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	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Nordhagen Arlen Dale (Last) (First) (Middle) 5200 DTC PARKWAY STE 200 (Street) GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 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) X Director X 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Executive Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 06/23/2016
	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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class A OP Units(1)	(1)(2)	06/23/2016		P		51,799(2)(3)		(1)	(4)	Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value(1)	51,799(1)(2)(3)	$20.85	3,671,818(3)(5)(6)	I	See Footnote(2)

Explanation of Responses:

1. Beginning after June 23, 2017, the Reporting Person will have the right to cause NSA OP, LP (the "Partnership") to redeem 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 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 51,799 Class A OP Units issued to SecurCare Properties IV, LLC, for which the Reporting Person has or shares voting and/or investment power.

3. This filing shall not be deemed to be an admission that the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of any of the securities reported herein, and the Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of the Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein.

4. N/A

5. Includes 56,000 Class A OP Units received by SecurCare Self Storage, Inc. ("SecurCare"), for which the Reporting Person has or shares voting and/or investment power, as a pro rata liquidating distribution from National Storage Affiliates Holdings, LLC ("Holdings"), of which the Reporting Person previously had or shared voting or investment power. The Reporting Person previously reported beneficial ownership of 126,400 Class A OP Units held by Holdings, including the 56,000 Class A OP Units received by SecurCare in the liquidation. The remaining 70,400 Class A OP Units previously reported by the Reporting Person, which have been distributed pro rata to other members of Holdings, have been deducted from Column 9 herein.

6. The Reporting Person's total direct and indirect beneficial ownership following the reported transaction above is 3,671,818 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 herein and therein). The 3,671,818 Class A OP Units do not include derivative securities of other classes or non-derivative securities of the Reporting Person that were previously reported.

Remarks:

	Arlen Dale Nordhagen, by Jason Parsont, his Attorney-in-fact	06/24/2016
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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