{"url_path":"/sec/wsr/8-k/2026-07-14/item-9-01","section_key":"item-9-01","section_title":"Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-14","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/0001193125-26-303327-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-303327","cik":"0001175535","ticker":"WSR","issuer_name":"Whitestone REIT","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1175535/0001193125-26-303327-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001175535","primary_entity_name":"Whitestone REIT"},"word_count":188,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 9.01.\n\nFinancial Statements and Exhibits.\n\n(d) Exhibits\n\n \n\nExhibit\nNumber\n\n  \n\nDescription\n\n2.1*\n  \n[Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 8, 2026, by and among Whitestone REIT, Whitestone REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., AREG Wizard Parent LP, AREG Wizard Intermediate LP and AREG Wizard Operating Partnership LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 9, 2026)](http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001175535/000119312526148793/d898183dex21.htm).\n\n99.1\n  \n[Press Release of Ares Management Corporation, dated July 14, 2026.](d116879dex991.htm)\n\n104\n  \nCover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).\n\n \n\n*\n\nCertain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule or attachment to the SEC upon request.\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\n \n\n \n\nAREG Wizard Intermediate LP (as successor by merger to Whitestone REIT)\n\nBy: AREG Wizard Intermediate GP LLC, its general partner\n\nDate: July 14, 2026\n \n\n \nBy:\n \n\n/s/ Andrew Holm\n\n \n\n \n\n \nAndrew Holm\n\n \n\n \n\n \nAuthorized Signatory"}