Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.

1. Business and Organization

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a Maryland corporation formed on June 23, 2011. The Trust serves as the general partner of Wheeler REIT, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), which was formed as a Virginia limited partnership on April 5, 2012. At March 31, 2026, the Company owned 100% of the Operating Partnership. As of March 31, 2026, the Trust owned and operated sixty-two properties, including fifty-nine retail shopping centers andthree undeveloped properties in South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, Kentucky, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Alabama, Maryland and West Virginia. These centers and undeveloped properties include the properties acquired through the Cedar Acquisition (as defined below). Accordingly, the use of the word "Company", "we," "our" or "us" refers to the Trust and consolidated subsidiaries, except where the context otherwise requires.

The Trust through the Operating Partnership owns Wheeler Interests ("WI") and Wheeler Real Estate, LLC ("WRE") (WRE and, together with WI, the "Operating Companies"). The Operating Companies are taxable REIT subsidiaries ("TRS") to accommodate serving the non-REIT properties since applicable REIT regulations consider the income derived from these services to be "bad" income subject to taxation. The regulations allow for costs incurred by the Company commensurate with the services performed for the non-REIT properties to be allocated to a TRS.

Acquisition of Cedar Realty Trust

On August 22, 2022, the Company completed a merger transaction (the "Cedar Acquisition") with Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. ("Cedar"). As a result of the merger, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Cedar’s common stock, which ceased to be publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). Cedar’s outstanding 7.25% Series B Preferred Stock ("Cedar Series B Preferred Stock") and 6.50% Series C Preferred Stock ("Cedar Series C Preferred Stock" and, together with the Cedar Series B Preferred Stock, the "Cedar Preferred Stock") remain outstanding and continue to trade on the NYSE. As a result, Cedar became a subsidiary of the Company. Cedar's assets are held by, and its operations are conducted through, its operating partnership, Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, LP.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation/Basis of Preparation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and include all of the information and disclosures required by U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") for interim reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statement disclosures. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for fair presentation (including normal recurring accruals) have been included. All material balances and transactions between the consolidated entities of the Company have been eliminated. All share and share-related information presented reflect the January 2025 Reverse Stock Split, the March 2025 Reverse Stock Split, the May 2025 Reverse Stock Split, the September 2025 Reverse Stock Split, the November 2025 Reverse Stock Split, the January 2026 Reverse Stock Split and the April 2026 Reverse Stock Split, which took effect on January 27, 2025, March 26, 2025, May 26, 2025, September 22, 2025, November 28, 2025, January 16, 2026 and April 17, 2026, respectively. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis in accordance with GAAP, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the periods covered by the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the "2025 Form 10-K").

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q include Cedar starting from the date of the Cedar Acquisition. We have determined that this acquisition is not a variable interest entity, as defined under the consolidation topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the "FASB"), Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC"), and we evaluated such entity under the voting model and concluded we should consolidate the entity. Under the voting model, we consolidate the entity if we determine that we, directly or indirectly, have greater than 50% of the voting rights and that other equity holders do not have substantive participating rights.

Supplemental Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Information

Other Expense

Other expense represents expenses which are non-operating in nature. Other expenses were $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, which primarily consisted of $0.5 million in fees paid in connection with the Amended and Restated Warrants (as defined below), a $0.2 million loss on the exercise of the Amended and Restated Warrants and other capital structure costs, including the registration of the offer and sale of the shares of our Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Amended and Restated Warrants and expenses incurred in connection with the Reverse Stock Splits. Other expenses were $0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, which primarily consisted of capital structure costs, including the registration of our Common Stock to issue in settlement of Series D Preferred Stock redemptions, expenses incurred in connection with the Reverse Stock Splits and redemptions of the Series D Preferred Stock by holders thereof.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. ASU 2024-03 requires public companies to disclose, in the notes to financial statements, specified information about certain costs and expenses at each interim and annual reporting period. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. ASU 2024-03 should be applied prospectively to financial statements issued for reporting periods beginning after the effective date, but entities may elect to apply the ASU retrospectively to any or all prior periods presented in the financial statements. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Other accounting standards that have been recently issued or proposed by the FASB or other standard-setting bodies are not currently applicable to the Company or are not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

Reclassifications

The Company has reclassified certain prior period amounts in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements in order to be consistent with the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the net loss attributable to common shareholders. All share and share-related information presented in this Form 10-Q, including our condensed consolidated financial statements, has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the decreased number of shares of Common Stock resulting from the Reverse Stock Splits, unless otherwise noted.

