Document:

EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 

LIMITED PARTNER INTEREST CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 

THIS LIMITED PARTNER INTEREST CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the 4th day of September, 2014,
effective as of 11:59 PM (PDT) on August 31, 2014 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Strategic Storage Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “SST Special Limited Partner”), USA Self Storage Advisor LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “REIT I Special Limited Partner”), and USA SS REIT II Advisor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “REIT II Special Limited Partner”) (the SST Special Limited Partner, REIT I
Special Limited Partner, and REIT II Special Limited Partner being collectively referred to herein as the “Special Limited Partners”), on the one hand, and Strategic Storage Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Operating Partnership”), USA Self Storage Operating Partnership, LP, a Maryland limited partnership (the “REIT I Operating Partnership”), and USA SS REIT II Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
“REIT II Operating Partnership”), on the other hand. All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as provided in the Operating Partnership’s Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, entered into
on September 4, 2014 to be effective at 11:59 p.m. PDT on August 31, 2014 (the “Limited Partnership Agreement”). 

RECITALS: 
 A. Each of the Special Limited
Partners is the owner of a Special Limited Partner Interest in the Operating Partnership. 
 B. The REIT I Special Limited Partner is the owner of Class B
Limited Partnership Units in the REIT I Operating Partnership (the “REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units”). 
 C. The REIT II Special Limited
Partner is the owner of Class B Limited Partnership Units in the REIT II Operating Partnership (the “REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units”). 

D. The Operating Partnership is entering into a series of transactions pursuant to which (1) Strategic Storage Trust, Inc., the general partner of the
Operating Partnership (“SST”), will become self-administered, (2) the Advisory Agreement between the Operating Partnership, SST, and the SST Special Limited Partner will be terminated, (3) the Advisory Agreement between Self
Storage REIT, LLC and the REIT I Special Limited Partner will be terminated, and (4) the Advisory Agreement between Self Storage REIT II, LLC and the REIT II Special Limited Partner will be terminated (such transactions being referred to
collectively as the “Self-Administration Transaction”). 
 E. In connection with the Self-Administration Transaction, the Special Limited Partners
desire to contribute their respective Special Limited Partner Interest in the Operating Partnership to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership desires to receive and accept each such Special Limited Partner Interest from the Special
Limited Partners in exchange for units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“OP Units”) and Class B Limited Partnership Units in the Operating Partnership (“Class B Units”), which Class B Units shall have
the terms, rights, and restrictions set forth in Exhibit C to the Limited Partnership Agreement. 
 F. In connection with the Self-Administration
Transaction, the REIT I Special Limited Partner desires to contribute its REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership desires to receive and accept each such REIT I Class B Limited Partnership
Units from the REIT I Special Limited Partner in exchange for OP Units and Class B Units. 
 G. In connection with the Self-Administration Transaction, the
REIT II Special Limited Partner desires to contribute its REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership desires to receive and accept each such REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units from
the REIT II Special Limited Partner in exchange for OP Units and Class B Units. 

 H. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings set forth in
Schedule 1. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereby agree
as follows: 
 1. Contribution of the Special Limited Partner Interests. 

1.1. Contribution of the SST Special Limited Partner Interest. For and in consideration of the OP Units and Class B Units to be issued
by the Operating Partnership to the SST Special Limited Partner and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the SST Special Limited Partner
hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and irrevocably assigns to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership accepts such contribution from the SST Special Limited Partner, the Special Limited Partner Interest in the Operating
Partnership held by the SST Special Limited Partner, free and clear of all Liens and Claims. 
 1.2. Contribution of the REIT I Special
Limited Partner Interest. For and in consideration of the OP Units and Class B Units to be issued by the Operating Partnership, the REIT I Special Limited Partner hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and irrevocably assigns to the Operating
Partnership, and the Operating Partnership accepts such contribution from the REIT I Special Limited Partner, the Special Limited Partner Interest in the Operating Partnership held by the REIT I Special Limited Partner, free and clear of all Liens
and Claims. 
 1.3. Contribution of the REIT II Special Limited Partner Interest. For and in consideration of the OP Units and Class
B Units to be issued by the Operating Partnership, the REIT II Special Limited Partner hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and irrevocably assigns to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership accepts such contribution from the REIT
II Special Limited Partner, the Special Limited Partner Interest in the Operating Partnership held by the REIT II Special Limited Partner, free and clear of all Liens and Claims. 

2. Contribution of the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units. For and in consideration of the OP Units and Class B Units to be
issued by the Operating Partnership to the REIT I Special Limited Partner, the REIT I Special Limited Partner hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and irrevocably assigns to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership accepts such
contribution from the REIT I Special Limited Partner, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units held by the REIT I Special Limited Partner, free and clear of all Liens and Claims. 

3. Contribution of the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units. For and in consideration of the OP Units and Class B Units to be
issued by the Operating Partnership to the REIT II Special Limited Partner, the REIT II Special Limited Partner hereby contributes, conveys, transfers and irrevocably assigns to the Operating Partnership, and the Operating Partnership accepts such
contribution from the REIT II Special Limited Partner, the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units held by the REIT II Special Limited Partner, free and clear of all Liens and Claims. 

4. Consideration. 
 4.1.
SST Special Limited Partner Consideration. In exchange for the contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment of the Special Limited Partner Interest held by the SST Special Limited Partner, the Operating Partnership shall issue and
deliver to the SST Special Limited Partner 

  
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659,696 OP Units having an agreed value as set forth on Schedule 2, and 691,876 Class B Units having an agreed value as set forth on Schedule 2. The SST Special Limited Partner
understands and acknowledges that (i) the Operating Partnership makes no representations regarding the actual value of the Special Limited Partner Interest and (ii) the value of the Special Limited Partner Interest may be greater than or
less than the value of the OP Units and Class B Units issued to the Special Limited Partner hereunder. 
 4.2. REIT I Special Limited
Partner Consideration. In exchange for (i) the contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment of the Special Limited Partner Interest held by the REIT I Special Limited Partner to the Operating Partnership and (ii) the contribution,
conveyance, transfer and assignment of the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units held by the REIT I Special Limited Partner to the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership shall issue and deliver to the REIT I Special Limited Partner
102,846 OP Units having an agreed value as set forth on Schedule 2, and 107,863 Class B Units having an agreed value as set forth on Schedule 2. The REIT I Special Limited Partner understands and acknowledges that (i) the
Operating Partnership makes no representations regarding the actual value of the Special Limited Partner Interest or the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units and (ii) the value of the Special Limited Partner Interest and the REIT I Class B
Limited Partnership Units may be greater than or less than the value of the OP Units and Class B Units issued to the REIT I Special Limited Partner hereunder. 

4.3. REIT II Special Limited Partner Consideration. In exchange for (i) the contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment of
the Special Limited Partner Interest held by the REIT II Special Limited Partner to the Operating Partnership and (ii) the contribution, conveyance, transfer and assignment of the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units held by the REIT II
Special Limited Partner to the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership shall issue and deliver to the REIT II Special Limited Partner 30,188 OP Units having an agreed value as set forth on Schedule 2, and 31,660 Class B Units having
an agreed value as set forth on Schedule 2. The REIT II Special Limited Partner understands and acknowledges that (i) the Operating Partnership makes no representations regarding the actual value of the Special Limited Partner Interest
or the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units and (ii) the value of the Special Limited Partner Interest and the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units may be greater than or less than the value of the OP Units and Class B Units issued to
the REIT II Special Limited Partner hereunder. 
 5. Representations and Warranties of the Special Limited Partners. Each of the
Special Limited Partners represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to the Operating Partnership, the REIT I Operating Partnership, and the REIT II Operating Partnership that the following statements are true, complete and correct as of the
Effective Date, and for the avoidance of doubt, each of the Special Limited Partners makes each of its representations and warranties only with respect to itself and the Special Limited Partner Interest, REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units, and
REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units that it owns, as applicable. 
 5.1. Organization; Validity; Authority; No Conflict. 

5.1.1. Each Special Limited Partner is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of
the State of Delaware and has full legal right, power and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder, and to contribute, convey, transfer and irrevocably assign to the Operating Partnership the
Special Limited Partner Interests, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units and the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units, as applicable, as herein provided. 

5.1.2. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Special Limited Partner, the performance by each Special Limited Partner of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or the transfer of Special Limited Partner Interests, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units and the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units, as applicable, provided for herein will not
(i)

  
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violate or conflict with any provision of Law or any Order applicable to each Special Limited Partner; (ii) require any consent or approval by or filing or notice with any Governmental
Entity; or (iii) violate or conflict with any agreement or understanding by which each Special Limited Partner or the Special Limited Partner Interests, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units or the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership
Units, are bound. 
 5.1.3. This Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary limitd liability company action on the part of each of
the Special Limited Partners. This Agreement has been, or upon execution and delivery will be, duly executed and delivered by the Special Limited Partners and constitutes, or upon execution and delivery will constitute, the valid and binding
obligations of each of the Special Limited Partners enforceable against the Special Limited Partners in accordance with its terms. 
 5.2.
Title. 
 5.2.1. Title to the Special Limited Partner Interests. Each Special Limited Partner has good and valid title to its
respective Special Limited Partner Interests, free and clear of any Lien. 
 5.2.2. Title to the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership
Units. The REIT I Special Limited Partner has good and valid title to the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units, free and clear of any Lien. 

5.2.3. Title to the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units. The REIT II Special Limited Partner has good and valid title to the
REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units, free and clear of any Lien. 
 5.3. Litigation. There are no outstanding Orders by which
each Special Limited Partner is bound, or any pending or to the Knowledge of each Special Limited Partner, threatened, which relate to or affect the Special Limited Partner Interests, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units or the REIT II Class
B Limited Partnership Units, as applicable, nor to the Knowledge of each Special Limited Partner are there any facts or circumstances which are likely to give rise to any such Action or Proceeding. 

6. Representations and Warranties of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership represents and warrants to each of the
Special Limited Partners that the following statements are true, complete and correct as of the Effective Date: 
 6.1. Organization;
Validity; Authority. The Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. The Operating Partnership has all requisite limited partnership power and
authority to enter into the Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action on then part of the Operating
Partnership. The Agreement has been, or upon execution and delivery will be, duly executed and delivered and constitutes, or upon execution and delivery will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the Operating Partnership, enforceable
against the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). 
 6.2. Issuance of Units.
The OP Units and Class B Units, when issued and delivered in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and, 

  
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except as provided in the Limited Partnership Agreement and except as affected by Section 17-607 of the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, non-assessable. The OP Units and
Class B Units will be free of any Liens; provided, however, that the OP Units and Class B Units are subject to restrictions on transfer under federal and state securities Laws and as otherwise set forth in the Limited Partnership Agreement
and Section 14 of this Agreement. The OP Units and Class B Units will not be issued in violation of any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal afforded to any Person or granted by the Operating Partnership or SST to any Person. 

7. Representations and Warranties of the REIT I Operating Partnership. The REIT I Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly
organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Maryland. The REIT I Operating Partnership has all requisite limited partnership power and authority to enter into the Agreement and to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action on then part of the REIT I Operating Partnership. The Agreement has been, or upon execution and
delivery will be, duly executed and delivered and constitutes, or upon execution and delivery will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the REIT I Operating Partnership, enforceable against the REIT I Operating Partnership in accordance
with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). 
 8. Representations and Warranties of the REIT II Operating
Partnership. The REIT II Operating Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Maryland. The REIT II Operating Partnership has all requisite limited partnership power
and authority to enter into the Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action on then part of the REIT
II Operating Partnership. The Agreement has been, or upon execution and delivery will be, duly executed and delivered and constitutes, or upon execution and delivery will constitute, the valid and binding obligation of the REIT II Operating
Partnership, enforceable against the REIT II Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and
remedies generally, and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity). 

9. Tax Treatment. The contributions of (i) the Special Limited Partner Interests by the Special Limited Partners to the Operating
Partnership in exchange for OP Units and Class B Units, (ii) the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units by the REIT I Special Limited Partner to the Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units and Class B Units, and (iii) the REIT II
Class B Limited Partnership Units by the REIT II Special Limited Partner to the Operating Partnership in exchange for OP Units and Class B Units are each intended to qualify as a tax-deferred contribution of assets to the Operating Partnership, in
exchange for OP Units and Class B Units under Code Section 721. 
 10. Effect of Contribution of Special Limited Partner
Interests. From and after the Effective Date, each Special Limited Partner shall not be entitled to any portion of income, gain, Loss, deduction or credit allocable to the Special Limited Partner Interests on or after such date. Nothing in this
Agreement will affect the allocation to each Special Limited Partner of profits, Losses and other items of income, gain, Loss, deduction or credit allocable to the Special Limited Partner Interests and attributable to any period before the Effective
Date or any distribution payments made to each Special Limited Partner with respect to the Special Limited Partner Interests before such date, and the Special Limited Partners shall be entitled to receive any and all distributions that have accrued
but remain unpaid as of the Effective Date with respect to the Special Limited Partner Interests. 

