whlr-20240905

Maryland

001-35713

45-2681082

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

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Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

WHLR

Nasdaq Capital Market

Series B Convertible Preferred Stock

WHLRP

Nasdaq Capital Market

Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock

WHLRD

Nasdaq Capital Market

7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031

WHLRL

Nasdaq Capital Market

Item 8.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K as to the redemptions by the holders of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) is incorporated herein by reference.

Prior to September 5, 2024, the conversion price for the Company’s 7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) was approximately $4.03 per share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 (“Common Stock”) (approximately 6.20 shares of Common Stock for each $25.00 of principal amount of the Notes being converted).

For the September redemptions, the lowest price at which any Series D Preferred Stock was converted by a holder thereof into Common Stock was approximately $1.44. Accordingly, pursuant to Section 14.02 (Optional Conversion) of the indenture governing the Notes, the conversion price for the Notes was further adjusted to approximately $0.79 per share of Common Stock (approximately 31.58 shares of Common Stock for each $25.00 of principal amount of the Notes being converted), representing a 45% discount to $1.44.

•The Company processed 10 redemption requests from holders of its Series D Preferred Stock, collectively redeeming 23,905 shares of Series D Preferred Stock for a redemption price of approximately $39.11 per share ($25.00 per share plus the amount of all accrued but unpaid dividends to and including the September 5, 2024 Holder Redemption Date) (the “Redemption Price”).

•The Company settled the aggregate Redemption Price through the issuance of 649,634 shares of Common Stock.

•The volume weighted average of the closing sales price, as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market, per share of Common Stock for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the September 5, 2024 Holder Redemption Date was approximately $1.44.

•To date, the Company has processed 212 redemption requests, collectively redeeming 1,096,579 shares of Series D Preferred Stock.

•The Company has issued approximately 1.87 million shares of its Common Stock (as adjusted for the Company’s May 16, 2024 one-for-24 and June 17, 2024 one-for-five reverse stock splits (collectively, the “Reverse Stock Splits”)) in settlement of all such redemption requests in the aggregate.

•As of September 6, 2024, the Company had 1,874,119 shares of Common Stock (as adjusted for the Reverse Stock Splits) and 2,538,968 shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding.

•The deadline for the next monthly round of Series D Preferred Stock redemptions is September 25, 2024.

•Required redemption forms and a list of frequently asked questions can each be found on the Company’s website at https://ir.whlr.us/series-d/series-d-redemption.

Information contained on the Company’s website is not incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K and should not be considered to be part of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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 hereunto duly authorized.



WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.

By:						/s/ M. Andrew Franklin
						Name: M. Andrew Franklin
						Title: Chief Executive Officer and President


2529 Virginia Beach Blvd. Virginia Beach, VA						23452
(Address of principal executive offices)						(Zip code)