S-11 1 v354535_s11.htm FORM S-11

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2013

Registration No. 333-    

 

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



 

FORM S-11

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES



 

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Governing Instruments)



 

405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-6500

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Nicholas S. Schorsch
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-6500

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)



 

With a Copy to:

Peter M. Fass, Esq.
James P. Gerkis, Esq.
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, New York 10036-8299
Tel: (212) 969-3000
Fax: (212) 969-2900



 

Approximate Date of Commencement of Proposed Sale to the Public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.

If any of the Securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. x

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. o

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

     
Large accelerated filer o   Accelerated filer o   Non-accelerated filer x   Smaller reporting company o
          (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Calculation of Registration Fee

       
Title of each Class of Securities to be Registered   Amount to be Registered   Proposed
Maximum Offering Price per Share*
  Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
  Amount of Registration Fee
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share     13,263,158     $ 23.75     $ 315,000,003     $ 42,966  
Common Stock, $.01 par value per share     1,473,684     $ 25.00     $ 36,842,100     $ 5,025  

* The proposed maximum offering price per share shown above is based on the initial price of $23.75, except with respect to 1,473,684 shares to be offered and sold pursuant to the direct stock purchase component of the Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan, which shares will be offered and sold at $25.00 per share.
 

 


 
 

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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. The prospectus is not an offer to sell the securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS DATED SEPTEMBER 19, 2013   SUBJECT TO COMPLETION

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.

14,736,842 Shares of Common Stock

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT AND DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

We are American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc., a Maryland corporation that focuses on acquiring primarily freestanding single tenant retail properties net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants, which intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or REIT, with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires otherwise, in this prospectus, references to “our company,” “we,” “us” and “our” mean American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

With this prospectus we are offering participation in our Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan to record holders of our outstanding shares of common stock. We refer to our Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan as the “Plan” in this prospectus. The Plan is being amended, effective as of , 2013, which is 10 days following the date that notice of the amendment to add a direct stock purchase component is being mailed to current Plan participants. Any current stockholder who joins or participates in the Plan will be considered a participant.

PLAN HIGHLIGHTS

You may invest all of your cash distributions that we pay to you in additional shares of our common stock without paying any dealer manager fees or sales commissions.
Once you are enrolled in the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan, cash distributions paid on the shares of your common stock will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of our common stock until you terminate your participation in such component of the Plan or your participation is terminated by us. No minimum amount of shares is required to participate in the Plan.
Optional cash purchases under the Plan at an initial price of $25.00 per share, limited to 1,473,684 shares, subject to our right to reallocate all or any portion of such shares to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan.
The purchase price for shares purchased with reinvested cash distributions under the Plan will initially be $23.75 per share. Beginning with the date on which we begin calculating our net asset value, or NAV, as set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-11 for our initial public offering (File No. 333-187092), or the NAV pricing date, the per share purchase price under the Plan will vary quarterly and will be equal to our net asset value, or NAV per share.
Your participation in the Plan is entirely voluntary and you may terminate your participation at any time. If you do not elect to participate in the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan, you will continue to receive any cash distributions paid on your shares of common stock.

You should read this prospectus carefully so you will know how the Plan works and then retain it for future reference.

Investing in our common stock involves risks. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 35 of this prospectus for a discussion of the risks which should be considered in connection with your investment in our common stock including:

We have a limited operating history and limited established financing sources.
If distributions are declared and paid, the amount of the distributions paid may decrease or distributions may be eliminated at any time. Due to the risks involved in the ownership of real estate, there is no guarantee of any return on your investment, and you may lose all or a portion of your investment.
We are depending on our advisor to select investments and conduct our operations. Adverse changes in the financial condition of our advisor or our relationship with our advisor could adversely affect us.
No public market exists for our shares of common stock, nor may a public market ever exist and our shares are, and may continue to be, illiquid. Our share repurchase program may be the only way to dispose of your shares, but there are a number of limitations placed on such repurchases. See “Share Repurchase Program.”
Market conditions and other factors could cause us to delay our liquidity event beyond the sixth anniversary of the termination of the primary offering. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve a liquidity event.
We established the offering price on an arbitrary basis; as a result, the actual value of your investment may be substantially less than what you pay.
There are substantial conflicts among the interests of our investors, our interests and the interests of our advisor, sponsor, dealer manager and our and their respective affiliates, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our stockholders.
Our sponsor is the sponsor of nine other publicly offered investment programs which invest generally in real estate assets, but not primarily in our target assets, and three publicly offered investment programs that invest in the same assets as our target assets.
Our investment objectives and strategies may be changed without stockholder consent.
We are obligated to pay substantial fees to our advisor, which may result in our advisor recommending riskier investments.
We are obligated to pay the special limited partner a subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement, which may be substantial and, as a result, may discourage us from terminating the advisor.
We may incur substantial debt, which could hinder our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders or could decrease the value of your investment if income on, or the value of, the property securing the debt falls.
Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from any source, including from offering proceeds from our initial public offering.
Our failure to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT would result in higher taxes, may adversely affect our operations, would reduce the amount of income available for distribution and would limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
Commencing with the NAV pricing date, the offering price for shares issued pursuant to the Plan, will be based on NAV, which may not accurately reflect the value of our assets.
There are limitations on ownership and transferability of our shares. Please see “Description of Securities — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.”

NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THE PROSPECTUS IS ACCURATE OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NOT PASSED ON OR ENDORSED THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. YOU SHOULD PURCHASE THESE SECURITIES ONLY IF YOU CAN AFFORD A COMPLETE LOSS OF YOUR INVESTMENT.

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INVESTOR SUITABILITY STANDARDS

An investment in our common stock involves significant risk and is suitable only for persons who have adequate financial means, desire a relatively long-term investment and will not need immediate liquidity from their investment. To the extent that you qualify as an “institutional investor” for the purposes of a state exemption from registration in your state of residence, these suitability standards do not apply to you. Persons who meet this standard and seek to diversify their personal portfolios with a finite-life, real estate-based investment, which among its benefits hedges against inflation and the volatility of the stock market, seek to receive current income, seek to preserve capital, wish to obtain the benefits of potential long-term capital appreciation and who are able to hold their investment for a time period consistent with our liquidity plans are most likely to benefit from an investment in our company. On the other hand, we caution persons who require immediate liquidity or guaranteed income, or who seek a short-term investment not to consider an investment in our common stock as meeting these needs. Notwithstanding these investor suitability standards, potential investors should note that investing in shares of our common stock involves a high degree of risk and should consider all the information contained in this prospectus, including the “Risk Factors” section contained herein, in determining whether an investment in our common stock is appropriate.

In order to purchase shares in this offering, you must:

meet the applicable financial suitability standards as described below; and
purchase at least the minimum number of shares as described below.

We have established suitability standards for initial stockholders and subsequent purchasers of shares from our stockholders. These suitability standards require that a purchaser of shares have, excluding the value of a purchaser’s home, home furnishings and automobiles, either:

minimum net worth of at least $250,000; or
minimum annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a minimum net worth of at least $70,000.

The minimum purchase is 100 shares ($2,500). You may not transfer fewer shares than the minimum purchase requirement. In addition, you may not transfer, fractionalize or subdivide your shares so as to retain less than the number of shares required for the minimum purchase. In order to satisfy the minimum purchase requirements for individual retirement accounts, or IRAs, unless otherwise prohibited by state law, a husband and wife may jointly contribute funds from their separate IRAs if each such contribution is made in increments of $100. You should note that an investment in shares of our common stock will not, in itself, create a retirement plan and that, in order to create a retirement plan, you must comply with all applicable provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code.

Several states have established suitability requirements that are more stringent than the standards that we have established and described above. Shares in this offering will be sold to investors in these states only if they meet the special suitability standards set forth below. In each case, these special suitability standards exclude from the calculation of net worth or liquid net worth the value of the investor’s home, home furnishings and automobiles.

General Standards for all Investors

Investors must have either (a) a net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of $70,000 and a minimum net worth of $70,000.

Kentucky

Investors must have either (a) a net worth of $250,000 or (b) a gross annual income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000, with the amount invested in this offering not to exceed 10% of the Kentucky investor’s liquid net worth.

Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon and New Mexico

Investors must have either (a) a minimum net worth of at least $250,000 or (b) an annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000. The investor’s maximum investment in us and our affiliates cannot exceed 10% of the Oregon or New Mexico resident’s net worth.

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Massachusetts or Ohio investor’s aggregate investment in us, shares of our affiliates, and in other non-traded real estate investment programs may not exceed ten percent (10%) of his or her liquid net worth. “Liquid net worth” is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets exclusive of home, home furnishings, and automobiles minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents, and readily marketable securities. Note that Ohio investors cannot participate in the distribution reinvestment plan feature that reinvests distributions into subsequent affiliated programs.

Iowa

The maximum investment allowable in us or our affiliates is 10% of an Iowa investor’s liquid net worth. Liquid net worth is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities, but excluding IRA assets owned or held by investors.

Pennsylvania and Michigan

The maximum investment allowable in us for a Pennsylvania or Michigan investor is 10% of his or her net worth.

New Jersey

Investors who reside in the state of New Jersey must have either (i) a minimum liquid net worth of $100,000 and a minimum annual gross income of not less than $85,000 or (ii) a minimum liquid net worth of $350,000. Additionally, a New Jersey investor’s total investment in us, shares of our affiliates and other non-traded real estate investment trusts shall not exceed 10% of his or her liquid net worth. “Liquid net worth” is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets exclusive of home, home furnishings, and automobiles minus total liabilities) that consists of cash, cash equivalents, and readily marketable securities.

Nebraska

Investors must have either (a) a minimum net worth of $100,000 and an annual income of $70,000 or (b) a minimum net worth of $350,000. The investor’s maximum investment in the issuer and our affiliates cannot exceed 10% of the investor’s net worth.

Maine

The Maine Office of Securities recommends that an investor’s aggregate investment in this offering and similar direct participation investments not exceed 10% of the investor’s liquid net worth. For this purpose, “liquid net worth” is defined as that portion of net worth that consists of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities. Note that Maine investors cannot participate in the distribution reinvestment plan feature that reinvests distributions into subsequent affiliated programs.

North Dakota

Shares will only be sold to residents of North Dakota representing that they have a net worth of at least ten times their investment in us and that they meet one of the general suitability standards described above.

Kansas

In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, it is recommended that investors should invest no more than 10% of their liquid net worth, in the aggregate, in us and securities of other real estate investment trusts. “Liquid net worth” is defined as that portion of net worth (total assets minus total liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.

Missouri

In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, no more than ten percent (10%) of any one Missouri investor’s liquid net worth shall be invested in the securities registered by us for this offering with the Missouri Securities Division.

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California

In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, California investors’ maximum investment in us will be limited to 10% of their net worth (exclusive of home, home furnishings and automobile).

Alabama

In addition to the general suitability requirements described above, shares will only be sold to Alabama residents that represent that they have a liquid net worth of at least 10 times the amount of their investment in this real estate investment program and other similar programs. Note that Alabama investors cannot participate in the distribution reinvestment plan feature that reinvests distributions into subsequent affiliated programs or our Automatic Purchase Plan.

Tennessee

Tennessee residents’ investment in us must not exceed ten percent (10%) of their liquid net worth (exclusive of home, home furnishings and automobile).

In the case of sales to fiduciary accounts (such as an IRA, Keogh Plan or pension or profit-sharing plan), these minimum suitability standards must be satisfied by the beneficiary, the fiduciary account, or by the donor or grantor who directly or indirectly supplies the funds to purchase our common stock if the donor or the grantor is the fiduciary. Prospective investors with investment discretion over the assets of an individual retirement account, employee benefit plan or other retirement plan or arrangement that is covered by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or ERISA, or Code Section 4975 should carefully review the information in the section of this prospectus entitled “Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations.” Any such prospective investors are required to consult their own legal and tax advisors on these matters.

In the case of gifts to minors, the minimum suitability standards must be met by the custodian of the account or by the donor.

In order to ensure adherence to the suitability standards described above, requisite criteria must be met, as set forth in the subscription agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix C. In addition, our sponsor, our dealer manager and the soliciting dealers, as our agents, must make every reasonable effort to determine that the purchase of our shares is a suitable and appropriate investment for an investor. In making this determination, the soliciting dealers will rely on relevant information provided by the investor in the investor’s subscription agreement, including information regarding the investor’s age, investment objectives, investment experience, income, net worth, financial situation, other investments, and any other pertinent information including whether (i) the participant is or will be in a financial position appropriate to enable him to realize the benefits described in the prospectus, (ii) the participant has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in the investment program and (iii) the investment program is otherwise suitable for the participant. Executed subscription agreements will be maintained in our records for six years.

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RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE USA PATRIOT ACT AND RELATED ACTS

In accordance with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as amended, or the “USA PATRIOT Act”, the shares of common stock offered hereby may not be offered, sold, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, to any “unacceptable investor,” which means anyone who is:

a “designated national,” “specially designated national,” “specially designated terrorist,” “specially designated global terrorist,” “foreign terrorist organization,” or “blocked person” within the definitions set forth in the Foreign Assets Control Regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department;
acting on behalf of, or an entity owned or controlled by, any government against whom the U.S. maintains economic sanctions or embargoes under the Regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department;
within the scope of Executive Order 13224 — Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism, effective September 24, 2001;
subject to additional restrictions imposed by the following statutes or regulations, and executive orders issued thereunder: the Trading with the Enemy Act, the Iraq Sanctions Act, the National Emergencies Act, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the United Nations Participation Act, the International Security and Development Cooperation Act, the Nuclear Proliferation Prevention Act of 1994, the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996, the Cuban Democracy Act, the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act and the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriation Act or any other law of similar import as to any non-U.S. country, as each such act or law has been or may be amended, adjusted, modified or reviewed from time to time; or
designated or blocked, associated or involved in terrorism, or subject to restrictions under laws, regulations, or executive orders as may apply in the future similar to those set forth above.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could,” “should,” “seeks,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Statements regarding the following subjects may be impacted by a number of risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements:

our use of the proceeds of this offering;
our business and investment strategy;
our ability to make investments in a timely manner or on acceptable terms;
current credit market conditions and our ability to obtain long-term financing for our property investments in a timely manner and on terms that are consistent with what we project when we invest in the property;
the effect of general market, real estate market, economic and political conditions, including the recent economic slowdown and dislocation in the global credit markets;
our ability to make scheduled payments on our debt obligations;
our ability to generate sufficient cash flows to make distributions to our stockholders;
the degree and nature of our competition;
the availability of qualified personnel;
our ability to qualify and maintain our qualification as a REIT; and
other subjects referenced in this prospectus, including those set forth under the caption “Risk Factors.”

The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus reflect our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of our future performance, taking into account all information currently available to us. These beliefs, assumptions and expectations are subject to risks and uncertainties and can change as a result of many possible events or factors, not all of which are known to us. If a change occurs, our business, financial condition, liquidity and results of operations may vary materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements. You should carefully consider these risks before you make an investment decision with respect to our common stock.

For more information regarding risks that may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see “Risk Factors.” We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, future events or other changes.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.

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Investor Suitability Standards     i  
Restrictions Imposed by the USA PATRIOT Act and Related Acts     iv  
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements     v  
Prospectus Summary     1  
Risk Factors     35  
Risks Related to an Investment in American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.     35  
Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest     40  
Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure     42  
General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate     50  
Retail Industry Risks     58  
Risks Associated with Debt Financing and Investments     60  
U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks     63  
Use of Proceeds     70  
Market Overview     71  
Management     74  
Management Compensation     90  
Principal Stockholders     99  
Conflicts of Interest     100  
Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies     113  
Valuation Policies     128  
Competition     132  
Description of Real Estate Investments     133  
Selected Financial Data     142  
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     143  
Prior Performance Summary     156  
Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations     167  
Investment By Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations     187  
Description of Securities     193  
Distribution Reinvestment Plan     204  
Share Repurchase Program     207  
Summary of Our Operating Partnership Agreement     211  
Plan of Distribution     220  
Reports To Stockholders     221  
Litigation     223  
Privacy Policy Notice     223  
Legal Matters     223  
Experts     223  
Electronic Delivery of Documents     223  
Where You Can Find Additional Information     224  
Index To The Financial Statements Of American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.     F-1  
Appendix A: Prior Performance Tables     A-1  
Appendix B: Distribution Reinvestment Plan     B-1  

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

As used herein and unless otherwise required by context, (i) the term “prospectus” refers to this prospectus as amended and supplemented and (ii) the terms “the offering” and “this offering” refer to the offering of our shares of common stock under the Plan. The term “initial public offering” shall refer to the offering of up to 68,000,000 shares of our common stock (plus 14.4 million shares reallocated from our original distribution reinvestment plan to such offering) pursuant to our Registration Statement on Form S-11 (SEC File Number 333-187092), which was declared effective by the SEC on April 4, 2013. This prospectus summary highlights material information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. Because it is a summary, it may not contain all of the information that is important to you. To understand this offering fully, you should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the “Risk Factors” section and the financial statements, before making a decision to invest in our common stock. Except where the context suggests otherwise, the terms “company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc., a Maryland corporation, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, of which we are the sole general partner, which we refer to in this prospectus as “our operating partnership.”

What is American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.?

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. is a newly organized Maryland corporation, incorporated on January 22, 2013, that intends to qualify as a REIT commencing with its taxable year ending December 31, 2013. We have used a portion of the proceeds from our initial public offering to date to acquire primarily freestanding, single tenant retail properties net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants and have entered into executed purchase and sale agreements and executed letters of intent to deploy the balance of the proceeds raised to date in our initial public offering in such investments. We believe we have bought high-quality retail real estate properties with significant potential for appreciation. We believe a number of factors differentiate us from other non-traded REITs, including our property type focus, our lack of legacy issues, our opportunistic buy and sell strategy, and our institutional management team.

We are one of 12 publicly offered, non-traded REITs sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies, including American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on October 6, 2009, or NYRR; Phillips Edison — ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on October 13, 2009, or PE-ARC; American Realty Capital — Retail Centers of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on July 29, 2010, or ARC RCA; American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on August 23, 2010, or ARC HT; American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on September 10, 2010, or ARC DNAV; American Realty Capital Global Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on July 13, 2011, or ARC Global; American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on February 14, 2012, or ARCT IV; American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust II, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on October 15, 2012, or ARC HT II; ARC Realty Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation organized on November 15, 2012, or ARC RFT; Phillips Edison — ARC Grocery Center REIT II, Inc., or PE-ARC II; and American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc., or ARC HOST. Additionally, the American Realty Capital group of companies is the sponsor of one NASDAQ-listed REIT, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., which was organized on December 2, 2010, or ARCP, and a business development company, Business Development Corporation of America, a Maryland corporation organized on May 5, 2010, or BDCA. For additional information concerning these other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs, please see the section in this prospectus entitled “Conflicts of Interest.”

Our executive offices are located at 405 Park Avenue, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10022. Our telephone number is 212-415-6500, our fax number is 212-421-5799 and the e-mail address of our investor relations department is investorservices@americanrealtycap.com. Additional information about us and our affiliates may be obtained at www.americanrealtycap.com, but the contents of that site are not incorporated by reference in or otherwise a part of this prospectus.

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What are your investment objectives?

Our primary investment objectives are:

Preserve and protect capital;
Provide attractive and stable cash distributions; and
Increase the value of assets in order to generate capital appreciation.

