---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001527541-23-000062"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHLR"
cik: "0001527541"
company_name: "Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-09-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:56:31.083528+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wheeler Real Estate elects Dennis Pollack to Board of Directors, Audit Committee

## Summary
- Effective September 5, 2023, Dennis Pollack elected to Board and appointed to Audit Committee.
- Pollack served as President and CEO of Prudential Bancorp (NASDAQ:PBIP) from May 2016 to Nov 2022; 35+ years experience.
- Pollack is independent under Nasdaq and SEC rules and has no reportable transactions with the company.
- Compensation follows same policies as other non-employee directors, detailed in proxy statement filed April 6, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001527541-23-000062
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHLR
- cik: 0001527541
- company_name: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-09-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754123000062/0001527541-23-000062-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754123000062/whlr-20230905.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-23-000062
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-23-000062.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-23-000062.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dennis Pollack was elected as Director at Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 31, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “ Company ”) voted to elect Dennis Pollack as a director of the Company and to appoint him to the Audit Committee of the Board (the “ Audit Committee ”), in each case effective as of September 5, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754123000062/0001527541-23-000062-index.htm

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