  
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 11. Effect of Contribution of REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units. From and after the
Effective Date, the REIT I Special Limited Partner shall not be entitled to any portion of income, gain, Loss, deduction or credit allocable to the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units on or after such date. Nothing in this Agreement will affect
the allocation to the REIT I Special Limited Partner of profits, Losses and other items of income, gain, Loss, deduction or credit allocable to the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units and attributable to any period before the Effective Date or
any distribution payments made to the REIT I Special Limited Partner with respect to the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units before such date, and the REIT I Special Limited Partner shall be entitled to receive any and all distributions that
have accrued but remain unpaid as of the Effective Date with respect to the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units. 
 12. Effect of
Contribution of REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units. From and after the Effective Date, the REIT II Special Limited Partner shall not be entitled to any portion of income, gain, Loss, deduction or credit allocable to the REIT II Class B
Limited Partnership Units on or after such date. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the allocation to the REIT II Special Limited Partner of profits, Losses and other items of income, gain, Loss, deduction or credit allocable to the REIT II Class
B Limited Partnership Units and attributable to any period before the Effective Date or any distribution payments made to the REIT II Special Limited Partner with respect to the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units before such date, and the
REIT II Special Limited Partner shall be entitled to receive any and all distributions that have accrued but remain unpaid as of the Effective Date with respect to the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units. 

13. Cancellation of Special Limited Partner Interests. Subject to the provisions of Sections 10, 11 and 12,
immediately upon the contribution of the SST Special Limited Partner Interest, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units and the REIT II Class B Limited Partner Units, the Operating Partnership agrees to the cancellation of those interests and
the amendment of the respective limited partnership agreements to delete all references to those interests. 
 14. Holding Period.

 14.1. (a) In addition to any restrictions on transfer contained in the Limited Partnership Agreement, for a period of two years following
the Effective Date, the SST Special Limited Partner shall not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, announce the intention to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option right or warrant
for the sale of, make any short sale or otherwise transfer, dispose or encumber (collectively, “Transfer”) any of (a) the OP Units it receives pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Agreement, (b) the Class B Units it receives
pursuant to Section 4.1 of this Agreement, or (c) any REIT Shares held by the SST Special Limited Partner upon exchange of the OP Units or Class B Units pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Partnership Agreement, except for permitted
Transfers as set forth in Section 9.2(b) of the Limited Partnership Agreement. 
 (b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or
the Limited Partnership Agreement to the contrary: (i) the SST Special Limited Partner shall not be required to obtain the consent of SST, as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, for any Transfer of OP Units or Class B Units
received by the SST Special Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) a transferee pursuant to a permitted Transfer of the OP Units or the Class B Units issued pursuant to this Agreement is entitled to Transfer any or all OP Units or
Class B Units it receives to a transferee or transferees described in Section 9.2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Limited Partnership Agreement or to organizations described in Sections 501(c)(3) and 170(c) of the Code (including without
limitation foundations, schools, colleges, universities, charitable remainder trusts and charitable lead trusts); (iii) the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section 14.1(a) shall not apply in the event of a Change in Control;
and (iv) the provisions of this Section 14.1(b) shall survive indefinitely, such that they shall apply to OP Units or Class B Units, as the case may be, received by the SST Special Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement after the
expiration of the two (2) year period referred to in Section 14.1(a). 
 14.2. (a) In addition to any restrictions on transfer
contained in the Limited Partnership Agreement, for a period of two years following the Effective Date, the REIT I Special Limited Partner shall not Transfer any of (a) the OP Units it receives pursuant to Section 4.2 of this Agreement,
(b) the Class B Units it receives pursuant to Section 4.2 of this Agreement, or (c) any REIT Shares held by the REIT I Special Limited Partner upon exchange of the OP Units or Class B Units pursuant to the provisions of the
Limited Partnership Agreement, except for permitted Transfers as set forth in Section 9.2(b) of the Limited Partnership Agreement. 

  
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 (b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the Limited Partnership Agreement to the
contrary, (i) the REIT I Special Limited Partner shall not be required to obtain the consent of SST, as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, for any Transfer of OP Units or Class B Units received by the REIT I Special Limited
Partner pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) a transferee pursuant to a permitted Transfer of the OP Units or Class B Units issued pursuant to this Agreement is entitled to Transfer any or all OP Units or Class B Units it receives to a transferee
or transferees described in Section 9.2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Limited Partnership Agreement or to organizations described in Sections 501(c)(3) and 170(c) of the Code (including without limitation foundations, schools,
colleges, universities, charitable remainder trusts and charitable lead trusts); (iii) the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section 14.2(a) shall not apply in the event of a Change in Control; and (iv) the provisions of this
Section 14.2(b) shall survive indefinitely, such that they shall apply to OP Units or Class B Units, as the case may be, received by the REIT I Special Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement after the expiration of the two (2) year period
referred to in Section 14.2(a). 
 14.3. (a) In addition to any restrictions on transfer contained in the Limited Partnership
Agreement, for a period of two years following the Effective Date, the REIT II Special Limited Partner shall not Transfer any of (a) the OP Units it receives pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Agreement, (b) the Class B Units it
receives pursuant to Section 4.3 of this Agreement, or (c) any REIT Shares held by the REIT II Special Limited Partner upon exchange of the OP Units or Class B Units pursuant to the provisions of the Limited Partnership Agreement,
except for permitted Transfers as set forth in Section 9.2(b) of the Limited Partnership Agreement. 
 (b) Notwithstanding anything in
this Agreement or the Limited Partnership Agreement to the contrary, (i) the REIT II Special Limited Partner shall not be required to obtain the consent of SST, as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, for any Transfer of OP Units
or Class B Units received by the REIT II Special Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement; (ii) a transferee pursuant to a permitted Transfer of the OP Units or Class B Units issued pursuant to this Agreement is entitled to Transfer any or
all OP Units or Class B Units it receives to a transferee or transferees described in Section 9.2(c)(i), (ii) and (iii) of the Limited Partnership Agreement or to organizations described in Sections 501(c)(3) and 170(c) of the Code
(including without limitation foundations, schools, colleges, universities, charitable remainder trusts and charitable lead trusts); (iii) the restrictions on Transfer set forth in Section 14.3(a) shall not apply in the event of a
Change in Control; and (iv) the provisions of this Section 14.3(b) shall survive indefinitely, such that they shall apply to OP Units or Class B Units, as the case may be, received by the REIT II Special Limited Partner pursuant to this
Agreement after the expiration of the two (2) year period referred to in Section 14.3(a). 
 15. Indemnification. The
indemnification provisions set forth in Article 7 of that certain Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 4, 2014, by and among SST, the Operating Partnership and Strategic Storage Holdings, LLC (the “SSH Contribution
Agreement”) are deemed to be incorporated by reference herein; provided, however, that solely for purposes of this Agreement, (i) the terms Indemnified Parties and Indemnifying Parties (as defined in the SSH Contribution
Agreement) shall include each Special Limited Partner, the REIT I Operating Partnership and the REIT II Operating Partnership, (ii) the term Contributor Indemnified Parties (as defined in the SSH Contribution Agreement) shall include each
Special Limited Partner, (iii) the term Indemnified Contributee Parties (as defined in the SSH Contribution Agreement) shall include the REIT I Operating Partnership and the REIT II Operating Partnership, and (iv) for the avoidance of
doubt, references to the Operating Partnership in Article 7 of the SSH Contribution Agreement are intended to remain unchanged and apply to the obligations of the Operating Partnership, including without limitation its obligation to indemnify each
Special Limited Partner, pursuant to this Agreement, and references in such Article 7 to SSH for purposes of this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to each Special Limited Partner. In addition to, and without affecting the generality of the
foregoing provisions of this Section 15 and for the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that (i) the provisions of Section 7.1(c) and (d) of the SSH Contribution Agreement shall have no application to this Agreement or the
obligations of the parties to this Agreement; (ii) the provisions of Section 7.2(d) of the SSH Contribution Agreement shall have no application to this Agreement or the obligations of the parties to this Agreement; (iii) the
provisions of Section 7.2(c) of the SSH Contribution Agreement shall be deemed to refer solely to the Special Limited Partner Interests, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units and the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units;
(iv) for purposes of applying Section 7.5 of the SSH Contribution Agreement to this Agreement, the reference to “Transaction Document” in the beginning of such section shall not be deemed include this Agreement;

  
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and (v) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Transaction Document, including without limitation the SSH Contribution Agreement and this Agreement, (x) it is the
intention of the parties, that the provisions of Section 7.5(a) of the SSH Contribution Agreement be applied as if the representations and warranties of each Special Limited Partner in Article 5 of this Agreement were included in Article 3 of
the SSH Contribution Agreement, so that for purposes of either one or both of this Agreement and the SSH Contribution Agreement there is, and will be, but one (1) unified Basket (as defined in the SSH Contribution Agreement) and one
(1) unified Cap (as defined in the SSH Contribution Agreement) applicable to indemnification with respect to breaches of representations and warranties by SSH under Article 3 of the SSH Contribution Agreement and/or breaches of representations
and warranties by the Special Limited Partners under Article 5 of this Agreement, (y) nothing contained in this Section 15 shall be interpreted or construed to result in liability on the part of the Special Limited Partners for the acts or
omissions, including without limitation breaches of representations and warranties of SSH under the SSH Contribution Agreement or liability on the part of SSH for the acts or omissions, including without limitation breaches of representations and
warranties of each Special Limited Partner under this Agreement and (z) nothing contained in this Section 15 shall be interpreted or construed to create a joint or joint and several obligation of the Special Limited Partners relative to
the indemnification obligation of any one Special Limited Partner. 
 16. Miscellaneous. 

16.1. Entire Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute the entire agreement between the parties relating to the contribution of the
Special Limited Partner Interests, the REIT I Class B Limited Partnership Units and the REIT II Class B Limited Partnership Units, and supersedes and cancels all previous negotiations, understandings and agreements between the parties regarding the
subject matter hereof. No conditions, use of trade, course of dealing, understanding or agreement purporting to vary, explain or supplement the terms of this Agreement shall be binding unless hereafter made in writing and signed by each of the
parties to this Agreement. 
 16.2. Choice of Law. This Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with the Laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof. 
 16.3. Waiver. No waiver of any of the terms or conditions of
this Agreement shall be effective or binding unless such waiver is in writing and is signed by all of the parties, nor shall this Agreement be changed, modified, discharged or terminated other than in accordance with its terms, in whole or in part,
except by a writing signed by all of the parties. Waiver by any party of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of any other term, provision or condition nor shall such waiver be deemed a subsequent
waiver of the same term, provision or condition. 
 16.4. Severability. In the event any provision in this Agreement shall be deemed
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

16.5. Assignment. No party shall in any way sell, transfer, assign or otherwise dispose of this Agreement or any of the rights,
privileges, duties and obligations granted or imposed under this Agreement. Any attempted or actual sale, transfer, assignment, or disposal, in whole or in part, of this Agreement will be void and have no effect. 

16.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Facsimile and electronic executions and deliveries shall have the full force and effect of original signatures. 

  
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 16.7. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit
of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. 
 16.8. Dispute Resolution. Any controversy arising out of or
related to this Agreement or the breach thereof shall be resolved by arbitration in Orange County, California, in accordance with the Rules of Mediation and Arbitration as then in effect and administered by the American Mediation Association, and
judgment entered upon the award rendered may be enforced by appropriate judicial action. The arbitration panel shall consist of three members. The arbitration panel shall allocate between the parties, as the panel deems just and equitable, all fees
and expenses of the arbitration, including forum and tribunal fees and expenses, reasonable attorneys’ fees of both parties, any costs of producing witnesses and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred by either party. The arbitration
panel shall render a decision within 30 days following the close of presentation by the parties of their cases and any rebuttal. 

[Signature pages follow] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date
set forth above. 
  

					
	OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:
	
	 STRATEGIC STORAGE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

 

					
		 	By:	 	Strategic Storage Trust, Inc.
		 	Its:	 	General Partner

  

					
		 	By:	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

					
		 	Name:	 	H. Michael Schwartz

 
					
		 	Title:	 	President and Chief Executive Officer

  

			
	REIT I OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:
	
	USA SELF STORAGE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP

  

					
		 	By:	 	Self Storage REIT, LLC
		 	Its:	 	General Partner

  

					
		 	By:	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

					
		 	Name:	 	H. Michael Schwartz

 
					
		 	Title:	 	President

  

			
	REIT II OPERATING PARTNERSHIP:
	
	 USA SS REIT II OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

 

					
		 	By:	 	Self Storage REIT II, LLC
		 	Its:	 	General Partner

  

					
		 	By:	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

					
		 	Name:	 	H. Michael Schwartz

 
					
		 	Title:	 	President

 [Signature page 1 of 2 to Special Limited Partner Interest Contribution Agreement] 

  
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	SPECIAL LIMITED PARTNERS:

 
			
	
	 STRATEGIC STORAGE ADVISOR, LLC

 

			
	 By:
	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

			
	 Name:
	 	H. Michael Schwartz
	 Title:
	 	President

  

			
	 USA SELF STORAGE ADVISOR, LLC

 

			
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

			
	 Name:
	 	H. Michael Schwartz
	 Title:
	 	President

  

			
	 USA SS REIT II ADVISOR, LLC

 

			
		
	 By:
	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

			
	 Name:
	 	H. Michael Schwartz
	 Title:
	 	President

 [Signature page 2 of 2 to Special Limited Partner Interest Contribution Agreement] 

  
 11EX-10.4

 Exhibit 10.4 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT 

OF 
 STRATEGIC STORAGE
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. 

 THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT 

OF 
 STRATEGIC STORAGE
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

					
	 	  	Page	 
	 ARTICLE 1    DEFINED TERMS
	  	 	1	  
		
	 ARTICLE 2    PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION
	  	 	8	  
	 2.1        Formation
	  	 	8	  
	 2.2        Name, Office and Registered Agent
	  	 	8	  
	 2.3        Partners
	  	 	8	  
	 2.4        Term and Dissolution
	  	 	9	  
	 2.5        Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership
	  	 	9	  
	 2.6        Certificates Describing Partnership Units
	  	 	10	  
		
	 ARTICLE 3    BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
	  	 	10	  
		
	 ARTICLE 4    CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
	  	 	10	  
	 4.1        Capital Contributions
	  	 	10	  
	 4.2        Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership
Interests
	  	 	10	  
	 4.3        Additional Funding
	  	 	12	  
	 4.4        Capital Accounts
	  	 	12	  
	 4.5        Percentage Interests
	  	 	12	  
	 4.6        No Interest on Contributions
	  	 	13	  
	 4.7        Return of Capital Contributions
	  	 	13	  
	 4.8        No Third Party Beneficiary
	  	 	13	  
		
	 ARTICLE 5    PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
	  	 	14	  
	 5.1        Allocation of Profit and Loss
	  	 	14	  
	 5.2        Distributions
	  	 	15	  
	 5.3        REIT Distribution Requirements
	  	 	17	  
	 5.4        No Right to Distributions In Kind
	  	 	17	  
	 5.5        Limitations of Return of Capital Contributions
	  	 	17	  
	 5.6        Distributions Upon Liquidation
	  	 	17	  
	 5.7        Substantial Economic Effect
	  	 	17	  
		
	 ARTICLE 6    RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
	  	 	18	  
	 6.1        Management of the Partnership
	  	 	18	  
	 6.2        Delegation of Authority
	  	 	20	  
	 6.3        Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees
	  	 	20	  
	 6.4        Liability of the General Partner
	  	 	21	  
	 6.5        Reimbursement of General Partner
	  	 	22	  
	 6.6        Outside Activities
	  	 	22	  
	 6.7        Employment or Retention of Affiliates
	  	 	22	  

  
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	 6.8        General Partner Participation
	  	 	22	  
	 6.9        Title to Partnership Assets
	  	 	23	  
	 6.10      Miscellaneous
	  	 	23	  
		
	 ARTICLE 7    CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER
	  	 	23	  
	 7.1        Transfer of the General Partner’s Partnership Interest
	  	 	23	  
	 7.2        Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner
	  	 	25	  
	 7.3        Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner
	  	 	25	  
	 7.4        Removal of a General Partner
	  	 	26	  
		
	 ARTICLE 8    RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
	  	 	27	  
	 8.1        Management of the Partnership
	  	 	27	  
	 8.2        Power of Attorney
	  	 	27	  
	 8.3        Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners
	  	 	27	  
	 8.4        Exchange Right
	  	 	27	  
		
	 ARTICLE 9    TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
	  	 	29	  
	 9.1        Purchase for Investment
	  	 	29	  
	 9.2        Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests
	  	 	29	  
	 9.3        Admission of Substitute Limited Partner
	  	 	30	  
	 9.4        Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests
	  	 	31	  
	 9.5        Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited
Partner
	  	 	31	  
	 9.6        Joint Ownership of Interests
	  	 	31	  
	 9.7        Redemption of Partnership Units
	  	 	32	  
		
	 ARTICLE 10    BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS
	  	 	32	  
	 10.1      Books and Records
	  	 	32	  
	 10.2      Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank Accounts
	  	 	32	  
	 10.3      Fiscal and Taxable Year
	  	 	32	  
	 10.4      Annual Tax Information and Report
	  	 	32	  
	 10.5      Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments
	  	 	32	  
	 10.6      Reports Made Available to Limited Partners
	  	 	33	  
		
	 ARTICLE 11    AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MERGER
	  	 	34	  
		
	 ARTICLE 12    GENERAL PROVISIONS
	  	 	34	  
	 12.1      Notices
	  	 	34	  
	 12.2      Survival of Rights
	  	 	34	  
	 12.3      Additional Documents
	  	 	34	  
	 12.4      Severability
	  	 	34	  
	 12.5      Entire Agreement
	  	 	34	  
	 12.6      Pronouns and Plurals
	  	 	34	  
	 12.7      Headings
	  	 	34	  
	 12.8      Counterparts
	  	 	34	  
	 12.9      Governing Law
	  	 	35	  

  
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	 EXHIBIT A
	  	GENERAL PARTNER AND LIMITED PARTNER CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND PERCENTAGE INTERESTS	  	 	37	  
			
	 EXHIBIT B
	  	NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF EXCHANGE RIGHT	  	 	38	  
			
	 EXHIBIT C
	  	DESCRIPTION OF CLASS B LIMITED PARTNERSHIP UNITS	  	 	39	  

  
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 THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT 

OF 
 STRATEGIC STORAGE
OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. 
 Strategic Storage Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Partnership”) was formed as a limited
partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware, pursuant to a Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on August 14, 2007. The First Amended and Restated Limited
Partnership Agreement was entered into effective as of March 17, 2008. The Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement was entered into effective as of March 28, 2014. This Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership
Agreement (“Agreement”) is entered into on September 4, 2014 to be effective at 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time on August 31, 2014 among Strategic Storage Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “General Partner”), the
Limited Partners set forth on Exhibit A hereto, and such additional Limited Partners party hereto from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given them in Article 1. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and of other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 ARTICLE 1 

DEFINED TERMS 
 The
following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below: 
 Act means the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time. 
 Additional Funds has the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.

 Additional Securities means any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with an exchange pursuant to
Section 8.4 hereof) or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, as set forth in Section 4.2(a)(ii). 

Administrative Expenses means (i) all administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii) those
administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner, including any salaries or other payments to directors, officers or employees of the General Partner, and any accounting and legal expenses of the General Partner, which expenses, the Partners
have agreed, are expenses of the Partnership and not the General Partner, and (iii) to the extent not included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses; provided, however, that Administrative Expenses shall not include any administrative costs
and expenses incurred by the General Partner that are attributable to Properties or partnership interests in a Subsidiary Partnership (other than this Partnership) that are owned by the General Partner directly. 

Affiliate or Affiliated means, as to any other Person, any of the following: 

(a) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with power to vote, 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of
such other Person; 

  
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 (b) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly
owned, controlled or held, with power to vote, by such other Person; 
 (c) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or
under common control with such other Person; 
 (d) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and

 (e) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner. 

Agreed Value means the fair market value of a Partner’s non-cash Capital Contribution as of the date of contribution as agreed to
by such Partner and the General Partner. 
 Agreement means this Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, as
amended, modified supplemented or restated from time to time, as the context requires. 
 Annual Distribution Cap means the maximum
amount of annual cash distributions that may be made to Limited Partners with respect to their Limited Partnership Units of a designated class, including Class D Limited Partnership Units, prorated for any period in which the applicable Unit is
outstanding for less than a full calendar year. The initial Annual Distribution Cap for each class of Limited Partnership Units shall be stated in the definition of that specific class herein. With respect to Class D Limited Partnership Units,
commencing twenty-four (24) months after the applicable contribution of a Property or Properties to the Partnership in exchange for Class D Limited Partnership Units, the General Partner shall determine the Annual Distribution Cap for the Class
D Limited Partnership Units in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Master Contribution Agreement relating to such Property or Properties contributed. Limited Partnership Units issued but not designated as a specific class of Limited
Partnership Unit shall not be subject to any Annual Distribution Cap. 
 Articles of Incorporation means the Articles of Amendment
and Restatement of the General Partner filed with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, as amended or restated from time to time. 

Assets means the aggregate carrying value of GAAP assets including but not limited to current, fixed, tangible and intangible assets,
owned or held by, or for the account of, the General Partner, whether directly or indirectly through the Partnership or any Subsidiary, excluding Properties and net deferred financing costs. 

Book Value means, with respect to any Partnership asset, the asset’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except that
Book Values of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted in the event of a revaluation of Partnership property under Section 4.4 of this Agreement, in accordance with the rules set forth in Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g) of the
Regulations. 
 Capital Account has the meaning provided in Section 4.4 hereof. 

Capital Contribution means the total amount of cash, cash equivalents, and the Agreed Value of any Property or other asset (other than
cash) contributed or agreed to be contributed, as the context requires, to the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital Contribution made by
a predecessor holder of the Partnership Interest of such Partner. 

  
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 Cash Amount means an amount of cash equal to the product of the Value of one REIT Share
and the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Exchange. 
 Certificate means any instrument
or document that is required under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business, to be signed and sworn to by the Partners of the Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the
power-of-attorney granted to the General Partner in Section 8.2 hereof) and filed for recording in the appropriate public offices within the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a limited
partnership, to effect the admission, withdrawal, or substitution of any Partner of the Partnership, or to protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners as limited partners under the laws of the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction.

 Class B Limited Partnership Unit means a Partnership Unit representing a Limited Partnership Interest issued to Strategic Storage
Advisor, LLC, USA Self Storage Advisor LLC, USA SS REIT II Advisor, LLC, Churchill TRI, LLC and Strategic Storage Holdings, LLC pursuant to Contribution Agreements between the Partnership and each of them dated September 4, 2014 (the
“Contribution Agreements”) and, having the rights, privileges, limitations and restrictions described on Exhibit C. The Class B Limited Partnership Units shall have an Annual Distribution Cap of zero and which is not subject to any
adjustment at any time under the terms of the Contribution Agreements. 
 Class D Limited Partnership Unit means a Partnership Unit
representing a Limited Partnership Interest and having an initial Annual Distribution Cap of zero percent (0%) multiplied by the combined Capital Contributions of Partners contributed in exchange for the issuance of the Class D Limited Partnership
Units. 
 Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any
particular provision of the Code shall mean that provision in the Code at the date hereof and any successor provision of the Code. 

Conversion Factor means 1.0, provided that in the event that the General Partner (i) declares or pays a dividend on its
outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number
of REIT Shares, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution,
subdivision or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above
assumption) issued and outstanding on such date and, provided further, that in the event that an entity other than an Affiliate of the General Partner shall become General Partner pursuant to any merger, consolidation or combination of the General
Partner with or into another entity (the “Successor Entity”), the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by the number of shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is converted pursuant to
such merger, consolidation or combination, determined as of the date of such merger, consolidation or combination. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the
record date, if any, for such event; provided, however, that if the General Partner receives a Notice of Exchange after the record date, but prior to the effective date of such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination, the Conversion
Factor shall be determined as if the General Partner had received the Notice of Exchange immediately prior to the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination. 

  
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 Event of Bankruptcy as to any Person means the filing of a petition for relief as to such
Person as debtor or bankrupt under the Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or similar provision of law of any jurisdiction (except if such petition is contested by such Person and has been dismissed within 90 days); insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person as
finally determined by a court proceeding; filing by such Person of a petition or application to accomplish the same or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee for such Person or a substantial part of his assets; commencement of any
proceedings relating to such Person as a debtor under any other reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, adjustment of debt or liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now in existence or hereinafter in effect, either by such Person or by
another, provided that if such proceeding is commenced by another, such Person indicates his approval of such proceeding, consents thereto or acquiesces therein, or such proceeding is contested by such Person and has not been finally dismissed
within 90 days. 
 Exchange Amount means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as selected by the General Partner in its
sole and absolute discretion pursuant to Section 8.4(b) hereof. 
 Exchange Right has the meaning provided in
Section 8.4(a) hereof. 
 Exchanging Partner has the meaning provided in Section 8.4(a) hereof. 

GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied as used in the United States. 

General Partner means Strategic Storage Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and any Person who becomes a substitute or additional
General Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as General Partner. 
 General Partnership Interest means a
Partnership Interest held by the General Partner that is a general partnership interest. 
 Indemnitee means (i) the General
Partner or a director, officer or employee of the General Partner or Partnership, and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time, in its sole
and absolute discretion. 
 Independent Director means a director of the General Partner who is not an officer or employee of
the General Partner and meets the requirements for independence as defined by the General Partner’s Articles of Incorporation. 

Joint Venture or Joint Ventures means those joint venture or general partnership arrangements in which the General Partner or
the Partnership is a co-venturer or general partner which are established to acquire Properties. 
 Liabilities means the aggregate
carrying value of GAAP liabilities owned or incurred by, or for the account of, the General Partner, whether directly or indirectly through the Partnership or any Subsidiary, including mortgage indebtedness. 

Limited Partner means any Person named as a Limited Partner on Exhibit A attached hereto, and any Person who becomes a
Substitute Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership. 
 Limited Partnership Interest
means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership at any particular time, including the right of such Limited Partner to any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the
Act, together with the obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with all the provisions of this Agreement and of such Act. 