Our investment objectives are as follows:

Freestanding, Single Tenant Properties — Buy primarily freestanding single tenant bank branch, convenience store, retail, office and industrial properties that are double-net and triple-net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants;
Long-Term Leases — Acquire long term leases with minimum, non-cancelable remaining lease terms of ten or more years;
Low Leverage — Finance our portfolio opportunistically (taking advantage of opportunities as they arise) at a target leverage level of not more than 45% loan-to-value (a loan to value ratio of 45%. Loan to value ratio is a lending risk assessment ratio that is examined before approving a mortgage and is calculated by dividing the mortgage amount by the appraised value of the property;
Diversified Portfolio — Assemble a well-diversified portfolio based on geography, tenant diversity, lease expirations and other factors;
Monthly Distributions — Pay distributions monthly, covered by funds from operations;
Exit Strategy — We expect to sell our assets, sell or merge our company, or list our company within three to six years after the end of our initial public offering. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, may determine that it is in our best interests to begin the process of engaging advisors (which may include the investment banking and capital markets division of our dealer manager) to consider such exit alternatives at such time during our offering stage as it can reasonably determine that all of the securities being offered in our initial public offering will be sold within a reasonable period, which has occurred to date, allowing us to commence engaging such advisors at this time; and
Maximize Total Returns — Maximize total returns to our stockholders through a combination of realized appreciation (an increase in the value of an asset that is recognized upon the sale of such asset) and current income.

What is the experience of your investment team?

Our real estate team is led by seasoned professionals who have institutional experience investing through various real estate cycles. Our chief executive officer has more than 23 years of real estate experience and our president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary has more than nine years of real estate experience. In addition, our chief investment officer has more than 26 years of real estate experience and our chief financial officer has 11 years of real estate experience.

What is a REIT?

In general, a real estate investment trust, or REIT, is a company that:

combines the capital of many investors to acquire a large-scale diversified real estate portfolio under professional management;
allows individual investors to invest in a diversified real estate portfolio managed by a professional management team;
makes an election to be treated as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

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pays annual distributions to investors of at least 90% of its REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income, as calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain; and
generally avoids the “double taxation” treatment of income that normally results from investments in a corporation because a REIT generally is not subject to U.S. federal corporate income and excise taxes on that portion of its net income distributed to its stockholders, provided certain U.S. federal income tax requirements are satisfied.

Who is your advisor and what are its responsibilities?

American Realty Capital Advisors V, LLC, or our advisor, a Delaware limited liability company, is our external advisor and is responsible for managing our affairs on a day-to-day basis. Our advisor’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to, identifying potential investments, evaluating potential investments, making investments, asset management, asset dispositions, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, investor relations and other administrative functions on our behalf. Our advisor is an affiliate of American Realty Capital and may contract with third parties or affiliates of American Realty Capital to perform or assist with these functions. Our advisor is a recently organized limited liability company that was formed in the State of Delaware on January 18, 2013, and it has no operating history or experience managing a public company.

Who is your sponsor?

AR Capital, LLC, or our sponsor, a Delaware limited liability company, which is directly or indirectly controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane, controls our advisor and is our sponsor. Our promoters are Nicholas S. Schorsch, William M. Kahane, Peter M. Budko, Edward M. Weil, Jr. and Brian S. Block. Certain of these individuals are officers and/or members of the board of directors of ARCT IV, ARC DNAV, ARCP as well as other REITs sponsored by our sponsor that have different investment objectives than us. Our sponsor wholly owns our advisor. Our sponsor owns 100% of the interests in American Realty Capital Trust V Special Limited Partner, LLC, or the special limited partner, a Delaware limited liability company, which also is a special limited partner of our operating partnership. For information on the experience of our sponsor, see “Prior Performance Summary” and “Appendix A — Prior Performance Tables.”

What is the role of the board of directors?

We operate under the direction of our board of directors, the members of which are accountable to us and our stockholders as fiduciaries. Our charter requires that a majority of our directors be independent of us, our sponsor, our advisor or any of our or their affiliates, and provides that our independent directors will be responsible for reviewing the performance of our advisor and must approve certain other matters set forth in our charter. Our directors will be elected annually by the stockholders. Although we have executive officers who manage our operations, we do not have any paid employees.

What is the experience of your principal executive officers?

Our investments will be identified, evaluated, negotiated, consummated and managed by our investment team employed by our advisor, including the four principal officers of our advisor, including Nicholas S. Schorsch, Edward M. Weil, Jr., Peter M. Budko and Brian S. Block. Nicholas S. Schorsch is the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of our company and Edward M. Weil, Jr. is the president, chief operating officer, treasurer, secretary and a director of our company since our formation in January 2013. Mr. Schorsch also has been the chief executive officer of our advisor since its formation in January 2013. Messrs. Schorsch and Weil have been active in the structuring and financial management of commercial real estate investments for over 23 years and nine years, respectively. Messrs. Budko and Block have 26 and 11 years, respectively, of institutional real estate experience. Please also see the section entitled “Management” in this prospectus.

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How will you structure the ownership and operation of your assets?

We own substantially all our real estate properties through our operating partnership. We may, however, own properties directly, through subsidiaries of our operating partnership or through other entities. We are the sole general partner of our operating partnership and the special limited partner is the initial limited partner of our operating partnership. Our ownership of properties in our operating partnership is referred to as an “Umbrella Partnership Real Estate Investment Trust,” or UPREIT, and we will hold interests as the general partner approximately equal to the value of capital raised by us through sales of our capital stock.

Do you currently have any shares outstanding?

Yes. As of September 17, 2013, we had 54.3 million shares of our common stock outstanding, excluding shares issued under the distribution reinvestment plan that preceded this Plan.

What kind of offering is this?

The following summary below describes the principal terms of this offering and the Plan. You should carefully read the entire text of the Plan in Appendix B to this prospectus before you decide to participate in the Plan.

Shares Offered    
    14,736,842 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share. As of September 19, 2013, no shares of common stock have been issued under the Plan (excluding 0.3 million shares issued from the 14.7 million distribution reinvestment plan shares from the Registration Statement on Form S-11 for our initial public offering, the balance of which were reallocated to our initial public offering under such Registration Statement).
Enrollment    
    No action is required if you are already participating in the Plan. If you are not already participating in the Plan, stockholders can participate by completing and submitting an Authorization Form, which can be obtained by contacting us. No minimum amount of shares is required to participate in the Plan.
Reinvestment of Distributions    
    You will be able to purchase additional shares of our common stock by reinvesting any cash distributions paid on your shares of common stock.
Price per Share — Distribution Reinvestments    
    The initial price per share is $23.75, and will remain as such until the NAV pricing date. Beginning with the NAV pricing date, the per share purchase price under the Plan will vary quarterly and will be equal to our NAV per share.
Direct Stock Purchase    
    Through the optional cash purchase component of the Plan, you may purchase shares of our common stock on a monthly basis.
Price per Share — Direct Stock Purchase    
    The initial price per share is $25.00, and will remain as such until until the NAV pricing date. Beginning with such time and thereafter, the NAV per share of common stock will be the price per share for direct stock purchases. The direct stock purchase option will be limited to 1,473,684 shares, subject to our right to reallocate all or any portion of such shares to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan.
Plan Agent    
    We will serve as the agent of the Plan.

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Source of Shares of Common Stock    
    Initially, shares of our common stock purchased pursuant to the Plan will come from our authorized but unissued shares of common stock. However, if our shares are listed on a national securities exchange, we may purchase shares of our common stock in the open market or directly from us on your behalf through this prospectus.
Tracking Your Investment    
    You will receive periodic statements of the transactions made in your Plan account. These statements will provide you with details of the transactions and will indicate the share balance in your Plan account.
Amendment and Termination of the Plan    
    We may amend any aspect of the Plan or terminate the Plan for any reason by providing 10 days’ written notice to participants.
Use of Proceeds    
    The proceeds from this offering will be used for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, investment in properties, payment of fees and other costs, and funding for our share repurchase program.
Plan Restrictions    
    A participant will not be able to acquire common stock under the Plan if the purchase would (i) cause its ownership to exceed 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares or 9.8% in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of any class or series of shares or (ii) violate any of the other share ownership restrictions imposed by our charter.

What is the purpose of the Plan?

The primary purpose of the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan is to give our stockholders a convenient way to reinvest their cash distributions in additional shares of common stock. The optional cash purchase component of the Plan permits current stockholders to purchase shares of our common stock on a monthly basis in such amounts as determined by our board of directors.

What are the benefits and disadvantages of the Plan?

Benefits:

Before deciding whether to participate in the Plan, you should consider the following benefits of participation in the Plan:

You will realize the convenience of having all of your cash distributions (other than certain excluded distributions, as described in the Plan and references to “cash distributions” or “distributions” in this section will be deemed to refer to distributions other than such excluded distributions) automatically reinvested in additional shares of our common stock. Since we will credit fractional shares of common stock to your Plan account, you will receive full investment of your distributions.
The Plan also provides participants with the opportunity to purchase additional shares of common stock directly from us, if desired, by investing additional cash on a monthly basis, with or without enrolling in the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan.
You will simplify your record keeping by receiving periodic statements, which will reflect all current activity in your Plan account, including purchases and latest balances.
We, not you, will pay all costs of administering the Plan.

Disadvantages:

Before deciding whether to participate in the Plan, you should consider the following disadvantages of participation in the Plan:

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Your reinvestment of cash distributions will result in your being treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as having received, on the distribution payment date, a distribution equal to the fair market value of our common stock that you received. The distribution may give rise to a liability for the payment of income tax on our earnings and profits attributable to that distribution without providing you with immediate cash to pay the tax when it becomes due.
Because our common stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on an inter-dealer quotation system, the price for shares purchased under the Plan will not be determined by market conditions. This price may fluctuate based on the determination of our board of directors. These fluctuations may change the number of shares of our common stock that you receive. See the question below entitled “How are shares purchased under the Plan?” for a discussion of how the price for the shares is determined.
Your investment elections, and any changes or cancellations, must be received by us within specified time limits. If these time limits are not met, a delay may occur before your investment elections can be implemented. Please see the questions below entitled “When will my participation in the Plan begin?” and “How will I keep track of my investments?” for information on the time limit for participation in the Plan.
You may not pledge shares of common stock deposited in your Plan account unless you withdraw those shares from the Plan.

Who will administer the Plan?

Plan agent.  We will serve as the agent of the Plan. We:

act as your agent;
keep records of all Plan accounts;
send your account statements to you; and
perform other duties relating to the Plan.

You should send all correspondence with us to:

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.
405 Park Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10022

Affiliated transfer agent.  American National Stock Transfer, LLC, or another entity we may designate, will serve as the transfer agent of the shares of common stock issued under the Plan. If you decide to transfer ownership of all or part of the shares of common stock held in your Plan account through gift, private sale or otherwise to a person/entity outside the Plan, you should send all correspondence to the below address:

Plan Registrar
c/o DST Systems Inc.
430 W. 7th St.
Kansas City, MO 64105-1407

Successor Plan agent.  We may appoint a new Plan agent at any time. We may resign as Plan agent at any time. In either such case, we will appoint a successor Plan agent, and we will notify you of such change.

Who is eligible to participate in the Plan?

Except as described below, the Plan is generally open to all holders of our common stock who elect to participate in the Plan. Participants can be individuals, trusts, retirement plans, corporations or other entities. You must notify us in the event that, at any time during your participation in the Plan, there is an inaccuracy of any representation under your subscription agreement or any material change in your financial condition, such as any anticipated or actual decrease in net worth or annual gross income or any other change in circumstances that would cause you to fail to meet the suitability standards set forth in the prospectus for your initial purchase of our shares.

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Exclusion from Plan at Our Election.  Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan, we reserve the right to prevent you from participating in the Plan for any reason. We may terminate your individual participation in the Plan by providing 10 days’ written notice to you.

How do I enroll in the Plan?

With respect to dividend reinvestments, no action is required if you are already participating in our predecessor distribution reinvestment plan. If you are eligible to participate in the Plan, you may join either or both components of the Plan at any time. Once you enroll in the Plan, you will remain enrolled until you withdraw from the Plan or we terminate the Plan or your participation in the Plan.

The Authorization Form.  To enroll and participate in the Plan, you must complete an Authorization Form, which you can obtain by contacting us, and mail it to us at the address set forth in the question above entitled “Who will administer the Plan?”. If you are enrolling for distribution reinvestments, your form must be received no later than 10 days prior to the last day of the applicable period related to a distribution. If your form is received after the 10th day before the end of the distribution period, then you will receive a cash distribution for such distribution period and your enrollment will be processed for the distribution declared for the following distribution period. If you are enrolling to make an optional cash purchase, the Authorization Form and investment funds must be received by us at least two business days before the date such funds are to be invested for a particular month (see the question below entitled “How are shares purchased under the Plan?”). Authorization Forms may be obtained at any time by telephonic, Internet or written request to us.

If your shares of common stock are registered in more than one name (such as joint tenants or trustees), all such registered holders must sign the Authorization Form. If you are eligible to participate in the Plan, you may sign and return the Authorization Form to participate in the Plan at any time.

We will automatically reinvest any cash distributions paid on all shares of common stock that you have designated for participation in the Plan until you indicate otherwise or withdraw from the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan, or until we terminate the Plan or your participation. If you participate in the Plan, we will pay distributions on all shares of common stock held in your Plan account. We will credit the common stock purchased pursuant to the Plan to your Plan account.

If you are a beneficial owner of shares of common stock and wish for your broker, bank or other nominee in whose name your shares are held to participate in the Plan on your behalf, such broker, bank or other nominee in whose name your shares are held must submit a completed Authorization Form on your behalf.

When will my participation in the Plan begin?

Distribution Reinvestments.  We will begin to reinvest distributions for the distribution period in which your Authorization Form is received, provided we receive such Authorization Form at least 10 days before the end of such applicable distribution period. Once you enroll in the Plan, you will remain enrolled in the Plan until you withdraw from the Plan or we terminate the Plan or your participation in the Plan.

Direct Stock Purchases.  You will begin making optional cash purchases in the month in which you deliver your Authorization Form and deposit your investment funds, provided we receive such Authorization Form and investment funds at least two business days before the date such funds are to be invested for a particular month. Once you enroll in the Plan, you will remain enrolled in the Plan until you withdraw from the Plan or we terminate the Plan or your participation in the Plan. The direct stock purchase option is limited to 1,473,684 shares, subject to our right to reallocate all or any portion of such shares to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan.

How are shares purchased under the Plan?

Source of the Shares of Common Stock.  Initially, shares of common stock purchased on your behalf by us under the Plan will come from our legally authorized but unissued shares of common stock. However, if our shares are listed on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on a national market system, we may purchase shares of common stock in the open market or directly from us on your behalf through this registration statement.

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Distribution Payment Dates.  We currently declare distributions monthly and will pay distributions as and when authorized by our board of directors. We cannot assure you that we will continue to pay distributions according to this schedule, and nothing contained in the Plan obligates us to do so. The Plan does not represent a guarantee of future distributions. We will not be liable when conditions, including compliance with the provisions of our charter and rules and regulations of the SEC, prevent us from buying shares of common stock or interfere with the timing of such purchases.

Price of Shares of Common Stock.  The price of shares of common stock under the Plan will be as follows:

Distribution Reinvestments.  The purchase price for shares purchased with reinvested cash distributions under the Plan will initially be equal to $23.75. After the NAV pricing date, the price of shares purchased under the Plan will equal our NAV per share. Our board of directors determined that the offering price for the Plan will initially be $23.75 per share, which is 95% of the $25.00 per share price in our initial public offering of our common stock.

The per share price pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan was determined based in part upon U.S. federal income tax considerations. The United States Internal Revenue Service has ruled, that in connection with a reinvestment plan, a REIT may give a discount of up to 5% on reinvested shares, as a result of the savings to the REIT resulting from directly issuing the reinvestment plan shares, but that a discount in excess of 5% will be treated as a preferential, non-deductible dividend that could jeopardize our ability to maintain our qualification as a REIT.

Direct Stock Purchases.  The price of shares purchased by making optional cash payments under the Plan will be $25.00, and will remain as such until such time as the NAV pricing date. Beginning with such time and thereafter, NAV per share of common stock will be the price per share for direct stock purchases.

Our shares are not publicly traded and there is no established public trading market for the shares on which to base market value. We did not take into account the value of the underlying assets in determining the initial price per share. Investors are cautioned that common stock not publicly traded is generally considered illiquid and the estimated value per share may not be realized when an investor seeks to liquidate his or her common stock or if we were to liquidate our assets.

Number of Shares to be Purchased.  We will invest for you the total dollar amount equal to the cash distribution on all shares of common stock, including fractional shares, held in your Plan account or the optional cash amount delivered by you, as applicable. Subject to the maximum number of shares available under the direct stock purchase component of the Plan and the restrictions contained in our charter on transfer and ownership of our common stock described in the question below entitled “Is there any limit on the amount of common stock I can purchase pursuant to the Plan?”, there is no limit on the number of shares of common stock you may purchase through the Plan. We will purchase for your account the number of shares of common stock equal to the total dollar amount to be invested for you, as described above, divided by the applicable purchase price, computed to the fourth decimal place. We will deduct from the amount to be invested for you any amount that we are required to deduct for tax withholding purposes.

How can I make an optional cash payment?

Participants may make an optional cash payment for the purchase of additional shares of common stock at any time.

Participants may do so in one of two ways:

(a) By Check.  Participants can make additional cash investments by sending a check, payable to American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc., in U.S. dollars drawn on a U.S. bank. Cash, traveler’s checks, money orders or third party checks are not acceptable. Optional cash investments may be mailed to us with the tear-off portion of an account statement or with detailed written instructions. Checks must be received by us at least two business days before an investment date in order to be invested on that date. When investing by check, participants do not need to invest the same amount each time and are under no obligation to make investments in any month or at any particular time.

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(b) By Federal Funds Transfer Wire.  Participants may wire funds for investment in the Plan using the below information.

Bank Name: UMB Bank, N.A.
Location: Kansas City, MO 64105
ABA Number: 101000695
Account of: DST FBO American Realty Capital Trust V
Investor Name:
Account #: 9871737225

Will I receive certificates for shares purchased?

Book-Entry.  Unless your shares are held by a broker, bank or other nominee, we will register shares of common stock that we purchase for your account under the Plan in your name. We will credit such shares to your Plan account in “book-entry” form. This service protects against the loss, theft or destruction of certificates representing shares of common stock.

Issuance of Certificates.  Upon your written request to us, we will issue and deliver to you certificates for all whole and fractional shares of common stock credited to your Plan account. We will handle such requests at no cost to you.

Transfer Restrictions.  If you wish to pledge, sell or transfer shares of common stock to a person or entity, you must first request that we issue a certificate for the shares in your name. Please also see the question below entitled “Are there any other U.S. Federal income taxes that may apply to you for participating in the Plan?” which describes certain provisions of our charter which restrict transfer and ownership of shares.

How will I keep track of my investments?

Within 90 days after the end of each calendar year, we will send you a statement of account that will provide the following information with respect to your Plan account:

cash distributions received;
number of shares of common stock purchased (including fractional shares); and
price paid per share of our common stock.

You should retain these statements to determine the tax cost basis of the shares purchased for your account under the Plan.

How would I withdraw from participation in the Plan?

