0001504304-14-000039.txt : 20140925 0001504304-14-000039.hdr.sgml : 20140925 20140925130823 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001504304-14-000039 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140925 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140925 GROUP MEMBERS: ANDREW DAKOS GROUP MEMBERS: BULLDOG INVESTORS,LLC GROUP MEMBERS: PHILLIP GOLDSTEIN GROUP MEMBERS: STEVEN SAMUELS SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001527541 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 452681082 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-88329 FILM NUMBER: 141120115 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RIVERSEDGE NORTH STREET 2: 2529 VIRGINIA BEACH BLVD., SUITE 200 CITY: VIRGINIA BEACH STATE: VA ZIP: 23452 BUSINESS PHONE: 757-627-9088 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RIVERSEDGE NORTH STREET 2: 2529 VIRGINIA BEACH BLVD., SUITE 200 CITY: VIRGINIA BEACH STATE: VA ZIP: 23452 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Bulldog Investors, LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001504304 IRS NUMBER: 270926182 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PARK 80 WEST - PLAZA TWO STREET 2: 250 PEHLE AVE. SUITE 708 CITY: SADDLE BROOK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07663 BUSINESS PHONE: 201 556-0092 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: PARK 80 WEST - PLAZA TWO STREET 2: 250 PEHLE AVE. SUITE 708 CITY: SADDLE BROOK STATE: NJ ZIP: 07663 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Brooklyn Capital Management LLC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20101026 SC 13G 1 thirteeng.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 963025101 (CUSIP Number) 9/15/14 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: _X_ Rule 13d-1(b) __ Rule 13d-1(c) __ Rule 13d-1(d) CUSIP No.: 963025101 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Bulldog Investors LLC, Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and Steven Samuels 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 374,650 6. Shared Voting Power 294,403 7. Sole Dispositive Power 374,650 8. Shared Dispositive Power 294,403 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 669,053 - (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 8.25% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IA Item 1. (a) The Name of the Issuer is: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust (b) The Address of the Issuer's Principal Executive Office is: RIVERSEDGE NORTH 2529 VIRGINIA BEACH BLVD., SUITE 200 VIRGINIA BEACH VA 23452 Item 2. (a) The names of the Persons Filing are: Bulldog Investors LLC, Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and Steven Samuels (b) The address of principal place of business and principal office is: Park 80 West, 250 Pehle Ave. Suite 708 Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 (c) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock (e) CUSIP Number: 963025101 Item 3. This statement is filed pursuant to 240.13d-1(b). The person filing is: (e) An investment adviser in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E). Item 4. (a) Amount beneficially owned: 669,053 (b) Percent of class: 8.25% (c) Number of shares as to which the person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 374,650 (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 294,403 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 374,650 (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 294,403 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ____. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Clients of Bulldog Investors, LLC are entitled to receive dividends and sales proceeds. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. As per 424B1 filed 9/16/14, there were 7,439,531 shares of common stock outstanding as of 9/15/14. In addition, amounts set forth herein assume that all warrants or Series B Convertible Preferred shares held by the Reporting Persons are exchanged for shares of common stock. With the conversion of our Preferred B shares (WHLRP) and Warrants (WHLRW) there would be an additional 669,053 shares of WHLR outstanding for a total of 8,108,584. The percentages set forth herein were derived using such number. The total number of shares of common stock outstanding used in calculating the percentages set forth herein assumes that none of the warrants or Series B convertible Preferred Shares held by others are converted into shares of common stock. Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and Steven Samuels own Bulldog Investors, LLC, a registered investment adviser. As of September 25, 2014, Bulldog Investors, LLC is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 669,053 shares of WHLR by virtue of Bulldog Investors, LLC's power to direct the vote of, and dispose of, these shares. These 669,053 shares of WHLR include 374,650 shares (representing 4.62% of WHLR's outstanding shares) that are beneficially owned by the following entities over which Messrs. Goldstein, Dakos and Samuels exercise control: Opportunity Partners LP, Calapasas West Partners LP, Full Value Special Situations Fund LP, Full Value Offshore Fund Ltd., Full Value Partners LP, and MCM Opportunity Partners LP (collectively, Bulldog Investors Group of Funds). Bulldog Investors Group of Funds may be deemed to constitute a group. All other shares included in the aforementioned 669,053 shares of WHLR owned by Bulldog Investors, LLC (solely by virtue of its power to sell or direct the vote of these shares) are also beneficially owned by clients of Bulldog Investors, LLC who are not members of any group. The total number of these "non-group" shares is 294,403 shares (representing 3.63% of WHLR's outstanding shares). Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct. By: /s/ Name: Phillip Goldstein Title: Principal, Bulldog Investors LLC Date: September 25, 2014 By: /s/ Name: Andrew Dakos Title: Principal, Bulldog Investors LLC Date: September 25, 2014 By: /s/ Name: Steven Samuels Title: Principal, Bulldog Investors LLC Date: September 25, 2014 Bulldog Investors, LLC By: /s/ Andrew Dakos Andrew Dakos, Member Date: September 25, 2014 Footnote 1: The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. Exhibit A: Agreement to make joint filings. Agreement made as of the 25th day of September, 2014, by and among Bulldog Investors, LLC, Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos, and Steven Samuels. WHEREAS, Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides that whenever two or more persons are required to file a statement containing the information required by Schedule 13G with respect to the same securities, only one such statement need be filed, so long as, among other things, such filing includes as an exhibit an agreement among such persons that such a statement is filed on behalf of each of them; WHEREAS, in connection with certain holdings of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust ("WHLR"), each of the parties to this Agreement is required to file a statement containing the information required by Schedule 13G with respect to the same holdings of WHLR; NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree that one statement containing the information required by Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each party hereto. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as of the day and year first written above. By:/s/ Phillip Goldstein By:/s/ Andrew Dakos Phillip Goldstein Andrew Dakos BULLDOG INVESTORS, LLC By: /s/ Steven Samuels By: /s/ Andrew Dakos Steven Samuels Andrew Dakos, Member