secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (WHLR)
CIK:        0001527541
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-10-06T12:41:29+00:00
Accession:  0001527541-26-000370
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 3.02, 3.03, 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2

Wheeler REIT swaps 38,500 preferred shares for 161,700 common; note conversion price cut 45% to $2.73
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- Issued 161,700 common shares to Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. and Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. for 30,800 Series B and 7,700 Series D preferred shares (21 common per 4 Series B, 1 Series D).
- No cash proceeds; exchanged preferred shares were retired and cancelled. Joseph Stilwell, a Wheeler board member, controls the Stilwell Investors' general partner.
- October 2026 redemption: 8 holder requests, 5,450 Series D shares redeemed at ~$41.96/share, settled by issuing 46,133 common shares, based on a $4.96 ten-day VWAP.
- Cumulative to date: 450 redemption requests, 1,832,678 Series D shares redeemed, ~99,000 common shares issued; 1,506,932 common and 1,703,374 Series D shares outstanding as of Oct 5, 2026.
- 7.00% Notes due 2031 conversion price cut to ~$2.73 (9.17 shares per $25 principal), a 45% discount to $4.96; next Series D deadline Oct 25, redemption date Nov 5, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000370/0001527541-26-000370-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000370/whlr-20260930.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000370

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