Withdrawal from the Plan.  You may withdraw from participation in the Plan at any time. In order to withdraw from the Plan, you must provide written notice to us. With respect to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan, we must receive such written notice at least 10 days before the last day of the applicable distribution period. If your request to terminate or modify your participation in the Plan is received by us after the 10th day before the last day of the applicable distribution period, then we will process the reinvestment of your proceeds of the upcoming cash distribution in accordance with your existing instructions; your request will be processed by us for the distribution declared with respect to the following period. After we terminate your account, we will pay to you all cash distributions on shares of common stock owned by you unless you rejoin the Plan. With respect to an optional cash purchase, we must receive such written notice at least two business days before the applicable purchase date. We will return the funds from a canceled purchase without interest as soon as practical. No refund of a check or money order will be made until the funds have been actually received by us.

Rejoining the Plan after Withdrawal.  After you withdraw from the Plan, you may again participate in the Plan at any time by filing a new Authorization Form with us.

What are the income tax consequences for participants in the Plan?

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matters in connection with the reinvestment of distributions under the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan, your tax basis and holding period for our common stock acquired under the Plan and the character, amount and tax treatment of any gain or loss realized on the disposition of common stock. This question and the questions below starting with “How are administrative expenses treated?” and ending with “Is there any limit on the amounts of common stock I can purchase pursuant to the Plan?” provide a brief summary of the material U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to the Plan, is for general information only, does not purport to address all aspects of taxation that may be relevant to a particular participant in light of its personal investment circumstances, or to certain types of participants (including insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, financial institutions, broker-dealers or foreign persons) subject to special treatment under the federal income tax laws, and is not tax advice. In particular, this summary generally does not address tax consequences to persons who are not “U.S. Stockholders.” In general, a “U.S. Stockholder” is a person (other than a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) who or that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (a) an individual citizen or resident of the United States, (b) a corporation or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, that is created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (c) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (d) a trust if (i) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration, and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) the trust has a valid election in effect under current Treasury Regulations to continue to be treated as a United States person. If a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds shares of our common stock and participates in the Plan, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partner in a partnership that holds shares of common stock and participates in the Plan should consult its own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences to the partner of participation in the Plan.

If a U.S. Stockholder elects to participate in the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan and is subject to U.S. federal income taxation, the U.S. Stockholder will incur a tax liability for distributions allocated to such U.S. Stockholder even though he, she or it has elected not to receive the distributions in cash but rather to have the distributions withheld and reinvested pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan. Specifically, the U.S. Stockholder will be treated as if he, she or it has received the distribution from us in cash and then applied such distribution to the purchase of additional shares of common stock. In addition, to the extent a U.S. Stockholder purchases shares of common stock through the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan at a discount to their fair market value, the U.S. Stockholder will be treated for tax purposes as receiving an additional distribution equal to the amount of the discount.

As in the case of nonreinvested cash distributions, distributions that are reinvested under the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan (and not designated as capital gain dividends or qualified dividend income), including the discount from fair market value, will constitute taxable distributions to a U.S. Stockholder to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) allocable to the distributions, and any excess distributions first will constitute a tax-deferred return of capital that reduces the tax basis of his, her, or its common stock, but not below zero, and then capital gain to the extent the excess distribution exceeds his, her, or its tax basis in our common stock. In addition, if we designate part or all of our distributions as capital gain dividends, a U.S. Stockholder would treat those designated amounts as long-term capital gains to the extent they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year, without regard to the period for which the U.S. Stockholder that receives such distribution has held its stock. However, corporate stockholders may be required to treat up to 20% of some types of capital gain dividends as ordinary income.

With respect to U.S. Stockholders who are taxed at the rates applicable to individuals, we may elect to designate a portion of our distributions paid to such U.S. Stockholders as “qualified dividend income.” A portion of a distribution that is properly designated as qualified dividend income is taxable to non-corporate U.S. Stockholders as capital gain; provided, that the U.S. Stockholder has held the common stock with respect to which the distribution is made for more than 60 days during the 121-day period beginning on the date that is 60 days before the date on which such common stock became ex-dividend with respect to the relevant distribution. The maximum amount of our distributions eligible to be designated as qualified dividend income

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for a taxable year is equal to the sum of: (a) the qualified dividend income received by us during such taxable year from C corporations, including any taxable REIT subsidiaries (generally, dividends that we receive will be treated as qualified dividend if the dividends are received from a regular, domestic C corporation, such as taxable REIT subsidiaries, and specified holding period and other requirements are met); (b) the excess of any “undistributed” REIT taxable income recognized during the immediately preceding year over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such undistributed REIT taxable income; and (c) the excess of any income recognized during the immediately preceding year attributable to the sale of a built-in gain asset that was acquired in a carry-over basis transaction from a non-REIT corporation or had appreciated at the time our REIT election became effective over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such built-in gain.

Dividend income is characterized as “portfolio” income under the passive loss rules and cannot be offset by a stockholder’s current or suspended passive losses. Distributions that we pay are not eligible for the dividends received deduction otherwise generally available to a stockholder that is a corporation.

A U.S. Stockholder’s tax basis in our common stock acquired under the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan generally will equal the total amount of distributions such U.S. Stockholder is treated as receiving, as described above. A U.S. Stockholder’s tax basis in our common stock acquired under the optional cash purchase component of the Plan generally will equal the cash purchase price for such common stock acquired. The holding period in the U.S. Stockholder’s common stock generally begins on the day following the date on which the common stock is credited to the U.S. Stockholder’s Plan account.

How are administrative expenses treated?

Although the matter is not free from doubt, based on certain private letter rulings obtained by other taxpayers, we intend to take the position that administrative expenses of the Plan that we pay do not give rise to constructive distributions to you.

What are the tax consequences of dispositions?

When you withdraw shares from the Plan, you will not realize any taxable income. A U.S. Stockholder may recognize a gain or loss upon his, her or its disposition of common stock received under the Plan. The amount of any gain or loss recognized will be the difference between the amount of cash and fair market value of property received for the common stock, and the U.S. Stockholder’s tax basis in the common stock. Generally, gain or loss recognized on the disposition of common stock acquired under the Plan will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as capital gain or loss if the U.S. Stockholder does not hold the common stock as a dealer. The capital gain or loss will be taxed as long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Stockholder’s holding period for the common stock exceeds one year, except that, to the extent of any capital gain dividends received with respect to a U.S. Stockholder’s common stock, capital losses on common stock held for six months or less will be treated as long-term capital losses.

How are backup withholding and information reporting provisions applied to you?

In general, any distribution reinvested under the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan is not subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding, unless you are non-U.S. Stockholder otherwise subject to such withholding on cash dividends received from us, in which case, only the net amount of the distribution, after deduction for any such withholding, will be reinvested under the Plan. We, as the Plan agent, or a successor Plan agent, may be required, however, to deduct as “backup withholding” at rates described below a portion of all distributions paid to a U.S. Stockholder, regardless of whether those distributions are reinvested pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan. Similarly, we may be required to deduct backup withholding from all proceeds of sales of common stock held in a U.S. Stockholder’s Plan account. Under the backup withholding rules, a U.S. Stockholder may be subject to backup withholding at the current rate of 28% with respect to dividends paid, unless the U.S. Stockholder (i) is a corporation or comes within other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact or (ii) provides a taxpayer identification number or social security number on an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or an appropriate substitute form), certifies under penalties of perjury that such number is correct and that such U.S. Stockholder is not subject to backup withholding and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. A U.S. Stockholder that does not provide his, her or its correct taxpayer identification number or social security number may also be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. In addition, we may be required to withhold a

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portion of capital gain distributions to any U.S. Stockholder who fails to certify its non-foreign status. Backup withholding amounts will be withheld from distributions before those distributions are reinvested under the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan. Therefore, if a U.S. Stockholder is subject to backup withholding, such U.S. Stockholder’s distributions to be reinvested under the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan will be reduced by the backup withholding amount.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or credit against such U.S. Stockholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability; provided, that the required information is furnished to the IRS.

Withholding taxes may apply to certain types of payments made to “foreign financial institutions” (as specially defined in the Code) and certain other non-U.S. entities. A withholding tax of 30% generally will be imposed on dividends on, and gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, our common stock paid to (a) a foreign financial institution unless such foreign financial institution agrees to verify, report and disclose its U.S. accountholders and meets certain other specified requirements or (b) a non-financial foreign entity that is the beneficial owner of the payment unless such entity certifies that it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or furnishes identifying information regarding each substantial U.S. owner and such entity meets certain other specified requirements. Applicable Treasury Regulations provide that these rules generally will apply to payments of dividends on our common stock made after December 31, 2013 and generally will apply to payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of our common stock after December 31, 2016. We will not pay any additional amounts in respect of any amounts withheld. U.S. Stockholders and Non-U.S. Stockholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the particular consequences to them of this legislation and guidance.

We will send an Internal Revenue Service Form 1099-DIV to you and to the Internal Revenue Service after the end of each year, reporting all distribution income you received during the year on your common stock.

Are there any other U.S. federal income taxes that may apply to you for participating in the Plan?

Certain net investment income earned by U.S. citizens and resident aliens and certain estates and trusts is subject to a 3.8% Medicare tax. Net investment income includes, among other things, dividends on and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of shares of stock. Holders of shares of our common stock should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this tax on their ownership and disposition of such shares.

Is there any limit on the amount of common stock I can purchase pursuant to the Plan?

For us to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, no more than 50% in value of our outstanding stock may be actually and/or constructively owned by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code to include certain entities) during the last half of a taxable year, which we refer to as the closely-held requirement, and our outstanding common stock must be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year or during a proportionate part of a short taxable year. Our charter contains restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares, which we refer to collectively as the ownership limitation, to help ensure compliance with these requirements. The ownership limitation provides that no holder of our stock may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of any of the attribution rules of the Internal Revenue Code, more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding stock or 9.8% (in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our outstanding stock. However, our charter provides that this ownership limit may be modified, either entirely or with respect to one or more persons, by a vote of a majority of the board of directors, if such modification does not jeopardize our status as a REIT and our board of directors received certain representations and undertakings required by our charter. As a condition of such modification, the board of directors may require opinions of counsel satisfactory to it and/or an undertaking from the applicant with respect to preserving our status as a REIT. The ownership limitation will not apply if the board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT.

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the 100 stockholder requirement, or certain other requirements or restrictions that could jeopardize our status as a REIT. If your acquisition is voided, you will receive in cash any distributions that were to be reinvested, without interest.

How can I vote my shares?

We will send you proxy materials for any meeting of stockholders that will set forth matters to be voted upon and contain a proxy card or other instructions for voting your shares. You may vote your shares of common stock either by designating your vote on the proxy card, by voting in accordance with other instructions or by voting such shares in person at the meeting of stockholders.

What are your and the Plan agent’s responsibilities?

We, as the Plan agent or otherwise, and any of our agents, in administering the Plan, are not liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, any claims or liability: (a) arising out of failure to terminate a participant’s account upon such participant’s death prior to receipt of notice in writing of such death; and (b) with respect to the time and the prices at which shares of our common stock are purchased or sold for a participant’s account. We and any of our agents will not have any duties, responsibilities or liabilities other than those expressly set forth in the Plan or as imposed by applicable law, including federal securities laws. We specifically disclaim any responsibility for any of our actions or inactions in connection with the administration of the Plan. None of our directors, officers, or stockholders or our agents will have any personal liability under the Plan.

How will a stock split affect my Plan account?

We will adjust your account to reflect any stock split, reverse stock split or distribution payable in shares of common stock. In such event, we will receive and credit to your Plan account the applicable number of full shares and the value of any fractional shares.

Can I pledge my shares under the Plan?

You may not pledge any shares of common stock credited to your Plan account. Any attempted pledge will be void. If you wish to pledge your shares of common stock, you first must withdraw the shares from the Plan.

How can I transfer my shares?

You may transfer ownership of all or part of the shares of common stock held in your Plan account through gift, private sale or otherwise. To transfer your shares to another person or entity you will need to mail to the Plan Registrar, at the address in the question above entitled “Who will administer the Plan?”, a completed transfer form and an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number) completed by the person or entity to whom you are transferring your shares. Please contact the transfer agent if you have any questions or need additional information. Prior to the listing of our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Stock Market, your transfer of shares will terminate participation in the Plan with respect to such transferred shares as of the first day of the distribution period in which such transfer is effective, unless the transferee of such shares in connection with such transfer demonstrates to us that such transferee meets the requirements for participation in the Plan and affirmatively elects participation by delivering an executed Authorization Form.

Can the Plan be amended, suspended or terminated?

We reserve the right to terminate a participant’s participation in the Plan or the Plan itself at any time upon 10 days’ written notice to the individual participant or all participants, as the case may be. We also may amend or suspend the Plan by providing notice at least 10 days prior to the effective date of the amendment or suspension.

What happens if you terminate the Plan?

If we terminate the Plan, we will send to each participant (i) a statement of account detailing the items listed in the question above entitled “How will I keep track of my investments?” and (ii) a check for the amount of any distributions and other amounts in the participant’s account that have not been reinvested in

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shares. Our record books will be revised to reflect the ownership of record of the participant’s full shares and the value of any fractional shares standing to the credit of each participant’s account based on the market price of the shares. Any future distributions made after the effective date of the termination will be sent directly to the former participant.

Are there any risks associated with the Plan?

Your investment in shares purchased under the Plan is no different from any investment in shares that you hold directly. We cannot assure you a profit or protect you against a loss on shares that you purchase. You bear the risk of loss and enjoy the benefits of any gain from changes in the fair market value or market price with respect to shares of common stock purchased under the Plan. We encourage you to carefully consider the various risks associated with an investment in our common stock set forth in “Risk Factors” contained in this prospectus.

How will you interpret and regulate the Plan?

We may interpret, regulate and take any other action in connection with the Plan that we deem reasonably necessary to carry out the Plan. As a participant in the Plan, you will be bound by any actions taken by us.

What law governs the Plan?

The laws of the State of Maryland will govern the Plan and the participants’ election to participate in the Plan.

Must investors meet specific suitability criteria?

Generally, you may buy shares pursuant to this prospectus if you have either (a) a net worth of at least $70,000 and a gross annual income of at least $70,000, or (b) a net worth of at least $250,000. For this purpose, net worth does not include your home, home furnishings and automobiles. Residents of certain states may have a different standard. You should carefully read the more detailed description under the section entitled “Investor Suitability Standards” immediately following the cover page of this prospectus.

Are there any risks involved in buying our shares?

Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. If we are unable to effectively manage the impact of these risks, we may not meet our investment objectives, and therefore, you should purchase these securities only if you can afford a complete loss of your investment. Some of the more significant risks relating to this offering and an investment in our shares include:

We have a limited operating history and limited established financing sources.
If distributions are declared and paid, the amount of the distributions paid may decrease or distributions may be eliminated at any time. Due to the risks involved in the ownership of real estate, there is no guarantee of any return on your investment, and you may lose all or a portion of your investment.
We are depending on our advisor to select investments and conduct our operations. Adverse changes in the financial condition of our advisor or our relationship with our advisor could adversely affect us.
No public market exists for our shares of common stock, nor may a public market ever exist and our shares are, and may continue to be, illiquid. Our share repurchase program may be the only way to dispose of your shares, but there are a number of limitations placed on such repurchases. See “Share Repurchase Program.”
Market conditions and other factors could cause us to delay our liquidity event beyond the sixth anniversary of the termination of the primary offering. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve a liquidity event.
We established the offering price on an arbitrary basis; as a result, the actual value of your investment may be substantially less than what you pay.
There are substantial conflicts among the interests of our investors, our interests and the interests of our advisor, sponsor, dealer manager and our and their respective affiliates, which could result in decisions that are not in the best interests of our stockholders.

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Our sponsor is the sponsor of nine other publicly offered investment programs which invest generally in real estate assets, but not primarily in our target assets, and three publicly offered investment programs that invest in the same assets as our target assets.
Our investment objectives and strategies may be changed without stockholder consent.
We are obligated to pay substantial fees to our advisor, which may result in our advisor recommending riskier investments.
We are obligated to pay the special limited partner a subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement, which may be substantial and, as a result, may discourage us from terminating the advisor.
We may incur substantial debt, which could hinder our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders or could decrease the value of your investment if income on, or the value of, the property securing the debt falls.
Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from any source, including from offering proceeds from our initial public offering.
Our failure to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT would result in higher taxes, may adversely affect our operations, would reduce the amount of income available for distribution and would limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.
Commencing with the NAV pricing date, the offering price for shares issued pursuant to the Plan, will be based on NAV, which may not accurately reflect the value of our assets.
There are limitations on ownership and transferability of our shares. Please see “Description of Securities — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.”

How will your advisor calculate per share NAV?

Commencing with the NAV pricing date, our advisor will be responsible for calculating our quarterly NAV at the end of each business day on which we make our quarterly financial filing. Our board of directors will review the NAV calculation quarterly. In connection with our NAV calculation, an independent valuer will appraise our properties regularly, and our advisor will review each appraisal. Our advisor will also determine the valuation of our properties and will compare each appraisal to its own determinations. If in our advisor’s opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than our advisor’s determinations of value, our advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer. If our advisor determines that the appraisals are still materially higher or lower than its valuations, a valuation committee, comprised of our independent directors, will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value. To calculate our quarterly per share NAV, our advisor will follow the guidelines established in the Investment Program Association Practice Guideline 2013-01 titled “Valuations of Publically Registered Non-Listed REITs,” issued April 29, 2013, or IPA 2013-01. IPA 2013-01 outlines the following in methodology to calculate NAV:

Step 1: Determination of Gross Asset Value: We will establish the fair value of wholly owned individual real properties and real estate-related assets (taking into consideration an estimate provided by an independent valuer as described above) consistent with Accounting Standard Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, or ASC 820. We will then add the fair value of assets and liabilities related to our investment interests in joint ventures and non-wholly owned subsidiaries based on the net fair value of such entities’ assets less liabilities and the provisions of the joint venture/subsidiary agreements relating to the allocation of economic interests between the parties to such agreements. We will establish the fair value of any other tangible assets. For this purpose, cash, receivables, and certain prepaid expenses and other current assets which have a defined and quantifiable future value should be included. Assets with a future value may include, but are not necessarily limited to, prepaid expenses and taxes, acquisition deposits and prepaid rental income where not otherwise accounted for in the determination of the fair values of real estate and real estate-related assets. Intangible assets to be excluded include, but are not limited to, deferred financing costs, and all assets/liabilities required by Accounting Standard Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations, or ASC 805. Private non-listed securities and business interests will be valued at estimated fair value.

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Step 2: Determination of Liabilities: We will value current liabilities at GAAP book value when it approximates fair value. Debt maturing in one year or more will be valued at fair value, or mark to market. The value of minority interests will be based on allocation of fair value of assets less liabilities of each joint venture based on each applicable provision of the joint venture agreement relating to the allocation of economic interests between the parties.

Step 3: Preferred Securities, Special Interests & Incentive Fee Adjustments: We will calculate and deduct: (i) any net asset value allocable to preferred securities; and (ii) any estimated incentive fees, participations, or special interests held by or allocable to the sponsor, our advisor or any of their affiliates, based on our aggregate NAV and payable in a hypothetical liquidation of us as of the valuation date in accordance with the provisions of the operating partnership and advisory agreements and the terms of the preferred securities.

