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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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

Title of each class			Trading Symbols			Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.01 par value per share			NSA			New York Stock Exchange
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share			NSA Pr A			New York Stock Exchange
Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share			NSA Pr B			New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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(a) The 2024 annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of National Storage Affiliates Trust (the “Company”) was held on May 13, 2023, at which 71,587,869 of the Company’s 78,126,440 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), issued and outstanding as of the record date, March 15, 2024, were represented in person via the live webcast or by proxy, representing approximately 91.63% of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Company entitled to vote.

(b) At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders (1) elected the twelve trustees below to serve on the Company’s board of trustees until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify, (2) ratified the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, (3) approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers, (4) approved, on an advisory basis, holding future advisory votes regarding the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year, and (5) approved the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan. The proposals are described in detail in the Company’s 2024 Proxy Statement. The final results for the votes regarding each proposal are set forth below. regarding each proposal are set forth below.

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

(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, 2024 were as follows:

(iii) The voting results with respect to a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

(iv) The voting results with respect to a non-binding advisory vote on the frequency of holding shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation of the Company’s named executive officers were as follows:

In light of the shareholders’ recommendation that the advisory vote be held every year, which was consistent with the recommendation of the Company’s board of trustees, the Company’s board of trustees has decided that the Company will hold a shareholder advisory vote on the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers every year.

(v) The voting results with respect to the approval of the Company’s 2024 Equity Incentive Plan were as follows:

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.

Date: May 16, 2024