SEC Form 4 · accession 0001697904-26-000004
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. · WHLR
Statement of changes in beneficial ownership, as filed. Original on EDGAR ↗
Reporting owner
Michael Andrew Franklin
Officer — CEO
Period of report
Jun 30, 2026
Accepted (ET)
Jul 2, 2026 · 8:08 am EDT
Rule 10b5-1 plan
box not checked
Issuer CIK
0001527541
Table I — non-derivative securities
No Table I lines on this filing.
Table II — derivative securities
| Security | Conv. / exercise price | Date | Code | Shares | A/D | Exercisable | Expires | Underlying | Underlying shares | Owned after | D/I |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred StockF2,F3,F1 | $6,154,444,800.00 | Jun 30, 2026 | J | 44 | A | — | — | Common Stock | 0 | 88 | D |
| 7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031F4,F5 | $2.77 | holding | — | — | — | — | Dec 31, 2031 | Common Stock | 9,491 | — | D |
Explanation of responses
- F1Each share of the Issuer's Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock ("Series D Preferred Stock") is convertible, in whole or in part, at any time, at the option of the holders thereof, into 0.000000004 shares of the Issuer's common stock (a conversion price of $6,154,444,800 per share of common stock). Series D Preferred Stock has no expiration date.
- F2As disclosed in the Issuer's Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2026, the Issuer determined that interest on the Issuer's 7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031 (the "Notes") payable on June 30, 2026, would be paid in the form of Series D Preferred Stock. On June 30, 2026, the Issuer issued shares of the Series D Preferred Stock to the Reporting Person as payment of interest with respect to the Notes, in accordance with the terms thereof and of the Indenture among the Issuer and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Trustee, governing the terms of the Notes (the "Indenture").
- F3In accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock paid as interest on the Notes on June 30, 2026, was determined based on a per share value of $20.698249, calculated as the product of (x) the average of the per share volume-weighted average prices for Series D Preferred Stock for the 15 consecutive trading days ending on the third business day immediately preceding the interest payment date, and (y) 0.55.
- F4The Notes are convertible, in whole or in part, at any time, at the option of the holders thereof, into shares of the Issuer's common stock at a conversion price of $2.771041 per share (9.021881 common shares for each $25.00 of principal amount of the Notes being converted).
- F5Interest on the Notes may be payable, at the Issuer's election, in cash, in shares of the Issuer's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock or in shares of Series D Preferred Stock, in each case as set forth in the Notes. The number of shares of the Issuer's common stock indicated in the Table is based on the outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by the Reporting Person.