SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

FISCHER TAMARA D

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5200 DTC PARKWAY

SUITE 200

(Street)

GREENWOOD VILLAGE

80111

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
National Storage Affiliates Trust [ NSA ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
	Chief Financial Officer

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/31/2017

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
LTIP Units⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	05/31/2017		C			158,750⁽²⁾	⁽¹⁾	⁽³⁾	Class A OP Units⁽¹⁾	158,750	⁽¹⁾	118,549⁽⁴⁾	D
Class A OP Units⁽¹⁾	⁽¹⁾	05/31/2017		C		158,750⁽²⁾		⁽¹⁾	⁽³⁾	Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value⁽¹⁾	158,750	⁽¹⁾	287,299⁽⁴⁾⁽⁵⁾	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to the agreement of limited partnership of NSA OP, LP (the "Partnership"), upon the achievement of certain conditions, a holder of long-term incentive plan units ("LTIP Units") of the Partnership is entitled to convert such LTIP Units into Class A common units of limited partner interest ("Class A OP Units") of the Partnership on a one-for-one basis. In addition, under the Partnership agreement, the Reporting Person has the right to cause the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Reporting Person's resulting Class A OP Units for cash in an amount equal to the market value of an equivalent number of the common shares of beneficial interest ("Shares") of National Storage Affiliates Trust (the "Issuer"), or at the Issuer's option, Shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments.

2. Consists of 158,750 LTIP Units held by the Reporting Person which were converted into 158,750 Class A OP Units as described in footnote 1 above.

3. N/A

4. Following the reported transactions, the Reporting Person has total direct beneficial ownership in 16,623 vested LTIP Units and 101,926 unvested LTIP Units. The Reporting Person previously reported the 158,750 LTIP Units that were converted into Class A OP Units as described in this Form 4 as Class A OP Units on an as-converted basis. Accordingly, this Form 4 is being filed on a voluntary basis solely to provide notice of the conversion of the Reporting Person's 158,750 LTIP Units into 158,750 Class A OP Units.

5. The Reporting Person's total direct and indirect beneficial ownership of Class A OP Units following the reported transactions above is 287,299 Class A OP Units which includes those Class A OP Units previously reported and the Class A OP Units reported herein (together with those securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, such Class A OP Units as specified therein).

Remarks:

	/s/ Tamara D. Fischer, by Jason Parsont, her Attorney-in-fact	06/02/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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