UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
washington, d.c. 20549

                        

FORM 8-K

                        

current report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

May 31, 2011
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland
(State of Other Jurisdiction
Of Incorporation)
1-13820
(Commission
File Number)
16-1194043
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)


6467 Main Street
Williamsville, New York 14221
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
                        

(716) 633-1850
(Registrants' Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

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Item 5.03
Amendments to Article of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On May 31, 2011, Sovran Self Storage, Inc. (the "Company") filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland Articles Supplementary (the "Articles Supplementary") reclassifying all 1,700,000 authorized but unissued shares of the 9.85% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Company, as shares of Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Company with the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption as set forth in the Company's charter.  A copy of the Articles Supplementary is attached to this report as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference in this report.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits

3.1           Articles Supplementary reclassifying shares of Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock into Preferred Stock

























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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
Date:  May 31, 2011
SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.
 
 
By   /s/ DAVID L. ROGERS       
       Name:    David L. Rogers
        Title:     Chief Financial Officer
































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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.                                  Description

3.1
Articles Supplementary reclassifying shares of Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock into Preferred Stock





































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Exhibit 3.1

SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

          Sovran Self Storage, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:

          FIRST:  Under a power contained in Article VII of the charter of the Corporation (the "Charter"), the Board of Directors, by duly adopted resolutions, reclassified and designated all 1,700,000 authorized but unissued shares of the 9.85% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock of the Corporation (the "Series B Preferred Stock"), as shares of Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share, of the Corporation with the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption as set forth in the Charter.

          SECOND:  The Series B Preferred Stock has been reclassified and designated by the Board of Directors under the authority contained in the Charter.

          THIRD:  These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors in the manner and by the vote required by law.

          FOURTH:  The undersigned Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Corporation and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer and attested to by its Secretary on this 31st day of May, 2011.



ATTEST:
SOVRAN SELF STORAGE, INC.
 
 
/s/ David Rogers                         
 
 
By:   /s/ Robert J. Attea                      
David Rogers
Secretary
        Robert J. Attea
        Chairman of the Board
        and Chief Executive Officer






























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