  
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 Listing means the approval of the REIT Shares for listing on a National Securities
Exchange. Upon Listing, the shares shall be deemed Listed. 
 Loss has the meaning provided in Section 5.1(f) hereof. 

Market Value means the aggregate market value of all of the outstanding REIT Shares, measured by taking the average closing price or
average of bid and asked price, as the case may be, during the consecutive 30-day period commencing one hundred eighty (180) days following Listing. 

National Securities Exchange means any securities exchange registered with the SEC pursuant to Section 6 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 Net Sale Proceeds means in the case of a transaction described in clause (a) of the
definition of Sale, the net proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of all real estate commissions and closing costs paid by the Partnership. In the case of a transaction described in clause (b) of such definition, Net Sale Proceeds
means the net proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of any legal and other selling expenses incurred by the Partnership in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (c) of such definition, Net
Sale Proceeds means the net proceeds of any such transaction actually distributed to the Partnership from the Joint Venture less any expenses incurred by the Partnership in connection with such transaction. In the case of a transaction or series of
transactions described in clause (d) of the definition of Sale, Net Sale Proceeds means the net proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of all commissions and closing costs paid by the Partnership. In the case of a transaction
described in clause (e) of such definition, Net Sale Proceeds means the net proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of all selling costs and other expenses incurred by the Partnership in connection with such transaction. Net Sale
Proceeds shall also include, in the case of any lease of a Property consisting of a building only, any amounts from tenants, borrowers or lessees that the General Partner, as general partner of the Partnership determines, in its discretion, to be
economically equivalent to the proceeds of a Sale. Net Sale Proceeds shall not include any amounts used to repay outstanding indebtedness secured by the asset disposed of in the sale. 

Notice of Exchange means the Notice of Exercise of Exchange Right substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto. 

Offer has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b)(ii) hereof. 

Offering means an offering of Stock that is either (a) registered with the SEC, or (b) exempt from such registration,
excluding Stock offered under any employee benefit plan. 
 Partner means any General Partner or Limited Partner. 

Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A Partner’s share of
Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5). 
 Partnership
means Strategic Storage Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership. 
 Partnership Interest means an ownership
interest in the Partnership held by a Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such
Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. 

  
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 Partnership Minimum Gain has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(d).
In accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(d), the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain is determined by first computing, for each Partnership nonrecourse liability, any gain the Partnership would realize if it disposed of the property
subject to that liability for no consideration other than full satisfaction of the liability, and then aggregating the separately computed gains. A Partner’s share of Partnership Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations
Section 1.704-2(g)(1). 
 Partnership Record Date means the record date established by the General Partner for the distribution
of cash pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof, which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution. 

Partnership Unit means a fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued hereunder. The allocation of
Partnership Units among the Partners shall be as set forth on Exhibit A, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time. 

Percentage Interest means the percentage ownership interest in the Partnership of each Partner, as determined by dividing the
Partnership Units owned by a Partner by the total number of Partnership Units then outstanding. 
 Person means any individual,
partnership, limited liability company, corporation, joint venture, trust or other entity. 
 Profit has the meaning provided in
Section 5.1(f) hereof. 
 Property or Properties means the real properties or real estate investments which are acquired
by the General Partner either directly or through the Partnership, Joint Ventures, partnerships or other entities. 
 Regulations
means the Federal income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as amended and as hereafter amended from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of the Regulations shall mean that provision of the Regulations on the date hereof and
any successor provision of the Regulations. 
 Regulatory Allocations has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(i) hereof. 

REIT means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. 

REIT Expenses means (i) costs and expenses relating to the formation and continuity of existence and operation of the General
Partner and any Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for purposes hereof, be included within the definition of General Partner), including taxes, fees and assessments associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or fees payable to
any director, officer, or employee of the General Partner, (ii) costs and expenses relating to any Offering and registration of securities by the General Partner and all statements, reports, fees and expenses incidental thereto, including,
without limitation, underwriting discounts and sales commissions applicable to any such Offering of securities, and any costs and expenses associated with any claims made by any holders of such securities or any underwriters or placement agents
thereof, (iii) costs and expenses associated with any repurchase of any securities by the General Partner, (iv) costs and expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any 

  
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periodic or other reports and communications by the General Partner under federal, state or local laws or regulations, including filings with the SEC, (v) costs and expenses associated with
compliance by the General Partner with laws, rules and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, including the SEC and any National Securities Exchange, (vi) costs and expenses associated with any 401(k) plan, incentive plan, bonus plan
or other plan providing for compensation for the employees of the General Partner, (vii) costs and expenses incurred by the General Partner relating to any issuing or redemption of Partnership Interests, and (viii) all other operating or
administrative costs of the General Partner incurred in the ordinary course of its business on behalf of or in connection with the Partnership. 

REIT Share means a share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, in the General Partner (or successor entity, as the case may be),
the terms and conditions of which are set forth in the Articles of Incorporation. 
 REIT Shares Amount means a number of REIT Shares
equal to the product of the number of Partnership Units offered for exchange by an Exchanging Partner, multiplied by the Conversion Factor as adjusted to and including the Specified Exchange Date; provided that in the event the General Partner
issues to all holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the stockholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “rights”),
and the rights have not expired at the Specified Exchange Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include the rights issuable to a holder of the REIT Shares Amount of REIT Shares on the record date fixed for purposes of determining the holders
of REIT Shares entitled to rights. 
 Sale or Sales means any transaction or series of transactions whereby: (a) the
Partnership sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of the building only, and including any event with respect to any Property which gives
rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; (b) the Partnership sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the Partnership in any Joint Venture
in which it is a co-venturer or partner; (c) any Joint Venture in which the Partnership is a co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including any event with
respect to any Property which gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards; (d) the Partnership sells, grants, conveys, or relinquishes its interest in any asset, or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any asset which
gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or similar awards; or (e) the Partnership sells or otherwise disposes of or distributes all of its assets in liquidation of the Partnership. 

SEC means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

Service means the Internal Revenue Service. 

Specified Exchange Date means the first business day of the month that is at least 60 business days after the receipt by the General
Partner of the Notice of Exchange. 
 Stock means shares of stock of the General Partner of any class or series, including REIT
Shares, preferred stock or shares-in-trust. 
 Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which
a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person. 

  
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 Subsidiary Partnership means any partnership of which the partnership interests therein
are owned by the General Partner or a direct or indirect subsidiary of the General Partner. 
 Substitute Limited Partner means any
Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof. 
 Successor Entity has the meaning
provided in the definition of “Conversion Factor” contained herein. 
 Surviving General Partner has the meaning set forth
in Section 7.1(c) hereof. 
 Transaction has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b) hereof. 

Transfer has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2(a) hereof. 

Value means, with respect to REIT Shares, the average of the daily market price of such REIT Share for the ten (10) consecutive
trading days immediately preceding the date of such valuation. The market price for each such trading day shall be: (i) if the REIT Shares are Listed, the sale price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the
average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, on such day; (ii) if the REIT Shares are not Listed, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on
such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner; or (iii) if the REIT Shares are not Listed and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported
high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on
the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported; provided that if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the date in
question, the value of the REIT Shares shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate. In the event the REIT Shares
Amount includes rights that a holder of REIT Shares would be entitled to receive, then the value of such rights shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in
its reasonable judgment, appropriate. 
 ARTICLE 2 

PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION 

2.1 Formation. The Partnership was formed as a limited partnership pursuant to the Act for the purposes and upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement. 
 2.2 Name, Office and Registered Agent. The name of the Partnership is Strategic Storage
Operating Partnership, L.P. The specified office and place of business of the Partnership shall be 111 Corporate Drive, Suite 120, Ladera Ranch, California 92694. The General Partner may at any time change the location of such office, provided the
General Partner gives notice to the Partners of any such change. The name and address of the Partnership’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801. The sole
duty of the registered agent as such is to forward to the Partnership any notice that is served on him as registered agent. 

  
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 2.3 Partners. 

(a) The General Partner of the Partnership is Strategic Storage Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation. Its principal place of business is the
same as that of the Partnership. 
 (b) The Limited Partners are those Persons identified as Limited Partners on Exhibit A hereto, as
amended from time to time. 
 2.4 Term and Dissolution. 

(a) The Partnership shall have perpetual duration, except that the Partnership shall be dissolved upon the first to occur of any of the
following events: 
 (i) The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or the dissolution, death, removal or withdrawal
of a General Partner unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof; provided that if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such General Partner as a result
of the dissolution, death, withdrawal, removal or Event of Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an event of dissolution of the Partnership if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners,
either alone or with additional partners, and such General Partner and such partners comply with any other applicable requirements of this Agreement; 

(ii) The passage of 90 days after the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (provided that
if the Partnership receives an installment obligation as consideration for such sale or other disposition, the Partnership shall continue, unless sooner dissolved under the provisions of this Agreement, until such time as such note or notes are paid
in full); 
 (iii) The exchange of all Limited Partnership Interests (other than any of such interests held by the General Partner or
Affiliates of the General Partner) for REIT Shares or the securities of any other entity; or 
 (iv) The election by the General Partner
that the Partnership should be dissolved. 
 (b) Upon dissolution of the Partnership (unless the business of the Partnership is continued
pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof), the General Partner (or its trustee, receiver, successor or legal representative) shall amend or cancel the Certificate and liquidate the Partnership’s assets and apply and distribute the proceeds
thereof in accordance with Section 5.6 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liquidating General Partner may either (i) defer liquidation of, or withhold from distribution for a reasonable time, any assets of the Partnership
(including those necessary to satisfy the Partnership’s debts and obligations), or (ii) distribute the assets to the Partners in kind. 

2.5 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership. The General Partner shall execute, acknowledge, record and file at the
expense of the Partnership, the Certificate any and all amendments thereto and all requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such places and jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to be treated as a limited partnership
under, and otherwise to comply with, the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business. 

  
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 2.6 Certificates Describing Partnership Units. At the request of a Limited Partner, the
General Partner, at its option, may issue a certificate summarizing the terms of such Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership, including the number of Partnership Units owned and the Percentage Interest represented by such Partnership
Units as of the date of such certificate. Any such certificate (i) shall be in form and substance as approved by the General Partner, (ii) shall not be negotiable and (iii) shall bear a legend to the following effect: 

This certificate is not negotiable. The Partnership Units represented by this certificate are governed by and
transferable only in accordance with the provisions of the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Strategic Storage Operating Partnership, L.P., as amended from time to time. 

ARTICLE 3 
 BUSINESS OF
THE PARTNERSHIP 
 The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct any business that
may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act, provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless the
General Partner otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT, (ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity engaged in any of the foregoing
and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing. In connection with the foregoing, and without limiting the General Partner’s right in its sole and absolute discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners
acknowledge that the General Partner’s current status as a REIT and the avoidance of income and excise taxes on the General Partner inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the Limited Partners agree that the General Partner may terminate its status as a REIT under the Code at any time to the full extent permitted under the Articles of Incorporation. The General Partner shall also be empowered to do any and all acts
and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code. 

ARTICLE 4 
 CAPITAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS 
 4.1 Capital Contributions. The General Partner and the Limited Partners have made Capital
Contributions to the Partnership in exchange for the Partnership Interests set forth opposite their names on Exhibit A, as amended from time to time. 

4.2 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests. Except as provided in this Section 4.2 or
in Section 4.3, the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner may contribute additional capital to the Partnership, from time to time, and receive
additional Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the manner contemplated in this Section 4.2. 
 (a) Issuances of Additional
Partnership Interests. 
 (i) General. The General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership to issue such additional
Partnership Interests in the form of Partnership Units for any Partnership purpose at any time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall
be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partner. Any additional Partnership Interests issued thereby may be issued in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of
such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the
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the approval of any Limited Partner, subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation: (i) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such
class or series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon
dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, however, that no additional Partnership Interests shall be issued to the General Partner unless: 

(1) (A) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with an issuance of REIT Shares of or other interests in the General
Partner, which shares or interests have designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests are substantially similar to the designations, preferences and other rights of the additional Partnership Interests issued to
the General Partner by the Partnership in accordance with this Section 4.2 and (B) the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the proceeds raised in connection with the issuance of such
shares of stock of or other interests in the General Partner; 
 (2) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in exchange for
property owned by the General Partner with a fair market value, as determined by the General Partner, in good faith, equal to the value of the Partnership Interests; or 

(3) additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Units in proportion to their respective Percentage
Interests. 
 In addition, the General Partner may acquire Partnership Interests from other Partners pursuant to this Agreement. In the
event that the Partnership issues Partnership Interests pursuant to this Section 4.2(a), the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Agreement (without any requirement of receiving approval of the Limited Partners) as it deems
necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests and any special rights, powers, and duties associated therewith. 

Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units for less than
fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the General Partner and the Partnership. 

