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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Effective October 12, 2021, Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed M. Andrew Franklin to the position of Chief Executive Officer and President.
Mr. Franklin was previously interim Chief Executive Officer, a position he held since July 2021. Mr. Franklin, age 40, has been employed by the Company since 2014 in various positions of increasing responsibility. Prior to Mr. Franklin’s role as interim Chief Executive Officer, he was the Company’s Chief Operating Officer since February 2018, Senior Vice President of Operations since January 2017, and Senior Vice President of Asset Management since October 2015. Mr. Franklin joined the Company in June 2014 as an Asset Manager.
Mr. Franklin’s base salary will be increased to $400,000, and all other terms of his existing employment agreement will continue to apply.
There are no arrangements or understandings that exist between Mr. Franklin and any other persons pursuant to which he was selected as an officer and there are no family relationships between Mr. Franklin and any member of the Company’s board of directors or any executive officer of the Company. In addition, there are no related person transactions between Mr. Franklin and the Company that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.
On October 12, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Franklin to the position of Chief Executive Officer and President. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
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| 99.1 | Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. Press Release, dated October 12, 2021. | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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Date: October 12, 2021 |
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. | ||
| By: | /s/ Crystal Plum | ||
| Name: | Crystal Plum | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
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