National Storage Affiliates Trust Reports Second Quarter 2015 Results

National Storage Affiliates Trust (“NSA” or the "Company") (NYSE: NSA), today reported the Company’s second quarter 2015 results.

Second Quarter 2015 Highlights

• Core funds from operations ("Core FFO") were $8.5 million, or $0.22 per share, for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 10% per share compared to Core FFO of $2.3 million, or $0.20 per share, for the second quarter of 2014.
• Net operating income ("NOI") was $20.8 million for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of over 100% compared to NOI of $10.2 million for the second quarter of 2014.
• Same store NOI was $9.6 million for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 11.8% compared to same store NOI of $8.6 million for the second quarter of 2014.
• Acquired 21 self storage properties during the second quarter of 2015 for approximately $93 million. Since July 1, 2015, the Company has acquired 12 additional properties valued at approximately $94 million.
• Completed its Initial Public Offering ("IPO") on April 28, 2015.
• Storage Solutions joined the Company as its sixth Participating Regional Operator ("PRO").

Year-To-Date 2015 Highlights

• Year-to-date 2015 Core FFO was $12.9 million, or $0.43 per share, an increase of 48% per share compared to Core FFO of $3.1 million, or $0.29 per share, for the six months ended June 30, 2014.
• Year-to-date 2015 NOI was $39.3 million, an increase of over 113% compared to year-to-date NOI of $18.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014.
• Year-to-date 2015 same store NOI was $18.7 million, an increase of 10.6% compared to year-to-date same store NOI of $16.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2014.

Arlen Nordhagen, Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are very pleased with our results this quarter and year-to-date. Core FFO per share and same store NOI increased both year-over-year and from last quarter. We grew our portfolio in the second quarter with the addition of 21 properties in connection with the completion of our IPO and have acquired or entered agreements to acquire an additional 30 properties subsequent to the quarter-end. In addition, we reported strong improvement in our same store operations with excellent growth in net operating income, occupancies and rental rates. We believe our differentiated structure positions us to continue with very rapid, accretive growth. With the completion of our IPO, we are very well positioned to create long-term shareholder value."

Financial Results

($ in thousands, except per share and unit data)

FFO was $6.8 million, or $0.18 per share, for the second quarter of 2015, compared to a FFO net loss of $4.3 million, or $0.37 per share, for the second quarter of 2014. Core FFO was $8.5 million, or $0.22 per share, for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 10% per share compared to Core FFO of $2.3 million, or $0.20 per share, for the second quarter of 2014. The increases in FFO and Core FFO were primarily the result of an additional $7.6 million of NOI from the acquisition of 73 self storage properties acquired between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015, and reductions in acquisition costs, partially offset by increases in general and administrative expenses.

Net income attributable to the Company was $93,000 for the second quarter of 2015, compared to a net loss of $6.2 million for the second quarter of 2014. The increase in net income was primarily due to an increase in NOI resulting from self storage properties NSA acquired during 2014 and 2015, and reductions in acquisition costs partially offset by increases in depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses and a decrease in gain on sale of self storage properties.

Total Portfolio Operating Results

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Total portfolio revenues were $31.7 million for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 95.2% compared to total revenues of $16.2 million for the second quarter of 2014. Total revenue increases were driven by a 210 basis point increase in average occupancy for the second quarter of 2015 compared to the second quarter of 2014, combined with a 9.2% increase in average annualized rental revenue per occupied square foot compared to the second quarter of 2014 and a significant increase in acquisition activity.

Total portfolio NOI was $20.8 million for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of over 100% compared to NOI of $10.2 million for the second quarter of 2014.

Same Store Operating Results

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Same store revenues were $14.7 million for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 6.8% compared to $13.8 million for the second quarter of 2014. Revenue increases were driven by a 270 basis point increase in average occupancy for the second quarter of 2015 compared to the second quarter of 2014, combined with a 3.6% increase in average annualized rental revenue per occupied square foot compared to the prior year.

Same store NOI was $9.6 million for the second quarter of 2015, an increase of 11.8% compared to same store NOI of $8.6 million for the second quarter of 2014. The increase was driven by an average occupancy gain of 270 basis points and an average annualized rental revenue per occupied square foot increase of 3.6% for the second quarter of 2015 compared to the second quarter of 2014.

Investment Activity

NSA acquired 21 self storage properties in the second quarter of 2015 for an investment of approximately $93 million, composed of approximately 1.3 million rentable square feet configured in approximately 9,300 storage units.

Since July 1, 2015, the Company acquired 12 properties valued at approximately $94 million, composed of approximately 900,000 rentable square feet configured in approximately 6,800 storage units.

The Company has also entered agreements to acquire an additional four self storage properties and has exercised a right of first refusal to acquire a portfolio of 14 properties. The total value of the 18 properties is approximately $80 million. The Company expects to close those transactions by mid-fourth quarter of 2015.

Debt and Credit Facility Activity

Following the completion of the Company's IPO during the second quarter of 2015, NSA repaid $229.8 million of outstanding indebtedness at a weighted average effective rate of 4.0%. As a result of the overall reduction in NSA's outstanding indebtedness, pricing grids for the Company's revolving line of credit and term loan were reduced by 100 basis points to interest rates equal to one-month LIBOR plus 1.60% and one-month LIBOR plus 1.50%, respectively.

The Company is in the process of expanding its credit facility to $550 million, which will be comprised of a $200 million term loan and a $350 million revolving line of credit.

Dividends

On June 3, 2015, NSA's Board of Trustees declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per common share which was paid on July 15, 2015 to holders of record at June 30, 2015.

