8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 17, 2013
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

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Maryland	001-35263	45-2482685
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(212) 415-6500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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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:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June 17, 2013, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its preliminary inclusion in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index and the Russell Global and Russell 3000® Indices. The Company expects to be added to the small cap Russell 2000^® Index, a subset of the Russell 3000® Index. The Company will be included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index with trading on June 24, 2013 and the preliminary inclusions in the Russell Global and Russell 3000 ® Indices will become effective on July 1, 2013. A copy of such press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)     Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release dated June 17, 2013

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, hereunto duly authorized.

	AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.
Date: June 17, 2013	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
Diccicco Battista Communications	American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
tdefazio@ddcworks.com	bblock@arlcap.com
Ph: (484-342-3600)	Ph: (212-415-6500)

NOT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

American Realty Capital Properties Added to Nasdaq Financial-100 Index and Russell Global and Russell 3000® Indices

New York, New York, June 17, 2013 – American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (“ARCP” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ARCP) announced today its preliminary inclusion in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index and the Russell Global Index and the Russell 3000® Index (the “Indices”). The Company’s inclusion in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index will become effective with trading on Monday, June 24, 2013. According to Russell Investments, ARCP's inclusion into the Indices will become effective on Monday, July 1, 2013. ARCP expects to be added to the small cap Russell 2000^® Index, a subset of the Russell 3000® Index.

“Coming off the heels of the MSCI inclusion, ARCP is thrilled to obtain preliminary inclusion into the Nasdaq Financial-100 and Russell indices,” commented Nicholas S. Schorsch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ARCP. “ARCP will represent a portion of multiple important market indices, highlighting once again the progress the Company has made in achieving a number of important initiatives we have set forth in 2013.”

The NASDAQ Financial-100 Index includes 100 of the largest financial securities listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market® (NASDAQ®) based on market capitalization.

The Russell Global Index measures the performance of the global equity market based on all investable equity securities and can be segmented into thousands of distinct benchmarks. The broad-market Russell 3000^® Index, which is comprised of the top 3,000 U.S. stocks by market capitalization, covers 98% of the U.S. equity investable universe and includes two well-known indices: the large cap Russell 1000^® Index and the small cap Russell 2000^® Index.

About the Company

ARCP is a publicly traded Maryland corporation listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market that qualified as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes for the taxable year ended December 31, 2011, focused on acquiring and owning single tenant freestanding commercial properties subject to net leases with high credit quality tenants. Additional information about the ARCP can be found on its website at www.arcpreit.com. ARCP may disseminate important information regarding the Company and its operations, including financial information, through social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn.

Important Notice

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. In addition, words such as "anticipate," "believe," "expect" and "intend" indicate a forward-looking statement, although not all forward-looking statements include these words.