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WHEELER REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. |
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STILWELL ACTIVIST INVESTMENTS, L.P. STILWELL VALUE PARTNERS VII, L.P. STILWELL ACTIVIST FUND, L.P. STILWELL VALUE LLC JOSEPH D. STILWELL PAULA J. POSKON KERRY G. CAMPBELL |
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The Stilwell Group, together with the other participants named herein, have filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying GREEN proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of its director nominees at the 2019 annual meeting of stockholders of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
On December 3, 2019, the Stilwell Group issued the following press release:
ISS Recommends FOR THE ELECTION OF JOSEPH STILWELL AND PAULA POSKON ON THE Stilwell GROUP’s GREEN Proxy Card
ISS Believes The Stilwell Group Nominees - Joseph Stilwell and Paula Poskon – Would Bring Fresh Perspectives and Stockholder Alignment to the Board
ISS States that The Stilwell Group “Has Presented a Compelling Case that Additional Change is Needed on the Board”
NEW YORK, December 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- – The Stilwell Group (“Stilwell”), the largest stockholder of Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “Wheeler”), today announced that Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), one of the leading independent proxy voting advisory firms, has recommended that Wheeler stockholders vote on Stilwell’s GREEN proxy card FOR the election of two of Stilwell’s highly-qualified nominees, Joseph Stilwell and Paula Poskon, at the Company’s upcoming 2019 annual meeting of stockholders. ISS also recommended that stockholders vote AGAINST the Company’s say on pay proposal and omnibus stock plan.
Megan Parisi of The Stilwell Group stated, “We appreciate the strong support we have received from our fellow stockholders to date. We look forward to removing Wheeler’s legacy directors and beginning the process of rebuilding value for its common stockholders if our nominees are elected to the Board at the upcoming Annual Meeting.”
In recommending that stockholders vote on Stilwell’s GREEN proxy card for the election of two of Stilwell’s highly-qualified nominees, ISS stated the following:1
“The dissident may not have all the answers, but it appears to be asking the right questions. All three targeted directors have served for at least four years, overseeing a period of tremendous value destruction. On balance, the dissident has presented a compelling case that additional change is needed on the board, which could benefit from fresh perspectives, especially from another shareholder with a significant, direct financial interest.”
vote the green proxy card today to elect ALL THREE of our highly-qualified nominees — Joseph Stilwell, Paula Poskon and Kerry CampbelL — to the Board at the Company’s upcoming annual meeting
1Permission to quote from ISS’ report was neither sought nor obtained. Emphasis added.
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