secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Whitestone REIT (WSR)
CIK:        0001175535
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-07-14T20:53:30+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-303327
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 1.00
Item codes: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.03, 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

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

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/0001193125-26-303327-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000119312526303327/d116879d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-303327

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