3. Real Estate

A significant portion of the Company’s land, buildings and improvements serve as collateral for its secured term loans. Accordingly, restrictions exist as to the encumbered property’s transferability, use and other common rights typically associated with property ownership.

The Company’s depreciation expense on real estate assets for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 totaled $4.4 million and $4.6 million, respectively.

Assets Held for Sale and Dispositions

At March 31, 2026, assets held for sale included Surrey Plaza, as the Company has committed to a plan to sell this property. At December 31, 2025, assets held for sale included Moncks Corner, Darien Shopping Center, Ridgeland, and an outparcel at St. George Plaza, as the Company had committed to plans to sell these properties.

Assets held for sale and associated liabilities consisted of the following(in thousands, unaudited):

The following properties were sold during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands, unaudited):

4. Investment Securities - Related Party

The Company subscribed for an investment in the amount of $10.0 million for limited partnership interests in Stilwell Activist Investments, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“SAI”) in 2023, and subscribed for additional investments in the amounts of $0.5 million and $10.0 million in 2024 and 2025, respectively. The investment objective of SAI is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investing primarily in publicly-traded, undervalued financial institutions or businesses with a strong financial component, or the securities of any of them, and pursuing an activist shareholder agenda with respect to those institutions.

Stilwell Value LLC ("Value") is the general partner of SAI. Joseph Stilwell, a member of the Company's Board of Directors, is the managing member of Value and a limited partner in funds advised by Value. Additionally, E.J. Borrack, a member of the Board of Directors, serves as the General Counsel to Value and its affiliated entities, including SAI and related funds, and is a limited partner in one of the funds advised by Value. Megan Parisi, a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, serves as the Director of Communications to Value and its affiliated entities, including SAI and related funds, is a non-managing member of Value and is a limited partner in one of the funds advised by Value.

The Company’s subscriptions were approved by the disinterested directors of the Company, and, after the formation of the Related Person Transactions Committee, by that Committee.

A portion of SAI's underlying investments are in the Company's equity and debt securities. At December 31, 2025, approximately 38.0% of SAI's underlying investments were in the Company's equity and debt securities and approximately 0.0% were in the equity securities of the Company’s consolidated subsidiary.

SAI records investment transactions based on trade date. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are determined on a specific identification basis. Dividend income, net of withholding taxes, and dividend expense are recognized on the ex-dividend date, and interest income and expense are recognized on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums to the face amount of debt securities are accreted and amortized using the effective interest rate method over the lives of the respective debt securities.

A limited partner in SAI may request a withdrawal after the expiration of the first anniversary of the date its investment was accepted into SAI. After the expiration of this lock-up period, withdrawal requests can be made quarterly and are generally paid out on a quarterly basis in accordance with the terms of the SAI limited partnership agreement.

In consideration for management, administrative and operational services, limited partners of SAI pay a management fee to an affiliate of Value each calendar quarter, in advance, equal to 0.25% (an annualized rate of 1%) of each limited partner’s capital account balance on the first day of such calendar quarter. In addition, as of the last day of each specified performance period, an incentive allocation of 20% of the amount by which the "positive performance change," if any, that has been credited to the capital account of a limited partner during such period exceeds any positive balance in such limited partner’s "carryforward account," is debited from the limited partner’s capital account and is simultaneously credited to the capital account of Value.

The Company’s SAI investment continues to be measured at net asset value as a practical expedient and has not been classified within the fair value hierarchy. Unrealized holding gains and losses from the Company's SAI investment are recorded through other comprehensive income and are presented net of investment fees as noted above.

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the net asset value of the Company’s SAI investment was $23.7 million and $24.4 million, respectively. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recorded unrealized holding losses of $0.7 million and unrealized holding gains of $0.5 million, respectively, through other comprehensive (loss) income, net of investment fees as noted above.

5. Deferred Costs and Other Assets, Net

Deferred costs and other assets, net of accumulated amortization are as follows(in thousands, excluding held for sale, unaudited):

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company’s intangible accumulated amortization totaled$68.5 million and $67.9 million, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company’s intangible amortization expense totaled $0.9 million and $1.6 million, respectively.

6. Loans Payable, net

The Company’s loans payable, net consist of the following (in thousands, except monthly payment, unaudited):

(1) In October 2026, the interest rate under this loan resets based on the 5-year U.S. Treasury Rate, plus 2.70%, with a floor of 4.25%.

