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): May 10, 2013

 

 

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:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

On May 10, 2013, the Registrant, through Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, L. P., a Virginia limited partnership of which the Registrant is the sole general partner (“Wheeler REIT”), entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”), dated May 10, 2013 between Wheeler REIT, as purchaser, and Brook Run Associates, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (“Brook Run”), as seller, for the purchase of real property located at 5615 Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia 23227 for the sales price of Nineteen Million One Hundred Ninety Six Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty and 00/100 Dollars ($19,196,850.00).

Jon Wheeler, the Registrant’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, controls Wheeler REIT and Brook Run.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(a)	Financial statements of businesses anticipated to be acquired. *

Report of Independent Auditor

Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses for the Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011

Notes to Statements of Revenues and Certain Operating Expenses For the Years Ended December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

(b)	Pro forma financial information. **

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2012

Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year Ended December 31, 2012

Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

(c)	Shell company transactions.

Not Applicable

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

10.1		Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated May 10, 2013 by and between Wheeler REIT and Brook Run
23.1		Consent of Cherry Bekaert LLP

 

*	Filed as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

**	Filed as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

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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.

 

Dated: May 15, 2013