Step 4: Determination of Per Share Amount: We will divide the resulting NAV allocable to stockholders by the number of common shares outstanding on the valuation date (fully diluted).

In connection with the determination of the fair value of the real estate and real estate-related assets, an independent valuer will provide an estimate of the market value of our real estate assets, which will primarily be held in our operating partnership. In order to determine a quarterly estimate of our portfolio’s market value, the independent valuer will analyze the cash flow from and other characteristics of each property in the portfolio and compile a projection of cash flows for the portfolio, as a whole. The independent valuer will analyze the portfolio’s projected cash flows utilizing a discounted cash flow approach to valuation and may also consider additional valuation methodologies; provided, that all methodologies, opinions and judgments used by the independent valuer will be consistent with our valuation guidelines, as established by our board of directors, and industry practices. Each of our properties will be appraised at least annually by the independent valuer, with such appraisals spread out over the course of a year so that approximately 25% of all properties are appraised each quarter.

We aim to provide a reasonable estimate of the market value of our shares. However, the methodologies will be based on a number of judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events that may or may not prove to be correct, and if different judgments, assumptions or opinions were used, different estimates would likely result. Therefore, the quarterly per share NAV calculation is an estimate and may not reflect the precise amount that you could receive for your shares in a market transaction. It is not known whether repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders or purchasers of our common stock will benefit from such disparity. In addition, our published per share NAV is an estimate and may not fully reflect the economic impact of certain extraordinary events, including, without limitation, the unexpected renewal or termination of a material lease or unanticipated structural or environmental events affecting the value of a property, on our portfolio that may have occurred since the prior valuation because we may not be able to immediately quantify the economic impact of such events. If our advisor determines there has been an extraordinary event that may have materially changed the estimated value of our portfolio, we will make an announcement regarding such extraordinary event. Our advisor will analyze the impact of such extraordinary event and determine, considering the views of the independent valuer, the appropriate adjustment to be made to our NAV. We will not however retroactively adjust NAV. To the extent the extraordinary events may result in a material change in value of a specific property, the independent valuer will be asked to review such events and if it believes that such extraordinary events are reasonably likely to have affected the appraised value, will prepare an additional appraisal of the property.

How will you use the proceeds raised in this offering?

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the Plan for general corporate purposes, including purchasing additional properties, funding operating or capital expenses associated with our existing properties or for funding the share repurchase plan. We have no basis for estimating the number of shares that will be sold. We also intend to use up to 1.5% of such net proceeds from the sale of shares under the Plan for organizational and offering expenses.

Have you conducted other offerings?

Yes. As of September 17, 2013, we had received aggregate gross proceeds of $1.3 billion from the sale of 54.3 million shares of common stock in our initial public offering and $6.3 million in distribution reinvestment

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plan proceeds. As of September 17, 2013, there were 54.6 million shares of our common stock outstanding, including restricted stock and shares issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan that preceded this Plan.

What is your distribution policy?

To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we generally are required to make aggregate annual distributions to our stockholders of at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income, as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain, and pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that we annually distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income. Our board of directors may authorize distributions in excess of those required for us to maintain REIT status depending on our financial condition and such other factors as our board of directors deems relevant.

Distributions that you receive (not designated as capital gain dividends or qualified dividend income), including distributions reinvested pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan, will be taxed as ordinary income to the extent they are paid from our earnings and profits (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes). However, distributions that we designate as capital gain dividends generally will be taxable as long-term capital gain to the extent that they are attributable to net capital gain recognized by us. Some portion of your distributions may not be subject to tax in the year in which they are received because depreciation expense reduces the amount of taxable income, but does not reduce cash available for distribution. The portion of your distribution which is not designated as a capital gain dividend, or qualified dividend income, and is in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits is considered a return of capital for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will reduce the adjusted tax basis of your investment, but not below zero, deferring such portion of your tax until your investment is sold or our company is liquidated, at which time you will be taxed at capital gains rates. To the extent such portion of your distribution exceeds the adjusted tax basis in your investment, such excess will be treated as capital gain if you hold your shares of stock as a capital asset for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We will furnish annually to each of our stockholders a statement setting forth distributions paid during the preceding year and their characterization as ordinary income, return of capital, qualified dividend income or capital gain. Please note that each investor’s tax considerations are different, so, you should consult with your tax advisor prior to making an investment in our shares. You also should review the section of this prospectus entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

On April 9, 2013, our board of directors authorized, and we declared, a distribution rate, which is calculated based on stockholders of record each day during the applicable period at a rate of $0.004520548 per day, based on $25.00 price per share of common stock. Distributions are payable by the 5th day following each month end to stockholders of record at the close of business each day during the prior month.

The amount of distributions payable to our stockholders is determined by our board of directors and is dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for distribution, our financial condition, capital expenditure requirements, as applicable, requirements of Maryland law and annual distribution requirements needed to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT under the Code. Distribution payments are dependent on the availability of funds. Our board of directors may reduce the amount of distributions paid or suspend distribution payments at any time and therefore distribution payments are not assured.

Distributions began to accrue on May 13, 2013, 15 days following our initial property acquisition. The first distribution was paid in June 2013. During the three months ended June 30, 2013, distributions paid to common stockholders totaled $0.4 million, inclusive of $0.2 million of distributions for shares of common stock issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan. During the three months ended June 30, 2013, cash used to pay distributions was generated from proceeds from our initial public offering and shares issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan.

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The following table shows the sources for the payment of distributions to common stockholders for the period presented:

   
  Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
(In thousands)     Percentage of Distributions
Distributions:
                 
Distribution paid in cash   $ 173           
Distributions reinvested     226        
Total distributions   $ 399        
Source of distribution coverage:
                 
Cash flows provided by operations(1)   $       % 
Common stock issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment
plan/offering proceeds
    173       43.4 % 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock     226       56.6 % 
Proceeds from financings           % 
Total source of distribution coverage   $ 399       100.0 % 
Cash flows used in operations (GAAP basis)(1)   $ (112 )       
Net loss (in accordance with GAAP)   $ (215 )       

(1) Cash flows used in operations for the three months ended June 30, 2013 include acquisition and transaction related expenses of $0.1 million.

The following table compares cumulative distributions paid to cumulative net loss (in accordance with GAAP) for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013:

 
(In thousands)   Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013
Distributions paid:
        
Common stockholders in cash   $ 173  
Common stockholders pursuant to distribution reinvestment plan/offering proceeds     226  
Total distributions paid   $ 399  
Reconciliation of net loss:
        
Revenues   $ 35  
Acquisition and transaction related     (112 ) 
Depreciation and amortization     (19 ) 
Other operating expenses     (148 ) 
Net loss (in accordance with GAAP)(1)   $ (244 ) 

(1) Net loss as defined by GAAP includes the non-cash impact of depreciation and amortization expense as well as costs incurred relating to acquisitions and related transactions.

We expect to continue paying distributions monthly unless our results of operations, our general financial conditions, general economic conditions, applicable provisions of Maryland law or other factors make it imprudent to do so. The timing and amount of distributions will be determined by our board of directors, in its discretion, and may vary from time to time. The board’s discretion will be influenced in substantial part by its obligation to cause us to comply with REIT requirements of the Code. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from this offering that may be used to fund distributions, except that, in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law, we may not make distributions that would: (1) cause us to be unable to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business; (2) cause our

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total assets to be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus senior liquidation preferences, if any; or (3) jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT.

If we do not have enough cash to make distributions, we may fund distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, including borrowing funds, using proceeds from this offering, issuing additional securities or selling assets in order to fund distributions. Until we are generating operating cash flow sufficient to make distributions to our stockholders, we intend to pay all or a substantial portion of our distributions from the proceeds of this offering or from borrowings, including possible borrowings from our advisor or its affiliates, in anticipation of future cash flow, which may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties or other permitted investments, and negatively impact the value of your investment. We have accounts payable and accrued expenses outstanding. Had these accounts payable and accrued expenses been paid there would be less in cash flow from operations available to pay distributions.

Each distribution will be accompanied by a notice which sets forth: (a) the record date; (b) the amount per share that will be distributed; (c) the equivalent annualized yield; (d) the amount and percentage of the distributions paid from operations, offering proceeds and other sources; (e) the aggregate amount of such distribution; and (f) for those investors participating in the distribution reinvestment plan, a statement that a distribution statement will be provided in lieu of a check.

What is the status of your fees paid and deferred?

The following table reflects the fees and expense reimbursements incurred and payable as of and for the periods presented (in thousands):

   
  Incurred(1)
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
and the Period from
January 22, 2013
(date of inception) to
June 30, 2013
  Payable as of
June 30, 2013
Selling commissions and dealer manager fees   $ 39,676     $ 760  
Offering costs     5,325       359  
Acquisition fees and related cost reimbursements     48        
Financing coordination fees            
Other expense reimbursements            

(1)  No amounts were forgiven for the periods presented.

In what types of real property have you invested?

We have sought to build a diversified portfolio comprised primarily of freestanding single tenant retail properties that are double-net and triple-net leased. Triple-net leases, or NNN leases, typically require the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property such as maintenance, insurance, taxes, structural repairs and all other operating and capital expenses. Double-net leases, or NN leases, typically provide that the landlord is responsible for maintaining the roof and structure, or other structural aspects of the property, while the tenant is responsible for all remaining expenses associated with the property. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, has adopted a policy mandating that at least 50% of the net operating income derived by our portfolio must come from investment grade tenants (as determined by a major credit rating agency), as measured at such time as we have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering. Further changes to this policy will require approval by a majority vote of our stockholders. We have sought to invest in a portfolio of real estate that is diversified by industry, geography, tenants, credits, and use. Once we have deployed all of the capital from our initial public offering, we do not anticipate any single tenant or geographic concentration to comprise more than 10% of our portfolio.

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Real Estate Investment Summary

Real Estate Portfolio

The Company acquires and operates commercial properties. As of August 31, 2013, the properties the Company owned were 100.0% leased on a weighted-average basis. The Company’s portfolio of real estate properties is comprised of the following properties as of August 31, 2013:

           
Portfolio   Acquisition Date   Number of Properties   Square Feet   Remaining Lease Term(1)   Annualized Rental Income(2)
(in thousands)
  Base Purchase Price(3)
(in thousands)
Dollar General I     Apr. 2013 &
May 2013
      2       18,126       14.7     $ 172     $ 2,243  
Walgreens I     Jul. 2013       1       10,500       24.1       242       3,632  
Dollar General II     Jul. 2013       2       18,052       14.8       174       2,346  
AutoZone I     Jul. 2013       1       7,370       13.9       111       1,519  
Dollar General III     Jul. 2013       5       45,989       14.7       429       5,783  
BSFS I     Jul. 2013       1       8,934       10.4       255       3,047  
Dollar General IV     Jul. 2013       2       18,126       12.5       155       1,989  
Tractor Supply I     Aug. 2013       1       19,097       14.3       305       4,074  
Dollar General V     Aug. 2013       1       12,480       14.4       168       2,295  
Mattress Firm I     Aug. 2013       1       5,000       11.8       221       2,531  
Family Dollar I     Aug. 2013       1       8,050       7.8       81       955  
Lowe’s I     Aug. 2013       5       671,313       15.8       4,689       58,695  
O’Reilly Auto Parts I     Aug. 2013       1       10,692       16.9       83       1,005  
Food Lion I     Aug. 2013       1       44,549       16.2       624       8,910  
Family Dollar II     Aug. 2013       1       8,028       9.8       78       969  
Walgreens II     Aug. 2013       1       14,490       19.6       230       3,200  
Dollar General VI     Aug. 2013       1       9,014       9.6       107       1,431  
Dollar General VII     Aug. 2013       1       9,100       14.6       91       1,210  
Family Dollar III     Aug. 2013       1       8,000       9.1       84       1,004  
Chili’s I     Aug. 2013       2       12,700       12.3       403       5,760  
CVS I     Aug. 2013       1       10,055       12.4       179       2,640  
Joe’s Crab Shack I     Aug. 2013       2       16,012       13.6       662       7,975  
             35       985,677       15.1     $ 9,543     $ 123,213  

(1) Remaining lease term in years as of August 31, 2013, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income as of August 31, 2013 for the portfolio on a straight-line basis.

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Future Lease Expirations

The following is a summary of lease expirations for the next ten years at the properties we owned as of August 31, 2013:

         
Year of Expiration   Number of
Leases
Expiring
  Annualized
Rental
Income(1)
Represented
by Expiring
Leases
(in thousands)
  Percentage of
Total
Annualized
Rental Income
Represented
by Expiring
Leases
  Total
Rentable
Square Feet of
Expiring
Leases
  Percentage of
Leased Area
Represented by
Expiring
Leases
September 1, 2013 – 
December 31, 2013
        $       0.00 %            0.00 % 
2014                 0.00 %            0.00 % 
2015                 0.00 %            0.00 % 
2016                 0.00 %            0.00 % 
2017                 0.00 %            0.00 % 
2018                 0.00 %            0.00 % 
2019                 0.00 %            0.00 % 
2020                 0.00 %            0.00 % 
2021     1       81       0.90 %      8,050       0.80 % 
2022     1       84       0.90 %      8,000       0.80 % 
Total     2     $ 165       1.80 %      16,050       1.60 % 

(1) Annualized rental income as of August 31, 2013 for the leases expiring on a straight-line basis.

Tenant Concentration

The following table lists tenants with square footage that is greater than 10% of the total portfolio square footage as of August 31, 2013:

             
Tenant   Number of
Units
Occupied by
Tenant
  Rentable
Square
Feet
  Rentable
Square Feet
as a
Percentage of
Total
Portfolio
  Lease
Expiration
Date
  Average
Remaining
Lease
Term(1)
  Renewal Options   Annualized
Rental
Income(2)
(in thousands)
Lowe's     5       671,313       68.1 %      Various       15.8       6 five-year options       4,689  
Dollar General     14       130,887       13.3 %      Various       13.6       3 to 5 five-year options       1,296  

(1) Remaining lease term in years as of August 31, 2013, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income as of August 31, 2013 for the tenant portfolio on a straight-line basis.

Will you use debt borrowing to finance your investments?

Under our charter, the maximum amount of our total indebtedness shall not exceed 300% of our total “net assets” (as defined by the Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts revised and adopted by the North American Securities Administrators Association on May 7, 2007, or the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following that borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments.

In addition, it is currently our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets, unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for borrowing such a greater amount. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the

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fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. See the section entitled “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Financing Strategies and Policies” in this prospectus for a more detailed discussion of our borrowing policies.

What are your exit strategies?

We do not intend to hold our acquired assets for an extended period of time past three to six years after the termination of our initial public offering. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, may determine that it is in our best interests to begin the process of engaging advisors to consider alternatives with respect to a liquidity event at such time during our offering stage that it can reasonably determine that all of the securities being offered our initial public offering will be sold within a reasonable period, which has occurred to date. A liquidity event could include a sale of our assets, a sale or merger of our company, a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, or other similar transaction. Any liquidity event is subject to the determination of our board of directors that such liquidity event is appropriate to commence.

If we do not begin the process of achieving a liquidity event by the sixth anniversary of the termination of the primary offering period, our charter requires our board of directors to adopt a resolution declaring that a plan of liquidation of our company is advisable and direct that the plan of liquidation be submitted for consideration at either an annual or special meeting of stockholders, unless the adoption of a plan of liquidation by the board and submission thereof to stockholders is postponed by a majority of the board of directors and a majority of the independent directors. If we have sought and failed to receive stockholder approval of a plan of liquidation, our company will continue operating, and upon the written request of stockholders owning in the aggregate not less than 10% of the then outstanding common shares, the plan of liquidation will be submitted for consideration by proxy statement to the stockholders up to once every two years.

Market conditions and other factors could cause us to delay our liquidity event beyond the sixth anniversary of the termination of this primary offering. Even after we decide to pursue a liquidity event, we are under no obligation to conclude our liquidity event within a set time frame because the timing of our liquidity event will depend on real estate market conditions, financial market conditions, U.S. federal income tax consequences to stockholders, and other conditions that may prevail in the future. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve a liquidity event.

What conflicts of interest will your advisor and its affiliates face?

Our advisor and its affiliates will experience conflicts of interest in connection with the management of our business affairs, including the following:

Our sponsor and its affiliates, including our advisor, each of whom may in the future make investment decisions for other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs and direct investments, must determine which investment opportunities to recommend to us or another American Realty Capital-sponsored program or joint venture, and must determine how to allocate resources among us and any other future American Realty Capital-sponsored programs;
Our advisor may structure the terms of joint ventures between us and other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs;
We have retained American Realty Capital Properties V, LLC, or our property manager, an affiliate of our advisor, to manage and lease some or all of our properties. The advisor and its affiliates may have conflicts of interests in determining which investment opportunities to recommend to us and to other programs for which they may provide these services;
Our sponsor and its affiliates will have to allocate their time between us and other real estate programs and activities in which they may be involved in the future; and
Our advisor and its affiliates will receive fees in connection with transactions involving the purchase, financing, management and sale of our investments, and, because our advisor does not maintain a significant equity interest in us and is entitled to receive substantial minimum compensation regardless of performance, our advisor’s interests are not wholly aligned with those of our stockholders.

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Our officers and two of our directors also will face these conflicts because of their affiliation with our advisor. These conflicts of interest could result in decisions that are not in our best interests. See the section entitled “Conflicts of Interest” in this prospectus for a detailed discussion of the various conflicts of interest relating to your investment, as well as the procedures that we have established to mitigate a number of these potential conflicts.

The following chart shows the ownership structure of the various American Realty Capital entities that are affiliated with us and our advisor.

[GRAPHIC MISSING]

* At inception of the offering.
(1) The investors in this offering will own registered shares of common stock in us.
(2) Our sponsor is directly or indirectly controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane.
(3) Each property to be held in a special purpose entity.
(4) Through its controlling interest in the advisor, the special limited partner is entitled to receive the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution and the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement pursuant to its special limited partnership interest in the operating partnership.
(5) The special limited partner is 100% owned by our sponsor.
(6) Realty Capital Securities, LLC is owned by an entity which is under common control with our sponsor.

We will present our financial statements in accordance with GAAP, on a consolidated basis with our operating partnership.

What are the fees that you will pay to the advisor, its affiliates, the dealer manager and your directors?

Our advisor and its affiliates will receive compensation and reimbursement for services relating to the investment and management of our assets. The most significant items of compensation and reimbursement are included in the table below. In the sole discretion of our advisor, the advisor may elect to have certain fees and commissions (not including any asset management fees) paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. We will not pay a separate fee for leasing or property management, although we may rely on our advisor or its affiliates to provide such service to us. Once the proceeds for our initial public offering have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price for all of the assets acquired. The total amount of acquisition fees, acquisition expense reimbursements, financing coordination fees, disposition fees and subordinated distributions by the operating partnership payable to the advisor (or its assignees), together with the fair market value of any shares of restricted stock granted under our restricted share plan, shall not exceed (a) 6% of all properties’ aggregate gross contract purchase price, (b) as determined annually, the greater, in the aggregate, of 2% of average invested assets and 25% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period, (c) disposition fees, if any, of up to 3% of the contract sales price of all properties that we sell

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and (d) 15% of remaining net sales proceeds after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of a 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. For a more detailed discussion of compensation, see the table included in the “Management Compensation” section of this prospectus, including the footnotes thereto.