June 2022 Term Loan Paydowns

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company made principal payments in the aggregate amount of $2.7 million on the loan made pursuant to theterm loan agreement entered into on June 17, 2022 with Guggenheim Real Estate, LLC (the “June 2022 Term Loan”) using proceeds from the sales of Moncks Corner, Ridgeland, an outparcel at St. George Plaza and Darien Shopping Center. See Note 3 for additional details. For the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company paid loan prepayment premiums in the aggregate amount of $0.1 million in connection with the June 2022 Term Loan paydowns.

Tuckernuck Loan Payoff

On February 19, 2026 the Company paid in full the remaining principal balance of $4.4 million on the Tuckernuck loan from operating cash flows.

August 2025 Cedar Credit Facility

On August 15, 2025, Cedar entered into a credit facility agreement with KeyBank National Association to draw up to $20.0 million (the "August 2025 Cedar Credit Facility") pursuant to which a loan advance may be made no more frequently than once per calendar month. The interest rate under the August 2025 Cedar Credit Facility for each draw is at the Company's option of either a base rate, daily simple SOFR or term SOFR, plus an applicable margin. Interest payments are due monthly, and any outstanding principal is due at maturity on August 15, 2027. The total outstanding principal under the August 2025 Credit Facility must be reduced to no greater than $10.0 million by February 15, 2027. The August 2025 Cedar Credit Facility was collateralized bythree properties, consisting of Carll's Corner, Fieldstone Marketplace and South Philadelphia Parcels, and is guaranteed by Cedar and WHLR. Upon the 2025 dispositions of a South Philadelphia land parcel, Carll's Corner and Fieldstone Marketplace, they were each released from collateral and the Company paid down approximately $10.3 million of the August 2025 Cedar Credit Facility. Although the August 2025 Cedar Credit Facility provides for total borrowings of up to $20.0 million, the Company did not have access to the full commitment as of March 31, 2026. Availability under the facility is subject to certain covenants and conditions established at origination, including requirements tied to projected asset sales and projected net sales proceeds.

Scheduled Principal Payments

The Company’s scheduled principal repayments on indebtedness as of March 31, 2026, are as follows (in thousands, unaudited):

Interest related to the Convertible Notes was $0.5 million and $0.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

As of March 31, 2026, the conversion price for the Convertible Notes was approximately $3.11 per share of the Company’s Common Stock (approximately 8.04 shares of Common Stock for each $25.00 of principal amount of the Convertible Notes being converted).

Fair Value Measurements

The fair value of the Company’s fixed rate secured term loans was estimated using available market information and discounted cash flow analyses based on borrowing rates the Company believes it could obtain with similar terms and maturities, which are Level 3 inputs. As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the fair value of the Company’s fixed rate secured term loans, which were determined to be Level 3 within the fair value hierarchy, was $434.9 million and $445.5 million, respectively, and the carrying value of such loans, was $429.4 million and $436.7 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2026, the fair value of the Company’s variable-rate loans approximated their carrying value.

The fair value of the Convertible Notes was estimated using available market information. As of March 31, 2026, and December 31, 2025, the fair value of the Convertible Notes, which were determined to be Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy, was $93.9 million and $102.7 million, respectively, and the carrying value, was $25.9 million and $25.8 million, respectively.

7. Derivative Liabilities

Warrants and the Amended and Restated Warrants

The Company’s warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock (the "Warrants”) were issued to the holders thereof in

three tranches: Warrant Tranche A to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $2,105,538 per share, Warrant Tranche B

to purchase Common Stock at an exercise price of $2,523,045 per share, and Warrant Tranche C at an exercise price of

$4,205,076 per share, in each case as of December 31, 2025. Warrants had an expiration date of March 12,

In February 2026, the Warrants were amended and restated(as so amended, the "Amended and Restated Warrants"). The Amended and Restated Warrants were exercisable, in whole or in part (and at any time), for an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock representing 12% of the Common Stock outstanding on the date of any exercise (less the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock previously issued as a result of any partial exercise) at an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The Amended and Restated Warrants were exercised in whole on March 24, 2026, and the Company issued 57,358 shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Amended and Restated Warrants for net proceeds of $2 thousand, resulting in a $0.2 million loss, which is the excess amount of fair value of the Amended and Restated Warrants issued over the net proceeds received, included in "other expense" on the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Fair Value of Conversion Features Related to Convertible Notes

The Company identified certain embedded derivatives related to the conversion features of the Convertible Notes. In accordance with ASC 815-40, Derivatives and Hedging Activities, the embedded conversion options contained within the Convertible Notes were accounted for as derivative liabilities at the date of issuance and shall be adjusted to fair value through each reporting date. The Company utilized a binomial lattice model to calculate the fair value of the embedded derivatives. Significant observableand unobservable inputs include conversion price, stock price, dividend rate, expected volatility, risk-free rate, optional conversion price and term. The binomial lattice model is a Level 3 fair value technique because it requires the development of significant internal assumptions in addition to observable market indicators.

