Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update
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Real Estate Investment Trusts
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UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): August 8, 2024
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August 8, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) voted to elect Rebecca Musser as a director of the Company and to appoint her to the Audit Committee of the Board (the “Audit Committee”), effective as of August 8, 2024, to serve until the Company’s 2025 annual meeting of stockholders. The Board has determined that Ms. Musser qualifies as an independent director and meets the requirements for Audit Committee service for purposes of the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market as well as applicable rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Ms. Musser will receive compensation based on the same policies as the Company’s other non-employee directors, which are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 22, 2024. Other than such standard compensation arrangements, there are no arrangements or understandings between Ms. Musser and any other person pursuant to which she was appointed as a director. Ms. Musser has no direct or indirect material interest in any transaction with the Company that is reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, nor have any such transactions been proposed.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ M. Andrew Franklin | |||||||
| Name: M. Andrew Franklin | ||||||||
| Title: Chief Executive Officer and President | ||||||||
Dated: August 12, 2024