8-K

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) August 24, 2011

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland	333-172205	45-2482685
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

405 Park Avenue, New York, New York	10022
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:	(212) 415-6500

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On August 24, 2011, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. issued a press release announcing that it expects to complete the sale of its shares of common stock in connection with its initial public offering on or about September 1, 2011 and then close its offering, as scheduled, on September 6, 2011 with trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market to commence the following day.  The Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 (d)     Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated August 24, 2011

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 PROPERTIES, INC.
August 24, 2011	By:	/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
	Name:	Nicholas S. Schorsch
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and
		Chairman of the Board of Directors

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

CONTACTS
From: Anthony J. DeFazio	For: Brian S. Block, EVP & CFO
DeFazio Communications, LLC	American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
tony@defaziocommunications.com	bblock@arlcap.com
Ph: 484-532-7783	Ph: 212-415-6500

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. SETS NASDAQ IPO CLOSING DATE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, NY, August 24, 2011 – American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“ARCP”) announced today that it expects to complete the sale of its shares of common stock on or about September 1, 2011 and then close its offering, as scheduled, on September 6, 2011 with trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market to commence the following day.

ARCP is offering a minimum of 5,400,000 and maximum of 8,800,000 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $12.50 per share (subject to discounts as described in the prospectus) on a “reasonable best efforts” basis through its affiliated broker-dealer, Realty Capital Securities, LLC, and Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., the co-dealer manager of the offering.

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. is a newly organized Maryland corporation focused on owning and acquiring single tenant freestanding commercial real estate properties subject to medium-term net leases with high credit quality tenants.

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This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

A registration statement relating to the offering of these securities has been filed with the SEC and declared effective.  The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus.  Copies of the prospectus for the offering may be obtained by contacting: Realty Capital Securities, LLC, Three Copley Place, Suite 3300, Boston, MA 02116, Tel: 1-877-373-3522 or Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc., 520 Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10022, Tel: 212.409.2400.

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements.  These forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different.