In measuring the embedded derivative liability, the Company used the following inputs:

The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in fair value of the Company's derivative liabilities, which include both the warrant and embedded derivative liabilities (in thousands, unaudited):

8. Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Commitments

The Company is the lessee under several ground leases and for its corporate headquarters; all are accounted for as operating leases. Most leases includeone or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term from 5 to 50 years. As of March 31, 2026 and 2025, the weighted average remaining lease term of our leases was 39 and 35 years, respectively. Rent expense under the operating lease agreements was $0.2 million and $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Litigation

The Company is involved in various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business, including, but not limited to commercial disputes. The Company believes that such litigation, claims and administrative proceedings will not have a material adverse impact on its financial position or its results of operations. The Company records a liability when it considers the loss probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In addition, the below legal proceedings are in process:

Preferred stockholders of Cedar have filed a putative class action suit against the directors of Cedar prior to the Cedar Acquisition (collectively, the “Former Cedar Directors”) in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County, Maryland (the "Circuit Court") captioned Anthony Aquino, et al. v. Bruce Schanzer, et al., Case No.: C-15-CV-25-000731 (the “Aquino Action”). The Aquino Action alleges that the Former Cedar Directors breached their duties to Cedar's preferred stockholders through the Cedar Acquisition. The claims in the Aquino Action mirror the breach of duty claims that were a subject of the putative class action complaint entitled Kim, et al., v. Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., et al. (the “Kim Action”), which was dismissed with prejudice in 2023 by the United States District Court for the District of Maryland. The dismissal was affirmed on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2024. The plaintiffs in the Aquino action have alleged as damages the decline in value of Cedar preferred stock after the Cedar Acquisition was announced. The Circuit Court in the Aquino Action denied the Former Cedar Directors' motion to dismiss. The Company has a contractual obligation to indemnify the Former Cedar Directors, including for reasonable costs and legal fees. On May 5, 2026, the parties to the Aquino Action entered into a term sheet to resolve the litigation subject to approval by the Circuit Court and agreement by the Circuit Court to stay the current discovery schedule. At this juncture, the outcome of the matter cannot be predicted.

9. Rental Revenue and Tenant Receivables

Tenant Receivables

As of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company’s allowance for uncollectible tenant receivables totaled $0.8 million and $0.5 million, respectively. At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, there were $10.0 million and $9.7 million, respectively, in unbilled straight-line rent, which is included in "receivables, net."

Lease Contract Revenue

The below table disaggregates the Company’s revenue by type of service (in thousands, unaudited):

10. Equity and Mezzanine Equity

Reverse Stock Splits

On June 20, 2025, in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL"), our Board of Directors declared monthly reverse stock splits from August 21, 2025 to December 31, 2026 advisable, and directed that they be submitted to the Company’s stockholders for consideration. The Company’s stockholders approved monthly reverse stock splits from August 21, 2025 to December 31, 2026 at the annual meeting held on August 20, 2025.

The January 2026 Reverse Stock Split and April 2026 Reverse Stock Split was effected on January 16, 2026 and April 17, 2026, respectively, each at the reverse stock split ratio of one-for-three. The par value of each share of Common Stock remained unchanged after each such reverse stock split. No fractional shares were issued in connection with any Reverse Stock Split. Stockholders who would have otherwise been issued a fractional share of the Company’s Common Stock as a result of each such reverse stock split instead received a cash payment in lieu of such fractional share in an amount equal to the applicable fraction multiplied by the closing price of the Company’s Common Stock on Nasdaq on each effective date thereof, without any interest.

All share and share-related information presented in this Form 10-Q, including our condensed consolidated financial statements, has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the decreased number of shares of Common Stock resulting from the Reverse Stock Splits, unless otherwise noted.

