June 28 (Reuters) - National Storage REIT NSR.AX :
* Nsr portfolio acquisition and equity raising NSR.AX
* Entered into arrangements to acquire the southern cross portfolio of assets
which it currently manages
* Reaffirms FY 2016 EPS guidance of 8.7 - 8.8 cents per stapled security
* Expects FY 2017 underlying earnings to be within a range of 9.2 - 9.4 cents
per stapled security
* Acquisitions will be funded via combination of debt and $260M equity raising,
and are expected to be accretive to FY 2017 earnings
* Will conduct a placement to existing eligible institutional shareholders and
new institutional investors to raise $101M
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