---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001527541-26-000178"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHLR"
cik: "0001527541"
company_name: "Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-12T20:06:47+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T20:20:26.485725+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wheeler Real Estate announces 1-for-4 reverse stock split effective June 17, 2026

## Summary
- One-for-four reverse stock split effective 5:00 p.m. ET June 17, 2026; par value reduced to $0.01 per share.
- No fractional shares issued; cash payment in lieu based on closing price on June 17.
- Post-split common shares outstanding anticipated at ~548,588 from 2,194,353.
- Conversion rate on 7.00% subordinated convertible notes due 2031 reduced to ~9.02 shares per $25 principal.
- Conversion prices of Series B and Series D preferred stock proportionally increased.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001527541-26-000178
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHLR
- cik: 0001527541
- company_name: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-12T20:06:47+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.03, 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000178/0001527541-26-000178-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000178/whlr-20260612.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.: Filed two Articles of Amendment to effect a one-for-four reverse stock split of common stock and decrease par value from $0.04 to $0.01 per share, effective June 17, 2026 (effective 2026-06-17).
  - Change: charter amendment
  - Effective: 2026-06-17
  source text: On June 12, 2026, in connection with a one-for-four reverse stock split (the “ Reverse Stock Split ”) of the common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company"), to be effective on June 17, 2026, the Company filed two Articles of Amendment to its charter with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that provide for: i. a one-for-four Reverse Stock Split of the Common Stock, to be effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (the “ Effective Time ”) on June 17, 2026 (the “ First Amendment ”); and ii. the par value of the Common Stock to be decreased from $0.04 per share (as a result of the one-for-four Reverse Stock Split) to $0.01 per share, to be effective at 5:01 p.m. Eastern Time on June 17, 2026 (the “ Second Amendment ”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000178/0001527541-26-000178-index.htm

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