Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. is a Maryland corporation formed on June 23, 2011 in connection with the Company's initial public offering. 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. Prior to the Cedar Acquisition (as defined below), substantially all of our assets were held by, and all of our operations were conducted through, our Operating Partnership. At December 31, 2025, the Company owned 100% of the Operating Partnership. On August 22, 2022, the Company completed a merger transaction with Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. ("Cedar" or "CDR"). As a result of the merger, the Company acquired all of the outstanding shares of Cedar’s common stock (the "Cedar Acquisition"), 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. The Company has elected to be taxed as a REIT under applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").