Washington Square Contract 8-K


 
 
 
 
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
 
 
 
 
 
FORM 8-K
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): March 26, 2015 
 
 
 
 
 
 

WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maryland
 
001-35713
 
45-2681082
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
 
(Commission
File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
2529 Virginia Beach Blvd., Suite 200
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (757) 627-9088 
 
 
 
 
 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
On March 26, 2015, the Registrant, through WHLR-Washington Square, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WHLR-Washington Square”) and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wheeler REIT, L.P., a Virginia limited partnership of which the Registrant is the sole general partner, entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Sale Agreement”) as buyer, with Pearl Brittain, Inc., a South Carolina corporation, as seller (the “Seller”), for the purchase of a retail shopping center located in Washington, North Carolina, commonly known as Washington Square, for the sale price of Twenty Million and 00/100 Dollars ($20,000,000).

No director, officer or affiliate of the Registrant is affiliated with the Seller.

On March 27, 2015, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the contract to acquire Washington Square.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.    
 
(a)
Financial statement of businesses acquired.
Not applicable.
 
(b)
Pro forma financial information.
Not applicable.
 
(c)
Shell company transactions.
Not Applicable.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
99.1
Sale Agreement, dated March 26, 2015, by and between WHLR-Washington Square and the Seller.
99.2
Press release, dated March 27, 2015, relating to WHLR-Washington Square's entry into the contract to acquire Washington Square.





Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.
 
 
By:
 
/s/ Jon S. Wheeler
 
 
Jon S. Wheeler
 
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: March 27, 2015





EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description of Exhibit
 
 
 
99.1
Sale Agreement, dated March 26, 2015, by and between WHLR-Washington Square and the Seller.
99.2
Press release, dated March 27, 2015, relating to WHLR-Washington Square's entry into the contract to acquire Washington Square.