 
Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
     Operational Stage
Acquisition Fees   We will pay to our advisor or its assignees 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property acquired (including our pro rata share of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of that investment and exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees) and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of that investment and exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees). This acquisition fee is reflective of services performed by our advisor in connection with selecting properties for acquisition and shall cover such services until such time as our advisor has submitted a letter of intent to the seller to purchase such property and presented a detailed investment memorandum to our board of directors for approval. For purposes of this prospectus, “contract purchase price” or the “amount advanced for a loan or other investment” means the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase, development, construction or improvement of a property or the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase of loans or other real-estate related assets, in each case inclusive of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of such investment, but exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees. This acquisition fee does not include any acquisition expenses payable to our advisor, as described in “Acquisition Expenses” below. Once the proceeds from the primary offering have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees (as described below) shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price and the amount advanced for a loan or other investment, as applicable, for all the assets acquired.
Acquisition Expenses   We will reimburse our advisor for expenses actually incurred (including personnel costs) related to selecting, evaluating and acquiring assets on our behalf, regardless of whether we actually acquire the related assets.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Acquisition Expenses   Specifically, we will pay our advisor or its affiliates for any services provided by such entities for which they incur investment-related expenses, or insourced expenses. Such insourced expenses will be fixed initially at 0.50% of the purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to the property) and 0.50% of the amount advanced for each loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment), paid at each such closing. Insourced expenses include legal advisory expenses, due diligence expenses, acquisition-related administrative and advisory expenses, survey, property, lease and contract review expenses, travel and communications expenses and other closing costs, regardless of whether we acquire the investment. Aggregate insourced expenses in any year shall be fixed initially at 0.50% of the purchase price of our acquisitions (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments) and 0.50% of the amounts advanced for all loans or other investments (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments). By fixing insourced expenses for each acquisition and for any year to 0.50% of the purchase price of our acquisitions for such year, we intend for these expenses to remain at or below the amount of expenses that we would incur if we outsourced the services described above for each such year. In order to ensure that such insourced expenses remain at or below market rates, we will perform annually a comparative analysis of what the amount of expenses will be if we outsource the services provided by the advisor or its affiliates during such year for a substantially similar amount of acquisitions in the subsequent year, or a market check. In light of this market check, we will adjust our future insourced expenses annually, or we may determine to outsource certain services provided by the advisor or its affiliates for any subsequent year in order to remain at or below market rates, if needed. Aggregate insourced expenses in any year will not exceed 0.50% of the purchase price of our acquisitions (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments) and 0.50% of the amounts advanced for all loans or other investments (including our
pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments).
     Additionally, we will pay third party acquisition expenses and other acquisition expenses that we incur, including, but not limited to, third party brokerage or finders fees, title insurance premiums and transfer taxes, appraisals, incorporation costs, surveying, zoning and environmental reports, insurance review and third party legal expenses.
     In no event will the total of all acquisition fees and acquisition expenses (including any financing coordination fee) payable with respect to our portfolio of investments or reinvestments exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of our portfolio to be measured at the close of the acquisition phase (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to the portfolio) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for all loans or other investments (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments). We may, from time to time, reimburse our advisor for third party acquisition expenses that it incurs, if any.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Asset Management Subordinated Participation(1)   Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter (subject to the approval of the board of directors), we, as the general partner of the operating partnership, will pay an asset management subordinated participation by issuing a number of restricted Class B Units to our advisor equal to: the cost of assets multiplied by 0.1875% (or the lower of the cost of assets and the applicable quarterly NAV multiplied by 0.1875%, once we begin calculating NAV) divided by; (ii) the value of one share of common stock as of the last day of such calendar quarter, which is equal initially to $22.50 (the primary offering price minus selling commissions and dealer manager fees) and, at such time as we calculate NAV, to per share NAV.
     Our advisor will be entitled to receive distributions on the vested and unvested Class B units it receives in connection with its asset management subordinated participation at the same rate as distributions received on our common stock; such distributions will be in addition to the incentive fees the advisor and its affiliates may receive from us, including, without limitation, the annual subordinated performance fee and the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution or the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement, as applicable.
     Class B Units are subject to forfeiture until such time as: (a) the value of the operating partnership’s assets plus all distributions made equals or exceeds the total amount of capital contributed by investors plus a 6.0% cumulative, pretax, non-compounded annual return thereon, or the “economic hurdle”; (b) any one of the following events occurs concurrently with or subsequently to the achievement of the economic hurdle described above: (i) a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange; (ii) a transaction to which we or our operating partnership shall be a party, as a result of which OP Units or our common stock shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the holders of such securities shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof; or (iii) the termination of the advisory agreement without cause; and (c) the advisor pursuant to the advisory agreement is providing services to us immediately prior to the occurrence of an event of the type described in clause (b) above, unless the failure to provide such services is attributable to the termination without cause of the advisory agreement by an affirmative vote of a majority of our independent directors after the economic hurdle described above has been met.
     Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated for any reason other than a termination without cause. Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated without cause by an affirmative vote of a majority of our board of directors before the economic hurdle described above has been met.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Operating Expenses   We will reimburse our advisor’s costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that we will not reimburse our advisor for any amount by which our operating expenses at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2.0% of average invested assets and (b) 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. For these purposes, “average invested assets” means, for any period, the average of the aggregate book value of our assets (including lease intangibles, invested, directly or indirectly, in financial instruments, debt and equity securities and equity interests in and loans secured by real estate assets (including amounts invested in REITs and other real estate operating companies)) before deducting reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of these values at the end of each month during the period. Additionally, we will not make operating expense reimbursements for personnel costs to our advisor in connection with services for which the advisor already receives acquisition fees, acquisition expenses or real estate commissions. We will not reimburse the advisor for salaries and benefits paid to our executive officers.
Financing Coordination Fee   If our advisor provides services in connection with the origination or refinancing of any debt that we obtain and use to finance properties or other permitted investments, or that is assumed, directly or indirectly, in connection with the acquisition of properties or other permitted investments, we will pay the advisor or its assignees a financing coordination fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available and/or outstanding under such financing or such assumed debt, subject to certain limitations. The advisor may reallow some of or all of this financing coordination fee to reimburse third parties with whom it may subcontract to procure such financing.
Restricted Stock Awards   We have established an employee and director incentive restricted share plan pursuant to which our directors, officers and employees (if we ever have employees), our advisor and its affiliates and their respective employees, employees of entities that provide services to us, directors of our advisor or of entities that provide services to us and their respective employees, certain of our consultants and certain consultants to our advisor and its affiliates or entities that provide services to us and their respective employees may be granted incentive awards in the form of restricted stock.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Compensation and Restricted Stock Awards to Independent Directors   We pay to our lead independent director a retainer of $55,000 per year in addition to the retainer of $30,000 per year that we pay to all of our independent directors, plus $2,000 for each board or board committee meeting the director attends in person ($2,500 for attendance by the chairperson of the audit committee at each meeting of the audit committee), $750 per transaction reviewed and voted upon via electronic board meeting up to a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per meeting, and $1,500 for each meeting the director attends by telephone. If there is a meeting of the board of directors and one or more committees in a single day, the fees will be limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 for the chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee). We also will pay each independent director for each external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event attended in person and in which the independent director actively participates, solely in his or her capacity as an independent director of the company, in the following amounts:
    

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$2,500 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that does not exceed four hours, or

    

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$5,000 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that exceeds four hours.

     In either of the above cases, the company will reimburse, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed, an independent director’s reasonable expenses associated with attendance at such external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event. An independent director cannot be paid or reimbursed for attendance at a single external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event by us and another company for which he or she is a director.
     Each independent director also is entitled to receive an award of 1,333 restricted shares of common stock under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan when he or she joins the board of directors and on the date of each annual stockholder’s meeting thereafter. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
     Liquidation/Listing Stage
Real Estate Commissions   For substantial assistance in connection with the sale of a property in which our advisor or its affiliate or agent provides a substantial amount of services, we will pay such entity a real estate commission equal to 2.0% of the contract sales price of that property, but in no event will that commission be greater than one-half of the total brokerage commission if a brokerage commission is paid to a third-party broker in addition to the real estate commission paid to our advisor or its affiliate or agent; provided, however, that in no event may the sum of the real estate commissions paid to our advisor and its affiliates and agents and unaffiliated third parties exceed the lesser of 6.0% of the contract sales price and a reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission in light of the size, type and location of the property. Substantial assistance in connection with the sale of a property includes the preparation of an investment package for the property (including an investment analysis, a property description and other due diligence information) or certain other substantial services performed by the advisor or its affiliate or agent in connection with a sale.
Annual Subordinated Performance Fee   We will pay our advisor an annual subordinated performance fee calculated on the basis of our total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears, such that for any year in which our total return on stockholders’ capital exceeds 6.0% per annum, our advisor will be entitled to 15.0% of the amount in excess of such 6.0% per annum provided that the amount paid to the advisor does not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate total return for such year. This fee will be payable only from realized appreciation in the company’s assets upon sale, other disposition or refinancing of such assets, which results in our return on stockholders’ capital exceeding 6.0% per annum.
Subordinated Participation in Net Sales Proceeds (payable only if we are not listed on an exchange and the advisory agreement is not terminated or non-renewed)   The special limited partner will receive from time to time, when available, 15.0% of remaining “net sales proceeds” after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. “Net sales proceeds” generally refers to the proceeds of sale transactions less selling expenses incurred by or on our behalf, including legal fees, closing costs or other applicable fees. For the full definition of “net sales proceeds,” you should refer to our charter. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6.0% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisor’s and its affiliates’ incentive compensation.
Subordinated Incentive Listing Distribution (payable only if we are listed on an exchange)   Upon the listing of our shares on a national securities exchange, the special limited partner or its assignees will receive distributions from our operating partnership, equal to 15.0% of the amount by which the sum of our market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6.0% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisor’s and its affiliates’ incentive compensation.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Subordinated Distribution upon Termination of the Advisory Agreement   Upon termination or non-renewal of the advisory agreement, with or without cause, the special limited partner will be entitled to receive distributions from our operating partnership, equal to 15.0% of the amount by which the sum of our market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6.0% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisor’s and its affiliates’ incentive compensation. In addition, our advisor may elect to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination until either a listing on a national securities exchange or other liquidity event occurs.

(1) For example, if the cost of assets (cost will include the purchase price, acquisition expenses, capital expenditures and other customarily capitalized costs, but will exclude acquisition fees) we hold with respect to a quarter equals $50,000,000 and the value of one share of our common stock as of the last day of such quarter equals $22.50, 4,166.67 Class B Units would be issuable to our advisor ((50,000,000 × 0.1875%) ÷ $22.50 = 4,166.67).

Historically, due to the apparent preference of the public markets for self-managed companies, non-traded REITs have engaged in internalization transactions (an acquisition of management functions by the REIT from its advisor) pursuant to which they became self-managed prior to listing their securities on national securities exchanges. These internalization transactions can result in significant payments to affiliates of the advisor irrespective of the returns stockholders have received. Our charter and advisory agreement provide that no compensation or remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any internalization transaction (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future.

How many real estate investments do you currently own?

We currently own 35 properties. Because we purchased our first property on April 29, 2013, you do not need to be concerned about possible “legacy issues” related to assets acquired before the commencement of this offering. As specific investments become probable, we will supplement this prospectus to provide information regarding the probable investment to the extent it is material to an investment decision with respect to our common stock. We also will describe material changes to our portfolio, including the closing of property acquisitions, by means of a supplement to this prospectus.

If I buy shares in this offering, how may I sell them later?

Our common stock is currently not listed on a national securities exchange and we will not seek to list our stock until the time our independent directors believe that the listing of our stock would be in the best interest of our stockholders. In order to provide stockholders with the benefit of some interim liquidity, our board of directors has adopted a share repurchase program that enables our stockholders to sell their shares back to us subject to the significant conditions and limitations in our share repurchase program. Our sponsor, advisor, directors and affiliates are prohibited from receiving a fee on any share repurchases. The terms of our share repurchase program are more flexible in cases involving the death or disability of a stockholder.

Repurchases of shares of our common stock, when requested, are at our sole discretion and generally will be made quarterly until our advisor begins calculating NAV. Prior to the NAV pricing date, we will limit the number of shares repurchased during any calendar year to 5% of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the prior calendar year. In addition, funds available for our share repurchase program may not be sufficient to accommodate all requests. Due to these limitations, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate all repurchase requests. Funding for the share repurchase program will be derived from proceeds we maintain from the sale of shares under the DRIP and other operating funds, if any, as our board of directors, in its sole discretion, may reserve for this purpose.

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Unless the shares of our common stock are being repurchased in connection with a stockholder’s death or disability, the purchase price for shares repurchased under our share repurchase program will be as set forth below until our advisor begins calculating NAV. We do not currently anticipate obtaining appraisals for our investments (other than investments in transactions with our sponsor, advisor, directors or their respective affiliates) and, accordingly, the estimated value of our investments should not be viewed as an accurate reflection of the fair market value of our investments nor will they represent the amount of net proceeds that would result from an immediate sale of our assets. Commencing with the NAV pricing date, each of our properties will be appraised annually and our advisor will be responsible for calculating our quarterly NAV at the end of the day on which we file our quarterly financial report. The board of directors will review the NAV calculation quarterly.

Only those stockholders who purchased their shares from us or received their shares from us (directly or indirectly) through one or more non-cash transactions may be able to participate in the share repurchase program. In other words, once our shares are transferred for value by a stockholder, the transferee and all subsequent holders of the shares are not eligible to participate in the share repurchase program. Prior to the time our advisor begins calculating NAV, we will repurchase shares on the last business day of each quarter (and in all events on a date other than a dividend payment date). Prior to the time our advisor begins calculating NAV, the price per share that we will pay to repurchase shares of our common stock will be as follows:

for stockholders who have continuously held their shares of our common stock for at least one year, the price will be the lower of $23.13 and 92.5% of the amount paid for each such share;
for stockholders who have continuously held their shares of our common stock for at least two years, the price will be the lower of $23.75 and 95.0% of the amount paid for each such share;
for stockholders who have continuously held their shares of our common stock for at least three years, the price will be the lower of $24.38 and 97.5% of the amount paid for each such share; and
for stockholders who have held their shares of our common stock for at least four years, the price will be the lower of $25.00 and 100.0% of the amount you paid for each share (in each case, as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock).

Upon the death or disability of a stockholder, upon request, we will waive the one-year holding requirement that otherwise will apply to redemption requests made prior to the NAV pricing date. Shares repurchased in connection with the death or disability of a stockholder will be repurchased at a purchase price equal to the price actually paid for the shares during the offering, or if not engaged in the offering, the per share purchase price will be based on the greater of $25.00 or the then-current net asset value of the shares as determined by our board of directors (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock). In addition, we may waive the holding period in the event of a stockholder’s bankruptcy or other exigent circumstances.

After the NAV pricing date, we will pay repurchase proceeds, less any applicable short-term trading fees and any applicable tax or other withholding required by law, by the third business day following the end of the quarter. At such time, we will limit shares repurchased during any calendar year to 5% of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the prior calendar year. In addition, you will only be able to have your shares repurchased to the extent that we have sufficient liquid assets. Most of our assets will consist of properties which cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting our ability to realize full value upon their disposition. Therefore, we may not always have sufficient liquid resources to satisfy all repurchase requests. Following the NAV pricing date, in order to provide liquidity for repurchases, we intend to maintain 5% of our NAV in excess of $1.0 billion in cash, cash equivalents and other short-term investments and certain types of real estate related assets that can be liquidated more readily than properties, or collectively, liquid assets. However, our stockholders should not expect that we will maintain liquid assets at or above these levels. To the extent that we maintain borrowing capacity under a line of credit, such available amount will be included in calculating our liquid assets.

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Whether the advisor has begun NAV calculations or not, the share repurchase program immediately will terminate if our shares are listed on any national securities exchange. In addition, our board of directors may amend, suspend (in whole or in part) or terminate the share repurchase program at any time. Further, our board of directors reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to reject any requests for repurchases. For additional information on our share repurchase program refer to the section entitled “Share Repurchase Program” elsewhere in this prospectus.

What are my voting rights?

We hold annual meetings of our stockholders for the purpose of electing our directors and conducting other business matters that may properly be presented at such meetings. We also may call special meetings of stockholders from time to time. You are entitled to one vote for each share of common stock you own at any of these meetings.

Are there any special restrictions on the ownership or transfer of shares?

Our charter contains restrictions on ownership and transfer of our shares that, among other restrictions, prevent any one person from owning more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock, unless exempted (prospectively or retroactively) by our board of directors. For a more complete description of the shares, including this and other restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our shares, please see the section entitled “Description of Securities” in this prospectus. Our charter also limits your ability to transfer your shares to prospective stockholders unless (a) they meet the minimum suitability standards regarding income or net worth, which are described in the “Investor Suitability Standards” section immediately following the cover page of this prospectus, and (b) the transfer complies with minimum purchase requirements, which are described in the sections entitled “Investor Suitability Standards” and “How to Subscribe.”

Are there any special considerations that apply to employee benefit plans subject to ERISA or other retirement plans that are investing in shares?

Prospective investors with investment discretion over the assets of an individual retirement account, employee benefit plan or other retirement plan or arrangement that is covered by ERISA or Code Section 4975 should carefully review the information in the section of this prospectus entitled “Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations” and are required to consult their own legal and tax advisors on these matters.

May I make an investment through my IRA, SEP or other tax-deferred account?

Yes. You may make an investment through your individual retirement account, or an IRA, a simplified employee pension, or a SEP, plan or other tax-deferred account. In making these investment decisions, you should consider, at a minimum, (a) whether the investment is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing your IRA, plan or other account, (b) whether the investment satisfies the fiduciary requirements associated with your IRA, plan or other account, (c) whether the investment will generate unrelated business taxable income, or a UBTI, to your IRA, plan or other account, (d) whether there is sufficient liquidity for that investment under your IRA, plan or other account, (e) the need to value the assets of your IRA, plan or other account annually or more frequently, and (f) whether the investment would constitute a non-exempt prohibited transaction under applicable law.

Are there any Investment Company Act of 1940 considerations?

We intend to conduct our operations so that the company and each of its subsidiaries are exempt from registration as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”). Under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, a company is an “investment company” if it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an “investment company” if it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets on an unconsolidated basis (the “40%

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test”). “Investment securities” excludes U.S. Government securities and securities of majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company set forth in Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.

We intend to acquire real estate and real-estate related assets directly, for example, by acquiring fee interests in real property, or by purchasing interests, including controlling interests, in REITs or other “real estate operating companies,” such as real estate management companies and real estate development companies, that own real property. We also may acquire real estate assets through investments in joint venture entities, including joint venture entities in which we may not own a controlling interest. We anticipate that our assets generally will be held in wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries of the company, each formed to hold a particular asset. Subject to certain conditions we may also invest in mortgage related securities or mortgage related loans. See the section entitled “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Investment Company Act Considerations” in this prospectus.

We intend to conduct our operations so that the company and most, if not all, of its wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries owns or proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a value of not more than 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. “Investment securities” excludes (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees’ securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries which (i) are not investment companies, and (ii) are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. We will continuously monitor our holdings on an ongoing basis to determine the compliance of the company and each wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiary with this test. We expect that most, if not all, of the company’s wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries will not be relying on exemptions under either Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. Consequently, interests in these subsidiaries (which are expected to constitute most, if not all, of our assets) generally will not constitute “investment securities.” Accordingly, we believe that the company and most, if not all, of its wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries will not be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act.

