Form: 8-K

Current report filing

May 31, 2017



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): May 25, 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 5.07    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

(a)    The annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of National Storage Affiliates Trust (the “Company”) was held on May 25, 2017, at which 41,535,968 of the Company's 44,084,766 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the "Shares"), issued and outstanding as of the record date, March 27, 2017, were represented in person or by proxy representing approximately 94% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company entitled to vote.

(b)    At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (1) elected the eight trustees below to serve on the Company’s board of trustees until the Company’s 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify and (2) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2017 Proxy Statement. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below.

(i)    The voting results with respect to the election of each trustee were as follows:

Name
 
Votes For
 
Votes Withheld
 
Broker Non-Votes
Arlen D. Nordhagen
 
35,621,373

 
1,341,680

 
4,572,915

George L. Chapman
 
21,390,871

 
15,572,182

 
4,572,915

Kevin M. Howard
 
31,713,809

 
5,249,244

 
4,572,915

Paul W. Hylbert, Jr.
 
24,922,350

 
12,040,703

 
4,572,915

Chad L. Meisinger
 
24,879,970

 
12,083,083

 
4,572,915

Steven G. Osgood
 
32,532,209

 
4,430,844

 
4,572,915

Dominic M. Palazzo
 
36,347,583

 
615,470

 
4,572,915

Mark Van Mourick
 
34,495,438

 
2,467,615

 
4,572,915


 (ii)    The voting results with respect to the ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 were as follows:

Votes For
 
Votes Against
 
Abstain
 
Broker Non-Votes
41,450,654

 
80,350

 
4,964

 
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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
 
 
 
Tamara D. Fischer
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 

Date: May 31, 2017






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