4: Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities
Published on May 19, 2026
| FORM 4 |
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIPFiled 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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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b). | ||||||||||||||||
| Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10. | ||||||||||||||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
National Storage Affiliates Trust [ NSA ] |
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year) 05/15/2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year) |
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| 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) | |||
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| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | ||||||
| Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value(1) | 05/15/2026 | A | 4,703(1) | A | $42.53(2) | 118,858(1)(3) | I | See footnote(4) | ||
| 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) | ||||
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| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||||||
| LTIP Units(5) | (5)(6) | 05/16/2026 | C | 10,272(7) | (5)(6) | (8) | Class A OP Units(5)(6) | 10,272 | (5) | 0(5)(9) | I | See footnote(4) | |||
| Class A OP Units(5) | (5)(6) | 05/16/2026 | C | 10,272(7) | (5)(6) | (8) | Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value(6) | 10,272 | (6) | 56,880(5)(9) | I | See footnote(4) | |||
| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Consists of 4,703 restricted common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value of the Issuer ("Restricted Shares"). The Restricted Shares were granted to the Reporting Person under the Issuer's 2024 Equity Incentive Plan, and are scheduled to vest scheduled to vest the earlier of: (i) May 15, 2027, (ii) the calendar day immediately preceding the next annual meeting of shareholders or (iii) immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time (as such term is defined in that certain Agreement of Plan and Merger, dated as of March 16, 2026, by and among the Issuer, NSA OP, LP (the "Partnership"), Public Storage, Public Storage OP, L.P., Pelican Merger Sub I, LLC and Pelican Merger Sub II, LLC, as the same may be amended). |
| 2. The closing price of the Issuer's common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value ("Shares") on May 14, 2026. |
| 3. The Reporting Person's total direct and indirect beneficial ownership following the reported transaction in this class of securities is 118,858 Shares (inclusive of Restricted Shares), which includes those Shares previously reported. The 118,858 Shares does not include derivative securities of the Reporting Person that have been previously reported on the Reporting Person's Forms 3 and Forms 4. |
| 4. Held by Chad LeRoy Meisinger and Amy Margaret Meisinger CO TTEES Meisinger Family Trust U/A/D 12/20/2022 for which the Reporting Person has or shares voting and/or 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. |
| 5. Long-term incentive plan units ("LTIP Units") in the Partnership, after achieving parity with Class A common units of limited partner interest in the Partnership ("Class A OP Units"), are eligible to be converted into Class A OP Units on a one-for-one basis upon the satisfaction of conditions set forth in the Partnership's agreement of limited partnership. |
| 6. Upon conversion of such vested parity LTIP Units into Class A OP Units, the Reporting Person has the right to cause the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Reporting Person's Class A OP Units for cash in an amount equal to the market value of an equivalent number of Shares, or at the Issuer's option, Shares on a one-for-one basis, subject to certain adjustments. |
| 7. Consists of 10,272 LTIP Units held by the Reporting Person which were converted into 10,272 Class A OP Units as described in footnote 5 above. The Reporting Person previously reported the 10,272 LTIP Units that were converted into Class A OP Units as described in this Form 4 as Class A OP Units on an as-converted basis. Accordingly, rows 1 and 2 of Table II of this Form 4 are being filed on a voluntary basis solely to provide notice of the conversion of the Reporting Person's 10,272 LTIP Units into 10,272 Class A OP Units. |
| 8. N/A |
| 9. The Reporting Person's total direct beneficial ownership following the reported transactions above is 56,880 Class A OP Units (which includes those Class A OP Units previously reported and the Class A OP Units reported herein) and 0 LTIP Units. The 56,880 Class A OP Units do not include non-derivative securities of the Reporting Person that were previously reported. |
| Remarks: |
| Chad L. Meisinger, by Zoya F. Afridi, his Attorney-in-fact | 05/19/2026 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
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