{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001527541-26-000399","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"WHLR","cik":"0001527541","company_name":"Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.","filed_at":"2026-10-19T20:06:22+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-19T20:07:00.234403+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-19T20:07:03.082284+00:00","sec_items":["3.02"],"event_type":"other_material","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.4,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.4,"confidence":"high","headline":"Wheeler REIT swaps 13,750 preferred shares for 517,000 common shares; exchanged preferred retired","bullets":["Wheeler agreed on Oct 13, 2026 to issue 517,000 common shares to an unaffiliated holder for 11,000 Series B and 2,750 Series D preferred shares.","Exchange ratio: 188 common shares per Series D share, paired with 4 Series B shares per Series D share (2,750 x 188 = 517,000 common).","No cash proceeds; the surrendered Series B and Series D preferred shares have been retired and cancelled, removing their dividend and liquidation claims.","Common stock issued under the Section 3(a)(9) exemption as an exchange with an existing holder; no commissions or solicitation payments made.","Transaction expected to settle on customary settlement cycles; 8-K signed by CEO M. Andrew Franklin and dated Oct 19, 2026."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000399","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000399.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000399.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001527541-26-000399.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000399/0001527541-26-000399-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/000152754126000399/whlr-20261013.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-19T20:07:03.082284+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"}