The Company exchanged its Common Stock for the Company's Series B Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Series B Preferred Stock") and Series D Preferred Stock (together with Series B Preferred Stock and Series D Preferred Stock, the "Preferred Stock"), in the following transactions with the unaffiliated holders of the Company’s securities during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:

The settlement of each of these transactions occurred in accordance with customary settlement cycles. In each of these transactions, the Company did not receive any cash proceeds and the shares of the Preferred Stock exchanged have been retired and cancelled.

The fair market value of the Common Stock issued in exchange for Preferred Stock was less than the carrying value of the Preferred Stock retired in those transactions resulting in $0.5 million and $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, recognized as a deemed contribution within accumulated deficit in the condensed consolidated balance sheets and condensed consolidated statements of (deficit) equity, with such deemed contributions included as a component of net (loss) income attributable to common shareholders in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Series D Preferred Stock - Redeemable Preferred Stock

At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had 6,000,000 authorized shares of Series D Preferred Stock, without par value with a $25.00 liquidation preference per share, or $67.5 million and $63.2 million in aggregate liquidation value, respectively.

On a monthly basis, each holder of the Series D Preferred Stock may, at such holder's option, request that the Company redeem any or all of such holder's shares (each redemption date, a "Holder Redemption Date") at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to and including the Holder Redemption Date, payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock, or any combination thereof, at the Company's option.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, the Company processed redemptions for an aggregate of 17,902 shares of Series D Preferred Stock from the holders thereof. Accordingly, the Company issued 81,491 shares of Common Stock in settlement of an aggregate redemption price of approximately $0.8 million. The value of the Common Stock issued to holders redeeming their Series D Preferred Stock is the volume weighted average price per share of our Common Stock for theten consecutive trading days immediately preceding, but not including, the Holder Redemption Date as reported on Nasdaq.

At March 31, 2026, the Company had received requests to redeem 5,200 shares of Series D Preferred Stock with respect to the April 2026 Holder Redemption Date. As such, the redemption of these shares of the Series D Preferred Stock is considered certain at March 31, 2026 and the liquidation value associated with these shares of $0.2 million is presented as a liability.

The changes in the carrying value of the Series D Preferred Stock for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are as follows (in thousands, except per share data, unaudited):

(1) The Series D Preferred Stock issued in consideration for Cedar Preferred Stock was adjusted to carrying value for $0.8 million.

(2) The value is net of the April 2026 Holder Redemption Date redemption liquidation value of $0.2 million, which is represented as a liability; however, the corresponding 5,200 shares have not been adjusted for as they remained outstanding at March 31, 2026.

(3) The result of issuing Common Stock in exchange for the Series D Preferred Stock.

(1) The value is net of the April 2025 Holder Redemption Date redemption liquidation value of $1.6 million, which is represented as a liability; however, the corresponding 38,990 shares have not been adjusted for as they remained outstanding at March 31, 2025.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company realized a gain on Preferred Stock redemptions of $0.2 million and $0.8 million in the aggregate, respectively, as a result of the fair market value of the Common Stock issued in redemptions of Preferred Stock being less than the carrying value of the Preferred Stock retired in those transactions.

Issuances of Common Stock for Warrant Exercise

In March 2026 the Company issued 57,358 shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the Amended and Restated Warrants. See Note 7 for additional details.

Subscription Agreements, Issuances of Series D Preferred Stock and Noncontrolling Interest Contributions

The Company entered into subscription agreements with certain investors pursuant to which the Company issued Series D Preferred Stock in consideration for Cedar Preferred Stock held by such investors. Immediately following the closing of each transaction, the Company contributed the acquired Cedar Preferred Stock to Cedar. and those shares were retired. The following transactions occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2026; no such transactions occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2025:

The Company issued Series D Preferred Stock in these transactions in reliance upon the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving a public offering.

The Company received valid and unencumbered title to the Cedar Preferred Stock as consideration for the Series D Preferred Stock.

Management evaluated the transactions under ASC 845, Nonmonetary transactions, and determined that the fair value of the Series D Preferred Stock issued was approximately the fair value of the Cedar Preferred Stock received as consideration. No gain or loss was recognized as a result of these transactions. The fair value of the Cedar Preferred Stock received and retired is compared to its carrying value, and as a result the Company recognized $2.6 million in deemed distributions included in "deemed distribution related to noncontrolling interests" on the condensed consolidated statements of operations, during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Noncontrolling Interests - Consolidated Subsidiary

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, Cedar repurchased and retired 1,301,159 shares of Cedar Series C Preferred Stock intwo tender offers. The shares of Cedar Series C Preferred Stock were repurchased for an aggregate of $21.2 million at an average price of $16.29 per share, representing a premium of $6.54 per share to the carrying value . The repurchase of the noncontrolling interests caused the recognition of $8.5 million in deemed distributions included in "deemed distribution related to noncontrolling interests" on the condensed consolidated statements of operations, during the three months ended March 31, 2025. There wereno repurchases of noncontrolling interests during the three months ended March 31, 2026.

