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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001527541-26-000281"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHLR"
cik: "0001527541"
company_name: "Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-08-14T12:26:12+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-14T12:30:15.587268+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wheeler REIT appoints Jason F. Simone as CFO effective Aug 10, 2026

## Summary
- Jason F. Simone, 48, named CFO effective Aug 10, 2026; previously Director of Corporate Finance since 2022.
- Simone joined Wheeler in 2022; earlier worked at Cedar Realty Trust, now a wholly-owned subsidiary.
- No new compensatory arrangements, family relationships, or material interests disclosed in connection with appointment.
- Simone's responsibilities included corporate accounting, capital markets, corporate finance, and investor relations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001527541-26-000281
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHLR
- cik: 0001527541
- company_name: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-08-14T12:26:12+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000281/0001527541-26-000281-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000281/whlr-20260810.htm

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