(ii) Upon Issuance of Additional Securities. The General Partner shall not issue any Additional Securities other than to all holders
of REIT Shares, unless (A) the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner, as the General Partner may designate, Partnership Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of
the Partnership having designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests are substantially similar to those of the Additional Securities, and (B) the General Partner contributes the net proceeds from the issuance
of such Additional Securities and from any exercise of rights contained in such Additional Securities, directly and through the General Partner, to the Partnership; provided, however, that the General Partner is allowed to issue Additional
Securities in connection with an acquisition of a property to be held directly by the General Partner, but if and only if, such direct acquisition and issuance of Additional Securities have been approved and determined to be in the best interests of
the General Partner and the Partnership by a majority of the Independent Directors (as defined in the Articles of Incorporation). Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to issue Additional Securities for less
than fair market value, and to cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner corresponding Partnership Interests, so long as (x) the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the General
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discount from fair market value or employee stock options that have an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the REIT Shares, either at the time of issuance or at the time of
exercise, and (y) the General Partner contributes all proceeds from such issuance to the Partnership. For example, in the event the General Partner issues REIT Shares for a cash purchase price and contributes all of the proceeds of such
issuance to the Partnership as required hereunder, the General Partner shall be issued a number of additional Partnership Units equal to the product of (A) the number of such REIT Shares issued by the General Partner, the proceeds of which were
so contributed, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is 100%, and the denominator of which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such contribution. 

(b) Certain Deemed Contributions of Proceeds of Issuance of REIT Shares. In connection with any and all issuances of REIT Shares, the
General Partner shall make Capital Contributions to the Partnership of the proceeds therefrom, provided that if the proceeds actually received and contributed by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of
any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of the gross proceeds of such
issuance and the Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously to have paid such offering expenses in accordance with Section 6.5 hereof and in connection with the required issuance of additional Partnership Units to the General Partner for such
Capital Contributions pursuant to Section 4.2(a) hereof. 
 4.3 Additional Funding. If the General Partner determines that it is
in the best interests of the Partnership to provide for additional Partnership funds (“Additional Funds”) for any Partnership purpose, the General Partner may (i) cause the Partnership to obtain such funds from outside borrowings, or
(ii) elect to have the General Partner or any of its Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership through loans or otherwise. 

4.4 Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (a “Capital Account”) shall be established and maintained for each Partner
in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, (ii) the Partnership distributes to a
Partner more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for a Partnership Interest, (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) or (iv) a Partnership
Interest (other than a de minimis interest) is granted as consideration for the provisions of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership by an existing Partner acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Partner acting in a partner capacity in
anticipation of being a Partner, the General Partner shall revalue the property of the Partnership to its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of
the Code) in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in accordance with Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) and (g), which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be
allocated among the Partners pursuant to Section 5.1 if there were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account
Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the date of the revaluation. 
 4.5 Percentage Interests. If the number of outstanding
Partnership Units increases or decreases during a taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest shall be adjusted by the General Partner effective as of the effective date of each such increase or decrease to a percentage equal to the number
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adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.5, the Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs shall be allocated between the part of the year ending on the day when the
Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner and the part of the year beginning on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had ended on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the number of days in each
part. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and Losses for the earlier part
of the year shall be based on the Percentage Interests before adjustment, and the allocation of Profits and Losses for the later part shall be based on the adjusted Percentage Interests. 

4.6 No Interest on Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution. 

4.7 Return of Capital Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or its Capital
Account or to receive any distribution from the Partnership, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be no obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any part of such
Partner’s Capital Contribution for so long as the Partnership continues in existence. 
 4.8 No Third Party Beneficiary. No
creditor or other third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity,
it being understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners
herein set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the
Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited Partner shall be
deemed a return of money or other property in violation of the Act. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited Partner is obligated to return such money or property, such
obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited Partner and not of the General Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a Partner shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an asset or
property of the Partnership and upon a liquidation within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), if any Partner has a deficit Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions,
distributions, allocations and other Capital Account adjustments for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Partner shall have no obligation to make any Capital Contribution to reduce or eliminate the
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 ARTICLE 5 

PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS 

5.1 Allocation of Profit and Loss. 

(a) General. Except as provided in the following sentence with respect to Sales, Profit and Loss of the Partnership for each fiscal
year or other applicable period of the Partnership shall be allocated among the General Partner and the Limited Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. Items of income, gain, loss, and deduction with respect to Sales shall
first be allocated among the Partners for each fiscal year in a manner that will as nearly as possible cause the Capital Account balance of each Partner at the end of such fiscal year or other applicable period to equal the amount of distributions
that would be made to such Partner if the Partnership were (i) dissolved and terminated, (ii) its affairs wound up and its assets sold for cash equal to their Book Value, (iii) all Partnership liabilities were satisfied (limited with
respect to each nonrecourse liability to the Book Value of the assets securing such liability); and (iv) the net assets of the Partnership were distributed in accordance with Sections 5.2 (a) and (b) hereof to the Partners immediately
after giving effect to such allocation. The General Partner may, in its reasonable discretion, make such other assumptions (whether or not consistent with the above assumptions) as it deems necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate the
intended economic arrangement of the Partners. 
 (b) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
(i) any expense of the Partnership that is a “nonrecourse deduction” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be allocated in accordance with the Partners’ respective Percentage Interests, (ii) any
expense of the Partnership that is a “partner nonrecourse deduction” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2) shall be allocated to the Partner that bears the “economic risk of loss” with respect to the
“partner nonrecourse debt” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4) to which such partner nonrecourse deduction is attributable in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), (iii) if there is a net
decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(2),(3), (4) and (5), items of
gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j), and (iv) if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse
Debt Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for any Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-(2)(g), items of gain and income shall be allocated among
the Partners in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j). A Partner’s “interest in partnership profits” for purposes of determining its share of the
nonrecourse liabilities of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such Partner’s Percentage Interest. 

(c) Qualified Income Offset. If a Partner unexpectedly receives in any taxable year an adjustment, allocation, or distribution
described in subparagraphs (4), (5), or (6) of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that causes or increases a deficit balance in such Partner’s Capital Account that exceeds the sum of such Partner’s shares of Partnership
Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, as determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i), such Partner shall be allocated specially for such taxable year (and, if necessary, later taxable years) items
of income and gain in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate such deficit Capital Account balance as quickly as possible as provided in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d); provided, that an allocation pursuant to this
Section 5.1(c) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Partner would have a deficit Capital Account balance after all other allocations provided for in Article 5 have been tentatively made as if this Section 5.1(c) were not in
this Agreement. This Section 5.1(c) is intended to constitute a “qualified income offset” under Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. 

  
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 (d) Capital Account Deficits. Loss shall not be allocated to a Limited Partner to the
extent that such allocation would cause or increase a deficit in such Partner’s Capital Account at the end of any fiscal year (after reduction to reflect the items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and
(6)) in excess of the sum of such Partner’s shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain, as determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i). 

(e) Allocations Between Transferor and Transferee. If a Partner transfers any part or all of its Partnership Interest, the distributive
shares of the various items of Profit and Loss allocable among the Partners during such fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated between the transferor and the transferee Partner either (i) as if the Partnership’s fiscal year had
ended on the date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the number of days of such fiscal year that each was a Partner without regard to the results of Partnership activities in the respective portions of such fiscal year in which the transferor
and the transferee were Partners. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss between the transferor and the
transferee Partner. 
 (f) Definition of Profit and Loss. “Profit” and “Loss” and any items of income, gain,
expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with federal income tax accounting principles, as modified by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), except that Profit and Loss shall not include items of income,
gain and expense that are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 5.1(b), 5.1(c) or 5.1(d). All allocations of income, Profit, gain, Loss and expense (and all items contained therein) for federal income tax purposes shall be identical to all
allocations of such items set forth in this Section 5.1, except as otherwise required by Section 704(c) of the Code and Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The General Partner shall have the authority to elect the method to be used by
the Partnership for allocating items of income, gain, and expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code including a method that may result in a Partner receiving a disproportionately larger share of the Partnership tax depreciation
deductions, and such election shall be binding on all Partners. 
 (g) Curative Allocations. The allocations set forth in
Section 5.1(b), (c) and (d) of this Agreement (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Regulations. The General Partner is authorized to offset all Regulatory Allocations either
with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations of other items of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction pursuant to this Section 5.1(g). Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 5.1 (other than the
Regulatory Allocations), the General Partner shall make such offsetting special allocations of Partnership income, gain, loss or deduction in whatever manner it deems appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each
Partner’s Capital Account is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Partner would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of this Agreement and all Partnership items were allocated pursuant to
Section 5.1(a) and (e). 
  

	5.2	Distributions. 

 (a) Cash Available for Distribution. The Partnership shall
distribute cash (other than Net Sale Proceeds) on a quarterly (or, at the election of the General Partner, more frequent) basis, in an amount determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, to the Partners who are Partners on
the Partnership Record Date with respect to such quarter (or other distribution period) in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests on the Partnership Record Date; provided, however, that if a new or existing Partner acquires an
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Contribution on any date other than the next day after a Partnership Record Date, the cash distribution attributable to such additional Partnership Interest relating to the Partnership Record
Date next following the issuance of such additional Partnership Interest (or relating to the Partnership Record Date if such Partnership Interest was acquired on a Partnership Record Date) shall be reduced in the proportion to (i) the number of
days that such additional Partnership Interest is held by such Partner bears to (ii) the number of days between such Partnership Record Date (including such Partnership Record Date) and the immediately preceding Partnership Record Date. The
foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2(a) notwithstanding, cash distributions to Partners with respect to Partnership Units of a designated class during any given calendar year shall not exceed the Annual Distribution Cap for such class of
Partnership Interest. 
 (b) Net Sale Proceeds. Net Sale Proceeds shall be distributed 100% to the Partners who are Partners on the
Partnership Record Date in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests on the Partnership Record Date. 
 (c) Withholding;
Partnership Loans. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that it determines to be necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements
established under the Code or any other federal, state or local law including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code. To the extent that the Partnership is required to withhold and pay over to any taxing
authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to any Partner or assignee (including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), either (i) if the actual amount to be distributed to the Partner equals or exceeds
the amount required to be withheld by the Partnership, the amount withheld shall be treated as a distribution of cash in the amount of such withholding to such Partner, or (ii) if the actual amount to be distributed to the Partner is less than
the amount required to be withheld by the Partnership, the excess of the amount required to be withheld over the actual amount to be distributed shall be treated as a loan (a “Partnership Loan”) from the Partnership to the Partner on the
day the Partnership pays over such amount to a taxing authority. A Partnership Loan shall be repaid through withholding by the Partnership with respect to subsequent distributions to the applicable Partner or assignee. In the event that a Limited
Partner (a “Defaulting Limited Partner”) fails to pay any amount owed to the Partnership with respect to the Partnership Loan within 15 days after demand for payment thereof is made by the Partnership on the Limited Partner, the General
Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect to make the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such Defaulting Limited Partner. In such event, on the date of payment, the General Partner shall be deemed to have extended a loan (a
“General Partner Loan”) to the Defaulting Limited Partner in the amount of the payment made by the General Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership against the Defaulting Limited Partner as to that amount.
Without limitation, the General Partner shall have the right to receive any distributions that otherwise would be made by the Partnership to the Defaulting Limited Partner until such time as the General Partner Loan has been paid in full, and any
such distributions so received by the General Partner shall be treated as having been received by the Defaulting Limited Partner and immediately paid to the General Partner. 

Any amounts treated as a Partnership Loan or a General Partner Loan pursuant to this Section 5.2(c) shall bear interest at the lesser of
(i) the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, or (ii) the maximum lawful rate of interest on such obligation, such interest to accrue
from the date the Partnership or the General Partner, as applicable, is deemed to extend the loan until such loan is repaid in full. 
 (d)
Limitation on Distributions. In no event may a Partner receive a distribution of cash with respect to a Partnership Unit if such Partner is entitled to receive a cash distribution as the holder of record of a REIT Share for which all or part
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 5.3 REIT Distribution Requirements. The General Partner shall use its commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the Partnership to distribute amounts sufficient to enable the General Partner to pay stockholder dividends that will allow the General Partner to (i) meet its distribution requirement for qualification as a REIT as
set forth in Section 857 of the Code and (ii) avoid any federal income or excise tax liability imposed by the Code. 
 5.4 No
Right to Distributions In Kind. No Partner shall be entitled to demand property other than cash in connection with any distributions by the Partnership. 

5.5 Limitations of Return of Capital Contributions. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article 5, no Partner shall have the
right to receive and the General Partner shall not have the right to make, a distribution that includes a return of all or part of a Partner’s Capital Contributions, unless after giving effect to the return of a Capital Contribution, the sum of
all Partnership liabilities, other than the liabilities to a Partner for the return of his Capital Contribution, does not exceed the fair market value of the Partnership’s assets. 

5.6 Distributions Upon Liquidation. Upon liquidation of the Partnership, after payment of, or adequate provision for, debts and
obligations of the Partnership, including any Partner loans, any remaining assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to all Partners with positive Capital Accounts in accordance with their respective positive Capital Account balances. For
purposes of the preceding sentence, the Capital Account of each Partner shall be determined after all adjustments have been made in accordance with Sections 4.4, 5.1 and 5.2 resulting from Partnership operations and from all sales and dispositions
of all or any part of the Partnership’s assets. To the extent deemed advisable by the General Partner, appropriate arrangements (including the use of a liquidating trust) may be made to assure that adequate funds are available to pay any
contingent debts or obligations. 
 5.7 Substantial Economic Effect. It is the intent of the Partners that the allocations of Profit
and Loss under this Agreement have substantial economic effect (or be consistent with the Partners’ interests in the Partnership in the case of the allocation of losses attributable to nonrecourse debt) within the meaning of Section 704(b)
of the Code as interpreted by the Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Article 5 and other relevant provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent. 