In addition, we believe that neither the company nor any of its wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries will be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act because they will not engage primarily or hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, the company and its subsidiaries will be primarily engaged in non-investment company businesses related to real estate. Consequently, the company and its subsidiaries expect to be able to conduct their respective operations such that none of them will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If the company or any of its wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries inadvertently falls within one of the definitions of “investment company,” we intend to rely on the exclusion provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act. For a more detailed discussion on the requirements of this exemption and how we will classify our assets in order to comply with this exemption, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Investment Company Act Considerations.” The method we use to classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act will be based in large measure upon no-action positions taken by the SEC staff in the past. No assurance can be given that the SEC staff will concur with our classification of our assets or that the SEC staff will not, in the future, issue further guidance that may require us to reclassify our assets for purposes of qualifying for an exclusion from regulation under the Investment Company Act.

The determination of whether an entity is a majority-owned subsidiary of our company is made by us. The Investment Company Act defines a majority-owned subsidiary of a person as a company 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned by that person, or by another company which is a majority-owned subsidiary of that person. The Investment Company Act further defines voting securities as any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote for the election of directors of a company. We treat companies in which we own at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities as majority-owned subsidiaries for purposes of the 40% test. We have not requested that the SEC staff approve our treatment of any entity as a majority-owned subsidiary and the SEC staff has not done so. If the SEC staff were to disagree with our treatment of one or more companies as majority-owned subsidiaries, we would need

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to adjust our strategy and our assets in order to continue to comply with the 40% test. Any adjustment in our strategy could have a material adverse effect on us.

We intend to conduct our operations so that neither we nor any of our wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries is an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.

Qualification for exemption from the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act will limit our ability to make certain investments. Although we intend to monitor our portfolio, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain this exemption from registration for our company or each of our subsidiaries.

To the extent that the SEC staff provides more specific guidance regarding any of the matters bearing upon the definition of investment company and the exceptions to that definition, we may be required to adjust our investment strategy accordingly. Additional guidance from the SEC staff could provide additional flexibility to us, or it could further inhibit our ability to pursue the investment strategy we have chosen.

Are there any JOBS Act considerations?

In April 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from, or reduced disclosure obligations relating to, various reporting requirements that are normally applicable to public companies. Such exemptions include, among other things, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations relating to executive compensation in proxy statements and periodic reports, and exemptions from the requirement to hold a non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation and obtain shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We have not yet made a decision whether to take advantage of any or all of such exemptions. If we decide to take advantage of any of these exemptions, some investors may find our common stock a less attractive investment as a result.

Additionally, under Section 107 of the JOBS Act, an “emerging growth company” may take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. This means an “emerging growth company” can delay adopting certain accounting standards until such standards are otherwise applicable to private companies. However, we are electing to “opt out” of such extended transition period, and will therefore comply with new or revised accounting standards on the applicable dates on which the adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that our decision to opt out of such extended transition period for compliance with new or revised accounting standards is irrevocable.

We could remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenue of $1 billion or more, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (which would occur if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million, measured as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter), or (iii) the date on which we have, during the preceding three year period, issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt.

What types of reports on my investment and tax information will I receive?

We will provide you with periodic updates on the performance of your investment with us, including:

four quarterly or 12 monthly distribution reports;
three quarterly financial reports;
an annual report;
an annual U.S. Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, Form 1099, if applicable; and
supplements to the prospectus during the offering period, via mailings or website access.

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RISK FACTORS

An investment in our common stock involves various risks and uncertainties. You should carefully consider the following risk factors in conjunction with the other information contained in this prospectus before purchasing our common stock. The risks discussed in this prospectus can adversely affect our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition. These risks could cause the value of our common stock to decline and could cause you to lose all or part of your investment. The risks and uncertainties described below represent those risks and uncertainties that we believe are material to our business, operating results, prospects and financial condition as of the date of this prospectus.

Risks Related to an Investment in American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.

We have a limited operating history and limited established financing sources, and the prior performance of other real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor may not be an indication of our future results.

We have a limited operating history and you should not rely upon the past performance of other real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of our advisor to predict our future results. We were incorporated on January 22, 2013. As of the date of this prospectus, we have acquired a limited number of properties or other investments and we have limited operations and independent financing.

Moreover, we have limited established financing sources.

You should consider our prospects in light of the risks, uncertainties and difficulties frequently encountered by companies that are, like us, in their early stage of operations. To be successful in this market, we must, among other things:

identify and acquire investments that further our investment strategies;
increase awareness of our name within the investment products market;
expand and maintain our network of licensed securities brokers and other agents;
attract, integrate, motivate and retain qualified personnel to manage our day-to-day operations;
respond to competition for our targeted real estate properties and other investments as well as for potential investors; and
continue to build and expand our operations structure to support our business.

We cannot guarantee that we will succeed in achieving these goals, and our failure to do so could cause you to lose all or a portion of your investment. In addition, the prior public and non-public programs sponsored by the American Realty Capital Group of companies did not produce net income during the years 2008 through 2011. There can be no assurance that we will outperform such programs. See Table III, included in Appendix A attached hereto, for more information on prior performance of these programs.

You may be more likely to sustain a loss on your investment because our sponsor does not have as strong an economic incentive to avoid losses as does a sponsor who has made significant equity investments in its company.

Our sponsor has only invested $200,000 in us through the purchase of 8,888 shares of our common stock at $22.50 per share. The sponsor or any affiliate may not sell this initial investment while the sponsor remains a sponsor but may transfer the shares to other affiliates. Therefore, if we are successful in raising enough proceeds to be able to reimburse our sponsor for our significant organization and offering expenses, our sponsor will have little exposure to loss in the value of our shares. Without this exposure, our investors may be at a greater risk of loss because our sponsor may have less to lose from a decrease in the value of our shares as does a sponsor that makes more significant equity investments in its company.

There is no public trading market for our shares and there may never be one; therefore, it will be difficult for you to sell your shares.

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minimum purchase standards and the sale does not violate state securities laws. Our charter also prohibits the ownership of more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock by a single investor, unless exempted by our board of directors, which may inhibit large investors from desiring to purchase your shares. Moreover, our share repurchase program includes numerous restrictions that would limit your ability to sell your shares to us. Our board of directors may reject any request for repurchase of shares, or amend, suspend or terminate our share repurchase program upon 30 days’ notice. Therefore, it will be difficult for you to sell your shares promptly or at all. If you are able to sell your shares, you likely will have to sell them at a substantial discount to the price you paid for the shares. It also is likely that your shares would not be accepted as the primary collateral for a loan. You should purchase the shares only as a long-term investment because of the illiquid nature of the shares. See the sections entitled “Investor Suitability Standards,” “Description of Securities — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer” and “Share Repurchase Program” elsewhere in this prospectus for a more complete discussion on the restrictions on your ability to transfer your shares.

We established the offering price on an arbitrary basis; as a result, the actual value of your investment may be substantially less than what you pay.

Our board of directors has arbitrarily determined the offering price of the shares, and such price bears no relationship to our book or asset values, or to any other established criteria for valuing issued or outstanding shares. Because the offering price is not based upon any independent valuation, the offering price is not indicative of the proceeds that you would receive upon liquidation.

We may change our targeted investments without stockholder consent.

We expect to use substantially all the proceeds of this offering to acquire freestanding single tenant retail properties net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. We may make adjustments to our target portfolio based on real estate market conditions and investment opportunities, and we may change our targeted investments and investment guidelines at any time without the consent of our stockholders, which could result in our making investments that are different from, and possibly riskier than, the investments described in this prospectus. A change in our targeted investments or investment guidelines may increase our exposure to interest rate risk, default risk and real estate market fluctuations, all of which could adversely affect the value of our common stock and our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

Distributions paid from sources other than our cash flows from operations, particularly from proceeds of this offering, will result in us having fewer funds available for the acquisition of properties and other real estate-related investments and may dilute your interests in us, which may adversely affect our ability to fund future distributions with cash flows from operations and may adversely affect your overall return.

Our cash flows used in operations of $0.1 million for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 represented a shortfall of 100% of the distributions paid during such period. During the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013, we paid distributions of $0.4 million, of which $0.2 million, or 43.4%, was funded from proceeds from the issuance of common stock and $0.2 million, or 56.6%, was funded from proceeds from common stock issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment plan. Additionally, we may in the future pay distributions from sources other than from our cash flows from operations.

Until we acquire additional properties or other real estate-related investments, we may not generate sufficient cash flows from operations to pay distributions. Our inability to acquire additional properties or other real estate-related investments may result in a lower return on your investment than you expect. If we have not generated sufficient cash flows from our operations and other sources, such as from borrowings, the sale of additional securities, advances from our Advisor, and our Advisor's deferral, suspension or waiver of its fees and expense reimbursements, to fund distributions, we may use the proceeds from our initial public offering. Moreover, our board of directors may change our distribution policy, in its sole discretion, at any time. Distributions made from offering proceeds are a return of capital to stockholders, from which we will have already paid offering expenses in connection with our initial public offering. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from our initial public offering that may be used to fund distributions, except

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that, in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law, we may not make distributions that would: (1) cause us to be unable to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business; (2) cause our total assets to be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus senior liquidation preferences, if any; or (3) jeopardize our ability to qualify as a REIT.

If we fund distributions from the proceeds of our initial public offering, we will have less funds available for acquiring properties or other real estate-related investments. As a result, the return you realize on your investment may be reduced. Funding distributions from borrowings could restrict the amount we can borrow for investments, which may affect our profitability. Funding distributions with the sale of assets or the proceeds of our initial public offering may affect our ability to generate cash flows. Funding distributions from the sale of additional securities could dilute your interest in us if we sell shares of our common stock or securities convertible or exercisable into shares of our common stock to third-party investors. Payment of distributions from the mentioned sources could restrict our ability to generate sufficient cash flows from operations, affect our profitability or affect the distributions payable to you upon a liquidity event, any or all of which may have an adverse effect on your investment.

Our properties may be adversely affected by the residual effects of the recent economic downturn.

As of the date of this prospectus, the capital and credit markets have been experiencing volatility and disruption for over four years. The residual effects of the recent economic downturn could have a negative impact on our portfolio. If real property or other real estate related asset values decline after we acquire them, we may have a difficult time making new acquisitions or generating returns on your investment. If the current debt market environment persists, we may modify our investment strategy in order to optimize our portfolio performance. Our options would include limiting or eliminating the use of debt and focusing on those investments that do not require the use of leverage to meet our portfolio goals.

Market conditions may impact our ability to make accretive net lease acquisitions as the new supply of net lease retail real estate has been constrained, capitalization rates have declined since the financial crisis and the potential for a significant increase in interest rates could impact the value of net lease properties.

We may not be able to make accretive net lease acquisitions as the market for such real estate is constrained by a lack of new supply of net lease properties and capitalization rates have declined since the financial crisis. There has been limited new construction of retail net lease properties. Given the relative ‘safety’ of long-term net lease properties, capitalization rates have declined since the financial crisis. We anticipate that an increase in inflation may cause interest rates to increase in the future, which could impact net lease property valuations. These market conditions are factors that could impact the acquisition opportunities available to us.

If we internalize our management functions, we may be unable to obtain key personnel, and our ability to achieve our investment objectives could be delayed or hindered, which could adversely affect our ability to pay distributions to you and the value of your investment.

We may engage in an internalization transaction and become self-managed in the future. If we internalize our management functions, certain key employees may not become our employees but may instead remain employees of our advisor or its affiliates. An inability to manage an internalization transaction effectively could thus result in our incurring excess costs and suffering deficiencies in our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting. Such deficiencies could cause us to incur additional costs, and our management’s attention could be diverted from most effectively managing our investments, which could result in us being sued and incurring litigation-associated costs in connection with the internalization transaction.

If our advisor loses or is unable to obtain key personnel, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions and the value of your investment.

Our success depends to a significant degree upon the contributions of certain of our executive officers and other key personnel of our advisor, including Nicholas S. Schorsch and Edward M. Weil, Jr., each of whom would be difficult to replace. Our advisor does not have an employment agreement with any of these

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key personnel and we cannot guarantee that all, or any particular one, will remain affiliated with us and/or advisor. If any of our key personnel were to cease their affiliation with our advisor, our operating results could suffer. Further, we do not intend to separately maintain key person life insurance on Mr. Schorsch, Mr. Weil or any other person. We believe that our future success depends, in large part, upon our advisor’s ability to hire and retain highly skilled managerial, operational and marketing personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and we cannot assure you that our advisor will be successful in attracting and retaining such skilled personnel. If our advisor loses or is unable to obtain the services of key personnel, our ability to implement our investment strategies could be delayed or hindered, and the value of your investment may decline.

We may be unable to pay or maintain cash distributions or increase distributions over time.

There are many factors that can affect the availability and timing of cash distributions to stockholders. Distributions will be based principally on cash available from our operations. The amount of cash available for distributions is affected by many factors, such as our ability to buy properties as offering proceeds become available, rental income from such properties and our operating expense levels, as well as many other variables. Actual cash available for distributions may vary substantially from estimates. With no prior operating history, we cannot assure you that we will be able to pay or maintain our current level of distributions or that distributions will increase over time. We cannot give any assurance that rents from the properties will increase, that the securities we buy will increase in value or provide constant or increased distributions over time, or that future acquisitions of real properties, mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans or any investments in securities will increase our cash available for distributions to stockholders. Our actual results may differ significantly from the assumptions used by our board of directors in establishing the distribution rate to stockholders. We may not have sufficient cash from operations to make a distribution required to qualify for or maintain our REIT status, which may materially adversely affect your investment.

Our organizational documents permit us to pay distributions from any source. Any distributions may reduce the amount of capital we invest in properties.

We may pay distributions from unlimited amounts of any source, including borrowing funds, using proceeds from this offering, issuing additional securities or selling assets. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from this offering that may be used to fund distributions, except in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law. Distributions from the proceeds of this offering or from borrowings also could reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties and other permitted investments. This, in turn, would reduce the value of your investment. For a description of the factors that can affect the availability and timing of cash distributions to stockholders, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Description of Securities — Distribution Policy and Distributions.”

Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to recover claims against our officers, directors and our advisor are limited, which could reduce your and our recovery against them if they cause us to incur losses.

Maryland law provides that a director has no liability in that capacity if he or she performs his or her duties in good faith, in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the corporation’s best interests and with the care that an ordinarily prudent person in a like position would use under similar circumstances. In addition, subject to certain limitations set forth therein or under Maryland law, our charter provides that no director or officer will be liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages and requires us to indemnify our directors, officers and advisor and our advisor’s affiliates and permits us to indemnify our employees and agents. However, as required by the NASAA REIT Guidelines, our charter provides that we may not indemnify a director, our advisor or an affiliate of our advisor for any loss or liability suffered by any of them or hold harmless such indemnitee for any loss or liability suffered by us unless: (1) the indemnitee determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct that caused the loss or liability was in our best interests, (2) the indemnitee was acting on behalf of or performing services for us, (3) the liability or loss was not the result of (A) negligence or misconduct, in the case of a director (other than an independent director), the advisor or an affiliate of the advisor, or (B) gross negligence or willful misconduct, in the case of an independent director, and (4) the indemnification or agreement to hold harmless is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from our stockholders. Although our charter does not allow us to indemnify or hold

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harmless an indemnitee to a greater extent than permitted under Maryland law and the NASAA REIT Guidelines, we and our stockholders may have more limited rights against our directors, officers, employees and agents, and our advisor and its affiliates, than might otherwise exist under common law, which could reduce your and our recovery against them. In addition, we may be obligated to fund the defense costs incurred by our directors, officers, employees and agents or our advisor and its affiliates in some cases which would decrease the cash otherwise available for distribution to you. See the section captioned “Management — Limited Liability and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents” elsewhere herein.

Commencing with the NAV pricing date, your purchase and the repurchase under our share repurchase plan of our shares will be based on our per share NAV, which will be based upon subjective judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events, and may not be accurate. As a result, our quarterly per share NAV may not reflect the amount that you might receive for your shares in a market transaction and you will not know the per share NAV at the time of purchase.

Commencing with the NAV pricing date, NAV will be calculated by estimating the market value of our assets and liabilities, many of which may be illiquid. In calculating NAV, our advisor will consider an estimate provided by an independent valuer of the market value of our real estate assets. Our advisor will review such valuation for consistency with its determinations of value and our valuation guidelines and the reasonableness of the independent valuer’s conclusions. If in the advisor’s opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than the advisor’s determinations of value, the advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer, and may submit the appraisals and valuations to a valuation committee comprised of our independent directors, which will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value. Although the valuations of our real estate portfolio by the independent valuer will be approved by the board of directors, the valuations may not be precise because the valuation methodologies used to value a real estate portfolio involve subjective judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events. Any resulting disparity may benefit the selling or non-selling stockholders or purchasers. Investors may not know the per share NAV at which they will purchase shares at the time that they submit a purchase order. Furthermore, there are no rules or regulations specifically governing what components may be included in the NAV calculation to ensure there is consistency. Therefore, investors should pay close attention to the components used to calculate NAV and should be aware that the NAV calculations may not accurately reflect the value of our assets. See “Valuation Policies” for more details about how our NAV will be calculated.

It may be difficult to accurately reflect material events that may impact our quarterly NAV between valuations and accordingly we may be selling and repurchasing shares at too high or too low a price.

Our independent valuer will calculate estimates of the market value of our principal real estate and real estate-related assets, and our advisor will determine the net value of our real estate and real estate-related assets and liabilities taking into consideration such estimate provided by the independent valuer. The final determination of value may be made by a valuation committee comprised of our independent directors if our advisor determines that the appraisals of the independent valuer are materially higher or lower than its valuations. Our advisor is ultimately responsible for determining the quarterly per share NAV. Each property will be appraised at least annually and appraisals will be spread out over the course of a year so that approximately 25.0% of all properties are appraised each quarter. Since each property will only be appraised annually, there may be changes in the course of the year that are not fully reflected in the quarterly NAV. As a result, the published per share NAV may not fully reflect changes in value that may have occurred since the prior quarterly valuation. Furthermore, our independent valuer and advisor will monitor our portfolio, but it may be difficult to reflect changing market conditions or material events that may impact the value of our portfolio between quarters, or to obtain timely complete information regarding any such events. Therefore, the per share NAV published after the announcement of an extraordinary event may differ significantly from our actual NAV until such time as sufficient information is available and analyzed, the financial impact is fully evaluated, and the appropriate adjustment to be made to NAV, on a going forward basis, is determined by our advisor and our independent valuer. Any resulting disparity may benefit the repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders or purchasers.

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Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest

We will be subject to conflicts of interest arising out of our relationships with our advisor and its affiliates, including the material conflicts discussed below. The “Conflicts of Interest” section of this prospectus provides a more detailed discussion of the conflicts of interest between us and our advisor and its affiliates, and our policies to reduce or eliminate certain potential conflicts.

Our advisor will face conflicts of interest relating to the purchase and leasing of properties, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could adversely affect our investment opportunities.

