# EDGAR Filing Document

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**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001852575
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 853494431
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** MD
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 424B3
- **SEC ACT:** 1933 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-256598
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23768508

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 10 TERRACE ROAD
- **CITY:** LADERA RANCH
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92694
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 9495424516

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 10 TERRACE ROAD
- **CITY:** LADERA RANCH
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 92694

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**Registration No. 333-256598**

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**STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST VI, INC.**

**SUPPLEMENT NO. 13 DATED MARCH 28, 2023**

**TO THE PROSPECTUS DATED MARCH 17, 2022**

This document supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the prospectus of Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. dated March 17, 2022, Supplement No. 1 dated April 7, 2022, Supplement No. 2 dated April 13, 2022, Supplement No. 3 dated May 3, 2022, Supplement No. 4 dated May 20, 2022, Supplement No. 5 dated June 1, 2022, Supplement No. 6 dated August 12, 2022, Supplement No. 7 dated September 22, 2022, Supplement No. 8 dated October 24, 2022, Supplement No. 9 dated November 8, 2022, Supplement No.10 dated November 15, 2022, Supplement No.11 dated December 22, 2022 and Supplement No.12 dated February 2, 2023. Unless otherwise defined in this supplement, capitalized terms used in this supplement shall have the same meanings as set forth in the prospectus.

The purpose of this supplement is to disclose:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•the status of our public offering;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our acquisition of a property in Toronto, Ontario;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•information regarding our share redemption program;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•an update to our risk factors;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•information regarding related party fees and expenses;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our second quarter 2023 distribution declaration;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our distribution declaration history;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•an update to the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" section of the prospectus to include information for the year ended December 31, 2022; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2022 and 2021 and for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2022.

**Our Offering** 

Pursuant to our private offering, which terminated on March 17, 2022, we sold approximately $100.7 million in Class P shares, or approximately 10.6 million Class P shares. On March 17, 2022, our public offering was declared effective. As of March 23, 2023, we had sold approximately 2.0 million Class A shares, 3.6 million Class T shares, and 0.4 million Class W shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $60.8 million in our public offering. As of March 23, 2023, approximately $1.0 billion in shares remained available for sale in our public offering, including shares available pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan.

**Acquisition of Property in Toronto, Ontario**

On March 27, 2023, we, through an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of our operating partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), acquired a parcel of land to be developed into a self storage facility located in Etobicoke, in the city of Toronto, Ontario (the "Etobicoke Property") from an unaffiliated third party. The purchase price for the Etobicoke Property was approximately CAD $2.2 million, plus closing costs and an acquisition fee equal to approximately $0.1 million to our advisor. We funded such acquisition with net proceeds from our public offering. Estimated development costs are approximately CAD $20.2 million, which we expect to fund with a combination of net proceeds from our primary offering and/or potential future debt financing.

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**Share Redemption Program Information**

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we did not receive any redemption requests, nor did we redeem any shares of common stock.

**Update to Our Risk Factors**

The following hereby replaces the risk factor captioned "We have incurred a net loss to date, have an accumulated deficit and our operations may not be profitable in 2022." under the "Risk Factors — Risks Related to this Offering and an Investment in Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc." section of our prospectus.

**We have incurred a net loss to date, have an accumulated deficit, and our operations may not be profitable in 2023.** 

We incurred a net loss attributable to our common stockholders of approximately $13.7 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022. Our accumulated deficit was approximately $16.7 million as of December 31, 2022. Given that we are still early in our fundraising and acquisition stage, our operations may not be profitable in 2023.

**Related Party Fees and Expenses**

The following table summarizes related party costs incurred and paid by us for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022, as well as any related amounts, which are included in due to affiliates in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2022:

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|  | **Year Ended December 31, 2021** | **Year Ended December 31, 2021** | **Year Ended December 31, 2021** | **Year Ended December 31, 2022** | **Year Ended December 31, 2022** | **Year Ended December 31, 2022** |
|  | **Incurred** | **Paid** | **Payable** | **Incurred** | **Paid** | **Payable** |
| Expensed |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating expenses<br> (including organizational costs) | $1120374 | $997903 | $122471 | $2761281 | $1936266 | $947486 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asset management fees | 178282 | 156138 | 22144 | 1348314 | 1370458 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Property management fees | 96505 | 88300 | 8205 | 551493 | 559698 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Transfer Agent expenses | 42949 | 42949 |  | 145716 | 138529 | 7187 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acquisition expenses (1) | 662957 | 551302 | 111655 | 631575 | 739556 | 3674 |
| Capitalized |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acquisition related (2) | 1442319 | 1046673 | 395646 | 4797897 | 4442083 | 751460 |
| Additional Paid-in Capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Offering costs | 501712 | 436212 | 65500 | 102285 | 167785 |  |
| Total | $4045098 | $3319477 | $725621 | $10338561 | $9354375 | $1709807 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Amounts include third party acquisition expenses paid by our sponsor and reimbursed by us.

<sup>(2)</sup> Amounts include acquisition fees paid to our sponsor and third party earnest money deposits paid by our sponsor and reimbursed by us.

**Second Quarter 2023 Distribution Declaration**

On March 23, 2023, our board of directors declared a daily distribution rate of approximately $0.001698 per day per share on the outstanding shares of common stock payable to Class A, Class T, Class W and Class P stockholders of record of such shares as shown on our books at the close of business on each day of the period commencing on April 1, 2023 and ending on June 30, 2023. In connection with this distribution, for the stockholders of Class T shares, after the stockholder servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.001424 per day will be paid per Class T share and for the stockholders of Class W shares, after the dealer manager servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.001569 per day will be paid per Class W share. Such distributions payable to each stockholder of record during a month will be paid the following month.

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**Distribution Declaration History**

The following table shows the distributions we have paid in cash and through our distribution reinvestment plan for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

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| **Quarter** | **OP Unit <br>Holders** | **Common <br>Stockholders** | **Distributions <br>Declared per <br>Common Share (1)** |  |
| 1st Quarter 2021 | $- | $- | $0.03 | **(2)** |
| 2nd Quarter 2021 | $45941 | $50100 | $0.13 |  |
| 3rd Quarter 2021 | $69325 | $262471 | $0.13 |  |
| 4th Quarter 2021 | $68603 | $470424 | $0.13 |  |
| 1st Quarter 2022 | $67845 | $673188 | $0.13 |  |
| 2nd Quarter 2022 | $78538 | $1496326 | $0.15 |  |
| 3rd Quarter 2022 | $83211 | $1865215 | $0.15 |  |
| 4th Quarter 2022 | $84128 | $2177249 | $0.16 |  |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Declared distributions are paid monthly in arrears.

<sup>(2)</sup> Distributions in the first quarter of 2021 were declared for the month of March only.

**Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition** 

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our accompanying consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this supplement.

**Overview** 

Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), was formed on October 14, 2020 under the Maryland General Corporation Law for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in self storage facilities and commenced formal operations on March 10, 2021. We made an election to be treated as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code for federal income tax purposes beginning with our taxable year ended December 31, 2021.

On February 26, 2021, pursuant to a confidential private placement memorandum, we commenced a private offering of up to $200,000,000 in shares of our common stock and $20,000,000 shares of common stock pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. Please see Note 1 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained elsewhere in this supplement for additional information. The primary portion of our private offering was terminated on March 17, 2022. We received approximately $100.7 million in offering proceeds from the sale of our common stock pursuant to the private offering. Through our distribution reinvestment plan, we have issued approximately 0.3 million Class P shares for gross proceeds of approximately $2.6 million.

In connection with the Public Offering, defined below, we filed articles of amendment to our Charter (the "Articles of Amendment") and articles supplementary to our Charter (the "Articles Supplementary"). Following the filing of the Articles of Amendment and the Articles Supplementary, we authorized 30,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class P shares, 300,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class A shares, 300,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class T shares, and 70,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class W shares. Any common stock sold in the Private Offering were redesignated as Class P common stock upon the filing of the Articles of Amendment. On May 28, 2021, we filed a Form S-11 Registration Statement, which was subsequently amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to register a maximum of $1,000,000,000 in shares of Class A, Class T, and Class W common stock for sale to the public (the "Primary Offering") and $95,000,000 in shares of Class A, Class T, and Class W common stock for sale pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (collectively, the "Public Offering"). On March 17, 2022, the SEC declared our registration statement effective. As of December 31, 2022, approximately 1.8 million Class A shares, approximately 3.0 million Class T shares and approximately 0.2 million Class W shares had been sold in the Public Offering for gross offering proceeds of approximately $18.1 million, approximately $30.0 million and approximately $2.3 million, respectively. Through our distribution reinvestment plan, we have issued

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approximately 10,000 Class A shares, approximately 17,000 Class T shares and approximately 2,000 Class W shares for gross proceeds of approximately $0.3 million.

We have invested the net proceeds from our Private Offering and Public Offering primarily in self storage facilities consisting of both income-producing and growth properties located in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2022, we owned 15 operating self storage properties located in seven states (Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington) and the Greater Toronto Area, as well as 50% equity interests in two unconsolidated real estate ventures located in the Greater Toronto Area that are intended to be developed into self storage facilities, with subsidiaries of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust ("SmartCentres") owning the other 50% of such entity.

As of December 31, 2022, our self storage portfolio was comprised as follows:

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| **State** | **No. of<br>Properties** | **Units(1)** | **Sq. Ft.<br>(net)(2)** | **% of Total<br>Rentable<br>Sq. Ft.** | **Physical<br>Occupancy%(3)** |  | **Rental<br>Income%(4)** |
| Arizona | 4 | 2840 | 374200 | 29% | 82% | (5) | 31% |
| Delaware | 1 | 830 | 80700 | 6% | 56% | (5) | 5% |
| Florida | 4 | 2235 | 264350 | 20% | 90% |  | 23% |
| Nevada | 1 | 335 | 51900 | 4% | 91% |  | 6% |
| Oregon | 1 | 520 | 56200 | 4% | 81% | (5) | 5% |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 810 | 78000 | 6% | 74% | (5) | 7% |
| Washington | 1 | 1090 | 100000 | 8% | 86% |  | 8% |
| Ontario | 2 | 2155 | 300000 | 23% | 79% | (5) | 15% |
|  | 15 | 10815 | 1305350 | 100% | 82% |  | 100% |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Includes all rentable units, consisting of storage units and parking units (approximately 585 units).

<sup>(2)</sup> Includes all rentable square feet consisting of storage units and parking units (approximately 167,600 square feet).

<sup>(3)</sup> Represents the occupied square feet of all facilities we owned in a state divided by total rentable square feet of all the facilities we owned in such state as of December 31, 2022.

<sup>(4)</sup> Represents rental income for all facilities we own in a state divided by our total rental income for the month ended December 31, 2022.

<sup>(5)</sup> The Chandler, Newark, Portland, Levittown and Cambridge properties are newly constructed or lease-up properties. The aforementioned properties' occupancy as of their respective acquisition dates and as of December 31, 2022 are as follows:

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| **Property** | **Acquisition Date** | **Initial<br>Occupancy %** | **December 31, 2022 <br>Physical<br>Occupancy %** |
| Chandler - AZ | 5/17/2022 | 58% | 75% |
| Newark - DE | 4/26/2022 | 27% | 56% |
| Portland - OR | 3/31/2022 | 51% | 81% |
| Levittown - PA | 4/26/2022 | 31% | 74% |
| Cambridge - ONT | 12/20/2022 | 60% | 73% |

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**Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures** 

We have entered into joint venture agreements with a subsidiary of SmartCentres, an unaffiliated third party, to acquire tracts of land and develop them into self storage facilities. We account for these investments using the equity method of accounting and they will be stated at cost and adjusted for our share of net earnings or losses and reduced by distributions. Equity in earnings (loss) will generally be recognized based on our ownership interest in the earnings of each of the unconsolidated investments.

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The following table summarizes our investments in unconsolidated real estate ventures as of December 31, 2022:

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|  | **Location** | **Date Real Estate<br>Venture Acquired<br>Land** | **Real Estate<br>Venture <br>Status** | **Equity<br>Ownership %** | **Approx. Units<br>at Completion** | **Approx.<br>Sq. Ft. (net)<br>at Completion** |
| Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | April 2021 | Under Development | 50% | 1200 | 98500 |
| Toronto II | Toronto, Ontario | December 2021 | Under Development | 50% | 1500 | 121500 |
|  |  |  |  |  | 2700 | 220000 |

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Development costs are currently expected to be approximately CAD $18 million for the Toronto Property and approximately CAD $25 million for the Toronto II Property, and are expected to be funded with debt proceeds and capital contributions from the JV partners. We expect development on these properties to be completed in the second half of 2024.

**Industry Outlook**

Self storage industry fundamentals remain strong relative to historical operating levels, with many properties operating at optimal revenue-producing occupancy. Additionally, favorable industry dynamics have resulted in above average pricing power for self storage operators. Operators are able to achieve high same-store occupancy levels through a diverse base of customer demand from individuals as well as businesses. As of the end of the second quarter of 2022, according to the 2023 Self Storage Almanac, the industry average occupancy was 93.4%. As of December 31, 2022, the U.S. listed REITs averaged ending same-store occupancy of 92.1%. While these occupancy levels are down from the prior year, they are above historical averages. Additionally, the self storage industry maintained strong occupancy and revenue growth throughout the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the time that has followed, exemplifying how the fundamentals of self storage can continue to capture demand in the face of a variety of a challenging operating environment. Based on these favorable supply and demand dynamics, we believe that disciplined self storage operators will generate revenue growth in the near term and will continue to drive revenue through various economic cycles. Likewise, we expect moderate growth in new supply through 2024. We believe that overhead costs and maintenance capital expenditures are considerably lower in the self storage industry as compared to other real estate sectors, and as a result of that strong operating leverage, self storage companies are able to achieve comparatively higher operating and cash flow margins. We expect elevated property tax increases in our sector in the coming years and expense growth resulting from increases in employee costs, property insurance and property taxes in 2023, to be partially offset by operating efficiencies gained from leveraging technology and solar initiatives. Even with these offsets, we believe the sector will see above-historical average same store expense increases in the near term.

**Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates**

We have established accounting policies which conform to generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in the U.S. Preparing financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to use judgment in the application of accounting policies, including making estimates and assumptions. Following is a discussion of the estimates and assumptions used in setting accounting policies that we consider critical in the presentation of our financial statements. Many estimates and assumptions involved in the application of GAAP may have a material impact on our financial condition or operating performance, or on the comparability of such information to amounts reported for other periods, because of the subjectivity and judgment required to account for highly uncertain items or the susceptibility of such items to change. These estimates and assumptions affect our reported amounts of assets and liabilities, our disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and our reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period covered by this supplement. If management's judgment or interpretation of the facts and circumstances relating to various transactions had been different, it is possible that different accounting policies would have been applied or different amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses would have been recorded, thus resulting in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the

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financial statements. Additionally, other companies may use different estimates and assumptions that may impact the comparability of our financial condition and results of operations to those companies.

We believe that our critical accounting policies include the following: real estate purchase price allocations; the evaluation of whether any of our long-lived assets have been impaired; the determination of the useful lives of our long-lived assets; and the evaluation of the consolidation of our interests in joint ventures. The following discussion of these policies supplements, but does not supplant the description of our significant accounting policies, as contained in Note 2 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this supplement, and is intended to present our analysis of the uncertainties involved in arriving upon and applying each policy.

**Real Estate Acquisition Valuation** 

We account for acquisitions in accordance with GAAP which requires that we allocate the purchase price of a property to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values. This guidance requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions, including fair value estimates, which requires the use of significant unobservable inputs as of the acquisition date.

The value of the tangible assets, consisting of land and buildings, is determined as if vacant. Because we believe that substantially all of the leases in place at properties we will acquire will be at market rates, as the majority of the leases are month-to-month contracts, we do not expect to allocate any portion of the purchase prices to above or below market leases. We also consider whether in-place, market leases represent an intangible asset. Acquisitions of portfolios of facilities are allocated to the individual facilities based upon an income approach or a cash flow analysis using appropriate risk adjusted capitalization rates which take into account the relative size, age, and location of the individual facility along with current and projected occupancy and rental rate levels or appraised values, if available.

Our allocations of purchase prices are based on certain significant estimates and assumptions, variations in such estimates and assumptions could result in a materially different presentation of the consolidated financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the consolidated financial statements.