  
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 ARTICLE 6 

RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND 

POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER 

6.1 Management of the Partnership. 

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage
and control the business of the Partnership for the purposes herein stated, and shall make all decisions affecting the business and assets of the Partnership. Subject to the restrictions specifically contained in this Agreement, the powers of the
General Partner shall include, without limitation, the authority to take the following actions on behalf of the Partnership: 
 (i) to
acquire, purchase, own, operate, lease and dispose of any real property and any other property or assets including, but not limited to notes and mortgages, that the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate or in the best interests of
the business of the Partnership; 
 (ii) to construct buildings and make other improvements on the properties owned or leased by the
Partnership; 
 (iii) to authorize, issue, sell, redeem or otherwise purchase any Partnership Interests or any securities (including
secured and unsecured debt obligations of the Partnership, debt obligations of the Partnership convertible into any class or series of Partnership Interests, or options, rights, warrants or appreciation rights relating to any Partnership Interests)
of the Partnership; 
 (iv) to borrow or lend money for the Partnership, issue or receive evidences of indebtedness in connection
therewith, refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend or change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any such indebtedness, and secure such indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on the Partnership’s
assets; 
 (v) to pay, either directly or by reimbursement, for all Administrative Expenses to third parties or to the General Partner or
its Affiliates as set forth in this Agreement; 
 (vi) to guarantee or become a co-maker of indebtedness of the General Partner or any
Subsidiary thereof, refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend or change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any such guarantee or indebtedness, and secure such guarantee or indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or
other lien on the Partnership’s assets; 
 (vii) to use assets of the Partnership (including, without limitation, cash on hand) for
any purpose consistent with this Agreement, including, without limitation, payment, either directly or by reimbursement, of all Administrative Expenses of the General Partner, the Partnership or any Subsidiary of either, to third parties or to the
General Partner as set forth in this Agreement; 
 (viii) to lease all or any portion of any of the Partnership’s assets, whether or
not the terms of such leases extend beyond the termination date of the Partnership and whether or not any portion of the Partnership’s assets so leased are to be occupied by the lessee, or, in turn, subleased in whole or in part to others, for
such consideration and on such terms as the General Partner may determine; 
 (ix) to prosecute, defend, arbitrate, or compromise any and
all claims or liabilities in favor of or against the Partnership, on such terms and in such manner as the General Partner may reasonably determine, and similarly to prosecute, settle or defend litigation with respect to the Partners, the
Partnership, or the Partnership’s assets; 
 (x) to file applications, communicate, and otherwise deal with any and all governmental
agencies having jurisdiction over, or in any way affecting, the Partnership’s assets or any other aspect of the Partnership business; 

(xi) to make or revoke any election permitted or required of the Partnership by any taxing authority; 

(xii) to maintain such insurance coverage for public liability, fire and casualty, and any and all other insurance for the protection of the
Partnership, for the conservation of Partnership assets, or for any other purpose convenient or beneficial to the Partnership, in such amounts and such types, as it shall determine from time to time; 

  
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 (xiii) to determine whether or not to apply any insurance proceeds for any property to the
restoration of such property or to distribute the same; 
 (xiv) to establish one or more divisions of the Partnership, to hire and dismiss
employees of the Partnership or any division of the Partnership, and to retain legal counsel, accountants, consultants, real estate brokers, and such other persons, as the General Partner may deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the
Partnership business and to pay therefor such reasonable remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and proper; 
 (xv) to
retain other services of any kind or nature in connection with the Partnership business, and to pay therefor such remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and proper; 

(xvi) to negotiate and conclude agreements on behalf of the Partnership with respect to any of the rights, powers and authority conferred
upon the General Partner; 
 (xvii) to maintain accurate accounting records and to file promptly all federal, state and local income tax
returns on behalf of the Partnership; 
 (xviii) to distribute Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this
Agreement; 
 (xix) to form or acquire an interest in, and contribute property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited
liability companies, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity
interest from time to time); 
 (xx) to establish Partnership reserves for working capital, capital expenditures, contingent liabilities,
or any other valid Partnership purpose; 
 (xxi) to merge, consolidate or combine the Partnership with or into another Person; 

(xxii) to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly
traded partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code; and 
 (xxiii) to take such other action, execute, acknowledge,
swear to or deliver such other documents and instruments, and perform any and all other acts that the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation and conduct of the business and affairs of the Partnership
(including, without limitation, all actions consistent with allowing the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT unless the General Partner voluntarily terminates its REIT status) and to possess and enjoy all of the rights and powers of a
general partner as provided by the Act. 
 (b) Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent the duties of the General Partner require
expenditures of funds to be paid to third parties, the General Partner shall not have any obligations hereunder except to the extent that partnership funds are reasonably available to it for the performance of such duties, and nothing herein
contained shall be deemed to authorize or require the General Partner, in its capacity as such, to expend its individual funds for payment to third parties or to undertake any individual liability or obligation on behalf of the Partnership. 

  
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 6.2 Delegation of Authority. The General Partner may delegate any or all of its powers,
rights and obligations hereunder, and may appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Partnership, which Person may, under supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or services
for the Partnership as the General Partner may approve. 
 6.3 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees. 

(a) The Partnership shall indemnify an Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several,
expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the
operations of the Partnership as set forth in this Agreement in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise. 

(b) The indemnification provided by this Section 6.3 shall be in addition to any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person
may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity. 

(c) The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall
determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person
against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. 
 (d) For purposes of this Section 6.3, the Partnership shall be deemed
to have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or
beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of this Section 6.3; and actions taken or omitted by the Indemnitee
with respect to an employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the
best interests of the Partnership. 
 (e) In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason of the
indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement. 
 (f) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under
this Section 6.3 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement. 

(g) The provisions of this Section 6.3 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and
shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. 
 (h) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this
Section 6.3, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Agreement inconsistent with Section 6.3, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to
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 6.4 Liability of the General Partner. 

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages to the
Partnership or any Partners for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of errors in judgment or of any act or omission if the General Partner acted in good faith. The General Partner shall not be in breach of any duty that the General
Partner may owe to the Limited Partners or the Partnership or any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity provided the General Partner, acting in good faith, abides by the terms of this Agreement. 

(b) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting on behalf of the Partnership, itself and its stockholders
collectively, that the General Partner is under no obligation to consider the separate interests of the Limited Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or the tax consequences of some, but not all, of the
Limited Partners) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions. In the event of a conflict between the interests of its stockholders on one hand and the Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner
shall endeavor in good faith to resolve the conflict in a manner not adverse to either its stockholders or the Limited Partners; provided, however, that for so long as the General Partner directly owns a controlling interest in the Partnership, any
such conflict that the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines cannot be resolved in a manner not adverse to either its stockholders or the Limited Partner shall be resolved in favor of the stockholders. The General Partner
shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in connection with such decisions, provided that the General Partner has acted in good faith. 

(c) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section 6.1 hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the
powers granted to it under this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such
agent appointed by it in good faith. 
 (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General
Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect
the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or (ii) to prevent the General Partner from incurring any taxes under Section 857, Section 4981, or any other provision of the Code, is expressly authorized under
this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners. 
 (e) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.4
or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partner’s liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 6.4 as in effect immediately prior to such
amendment, modification or repeal with respect to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when claims relating to such matters may arise or be asserted. 

  
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 6.5 Reimbursement of General Partner. 

(a) Except as provided in this Section 6.5 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 regarding
distributions, payments, and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership. 

(b) The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and
absolute discretion, for all Administrative Expenses. 
 6.6 Outside Activities. Subject to the Articles of Incorporation and any
agreements entered into by the General Partner or its Affiliates with the Partnership or a Subsidiary, any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or stockholder of the General Partner shall be entitled to and may have business
interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities substantially similar or identical to those of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any of the Limited
Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any such business ventures, interest or activities. None of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship
established hereby in any such business ventures, interests or activities, and the General Partner shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures, interests and activities to the Partnership
or any Limited Partner, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, could be taken by such Person. 

6.7 Employment or Retention of Affiliates. 

(a) Any Affiliate of the General Partner may be employed or retained by the Partnership and may otherwise deal with the Partnership (whether
as a buyer, lessor, lessee, manager, furnisher of goods or services, broker, agent, lender or otherwise) and may receive from the Partnership any compensation, price, or other payment therefor which the General Partner determines to be fair and
reasonable. 
 (b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment, and
such Persons may borrow funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other
Person. 
 (c) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships, corporations or other business entities in which
it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the General Partner deems are consistent with this Agreement and applicable law. 

(d) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any
property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are on terms that are fair and reasonable to the Partnership. 

6.8 General Partner Participation. The General Partner agrees that all business activities of the General Partner, including activities
pertaining to the acquisition, development or ownership of self-storage properties or other properties, shall be conducted through the Partnership or one or more Subsidiary Partnerships; provided, however, that the General Partner is allowed to make
a direct acquisition, but if and only if, such acquisition is made in connection with the issuance of Additional Securities, which direct acquisition and issuance have been approved and determined to be in the best interests of the General Partner
and the Partnership by a majority of the Independent Directors. 

  
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 6.9 Title to Partnership Assets . Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or
mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or
all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and
warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement; provided, however, that the General Partner shall use its best efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership
assets shall be recorded as the property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held. 

6.10 Miscellaneous . In the event the General Partner redeems any REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares redeemed in accordance with the
share redemption program of the General Partner through proceeds received from the General Partner’s distribution reinvestment plan), then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to purchase from the General Partner a number of
Partnership Units as determined based on the application of the Conversion Factor on the same terms that the General Partner exchanged such REIT Shares. Moreover, if the General Partner makes a cash tender offer or other offer to acquire REIT
Shares, then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to make a corresponding offer to the General Partner to acquire an equal number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner. In the event any REIT Shares are exchanged by the General
Partner pursuant to such offer, the Partnership shall redeem an equivalent number of the General Partner’s Partnership Units for an equivalent purchase price based on the application of the Conversion Factor. 

ARTICLE 7 
 CHANGES IN
GENERAL PARTNER 
 7.1 Transfer of the General Partner’s Partnership Interest. 

(a) The General Partner shall not transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership Interest or withdraw as General Partner except as
provided in or in connection with a transaction contemplated by Section 7.1(b), (c) or (d). 
 (b) Except as otherwise provided in
Section 7.1(c) or (d) hereof, the General Partner shall not engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another Person or sale of all or substantially all of its assets, (other than in connection with a change in
the General Partner’s state of incorporation or organizational form) in each case which results in a change of control of the General Partner (a “Transaction”), unless: 

(i) the approval of the holders of a majority of the Partnership Units (including the Partnership Units held by the General Partner or an
Affiliate thereof) is obtained; 
 (ii) as a result of such Transaction all Limited Partners will receive for each Partnership Unit an
amount of cash, securities, or other property equal to the product of the Conversion Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid in the Transaction to a holder of one REIT Share in consideration of one REIT Share,
provided that if, in connection with the Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer (“Offer”) shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of 

  
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more than 50% of the outstanding REIT Shares, each holder of Partnership Units shall be given the option to exchange its Partnership Units for the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other
property which a Limited Partner would have received had it (A) exercised its Exchange Right and (B) sold, tendered or exchanged pursuant to the Offer the REIT Shares received upon exercise of the Exchange Right immediately prior to the
expiration of the Offer; or 
 (iii) the General Partner is the surviving entity in the Transaction and either (A) the holders of REIT
Shares do not receive cash, securities, or other property in the Transaction or (B) all Limited Partners (other than the General Partner or any Subsidiary) receive an amount of cash, securities, or other property (expressed as an amount per
REIT Share) that is no less than the product of the Conversion Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property (expressed as an amount per REIT Share) received in the Transaction by any holder of REIT Shares. 

(c) Notwithstanding Section 7.1(b), the General Partner may merge with or into or consolidate with another entity if immediately after
such merger or consolidation (i) substantially all of the assets of the successor or surviving entity (the “Surviving General Partner”), other than Partnership Units held by the General Partner, are contributed, directly or
indirectly, to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution in exchange for Partnership Units with a fair market value equal to the value of the assets so contributed as determined by the Surviving General Partner in good faith and (ii) the
Surviving General Partner expressly agrees to assume all obligations of the General Partner, as appropriate, hereunder. Upon such contribution and assumption, the Surviving General Partner shall have the right and duty to amend this Agreement as set
forth in this Section 7.1(c). The Surviving General Partner shall in good faith arrive at a new method for the calculation of the Cash Amount, the REIT Shares Amount and Conversion Factor for a Partnership Unit after any such merger or
consolidation so as to approximate the existing method for such calculation as closely as reasonably possible. Such calculation shall take into account, among other things, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property that was
receivable upon such merger or consolidation by a holder of REIT Shares or options, warrants or other rights relating thereto, and to which a holder of Partnership Units could have acquired had such Partnership Units been exchanged immediately prior
to such merger or consolidation. Such amendment to this Agreement shall provide for adjustment to such method of calculation, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for with respect to the Conversion
Factor. The Surviving General Partner also shall in good faith modify the definition of REIT Shares and make such amendments to Section 8.4 hereof so as to approximate the existing rights and obligations set forth in Section 8.4 as closely
as reasonably possible. The above provisions of this Section 7.1(c) shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations permitted hereunder. 

