{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001527541-26-000360","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"WHLR","cik":"0001527541","company_name":"Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-09-29T20:39:36+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-09-29T20:41:00.195722+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:51:33.099958+00:00","sec_items":["3.02"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.6,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.6,"confidence":"high","headline":"Wheeler REIT issues common for 119,211 Series B/D preferred shares, including Stilwell swaps","bullets":["Sept 8, 2026: issued 189,200 common shares to an unaffiliated holder for 4,400 Series B and 1,100 Series D preferred (about 21,022 shares post 1-for-9 reverse split).","Sept 23, 2026: issued 162,244 common shares to an unaffiliated holder for 41,061 Series B preferred, at 4 common shares per preferred share.","Stilwell Investors (Stilwell Activist Investments/Fund, Stilwell Associates) received 566,670 common shares for 58,120 Series B and 14,530 Series D preferred in two exchanges.","Joseph Stilwell, a Wheeler board member, is managing member and owner of Stilwell Value LLC, general partner of each Stilwell Investor.","No cash proceeds were received; all exchanged preferred shares were retired and cancelled, and the issuances relied on the Section 3(a)(9) exemption."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000360","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000360.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000360.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000360.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000360/0001527541-26-000360-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000360/whlr-20260923.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T13:51:33.099958+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}