{"url_path":"/sec/whlrl/8-k/2026-05-20/item-8-01","section_key":"item-8-01","section_title":"Item 8.01 Other Events","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-20","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/0001527541-26-000142-index.html","accession_number":"0001527541-26-000142","cik":"0001527541","ticker":"WHLR","issuer_name":"Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1527541/0001527541-26-000142-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001527541","primary_entity_name":"Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc."},"word_count":121,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 8.01 Other Events\n\nOn May 15, 2026, the Company determined that interest on its 7.00% Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) payable on June 30, 2026 to holders of record of the Notes at the close of business at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 1, 2026, shall be in the form of the Company’s Series D Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock.\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant 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.\n\n \n\nWHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC.\n\nBy: /s/ M. Andrew Franklin\n\n Name: M. Andrew Franklin\n\n Title: Chief Executive Officer and President\n\nDated: May 20, 2026"}