SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): May 10, 2013
WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 001-35713 | 45-2681082 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2529 Virginia Beach Blvd., Suite 200
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (757) 627-9088
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On May 10, 2013, the Registrant, through Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, L. P., a Virginia limited partnership of which the Registrant is the sole general partner (“Wheeler REIT”), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated May 10, 2013 between Wheeler REIT, as purchaser, and Northeast Plaza Associates, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“Northeast”), as seller, for the purchase of real property known as Northeast Plaza located in Lumberton, North Carolina for the sales price of Four Million Eight Hundred Ninety Four Thousand Seven Hundred and 00/100 Dollars ($4,894,700.00).
Jon Wheeler, the Registrant’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, controls Wheeler REIT and Northeast.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
| (a) | Financial statement of businesses anticipated to be acquired. * |
Report of Independent Auditor
Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for the Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011
Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for the Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011
| (b) | Pro forma financial information. ** |
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2012
Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year Ended December 31, 2012
Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
| (c) | Shell company transactions. |
Not Applicable
| (d) | Exhibits |
| 10.1 | Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated May 10, 2013, by and between Northeast and Wheeler REIT | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Cherry Bekaert LLP. | |
| * | Filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. |
| ** | Filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Jon S. Wheeler | |
| Jon S. Wheeler | ||
| Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Dated: May 15, 2013