**Real Property Asset Valuation** 

The majority of our assets, other than cash and cash equivalents, consist of long-lived real estate assets as well as intangible assets related to our acquisitions. We evaluate such assets for impairment based on events and changes in circumstances that may arise in the future and that may impact the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets, including those held through joint ventures. When indicators of potential impairment are present, we will assess the recoverability of the particular asset by determining whether the carrying value of the asset will be recovered, through an evaluation of the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. This evaluation is based on a number of estimates and assumptions. Based on this evaluation, if the expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, we will adjust the value of the long-lived asset and recognize an impairment loss. Our evaluation of the impairment of long-lived assets could result in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the financial statements, as the amount of impairment loss recognized, if any, may vary based on the estimates and assumptions we use.

**Estimated Useful Lives of Long-Lived Assets** 

We assess the useful lives of the assets underlying our properties based upon a subjective determination of the period of future benefit for each asset. We record depreciation expense with respect to these assets based upon the estimated useful lives we determine. Our determinations of the useful lives of the assets could result in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the financial statements, as such determinations, and the corresponding amount of depreciation expense, may vary dramatically based on the estimates and assumptions we use.

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**Consolidation Considerations** 

We evaluate the consolidation of our investments in joint ventures in accordance with relevant accounting guidance. This evaluation requires us to determine whether we have a controlling interest in a joint venture through a means other than voting rights, and, if so, such joint venture may be required to be consolidated in our financial statements. Our evaluation of our joint ventures under such accounting guidance could result in a materially different presentation of the financial statements or materially different amounts being reported in the financial statements, as the joint venture entities included in our financial statements may vary based on the estimates and assumptions we use.

**REIT Qualification** 

We made an election under Section 856(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") to be taxed as a REIT under the Code, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2021. By qualifying as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will be subject to federal income tax on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year in which our qualification is denied. Such an event could materially and adversely affect our net income and could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. However, we believe that we are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for treatment as a REIT and intend to operate in the foreseeable future in such a manner that we will remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

**Current Market and Economic Conditions**

Our rental revenue and operating results depend significantly on the demand for self storage space. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Property Manager adjusted its policies to meet the needs of our customers and employees, while striving to create a safe environment for everyone at our properties. Additionally, our Property Manager expanded our options for customers to rent units via contactless means, including directly through our website and call center.

The challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic were partially offset by other trends that helped maintain the demand for self storage. The broader shift of people working from home, elevated migration patterns and strength in the housing market helped drive continued growth in self storage demand.

Recently, the broader economy began experiencing increased levels of inflation, higher interest rates, tightening monetary and fiscal policies and a slowdown in home price appreciation and new home sales. This could result in less discretionary spending, weakening consumer balance sheets and reduced demand for self storage. However, demand for the self storage sector is dynamic with drivers that function in a multitude of economic environments, both cyclically and counter-cyclically. Demand for self storage tends to be needs-based, with numerous factors that lead customers to renting and maintaining storage units.

In addition to the sector's numerous historical demand drivers, one demand driver that increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic is the trend towards working from home, or hybrid work environment. We believe the need for work space in residences will continue to be a driver of storage demand in 2023 and going forward, which could partially offset a potential reduction in population migration caused by a softening housing market.

In 2022, the Federal Reserve began increasing its targeted range for the federal funds rate, leading to increased interest rates. This approach to monetary policy was mirrored by other central banks across the world, to similar effect. We currently have fixed interest rates for some of our loans, either directly or indirectly through our use of interest rate hedges. The rise in overall interest rates has caused an increase in our variable rate borrowing costs and our overall cost of capital, resulting in an increase in net interest expense. Capitalization rates on acquisitions have not increased at the same magnitude as interest rates. These factors may limit our ability to acquire self storage properties in an as accretive manner going forward.

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**Results of Operations** 

**Overview** 

We derive revenues principally from: (i) rents received from tenants who rent storage units under month-to-month leases at each of our self storage facilities; and (ii) sales of packing- and storage-related supplies at our storage facilities. Therefore, our operating results depend significantly on our ability to retain our existing tenants and lease our available self storage units to new tenants, while maintaining and, where possible, increasing the prices for our self storage units. Additionally, our operating results depend on our tenants making their required rental payments to us.

Competition in the market areas in which we operate is significant and affects the occupancy levels, rental rates, rental revenues and operating expenses of our facilities. Development of any new self storage facilities would intensify competition of self storage operators in markets in which we operate.

On March 10, 2021, we commenced formal operations and we acquired our first six self storage properties during 2021. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, we owned 15 and six self storage facilities, respectively.

Our operating results for the year ended December 31, 2022 include full period results for six self storage facilities, and partial period results for nine properties acquired during 2022. Our operating results for the year ended December 31, 2021 include partial period results for the six properties acquired during 2021. As such, we believe there is little basis for comparison between the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021. Operating results in future periods will depend on the results of operations of these properties and the real estate properties that we acquire in the future.

**Comparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021** 

Total Revenues

Total revenues for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $8.8 million and approximately $1.3 million, respectively. The increase in total revenue is primarily attributable to a full period of operations for six properties and partial period of operations for nine properties acquired during 2022, compared to partial period of operations for six properties acquired during 2021 and the lease-up of our non-stabilized properties. We expect total revenues to increase in the future commensurate with our future acquisition activity and as our newly acquired properties increase occupancy and rates.

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $3.8 million and approximately $0.6 million, respectively. Property operating expenses include the costs to operate our facilities including payroll, utilities, insurance, real estate taxes, and marketing. The increase in property operating expenses is primarily attributable to a full period of operations for six properties and partial period of operations for nine properties acquired during 2022, compared to partial period of operations for six properties acquired during 2021. We expect property operating expenses to increase in the future as our operational activity increases but decrease as a percentage of total revenues as we lease-up our non-stabilized properties.

Property Operating Expenses – Affiliates

Property operating expenses – affiliates for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $1.9 million and approximately $0.3 million, respectively. Property operating expenses – affiliates includes property management fees and asset management fees. The increase in property operating expenses – affiliates is primarily attributable to a full period of operations for six properties and partial period of operations for nine properties acquired during 2022, compared to partial period of operations for six properties acquired during 2021. We expect property operating expenses – affiliates to increase in the future as our operational activity increases.

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General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $2.3 million and approximately $0.8 million, respectively. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of legal expenses, directors' and officers' insurance, transfer agent fees, an allocation of a portion of our Advisor's payroll related costs, accounting expenses and board of directors related costs. The increase in general and administrative expenses is primarily attributable to an increase in costs commensurate with the increase in our operational activity. We expect general and administrative expenses to increase in the future as our operational activity increases, but decrease as a percentage of total revenue.

Depreciation and Amortization Expenses

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $6.6 million and approximately $0.9 million, respectively. Depreciation expense consists primarily of depreciation on the buildings and site improvements at our properties. Amortization expense consists of the amortization of intangible assets resulting from our acquisitions. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense is primarily attributable to a full period of operations for six properties and partial period of operations for nine properties acquired during 2022, compared to partial period of operations for six properties acquired during 2021. We expect depreciation and amortization expense to increase in future periods commensurate with our future acquisition activity.

Acquisition Expenses – Affiliates

Acquisition expenses – affiliates for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $0.6 million and approximately $0.4 million, respectively. Acquisition expenses primarily relate to the costs associated with our potential acquisitions prior to the acquisitions becoming probable in accordance with our capitalization policy. We expect acquisition expenses - affiliates to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our acquisition activity.

Other Property Acquisition Expenses

Other property acquisition expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $0.9 million and approximately $1.0 million, respectively. Acquisition expenses primarily relate to the costs associated with our potential acquisitions prior to the acquisitions becoming probable in accordance with our capitalization policy. We expect other property acquisition expenses to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our acquisition activity.

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $4.9 million and approximately $0.6 million, respectively. Interest expense consists of interest incurred on the loans related to our 15 self storage properties in 2022 compared to six properties in 2021. We expect interest expense to fluctuate in the future commensurate with our future debt level and interest rates.

Interest Expense – Debt Issuance Costs

Interest expense – debt issuance costs for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $1.1 million and approximately $0.1 million, respectively. Interest expense – debt issuance costs reflects the amortization of fees incurred in connection with obtaining financing. The increase is primarily related to new debt obtained in conjunction with properties acquired during 2022 and the write off of approximately $0.3 million in debt issuance cost related to the Huntington Credit Facility in accordance with GAAP. We expect interest expense – debt issuance costs to increase commensurate with our future financing activity.

Foreign currency adjustment

Foreign currency adjustment for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was approximately $1.1 million and approximately $0.2 million, respectively. Foreign currency adjustment consists of changes in foreign currency related to our net investments in unconsolidated real estate ventures, not classified as long term in

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accordance with GAAP. We expect foreign currency adjustment to change in the future based upon changes in exchange rates, as well as future net investments in real estate in currencies other than United States dollars.

**Year Ended December 31, 2021**

The results of operations and cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2021 were included in our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC Registration No. 333-256598) which was filed with the SEC on March 4, 2022.

**Liquidity and Capital Resources** 

**Cash Flows** 

A comparison of cash flows for operating, investing and financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 is as follows:

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|  | **Year Ended** | **Year Ended** |  |
|  | **December 31,<br>2022** | **December 31,<br>2021** | **Change** |
| Net cash flow provided by (used in): |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating activities | $(4615238) | $(2963793) | $(1651445) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investing activities | (190683955) | (66686996) | (123996959) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Financing activities | 199037578 | 74231548 | 124806030 |

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Cash flows used in operating activities for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $4.6 million and approximately $3.0 million, respectively, a change of approximately $1.6 million. The increase in cash used in our operating activities is primarily the result of increased acquisitions of lease up and non stabilized properties.

Cash flows used in investing activities for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $190.7 million and approximately $66.7 million, respectively, a change of approximately $124.0 million. The increase in cash used in our investing activities is primarily the result of cash used for the purchase of real estate.

Cash flows provided by financing activities for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 were approximately $199.0 million and approximately $74.2 million, respectively, a change of approximately $124.8 million. The increase in cash provided by our financing activities is primarily the result of an increase in net proceeds raised from our Offering of approximately $53.2 million and a $74.8 million increase in net debt proceeds used to acquire real estate.

**Short-Term Liquidity and Capital Resources** 

Our liquidity needs consist primarily of our property operating expenses, general and administrative expenses, debt service payments, capital expenditures, property acquisitions, potential development costs related to our joint venture investments and distributions to our stockholders and limited partners in our Operating Partnership, as necessary to maintain our REIT qualification. We generally expect that we will meet our short-term liquidity requirements from the combination of proceeds from our Primary Offering, proceeds from secured and unsecured financing from banks or other lenders and net cash provided from property operations. <br>

Volatility in the debt and equity markets and continued and/or further impact of COVID-19, inflation and other economic events will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain. While we do not expect such events to have a material impact upon our liquidity in the short-term, continued uncertainty or deterioration in the debt and equity markets over an extended period of time could potentially impact our liquidity over the long-term.

**Distribution Policy and Distributions** 

We commenced paying distributions to our stockholders in March 2021 and intend to continue to pay regular distributions to our stockholders. From the commencement of paying cash distributions in March 2021,

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100% of our cash distributions have been paid from the net proceeds of our Private Offering and our Public Offering. Until we are generating operating cash flow sufficient to fund distributions to our stockholders, we may decide to make stock distributions or to make distributions using a combination of stock and cash, or to fund some or all of our distributions from the proceeds of our private offering, proceeds of our Public Offering or from borrowings in anticipation of future cash flow, which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties. Because substantially all of our operations will be performed indirectly through our Operating Partnership, our ability to pay distributions depends in large part on our Operating Partnership's ability to pay distributions to its partners, including to us. In the event we do not have enough cash from operations to fund cash distributions, we may borrow, issue additional securities or sell assets in order to fund the distributions or make the distributions out of net proceeds from our Public Offering. Therefore, it is likely that some or all of the distributions that we make will represent a return of capital to stockholders, at least in the first few years of operation. Though we have no present intention to make in-kind distributions, we are authorized by our charter to make in-kind distributions of readily marketable securities, distributions of beneficial interests in a liquidating trust established for our dissolution and the liquidation of our assets in accordance with the terms of the charter or distributions that meet all of the following conditions: (a) our board of directors advises each stockholder of the risks associated with direct ownership of the property; (b) our board of directors offers each stockholder the election of receiving such in-kind distributions; and (c) in-kind distributions are only made to those stockholders who accept such offer.

Distributions will be paid to our stockholders as of the record date selected by our board of directors. We pay distributions monthly based on daily declaration and record dates so that investors may be entitled to distributions immediately upon purchasing our shares. We expect to continue to regularly pay distributions unless our results of operations, our general financial condition, general economic conditions, or other factors inhibit us from doing so. Distributions will be authorized at the discretion of our board of directors, which will be directed, in substantial part, by its obligation to cause us to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. Our board of directors may increase, decrease or eliminate the distribution rate that is being paid at any time. Distributions will be made on all classes of our common stock at the same time. The per share amount of distributions on different classes of shares will likely differ because of different allocations of class-specific expenses. Specifically, distributions on Class T shares and Class W shares will likely be lower than distributions on Class A shares and Class P shares because Class T shares are subject to ongoing stockholder servicing fees and Class W shares are subject to ongoing dealer manager servicing fees. The funds we receive from operations that are available for distribution may be affected by a number of factors, including the following:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•the amount of time required for us to invest the funds received in the offerings;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our operating and interest expenses;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•the amount of distributions or dividends received by us from our indirect real estate investments;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our ability to keep our properties occupied;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•our ability to maintain or increase rental rates;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•the performance of our lease-up, development and redevelopment properties;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•any significant delays in construction for development or redevelopment properties;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•construction defects or capital improvements;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•capital expenditures and reserves for such expenditures;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•the issuance of additional shares; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•financings and refinancings.

We must distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our taxable income each year in order to meet the requirements for being treated as a REIT under the Code. Our directors may authorize distributions in excess of this percentage as they deem appropriate. Because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year, distributions may not reflect our income earned in that particular distribution period, but may be made in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period and may be made in advance of actual receipt of funds in an attempt to make distributions relatively uniform. To allow for such differences in timing between the receipt of income and the payment of expenses, and the effect of required debt payments, among other things, we could be required to borrow funds from third parties on a short-term basis,

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issue new securities, or sell assets to meet the distribution requirements that are necessary to achieve the tax benefits associated with qualifying as a REIT. We are not prohibited from undertaking such activities by our charter, bylaws or investment policies, and we may use an unlimited amount from any source to pay our distributions. These methods of obtaining funding could affect future distributions by increasing operating costs and decreasing available cash, which could reduce the value of our stockholders' investments in our shares. In addition, such distributions may constitute a return of investors' capital.

We have not been able to and may not be able to pay distributions from our cash flows from operations, in which case distributions may be paid in part from debt financing or from proceeds from the issuance of common stock in our offerings. The payment of distributions from sources other than cash flows from operations may reduce the amount of proceeds available for investment and operations or cause us to incur additional interest expense as a result of borrowed funds.

Over the long-term, we expect that a greater percentage of our distributions will be paid from cash flows from operations. However, our operating performance cannot be accurately predicted and may deteriorate in the future due to numerous factors, including our ability to raise and invest capital at favorable yields, the financial performance of our investments in the current real estate and financial environment and the types and mix of investments in our portfolio. As a result, future distributions declared and paid may exceed cash flow from operations.

The following shows our distributions and the sources of such distributions for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Year Ended December 31, 2022** |  | **Year Ended December 31, 2021** |  |
| Distributions paid in cash —<br> common stockholders | $3667288 |  | $453837 |  |
| Distributions paid in cash —<br> Operating Partnership unitholders | 313722 |  | 183869 |  |
| Distributions reinvested | 2544690 |  | 329158 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total distributions | $6525700 |  | $966864 |  |
| Source of distributions |  |  |  |  |
| Cash flows provided by operations | $— | 0.0% | $— | 0.0% |
| Proceeds from offerings | 3981010 | 61.0% | 637706 | 66.0% |
| Offering proceeds from distribution<br> reinvestment plan | 2544690 | 39.0% | 329158 | 34.0% |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total sources | $6525700 | 100.0% | $966864 | 100.0% |

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From our inception through December 31, 2022, we have paid cumulative distributions of approximately $7.5 million, as compared to cumulative net loss attributable to our common stockholders of approximately $16.7 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we paid distributions of approximately $6.5 million, as compared to a net loss attributable to our common stockholders of approximately $13.7 million. Net loss attributable to our common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2022, reflects non-cash depreciation and amortization of approximately $6.6 million and acquisition related expenses of approximately $1.4 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2021, we paid distributions of approximately $1.0 million, as compared to a net loss attributable to our common stockholders of approximately $3.0 million. Net loss attributable to our common stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2021 reflects non-cash depreciation and amortization of approximately $0.9 million and acquisition related expenses of approximately $1.3 million.