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share ("EPS") is calculated by dividing net (loss) income attributable to the Company’s common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period including participating securities.

Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue Common Stock were exercised or converted into shares of Common Stock.

The following table summarizes the potential dilution of conversion of Series B Preferred Stock, Series D Preferred Stock and Convertible Notes into the Company's Common Stock. These have been excluded from the Company’s diluted earnings per share calculation because their inclusion would be antidilutive.

Dividends

The following table summarizes the Series D Preferred Stock dividends (in thousands, except for per share amounts, unaudited):

The total cumulative dividends in arrears for Series D Preferred Stock is $26.3 million as of March 31, 2026 ($15.95 per share). The Series D Preferred Stock holders were entitled to cumulative cash dividends at an annual dividend rate of 16.00% and 14.75%, as of March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. There wereno dividends declared to holders of Common Stock, the Company's Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock or Series D Preferred Stock during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.

11. Segment Reporting

The following tables provide information about the Company'ssegment revenues, significant segment expenses, net operating income ("NOI") and a reconciliation of NOI to the Company’s consolidated operating income (in thousands, unaudited):

12. Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions with Cedar

The Company performs property management and leasing services for Cedar, a subsidiary of the Company, pursuant to the management agreement entered into by and between the companies (the "Wheeler Real Estate Company Management Agreement"). During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, Cedar paid the Company $0.2 million and $0.5 million for these services, respectively. The Operating Partnership and Cedar’s operating partnership, Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P., are party to a cost sharing and reimbursement agreement, pursuant to which the parties agreed to share costs and expenses associated with certain employees, certain facilities and property, and certain arrangements with third parties (the "Cost Sharing Agreement"). Related party amounts due to the Company from Cedar are comprised of (in thousands):

(1) Includes allocations for executive compensation and directors and officers liability insurance.

(2) These related party amounts have been eliminated for consolidation purposes.

See Note 10 for information regarding the Company's Cedar Series C Preferred Stock contributions to Cedar.

Investment securities - related party

The Company has investments held with SAI, a related party. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the investment fees described in Note 4 were $61 thousand and $52 thousand, respectively. See Note 4 for additional details.

13. Subsequent Events

Cumulative Series D Preferred Stock Redemption Information

The Company has processed 18,945 shares of Series D Preferred Stock subsequent to March 31, 2026. Accordingly, the Company has issued 370,765 shares of Common Stock in settlement of an aggregate redemption price of approximately $0.8 million.

Subscription Agreement and Issuance of Series D Preferred Stock and Noncontrolling Interest Contributions

The Company has entered into a subscription agreement with a certain investor pursuant to which the Company issued

66,666 shares of its Series D Preferred Stock. The issuances were made in consideration for 90,000 shares of Cedar Series C Preferred Stock and 10,000 shares of Cedar Series B Preferred Stock, held by such investor. Immediately following the closing of the transaction, the Company contributed the acquired Cedar Preferred Stock to Cedar and those shares were retired.

Surrey Plaza Disposition

On April 2, 2026, the Company completed the sale of Surrey Plaza, located in Hawkinsville, Georgia, for the contract price of $2.5 million and used the proceeds to pay down $1.3 million of the June 2022 Term Loan and a $27 thousand loan prepayment premium.

Tuckernuck Disposition

On May 5, 2026, the Company completed the sale of Tuckernuck, located in Richmond, Virginia, for the contract price of $12.0 million.

The Company agreed to issue an aggregate amount of 136,516 shares of Common Stock tofour unaffiliated holders of the Company’s securities in separate exchanges for an aggregate amount of 5,197 shares of the Series D Preferred Stock and 10,394 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock.

Adjustment to Conversion Price of Convertible Notes

As a result of the May 2026 Series D Preferred Stock redemptions the conversion price was further adjusted for

the Convertible Notes to approximately $1.03 per share of the Company’s Common Stock (approximately 24.34 shares of

Common Stock for each $25.00 of principal amount of the Convertible Notes being converted).