Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc 8-K, filed Jul 8, 2025
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (WHLR)
8-K
2025-07-08
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About this 8-K
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc filed this 8-K on July 8, 2025, reporting on events of July 7, 2025.
Items reported
- Item 8.01: Other events
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 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): July 7, 2025
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Item 8.01 Other Events
Conversion Price of 7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031 - No Adjustment
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.
Pursuant to Section 14.02 (Optional Conversion) of the indenture governing the Company’s 7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), the conversion price for the Notes was not adjusted following the July redemptions, and remains unchanged at approximately $2.82 per share of Common Stock (approximately 8.87 shares of Common Stock for each $25.00 of principal amount of the Notes being converted).
Results of July 2025 Series D Preferred Stock Redemptions
•The 22nd monthly “Holder Redemption Date” occurred on July 7, 2025.
•The Company processed 7 redemption requests from holders of its Series D Preferred Stock, collectively redeeming 11,490 shares of Series D Preferred Stock for a redemption price of approximately $41.15 per share ($25.00 per share plus the amount of all accrued but unpaid dividends to and including the July 7, 2025 Holder Redemption Date) (the “Redemption Price”).
•The Company settled the aggregate Redemption Price through the issuance of 65,898 shares of its 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 July 7, 2025 Holder Redemption Date was approximately $7.17.
Cumulative Series D Preferred Stock Redemption Information
•To date, the Company has processed 358 redemption requests, collectively redeeming 1,652,493 shares of Series D Preferred Stock.
•The Company has issued approximately 301,500 shares of its Common Stock in settlement of all such redemption requests in the aggregate.
•As of July 7, 2025, the Company had 1,160,584 shares of Common Stock and 1,836,032 shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding.
August 2025 Redemptions
•The deadline for the next monthly round of Series D Preferred Stock redemptions is July 25, 2025.
•The next monthly Holder Redemption Date will occur on August 5, 2025 (the "July Redemption Date").
•On June 20, 2025, the Company’s registration statement for up to 100,043,323 shares of its Common Stock on Form S-11 (File No. 333-287930) was declared effective. •Accordingly, the Company issued registered Common Stock to settle the July redemptions, and will settle all redemption requests properly made for the August Redemption Date with registered Common Stock. | ||
•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.
Forward-Looking Statements.
This Current Report on Form 8-K includes forward-looking statements. These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements may be identified by words such as "will, "anticipates," "possible," "likely," "plans," and “expects”, or the negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein due to many factors. These forward-looking statements and such risks, uncertainties and other factors speak only as of the date of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained herein, or to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
| WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Crystal Plum | |||||||
| Name: Crystal Plum | ||||||||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
Dated: July 8, 2025