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SEC Comment Letter for Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (WHLR, WHLRD, WHLRL, WHLRP) (CIK 0001527541) (WHLR) — Oct 28, 2015

Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (WHLR, WHLRD, WHLRL, WHLRP) (CIK 0001527541)
Date: Oct. 28, 2015 · CIK: 0001527541 · Accession: 0000000000-15-051783

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Date
October 28, 2015
Author
/s/ Tom Kluck
Form
UPLOAD
Company
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (WHLR, WHLRD, WHLRL, WHLRP) (CIK 0001527541)

Letter

Mail Stop 3233 October 28, 2015 Jon S. Wheeler Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. Riversedge North 2529 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452

Re: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S -3 Filed October 2, 2015 File No. 333 -207241

Dear Mr. Wheeler:

We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues w e have addressed in our comment . In our comment, we ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure.

Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information and amending your registration statement as necessary . If you do not believe our comment applies to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to this comment , we may have additional comments.

Selling Stockholders, page 5

1. Please tell us whether Woodside Capital LLC and Fidelity Group LLC are affiliated with Woodside Capital Securities LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, respectively. If any of these selling shareholders is an affiliate of a br oker-dealer, please tell us whether the selling shareholder received the shares as underwriting compensation. We may have additional comments.

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be c ertain that the filing includes the information the Securities Act of 193 3 and all applicable Securities Act rules require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for th e accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

Jon S. Wheeler Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. October 28, 2015 Page 2

Notwithstanding our comment , in the event you request acceleration of the effective date of the pending registration statement , please provide a written statement from the company acknowledging that:

 should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

 the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

 the company may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for acceleration . We will consider a written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as confirmation of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under the Securities Act o f 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed public offering of the securities specified in the above registration statement. Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement.

Please contact Folake Ayoola, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551 -3673 or me at (202) 551 - 3233 with any questions.

Sincerely,
/s/ Tom Kluck

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Mail Stop 3233
October 28, 2015

Jon S. Wheeler
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
Riversedge North
2529 Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452

Re: Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
  Registration Statement on Form S -3
Filed October 2, 2015
  File No. 333 -207241

Dear Mr. Wheeler:

We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues w e have
addressed in our comment .  In our comment, we ask you to provide us with information so we
may better understand your disclosure.

 Please respond to this letter by providing the requested information  and amending your
registration statement as necessary .  If you do not believe our comment applies  to your facts and
circumstances, please tell us why in your response.

After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you
provide in response to this comment , we may have additional comments.

Selling Stockholders, page 5

1. Please tell us whether Woodside Capital LLC and Fidelity Group LLC are affiliated with
Woodside Capital Securities LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, respectively.  If
any of these selling shareholders is an affiliate of a br oker-dealer, please tell us whether
the selling shareholder received the shares as underwriting compensation.  We may have
additional comments.

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure
in the filing to be c ertain that the filing includes the information the Securities Act of 193 3 and
all applicable Securities  Act rules require.   Since the company and its management are in
possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for th e accuracy
and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

Jon S. Wheeler
Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc.
October 28, 2015
Page 2

 Notwithstanding our comment , in the event you request acceleration of the effective date
of the pending registration statement , please provide a written statement from the company
acknowledging that:

 should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the
filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect
to the filing;

 the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in
declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the company from its full responsibility for
the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

 the company  may not assert staff comments and the declaration of effectiveness as a
defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal
securities laws of the United States.

Please refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for  acceleration .  We will consider a
written request for acceleration of the effective date of the registration statement as confirmation
of the fact that those requesting acceleration are aware of their respective responsibilities under
the Securities Act o f 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as they relate to the proposed
public offering of the securities specified in the above registration statement.  Please allow
adequate time  for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the
registration statement.

Please contact Folake Ayoola, Senior Counsel, at (202) 551 -3673 or me at (202) 551 -
3233 with any questions.

Sincerely,

 /s/ Tom Kluck

Tom Kluck
Legal Branch Chief
Office of Real Estate and
Commodities

cc: Bradley Haneberg