SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K/A

 

 

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 21, 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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On May 28, 2013, the Registrant filed a Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) to report that WHLR-Tampa Festival, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wheeler REIT, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership of which the Registrant is the sole general partner, had entered into an Assignment of Purchase and Sale Agreement to acquire the Tampa Festival Centre Shopping Center on May 21, 2013. This amendment is being filed for the sole purpose of filing the financial statements and pro forma financial information required by Item 9.01 of Form 8-K, and should be read in conjunction with the Original 8-K.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(a) Financial statement of businesses acquired. *

Report of Independent Auditor

Statement of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 (Unaudited) and the Year Ended December 31, 2012

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 (Unaudited) and the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 

  (b) Pro forma financial information. **

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of March 31, 2013

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed 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.

 

  23.1 Consent of Cherry Bekaert LLP

 

 

* Filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
** Filed as Exhibit 99.2 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: June 12, 2013