[DFAN14A] Whitestone REIT SEC Filing

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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WHITESTONE REIT

(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

JAMES C. MASTANDREA

PILLARSTONE CAPITAL REIT

CHAD D. CHAMPION

DENNIS H. CHOOKASZIAN

JERRY L. FALWELL, JR.

JOHN A. GOOD

KATHY M. JASSEM

STEWART MORRIS, JR.

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James C. Mastandrea, together with the other participants named herein, has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying GOLD proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes for the election of his slate of highly-qualified trustee nominees at the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Whitestone REIT, a Maryland real estate investment trust.

On April 8, 2026, Mr. Mastandrea posted materials to www.okapivote.com/WSR, copies of which are attached hereto in Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.