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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-08-005166.txt : 20080124
<SEC-HEADER>0001181431-08-005166.hdr.sgml : 20080124
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080124161637
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-08-005166
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080122
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080124
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080124

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			U-Store-It Trust
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001298675
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				201024732
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6745 ENGLE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(440) 234-0700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6745 ENGLE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44130

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HALLER HAROLD S
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001306686

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32324
		FILM NUMBER:		08547816

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		440-234-0700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6745 ENGLE ROAD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44130
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        <issuerName>U-Store-It Trust</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>YSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>HALLER HAROLD S</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet2>50 PUBLIC SQUARE, SUITE 2800</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CLEVELAND</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>OH</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>44113</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Shares</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-01-22</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
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                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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            <transactionAmounts>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These common shares were acquired through dividend reinvestment under the U-Store-It Trust Deferred Trustees Plan, dated May 31, 2005.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These phantom shares were acquired through reinvestment of dividend equivalents under the U-Store-It Trust Trustees Deferred Compensation Plan, amended and restated January 1, 2007, and are payable in cash on a one-for-one basis after the reporting person ceases to serve as a trustee of the Company.  The reporting person may elect to transfer these phantom shares at any time by reallocating his deemed investment option to another investment alternative, and such transfer will be effected on the first business day of the calendar quarter following the election.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Kathleen A. Weigand, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-01-24</signatureDate>
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