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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001527541-25-000133"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHLR"
cik: "0001527541"
company_name: "Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T18:07:32.416535+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wheeler REIT to pay June 2025 note interest in Series D preferred stock instead of cash

## Summary
- Interest on 7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031 due June 30, 2025 will be paid in Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.
- Record date for the interest payment is June 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. New York City time.
- Decision reflects a shift from cash to PIK (payment-in-kind) for the June 2025 interest obligation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001527541-25-000133
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHLR
- cik: 0001527541
- company_name: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754125000133/0001527541-25-000133-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754125000133/whlr-20250520.htm

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