In respect of any transaction described in the preceding paragraph, the General Partner is required to use its commercially reasonable efforts
to structure such transaction to avoid causing the Limited Partners to recognize a gain for federal income tax purposes by virtue of the occurrence of or their participation in such transaction, provided such efforts are consistent with the exercise
of the General Partner’s board of directors’ fiduciary duties to the stockholders of the General Partner under applicable law. 

  
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 (d) Notwithstanding Section 7.1(b), 

(i) a General Partner may transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership Interest to (A) a wholly-owned Subsidiary of such
General Partner or (B) the owner of all of the ownership interests of such General Partner, and following a transfer of all of its General Partnership Interest, may withdraw as General Partner; and 

(ii) the General Partner may engage in Transactions not required by law or by the rules of any National Securities Exchange on which the REIT
Shares are listed to be submitted to the vote of the holders of the REIT Shares. 
 7.2 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General
Partner. A Person shall be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner of the Partnership only if the following terms and conditions are satisfied: 

(a) the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by all the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by executing a counterpart thereof and such other documents or instruments as may be required or appropriate in order to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner, and a certificate evidencing the
admission of such Person as a General Partner shall have been filed for recordation and all other actions required by Section 2.5 hereof in connection with such admission shall have been performed; 

(b) if the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is a corporation or a partnership it shall have provided the
Partnership with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of such Person’s authority to become a General Partner and to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and 

(c) counsel for the Partnership shall have rendered an opinion (relying on such opinions from other counsel and the state or any other
jurisdiction as may be necessary) that the admission of the person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is in conformity with the Act, that none of the actions taken in connection with the admission of such Person as a
substitute or additional General Partner will cause (i) the Partnership to be classified other than as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, or (ii) the loss of any Limited Partner’s limited liability. 

7.3 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner. 

(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner (and its removal pursuant to Section 7.4(a) hereof) or the
death, withdrawal, removal or dissolution of a General Partner (except that, if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to, or removal of a partner in, such
partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners), the Partnership shall be dissolved and terminated unless the Partnership is
continued pursuant to Section 7.3(b) hereof. The merger of the General Partner with or into any entity that is admitted as a substitute or successor General Partner pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof shall not be deemed to be the withdrawal,
dissolution or removal of the General Partner. 
 (b) Following the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner (and its
removal pursuant to Section 7.4(a) hereof) or the death, withdrawal, removal or dissolution of a General Partner (except that, if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of
Bankruptcy as to, or removal of a partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such General Partner if the business of such General Partner is 

  
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continued by the remaining partner or partners), the Limited Partners, within 90 days after such occurrence, may elect to continue the business of the Partnership for the balance of the term
specified in Section 2.4 hereof by selecting, subject to Section 7.2 hereof and any other provisions of this Agreement, a substitute General Partner by consent of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners. If the Limited Partners
elect to continue the business of the Partnership and admit a substitute General Partner, the relationship with the Partners and of any Person who has acquired an interest of a Partner in the Partnership shall be governed by this Agreement. 

7.4 Removal of a General Partner. 

(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to, or the dissolution of, a General Partner, such General Partner shall be deemed to be
removed automatically; provided, however, that if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to or removal of a partner in such partnership shall be deemed not to be
a dissolution of the General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners. The Limited Partners may not remove the General Partner, with or without cause. 

(b) If a General Partner has been removed pursuant to this Section 7.4 and the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.3
hereof, such General Partner shall promptly transfer and assign its General Partnership Interest in the Partnership to the substitute General Partner approved by a majority in interest of the Limited Partners in accordance with Section 7.3(b)
hereof and otherwise admitted to the Partnership in accordance with Section 7.2 hereof. At the time of assignment, the removed General Partner shall be entitled to receive from the substitute General Partner the fair market value of the General
Partnership Interest of such removed General Partner as reduced by any damages caused to the Partnership by such General Partner. Such fair market value shall be determined by an appraiser mutually agreed upon by the General Partner and a majority
in interest of the Limited Partners within 10 days following the removal of the General Partner. In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon an appraiser, the removed General Partner and a majority in interest of the Limited Partners each
shall select an appraiser. Each such appraiser shall complete an appraisal of the fair market value of the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest within 30 days of the General Partner’s removal, and the fair market value of
the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest shall be the average of the two appraisals; provided, however, that if the higher appraisal exceeds the lower appraisal by more than 20% of the amount of the lower appraisal, the two
appraisers, no later than 40 days after the removal of the General Partner, shall select a third appraiser who shall complete an appraisal of the fair market value of the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest no later than 60
days after the removal of the General Partner. In such case, the fair market value of the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest shall be the average of the two appraisals closest in value. 

(c) The General Partnership Interest of a removed General Partner, during the time after default until transfer under Section 7.4(b),
shall be converted to that of a special Limited Partner; provided, however, such removed General Partner shall not have any rights to participate in the management and affairs of the Partnership, and shall not be entitled to any portion of the
income, expense, profit, gain or loss allocations or cash distributions allocable or payable, as the case may be, to the Limited Partners. Instead, such removed General Partner shall receive and be entitled only to retain distributions or
allocations of such items that it would have been entitled to receive in its capacity as General Partner, until the transfer is effective pursuant to Section 7.4(b). 

(d) All Partners shall have given and hereby do give such consents, shall take such actions and shall execute such documents as shall be
legally necessary and sufficient to effect all the foregoing provisions of this Section. 

  
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 ARTICLE 8 

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS 

8.1 Management of the Partnership. The Limited Partners shall not participate in the management or control of Partnership business nor
shall they transact any business for the Partnership, nor shall they have the power to sign for or bind the Partnership, such powers being vested solely and exclusively in the General Partner. 

8.2 Power of Attorney. Each Limited Partner hereby irrevocably appoints the General Partner its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, who
may act for each Limited Partner and in its name, place and stead, and for its use and benefit, to sign, acknowledge, swear to, deliver, file or record, at the appropriate public offices, any and all documents, certificates, and instruments as may
be deemed necessary or desirable by the General Partner to carry out fully the provisions of this Agreement and the Act in accordance with their terms, which power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall survive the death, dissolution or
legal incapacity of the Limited Partner, or the transfer by the Limited Partner of any part or all of its Partnership Interest. 
 8.3
Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners. No Limited Partner shall be liable for any debts, liabilities, contracts or obligations of the Partnership. A Limited Partner shall be liable to the Partnership only to make payments of its Capital
Contribution, if any, as and when due hereunder. After its Capital Contribution is fully paid, no Limited Partner shall, except as otherwise required by the Act, be required to make any further Capital Contributions or other payments or lend any
funds to the Partnership. 
 8.4 Exchange Right. 

(a) Subject to Sections 8.4(b), 8.4(c), 8.4(d), 8.4(e) and 8.4(f) and the provisions of any agreements between the Partnership and one or more
Limited Partners with respect to Partnership Units held by them, each Limited Partner shall have the right (the “Exchange Right”) to require the Partnership to redeem on a Specified Exchange Date all or a portion of the Partnership Units
held by such Limited Partner at an exchange price equal to and in the form of the Cash Amount to be paid by the Partnership, provided that such Partnership Units shall have been outstanding for at least one year. The Exchange Right shall be
exercised pursuant to a Notice of Exchange delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) by the Limited Partner who is exercising the Exchange Right (the “Exchanging Partner”); provided, however, that the Partnership
shall not be obligated to satisfy such Exchange Right if the General Partner elects to purchase the Partnership Units subject to the Notice of Exchange pursuant to Section 8.4(b); and provided, further, that no Limited Partner may deliver more
than two Notices of Exchange during each calendar year. A Limited Partner may not exercise the Exchange Right for less than 1,000 Partnership Units or, if such Limited Partner holds less than 1,000 Partnership Units, all of the Partnership Units
held by such Partner. The Exchanging Partner shall have no right, with respect to any Partnership Units so exchanged, to receive any distribution paid with respect to Partnership Units if the record date for such distribution is on or after the
Specified Exchange Date. 
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.4(a), a Limited Partner that exercises the Exchange Right
shall be deemed to have offered to sell the Partnership Units described in the Notice of Exchange to the General Partner, and the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to purchase directly and acquire such Partnership Units
by paying to the Exchanging Partner either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as elected by the General Partner (in its sole and absolute discretion), on the Specified Exchange Date, whereupon the General Partner shall acquire the
Partnership Units offered for exchange by the Exchanging Partner and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Partnership Units. If the General Partner shall elect to exercise its right

  
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to purchase Partnership Units under this Section 8.4(b) with respect to a Notice of Exchange, it shall so notify the Exchanging Partner within five Business Days after the receipt by the
General Partner of such Notice of Exchange. Unless the General Partner (in its sole and absolute discretion) shall exercise its right to purchase Partnership Units from the Exchanging Partner pursuant to this Section 8.4(b), the General Partner
shall have no obligation to the Exchanging Partner or the Partnership with respect to the Exchanging Partner’s exercise of the Exchange Right. In the event the General Partner shall exercise its right to purchase Partnership Units with respect
to the exercise of an Exchange Right in the manner described in the first sentence of this Section 8.4(b), the Partnership shall have no obligation to pay any amount to the Exchanging Partner with respect to such Exchanging Partner’s
exercise of such Exchange Right, and each of the Exchanging Partner, the Partnership, and the General Partner, as the case may be, shall treat the transaction between the General Partner, as the case may be, and the Exchanging Partner for federal
income tax purposes as a sale of the Exchanging Partner’s Partnership Units to the General Partner, as the case may be. Each Exchanging Partner agrees to execute such documents as the General Partner may reasonably require in connection with
the issuance of REIT Shares upon exercise of the Exchange Right. 
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.4(a) and 8.4(b), a
Limited Partner shall not be entitled to exercise the Exchange Right if the delivery of REIT Shares to such Partner on the Specified Exchange Date by the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.4(b) (regardless of whether or not the General
Partner would in fact exercise its rights under Section 8.4(b)) would (i) result in such Partner or any other person owning, directly or indirectly, REIT Shares in excess of the Ownership Limit (as defined in the Articles of Incorporation
and calculated in accordance therewith), except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, (ii) result in REIT Shares being owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), except as provided in the
Articles of Incorporation, (iii) result in the General Partner being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, or (iv) cause the General Partner to own, directly or constructively, 9.9% or more of the
ownership interests in a tenant within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may waive the restriction on exchange set forth in this Section 8.4(c). 

(d) Any Cash Amount to be paid to an Exchanging Partner pursuant to this Section 8.4 shall be paid on the Specified Exchange Date;
provided, however, that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Exchange Date to be delayed for up to an additional 180 days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to provide
financing to be used to make such payment of the Cash Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner agrees to use its best efforts to cause the closing of the acquisition of exchanged Partnership Units hereunder to occur as quickly as
reasonably possible. 
 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner shall place appropriate restrictions
on the ability of the Limited Partners to exercise their Exchange Rights as and if deemed necessary to ensure that the Partnership does not constitute a “publicly traded partnership” under section 7704 of the Code. If and when the General
Partner determines that imposing such restrictions is necessary, the General Partner shall give prompt written notice thereof (a “Restriction Notice”) to each of the Limited Partners, which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of an
opinion of counsel to the Partnership which states that, in the opinion of such counsel, restrictions are necessary in order to avoid the Partnership being treated as a “publicly traded partnership” under section 7704 of the Code. 

  
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 ARTICLE 9 

TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS 

9.1 Purchase for Investment. 

(a) Each Limited Partner hereby represents and warrants to the General Partner and to the Partnership that the acquisition of its Partnership
Interests is made as a principal for its account for investment purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution of such Partnership Interest. 

(b) Each Limited Partner agrees that it will not sell, assign or otherwise transfer its Partnership Interest or any fraction thereof, whether
voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise, to any Person who does not make the representations and warranties to the General Partner set forth in Section 9.1(a) above and similarly agree not to sell, assign or transfer
such Partnership Interest or fraction thereof to any Person who does not similarly represent, warrant and agree. 
 9.2 Restrictions on
Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests. 
 (a) Subject to the provisions of 9.2(b), (c) and (d), no Limited Partner may offer,
sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its Limited Partnership Interest, or any of such Limited Partner’s economic rights as a Limited Partner, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial
sale or otherwise (collectively, a “Transfer”) without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be granted or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion. Any such purported transfer undertaken without such consent shall be
considered to be null and void ab initio and shall not be given effect. The General Partner may require, as a condition of any Transfer to which it consents, that the transferor assume all costs incurred by the Partnership in connection therewith.

 (b) No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a permitted Transfer (i.e., a Transfer consented to as
contemplated by clause (a) above or clause (c) below or a Transfer pursuant to Section 9.5 below) of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to this Article 9 or pursuant to an exchange of all of its Partnership Units pursuant to
Section 8.4. Upon the permitted Transfer or redemption of all of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest, such Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner. 

