FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 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: 3235-0287 Expires: December 31, 2014 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Wu Charles F (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 Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 07/22/2026
	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 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)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value (1)	07/22/2026		D		4,703	D	(1)	0 (1)	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)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class A OP Units (2)	(2)	07/22/2026		D			22,998 (2)	(2)	(3)	Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value	22,998 (2)	(2)	0 (2)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 16, 2026 (the "Merger Agreement"), between the Issuer, Public Storage and certain other parties, common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value of the Issuer, inclusive of restricted shares, were converted into the right to receive 0.1400 (the "Exchange Ratio") newly issued common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.10 per share, of Public Storage and cash in lieu of any fractional shares.

2. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each Class A OP Unit issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Partnership Merger was (i) automatically converted into the right to receive a number of newly issued common units in Public Storage OP, L.P., equal to the Exchange Ratio or (ii), at the election of holders of Class A OP Units, redeemed in exchange for one newly issued unit in NSA OP JV, LLC which holds 80% of the equity of the joint venture with Public Storage that holds certain identified real estate assets contributed by the Partnership.

3. N/A.

	/s/ Charles F. Wu, by Zoya F. Afridi, his Attorney-in-fact	07/22/2026
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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