U-Store-It Declares Third Quarter 2009 Dividend


WAYNE, PA--(Marketwire - August 5, 2009) - U-Store-It Trust (NYSE: YSI), a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust focused on self-storage facilities, announced that its Board of Trustees declared a quarterly dividend of $0.025 per common share for the period ending September 30, 2009. The dividend is payable on October 22, 2009 to common shareholders of record on October 7, 2009.

About U-Store-It Trust

U-Store-It Trust is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The company provides self-storage solutions in all 50 states through its 383 company-owned facilities and the U-Store-It Network, which consists of approximately 310 additional third-party locations. The company's self-storage facilities and storage solutions are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible, secure, and in certain locations, climate-controlled storage space for residential and commercial customers. According to the Self Storage Almanac, U-Store-It Trust is one of the top four owners and operators of self-storage facilities in the U.S.

Visitors may go online to http://www.ustoreit.com to learn more about the company and to find a nearby storage facility. Visitors to ustoreit.com can also view the sizes and features of individual self-storage units, reserve storage space, and pay their storage bills online using a safe, secure online payment function.

For more information about business or personal storage call U-Store-It toll free at 1-888-U-STORE-IT.

Forward-Looking Statements

Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in any forward-looking statements in this press release are based on reasonable assumptions, there can be no assurance that such expectations will be achieved. You should not rely on our forward-looking statements because the matters they describe are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause the Company's future results, performance, or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such statements. Such risks are set forth under the captions "Item 1A. Risk Factors" and "Forward-Looking Statements" in our annual report on Form 10-K and under the caption "Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (or similar captions) in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC. For forward-looking statements herein, the Company claims the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events.

Contact Information: Company Contact: Tim Martin Chief Financial Officer (610) 293-5700