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**Indebtedness** 

As of December 31, 2022, our total indebtedness was approximately $157.2 million which included approximately $130.1 million of variable rate debt and approximately $28.3 million of fixed rate debt, less approximately $1.2 million in net debt issuance costs.

**Long-Term Liquidity and Capital Resources** 

On a long-term basis, our principal demands for funds will be for property acquisitions, either directly or through entity interests, for the payment of operating expenses and distributions, and for the payment of principal and interest on our outstanding indebtedness.

Our material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations primarily relate to the following, for which information on both a short-term and long-term basis is provided in the indicated notes to the consolidated financial statements:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Debt — Refer to Note 5 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Future cash payments for interest on debt over the next 12 months is approximately $10.8 million. Future cash payments for maturing debt over the next 12 months is approximately $35.5 million. We expect to meet these future obligations with a combination of proceeds from our Primary Offering, operations and future debt financing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Commitments and contingencies — Refer to Note 8 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Long-term potential future sources of capital include proceeds from secured or unsecured financings from banks or other lenders, issuance of equity instruments and undistributed funds from operations. To the extent we are not able to secure requisite financing in the form of a credit facility or other debt, we will be dependent upon proceeds from the issuance of equity securities and cash flows from operating activities in order to meet our long-term liquidity requirements and to fund our distributions.

**Off Balance Sheet Arrangements**

We have joint ventures with SmartCentres, which are accounted for using the equity method of accounting (Refer to Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements). Other than the foregoing, we do not currently have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships. Such entities are often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which typically are established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.

**Subsequent Events** 

Please see Note 11 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements contained in this supplement.

**Seasonality** 

We believe that we will experience minor seasonal fluctuations in the occupancy levels of our facilities which we believe will be slightly higher over the summer months due to increased moving activity.

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**INDEX** **TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS**

**FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022**

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| **Consolidated Financial Statements** | **Page<br>No.** |
| [<u>Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm : BDO USA, LLP; Costa Mesa, California; (PCAOB ID#243)</u>](#audit_opinion) | F-2 |
| [<u>Consolidated Balance Sheets</u>](#balance_sheet) | F-3 |
| [<u>Consolidated Statements of Operations</u>](#consolidated_statements_operations) | F-4 |
| [<u>Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss</u>](#consolidated_statements_comprehensive) | F-5 |
| [<u>Consolidated Statements of Equity and Temporary Equity</u>](#consolidated_equity) | F-6 |
| [<u>Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows</u>](#consolidated_cf) | F-8 |
| [<u>Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements</u>](#notes_to_financial_statements) | F-9 |
| **Financial Statement Schedule** |  |
| [<u>Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation</u>](#schedule_iii) | S-1 |

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**REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM**

The Board of Directors and Stockholders

Strategic Storage Trust IV, Inc.

Ladera Ranch, California

**Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements**

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. (the "Company") as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, equity and temporary equity, and cash flows for each of the years then ended, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying index (collectively referred to as the "consolidated financial statements"). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

**Basis for Opinion**

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ BDO USA, LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 2021.

Costa Mesa, California

March 22, 2023

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**STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST VI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES** 

**CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS** 

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|  | **December 31,<br>2022** | **December 31,<br>2021** |
| **ASSETS** |  |  |
| Real estate facilities: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Land | $50188659 | $10811899 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Buildings | 200161251 | 61778581 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Site improvements | 10489181 | 2766245 |
|  | 260839091 | 75356725 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accumulated depreciation | (5093282) | (597090) |
|  | 255745809 | 74759635 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Construction in process | 347308 | 86987 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Real estate facilities, net | 256093117 | 74846622 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 7148771 | 3934933 |
| Restricted cash | 642773 | 645826 |
| Investments in unconsolidated real estate ventures (Note 4) | 9527350 | 9632360 |
| Other assets, net | 3255785 | 797285 |
| Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization | 3077123 | 1014552 |
| **Total assets** | $**279744919** | $**90871578** |
| **LIABILITIES, TEMPORARY EQUITY AND EQUITY** |  |  |
| Secured debt, net | $157169423 | $47856858 |
| Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 4102652 | 1194900 |
| Distributions payable | 827919 | 225507 |
| Due to affiliates | 1709807 | 725621 |
| **Total liabilities** | **163809801** | **50002886** |
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 8) |  |  |
| Redeemable common stock | 2873848 | 329158 |
| Equity: |  |  |
| Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc.: |  |  |
| Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; none issued<br> and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021 |  |  |
| Class P Common stock, $0.001 par value; 30,000,000 shares authorized;<br> 10,841,745 and 5,062,804 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022<br> and December 31, 2021, respectively | 10842 | 5063 |
| Class A Common stock, $0.001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized;<br> 1,766,539 and no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022<br> and December 31, 2021, respectively | 1767 |  |
| Class T Common stock, $0.001 par value; 300,000,000 shares authorized;<br> 3,015,798 and no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022<br> and December 31, 2021, respectively | 3016 |  |
| Class W Common stock, $0.001 par value; 70,000,000 shares authorized;<br> 248,369 and no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022<br> and December 31, 2021, respectively | 248 |  |
| Additional paid-in capital | 134820961 | 40737265 |
| Distributions | (7793929) | (985132) |
| Accumulated deficit | (16727700) | (2985345) |
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (61416) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Total Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. equity | 110253789 | 36771851 |
| Noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership | 2807481 | 3767683 |
| **Total equity** | **113061270** | **40539534** |
| **Total liabilities, temporary equity and equity** | $**279744919** | $**90871578** |

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**See notes to consolidated financial statements.** 

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**STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST VI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES** 

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS** 

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
|  | **2022** | **2021** |
| **Revenues:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Self storage rental revenue | $8698972 | $1245751 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ancillary operating revenue | 91035 | 20021 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total revenues** | 8790007 | 1265772 |
| **Operating expenses:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Property operating expenses | 3835556 | 628189 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Property operating expenses – affiliates | 1899807 | 274787 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;General and administrative | 2289610 | 764130 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depreciation | 4526912 | 603413 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Intangible amortization expense | 2064048 | 320576 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acquisition expense – affiliates | 573899 | 353511 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other property acquisition expenses | 874679 | 957517 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Total operating expenses** | 16064511 | 3902123 |
| **Operating loss** | (7274504) | (2636351) |
| **Other income (expense):** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest expense | (4865029) | (608432) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest expense – debt issuance costs | (1097941) | (137825) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliate |  | (57104) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other | 2 | (136) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency adjustment | (1142611) | (174463) |
| **Net loss** | (14380083) | (3614311) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership** | 637728 | 628966 |
| **Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. common stockholders** | $(13742355) | $(2985345) |
| Net loss per Class P share—basic and diluted | $(1.17) | $(1.52) |
| Net loss per Class A share—basic and diluted | $(1.17) | $— |
| Net loss per Class T share—basic and diluted | $(1.17) | $— |
| Net loss per Class W share—basic and diluted | $(1.17) | $— |
| Weighted average Class P shares outstanding—basic and diluted | 9866463 | 1970391 |
| Weighted average Class A shares outstanding—basic and diluted | 672411 |  |
| Weighted average Class T shares outstanding—basic and diluted | 1074346 |  |
| Weighted average Class W shares outstanding—basic and diluted | 91927 |  |

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**See notes to consolidated financial statements.**

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**STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST VI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES** 

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS**

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Year Ended December 31,** | **Year Ended December 31,** |
|  | **2022** | **2021** |
| **Net loss** | $(14380083) | $(3614311) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other comprehensive loss: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency translation adjustment | (191438) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest rate swap contract gain | 126864 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other comprehensive loss | (64574) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Comprehensive loss** | (14444657) | (3614311) |
| **Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling<br> interests:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Comprehensive loss attributable to the noncontrolling<br> interests in our Operating Partnership | 640887 | 628966 |
| Comprehensive loss attributable to Strategic Storage Trust<br> VI, Inc. common stockholders | $(13803770) | $(2985345) |

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**See notes to consolidated financial statements.**

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**Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES**

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND TEMPORARY EQUITY**

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|  | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | **Class P** | **Class P** | **Class A** | **Class A** | **Class T** | **Class T** | **Class W** | **Class W** |  |  |  |  | **Total** |  |  |  |
|  | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Additional<br>Paid-in<br>Capital** | **Distributions** | **Accumulated<br>Deficit** | **Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss** | **Strategic Storage<br>Trust VI, Inc.<br>Equity** | **Noncontrolling <br>Interests in<br>our Operating<br>Partnership** | **Total<br>Equity** | **Redeemable<br>Common<br>Stock** |
| **Balance as of January 1, 2021** |  | $— |  | $— |  | $— |  | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— |
| Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock | 5026902 | 5027 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 47072631 |  |  |  | 47077658 | 7000 | 47084658 |  |
| Offering costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (6335330) |  |  |  | (6335330) |  | (6335330) |  |
| Noncontrolling interest assumed in consolidation of Operating Partnership |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4574294 | 4574294 |  |
| Changes to redeemable common stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (329158) |  |  |  | (329158) |  | (329158) | 329158 |
| Distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (985132) |  |  | (985132) |  | (985132) |  |
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (184645) | (184645) |  |
| Issuance of shares for <br> distribution reinvestment plan | 35902 | 36 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 329122 |  |  |  | 329158 |  | 329158 |  |
| Net loss attributable to Strategic<br> Storage Trust VI, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2985345) |  | (2985345) |  | (2985345) |  |
| Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling<br> interests in our Operating Partnership |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (628966) | (628966) |  |
| **Balance as of December 31,<br> 2021** | **5062804** | **$5063** | **—** | **$—** | **—** | **$—** | **—** | **$—** | **$40737265** | **$(985132)** | **$(2985345)** | **$—** | **$36771851** | **$3767683** | **$40539534** | **$329158** |

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**See notes to consolidated financial statements.** 

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**Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES**

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY AND TEMPORARY EQUITY (Continued)**

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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** | **Common Stock** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | **Class P** | **Class P** | **Class A** | **Class A** | **Class T** | **Class T** | **Class W** | **Class W** |  |  |  |  | **Total** |  |  |  |
|  | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Number of<br>Shares** | **Common<br>Stock<br>Par Value** | **Additional<br>Paid-in<br>Capital** | **Distributions** | **Accumulated<br>Deficit** | **Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss** | **Strategic Storage<br>Trust VI, Inc.<br>Equity** | **Noncontrolling <br>Interests in<br>our Operating<br>Partnership** | **Total<br>Equity** | **Redeemable<br>Common<br>Stock** |
| **Balance as of December 31, 2021** | 5062804 | $5063 |  | $— |  | $— |  | $— | $40737265 | $(985132) | $(2985345) | $— | $36771851 | $3767683 | $40539534 | $329158 |
| Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock | 5539950 | 5540 | 1755190 | 1756 | 2998808 | 2999 | 246436 | 246 | 104042442 |  |  |  | 104052983 |  | 104052983 |  |
| Offering costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (10004238) |  |  |  | (10004238) |  | (10004238) |  |
| Reimbursement of offering cost by Advisor |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 23165 |  |  |  | 23165 |  | 23165 |  |
| Changes to redeemable common stock |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (2544690) |  |  |  | (2544690) |  | (2544690) | 2544690 |
| Distributions |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (6808797) |  |  | (6808797) |  | (6808797) |  |
| Distributions to noncontrolling interests |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (319316) | (319316) |  |
| Issuance of shares for distribution reinvestment plan | 238991 | 239 | 10099 | 10 | 16990 | 17 | 1933 | 2 | 2544422 |  |  |  | 2544690 |  | 2544690 |  |
| Issuance of restricted stock |  |  | 1250 | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
| Stock based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22595 |  |  |  | 22595 |  | 22595 |  |
| Net loss attributable to Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (13742355) |  | (13742355) |  | (13742355) |  |
| Net loss attributable to the noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (637728) | (637728) |  |
| Interest rate swap contracts |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 122629 | 122629 | 4235 | 126864 |  |
| Foreign currency translation adjustment |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (184045) | (184045) | (7393) | (191438) |  |
| **Balance as of December 31, 2022** | **10841745** | **$10842** | **1766539** | **$1767** | **3015798** | **$3016** | **248369** | **$248** | **$134820961** | **$(7793929)** | **$(16727700)** | **$(61416)** | **$110253789** | **$2807481** | **$113061270** | **$2873848** |

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**See notes to consolidated financial statements.** 

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**STrategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. AND SUBSIDIARIES** 

**CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS** 

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|:---|:---|:---|
|  | **Year Ended<br>December 31,** | **Year Ended<br>December 31,** |
|  | **2022** | **2021** |
| **Cash flows from operating activities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Net loss | $(14380083) | $(3614311) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash used in operating activities: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depreciation and amortization | 6590960 | 923989 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amortization of debt issuance costs | 1097941 | 137825 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliate |  | 57104 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest payment added to debt principal |  | 197980 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stock based compensation expense related to issuance of restricted stock | 22595 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unrealized foreign currency adjustment | 1142611 | 174463 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other assets, net | (1035249) | (197711) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 1712665 | 262567 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Due to affiliates | 233322 | (905699) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net cash used in operating activities** | (4615238) | (2963793) |
| **Cash flows from investing activities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchase of real estate facilities | (188181815) | (59854218) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additions to real estate facilities | (1453968) | (285123) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deposits on acquisitions of real estate facilities | (548970) | (468616) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investments in unconsolidated real estate ventures | (499202) | (6079039) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net cash used in investing activities** | (190683955) | (66686996) |
| **Cash flows from financing activities:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from issuance of secured debt | 140603502 | 48662500 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Repayment of secured debt | (30608851) | (14435579) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Scheduled principal payments of secured debt | (123981) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prepaid debt issuance costs | (58000) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debt issuance costs | (1481549) | (875467) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock | 103913984 | 47427658 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from issuance of noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership |  | 7000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Offering costs | (9226517) | (5916858) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distributions paid to common stockholders | (3667288) | (453837) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distributions paid to noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership | (313722) | (183869) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net cash provided by financing activities** | 199037578 | 74231548 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Impact of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and restricted cash | (527600) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash** | 3210785 | 4580759 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of year** | 4580759 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of year** | $7791544 | $4580759 |
| **Supplemental disclosures and non-cash transactions:** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cash paid for interest | $3345009 | $346480 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Real estate assumed in consolidation of Operating Partnership | $— | $16284439 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investment in unconsolidated real estate venture assumed in consolidation of Operating Partnership | $— | $3711918 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debt assumed in consolidation of Operating Partnership | $— | $14237599 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Non controlling interest assumed in connection with consolidation of Operating Partnership | $— | $4574294 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distribution payable to noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership assumed in consolidation of Operating Partnership | $— | $22594 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and due to affiliate assumed in consolidation of Operating Partnership | $— | $1318303 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other assets assumed in consolidation of Operating Partnership | $— | $153146 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Real estate facilities in due to affiliates | $— | $327646 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debt issuance costs in due to affiliates | $— | $68000 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Debt issuance costs in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $26940 | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Proceeds from issuance of common stock in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $(211000) | $(350000) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Offering costs included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $1107528 | $352972 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interest rate swap contract in Other Assets | $126864 | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Foreign currency translation adjustment | $191438 | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issuance of shares pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan | $2544690 | $329158 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distributions payable to common stockholders | $798955 | $202137 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distributions payable to noncontrolling interests in our Operating Partnership | $28964 | $23370 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Offering costs in due to affiliates | $— | $65500 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Real estate and construction in process in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $553438 | $24127 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Deposits on acquisition of real estate facilities in due to affiliates | $751460 | $— |

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**See notes to consolidated financial statements.** 

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**STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST VI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES** 

**NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** 

**December 31, 2022**

**Note 1. Organization** 

Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), was formed on October 14, 2020 under the Maryland General Corporation Law for the purpose of engaging in the business of investing in self storage facilities and commenced formal operations on March 10, 2021. Our year-end is December 31. As used herein, "we," "us," "our" and "Company" refer to Strategic Storage Trust VI, Inc. and each of our subsidiaries.

SmartStop REIT Advisors, LLC is our sponsor (our "Sponsor"). Our Sponsor is an indirect subsidiary of SmartStop Self Storage REIT, Inc. ("SmartStop"). Our Sponsor is a company focused on providing self storage advisory, asset management, and property management services. Our Sponsor owns 90% of the economic interests (and 100% of the voting membership interests) of Strategic Storage Advisor VI, LLC (our "Advisor") and owns 100% of Strategic Storage Property Management VI, LLC (our "Property Manager").

