UNITED STATES 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): September 2, 2015
WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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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 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
On September 2, 2015, the Registrant, through WHLR-Bixby Commons, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WHLR-Bixby Commons”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wheeler REIT, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership of which the Registrant is the sole general partner, entered into an Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property (the “Sale Agreement”) as seller, with Ladder Capital Finance, LLC and/or its assignee as buyer (the “Buyer”), for the sale of a property located in Bixby, OK, commonly known as Bixby Commons (the "Property"), for the sales price of Ten Million Nine Hundred Eighty-Seven Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-One and 00/100 Dollars ($10,987,571).
Closing of the Property is subject to customary due diligence procedures.
No director, officer or affiliate of the Registrant is affiliated with the Buyer.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
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(a) | Financial statement of businesses acquired. |
Not applicable.
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(b) | Pro forma financial information. |
Not applicable.
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(c) | Shell company transactions. |
Not Applicable.
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99.1 | Sale Agreement, dated September 2, 2015, by and between WHLR-Bixby Commons and the Buyer. |
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.
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WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. |
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By: | | /s/ Jon S. Wheeler |
| | Jon S. Wheeler |
| | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
Dated: September 8, 2015
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Number | Description of Exhibit | | | |
99.1 | Sale Agreement, dated September 2, 2015, by and between WHLR-Bixby Commons and the Buyer.
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