Affiliates of our advisor currently sponsor and may sponsor one or more other real estate investment programs in the future, including NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC RCA, ARC HT, ARC DNAV, ARCP, ARC Global, ARCT IV, ARC HT II, ARC RFT, PE-ARC II and ARC HOST. We may buy properties at the same time as one or more of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs managed by officers and key personnel of our advisor. The American Realty Capital group of companies also has sponsored BDCA, which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. There is a risk that our advisor will choose a property that provides lower returns to us than a property purchased by another American Realty Capital-sponsored program. We cannot be sure that officers and key personnel acting on behalf of our advisor or on behalf of managers of other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs will act in our best interests when deciding whether to allocate any particular property to us. In addition, we may acquire properties in geographic areas where other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs own properties. Also, we may acquire properties from, or sell properties to, other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs. If one of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs acquires a property we are competing for, attracts a tenant that we are competing for, attempts to sell similar properties as us around same time, or in other circumstances where a conflict of interest is not resolved in our favor, we could suffer a loss of revenue due to delays in locating another suitable tenant. You will not have the opportunity to evaluate the manner in which these conflicts of interest are resolved before or after making your investment. Similar conflicts of interest may apply if our advisor determines to make or purchase mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans or participations therein on our behalf, since other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs may be competing with us for these investments.

Our advisor faces conflicts of interest relating to joint ventures, which could result in a disproportionate benefit to the other venture partners at our expense and adversely affect the return on your investment.

We may enter into joint ventures with other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs for the acquisition, development or improvement of properties. Our adivosr may have conflicts of interest in determining which American Realty Capital-sponsored program should enter into any particular joint venture agreement. The co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals that are or may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. In addition, our advisor may face a conflict in structuring the terms of the relationship between our interests and the interest of the affiliated co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Since our advisor and its affiliates will control both the affiliated co-venturer and, to a certain extent, us, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any such joint venture will not have the benefit of arm’s-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers, which may result in the co-venturer receiving benefits greater than the benefits that we receive. In addition, we may assume liabilities related to the joint venture that exceeds the percentage of our investment in the joint venture.

Our advisor, our sponsor and their officers and employees and certain of our executive officers and other key personnel face competing demands relating to their time, and this may cause our operating results to suffer.

Our advisor, our sponsor and their officers and employees and certain of our executive officers and other key personnel and their respective affiliates are key personnel, general partners and sponsors of other real estate programs, including ARC-sponsored REITs, having investment objectives and legal and financial obligations similar to ours and may have other business interests as well. Additionally, based on our sponsor’s experience, a significantly greater time commitment is required of senior management during the development stage when the REIT is being organized, funds are initially being raised and funds are initially being invested,

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and less time is required as additional funds are raised and the offering matures. Because these persons have competing demands on their time and resources, they may have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between our business and these other activities. If this occurs, the returns on our investments may suffer.

The management of multiple REITs, especially REITs in the development stage, by our executive officers and officers of our advisor and any service provider may significantly reduce the amount of time our executive officers and officers of our advisor and any service provider are able to spend on activities related to us and may cause other conflicts of interest, which may cause our operating results to suffer.

Our executive officers and officers of our advisor are part of the senior management or are key personnel of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs and their advisors. Two of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs, ARC HT II and ARC RFT, have registration statements that became effective in the past 12 months and currently are offering securities and none of the American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs are more than five years old. PE-ARC II and ARC HOST have registration statements that have yet to be declared effective by the SEC. As a result, such REITs will have concurrent and/or overlapping fundraising, acquisition, operational and disposition and liquidation phases as us, which may cause conflicts of interest to arise throughout the life of our company with respect to, among other things, finding investors, locating and acquiring properties, entering into leases and disposing of properties. The conflicts of interest each of our executive officers and each officer of our advisor will face may delay our fund raising and investment of our proceeds due to the competing time demands and generally cause our operating results to suffer. Officers of any service provider may face similar conflicts of interest should they be involved with the management of multiple REITs, and especially REITs in the developmental stage.

Our officers and directors face conflicts of interest related to the positions they hold with affiliated entities, which could hinder our ability to successfully implement our business strategy and to generate returns to you.

Certain of our executive officers, including Nicholas S. Schorsch and Edward M. Weil, Jr., also are officers of our advisor, our property manager, our dealer manager and other affiliated entities, including the other real estate programs sponsored directly or indirectly by our sponsor. As a result, these individuals owe fiduciary duties to these other entities and their stockholders and limited partners, which fiduciary duties may conflict with the duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. Their loyalties to these other entities could result in actions or inactions that are detrimental to our business, which could harm the implementation of our business strategy and our investment and leasing opportunities. Conflicts with our business and interests are most likely to arise from involvement in activities related to (a) allocation of new investments and management time and services between us and the other entities, (b) our purchase of properties from, or sale of properties to, affiliated entities, (c) the timing and terms of the investment in or sale of an asset, (d) development of our properties by affiliates, (e) investments with affiliates of our advisor, (f) compensation to our advisor, and (g) our relationship with our dealer manager and property manager. If we do not successfully implement our business strategy, we may be unable to generate cash needed to make distributions to you and to maintain or increase the value of our assets. If these individuals act in a manner that is detrimental to our business or favor one entity over another, they may be subject to liability for breach of fiduciary duty.

Our advisor and its affiliates face conflicts of interest relating to the incentive fee structure, which could result in actions that are not necessarily in the long-term best interests of our stockholders.

Under our advisory agreement and the partnership agreement (as defined below), our advisor and its affiliates, including the special limited partner, will be entitled to fees, distributions and other amounts that are structured in a manner intended to provide incentives to our advisor to perform in our best interests and in the best interests of our stockholders. However, because our advisor does not maintain a significant equity interest in us and is entitled to receive substantial minimum compensation regardless of performance, our advisor’s interests are not wholly aligned with those of our stockholders. In that regard, our advisor could be motivated to recommend riskier or more speculative investments in order for us to generate the specified levels of performance or sales proceeds that would entitle our advisor to fees. In addition, our advisor’s and its affiliates’ entitlement to fees and distributions upon the sale of our assets and to participate in sale proceeds could result in our advisor recommending sales of our investments at the earliest possible time at which sales

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of investments would produce the level of return that would entitle the advisor and its affiliates to compensation relating to such sales, even if continued ownership of those investments might be in our best long-term interest. The limited partnership agreement of our operating partnership, or the partnership agreement, will require us to pay a performance-based termination distribution to the special limited partner if we terminate the advisory agreement prior to the listing of our shares for trading on an exchange or, absent such listing, in respect of its participation in net sales proceeds. To avoid paying this fee, our independent directors may decide against terminating the advisory agreement prior to our listing of our shares or disposition of our investments even if, but for the termination distribution, termination of the advisory agreement would be in our best interest. In addition, the requirement to pay the distribution to the special limited partner at termination could cause us to make different investment or disposition decisions than we would otherwise make, in order to satisfy our obligation to pay the distribution to the terminated advisor. Moreover, our advisor will have the right to terminate the advisory agreement upon a change of control of our company and thereby trigger the payment of the termination distribution, which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing the change of control. In addition, our advisor will be entitled to an annual subordinated performance fee for any year in which our total return on stockholders’ capital exceeds 6.0% per annum. Our advisor will be entitled to 15.0% of the amount in excess of such 6.0% per annum, provided that the amount paid to the advisor does not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate total return for such year. Such distributions may be paid from any source, including offering proceeds, proceeds from the Plan, financing proceeds and cash flows, and any payment of distributions from sources other than cash flows could result in the dilution of your interests. For a more detailed discussion of the fees, distributions and other amounts payable to our advisor and its affiliates in respect of this offering, see the section entitled “Management Compensation” in this prospectus.

There is no separate counsel for us and our affiliates, which could result in conflicts of interest, and such conflicts may not be resolved in our favor, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.

Proskauer Rose LLP acts as legal counsel to us and also represents our advisor and some of its affiliates. There is a possibility in the future that the interests of the various parties may become adverse and, under the Code of Professional Responsibility of the legal profession, Proskauer Rose LLP may be precluded from representing any one or all such parties. If any situation arises in which our interests appear to be in conflict with those of our advisor or its affiliates, additional counsel may be retained by one or more of the parties to assure that their interests are adequately protected. Moreover, should a conflict of interest not be readily apparent, Proskauer Rose LLP may inadvertently act in derogation of the interest of the parties which could affect our ability to meet our investment objectives.

American National Stock Transfer, LLC, our affiliated transfer agent, has a limited operating history and a failure by our transfer agent to perform its functions for us effectively may adversely affect our operations.

Our transfer agent is a related party which was recently launched as a new business. The business was formed on November 2, 2012 and has not had any significant operations to date. As of March 1, 2013, our transfer agent began providing certain transfer agency services for programs sponsored directly or indirectly by AR Capital, LLC. Because of its limited experience, there is no assurance that our transfer agent will be able to effectively provide transfer agency and registrar services to us. Furthermore, our transfer agent will be responsible for supervising third party service providers who may, at times, be responsible for executing certain transfer agency and registrar services. If our transfer agent fails to perform its functions for us effectively, our operations may be adversely affected.

Risks Related to This Offering and Our Corporate Structure

We intend to disclose modified funds from operations a non-GAAP financial measure, in future communications with investors, including documents filed with the SEC; however, modified funds from operation is not equivalent to our net income or loss as determined under GAAP, and you should consider GAAP measures to be more relevant to our operating performance.

We use, and we intend to disclose to investors, modified funds from operations, or MFFO, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations.” MFFO is not

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equivalent to our net income or loss as determined in accordance with GAAP, and investors should consider GAAP measures to be more relevant to evaluating our operating performance. MFFO and GAAP net income differ because MFFO excludes gains or losses from sales of property and asset impairment write-downs, and adds back depreciation and amortization, adjusts for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, and further excludes acquisition-related expenses, amortization of above- and below-market leases, fair value adjustments of derivative financial instruments, deferred rent receivables and the adjustments of such items related to noncontrolling interests.

Because of the differences between MFFO and GAAP net income or loss, MFFO may not be an accurate indicator of our operating performance, especially during periods in which we are acquiring properties. In addition, MFFO is not necessarily indicative of cash flow available to fund cash needs and investors should not consider MFFO as an alternative to cash flows from operations or an indication of our liquidity, or indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to make distributions to our stockholders. Neither the SEC nor any other regulatory body has passed judgment on the acceptability of the adjustments that we use to calculate MFFO. Also, because not all companies calculate MFFO the same way, comparisons with other companies may not be meaningful.

The limit on the number of shares a person may own may discourage a takeover that could otherwise result in a premium price to our stockholders.

Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT. Unless exempted (prospectively or retroactively) by our board of directors, no person may own more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock. This restriction may have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our common stock. See the section entitled “Description of Securities — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer” in this prospectus.

Our charter permits our board of directors to issue stock with terms that may subordinate the rights of common stockholders or discourage a third party from acquiring us in a manner that might result in a premium price to our stockholders.

Our charter permits our board of directors to issue up to 350,000,000 shares of stock. In addition, our board of directors, without any action by our stockholders, may amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares or the number of shares of any class or series of stock that we have authority to issue. Our board of directors may classify or reclassify any unissued common stock or preferred stock into other classes or series of stock and establish the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption of any such stock. Thus, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of preferred stock with terms and conditions that could have a priority as to distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation over the rights of the holders of our common stock. Preferred stock could also have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of us, including an extraordinary transaction (such as a merger, tender offer or sale of all or substantially all our assets) that might provide a premium price for holders of our common stock. See the section entitled “Description of Securities — Preferred Stock” in this prospectus.

Maryland law prohibits certain business combinations, which may make it more difficult for us to be acquired and may limit your ability to exit the investment.

Under Maryland law, “business combinations” between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations include a merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An interested stockholder is defined as:

any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock; or

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an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding stock of the corporation.

A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which he or she otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board.

After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:

80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and
two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.

These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price, as defined under Maryland law, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. The business combination statute permits various exemptions from its provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by the board of directors prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Pursuant to the statute, our board of directors has exempted any business combination involving our advisor or any affiliate of our advisor. Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the super-majority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between us and our advisor or any affiliate of our advisor. As a result, our advisor and any affiliate of our advisor may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interests of our stockholders, without compliance with the super-majority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute. The business combination statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer. For a more detailed discussion of the Maryland laws governing us and the ownership of our shares of common stock, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Description of Securities — Business Combinations.”

Maryland law limits the ability of a third-party to buy a large stake in us and exercise voting power in electing directors, which may discourage a takeover that could otherwise result in a premium price to our stockholders.

The Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act provides that “control shares” of a Maryland corporation acquired in a “control share acquisition” have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of the votes on the matter. Shares of stock owned by the acquirer, by officers or by employees who are directors of the corporation, are excluded from shares entitled to vote on the matter. “Control shares” are voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned by the acquirer or in respect of which the acquirer can exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing directors within specified ranges of voting power. Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval. A “control share acquisition” means, subject to certain exceptions, the acquisition of issued and outstanding control shares. The control share acquisition statute does not apply (a) to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a party to the transaction, or (b) to acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation. Our bylaws contain a provision exempting from the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act any and all acquisitions of our stock by any person. There can be no assurance that this provision will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future. For a more detailed discussion on the Maryland laws governing control share acquisitions, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Description of Securities — Control Share Acquisitions.”

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Your investment return may be reduced if we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

The company is not registered, and does not intend to register itself or any of its subsidiaries, as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. If we become obligated to register the company or any of its subsidiaries as an investment company, the registered entity would have to comply with a variety of substantive requirements under the Investment Company Act imposing, among other things:

limitations on capital structure;
restrictions on specified investments;
prohibitions on transactions with affiliates; and
compliance with reporting, record keeping, voting, proxy disclosure and other rules and regulations that would significantly change our operations.

The company intends to conduct its operations, directly and through wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries, so that the company and each of its subsidiaries is not an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an “investment company” if it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act, a company is deemed to be an “investment company” if it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis, which we refer to as the “40% test.” “Investment securities” excludes (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees’ securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries which (i) are not investment companies, and (ii) are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.

Since we will be primarily engaged in the business of acquiring real estate, we believe that the company and most, if not all, of its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries will not be considered investment companies under either Section 3(a)(1)(A) or Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act. If the company or any of its wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries would ever inadvertently fall within one of the definitions of “investment company,” we intend to rely on the exception provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act.

Under Section 3(c)(5)(C), the SEC staff generally requires the company to maintain at least 55% of its assets directly in qualifying assets and at least 80% of the entity’s assets in qualifying assets and in a broader category of real estate related assets to qualify for this exception. Mortgage-related securities may or may not constitute such qualifying assets, depending on the characteristics of the mortgage-related securities, including the rights that we have with respect to the underlying loans. The company’s ownership of mortgage-related securities, therefore, is limited by provisions of the Investment Company Act and SEC staff interpretations. See the section entitled “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Investment Company Act Considerations” in this prospectus.

The method we use to classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act will be based in large measure upon no-action positions taken by the SEC staff in the past. These no-action positions were issued in accordance with factual situations that may be substantially different from the factual situations we may face, and a number of these no-action positions were issued more than ten years ago. No assurance can be given that the SEC staff will concur with our classification of our assets. In addition, the SEC staff may, in the future, issue further guidance that may require us to re-classify our assets for purposes of qualifying for an exclusion from regulation under the Investment Company Act. If we are required to re-classify our assets, we may no longer be in compliance with the exclusion from the definition of an “investment company” provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act.

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ability to maintain our exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act. To avoid being required to register the company or any of its subsidiaries as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire additional income- or loss-generating assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forgo opportunities to acquire interests in companies that we would otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment strategy.

If we were required to register the company as an investment company but failed to do so, we would be prohibited from engaging in our business, and civil actions could be brought against us. In addition, our contracts would be unenforceable unless a court required enforcement, and a court could appoint a receiver to take control of us and liquidate our business.

We are an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws and will be subject to reduced public company reporting requirements.

In April 2012, President Obama signed into law the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, or the JOBS Act. We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and are eligible to take advantage of certain exemptions from, or reduced disclosure obligations relating to, various reporting requirements that are normally applicable to public companies.

We could remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (1) the last day of the first fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenue of $1 billion or more, (2) December 31 of the fiscal year that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act (which would occur if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million, measured as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, and we have been publicly reporting for at least 12 months) or (3) the date on which we have issued more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three-year period. Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies are not required to (1) provide an auditor’s attestation report on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, (2) comply with new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or the PCAOB, which require mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor must provide additional information about the audit and the issuer’s financial statements, (3) comply with new audit rules adopted by the PCAOB after April 5, 2012 (unless the SEC determines otherwise), (4) provide certain disclosures relating to executive compensation generally required for larger public companies or (5) hold shareholder advisory votes on executive compensation. We have not yet made a decision as to whether to take advantage of any or all of the JOBS Act exemptions that are applicable to us. If we do take advantage of any of these exemptions, we do not know if some investors will find our common stock less attractive as a result.

Additionally, the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” may take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies. This means an “emerging growth company” can delay adopting certain accounting standards until such standards are otherwise applicable to private companies. However, we are electing to “opt out” of such extended transition period, and will therefore comply with new or revised accounting standards on the applicable dates on which the adoption of such standards is required for non-emerging growth companies. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that our decision to opt out of such extended transition period for compliance with new or revised accounting standards is irrevocable.

Our board of directors may change our investment policies without stockholder approval, which could alter the nature of your investments.

Our charter requires that our independent directors review our investment policies at least annually to determine that the policies we are following are in the best interest of the stockholders. These policies may change over time. The methods of implementing our investment policies also may vary, as new real estate development trends emerge and new investment techniques are developed. Our investment policies, the methods for their implementation, and our other objectives, policies and procedures may be altered by our board of directors without the approval of our stockholders. As a result, the nature of your investment could change without your consent.

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We will not calculate the net asset value per share for our shares until the NAV pricing date; therefore, you will not be able to determine the net asset value of your shares on an on-going basis during this offering and for a substantial period of time thereafter.

Commencing with the NAV pricing date, our advisor will be responsible for calculating our quarterly NAV at the end of the last business day of each fiscal quarter. The board of directors will review the NAV calculation quarterly. To calculate our per share NAV, the advisor will determine the net value of our operating partnership’s real estate and real estate-related assets and liabilities, based in part on the valuation by the independent valuer. We will disclose this net asset value to stockholders in our filings with the SEC. Therefore, you will not be able to determine the net asset value of your shares on an on-going basis during this offering. See the section entitled “Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations —  Annual or More Frequent Valuation Requirement” in this prospectus.

You are limited in your ability to sell your shares pursuant to our share repurchase program and may have to hold your shares for an indefinite period of time.

Our board of directors may amend the terms of our share repurchase program without stockholder approval. Our board of directors also is free to suspend or terminate the program upon 30 days’ notice or to reject any request for repurchase. In addition, the share repurchase program includes numerous restrictions that would limit your ability to sell your shares. Prior to the time our advisor begins calculating NAV, unless waived by our board of directors, you must have held your shares for at least one year in order to participate in our share repurchase program. Prior to the time our advisor begins calculating NAV, subject to funds being available, the purchase price for shares repurchased under our share repurchase program will be as set forth below (unless such repurchase is in connection with a stockholder’s death or disability): (a) for stockholders who have continuously held their shares of our common stock for at least one year, the price will be 92.5% of the amount paid for each such share, (b) for stockholders who have continuously held their shares of our common stock for at least two years, the price will be 95.0% of the amount paid for each such share, (c) for stockholders who have continuously held their shares of our common stock for at least three years, the price will be 97.5% of the amount paid for each such share, and (d) for stockholders who have held their shares of our common stock for at least four years, the price will be 100.0% of the amount you paid for each share (in each case, as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock). These limits might prevent us from accommodating all repurchase requests made in any year. See the section entitled “Share Repurchase Program” in this prospectus for more information about the share repurchase program. These restrictions severely limit your ability to sell your shares should you require liquidity, and limit your ability to recover the value you invested or the fair market value of your shares.

