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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of report (date of earliest event reported): August 29, 2013 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>001-35713</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>45-2681082</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or Other Jurisdiction</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>of Incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>2529 Virginia Beach Blvd., Suite 200 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Virginia Beach, VA 23452 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s
telephone number, including area code: (757)&nbsp;627-9088 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">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: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">On April&nbsp;30, 2013, the Registrant filed a form 8-K (the &#147;Original 8-K&#148;) to report that WHLR-Forrest Gallery, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (&#147;Forrest&#148;) 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 an Assignment of Purchase and Sale Agreement (the
&#147;Assignment&#148;) with Wheeler Interests, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company (&#147;Wheeler Interests&#148;). Pursuant to the Assignment, for nominal consideration, Forrest succeeded to the rights of Wheeler Interests under that certain
Purchase and Sale Agreement (the &#147;Purchase Agreement&#148;), dated April&nbsp;23, 2013, between Forrest Gallery, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company (&#147;FGLLC&#148;), and Wheeler Interests to acquire the Forrest Gallery Shopping Center
with an address of 1905 North Jackson Street, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388 (the &#147;Property&#148;). The purchase price for the transaction was $11,500,000 in cash. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">As of August&nbsp;29, 2013, Forrest closed the transaction and acquired the Property for approximately $11,500,000 in cash. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:ARIAL">Jon Wheeler, the Registrant&#146;s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, controls Wheeler Interests and is the managing member of Forrest. No director,
officer or affiliate of the Registrant is affiliated with FGLLC. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jon S. Wheeler</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
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Form 8-K
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): August 29, 2013
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:
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
On April 30, 2013, the Registrant filed a form 8-K (the "Original 8-K") to report that WHLR-Forrest Gallery, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company ("Forrest") 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 an Assignment of Purchase and Sale Agreement (the
"Assignment") with Wheeler Interests, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company ("Wheeler Interests"). Pursuant to the Assignment, for nominal consideration, Forrest succeeded to the rights of Wheeler Interests under that certain
Purchase and Sale Agreement (the "Purchase Agreement"), dated April 23, 2013, between Forrest Gallery, LLC, a Kentucky limited liability company ("FGLLC"), and Wheeler Interests to acquire the Forrest Gallery Shopping Center
with an address of 1905 North Jackson Street, Tullahoma, Tennessee 37388 (the "Property"). The purchase price for the transaction was $11,500,000 in cash.
As of August 29, 2013, Forrest closed the transaction and acquired the Property for approximately $11,500,000 in cash.
Jon Wheeler, the Registrant's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, controls Wheeler Interests and is the managing member of Forrest. No director,
officer or affiliate of the Registrant is affiliated with FGLLC.
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: August 30, 2013