We have no employees. Our Advisor, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on October 7, 2020. Our Advisor is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis and identifying and making acquisitions and investments on our behalf under the terms of an advisory agreement we entered into with our Advisor on February 26, 2021 (our "Private Offering Advisory Agreement"), which was amended and restated on March 17, 2022 (our "Advisory Agreement"). A majority of our officers are also officers of our Advisor, Sponsor and SmartStop.

On January 15, 2021, our Advisor purchased approximately 110 shares of our common stock for $1,000 and became our initial stockholder. Our Articles of Incorporation authorized 30,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. Our Articles of Amendment and Restatement (our "Charter") authorized 700,000,000 shares of common stock with a par value of $0.001 per share and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. On February 26, 2021, pursuant to a confidential private placement memorandum (the "private placement memorandum"), we commenced a private offering of up to $200,000,000 in shares of our common stock and $20,000,000 in shares of common stock pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (the "Private Offering"). On March 10, 2021, we commenced formal operations.

In connection with the Public Offering, defined below, we filed articles of amendment to our Charter (the "Articles of Amendment") and articles supplementary to our Charter (the "Articles Supplementary"). Following the filing of the Articles of Amendment and the Articles Supplementary, we authorized 30,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class P shares, 300,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class A shares, 300,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class T shares, and 70,000,000 shares of common stock designated as Class W shares. Any common stock sold in the Private Offering were redesignated as Class P common stock upon the filing of the Articles of Amendment. On May 28, 2021, we filed a Form S-11 Registration Statement, which was subsequently amended, with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") to register a maximum of $1,000,000,000 in shares of Class A, Class T, and Class W common stock for sale to the public (the "Primary Offering") and $95,000,000 in shares of Class A, Class T, and Class W common stock for sale pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan (collectively, the "Public Offering"). On March 17, 2022, the SEC declared our registration statement effective and the primary portion of our Private Offering was terminated.

Prior to the termination of our Private Offering, approximately 10.6 million shares of Class P common stock were sold for gross offering proceeds of approximately $100.7 million. As of December 31, 2022, approximately 1.8 million Class A shares, approximately 3.0 million Class T shares and approximately 0.2 million Class W shares had been sold in the Public Offering for gross offering proceeds of approximately $18.1 million, approximately $30.0 million and approximately $2.3 million, respectively. Through our distribution reinvestment plan, we have issued approximately 0.3 million Class P shares, approximately 10,000 Class A shares, approximately 17,000 Class T shares and approximately 2,000 Class W shares for gross proceeds of approximately $2.9 million.

We have invested the net proceeds from our Private Offering and Public Offering primarily in self storage facilities consisting of both income-producing and growth properties located in the United States and Canada. As of December 31, 2022, we owned 15 operating self storage properties located in seven states (Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington) and the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada. For more information, see Note 3 - Real Estate Facilities.

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As of December 31, 2022, we owned 50% equity interests in two unconsolidated real estate ventures located in the Greater Toronto Area that are intended to be developed into self storage facilities, with subsidiaries of SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust ("SmartCentres") owning the other 50% of such entities. For more information, see Note 4 - Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures.

Our operating partnership, Strategic Storage Operating Partnership VI, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (our "Operating Partnership"), was formed on October 15, 2020. On January 15, 2021, SmartStop Storage Advisors, LLC ("SSA"), an affiliate of our Advisor, purchased a limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership for $1,000 and we contributed the initial $1,000 capital contribution we received to our Operating Partnership in exchange for the general partner interest. On February 26, 2021, in connection with entering into the Private Offering Advisory Agreement, SSA made an additional $1,000 investment in our Operating Partnership in exchange for additional limited partnership interests and a special limited partnership interest.

On March 10, 2021, SmartStop OP, L.P. ("SmartStop OP"), an affiliate of our Sponsor and the operating partnership of SmartStop, contributed $5.0 million to our Operating Partnership, in exchange for 549,451 units of limited partnership interest in our Operating Partnership (the "OP Investment"). The OP Investment was made net of sales commissions and dealer manager fees, but without giving effect to the early investor discounts available to purchasers of shares in the Private Offering. At the effective time of the OP Investment, SmartStop OP was admitted as a limited partner to our Operating Partnership. As of December 31, 2022, we owned approximately 96.7% of the common units of limited partnership interest of our Operating Partnership. The remaining approximately 3.3% of the common units are owned by SmartStop OP.

On January 30, 2023, we, our Operating Partnership, and an affiliate of our Sponsor (the "Preferred Investor") entered into a Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement (the "Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement") pursuant to which our Operating Partnership issued and sold to the Preferred Investor, and the Preferred Investor purchased 600,000 Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units of Limited Partnership Interest (the "Preferred Units") at a liquidation preference of $25.00 per unit (the "Liquidation Amount") in consideration for the Preferred Investor making a capital contribution to our Operating Partnership in an amount of $15 million (the "Preferred Investment"). See Note 11 – Subsequent Events.

Our Operating Partnership will own, directly or indirectly through one or more special purpose entities, all of the self storage properties that we acquire. We will conduct certain activities through our taxable REIT subsidiary, Strategic Storage TRS VI, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "TRS") which was formed on October 16, 2020 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership.

Our Property Manager, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on October 7, 2020 to manage our properties. Our Property Manager will derive substantially all of its income from the property management services it performs for us. Our Property Manager may enter into sub-property management agreements with third party management companies and pay part of its management fee to such sub-property manager. See Note 7 – Related Party Transactions – Property Management Agreement.

Our dealer manager is Pacific Oak Capital Markets, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (our "Dealer Manager"). On February 26, 2021, we entered into a dealer manager agreement with our Dealer Manager (the "Private Offering Dealer Manager Agreement"), pursuant to which our Dealer Manager was responsible for marketing our shares being offered pursuant to the Private Offering. In connection with our Public Offering, we entered into a dealer manager agreement with our Dealer Manager, pursuant to which our Dealer Manager is responsible for marketing our shares being offered pursuant to our Primary Offering (as amended, the "Dealer Manager Agreement"). An affiliate of our Dealer Manager owns a 10% non-voting economic interest in our Advisor.

As we accept subscriptions for shares of our common stock, we transfer all of the net offering proceeds to our Operating Partnership as capital contributions in exchange for additional units of interest in our Operating Partnership. However, we will be deemed to have made capital contributions in the amount of gross proceeds received from investors, and our Operating Partnership will be deemed to have simultaneously paid the sales commissions and other costs associated with the offerings. In addition, our Operating Partnership is structured to make distributions with respect to limited partnership units that are equivalent to the distributions made to holders of common stock. Finally, a limited partner in our Operating Partnership may later exchange his or her limited partnership units in our Operating Partnership for shares of our common stock at any time after one year following the date of issuance of their limited partnership units, subject to certain restrictions outlined in the limited partnership agreement of our Operating Partnership, which was amended and restated in connection with the Public Offering (the "Operating Partnership Agreement"). SSA and SmartStop OP are prohibited from exchanging

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or otherwise transferring units representing $202,000 of the limited partnership units acquired in their initial investments in our Operating Partnership so long as our Advisor is acting as our Advisor pursuant to our Advisory Agreement.

**Recent Market Conditions**

Broad economic weakness, inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, geopolitical events, or other economic events could adversely impact our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations. However, the extent and duration to which our operations may be impacted is highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

**Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies** 

**Basis of Presentation** 

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") as contained within the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") and the rules and regulations of the SEC.

**Principles of Consolidation** 

Our financial statements, and the financial statements of our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiaries, are consolidated in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The portion of these entities not wholly-owned by us is presented as noncontrolling interests. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Please see consolidation considerations section below.

**Consolidation Considerations** 

Current accounting guidance provides a framework for identifying a variable interest entity ("VIE") and determining when a company should include the assets, liabilities, noncontrolling interests, and results of activities of a VIE in its consolidated financial statements. In general, a VIE is an entity or other legal structure used to conduct activities or hold assets that either (1) has an insufficient amount of equity to carry out its principal activities without additional subordinated financial support, (2) has a group of equity owners that are unable to make significant decisions about its activities, or (3) has a group of equity owners that do not have the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive returns generated by its operations. Generally, a VIE should be consolidated if a party with an ownership, contractual, or other financial interest in the VIE (a variable interest holder) has the power to direct the VIE's most significant activities and the obligation to absorb losses or right to receive benefits of the VIE that could be significant to the VIE. A variable interest holder that consolidates the VIE is called the primary beneficiary. Upon consolidation, the primary beneficiary generally must initially record all of the VIE's assets, liabilities, and noncontrolling interest at fair value and subsequently account for the VIE as if it were consolidated based on majority voting interest. Our Operating Partnership is deemed to be a VIE and is consolidated by the Company as the primary beneficiary.

As a result of the OP Investment on March 10, 2021, our Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries were recorded as an equity investment by us from commencement of operations through April 30, 2021 as an affiliate of our Sponsor was determined to be the primary beneficiary. As we sold shares in the Private Offering and contributed the net offering proceeds to our Operating Partnership we became the primary beneficiary and consolidated the Operating Partnership and its wholly-owned subsidiaries on May 1, 2021. As a result of consolidation, we allocated the assets acquired and liabilities assumed to tangible and intangible assets based on their fair values as of the date of consolidation. The aggregate of the fair values were primarily allocated to real estate facilities of approximately $16.0 million, intangible assets of approximately $0.3 million, investment in unconsolidated real estate venture of $3.7 million, secured debt of approximately $14.2 million, other current liabilities of approximately $1.3 million and non controlling interest of approximately $4.6 million. There was no material impact on our net loss as a result of consolidation of our Operating Partnership on May 1, 2021.

As of December 31, 2022, we had not entered into any other contracts/interests that would be deemed to be variable interests in VIEs other than our joint ventures with SmartCentres, which are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Please see Note 4 - Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures. Other than the entities noted above, we do not currently have any material relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships.

**Equity Investments** 

Under the equity method, our investments are stated at cost and adjusted for our share of net earnings or losses and reduced by distributions. Equity in earnings will generally be recognized based on our ownership interest in the earnings of each of the unconsolidated investments.

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**Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Entities** 

We account for the noncontrolling interest in our Operating Partnership in accordance with the related accounting guidance. Due to our control through our general partnership interest in our Operating Partnership and the limited rights of the limited partner, our Operating Partnership, including its wholly-owned subsidiary, was consolidated by us beginning May 1, 2021, and the limited partner interest is reflected as a noncontrolling interest in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The noncontrolling interest shall be attributed its share of income and losses, even if that attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling interest balance.

**Use of Estimates** 

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The current economic environment has increased the degree of uncertainty inherent in these estimates and assumptions. Management will adjust such estimates when facts and circumstances dictate. Actual results could materially differ from those estimates. The most significant estimates made include the allocation of property purchase price to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed at relative fair value, the evaluation of potential impairment of long-lived assets, and the estimated useful lives of real estate assets and intangibles.

**Cash and Cash Equivalents** 

We consider all short-term, highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to cash with a maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

We may maintain cash and cash equivalents in financial institutions in excess of insured limits, but believe this risk will be mitigated by only investing in or through major financial institutions.

**Restricted Cash** 

Restricted cash consists primarily of impound reserve accounts for interest and property taxes in connection with the requirements of certain of our loan agreements.

**Real Estate Purchase Price Allocation** 

We account for asset acquisitions in accordance with GAAP which requires that we allocate the purchase price of a property to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values. This guidance requires us to make significant estimates and assumptions, including fair value estimates, which requires the use of significant unobservable inputs, as of the acquisition date.

The value of the tangible assets, consisting of land and buildings, is determined as if vacant. Substantially all of the leases in place at acquired properties are at market rates, as the majority of the leases are month-to-month contracts. We also consider whether in-place, market leases represent an intangible asset. We recorded approximately $4.1 million and $1.3 million in intangible assets to recognize the value of in-place leases related to our acquisitions during the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively. We do not expect, nor to date have we recorded, intangible assets for the value of customer relationships because we expect we will not have concentrations of significant customers and the average customer turnover will be fairly frequent.

Allocation of purchase price to acquisitions of facilities are allocated to the individual facilities based upon an income approach or a cash flow analysis using appropriate risk adjusted capitalization rates which take into account the relative size, age, and location of the individual facility along with current and projected occupancy and rental rate levels or appraised values, if available.

Acquisitions that do not meet the definition of a business, as defined under current GAAP, are accounted for as asset acquisitions. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our acquisitions did not meet the definition of a business because substantially all of the fair value was concentrated in a single identifiable asset or group of similar identifiable assets (i.e. land, buildings, and related intangible assets) or because the acquisition did not include a substantive process in the form of an acquired workforce or an acquired contract that cannot be replaced without significant cost, effort or delay. As a result, once an acquisition is deemed probable, transaction costs are capitalized rather than expensed. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, our acquisitions did not meet the definition of a business, and we capitalized approximately $3.6 million and $0.7 million, respectively, of acquisition-related transaction costs.

During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we expensed approximately $1.4 million and $1.3 million, respectively, of acquisition-related transaction costs that did not meet our capitalization policy.

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**Evaluation of Possible Impairment of Long-Lived Assets**

Management monitors events and changes in circumstances that could indicate that the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets, including those held through joint ventures, may not be recoverable. When indicators of potential impairment are present that indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable, we will assess the recoverability of the assets by determining whether the carrying value of the long-lived assets will be recovered through the undiscounted future operating cash flows expected from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. In the event that such expected undiscounted future cash flows do not exceed the carrying value, we will adjust the value of the long-lived assets to the fair value and recognize an impairment loss. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, no impairment losses were recognized.

**Advertising Costs**

Advertising costs are included in property operating expenses and general and administrative expenses, depending on the nature of the expense, in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. These costs are expensed in the period in which the cost is incurred. The Company incurred advertising costs of approximately $0.7 million and $0.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 respectively.

**Revenue Recognition** 

Management believes that all of our leases are operating leases. Rental income is recognized in accordance with the terms of the leases, which generally are month-to-month. Revenues from any long-term operating leases will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. The excess of rents received over amounts contractually due pursuant to the underlying leases will be included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet and contractually due but unpaid rent will be included in other assets. Additionally, we earn ancillary revenue by selling various moving and packing supplies such as locks and boxes. We recognize such revenue in the Ancillary operating revenue line within our consolidated statements of operations as the services are performed and as the goods are delivered.

**Allowance for Doubtful Accounts**

Tenant accounts receivable is reported net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. Management records a general reserve estimate based upon a review of the current status of tenant accounts receivable. It is reasonably possible that management's estimate of the allowance will change in the future. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, approximately $50,000 and $20,000 were recorded to allowance for doubtful accounts, respectively, and are included within other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

**Real Estate Facilities**

Real estate facilities are recorded based on relative fair value as of the date of acquisition. We capitalize costs incurred to develop, construct, renovate and improve properties, including interest and property taxes incurred during the construction period. The construction period begins when expenditures for the real estate assets have been made and activities that are necessary to prepare the asset for its intended use are in progress. The construction period ends when the asset is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.

**Depreciation of Real Property Assets** 

Our management is required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our depreciable assets. We consider the period of future benefit of the asset to determine the appropriate useful lives.

Depreciation of our real property assets is charged to expense on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives as follows:

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| **Description** | **Standard Depreciable<br>Life** |
| Land | Not Depreciated |
| Buildings | 35 years |
| Site Improvements | 7-10 years |

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**Depreciation of Personal Property Assets** 

Personal property assets consist primarily of furniture, fixtures and equipment and are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives generally ranging from 3 to 5 years, and are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets.

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**Foreign Currency Translation** 

For non-U.S. functional currency operations, assets and liabilities are translated to U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Revenues and expenses are translated at the average rate for the period. All related adjustments related to amounts classified as long term net investments are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) as a separate component of equity. Transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of the related operations are recorded at rates of exchange in effect at the date of the translation. Gains or losses on foreign currency transactions are recorded in other income (expense). Changes in investments not classified as long term are recorded in foreign currency adjustment in the accompanying Statements of Operations.

**Intangible Assets** 

We have allocated a portion of our real estate purchase price to in-place leases. We are amortizing in-place leases on a straight-line basis over 18 months, the estimated average rental period for the leases. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the gross amounts allocated to in-place lease intangibles were approximately $5.5 million and $1.3 million, respectively, and accumulated amortization of in-place lease intangibles totaled approximately $2.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively.

The total estimated future amortization expense of intangible assets for the years ending December 31, 2023 and 2024 is approximately $2.7 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

**Debt Issuance Costs** 

The net carrying value of costs incurred in connection with obtaining non revolving debt are presented on the consolidated balance sheets as a reduction of the related debt. Debt issuance costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related loan, which is not materially different than the effective interest method. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, accumulated amortization of debt issuance costs related to non revolving debt totaled approximately $0.7 million and $0.1 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we recorded amortization expense of approximately $1.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, in debt issuance cost.