(c) Subject to 9.2(d), (e) and (f) below, a Limited Partner may Transfer, with the consent of the General Partner, all or a portion
of its Partnership Units to (i) a parent or parent’s spouse, natural or adopted descendant or descendants, spouse of such descendant, or brother or sister, or a trust created by such Limited Partner for the benefit of such Limited Partner
and/or any such Person(s), of which trust such Limited Partner or any such Person(s) is a trustee, (ii) a corporation controlled by a Person or Persons named in (i) above, or (iii) if the Limited Partner is an entity, its beneficial
owners. 
 (d) No Limited Partner may effect a Transfer of its Limited Partnership Interest, in whole or in part, if, in the opinion of
legal counsel for the Partnership, such proposed Transfer would otherwise violate any applicable federal or state securities or blue sky law (including investment suitability standards). 

(e) No Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units, in whole or in part, may be made to any Person if (i) in the opinion of
legal counsel for the Partnership, the transfer would result in the Partnership’s being treated as an association taxable as a corporation (other than a qualified REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code),
(ii) in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, it would adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Section 857 or
Section 4981 of the Code, or (iii) such transfer is effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the
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 (f) No transfer of any Partnership Units may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person
who is related (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a nonrecourse liability (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)), without the consent of the
General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, provided that as a condition to such consent the lender will be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to exchange or redeem for
the Cash Amount any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under
Section 752 of the Code. 
 (g) Any Transfer in contravention of any of the provisions of this Article 9 shall be void and ineffectual
and shall not be binding upon, or recognized by, the Partnership. 
 (h) Prior to the consummation of any Transfer under this Article 9, the
transferor and/or the transferee shall deliver to the General Partner such opinions, certificates and other documents as the General Partner shall request in connection with such Transfer. 

9.3 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner. 

(a) Subject to the other provisions of this Article 9, an assignee of the Limited Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner (which shall be
understood to include any purchaser, transferee, donee, or other recipient of any disposition of such Limited Partnership Interest) shall be deemed admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership only with the consent of the General Partner and
upon the satisfactory completion of the following: 
 (i) The assignee shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by the terms and
provisions of this Agreement by executing a counterpart or an amendment thereof, including a revised Exhibit A, and such other documents or instruments as the General Partner may require in order to effect the admission of such Person as a
Limited Partner. 
 (ii) To the extent required, an amended Certificate evidencing the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner shall
have been signed, acknowledged and filed for record in accordance with the Act. 
 (iii) The assignee shall have delivered a letter
containing the representation set forth in Section 9.1(a) hereof and the agreement set forth in Section 9.1(b) hereof. 
 (iv) If
the assignee is a corporation, partnership or trust, the assignee shall have provided the General Partner with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of the assignee’s authority to become a Limited Partner under the terms and
provisions of this Agreement. 
 (v) The assignee shall have executed a power of attorney containing the terms and provisions set forth in
Section 8.2 hereof. 
 (vi) The assignee shall have paid all legal fees and other expenses of the Partnership and the General Partner
and filing and publication costs in connection with its substitution as a Limited Partner. 

  
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 (vii) The assignee has obtained the prior written consent of the General Partner to its
admission as a Substitute Limited Partner, which consent may be given or denied in the exercise of the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion. 

(b) For the purpose of allocating Profits and Losses and distributing cash received by the Partnership, a Substitute Limited Partner shall be
treated as having become, and appearing in the records of the Partnership as, a Partner upon the filing of the Certificate described in Section 9.3(a)(ii) hereof or, if no such filing is required, the later of the date specified in the transfer
documents or the date on which the General Partner has received all necessary instruments of transfer and substitution. 
 (c) The General
Partner shall cooperate with the Person seeking to become a Substitute Limited Partner by preparing the documentation required by this Section and making all official filings and publications. The Partnership shall take all such action as promptly
as practicable after the satisfaction of the conditions in this Article 9 to the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner of the Partnership. 

9.4 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests. 

(a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 9.1 and 9.2 hereof, except as required by operation of law, the Partnership shall not be obligated
for any purposes whatsoever to recognize the assignment by any Limited Partner of its Partnership Interest until the Partnership has received notice thereof. 

(b) Any Person who is the assignee of all or any portion of a Limited Partner’s Limited Partnership Interest, but does not become a
Substitute Limited Partner and desires to make a further assignment of such Limited Partnership Interest, shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 9 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an
assignment of its Limited Partnership Interest. 
 9.5 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner.
The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a Limited Partner, the death of a Limited Partner or a final adjudication that a Limited Partner is incompetent (which term shall include, but not be limited to, insanity) shall not cause the
termination or dissolution of the Partnership, and the business of the Partnership shall continue if an order for relief in a bankruptcy proceeding is entered against a Limited Partner, the trustee or receiver of his estate or, if he dies, his
executor, administrator or trustee, or, if he is finally adjudicated incompetent, his committee, guardian or conservator, shall have the rights of such Limited Partner for the purpose of settling or managing his estate property and such power as the
bankrupt, deceased or incompetent Limited Partner possessed to assign all or any part of his Partnership Interest and to join with the assignee in satisfying conditions precedent to the admission of the assignee as a Substitute Limited Partner. 

9.6 Joint Ownership of Interests. A Partnership Interest may be acquired by two individuals as joint tenants with right of
survivorship, provided that such individuals either are married or are related and share the same home as tenants in common. The written consent or vote of both owners of any such jointly held Partnership Interest shall be required to constitute the
action of the owners of such Partnership Interest; provided, however, that the written consent of only one joint owner will be required if the Partnership has been provided with evidence satisfactory to the counsel for the Partnership that the
actions of a single joint owner can bind both owners under the applicable laws of the state of residence of such joint owners. Upon the death of one owner of a Partnership Interest held in a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship, the
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jointly-held Partnership Interest until it shall have received notice of such death. Upon notice to the General Partner from either owner, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership Interest
to be divided into two equal Partnership Interests, which shall thereafter be owned separately by each of the former owners. 
 9.7
Redemption of Partnership Units. The General Partner will cause the Partnership to redeem Partnership Units, to the extent it shall have legally available funds therefor, at any time the General Partner redeems shares of capital stock in
itself. The number and class or series of Partnership Units redeemed and the redemption price shall equal the number (multiplied by the Conversion Factor) of shares of capital stock the General Partner redeems and the redemption price at which the
General Partner redeems such shares, respectively. 
 ARTICLE 10 

BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS 

10.1 Books and Records. At all times during the continuance of the Partnership, the Partners shall keep or cause to be kept at the
Partnership’s specified office true and complete books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including: (a) a current list of the full name and last known business address of each Partner, (b) a copy
of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all certificates of amendment thereto, (c) copies of the Partnership’s federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, (d) copies of this Agreement and amendments thereto and any
financial statements of the Partnership for the three most recent years and (e) all documents and information required under the Act. Any Partner or its duly authorized representative, upon paying the costs of collection, duplication and
mailing, shall be entitled to inspect or copy such records during ordinary business hours. 
 10.2 Custody of Partnership Funds; Bank
Accounts. 
 (a) All funds of the Partnership not otherwise invested shall be deposited in one or more accounts maintained in such
banking or brokerage institutions as the General Partner shall determine, and withdrawals shall be made only on such signature or signatures as the General Partner may, from time to time, determine. 

(b) All deposits and other funds not needed in the operation of the business of the Partnership may be invested by the General Partner in
investment grade instruments (or investment companies whose portfolio consists primarily thereof), government obligations, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and municipal notes and bonds. The funds of the Partnership shall not be
commingled with the funds of any other Person except for such commingling as may necessarily result from an investment in those investment companies permitted by this Section 10.2(b). 

10.3 Fiscal and Taxable Year. The fiscal and taxable year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year. 

10.4 Annual Tax Information and Report. Within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall
furnish to each person who was a Limited Partner at any time during such year the tax information necessary to file such Limited Partner’s individual tax returns as shall be reasonably required by law. 

10.5 Tax Matters Partner; Tax Elections; Special Basis Adjustments. 

(a) The General Partner shall be the Tax Matters Partner of the Partnership within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. As Tax
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the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Tax Matters Partner. The General Partner shall have the right to retain professional
assistance in respect of any audit of the Partnership by the Service and all out-of-pocket expenses and fees incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership as Tax Matters Partner shall constitute Partnership expenses. In the event the
General Partner receives notice of a final Partnership adjustment under Section 6223(a)(2) of the Code, the General Partner shall either (i) file a court petition for judicial review of such final adjustment within the period provided
under Section 6226(a) of the Code, a copy of which petition shall be mailed to all Limited Partners on the date such petition is filed, or (ii) mail a written notice to all Limited Partners, within such period, that describes the General
Partner’s reasons for determining not to file such a petition. 
 (b) All elections required or permitted to be made by the Partnership
under the Code or any applicable state or local tax law shall be made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. 
 (c) In
the event of a transfer of all or any part of the Partnership Interest of any Partner, the Partnership, at the option of the General Partner, may elect pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to adjust the basis of the Partnership’s assets.
Notwithstanding anything contained in Article 5 of this Agreement, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 754 of the Code shall affect only the successor in interest to the transferring Partner and in no event shall be taken into account in
establishing, maintaining or computing Capital Accounts for the other Partners for any purpose under this Agreement. Each Partner will furnish the Partnership with all information necessary to give effect to such election. 

10.6 Reports Made Available to Limited Partners. 

(a) As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal quarter (other than the last quarter of the fiscal year), upon written request by a
Limited Partner to the General Partner, the General Partner will make available, without cost, to each Limited Partner a quarterly report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared
solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such fiscal quarter, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, upon written request by a Limited
Partner to the General Partner, the General Partner will make available, without cost, to each Limited Partner an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a
consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 

(b) Any Partner shall further have the right to a private audit of the books and records of the Partnership at the expense of such Partner,
provided such audit is made for Partnership purposes and is made during normal business hours. 

  
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 ARTICLE 11 

AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MERGER 

The General Partner’s consent shall be required for any amendment to this Agreement. The General Partner, without the consent of the
Limited Partners, may amend this Agreement in any respect or merge or consolidate the Partnership with or into any other partnership or business entity (as defined in Section 17-211 of the Act) in a transaction pursuant to Section 7.1(b),
(c) or (d) hereof; provided, however, that the following amendments and any other merger or consolidation of the Partnership shall require the consent of the holders of a majority of the Partnership Units (excluding the Partnership Units
held by the General Partner or an Affiliate thereof): 
 (a) any amendment affecting the operation of the Conversion Factor or the Exchange
Right (except as provided in Section 8.4(d) or 7.1(c) hereof) in a manner adverse to the Limited Partners; 
 (b) any amendment that
would adversely affect the rights of the Limited Partners to receive the distributions payable to them hereunder, other than with respect to the issuance of additional Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof; 

(c) any amendment that would alter the Partnership’s allocations of Profit and Loss to the Limited Partners, other than with respect to
the issuance of additional Partnership Interests pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof; or 
 (d) any amendment that would impose on the
Limited Partners any obligation to make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership. 
 ARTICLE 12 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 12.1
Notices. All communications required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or upon deposit in the United States mail, registered, postage prepaid return receipt
requested, to the Partners at the addresses set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto; provided, however, that any Partner may specify a different address by notifying the General Partner in writing of such different address. Notices to the
Partnership shall be delivered at or mailed to its specified office. 
 12.2 Survival of Rights. Subject to the provisions hereof
limiting transfers, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Partners and the Partnership and their respective legal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns. 

12.3 Additional Documents. Each Partner agrees to perform all further acts and execute, swear to, acknowledge and deliver all further
documents which may be reasonable, necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Agreement or the Act. 
 12.4
Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared illegal, invalid, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to be severable from this Agreement (to the extent permitted by law) and in any
event such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect the remainder hereof. 
 12.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement
and exhibits attached hereto constitute the entire Agreement of the Partners and supersede all prior written agreements and prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof. 

12.6 Pronouns and Plurals. When the context in which words are used in the Agreement indicates that such is the intent, words in the
singular number shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the neuter or female gender as the context may require. 

12.7 Headings. The Article headings or sections in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be used in construing the
scope of this Agreement or any particular Article. 
 12.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed to be an original copy and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties shall not have signed the same counterpart. 

  
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 12.9 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Delaware; provided, however, that causes of action for violations of federal or state securities laws shall not be governed by this Section 12.9. 

[Signatures appear on next page.] 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder affixed their signatures to this Second
Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement as of the date first set forth above. 
  

			
	 GENERAL PARTNER:
  

STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST, INC.
  

	By:	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

		 	 H. Michael Schwartz, President and
 Chief
Executive Officer
  

	 LIMITED PARTNERS:
  

	 By: STRATEGIC STORAGE TRUST, INC., as Attorney-in-Fact for the Limited Partners holding Partnership Units

 

	By:	 	 /s/ H. Michael Schwartz

		 	H. Michael Schwartz, President

  
 [Signature page to
Third Amended and Restated SST OP Agreement] 

  
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