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Stilwell Value Partners VII, L.P. Stilwell Activist Fund, L.P. Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P. Stilwell Value LLC Joseph Stilwell Paula J. Poskon Kerry G. Campbell | ||
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On November 19, 2019, Joseph Stilwell and affiliated entities issued a press release relating to Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc., a copy of which is filed herewith.
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The Stilwell Group Sends SECOND Letter to Shareholders of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust
NEW YORK, November 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Stilwell Group, the largest shareholder of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the "Company")(NASDAQ:WHLR), today announced that it delivered the following open letters to shareholders of the Company.
The full text of the letters follow:
November 19, 2019
Dear Fellow WHLR Owner,
Wheeler continues trying to distract you from the real issue plaguing the Company, which is their persistent failure to manage the Company in the owners’ best interest. This election is about the need for change at WHLR. As promised, Dave Kelly has stooped to mudslinging and subterfuge out of desperation to keep his compensation and position rather than face his failures.
We’ve been trying to find out more about the ‘Sea Turtle Marketplace Project’ for some time. WHLR lost (promptly) $12 million of Company money on the then CEO’s outside project. All of the legacy directors approved this disaster. Did any of these legacy directors have a personal interest in Sea Turtle? Did any of them have a more involved role in this fiasco? We hear Dave Kelly gets very nervous when the topic of Sea Turtle comes up. They’ve been fighting desperately to keep this and other information from us.
And who keeps stealing the sign we installed on Virginia Beach Boulevard? Trespassing and theft are criminal offenses.
The sign we replaced (again) on November 18th after it was unlawfully removed (again).
As WHLR’s largest shareholder, our interests are directly aligned with yours.
| Sincerely, | |
| Megan Parisi | |
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| mparisi@stilwellgroup.com |
Dear Fellow Shareholder,
One of my children is, mercifully, recovering from a near-fatal illness. I will not join in slander or scandal—neither responding to nor commenting on what is aimed at me, nor will I direct slander or scandal toward others.
If WHLR shareholders elect me and our other nominees as directors, we will work diligently to restore and then create shareholder value in a professional and businesslike manner.
| Sincerely, | |
| Joseph Stilwell |
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