August 18, 2015 - 4: Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Nordhagen Arlen Dale

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

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

5200 DTC PARKWAY, STE 200

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/18/2015

(Street)

GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111

4. If Amendment, Date 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

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

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)
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	08/18/2015		P		800 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 13.39	249,200	D
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	08/18/2015		P		3,000 ⁽¹⁾	A	$ 13.14 ⁽²⁾	252,200	I	By wife
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	08/18/2015		P		2,200 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾	A	$ 13.25 ⁽⁴⁾	254,400	I	By The Nord Foundation ⁽³⁾
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	08/18/2015		P		6,600 ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾	A	$ 13.23 ⁽⁵⁾	261,000 ⁽⁶⁾	I	By Nordhagen LLLP ⁽³⁾

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Nordhagen Arlen Dale 5200 DTC PARKWAY STE 200 GREENWOOD VILLAGE, CO 80111	X	X	Chief Executive Officer

Signatures

Arlen Dale Nordhagen, by Jason Parsont, his Attorney-in-fact		08/18/2015
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value ("Common Shares"), purchased in the open market.
(2)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $13.08 to $13.24, inclusive. The reporting person undertakes to provide to National Storage Affiliates Trust (the "Company"), any security holder of the Company, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnotes (2), (4) and (5) to this Form 4.
(3)	Consists of the Common Shares set forth in Column 4 held by the entity set forth in Column 7, for which the Reporting Person has or shares voting and investment power. 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)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $13.08 to $13.39, inclusive.
(5)	The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $13.11 to $13.38, inclusive.
(6)	The Reporting Person's total direct and indirect beneficial ownership following the reported transactions in this class of securities is 261,000 Common Shares, which includes those Common Shares reported on Form 4 on April 30, 2015 and August 17, 2015. The 261,000 Common Shares does not include derivative securities of the Reporting Person that have been reported on the Reporting Person's Form 3 dated April 22, 2015 or the other Form 4 filings of the Reporting Person.

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