**Organizational and Offering Costs** 

Our Advisor may fund organization and offering costs on our behalf. We are required to reimburse our Advisor for such organization and offering costs; provided, however, our Advisor will fund, and will not be reimbursed for, 1.0% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class W shares towards payment of organization and offering expenses, which we will recognize as a capital contribution from our Advisor. Our Advisor must reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month in which the initial public offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (excluding sales commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager servicing fees) in excess of 15% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering. If at any point in time we determine that the total organization and offering costs are expected to exceed 15% of the gross proceeds anticipated to be received from the Primary Offering, we will recognize such excess as a capital contribution from our Advisor. Offering costs are recorded as an offset to additional paid-in capital, and organization costs are recorded as an expense.

In connection with our Private Offering, our Dealer Manager received a sales commission of up to 6.0% of gross proceeds from sales in the Private Offering and a dealer manager fee equal to up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from sales in the Private Offering under the terms of the Private Offering Dealer Manager Agreement.

In connection with our Primary Offering, our Dealer Manager will receive a sales commission of up to 6.0% of gross proceeds from sales of Class A shares and up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from the sales of Class T shares in the Primary Offering and a dealer manager fee up to 3.0% of gross proceeds from sales of both Class A shares and Class T shares in the Primary Offering under the terms of the Dealer Manager Agreement. Our Dealer Manager does not receive an upfront sales commission or dealer manager fee from the sales of Class W shares in the Primary Offering; however, we and/or our Sponsor will pay to our Dealer Manager dealer manager support in the amount of 1.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Class W shares sold in the Primary Offering for payment of wholesaler commissions and other wholesaler expenses associated with the sales of the Class W shares. In addition, our Dealer Manager receives an ongoing stockholder servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 1% of the purchase price per share of the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering. Our Dealer Manager also receives an ongoing dealer manager servicing fee that is payable monthly and accrues daily in an amount equal to 1/365th of 0.5% of the purchase price per share of the Class W shares sold in the Primary Offering. We will cease paying the stockholder servicing fee with respect to the Class T shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares, and Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary

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Offering; (iii) with respect to a particular Class T share, the third anniversary of the issuance of the share; and (iv) the date that such Class T share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding. We will cease paying the dealer manager servicing fee with respect to the Class W shares sold in the Primary Offering at the earlier of (i) the date we list our shares on a national securities exchange, merge or consolidate with or into another entity, or sell or dispose of all or substantially all of our assets, (ii) the date at which the aggregate underwriting compensation from all sources equals 10% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class A shares, Class T shares, and Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan),which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering; (iii) the end of the month in which the aggregate underwriting compensation paid in our Primary Offering with respect to Class W shares, comprised of the dealer manager servicing fees and dealer manager support, equals 9.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of Class W shares in our Primary Offering (i.e., excluding proceeds from sales pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan), which calculation shall be made by us with the assistance of our Dealer Manager commencing after the termination of our Primary Offering, and (iv) the date that such Class W share is redeemed or is no longer outstanding.

Our Dealer Manager enters into participating dealer agreements with certain other broker-dealers which authorize them to sell our shares. Upon sale of our shares by such broker-dealers, our Dealer Manager will re-allow all of the sales commissions and, subject to certain limitations, the stockholder servicing fees paid in connection with sales made by these broker-dealers. Our Dealer Manager may also re-allow to these broker-dealers a portion of their dealer manager fee as marketing fees, reimbursement of certain costs and expenses of attending training and education meetings sponsored by our Dealer Manager, payment of attendance fees required for employees of our Dealer Manager or other affiliates to attend retail seminars and public seminars sponsored by these broker-dealers, or to defray other distribution-related expenses. Our Dealer Manager will also receive reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses; however, to the extent these due diligence expenses cannot be justified, any excess over actual due diligence expenses would have been considered underwriting compensation subject to a 10% FINRA limitation and, when aggregated with all other non-accountable expenses in connection with our Public Offering, may not exceed 3% of gross offering proceeds from sales in the Public Offering. We record a liability within Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities for the future estimated stockholder and dealer manager servicing fees and a reduction to additional paid-in capital at the time of sale of the Class T and Class W shares as an offering cost.

**Redeemable Common Stock** 

We adopted a share redemption program that will enable stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances.

We record amounts that are redeemable under the share redemption program as redeemable common stock in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets since the shares are redeemable at the option of the holder and therefore their redemption is outside our control. The maximum amount redeemable under our share redemption program will be limited to the number of shares we could repurchase with the amount of the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the distribution reinvestment plan. However, accounting guidance states that determinable amounts that can become redeemable but that are contingent on an event that is likely to occur (e.g., the passage of time) should be presented as redeemable when such amount is known. Therefore, the net proceeds from the distribution reinvestment plan are considered to be temporary equity and are presented as redeemable common stock in our consolidated balance sheets.

In addition, current accounting guidance requires, among other things, that financial instruments that represent a mandatory obligation of us to repurchase shares be classified as liabilities and reported at settlement value. For the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we did not receive any redemption requests.

**Fair Value Measurements** 

The accounting standard for fair value measurements and disclosures defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and provides for expanded disclosure about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined by the accounting standard for fair value measurements and disclosures as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. It also establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes observable and unobservable inputs used to measure fair value into three levels. The following summarizes the three levels of inputs and hierarchy of fair value we will use when measuring fair value:

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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that we have the ability to access;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as interest rates and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the assets or liabilities that are typically based on an entity's own assumptions as there is little, if any, related market activity.

In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the fair value measurement will fall within the lowest level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The accounting guidance for fair value measurements and disclosures provides a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. In determining fair value, we will utilize valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs to the extent possible as well as consider counterparty credit risk in our assessment of fair value. Considerable judgment will be necessary to interpret Level 2 and 3 inputs in determining fair value of our financial and non- financial assets and liabilities. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the fair values we will present will be indicative of amounts that may ultimately be realized upon sale or other disposition of these assets.

Financial and non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis in our consolidated financial statements consist of real estate and related liabilities assumed related to our acquisition. The fair value of these assets and liabilities were determined as of the acquisition date using widely accepted valuation techniques, including (i) discounted cash flow analysis, which considers, among other things, leasing assumptions, growth rates, discount rates and terminal capitalization rates, (ii) income capitalization approach, which considers prevailing market capitalization rates, and (iii) comparable sales activity. In general, we consider multiple valuation techniques when measuring fair values. However, in certain circumstances, a single valuation technique may be appropriate. All of the fair values of the assets and liabilities as of the acquisition dates or assumed at the consolidation of the Operating Partnership were derived using Level 3 inputs.

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, other assets, variable-rate debt, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, distributions payable and amounts due to affiliates approximate fair value.

The table below summarizes our fixed rate notes payable at December 31, 2022 and 2021. The estimated fair value of financial instruments are subjective in nature and are dependent on a number of important assumptions, including discount rates and relevant comparable market information associated with each financial instrument. The fair value of the fixed rate notes payable was estimated by discounting the future cash flows using the current rates at which similar loans would be made to borrowers with similar credit ratings and for the same remaining maturities. These assumptions are considered level 2 inputs within the fair value hierarchy. The use of different market assumptions and estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the reported estimated fair value amounts. Accordingly, the estimates presented below are not necessarily indicative of the amounts we would realize in a current market exchange.

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|  | **December 31, 2022** | **December 31, 2022** | **December 31, 2021** | **December 31, 2021** |
|  | **Fair<br>Value** | **Carrying<br>Value** | **Fair<br>Value** | **Carrying<br>Value** |
| Fixed Rate Secured Debt | $4500000 | $4800000 | $4850000 | $4800000 |

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As of December 31, 2022, we had interest rate swaps to hedge our interest rate exposure (See Notes 5 – Debt and 6 – Derivative Instruments). The valuation of these instruments were determined using widely accepted valuation techniques including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of the derivatives. The analyses reflect the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity, and used observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves and implied volatilities. The fair value of the interest rate swaps were determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash payments and the discounted expected variable cash payments.

To comply with GAAP, we incorporate credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty's nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of derivative contracts for the effect of non-performance risk, we consider the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees.

Although we had determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our derivatives were within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with our derivative utilized Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to evaluate the likelihood of default by us and our counterparties. However, through December 31, 2022, we had assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of our

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derivative positions and determined that the credit valuation adjustment was not significant to the overall valuation of our derivative. As a result, we determined that our derivatives valuation in its entirety was classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

**Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities** 

We record all derivatives on our balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether we have elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. We may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of our risks, even though hedge accounting does not apply or we elect not to apply hedge accounting.

For derivatives designated as net investment hedges, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivatives are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). The ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivatives is recognized directly in earnings. Amounts are reclassified out of other comprehensive (loss) income into earnings (loss) when the hedged net investment is either sold or substantially liquidated.

**Income Taxes** 

We made an election to be taxed as a Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT"), under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 2021. To qualify as a REIT, we must continue to meet certain organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement to distribute at least 90% of the REIT's ordinary taxable income to stockholders (which is computed without regard to the dividends paid deduction or net capital gains and which does not necessarily equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP). As a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal income tax on taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, we will then be subject to federal income taxes on our taxable income at regular corporate rates and will not be permitted to qualify for treatment as a REIT for federal income tax purposes for four years following the year during which qualification is lost unless the IRS grants us relief under certain statutory provisions. Such an event could materially adversely affect our net income and net cash available for distribution to stockholders. However, we believe that we are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for treatment as a REIT and intend to operate in the foreseeable future in such a manner that we will remain qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes.

Even if we continue to qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.

We filed an election to treat our TRS as a taxable REIT subsidiary. In general, the TRS performs additional services for our customers and generally engages in any real estate or non-real estate related business. The TRS is subject to corporate federal and state income tax. The TRS follows accounting guidance which requires the use of the asset and liability method. Deferred income taxes represent the tax effect of future differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities.

Uncertain tax positions may arise where tax laws may allow for alternative interpretations or where the timing of recognition of income is subject to judgment. Under ASC Topic 740, tax positions are evaluated for recognition using a more–likely–than–not threshold, and those tax positions requiring recognition are measured at the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority that has full knowledge of all relevant information. Interest and penalties relating to uncertain tax positions will be recognized in income tax expense when incurred. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had no uncertain tax positions. As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, the Company had no interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. Income taxes payable are classified within accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The tax year 2021 remains open to examination by the major taxing jurisdictions to which we are subject.

**Concentration**

No single self storage customer represents a significant concentration of our revenues. For the month of December 2022, approximately 31%, 23%, and 15% of our rental income was concentrated in Arizona, Florida, and the Greater Toronto

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Area of Canada, respectively. Our properties within the aforementioned geographic areas are dispersed therein, operating in multiple different regions and sub-markets.

**Segment Reporting**

Our business is composed of one reportable segment: (i) self storage operations. Within our self storage operations segment, as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, approximately $54.6 million and none, respectively, of our assets relate to our operations in Canada. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 approximately $0.5 million and none, respectively, of our revenues in the self storage segment related to our operations in Canada.

**Recently Issued Accounting Guidance**

In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-01, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Fair Value Hedging- Portfolio Layer Method. The new guidance allows the last-of-layer method for hedging financial instruments. The last-of-layer method allows an entity to hedge its exposure to fair value changes due to changes in interest rates for a portion of the portfolio that is not expected to be affected by prepayments, defaults, and other events affecting the timing and amount of cash flows. The guidance in ASU 2022-01 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022. We will continue to evaluate the impact, but do not expect it to have a material impact to our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures upon adoption of the new standard.

**Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance** 

In December 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-06, "Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)." ASU 2022-06 contains practical expedients for reference rate reform related activities that impact debt, leases, derivatives and other contracts. We elected to apply expedients related to contract modifications, changes in critical terms, and our assessments of effectiveness for designated hedged risks as qualifying changes are made to applicable debt and derivative contracts. Application of these expedients on such qualifying changes maintains the consistency of our presentation of debt and derivative contracts.

**Note 3. Real Estate Facilities**

The following summarizes the activity in real estate facilities during the year ended December 31, 2022:

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| **Real estate facilities** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Balance at December 31, 2021** | $75356725 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Facility acquisitions | 184044871 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Improvements and additions | 1746584 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Impact of foreign exchange rate changes | (309089) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Balance at December 31, 2022** | $**260839091** |
| **Accumulated depreciation** |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Balance at December 31, 2021** | $(597090) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depreciation expense | (4498700) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Impact of foreign exchange rate changes | 2508 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Balance at December 31, 2022** | $**(5093282)** |

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The following table summarizes the purchase price allocations for our acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2022:

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| **Property** | **Acquisition<br>Date** | **Real Estate<br>Assets** | **Intangibles** | **Total(1)** | **2022<br>Revenue(2)** | **2022<br>Property<br>Operating<br>Income(2)(3)** |
| Vancouver – WA | 03/29/22 | $24612304 | $655415 | $25267719 | $810944 | $490237 |
| Portland – OR | 03/31/22 | $14916544 | $256765 | $15173309 | $473282 | $148294 |
| Newark– DE | 04/26/22 | $20004449 | $243259 | $20247708 | $417979 | $142882 |
| Levittown – PA | 04/26/22 | $21164957 | $260555 | $21425512 | $486145 | $137143 |
| Chandler – AZ | 05/17/22 | $25351752 | $425695 | $25777447 | $609289 | $402972 |
| St. Johns – FL | 07/08/22 | $14167605 | $380645 | $14548250 | $438208 | $274577 |
| Burlington – ONT | 09/20/22 | $26661980 | $848688 | $27510668 | $436352 | $320586 |
| Oxford – FL | 09/21/22 | $10717711 | $300096 | $11017807 | $165927 | $96867 |
| Cambridge – ONT | 12/20/22 | $26447569 | $765826 | $27213395 | $37598 | $23469 |
|  |  | $**184044871** | $**4136944** | $**188181815** | $**3875724** | $**2037027** |

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<sup>(1)</sup> The allocations noted above are based on a determination of the relative fair value of the total consideration provided and represent the amount paid for the transaction, including capitalized acquisition costs.

<sup>(2)</sup> The operating results of the facilities acquired above have been included in our consolidated statements of operations since their respective acquisition date.

<sup>(3)</sup> Property operating income excludes corporate general and administrative expenses, asset management fees, depreciation, amortization, and acquisition expenses.

**Note 4. Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Ventures**

We have entered into various agreements with a subsidiary of SmartCentres, an unaffiliated third party, to acquire tracts of land and develop them into self storage facilities.

We account for these investments using the equity method of accounting and they are stated at cost and adjusted for our share of net earnings or losses and reduced by distributions. Equity in earnings (loss) will generally be recognized based on our ownership interest in the earnings (loss) of each of the unconsolidated investments.

The Company's investments in unconsolidated real estate ventures is summarized as follows:

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|  |  |  |  |  | **Carrying Value of<br>Investment** | **Carrying Value of<br>Investment** |
|  | **Location** | **Date Real Estate<br>Venture Acquired<br>Land** | **Real Estate <br>Venture Status** | **Equity<br>Ownership %** | **December 31,<br>2022** | **December 31,<br>2021** |
| Toronto | Toronto, Ontario | April 2021 | Under development | 50% | $3820955 | $3750217 |
| Toronto II | Toronto, Ontario | December 2021 | Under development | 50% | 5706395 | 5882143 |
|  |  |  |  |  | $**9527350** | $**9632360** |

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On April 19, 2021, our Operating Partnership (through its subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) acquired an undeveloped tract of land located in Toronto, Ontario (the "Toronto Land") from an unaffiliated third party. The Toronto Land is owned by a limited partnership in which we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) are each a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner. At closing, our Operating Partnership (through its subsidiaries) subscribed for 50% of the units of the limited partnership at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately CAD $4.25 million, representing a contribution equivalent to 50% of the purchase price of the Toronto Land. We expect that the limited partnership will develop the Toronto Land into a self storage facility (the "Toronto Property"). Our 50% share of estimated development costs are approximately CAD $9.0 million which is expected to be funded with debt proceeds.

On December 14, 2021, our Operating Partnership (through its subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) acquired three parcels of land located in Toronto, Ontario (the "Toronto II Land") from an unaffiliated third party. The Toronto II Land is owned by a limited partnership in which we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) are each a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner. At closing, our Operating Partnership (through its subsidiaries) subscribed for 50% of the units of the limited partnership at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately CAD $6.6 million, representing a contribution equivalent to 50% of the purchase price of the Toronto II Land. We expect that the limited partnership will develop the Toronto II Land into a self storage facility (the "Toronto II Property"). Our 50% share of estimated development costs are approximately CAD $12.5 million which is expected to be funded with debt proceeds.

