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) October 29, 2012 (October 9, 2012)

 

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland 001-35439 71-1036989

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

405 Park Avenue, 14th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)
 
(646) 937-6900
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 

 

 

 

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  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

   

 
 

 

 

Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition

 

On October 29, 2012, American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release and supplemental financial information with respect to its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.  

 

Copies of the press release and supplemental financial information are furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, respectively. Such information, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 2.02, including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

 Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

 

(d)     Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
99.1   Third quarter 2012 earnings release, dated October 29, 2012
99.2   Quarterly supplemental information for the period ending September 30, 2012

 

 

 
 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
     
October 29, 2012 By: /s/ William M. Kahane
  Name: William M. Kahane
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and President