Butler Square Acquisition


 
 
 
 
 
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): April 15, 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
 
 
 
 
 
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
On February 13, 2015, the Registrant filed a Form 8-K to report that WHLR-Butler Square, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WHLR-Butler 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 Sale Agreement as buyer, with Butler Improvements, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as seller, for the purchase of a retail shopping center in Mauldin, South Carolina, commonly known as Butler Square, for the sales price of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($9,400,000).
On April 15, 2015, WHLR-Butler Square closed the transaction and acquired Butler Square for $9,400,000.
No director, officer or affiliate of the Registrant is affiliated with the Seller.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
(a)
Financial statement of businesses acquired.
The Registrant will file requisite financial information for Butler Square no later than 71 calendar days after the initial filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K.

 
(b)
Pro forma financial information.
Not applicable.

(c)
Shell company transactions.
Not Applicable.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
None.









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: April 17, 2015