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

December 16, 2011

(Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported))

EXTRA SPACE STORAGE INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

2795 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 400

Salt Lake City, Utah 84121

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(801) 562-5556

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02             Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective December 16, 2011, Grace Kunde, Vice President and Corporate Controller of Extra Space Storage Inc. (the “Company”), assumed the role of the Company’s principal accounting officer, succeeding Scott Stubbs who was recently appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Ms. Kunde, 36, joined the Company in July 2005 and served as the Company’s Director of SEC Reporting from August 2006 until her promotion to Vice President and Corporate Controller in December 2011.  Ms. Kunde holds a B.S. in Accounting from San Diego State University.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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