On April 5, 2024, Erez Asset Management, LLC filed a definitive proxy statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders of Whitestone REIT to vote for the election of its 2 nominees, Bruce Schanzer and Catherine Clark, and for the 4 of the Company?s nominees, Julia B. Buthman, Amy S. Feng, David K. Holeman, and Jeffrey A. Jones, unopposed by Erez Asset Management, and to withhold on the remaining 2 of the Company?s nominees, Nandita V. Berry and David F. Taylor, opposed by Erez Asset Management as directors of the Company at the Company?s 2024 annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on May 14, 2024.