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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 7, 2017
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National Storage Affiliates Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
001-37351
46-5053858
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
5200 DTC Parkway, Suite 200
Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111
(Address of principal executive offices)
(720) 630-2600
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On December 7, 2017, National Storage Affiliates Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), and NSA OP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), entered into an underwriting agreement with Jefferies LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule A thereto, under which the Company agreed to sell, and the underwriters agreed to purchase, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the underwriting agreement, an aggregate of 5,750,000 of the Company's common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares") (including 750,000 Shares pursuant to an option to purchase additional Shares which was exercised in full), at a public offering price of $25.50 per share. The Company received aggregate net proceeds from the offering of approximately $140.3 million after deducting the underwriting discount and estimated offering expenses. The Shares are being offered and sold under a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211570). The offering closed on December 11, 2017.

A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



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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.

NATIONAL STORAGE AFFILIATES TRUST
 
 
By:
/s/ TAMARA D. FISCHER
Name:
Tamara D. Fischer
Title:
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 12, 2017


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