The second quarter 2015 distribution of $0.15 per operating partnership ("OP") unit, combined with the $0.04 per OP unit distribution for the period from April 1 through April 20, 2015, paid by the Company on April 30, 2015, resulted in a total second quarter 2015 distribution rate of $0.19 per OP unit, comparable to the Company's distribution paid to OP unitholders for the first quarter of 2015.

NSA anticipates this dividend rate of $0.19 per share, per quarter, will continue for the near term, and its Board of Trustees will continue to review the Company's dividend policy on a quarterly basis.

2015 Guidance

Supplemental Financial Information

The full text of this earnings release and supplemental financial information, including certain financial information referenced in this release are available on NSA's website at http://ir.nationalstorageaffiliates.com/quarterly-reporting and as exhibit 99.1 to the Company's Form 8-K furnished to the SEC on August 10, 2015.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures & Glossary

This press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP measures are presented because NSA's management believes these measures help investors understand NSA's business, performance and ability to earn and distribute cash to its shareholders by providing perspectives not immediately apparent from net income (loss). These measures are also frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties. The presentation of FFO, Core FFO and NOI in this press release are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. In addition, NSA's method of calculating these measures may be different from methods used by other companies, and, accordingly, may not be comparable to similar measures as calculated by other companies that do not use the same methodology as NSA. These measures, and other words and phrases used herein, are defined in the Glossary in the supplemental financial information and, where appropriate, reconciliations of these measures and other non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in the Schedules to this press release and in the supplemental financial information.

Quarterly Teleconference and Webcast

The Company will host a conference call at 1:00pm EDT on Tuesday, August 11, 2015 to discuss its financial results. At the conclusion of the call, management will accept questions from certified financial analysts. All other participants are encouraged to listen to a webcast of the call by accessing the link found on the Company's website at www.nationalstorageaffiliates.com.

Conference Call and Webcast:
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 1:00pm EDT
Webcast available at: www.nationalstorageaffiliates.com
Domestic (Toll Free US & Canada): 877.407.9711
International: 412.902.1014

Replay:
Domestic (Toll Free US & Canada): 877.660.6853
International: 201.612.7415
Conference ID: 13613621

A replay of the call will be available for one week through Tuesday, August 18, 2015. A replay of the webcast will be available for 30 days on NSA's website at www.nationalstorageaffiliates.com.

About National Storage Affiliates Trust

National Storage Affiliates Trust is a Maryland real estate investment trust focused on the ownership, operation and acquisition of self storage properties located within the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas throughout the United States. The Company currently owns and operates 258 self storage properties located in 16 states with approximately 14.6 million rentable square feet. NSA is the sixth largest owner and operator of self storage properties among public and private companies. For more information, please visit the Company’s website at www.nationalstorageaffiliates.com. NSA is included in the Russell 2000 Index of Companies.

NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

NSA makes forward-looking statements in this press release that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of the Company's business, financial condition, liquidity, results of operations, plans and objectives. When NSA uses the words "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "plan," "continue," "intend," "should," "may," or similar expressions, the Company intends to identify forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect NSA's current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and changes in circumstances that may cause the Company's actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement.

Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking:

• market trends in the Company's industry, interest rates, the debt and lending markets or the general economy;
• the Company's business and investment strategy;
• the acquisition of properties, including the timing of acquisitions;
• the Company's relationships with, and its ability to attract additional, PROs;
• NSA's ability to effectively align the interests of its PROs with the Company and its shareholders;
• the integration of the Company's PROs and their contributed portfolios into the Company, including into its financial and operational reporting infrastructure and internal control framework;
• NSA's operating performance and projected operating results, including its ability to achieve market rents and occupancy levels, reduce operating expenditures and increase the sale of ancillary products and services;
• the Company's ability to access additional off-market acquisitions;
• actions and initiatives of the U.S. federal, state and local government and changes to U.S. federal, state and local government policies and the execution and impact of these actions, initiatives and policies;
• the state of the U.S. economy generally or in specific geographic regions, states or municipalities;
• economic trends and economic recoveries;
• NSA's ability to obtain and maintain financing arrangements on favorable terms;
• general volatility of the securities markets in which we participate;
• changes in the value of the Company's assets;
• projected capital expenditures;
• the impact of technology on NSA's products, operations, and business;
• the implementation of the Company's technology and best practices programs (including NSA's ability to effectively implement its integrated Internet marketing strategy);
• changes in interest rates and the degree to which the Company's hedging strategies may or may not protect NSA from interest rate volatility;
• impact of and changes in governmental regulations, tax law and rates, accounting guidance and similar matters;
• the Company's ability to qualify, and maintain its qualification, as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
• NSA's ability to successfully remediate the material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting;
• availability of qualified personnel;
• the timing of conversions of subordinated performance units into OP units and the conversion ratio in effect at such time;
• estimates relating to the Company's ability to make distributions to its shareholders in the future; and
• NSA's understanding of its competition.

The forward-looking statements are based on NSA's beliefs, assumptions and expectations of the Company's future performance, taking into account all information currently available to NSA. Forward-looking statements are not predictions of future events. These beliefs, assumptions, and expectations can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to the Company. Readers should carefully review NSA's financial statements and the notes thereto, as well as the section entitled "Risk Factors," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," and "Business and Properties" described in the Company's Prospectus filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on April 24, 2015 (the "Prospectus"), and the other documents NSA files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If a change occurs, the Company's business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in NSA's forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made. New risks and uncertainties arise over time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict those events or how they may affect NSA. Except as required by law, the Company is not obligated to, and does not intend to, update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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