Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
On February 6, 2026 Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company") agreed to issue an aggregate amount of 439,300 shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the "Common Stock"), to two unaffiliated holders of the Company's securities (together the "Investors") in separate exchanges for an aggregate amount of 19,100 shares of the Company's Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series D Preferred Stock") and 38,200 shares of the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock" and, together with the Series D Preferred Stock, the "Preferred Stock"). Each transaction involved the issuance of twenty-three shares of Common Stock in exchange for two shares of Series B Preferred Stock and one share of Series D Preferred Stock. The settlement of the transactions occurred on February 6, 2026.
The Company did not receive any cash proceeds in these transactions, and the shares of the Preferred Stock exchanged have been retired and cancelled.
The Company issued the Common Stock to the Investors in reliance upon the exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), contained in Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act on the basis that the issuance of Common Stock to the Investors constituted an exchange with existing holders of the Company's securities, and no commission or other remuneration was paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting such transactions.
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to exchange any securities of the Company for the Common Stock, the Series D Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock or other securities of the Company.