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**Note 5. Secured Debt**

The Company's secured debt is summarized as follows:

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| **Secured Debt** | **December 31,<br>2022** | **December 31,<br>2021** | **Interest<br>Rate** | **Maturity<br>Date** |
| Huntington Credit Facility | $95091351 | $37062500 | 6.94% | 11/30/2024 |
| Skymar Loan | 4800000 | 4800000 | 4.125% | 8/1/2024 |
| SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan | 35000000 | 6800000 | 7.30% | 12/30/2023 |
| National Bank of Canada - Burlington Loan (1) | 12055230 |  | 6.27% | 9/20/2025 |
| National Bank of Canada - Cambridge Loan (2) | 11439000 |  | 6.09% | 12/20/2025 |
| Debt issuance costs, net | (1216158) | (805642) |  |  |
| **Total Secured Debt** | $**157169423** | $**47856858** |  |  |

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<sup>(1)</sup> This variable rate loan encumbers our Burlington, ONT property and the amount shown above is in USD based on the foreign exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2022. We entered into an interest rate swap agreement that fixes CDOR at 4.02% until the maturity of the loan.

<sup>(2)</sup> This variable rate loan encumbers our Cambridge, ONT property and the amount shown above is in USD based on the foreign exchange rate in effect as of December 31, 2022. We entered into an interest rate swap agreement that fixes CDOR at 3.84% until the maturity of the loan.

The weighted average interest rate on our consolidated debt as of December 31, 2022 was approximately 6.82%.

**Huntington Loan**

On March 11, 2021, in connection with the acquisition of the Phoenix Property, we, through an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, entered into a term loan agreement (the "Huntington Loan Agreement") with Huntington National Bank, a national banking association, as lead arranger and administrative agent for approximately $9.0 million (the "Huntington Loan"). At closing, we drew approximately $8.6 million. The remaining $0.4 million served as an interest holdback to cover monthly interest payments until fully utilized. The proceeds of the Huntington Loan were used to partially fund the acquisition of the Phoenix Property. The Huntington Loan was secured by a deed of trust on the Phoenix Property. We and our Operating Partnership served as limited guarantors with respect to the Huntington Loan. The interest rate on the Huntington Loan was equal to the greater of (i) 3.50% per annum, or (ii) 30-day LIBOR plus 2.75%. Payments on the Huntington Loan were interest only until March 11, 2024, which was the initial maturity date.

On November 30, 2021, in conjunction with entering into the Huntington Credit Facility, the Huntington Loan was repaid and terminated in accordance with the Huntington Loan Agreement without fees or penalties.

**Huntington Credit Facility**

On November 30, 2021, we, through three special purpose entities (collectively, the "Borrower") wholly owned by our operating partnership, entered into a credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement") with Huntington National Bank ("Huntington"), as administrative agent and sole lead arranger.

Under the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower has a maximum borrowing capacity of $50 million (the "Huntington Credit Facility"). However, certain financial requirements with respect to both the Borrower and the "Pool" of "Mortgaged Properties" (as each term is defined in the Credit Agreement) must be satisfied prior to making any drawdowns on the Huntington Credit Facility in accordance with the Credit Agreement. At close, we borrowed approximately $22.4 million on the Huntington Credit Facility, secured by a first mortgage deed of trust on the Surprise, Phoenix and Phoenix II Properties. In conjunction with the initial draw on the Huntington Credit Facility, the Huntington Loan was repaid and terminated in accordance with the Huntington Loan Agreement without any fees or penalties. On December 30, 2021, in conjunction with the acquisitions of the Bradenton Property and Apopka Property, we borrowed an additional approximately $14.7 million pursuant to the Huntington Credit Facility and the Bradenton and Apopka Properties were added as security. On April 26, 2022, the Vancouver Property was added as security to the Huntington Credit Facility and we borrowed approximately $12.9 million.

On May 17, 2022, we entered into an amendment and joinder to amend the Huntington Credit Facility (the "Second Amendment"). Under the terms of the Second Amendment, we increased our borrowing capacity by $50 million for a total borrowing capacity of $100 million. In conjunction with the increase of the maximum borrowing capacity we drew approximately $14.5 million on the Huntington Credit Facility to acquire the Chandler Property and the property was added as security. On May 26, 2022, we borrowed approximately $30.6 million on the Huntington Credit Facility, secured by a first

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mortgage deed of trust on the Levittown, Newark and Portland Properties. In conjunction with the May 26, 2022 draw on the Huntington Credit Facility, the Huntington Bridge Loan (described below) was repaid and terminated in accordance with the Huntington Bridge Loan Agreement without any fees or penalties.

The Huntington Credit Facility is a term loan that has a maturity date of November 30, 2024, which may, in certain circumstances, be extended at the option of the Borrower until November 30, 2026. Payments due under the Huntington Credit Facility are interest-only during the initial term of the loan.

The amounts outstanding under the Huntington Credit Facility bear interest at a variable rate equal to Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus 2.61%, adjusted monthly, with a floor of 3.25%. As of December 31, 2022, the interest rate on the Huntington Credit Facility was 6.94%. The loan may be prepaid in whole, but not in part, at any time, subject to certain conditions as set forth in the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative, negative and financial covenants, borrowing conditions, and events of default. We serve as a limited recourse guarantor with respect to the Huntington Credit Facility. In particular, the financial covenants include a minimum debt service coverage ratio and minimum net worth and liquid assets requirements applicable to us and our Operating Partnership as guarantors. As of December 31, 2022, we are in compliance with all such covenants.

**Huntington Bridge Loan**

On April 26, 2022, in connection with the acquisition of the Levittown and Newark Properties, we, through an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, entered into a term loan agreement (the "Huntington Bridge Loan Agreement") with Huntington National Bank, for approximately $30.6 million (the "Huntington Bridge Loan"). The Huntington Bridge Loan was secured by a deed of trust on the Levittown, Newark and Portland Properties. We and our Operating Partnership served as limited guarantors with respect to the Huntington Bridge Loan. The interest rate on the Huntington Bridge Loan was equal to Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR") plus 2.61%, adjusted monthly, with a floor of 3.25%. Payments on the Huntington Bridge Loan were interest only until July 25, 2022, which was the initial maturity date. On May 26, 2022, in connection with a draw on the Huntington Credit Facility, the Huntington Bridge Loan was repaid and terminated in accordance with the Huntington Bridge Loan Agreement without fees or penalties.

**Skymar Loan** 

On July 8, 2021, we, through a wholly-owned special purposes entity, entered into a $4.8 million financing with Skymar Capital Corporation ("Skymar") as lender pursuant to a mortgage loan (the "Skymar Loan"). The Skymar Loan is secured by a first mortgage deed of trust on the Las Vegas property. The loan has a maturity date of August 1, 2024. Monthly payments due under the loan agreement (the "Skymar Loan Agreement") are interest-only for the first two years, with principal and interest payments thereafter.

The amount outstanding under the Skymar Loan bears interest at an annual fixed rate equal to 4.125%. The loan may be prepaid in whole, but not in part, at any time, subject to certain conditions as set forth in the Skymar Loan Agreement. The loan documents contain: agreements; representations; warranties and borrowing conditions; reserve requirements and events of default all as set forth in such loan documents. In addition, and pursuant to the terms of the limited recourse guaranty, we serve as a non-recourse guarantor with respect to the Skymar Loan.

**Loans from SmartStop OP, L.P.**

On March 11, 2021, in connection with the acquisition of the Phoenix Property, we, through a wholly owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, entered into a mezzanine loan agreement (the "Mezzanine Loan Agreement") with SmartStop OP, an affiliate of our Sponsor, for $3.5 million (the "Mezzanine Loan"). The Mezzanine Loan required a commitment fee equal to 1.0% of the amount drawn at closing of the Mezzanine Loan. The proceeds of the Mezzanine Loan were used to partially fund the acquisition of the Phoenix Property. The Mezzanine Loan was secured by a pledge of the equity interest in the indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership that owns the Phoenix Property. Our Operating Partnership served as a limited guarantor with respect to the Mezzanine Loan.

The interest rate on the Mezzanine Loan was equal to 8.5% per annum. Payments on the Mezzanine Loan were interest only until September 7, 2021, which was the initial maturity date of the Mezzanine Loan. In accordance with the terms of the Mezzanine Loan Agreement, we extended the maturity date of the Mezzanine Loan through March 6, 2022 by providing written notice to SmartStop OP, at which time the interest rate of the Mezzanine Loan increased to 9.25% per annum. On

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November 12, 2021, we repaid the outstanding balance on the Mezzanine Loan along with all accrued interest. The loan was terminated in accordance with the Mezzanine Loan Agreement without fees or penalties.

On April 16, 2021, in connection with the acquisition of the Toronto Land, we, through our Operating Partnership, entered into a term loan agreement (the "Term Loan Agreement") with SmartStop OP, for $2.1 million (the "Term Loan"). The Term Loan required a commitment fee equal to 1.0% of the amount of the Term Loan. The proceeds of the Term Loan were used to fund our contribution to the limited partnership that purchased the Toronto Land. The Term Loan was secured by a pledge of the equity interest in the wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership that indirectly owns a portion of the Toronto Property.

The initial interest rate on the Term Loan was equal to 8.5% per annum. Commencing on October 14, 2021 and continuing until April 16, 2022, the maturity date of the Term Loan (the "Maturity Date"), the interest rate was equal to 9.25% per annum. Payments on the Term Loan were interest only until the Maturity Date. On November 12, 2021, we repaid the outstanding balance on the Term Loan along with all accrued interest. The loan was terminated in accordance with the Term Loan Agreement without fees or penalties.

On December 30, 2021, in connection with the acquisition of the Bradenton Property and the Apopka Property, we, through a wholly-owned subsidiary of our operating partnership, entered into a mezzanine loan agreement (the "SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan Agreement") with SmartStop OP, an affiliate of our Sponsor, for up to $45 million (the "SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan"). The SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan required a commitment fee equal to 1.0% of the amount drawn at closing. On December 30, 2021, we borrowed $6.8 million pursuant to the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan. The proceeds were used to partially fund the acquisitions of the Bradenton Property and the Apopka Property. The SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan is secured by a pledge of the equity interest in the indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of our operating partnership that own the Bradenton Property and the Apopka Property. Our Operating Partnership serves as a non-recourse guarantor with respect to the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan.

On July 8, 2022, in connection with the acquisition of the St. Johns Property, we amended the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan to allow for the addition of the St. Johns Property and we drew an additional $7.2 million pursuant to the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan. The proceeds were used to partially fund the acquisition of the St. Johns Property.

On September 21, 2022, in connection with the acquisition of the Oxford Property, we amended the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan Agreement to allow for the addition of the Oxford Property and drew an additional $11.0 million pursuant to the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan. The proceeds were used to fund the acquisition of the Oxford Property.

On December 20, 2022, in connection with the acquisition of the Cambridge Property, we amended the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan Agreement (the "Mezzanine Loan Amendment") to increase the maximum principal amount of the loan from $45.0 million to $55.0 million and drew an additional $10.0 million to fund the acquisition of the Cambridge Property. The Amendment also extended the loan maturity date for an additional year, through December 30, 2023, converted the interest rate index from LIBOR to SOFR, and adjusted the contractual interest rate to remain at SOFR plus 3% during the extension period. As of December 31, 2022, the interest rate on the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan was 7.30%. The SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without fees or penalty and, in certain circumstances, equity interests securing the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan may be released from the pledge of collateral.

**National Bank of Canada - Burlington Loan**

On September 20, 2022, in connection with the acquisition of the property in Burlington, Ontario (the "Burlington Property"), we, through a special purpose entity formed to acquire and hold the Burlington Property, entered into a term loan with National Bank of Canada (the "National Bank of Canada - Burlington Loan") for CAD $16.5 million, which is secured by a deed of trust on the Burlington Property. Under the terms of the loan agreement (the "National Bank of Canada Burlington Loan Agreement") the interest rate is equal to the one month Canadian Dollar Offered Rate ("CDOR"), plus 2.25%. In addition, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of CAD $16.5 million, whereby the CDOR is fixed at 4.02% through the maturity of the loan. The National Bank of Canada - Burlington Loan has a maturity date of September 20, 2025, and monthly payments are principal and interest, calculated using 25 year amortization. In addition, we serve as a full recourse guarantor with respect to the National Bank of Canada - Burlington Loan.

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The National Bank of Canada Burlington Loan Agreement also contains a debt service coverage ratio covenant and customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants; agreements; representations; warranties and borrowing conditions; and events of default all as set forth in such loan agreement. As of December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with such covenants.

**National Bank of Canada - Cambridge Loan**

On December 20, 2022, in connection with the acquisition of the property in Cambridge, Ontario (the "Cambridge Property"), we, through a special purpose entity formed to acquire and hold the Cambridge Property, entered into a term loan with National Bank of Canada (the "National Bank of Canada - Cambridge Loan") for CAD $15.5 million, which is secured by a deed of trust on the Cambridge Property. Under the terms of the loan agreement (the "National Bank of Canada Cambridge Loan Agreement") the interest rate is equal to the one month Canadian Dollar Offered Rate ("CDOR"), plus 2.25%. In addition, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of CAD $15.5 million, whereby the CDOR is fixed at 3.84% through the maturity of the loan. The National Bank of Canada - Cambridge Loan has a maturity date of December 20, 2025, and monthly payments are interest-only for the first four quarters, payable monthly and payments of principal and interest, calculated using 25 year amortization, are due monthly after. In addition, we serve as a full recourse guarantor with respect to the National Bank of Canada - Cambridge Loan.

The National Bank of Canada Cambridge Loan Agreement also contains a debt service coverage ratio covenant and customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants; agreements; representations; warranties and borrowing conditions; and events of default all as set forth in such loan agreement. As of December 31, 2022, we were in compliance with such covenants.

The following table presents the future principal payment requirements on our outstanding secured debt as of December 31, 2022:

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| 2023 | $35500610 |
| 2024 | 100835991 |
| 2025 | 22048980 |
| Thereafter |  |
| Total payments | 158385581 |
| Debt issuance costs, net | (1216158) |
| **Total** | $**157169423** |

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**Note 6. Derivative Instruments** 

**Interest Rate Derivatives** 

Our objectives in using interest rate derivatives are to add stability to interest expense and to manage our exposure to interest rate movements. To accomplish this objective, we use interest rate swaps as part of our interest rate risk management strategy. The effective portion of the change in the fair value of the derivative that qualifies as a cash flow hedge is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ("AOCI") and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. Amounts reported in AOCI related to derivatives will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on our variable-rate debt.

The following table summarizes the terms of our derivative financial instruments as of December 31, 2022:

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|  | **Notional <br>Amount** | **Strike** | **Effective <br>Date** | **Maturity<br>Date** |
| **Interest Rate Derivative:** |  |  |  |  |
| CDOR Swap (1) | $16500000 | 4.02% | September 27, 2022 | September 20, 2025 |
| CDOR Swap II (1) | $15500000 | 3.84% | December 20, 2022 | December 20, 2025 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Notional amounts are denominated in CAD and have been designated as a cash flow hedge.

The following table presents a gross presentation of the fair value of our derivatives financial instruments as well as their classification on our consolidated balance sheets:

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|  | **Asset/Liability Derivatives<br>Fair Value** | **Asset/Liability Derivatives<br>Fair Value** |
|  | **December 31,<br>2022** | **December 31,<br>2021** |
| **Interest Rate Swap** |  |  |
| Other assets, net | $126864 | $— |

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The following table presents the effects of our derivative financial instruments on our consolidated statements of operations for the periods presented:

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|  | **Gain (loss) recognized in OCI for the Year Ended <br>December 31,** | **Gain (loss) recognized in OCI for the Year Ended <br>December 31,** | **Location of <br>amounts reclassified from <br>OCI into income** | **Gain (loss) reclassified from OCI for the Year Ended <br>December 31,** | **Gain (loss) reclassified from OCI for the Year Ended <br>December 31,** |
| **Type** | **December 31,<br>2022** | **December 31,<br>2021** |  | **December 31,<br>2022** | **December 31,<br>2021** |
| Interest Rate Swaps | $132705 | $— | Interest Expense | $(5841) | $— |
|  | $**132705** | $**—** |  | $**(5841)** | $**—** |

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Based upon the forward rates in effect as of December 31, 2022, we estimate that approximately $0.2 million related to our qualifying cash flow hedges will be reclassified to reduce interest expense during the next 12 months.

