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EX-10.1 - PIERPONT CENTRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT - Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.pierpontcenterpurchaseagre.htm
EX-99.1 - PIERPONT CENTRE PRESS RELEASE - Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.pierpontcentrepressrelease.htm


 
 
 
 
 
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): November 3, 2014 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
On November 3, 2014, the Registrant, through WHLR-Pierpont Center, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“WHLR-Pierpont Center”) 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 Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) as buyer, with DDR Southeast Morgantown, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the “Seller”), for the purchase of a retail shopping center located in Morgantown, West Virginia, commonly known as Pierpont Centre, for the sales price of Fourteen Million and 00/100 Dollars ($14,000,000).

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

On November 7, 2014, the Registrant issued a press release announcing the contract to acquire Pierpont Centre.

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.
10.1
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated November 3, 2014, by and between WHLR-Pierpont Center and the Seller.
99.1
Press release, dated November 7, 2014, relating to WHLR-Pierpont Center's entry into the contract to acquire Pierpont Centre.





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: November 7, 2014





EXHIBIT INDEX
Number
Description of Exhibit
 
 
 
10.1
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated November 3, 2014, by and between WHLR-Pierpont Center and the Seller.
99.1
Press release, dated November 7, 2014, relating to WHLR-Pierpont Center's entry into the contract to acquire Pierpont Centre.