SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES 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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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Meisinger Chad LeRoy (Last) (First) (Middle) 71 VIA SONRISA (Street) SAN CLEMENTE CA 92673 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/22/2015	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol National Storage Affiliates Trust [ NSA ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)	5. 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 Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class A OP Units(1)(2)	(1)(2)	(3)	Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	13,200	(1)(2)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. One year after the date of the completion of the initial public offering of the Issuer, the Reporting Person will have the right to cause NSA OP, LP (the "Partnership") to redeem all or a portion of the Reporting Person's Class A common units of limited partner interest in the Partnership ("Class A OP Units") for cash in an amount equal to the market value of an equivalent number of the Issuer's common shares, or at the Issuer's option, common shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments.

2. The Class A OP Units in this table include 4,400 Class A OP Units issuable upon the conversion of 4,400 vested long-term incentive plan units in the Partnership ("LTIP units") and 8,800 Class A OP Units issuable upon conversion of 8,800 unvested LTIP units. The unvested LTIP units were granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2013 Long-Term Incentive Plan, and vest along a schedule at certain times prior to December 31, 2017, upon the achievement of certain performance goals, or upon the completion of the Issuer's initial public offering.

3. N/A

Remarks:

Exhibit No. 24.1 Power of Attorney dated April 13, 2015.

	Chad Meisinger, by Jason Parsont, his Attorney-in-fact	04/22/2015
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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