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Issuer:     Whitestone REIT (WSR)
CIK:        0001175535
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-12-19T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-038459
Event type: dividend
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 7.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Whitestone REIT authorizes $50M buyback, raises quarterly dividend 5.6% to $0.1425, shifts to quarterly payments
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- Board authorized $50M share repurchase program through May 20, 2028; open market or private purchases.
- Quarterly dividend of $0.1425 per share, a 5.6% increase over previous quarterly amount.
- Company moving from monthly to quarterly dividend schedule; first quarterly dividend payable March 30, 2026.
- Record date for Q1 2026 dividend is March 16, 2026; per-share amount $0.1425 for common and OP units.
- CEO cites 5-7% long-term Core FFO growth target and improved leverage as rationale for dividend hike.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774925038459/0001437749-25-038459-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/000143774925038459/wstr20251218_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-038459

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