**Note 7. Related Party Transactions** 

**Fees to Affiliates** 

Our Private Offering Advisory Agreement and our Private Offering Dealer Manager Agreement entitled our Advisor and our Dealer Manager to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Private Offering and investment of funds in real estate properties, among other services, as well as reimbursement for organization and offering costs incurred by our Advisor on our behalf and reimbursement of certain costs and expenses incurred by our Advisor in providing services to us.

In addition, our Advisory Agreement with our Advisor and our Dealer Manager Agreement with our Dealer Manager entitle our Advisor and our Dealer Manager to specified fees upon the provision of certain services with regard to the Public Offering and investment of funds in real estate properties, among other services, as well as reimbursement for organization and offering costs incurred by our Advisor on our behalf and reimbursement of certain costs and expenses incurred by our Advisor in providing services to us.

**Organization and Offering Costs** 

Organization and offering costs of the Private Offering paid by our Advisor on our behalf will be reimbursed to our Advisor. In addition, organization and offering costs of the Public Offering have been paid and will continue to be paid by our Advisor on our behalf and will be reimbursed to our Advisor; provided, however, that our Advisor will fund, and will not be reimbursed for, 1.0% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class W shares towards payment of organization and offering expenses. Organization and offering costs consist of all expenses (other than sales commissions, the dealer manager fee, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager servicing fees) to be paid by us in connection with the Private Offering and Public Offering, including our legal, accounting, printing, mailing and filing fees, charges of our escrow holder and other accountable organization and offering expenses, including, but not limited to, (i) amounts to reimburse our Advisor for all marketing related costs and expenses such as salaries and direct expenses of employees of our Advisor and its affiliates in connection with registering and marketing our shares; (ii) technology costs associated with the Private Offering and Public Offering; (iii) our costs of conducting our training and education meetings; (iv) our costs of attending retail seminars conducted by participating broker-dealers; and (v) payment or reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses. Our Advisor will be required to reimburse us within 60 days after the end of the month which the Public Offering terminates to the extent we paid or reimbursed organization and offering costs (including sales commissions, dealer manager fees,

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stockholder servicing fees, and dealer manager servicing fees) in excess of 15% of the gross offering proceeds from the Primary Offering.

**Advisory Agreements** 

We do not have any employees. Our Advisor is primarily responsible for managing our business affairs and carrying out the directives of our board of directors. Our Advisor receives various fees and expenses under the terms of our Advisory Agreement. As discussed above, we will be required under our Advisory Agreement to reimburse our Advisor for organization and offering costs; provided, however, our Advisor funded, and will not be reimbursed for, 1% of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of Class W shares towards payment of organization and offering expenses. As noted above, the Advisory Agreement also requires our Advisor to reimburse us to the extent that offering expenses, including sales commissions, dealer manager fees, stockholder servicing fees and dealer manager servicing fees, are in excess of 15% of gross proceeds from the Primary Offering.

Our Advisor receives acquisition fees equal to 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property we acquire plus reimbursement of any acquisition expenses our Advisor incurs. Our Advisor also receives a monthly asset management fee equal to 0.0625%, which is one-twelfth of 0.75%, of our aggregate asset value, as defined. Under our Advisory Agreement, our Advisor will receive a disposition fee equal to the lesser of 1% of the contract sales price of each property sold or 50% of the competitive commission rate.

SSA may also be entitled to various subordinated distributions under our operating partnership agreement if we (1) list our shares of common stock on a national exchange, (2) terminate or do not renew the Advisory Agreement, (3) liquidate our portfolio, or (4) effect a merger or other corporate reorganization.

Our Advisory Agreement provides for reimbursement of our Advisor's direct and indirect costs of providing administrative and management services to us. Beginning four fiscal quarters after commencement of the Public Offering, pursuant to our Advisory Agreement, our Advisor will be required to pay or reimburse us the amount by which our aggregate annual operating expenses, as defined, exceed the greater of 2% of our average invested assets or 25% of our net income, as defined, unless a majority of our independent directors determine that such excess expenses were justified based on unusual and non-recurring factors. For any fiscal quarter for which total operating expenses for the 12 months then ended exceed the limitation, we will disclose this fact in our next quarterly report or within 60 days of the end of that quarter and send a written disclosure of this fact to our stockholders. In each case the disclosure will include an explanation of the factors that the independent directors considered in arriving at the conclusion that the excess expenses were justified.

**Property Management Agreement** 

Each of our self storage properties is managed by our Property Manager under separate property management agreements. Under each agreement, our Property Manager receives a fee for its services in managing our properties, generally equal to the greater of $3,000 or 6% of the gross revenues from the properties plus reimbursement of the Property Manager's costs of managing the properties. In addition, our Property Manager or an affiliate has the exclusive right to offer tenant insurance plans, tenant protection plans or similar programs (collectively "Tenant Programs") to customers at our properties and is entitled to substantially all of the benefits of such Tenant Programs. The property management agreements have a three-year term and automatically renew for successive three year periods thereafter, unless we or our Property Manager provide prior written notice at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the term. After the end of the initial three year term, either party may terminate a property management agreement generally upon 60 days' prior written notice. With respect to each new property we acquire for which we enter into a property management agreement with our Property Manager we also pay our Property Manager a one-time start-up fee in the amount of $3,750.

All of our properties are operated under the "SmartStop® Self Storage" brand. An affiliate of our Sponsor owns the rights to the "SmartStop® Self Storage" brand.

**Transfer Agent Agreement**

Our Chief Executive Officer is also the chief executive officer and indirect owner of the parent company of our transfer agent (our "Transfer Agent"), which is a registered transfer agent with the SEC. Pursuant to our transfer agent agreement, our Transfer Agent provides transfer agent and registrar services to us. These services are substantially similar to what a third party transfer agent would provide in the ordinary course of performing its functions as a transfer agent, including, but not limited to: providing customer service to our stockholders, processing the distributions and any servicing fees with respect to our shares and issuing regular reports to our stockholders. Our Transfer Agent may retain and supervise third party vendors in

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its efforts to administer certain services. Our Transfer Agent also conducts transfer agent and registrar services for our Sponsor and other non-traded REITs sponsored by our Sponsor.

Fees paid to our Transfer Agent are based on a fixed quarterly distribution fee, monthly open account fee, monthly portal fee, one-time initial account setup fee, one-time transfer fee and phone call fee per investor call received by our transfer agent. In addition, we will reimburse our Transfer Agent for all reasonable expenses or other charges incurred by it in connection with the provision of its services to us, and we will pay our Transfer Agent fees for any additional services we may request from time to time, in accordance with its rates then in effect. Upon the request of our Transfer Agent, we may also advance payment for substantial reasonable out-of-pocket expenditures to be incurred by it.

The initial term of the Transfer Agent Agreement is three years, which term will be automatically renewed for one year successive terms, but either party may terminate the Transfer Agent Agreement upon 90 days' prior written notice. In the event that we terminate the Transfer Agent Agreement, other than for cause, we will pay our transfer agent all amounts that would have otherwise accrued during the remaining term of the Transfer Agent Agreement; provided, however, that when calculating the remaining months in the term for such purposes, such term is deemed to be a 12-month period starting from the date of the most recent annual anniversary date.

Pursuant to the terms of the agreements described above, the following table summarizes related party costs incurred and paid by us for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2022, as well as any related amounts payable, which are included in due to affiliates in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2021 and 2022:

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|  | **Year Ended December 31, 2021** | **Year Ended December 31, 2021** | **Year Ended December 31, 2021** | **Year Ended December 31, 2022** | **Year Ended December 31, 2022** | **Year Ended December 31, 2022** |
|  | **Incurred** | **Paid** | **Payable** | **Incurred** | **Paid** | **Payable** |
| Expensed |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Operating expenses<br> (including organizational costs) | $1120374 | $997903 | $122471 | $2761281 | $1936266 | $947486 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Asset management fees | 178282 | 156138 | 22144 | 1348314 | 1370458 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Property management fees | 96505 | 88300 | 8205 | 551493 | 559698 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Transfer Agent expenses | 42949 | 42949 |  | 145716 | 138529 | 7187 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acquisition expenses (1) | 662957 | 551302 | 111655 | 631575 | 739556 | 3674 |
| Capitalized |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Acquisition related (2) | 1442319 | 1046673 | 395646 | 4797897 | 4442083 | 751460 |
| Additional Paid-in Capital |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Offering costs | 501712 | 436212 | 65500 | 102285 | 167785 |  |
| Total | $4045098 | $3319477 | $725621 | $10338561 | $9354375 | $1709807 |

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<sup>(1)</sup> Amounts include third party acquisition expenses paid by our Sponsor and reimbursed by the Company.

<sup>(2)</sup> Amounts include acquisition fees paid to our Sponsor and third party earnest money deposits paid by our Sponsor and reimbursed by the Company.

**Tenant Programs**

We may offer Tenant Programs to customers at our properties pursuant to which our Property Manager or an affiliate is entitled to substantially all of the net revenue attributable to the sale of Tenant Programs at our properties.

In order to protect the interest of the Property Manager in receiving these revenues in light of the fact that we control the properties and, hence, the ability of the Property Manager to receive such revenues, we and an affiliate of our Property Manager agreed to transfer our respective rights in such revenue to a joint venture entity owned 0.1% by our TRS subsidiary and 99.9% by our Property Manager's affiliate (the "PM Affiliate"). Under the terms of the operating agreement of the joint venture entity, dated March 8, 2021 (the "JV Agreement"), our TRS receives 0.1% of the net revenues generated from such Tenant Programs and the PM Affiliate receives the other 99.9% of such net revenues. The JV Agreement further provides, among other things, that if a member or its affiliate terminates all or substantially all of the property management agreements or defaults in its material obligations under the JV Agreement or undergoes a change of control, as defined, (the "Triggering Member"), the other member generally shall have the right (but not the obligation) to either (i) sell all of its interest in the joint venture to the Triggering Member at fair market value (as agreed upon or as determined under an appraisal process) or (ii) purchase all of the Triggering Member's interest in the joint venture at 95% of fair market value. For the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, an affiliate of our Property Manager received net revenue from this joint venture of approximately $0.4 million and $0.1 million, respectively.

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**Storage Auction Program** 

Our Sponsor owns a minority interest in a company that owns 50% of an online auction company (the "Auction Company") that serves as a web portal for self storage companies to post their auctions for the contents of abandoned storage units online instead of using live auctions conducted at the self storage facilities. The Auction Company receives a service fee for such services. During the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we paid approximately $5,000 and $400 in fees to the Auction Company related to our properties, respectively. Our properties will receive the proceeds from such online auctions.

**Note 8. Commitments and Contingencies** 

**Distribution Reinvestment Plan** 

We adopted a distribution reinvestment plan that will allow our stockholders to have distributions otherwise distributable to them invested in additional shares of our common stock at a price equal to 95% of the then-current per share offering price. We adopted an amended and restated distribution reinvestment plan in connection with the Public Offering. The purchase price per share is 95% of the latest per share offering price offered in the Private Offering for Class P shares and 95% of the current offering price of our shares in the Primary Offering for Class A, Class T and Class W shares. No sales commission or dealer manager fee will be paid on shares sold through the distribution reinvestment plan. We may amend or terminate the distribution reinvestment plan for any reason at any time upon 10 days' prior written notice to stockholders.

As of December 31, 2022, we have sold approximately 0.3 million Class P shares, 10,000 Class A shares, 17,000 Class T shares and 2,000 Class W shares through our distribution reinvestment plan offering.

**Share Redemption Program** 

We adopted a share redemption program for stockholders purchasing Class P shares in the Private Offering and a separate share redemption program for stockholders purchasing Class A shares, Class T shares and Class W shares in the Public Offering, each of which enables stockholders to sell their shares to us in limited circumstances. As long as our common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter market, our stockholders who have held their stock for at least one year may be able to have all or any portion of their shares of stock redeemed by us. We may redeem the shares of stock presented for redemption for cash to the extent that we have sufficient funds available to fund such redemption.

Until we establish a net asset value per share, the redemption price per share for Class A shares, Class T shares and Class W shares purchased in our Public Offering shall initially be equal to the net investment amount of such shares, which will be based on the "amount available for investment" percentage for the respective class of shares, assuming the maximum amount of our public offering is raised, shown in the estimated use of proceeds table in our prospectus in effect as of the investor's purchase date. For each class of shares, this amount will equal the then-current offering price of the shares, less the associated sales commissions, dealer manager fees and estimated organization and offering expenses not reimbursed by our Advisor assuming the maximum amount of our Public Offering is raised.

The redemption price per for Class P shares purchased in the Private Offering will depend on the length of time such stockholders have held such shares as follows (in each case, as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•after one year from the purchase date — 90.0% of the Redemption Amount (as defined below);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•after two years from the purchase date — 92.5% of the Redemption Amount;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•after three years from the purchase date — 95.0% of the Redemption Amount; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•after four years from the purchase date — 100% of the Redemption Amount.

At any time we are engaged in an offering of Class P shares, the Redemption Amount for Class P shares purchased under the share redemption program will always be equal to or lower than the applicable per share offering price for such Class P shares. As long as we are engaged in an offering of Class P shares, the Redemption Amount shall be the lesser of the amount such stockholders paid for their Shares or the price per share in the offering. If we are no longer engaged in an offering of Class P shares, the per Share Redemption Amount will be determined by our board of directors.

Our board of directors may amend, suspend or terminate the share redemption program with 30 days' notice to our stockholders. We may provide this notice by including such information in a Current Report on Form 8-K or in our annual or quarterly reports, all publicly filed with the SEC, or by a separate mailing to our stockholders.

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There are several limitations on our ability to redeem shares under the share redemption program, including, but not limited to:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•Unless the shares are being redeemed in connection with a stockholder's death, "qualifying disability" (as defined under the share redemption program) or bankruptcy, we may not redeem shares until the stockholder has held his or her shares for one year.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•During any calendar year, we will not redeem in excess of 5% of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the prior calendar year.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•The cash available for redemption is limited to the proceeds from the sale of shares pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•We have no obligation to redeem shares if the redemption would violate the restrictions on distributions under Maryland law, which prohibits distributions that would cause a corporation to fail to meet statutory tests of solvency.

**Operating Partnership Redemption Rights** 

The limited partners of our Operating Partnership have the right to cause our Operating Partnership to redeem their limited partnership units for cash equal to the value of an equivalent number of our shares, or, at our option, we may purchase their limited partnership units by issuing one share of our common stock for each limited partnership unit redeemed. These rights may not be exercised under certain circumstances that could cause us to lose our REIT election. Furthermore, limited partners may exercise their redemption rights only after their limited partnership units have been outstanding for one year. SSA and SmartStop OP are prohibited from exchanging or otherwise transferring units representing $202,000 of the initial investments in our Operating Partnership so long as our Advisor is acting as our Advisor pursuant to our Advisory Agreement.

**Other Contingencies** 

From time to time, we are party to legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of our business. We are not aware of any legal proceedings of which the outcome is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition, nor are we aware of any such legal proceedings contemplated by governmental authorities.

**Note 9. Declaration of Distributions** 

**Cash Distribution Declaration**

On December 21, 2022, our board of directors declared a daily distribution rate of approximately $0.001698 per day per share on the outstanding shares of common stock payable to Class A, Class T, Class W and Class P stockholders of record of such shares as shown on our books at the close of business on each day of the period commencing on January 1, 2023 and ending March 31, 2023. In connection with this distribution, for the stockholders of Class T shares, after the stockholder servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.001424 per day will be paid per Class T share and for the stockholders of Class W shares, after the dealer manager servicing fee is paid, approximately $0.001569 per day will be paid per Class W share. Such distributions payable to each stockholder of record during a month will be paid the following month.

**Note 10. Potential Acquisitions** 

**Potential Acquisition of Etobicoke Property**

On May 19, 2021, an affiliate of our Sponsor assigned its interest in a purchase and sale agreement (the "Etobicoke Purchase Agreement") with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of a parcel of land to be developed into a self storage facility located in Etobicoke, in the city of Toronto, Ontario (the "Etobicoke Property") to a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership. The purchase price of the Etobicoke Property is approximately CAD $2.2 million. The Etobicoke Property will be developed into a self storage facility. Construction is expected to commence following the closing of the acquisition. We expect to fund the acquisition of the Etobicoke Property with net proceeds from our Primary Offering. If we fail to complete the acquisition, we may forfeit CAD $1.1 million in earnest money deposits.

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**Potential Acquisition of Scarborough Property** 

On July 15, 2021, an affiliate of our Sponsor assigned its interest in a purchase and sale agreement (the "Scarborough Purchase Agreement") with an unaffiliated third party for the acquisition of a parcel of land to be developed into a self storage facility located in Scarborough, in the city of Toronto, Ontario (the "Scarborough Property") to a wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership. The purchase price of the Scarborough Property is approximately CAD $2.2 million. Construction is expected to commence following the closing of the acquisition. We expect to fund the acquisition of the Scarborough Property with a combination of net proceeds from our Primary Offering and/or potential future debt financing. If we fail to complete the acquisition, we may forfeit CAD $250,000 in earnest money deposits.

