In consideration for your employment with the Company, the financial and other benefits you received from that employment, and/or access to Confidential Information and/or Trade Secrets, as defined in this Agreement, you agree that during employment with the Company, and for a period of one (1) year following your departure from the Company, you will not (directly or indirectly, in association with others or otherwise) call on or solicit any of the Company’s customers with whom you had personal contact or about whom you received Confidential or Trade Secret information during the period from the Grant Date of this Award until the Restriction Period Termination Date (or, if earlier, the date your employment with the Company ceased), for the purpose of providing the customers with goods and/or services similar in nature to those provided by the Company in its Business as defined below in Section 5(G), within any State in which the Company does business.

Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the term of Executive’s employment and for a period of twenty-four (24) months after the termination of Executive’s employment with the Company, regardless of the reason therefor, Executive shall not directly or indirectly, for the Company, or on behalf of, or in conjunction with, any other person, company, partnership, corporation, or governmental entity, call on, solicit, or engage in business with, any of the actual or targeted prospective customers or clients of the Company on behalf of any person or entity in connection with any Competitive Business, nor shall Executive make known the names and addresses of such actual or targeted prospective customers or clients, or any information relating in any manner to the trade or business relationships of the Company with such customers or clients, other than in connection with the performance of Executive’s duties under this Agreement, and/or persuade or encourage or attempt to persuade or encourage any persons or entities with whom the Company does business or has some business relationship to cease doing business or to terminate its business relationship with the Company or to engage in any Competitive Business on its own or with any competitor of the Company.

Non-Solicitation of Customers. Executive understands and acknowledges that because of Executive’s experience with and relationship to the Company, he will have access to and learn about much or all of the Company’s customer information. “Customer information” includes, but is not limited to, names, phone numbers, addresses, e-mail addresses, order history, order preferences, chain of command, pricing information, and other information identifying facts and circumstances specific to the customer and relevant to sales and services.

Non-Solicitation of Customers. Employee agrees that, during Employee's employment with the Company and for a period of 12 months following the

Non-Solicitation of Customers. The Participant recognizes that by virtue of his or her service with the Company Group he or she will be introduced to and involved in the solicitation and servicing of existing customers of the Company Group and new customers obtained by the Company Group during his or her service. The Participant understands and agrees that all efforts expended in soliciting and servicing such customers shall be for the permanent benefit of the Company Group. The Participant further agrees that during his or her service with the Company Group the Participant will not engage in any conduct which could in any way jeopardize or disturb any of the Company Group’s customer relationships

Non-Solicitation of Customers. For the Restricted Period, Employee shall not, without Company’s prior express written consent, solicit, call on, do business with, or actively interfere with Company’s relationship with, or attempt to divert or entice away, any customer of Company with whom the Employee had material contact during his employment by Company. “Material contact” as used above means: # direct or indirect contact between the Employee and the customer for the purpose of establishing, maintaining or furthering a business relationship; # obtaining Confidential and Proprietary Information about a customer in the ordinary course of business as a result of Employee’s association with Company; and/or # Employee’s receipt of compensation, commissions or other earnings as a result of the sale of products and/or provision of services to the customer The Restricted Period shall be tolled during any period in which Employee is in violation of this Section 8(b).

Non-Solicitation of Customers. During the Restricted Period, Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, either as a principal, manager, agent, employee, consultant, officer, director, stockholder, partner, investor, owner, or lender or in any other capacity,

Non-Solicitation of Customers. Consultant agrees that, during the Consulting Period and for a period of 24 months following the final date of the Consulting Period, Consultant shall not, on behalf of any entity or person other than the Company or any other member of the PEI Group, directly or indirectly, contact or solicit any Customer, for the purpose of delivering, selling, or otherwise offering a product that is the same or similar to that of a Company Product.

Non-Solicitation of Customers. During your Employment Period and for the entire Restriction Period following your Termination Date, you shall not use any Trade Secret to solicit, induce, or encourage any customer, client, investor, vendor, or other party doing business with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to terminate its relationship therewith or transfer its business from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates; provided, however, that your activities entered into on behalf of SmartStop Asset Management, LLC, SmartStop OP Holdings, LLC and their affiliates, other than in a role as a Competitive Business, shall be excluded from the non-solicitation covenants set forth in this subparagraph.

You agree that during employment with the Company, and for a period of one (1) year following your departure from the Company, you will not (directly or indirectly, in association with others or otherwise) call on or solicit any of the Company’s customers with whom you had personal contact during the period from the Grant Date of this Award until the Restriction Period Termination Date (or, if earlier, the date your employment with the Company ceased), for the purpose of providing the customers with goods and/or services similar in nature to those provided by the Company in its Business as defined below in Section 13.