenty (20) percent or more
of the outstanding stock of the Corporation (calculated as provided in
paragraph (d) of Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act in the case of rights to
acquire stock);
	 
	 	(3)	 	approval by the shareholders of the Corporation of (A) any
consolidation or merger of, or other business combination involving, the
Corporation in which the Corporation is not to be the continuing or surviving
entity or pursuant to which shares of stock of the Corporation would be
converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a consolidation
or merger or business combination of the Corporation in which holders of its
stock immediately prior to the consolidation or merger or business combination
have substantially the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the
surviving corporation immediately after the consolidation or merger or business
combination as immediately before, or (B) any consolidation or merger or
business combination in which the Corporation is the continuing or surviving
corporation but in which the common shareholders of the Corporation immediately
prior to the consolidation or merger or business combination do not hold at
least a majority of the outstanding common stock of the continuing or surviving
corporation (except where such holders of common stock hold at least a majority
of the common stock of the corporation which owns all of the common stock of
the Corporation), or (C) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer by
operation of law or otherwise (in one transaction or a series of related
transactions) of all or substantially all the assets of the Corporation or the
Partnership; or
	 
	 	(4)	 	a change in the majority of the members of the Board within a
24-month period unless the election or nomination for election by the
Corporation shareholders of each new director was approved by the vote of at
least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were in office at
the beginning of the 24-month period.
	 
	 	(5)	 	more than fifty percent (50%) of the assets of the Corporation
or the Partnership are sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, whether by
operation of law or otherwise, other than in the usual and ordinary course of
its business.





 









 





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     (b) Rule Governing Payment Dates. In any case where this Agreement requires the
payment of an amount during a period of two or more days that overlaps two calendar years, the
payee shall have no right to determine the calendar year in which payment actually occurs



     (c) Compliance with Section 409A.  This Agreement is intended not to trigger additional
taxes and penalties under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and the final Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder, whether by reason of the form or the operation of the
Agreement. The Agreement shall at all times be interpreted, construed, and administered so as to
avoid insofar as possible the imposition of excise taxes and other penalties under Section 409A of
the Code. If any provision of this Agreement would trigger additional taxes and penalties under
Section 409A of the Code and the final Regulations promulgated thereunder, such provision shall to
the extent legally permissible be applied in a manner that most nearly accomplishes its objective
without triggering such additional taxes and penalties.



          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Restated Employment Agreement on the
31st day of December, 2008.




	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ David L. Rogers	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	/s/ Robert J. Attea
 

Robert J. Attea

	 	Title:
	 	CFO
 

	 	 






	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	SOVRAN ACQUISITION LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By
	 	SOVRAN HOLDINGS INC.	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	General Partner	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ David L. Rogers
 

	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	CFO	 	 







 









 








Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

Restated Employment Agreement with Robert J. Attea

Page 14




EXHIBIT A




1. Compensation.




     During the term of the Employment Agreement the Company shall pay or provide, as the case may
be, to the Executive the compensation and other benefits and rights set forth in this Paragraph 1
of this Exhibit A.



     (a) The Company shall pay to the Executive a base salary payable in accordance with the
Company’s usual pay practices (and in the event no less frequently than monthly) of Two Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($200,000) per annum, subject to such increase (but not decrease) as may be
determined by the Board from time to time, based upon the performance of the Company (on a
consolidated basis) and the Executive.



     (b) The Executive shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s incentive compensation
plans for senior executives. The Company shall pay to the Executive incentive compensation, if
any, which such Executive is entitled to receive pursuant to such plan for each calendar year not
later than March 15 following the end of such calendar year (or at such time as may be provided in
such plan), prorated on a per diem basis for partial calendar years of service.



     (c) The Company shall provide to the Executive such life, medical, hospitalization and dental
insurance for himself, his spouse and eligible family members as may be available to other senior
executive officers of the Company (the “Insurance Plans”). The coverage under the Insurance Plans
shall be at least as favorable as those under the insurances provided to the Executive by the
Company (or it predecessor) on the date on which the Employment Agreement was first entered into,
subject to the Executive’s continued insurability under the Insurance Plans.



     (d) The Executive shall participate in all retirement and other benefit plans of the Company
generally available from time to time to employees of the Company and for which Executive qualifies
under the terms thereof (and nothing in the Employment Agreement or this Exhibit A shall or shall
be deemed to in any way effect the Executive’s right and benefits thereunder except as expressly
provided herein.



     (e) The Executive shall be entitled to such periods of vacation and sick leave allowance each
year as are determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board.



     (f) The Executive shall be entitled to participate in any equity or other employee benefit
plan that is generally available to senior executive officers of the Company. The Executive’s
participation in and benefits under any such plan shall be on the terms and subject to the
conditions specified in the governing document of the particular plan.



 









 





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Restated Employment Agreement with Robert J. Attea

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     (g) The Company shall reimburse the Executive or provide him with an expense allowance during
the term of the Employment Agreement for travel, entertainment and other expenses reasonably and
necessarily incurred by the Executive in connection with the Company’s business. The Executive
shall furnish such documentation with respect to reimbursement to be paid hereunder as the Company
shall reasonably request.



     (h) The Company shall provide the Executive with an automobile allowance as exists from time
to time under the Company’s policy.



2. Payment in the Event of Death or Permanent Disability.




     (a) In the event of the Executive’s death or “disability” (as defined in the Employment
Agreement) during the term of the Employment Agreement, the Company shall pay to the Executive (or
his successors and assigns in the event of his death) an amount equal to two (2) times the
Executive’s then effective per annum rate of salary, as determined under Section 1(a) of this
Exhibit A, plus a pro rata portion of the incentive compensation for the calendar year in which
such death or permanent disability occurs, less, in the case of permanent disability, any amounts
paid by the Company or under the Company’s disability insurance contracts.



     (b) The pro rata portion of the incentive compensation described in Section 2(a) shall be paid
when and as provided in Section 1(b). The remainder of the benefit to be paid pursuant to Section
2(a) shall be paid as follows:




     (i) In the event of the Executive’s death, the remainder of the benefit shall be paid
in eight (8) quarterly installments. The first installment shall be paid on the first day
of the calendar quarter beginning after the Executive’s death and the remaining seven
installments shall be paid on the first day of the next seven calendar quarters. The eight
(8) equal quarterly installments shall be deemed a series of separate payments within the
meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii).




     (ii) In the event of the Executive’s disability, the remainder of the benefit shall be
paid in twenty-four (24) monthly installments. The 24 monthly payments described in the
preceding sentence shall be deemed a series of separate payments within the meaning of
Treas. Reg. §1.409A-2(b)(2)(iii). The first six monthly payments shall be paid to the
Executive in a lump sum within 30 days following his Separation from Service. The remaining
eighteen monthly payments shall be paid to the Executive in 18 separate payments on the
first day of 18 successive calendar months with the first payment occurring on the first day
of the seventh calendar month beginning after the date of the Executive’s



 









 





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Restated Employment Agreement with Robert J. Attea

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     Separation from Service. The parties affirm that it is their intent that the first
six monthly payments be excluded from the application of Code Section 409A by reason of the
“short-term deferral” rule set forth at Regulation §1.409A-1(b)(4).






     (c) Except as otherwise provided in Paragraphs 1(d) and 2(a), in the event of the Executive’s
death or disability the Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate and the Executive shall be
entitled to no further compensation or other benefits under the Employment Agreement, except as to
that portion of any unpaid salary and other benefits accrued and earned by him hereunder up to and
including the date of such death or permanent disability, as the case may be.