SEC Form 5

FORM 5		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0362 Estimated average burden hours per response: 1.0
	Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
	Form 3 Holdings Reported.
	Form 4 Transactions Reported.

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Nordhagen Arlen Dale (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O NATIONAL STORAGE AFFILIATES TRUST 8400 EAST PRENTICE AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR (Street) GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111 (City) (State) (Zip)	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 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Chairman
	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2022
	4. If Amendment, Date of 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

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 at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	03/23/2022		G	8,000(1)	D	$0	4,090,351	D
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	11/04/2022		G	50,667(1)	D	$0	4,039,684	D
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	12/23/2022		G	52,000(2)	D	$0	3,987,684(3)(4)	D

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 Securities Underlying Derivative Security (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: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Reflects the transfer of common shares of beneficial interest of National Storage Affiliates Trust ("Shares") as a bona fide gift to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code.

2. Represents the transfer of Shares as a bona fide gift made to an irrevocable charitable trust.

3. The Reporting Person's total direct and indirect ownership of Shares following the transactions reported in the table above is 3,987,684 Shares, which includes those Shares previously reported. The 3,987,684 Shares do not include derivative securities of the Reporting Person that have been reported on the Reporting Person's Forms 3 and Forms 4.

4. 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.

Remarks:

	Arlen Dale Nordhagen, by Jason Parsont, his Attorney-in-fact	01/30/2023
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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