---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-032641"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WSR"
cik: "0001175535"
company_name: "Whitestone REIT"
filed_at: "2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T08:01:51.686402+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Whitestone REIT rejects MCB Real Estate's $15/share acquisition indication

## Summary
- Board unanimously rejected MCB's $15/share all-cash indication of interest as undervaluing the company.
- Board's NAV and DCF analyses show higher intrinsic value than the $15/share offer.
- Reiterated 2024 Core FFO per share estimate of $0.98-$1.04; raised Same Store NOI growth target to 3.75%-4.75%.
- Q3 2024 Debt/EBITDAre at 7.2x, a 0.6x improvement YoY; total shareholder returns over 60% since Jan 2022.
- Described MCB's offer as opportunistically timed; board committed to maximizing value for all shareholders.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-032641
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WSR
- cik: 0001175535
- company_name: Whitestone REIT
- filed_at: 2024-10-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774924032641/0001437749-24-032641-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774924032641/wstr20241030_8k.htm

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