**Potential Acquisition of Hamilton Property** 

On August 31, 2021, one of our subsidiaries entered into a contribution agreement with a subsidiary of SmartCentres, to acquire a tract of land owned by SmartCentres and located in Hamilton, Ontario (the "Hamilton Land") in the Greater Toronto Area of Canada.

Upon closing, the Hamilton Land will be owned by a limited partnership (the "Hamilton Limited Partnership"), in which we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) will each be a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner in the Hamilton Limited Partnership. It is intended that the Hamilton Limited Partnership develops a self storage facility on the land. At closing, we (through our subsidiaries) will subscribe for 50% of the units in the Hamilton Limited Partnerships at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately CAD $750,000, representing contributions equivalent to 50% of the agreed upon fair market value of the land. Construction is expected to commence following the closing of the acquisition. We expect to fund the acquisition of the Hamilton Land with a combination of net proceeds from our Primary Offering and/or potential future debt financing. If we fail to complete the acquisition, we may forfeit CAD $150,000 in earnest money deposits.

**Potential Acquisition of New Westminster Property**

On August 3, 2022, one of our subsidiaries entered into a contribution agreement with a subsidiary of SmartCentres, to acquire a tract of land owned by SmartCentres and located in New Westminster, British Columbia (the "New Westminster Land").

Upon closing, the New Westminster Land will be owned by a limited partnership (the "New Westminster Limited Partnership"), in which we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) will each be a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner in the New Westminster Limited Partnership. It is intended that the New Westminster Limited Partnership develops a self storage facility on the land. At closing, we (through our subsidiaries) will subscribe for 50% of the units in the New Westminster Limited Partnership at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately CAD $3.3 million, representing contributions equivalent to 50% of the agreed upon fair market value of the land. Construction is expected to commence following the closing of the acquisition. We expect to fund the acquisition of the New Westminster Land with a combination of net proceeds from our Primary Offering and/or potential future debt financing. If we fail to complete the acquisition, we may forfeit CAD $660,000 in earnest money deposits.

**Note 11. Subsequent Events** 

**Acquisition of Edmonton Property** 

On January 31, 2023, we, through an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, acquired a self storage facility located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (the "Edmonton Property") from an unaffiliated third party. The purchase price for the Edmonton Property was approximately CAD $15.0 million, plus closing costs and an acquisition fee, which was funded by proceeds from a draw on the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan.

**SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan**

On January 31, 2023, in connection with the acquisition of the Edmonton Property, we drew $15.0 million on the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan. Our Operating Partnership serves as a non-recourse guarantor with respect to the SmartStop Delayed Draw Mezzanine Loan.

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**Acquisition of North York Property** 

On January 31, 2023, we, through an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, acquired a self storage facility located in North York, Ontario, Canada (the "North York Property") from an unaffiliated third party. The purchase price for the North York Property was approximately CAD $50.5 million, plus closing costs and an acquisition fee. We funded such acquisition with a combination of proceeds from our Primary Offering, the National Bank of Canada Loan - North York, as described below, and the Preferred Investment, as described below.

**National Bank of Canada Loan - North York**

On January 31, 2023, in connection with the acquisition of the property in North York, Ontario (the "North York Property"), we, through a special purpose entity formed to acquire and hold the North York Property, entered into a term loan with National Bank of Canada (the "National Bank of Canada Loan - North York") for CAD $25.0 million, which is secured by a deed of trust on the North York Property. Under the terms of the loan agreement (the "North York Loan Agreement") the interest rate is equal to the one month Canadian Dollar Offered Rate ("CDOR"), plus 2.40%. In addition, we entered into an interest rate swap agreement with a notional amount of CAD $25.0 million, whereby the CDOR is fixed at 3.79% through the maturity of the loan. The Loan also has an initial term of two years, maturing on January 31, 2025. The Loan is interest-only for the first year, payable monthly, and payments of principal and interest, calculated using a 25 year amortization, are due monthly after.

The North York Loan Agreement contains a debt service coverage ratio covenant and Debt Service Reserve Account as defined in the North York Loan Agreement. The North York Loan Agreement also contains customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants, agreements, representations, warranties and borrowing conditions, and events of default. We serve as full recourse guarantor with respect to the National Bank of Canada Loan - North York.

**Issuance of Preferred Units of Our Operating Partnership**

On January 30, 2023, we, the Operating Partnership, and an affiliate of our Sponsor (the "Preferred Investor") entered into a Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement (the "Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement") pursuant to which the Operating Partnership issued and sold to the Preferred Investor, and the Preferred Investor purchased 600,000 Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units of Limited Partnership Interest (the "Preferred Units") at a liquidation preference of $25.00 per unit (the "Liquidation Amount") in consideration for the Preferred Investor making a capital contribution to the Operating Partnership in an amount of $15 million (the "Preferred Investment"). The proceeds of the Preferred Investment were used to partially fund the acquisition of the North York Property. In connection with the Preferred Investment, we paid the Preferred Investor an investment fee equal to $150,000.

**Amendment to our Operating Partnership Agreement**

On January 30, 2023, in connection with the Preferred Investment, we and the Operating Partnership entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership (the "Amendment") with the Preferred Investor, to establish a series of preferred units of limited partnership interest of the Operating Partnership which shall be designated the "Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units." The Amendment sets forth the key terms of the Preferred Units which are summarized below.

Distribution Rate

The Preferred Units will receive current distributions (the "Current Distributions") at a rate of 7.0% per annum on the Liquidation Amount until the second anniversary of the date of issuance, 8.0% per annum commencing thereafter until the third anniversary of the date of issuance, 9.0% per annum commencing thereafter until the fourth anniversary of the date of issuance, and 10% per annum thereafter, payable monthly and calculated on an actual/360 basis.

Redemptions; Repurchases

The Preferred Units may be redeemed by the Operating Partnership, in whole or in part, at the option of the Operating Partnership at any time or from time to time following the second anniversary of the initial date of issuance. The redemption price for the Preferred Units will be equal to the sum of the Liquidation Amount plus all accumulated and unpaid distributions thereon to the date of redemption (the "Redemption Price"). If fewer than all of the outstanding Preferred Units are to be redeemed at the option of the Operating Partnership, the Preferred Units to be redeemed will be determined pro rata or by lot or in such other manner as determined by us, as the general partner of the Operating Partnership.

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A holder of Preferred Units may require the Operating Partnership to repurchase the Preferred Units upon the occurrence of any of the following (each an "Optional Repurchase Event" and as defined within the Amendment): (A) a breach of any of the Protective Provisions; (B) an Event of Default; (C) a Change of Control that has not been consented to in accordance with the terms of the Amendment; or (D) our failure to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code"). The repurchase price for the Preferred Units will be the Redemption Price.

Covenants

The Amendment contains a number of covenants applicable to us and the Operating Partnership, including, but not limited to, certain covenants that require that distributions on the Preferred Units be given priority over other disbursements, including distributions on Common Units and certain redemptions of our shares of common stock, each under the circumstances outlined further in the Amendment.

Events of Default

The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default under the Amendment: (i) a material default in the performance of, or material breach of any covenant, warranty or other agreement contained in the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, the Amendment or the Unit Purchase Agreement by us or the Operating Partnership, as applicable, and the continuance of such default or breach for a period of 10 business days after written notice is given to us and the Operating Partnership; (b) an Event of Bankruptcy as to us, the Operating Partnership or any of our or its subsidiaries that has not been consented to in advance by the holders of the Preferred Units; (c) any breach or default or event of default that occurs under any instrument, agreement or indenture pertaining to any indebtedness of us or the Operating Partnership or any of our or its subsidiaries aggregating more than $5 million, the effect of which is to cause an acceleration, mandatory redemption or other required repurchase of such indebtedness or such indebtedness is otherwise declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid, redeemed, or otherwise repurchased by us or the Operating Partnership or any such subsidiary prior to maturity thereof; and (d) our failure to qualify as a REIT under the Code.

Protective Provisions

Pursuant to the terms of the Amendment, we, the Operating Partnership and our and its subsidiaries are prohibited from undertaking the following activities while the Preferred Units are outstanding without first obtaining the prior written consent of the holders of a majority of the Preferred Units then outstanding (capitalized terms are as defined in the Amendment):

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•authorizing or issuing additional (1) preferred stock or units that are equal to or senior to the Preferred Units with respect to certain rights and preferences, or (2) junior stock or units that interferes with the rights of the Preferred Units or interferes in any way with our management or the management of the Operating Partnership;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•altering the terms of (1) the Amendment or the Unit Purchase Agreement, or (2) our organizational documents or the organizational documents of the Operating Partnership, or any of our or its respective subsidiaries, to the extent the amendment would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Preferred Units or the holders of the Preferred Units;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•in the case of the Operating Partnership, redeeming, repurchasing or acquiring junior equity securities, and in the case of us, our subsidiaries, and subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership, redeeming any equity securities, other than (1) redemptions pursuant to our share redemption program, (2) redemptions of units of limited partner interest of the Operating Partnership in exchange for shares of our common stock;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•engaging in a Change of Control;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•commencing or suffering to exist an Event of Bankruptcy as to us, the Operating Partnership, or any of our or its respective subsidiaries;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•paying any distributions, other than a distribution made on a regular monthly basis consistent with past practice on (1) in the case of the Operating Partnership, Common Units or other equity securities that rank, as to distributions and upon liquidation, junior to the Preferred Units, and (2) in the case of us, our subsidiaries, or a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, shares of common stock or common equity securities or other equity securities that rank, as to distributions and upon liquidation, junior to such entity's shares of preferred stock or preferred equity securities; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit special distributions that are necessary to preserve our status as a REIT under the Code; and

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;•engaging in a recapitalization, reorganization, merger, unit or stock split, statutory unit or stock exchange, sale of all or substantially all of such entity's assets, tender offer for all or substantially all of its Common Units, shares of common stock or other common equity securities, as the case may be, or other similar transaction.

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**Acquisition of Bradenton Expansion Land** 

On February 16, 2023, we, through an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of our Operating Partnership, acquired a parcel of land adjacent to our property in Bradenton, Florida (the "Bradenton Expansion Land") from an unaffiliated third party. The purchase price for the Bradenton Expansion Land was approximately $1.4 million, plus closing costs and an acquisition fee, which was funded by proceeds from our Primary Offering. It is intended we expand our current self storage property on the Bradenton Expansion Land.

**Acquisition of Dorval Property** 

On February 21, 2023, we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust ("SmartCentres") (through its subsidiaries) acquired a tract of land located in Dorval, Quebec (the "Dorval Land") from an unaffiliated third party. The Dorval Land is owned by a limited partnership in which we (through our subsidiaries) and SmartCentres (through its subsidiaries) are each a 50% limited partner and each have an equal ranking general partner. At closing, we (through our subsidiaries) subscribed for 50% of the units of the limited partnership at an agreed upon subscription price of approximately CAD $3.0 million, representing a contribution equivalent to 50% of the purchase price of the Dorval Land. The contribution was funded with proceeds from our Primary Offering. We expect that the limited partnership will develop the Dorval Land and build a self storage facility (the "Dorval Property"). The project is expected to be funded with debt proceeds.

**Offering Status** 

As of March 17, 2023, in connection with our offerings we have issued approximately 10.9 million Class P shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $104.0 million, approximately 2.0 million Class A shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $20.9 million, approximately 3.6 million Class T shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $36.1 million and approximately 0.4 million Class W shares for gross offering proceeds of approximately $3.5 million.

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**STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST VI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES**

**SCHEDULE III**

**DECEMBER 31, 2022**

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|  |  | **Initial Cost to Company** | **Initial Cost to Company** | **Initial Cost to Company** | **Initial Cost to Company** |  | **Gross Carrying Amount at December 31, 2022** | **Gross Carrying Amount at December 31, 2022** | **Gross Carrying Amount at December 31, 2022** | **Gross Carrying Amount at December 31, 2022** |  |  |  |
| **Description** | **ST** | **Encumbrance** | **Land** | **Building and <br>Improvements** | **Total** | **Cost <br>Capitalized <br>Subsequent <br>to acquisition** | **Land** | **Building and <br>Improvements** | **(1) Total** | **Accumulated <br>Depreciation** | **Construction in process** | **Date of <br>Construction** | **Date <br>Acquired** |
| Phoenix | AZ | $8800000 | $2171375 | $13783862 | $15955237 | $149424 | $2171375 | $13933286 | $16104661 | $(772863) | $— | 2020 | 5/1/2021 |
| Las Vegas | NV | 4800000 | 1468351 | 6541089 | 8009440 | 122397 | 1468351 | 6663486 | 8131837 | (377317) |  | 2020 | 6/1/2021 |
| Surprise | AZ | 7425000 | 1742097 | 11324006 | 13066103 | 186842 | 1742097 | 11510848 | 13252945 | (514039) |  | 2017 | 8/26/2021 |
| Phoenix II | AZ | 6160000 | 806933 | 10333050 | 11139983 | 135899 | 806933 | 10468949 | 11275882 | (348854) |  | 2021 | 11/30/2021 |
| Bradenton | FL | 12507500 | 2293357 | 13212166 | 15505523 | 178082 | 2293357 | 13390248 | 15683605 | (407307) | 4000 | 2020 | 12/30/2021 |
| Apopka | FL | 8970000 | 2329786 | 9125103 | 11454889 | 235885 | 2329786 | 9360988 | 11690774 | (290542) | 32103 | 2021 | 12/30/2021 |
| Vancouver | WA | 13750000 | 1422900 | 23189404 | 24612304 | 101729 | 1422900 | 23291133 | 24714033 | (515625) |  | 2020 | 3/29/2022 |
| Portland | OR | 8250000 | 4298103 | 10618441 | 14916544 | 98701 | 4298103 | 10717142 | 15015245 | (250149) |  | 1975 / 2020 | 3/31/2022 |
| Newark | DE | 10808851 | 2167103 | 17837346 | 20004449 | 97819 | 2167103 | 17935165 | 20102268 | (366224) | 120960 | 2021 | 4/26/2022 |
| Levittown | PA | 11550000 | 3495978 | 17668979 | 21164957 | 103113 | 3495978 | 17772092 | 21268070 | (369315) | 140940 | 2021 | 4/26/2022 |
| Chandler | AZ | 13670000 | 4795960 | 20555792 | 25351752 | 230169 | 4795960 | 20785961 | 25581921 | (461761) |  | 1996 / 2022 | 5/17/2022 |
| St. Johns | FL | 7200000 | 3708927 | 10458678 | 14167605 | 97007 | 3708927 | 10555685 | 14264612 | (158656) | 26662 | 2006 / 2007 | 7/8/2022 |
| Burlington | ONT | 12055230 | 10638348 | 15548407 | 26186755 | 189458 | 10638348 | 15737865 | 26376213 | (145621) |  | 1979 / 2001 | 9/20/2022 |
| Oxford | FL | 11000000 | 1311463 | 9406248 | 10717711 | 45860 | 1311463 | 9452108 | 10763571 | (92772) | 22643 | 2001 | 9/21/2022 |
| Cambridge | ONT | 11439000 | 7537977 | 19075728 | 26613705 |  | 7537978 | 19075476 | 26613454 | (22237) |  | 1965 / 2019 | 12/20/2022 |
| Total |  | $**148385581** | $**50188658** | $**208678299** | $**258866957** | $**1972385** | $**50188659** | $**210650432** | $**260839091** | $**(5093282)** | $**347308** |  |  |

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<sup>(1)</sup> The aggregate cost of real estate for United States federal income tax purposes is $267,859,045.

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**STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST VI, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES**

**SCHEDULE III**

**DECEMBER 31, 2022**

The following summarizes the activity in real estate facilities during the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

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|  | **2022** | **2021** |
| **Real estate facilities** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Balance at beginning of year | $75356725 | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Facility acquisitions | 184044871 | 75131175 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Improvements and additions | 1746584 | 225550 |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Impact of foreign exchange rate changes | (309089) |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Balance at end of year** | $**260839091** | $**75356725** |
| **Accumulated depreciation** |  |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Balance at beginning of year | $(597090) | $— |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Depreciation expense | (4498700) | (597090) |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Impact of foreign exchange rate changes | 2508 |  |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;**Balance at end of year** | $**(5093282)** | $**(597090)** |
| **Real estate facilities, net** | $**255745809** | $**74759635** |

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