The 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (the "Company") was held on May 23, 2012. Proxies were solicited pursuant to the Company's proxy statement filed on April 11, 2012 with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. There was no solicitation in opposition to the Company's solicitation. As of the record date of March 26, 2012, there were 28,982,418 shares of the Company's common stock issued and outstanding. Set forth below is a brief description of each matter voted on at the meeting and the final voting results.

Proposal 1. The election of six directors of the Company to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are elected and qualified. In accordance with the results below, each nominee as listed in the proxy statement was elected to serve as a director.

                        Votes For    Votes Withheld   Broker Non-Votes
  Robert J. Attea       24,877,693      385,909          2,402,100
  Kenneth F. Myszka     24,919,193      344,409          2,402,100
  Anthony P. Gammie     24,622,301      641,301          2,402,100
  Charles E. Lannon     24,966,377      297,225          2,402,100
  James R. Boldt        24,748,495      515,107          2,402,100
  Stephen R. Rusmisel   25,135,976      127,626          2,402,100

Proposal 2. The ratification of the appointment by the Board of Directors of Ernst & Young LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Company for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012. In accordance with the results below, the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP was ratified and approved.

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 27,389,143 248,619 27,940 -

Proposal 3. Proposal to approve (on a non-binding basis) the compensation of the Company's executive officers. In accordance with the results below, the compensation was approved (on a non-binding basis).

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 24,338,666 823,620 101,316 2,402,100