Form: 8-A12B

Form for the registration / listing of a class of securities on a national securities exchange pursuant to Section 12(b)

April 16, 2015

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

NATIONAL STORAGE AFFILIATES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

 

46-5053858

(State of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

5200 DTC Parkway, Suite 200
Greenwood Village, CO

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

80111

(Zip Code)

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates:  333-202113

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of Each Class to be so Registered

 

Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered

Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value per share

 

The New York Stock Exchange

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

 

 

 


 

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

ITEM 1.                                                DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED.

 

National Storage Affiliates Trust (the “Registrant”) hereby incorporates by reference herein the description of its common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), to be registered hereunder set forth under the heading “Description of Shares of Beneficial Interest” in the Registrant’s prospectus forming part of its Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-202113), as amended (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  In addition, incorporated by reference herein is information relating to the Common Shares under the caption “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Declaration of Trust and Bylaws” in the Registration Statement.

 

ITEM 2                                                   EXHIBITS.

 

Not applicable.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

NATIONAL STORAGE AFFILIATES TRUST

 

 

 

 

Date: April 15, 2015

By:

/s/ Tamara D. Fischer

 

Name:

Tamara D. Fischer

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 

Signature Page to 8-A

 

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