---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-303327"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSR"
cik: "0001175535"
company_name: "Whitestone REIT"
filed_at: "2026-07-14T20:53:30+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-14T20:55:08.938418+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Ares completes $1.7B all-cash acquisition of Whitestone REIT at $19.00/share

## Summary
- Ares Management (NYSE: ARES) acquired Whitestone REIT for $19.00 per share/unit in an all-cash transaction valued at ~$1.7B.
- Whitestone's 54 retail properties (~4.8M sq ft) in Phoenix, Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio added to Ares portfolio.
- Whitestone common shares delisted from NYSE; trading suspended July 14, 2026; company will deregister under Exchange Act.
- All Whitestone directors (Feng, Buthman, Gathright, Holeman, Jones, Miller) resigned; officers of Merger Sub became surviving company officers.
- Whitestone's A&R Credit Agreement, Nationwide Loan, and Notes repaid and terminated upon closing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-303327
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSR
- cik: 0001175535
- company_name: Whitestone REIT
- filed_at: 2026-07-14T20:53:30+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.03, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/d116879d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-303327.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Kristian M. Gathright resigned as Trustee at Whitestone REIT.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as of the Company Merger Effective Time, Amy S. Feng, Julia B. Buthman, Kristian M. Gathright, David K. Holeman, Jeffrey A. Jones, and Donald A. Miller ceased serving as members of the Company’s board of trustees and each committee thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm
- Executive change
  Amy S. Feng resigned as Trustee at Whitestone REIT.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as of the Company Merger Effective Time, Amy S. Feng, Julia B. Buthman, Kristian M. Gathright, David K. Holeman, Jeffrey A. Jones, and Donald A. Miller ceased serving as members of the Company’s board of trustees and each committee thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm
- Executive change
  Julia B. Buthman resigned as Trustee at Whitestone REIT.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as of the Company Merger Effective Time, Amy S. Feng, Julia B. Buthman, Kristian M. Gathright, David K. Holeman, Jeffrey A. Jones, and Donald A. Miller ceased serving as members of the Company’s board of trustees and each committee thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm
- Executive change
  David K. Holeman resigned as Trustee at Whitestone REIT.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as of the Company Merger Effective Time, Amy S. Feng, Julia B. Buthman, Kristian M. Gathright, David K. Holeman, Jeffrey A. Jones, and Donald A. Miller ceased serving as members of the Company’s board of trustees and each committee thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeffrey A. Jones resigned as Trustee at Whitestone REIT.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as of the Company Merger Effective Time, Amy S. Feng, Julia B. Buthman, Kristian M. Gathright, David K. Holeman, Jeffrey A. Jones, and Donald A. Miller ceased serving as members of the Company’s board of trustees and each committee thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm
- Executive change
  Donald A. Miller resigned as Trustee at Whitestone REIT.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Trustee
  source text: Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, as of the Company Merger Effective Time, Amy S. Feng, Julia B. Buthman, Kristian M. Gathright, David K. Holeman, Jeffrey A. Jones, and Donald A. Miller ceased serving as members of the Company’s board of trustees and each committee thereof.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm

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