UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 9, 2019

Whitestone REIT
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
 
001-34855
 
76-0594970
 
 
 
 
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 of incorporation)
 
(Commission
 File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
 Identification No.)

2600 South Gessner, Suite 500
 
 
Houston, TX
 
77063
 
 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(713) 827-9595
 
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Not Applicable
 
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
Trading symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share
WSR
New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
 
Emerging growth company o
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o





Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On July 9, 2019, Najeeb A. Khan, a Class II member of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Whitestone REIT (the “Company”) whose current term was set to expire at the Company’s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders, resigned as a member of the Board and from the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee thereof, effective immediately. Mr. Khan resigned for personal reasons and had no disagreement with the Company. As a consequence of Mr. Khan’s departure, the Board will be decreasing the size of the Board from seven to six members and decreasing the number of Class II trustees from two to one.




SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Whitestone REIT   
Date: July 12, 2019 
 
By:  
/s/ David K. Holeman 
 
 
 
David K. Holeman 
 
 
 
Chief Financial Officer 


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