Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into by and among Life Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), Life Storage LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”, and collectively with the Corporation, the “Company”), and David Dodman (the “Executive”) on the 11th day of July, 2023 (“Agreement Date”), and effective as of the later to occur of (i) the Agreement Date and (ii) the date upon which Extra Space Storage Inc. (“Extra Space”) consents to matters contemplated by this Amendment to the extent required pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of April 2, 2023 and as further amended as of May 18, 2023, by and among the Corporation, the Partnership, Extra Space, Extra Space Storage LP, Eros Merger Sub, LLC and Eros OP Merger Sub, LLC (such earlier date, the “Effective Date”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive are parties to that certain Employment Agreement dated January 1, 2022, which Employment Agreement was amended and restated as of March 17, 2023 (such agreement as so amended and restated, being the “Employment Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Alexander Gress, unexpectedly passed away on July 9, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Executive served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning and Investor Relations from joining the Company in 2018 until December 31, 2021, has served as the Chief Operating Officer from January 1, 2022 to present, has extensive experience in leading complex financial analyses of mergers and acquisitions, has a comprehensive knowledge of risk and regulatory compliance and audit issues and has a strong track record of implementing new capabilities to improve financial business performance; and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate an orderly and effective transition with respect to the Chief Financial Officer and Secretary position of the Company, and as the Company works toward the closing of its pending merger with Extra Space, the Executive and the Company have mutually agreed that, in addition to his responsibilities as Chief Operating Officer, the Executive will assume the position and responsibilities of Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, effective as of the Effective Date; and
WHEREAS, in connection with his assumption of the position as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of the Company, the Company and the Executive desire to enter into this Amendment to amend the Employment Agreement and to evidence certain additional understandings, all as set forth below.