Because our advisor is wholly owned by our sponsor through the special limited partner, the interests of the advisor and the sponsor are not separate and as a result the advisor may act in a way that is not necessarily in the investors’ interest.

Our advisor is indirectly wholly owned by our sponsor through the special limited partner. Therefore, the interests of our advisor and our sponsor are not separate and the advisor’s decisions may not be independent from the sponsor and may result in the advisor making decisions to act in ways that are not in the investors’ interests.

Your interest in us will be diluted if we issue additional shares, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.

Existing stockholders do not have preemptive rights to any shares issued by us in the future. Our charter currently authorizes us to issue 350,000,000 shares of stock, of which 300,000,000 shares are classified as common stock and 50,000,000 shares are classified as preferred stock. Our board of directors may amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of stock or the number of authorized shares of any class or series of stock, or may classify or reclassify any unissued shares into other classes or series of stock without the necessity of obtaining stockholder approval. All such shares may be issued in the discretion of our board of directors, except that the issuance of preferred stock must be approved by a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have

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access, at our expense, to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel. Existing stockholders likely will suffer dilution of their equity investment in us, if we: (a) sell shares in this offering or sell additional shares in the future, including those issued pursuant to our distribution reinvestment plan; (b) sell securities that are convertible into shares of our common stock; (c) issue shares of our common stock in a private offering of securities to institutional investors; (d) issue restricted share awards to our directors; (e) issue shares to our advisor or its successors or assigns, in payment of an outstanding fee obligation as set forth under our advisory agreement; or (f) issue shares of our common stock to sellers of properties acquired by us in connection with an exchange of limited partnership interests of our operating partnership, existing stockholders will likely experience dilution of their equity investment in us. In addition, the partnership agreement for our operating partnership contains provisions that would allow, under certain circumstances, other entities, including other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs, to merge into or cause the exchange or conversion of their interest for interests of our operating partnership. Because the limited partnership interests of our operating partnership may, in the discretion of our board of directors, be exchanged for shares of our common stock, any merger, exchange or conversion between our operating partnership and another entity ultimately could result in the issuance of a substantial number of shares of our common stock, thereby diluting the percentage ownership interest of other stockholders. Because of these and other reasons described in this “Risk Factors” section, you should not expect to be able to own a significant percentage of our shares.

Future offerings of equity securities which are senior to our common stock for purposes of dividend distributions or upon liquidation, may adversely affect the per share trading price of our common stock.

In the future, we may attempt to increase our capital resources by making additional offerings of equity securities. Under our charter, we may issue, without stockholder approval, preferred stock or other classes of common stock with rights that could dilute the value of your shares of common stock. Any issuance of preferred stock must be approved by a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have access, at our expense, to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel. Upon liquidation, holders of our shares of preferred stock will be entitled to receive our available assets prior to distribution to the holders of our common stock. Additionally, any convertible, exercisable or exchangeable securities that we issue in the future may have rights, preferences and privileges more favorable than those of our common stock and may result in dilution to owners of our common stock. Holders of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights or other protections against dilution. Our preferred stock, if issued, could have a preference on liquidating distributions or a preference on dividend payments that could limit our ability pay dividends to the holders of our common stock. Because our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Thus, our stockholders bear the risk of our future offerings reducing the per share trading price of our common stock and diluting their interest in us.

Payment of fees to our advisor and its affiliates reduces cash available for investment and distributions to you.

Our advisor and its affiliates will perform services for us in connection with the offer and sale of the shares, the selection and acquisition of our investments, the management of our properties, the servicing of our mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans, if any, and the administration of our other investments. They are paid substantial fees for these services, which reduces the amount of cash available for investment in properties or distribution to stockholders. For a more detailed discussion of the fees payable to such entities in respect of this offering, see the section entitled “Management Compensation” in this prospectus.

Because of our holding company structure, we depend on our operating subsidiary and its subsidiaries for cash flow and we will be structurally subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such operating subsidiary and its subsidiaries, which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions to you.

We are a holding company with no business operations of our own. Our only significant asset is and will be the general partnership interests of our operating partnership. We conduct, and intend to conduct, all of our business operations through our operating partnership. Accordingly, our only source of cash to pay our obligations is distributions from our operating partnership and its subsidiaries of their net earnings and cash

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flows. We cannot assure you that our operating partnership or its subsidiaries will be able to, or be permitted to, make distributions to us that will enable us to make distributions to our stockholders from cash flows from operations. Each of our operating partnership’s subsidiaries is a distinct legal entity and, under certain circumstances, legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from such entities. In addition, because we are a holding company, your claims as stockholders will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities and obligations of our operating partnership and its subsidiaries. Therefore, in the event of our bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization, our assets and those of our operating partnership and its subsidiaries will be able to satisfy your claims as stockholders only after all of our and our operating partnerships and its subsidiaries liabilities and obligations have been paid in full.

Valuations and appraisals of our properties and valuations of our investments in real estate related assets are estimates of fair value and may not necessarily correspond to realizable value, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.

In order to calculate our quarterly NAV, our properties will initially be valued at cost, which we expect to represent fair value. After this initial valuation and commencing with the NAV pricing date, valuations of properties will be conducted in accordance with our valuation guidelines and will take into consideration appraisals performed by our independent valuer at least annually after the respective calendar quarter in which such property was acquired. Similarly, our real estate related asset investments will initially be valued at cost, and commencing with the NAV pricing date, will be valued at least annually (with approximately 25% of all properties being appraised each quarter), or in the case of liquid securities, quarterly, as applicable, at fair value as determined by our advisor. See “Valuation Policies.” The valuation methodologies used to value our properties will involve subjective judgments concerning factors such as comparable sales, rental and operating expense data, capitalization or discount rate, and projections of future rent and expenses. Although our valuation guidelines are designed to accurately determine the fair value of our assets, appraisals and valuations will be only estimates, and ultimate realization depends on conditions beyond our advisor’s control. Further, valuations do not necessarily represent the price at which we would be able to sell an asset, because such prices would be negotiated. We will not retroactively adjust the valuation of such assets, the price of our common stock, the price we paid to repurchase shares of our common stock or NAV-based fees we paid to our advisor and dealer manager. Because the price you will pay for shares of our common stock in this offering, and the price at which your shares may be repurchased by us pursuant to our share repurchase plan, will be based on our estimated per share NAV commencing with the NAV pricing date, you may pay more than realizable value or receive less than realizable value for your investment.

Although our advisor is responsible for calculating our quarterly NAV, our advisor will consider independent appraisals of our properties, the accuracy of which our advisor will not independently verify.

In calculating our quarterly NAV, our advisor will include the net value of our real estate and real estate-related assets, taking into consideration valuations of individual properties that were obtained from our independent valuer. Our advisor will review each appraisal by the independent valuer, and will compare each appraisal to its own determination of value. If in the advisor’s opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than the advisor’s determinations of value, the advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer. If the advisor determines that the appraisals are still materially higher or lower than its valuations, a valuation committee, comprised of our independent directors, will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value. Although our advisor is responsible for the accuracy of the quarterly NAV calculation and will provide our independent valuer with our valuation guidelines, which have been approved by our board of directors, we will not independently verify the appraised value of our properties. As a result, the appraised value of a particular property may be greater or less than its potential realizable value, which would cause our estimated NAV to be greater or less than the potential realizable NAV.

Our per share NAV may suddenly change if the appraised values of our properties materially change or the actual operating results differ from what we originally budgeted for that quarter.

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month. Therefore, when these appraisals are reflected in our NAV calculation, for which our advisor is ultimately responsible, there may be a sudden change in our per share NAV. In addition, actual operating results for a given month may differ from our original estimate, which may affect our per share NAV of each month, we will adjust the estimated income and expenses to reflect the income and expenses actually earned and incurred. We will not retroactively adjust the quarterly per share NAV for the previous quarter. Therefore, because the actual results from operations may be better or worse than what we previously budgeted for a particular month, the adjustment to reflect actual operating results may cause our per share NAV to change, and such change will occur on the day the adjustment is made.

The per share NAV that we publish may not necessarily reflect changes in our NAV and in the value of your shares that we cannot immediately quantify.

We may experience events affecting our investments that may have a material impact on our NAV. For example, if a material lease is unexpectedly terminated or renewed, or a property experiences an unanticipated structural or environmental event, the value of a property may materially change. Furthermore, if we cannot immediately quantify the financial impact of any extraordinary events, our per share NAV as published on any given quarter will not reflect such events. As a result, the per share NAV published after the announcement of a material event may differ significantly from our actual per share NAV until we are able to quantify the financial impact of such events and our NAV is appropriately adjusted on a going forward basis. The resulting potential disparity may benefit repurchasing or non-repurchasing stockholders, depending on whether NAV is overstated or understated.

General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate

Our operating results will be affected by economic and regulatory changes that have an adverse impact on the real estate market in general, and we cannot assure you that we will be profitable or that we will realize growth in the value of our real estate properties.

Our operating results are subject to risks generally incident to the ownership of real estate, including:

changes in general economic or local conditions;
changes in supply of or demand for similar or competing properties in an area;
changes in interest rates and availability of permanent mortgage funds that may render the sale of a property difficult or unattractive;
changes in tax, real estate, environmental and zoning laws; and
periods of high interest rates and tight money supply.

These and other reasons may prevent us from being profitable or from realizing growth or maintaining the value of our real estate properties.

Many of our properties will depend upon a single tenant for all or a majority of their rental income, and our financial condition and ability to make distributions may be adversely affected by the bankruptcy or insolvency, a downturn in the business, or a lease termination of a single tenant.

We expect that most of our properties will be occupied by only one tenant or will derive a majority of their rental income from one tenant and, therefore, the success of those properties will be materially dependent on the financial stability of such tenants. Lease payment defaults by tenants could cause us to reduce the amount of distributions we pay. A default of a tenant on its lease payments to us would cause us to lose the revenue from the property and force us to find an alternative source of revenue to meet any mortgage payment and prevent a foreclosure if the property is subject to a mortgage. In the event of a default, we may experience delays in enforcing our rights as landlord and may incur substantial costs in protecting our investment and re-letting the property. If a lease is terminated, there is no assurance that we will be able to lease the property for the rent previously received or sell the property without incurring a loss. A default by a tenant, the failure of a guarantor to fulfill its obligations or other premature termination of a lease, or a tenant’s election not to extend a lease upon its expiration, could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and our ability to pay distributions.

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If a tenant declares bankruptcy, we may be unable to collect balances due under relevant leases, which could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to make distributions to you.

Any of our tenants, or any guarantor of a tenant’s lease obligations, could be subject to a bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to Title 11 of the bankruptcy laws of the United States. Such a bankruptcy filing would bar all efforts by us to collect pre-bankruptcy debts from these entities or their properties, unless we receive an enabling order from the bankruptcy court. Post-bankruptcy debts would be paid currently. If a lease is assumed, all pre-bankruptcy balances owing under it must be paid in full. If a lease is rejected by a tenant in bankruptcy, we would have a general unsecured claim for damages. If a lease is rejected, it is unlikely we would receive any payments from the tenant because our claim is capped at the rent reserved under the lease, without acceleration, for the greater of one year or 15% of the remaining term of the lease, but not greater than three years, plus rent already due but unpaid. This claim could be paid only if funds were available, and then only in the same percentage as that realized on other unsecured claims.

A tenant or lease guarantor bankruptcy could delay efforts to collect past due balances under the relevant leases, and could ultimately preclude full collection of these sums. Such an event could cause a decrease or cessation of rental payments that would mean a reduction in our cash flow and the amount available for distributions to you. In the event of a bankruptcy, we cannot assure you that the tenant or its trustee will assume our lease. If a given lease, or guaranty of a lease, is not assumed, our cash flow and the amounts available for distributions to you may be adversely affected.

If a sale-leaseback transaction is re-characterized in a tenant’s bankruptcy proceeding, our financial condition and ability to make distributions to you could be adversely affected.

We may enter into sale-leaseback transactions, whereby we would purchase a property and then lease the same property back to the person from whom we purchased it. In the event of the bankruptcy of a tenant, a transaction structured as a sale-leaseback may be re-characterized as either a financing or a joint venture, either of which outcomes could adversely affect our business. If the sale-leaseback were re-characterized as a financing, we might not be considered the owner of the property, and as a result would have the status of a creditor in relation to the tenant. In that event, we would no longer have the right to sell or encumber our ownership interest in the property. Instead, we would have a claim against the tenant for the amounts owed under the lease, with the claim arguably secured by the property. The tenant/debtor might have the ability to propose a plan restructuring the term, interest rate and amortization schedule of its outstanding balance. If confirmed by the bankruptcy court, we could be bound by the new terms, and prevented from foreclosing our lien on the property. If the sale-leaseback were re-characterized as a joint venture, our lessee and we could be treated as co-venturers with regard to the property. As a result, we could be held liable, under some circumstances, for debts incurred by the lessee relating to the property. Either of these outcomes could adversely affect our cash flow and the amount available for distributions to you.

Recharacterization of sale-leaseback transactions may cause us to lose our REIT status.

If we enter into sale-leaseback transactions, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to structure any such sale-leaseback transaction such that the lease will be characterized as a “true lease” for tax purposes, thereby allowing us to be treated as the owner of the property for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, we cannot assure you that the IRS will not challenge such characterization. In the event that any such sale-leaseback transaction is challenged and recharacterized as a financing transaction or loan for U.S. federal income tax purposes, deductions for depreciation and cost recovery relating to such property would be disallowed. If a sale-leaseback transaction were so recharacterized, we might fail to satisfy the REIT qualification “asset tests” or “income tests” (as described below in the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — REIT Qualification Tests” in this prospectus and, consequently, lose our REIT status effective with the year of recharacterization. Alternatively, the amount of our REIT taxable income could be recalculated which might also cause us to fail to meet the distribution requirement for a taxable year.

Properties that have vacancies for a significant period of time could be difficult to sell, which could diminish the return on your investment.

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resulting in less cash to be distributed to stockholders. In addition, because properties’ market values depend principally upon the value of the properties’ leases, the resale value of properties with prolonged vacancies could suffer, which could further reduce your return.

We may obtain only limited warranties when we purchase a property and would have only limited recourse if our due diligence did not identify any issues that lower the value of our property, which could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to make distributions to you.

The seller of a property often sells such property in its “as is” condition on a “where is” basis and “with all faults,” without any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose. In addition, purchase agreements may contain only limited warranties, representations and indemnifications that will only survive for a limited period after the closing. The purchase of properties with limited warranties increases the risk that we may lose some or all our invested capital in the property as well as the loss of rental income from that property.

We may be unable to secure funds for future tenant improvements or capital needs, which could adversely impact our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders.

When tenants do not renew their leases or otherwise vacate their space, it is usual that, in order to attract replacement tenants, we will be required to expend substantial funds for tenant improvements and tenant refurbishments to the vacated space. In addition, we will likely be responsible for any major structural repairs, such as repairs to the foundation, exterior walls and rooftops. We intend to reserve only 0.1% of the gross proceeds from this offering for future capital needs. Accordingly, if we need additional capital in the future to improve or maintain our properties or for any other reason, we will have to obtain financing from other sources, such as cash flow from operations, borrowings, property sales or future equity offerings. These sources of funding may not be available on attractive terms or at all. If we cannot procure additional funding for capital improvements, our investments may generate lower cash flows or decline in value, or both.

Our inability to sell a property when we desire to do so could adversely impact our ability to pay cash distributions to you.

The real estate market is affected by many factors, such as general economic conditions, availability of financing, interest rates and other factors, including supply and demand, that are beyond our control. We cannot predict whether we will be able to sell any property for the price or on the terms set by us, or whether any price or other terms offered by a prospective purchaser would be acceptable to us. We cannot predict the length of time needed to find a willing purchaser and to close the sale of a property.

We may be required to expend funds to correct defects or to make improvements before a property can be sold. We cannot assure you that we will have funds available to correct such defects or to make such improvements. Moreover, in acquiring a property, we may agree to restrictions that prohibit the sale of that property for a period of time or impose other restrictions, such as a limitation on the amount of debt that can be placed or repaid on that property. These provisions would restrict our ability to sell a property.

We may not be able to sell our properties at a price equal to, or greater than, the price for which we purchased such property, which may lead to a decrease in the value of our assets.

Many of our leases will not contain rental increases over time. Therefore, the value of the property to a potential purchaser may not increase over time, which may restrict our ability to sell a property, or if we are able to sell such property, may lead to a sale price less than the price that we paid to purchase the property.

We may acquire or finance properties with lock-out provisions, which may prohibit us from selling a property, or may require us to maintain specified debt levels for a period of years on some properties, which could have an adverse effect on your investment.

Lock-out provisions could materially restrict us from selling or otherwise disposing of or refinancing properties. These provisions would affect our ability to turn our investments into cash and thus affect cash available for distributions to you. Lock out provisions may prohibit us from reducing the outstanding indebtedness with respect to any properties, refinancing such indebtedness on a non-recourse basis at maturity,

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or increasing the amount of indebtedness with respect to such properties. Lock-out provisions could impair our ability to take other actions during the lock-out period that could be in the best interests of our stockholders and, therefore, may have an adverse impact on the value of the shares, relative to the value that would result if the lock-out provisions did not exist. In particular, lock-out provisions could preclude us from participating in major transactions that could result in a disposition of our assets or a change in control even though that disposition or change in control might be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Rising expenses could reduce cash flow and funds available for future acquisitions and our funds available for future acquisitions and our ability to pay cash distributions to you.

Any properties that we buy in the future will be, subject to operating risks common to real estate in general, any or all of which may negatively affect us. If any property is not fully occupied or if rents are being paid in an amount that is insufficient to cover operating expenses, we could be required to expend funds with respect to that property for operating expenses. The properties will be subject to increases in tax rates, utility costs, operating expenses, insurance costs, repairs and maintenance and administrative expenses. Renewals of leases or future leases may not be negotiated on a triple-net basis or on a basis requiring the tenants to pay all or some of such expenses, in which event we may have to pay those costs. If we are unable to lease properties on a triple-net-lease basis or on a basis requiring the tenants to pay all or some of such expenses, or if tenants fail to pay required tax, utility and other impositions, we could be required to pay those costs which could adversely affect funds available for future acquisitions or cash available for distributions.

If we suffer losses that are not covered by insurance or that are in excess of insurance coverage, we could lose invested capital and anticipated profits.

We will carry comprehensive general liability coverage and umbrella liability coverage on all our properties with limits of liability which we deem adequate to insure against liability claims and provide for the costs of defense. Similarly, we are insured against the risk of direct physical damage in amounts we estimate to be adequate to reimburse us on a replacement cost basis for costs incurred to repair or rebuild each property, including loss of rental income during the rehabilitation period. Material losses may occur in excess of insurance proceeds with respect to any property, as insurance may not be sufficient to fund the losses. However, there are types of losses, generally of a catastrophic nature, such as losses due to wars, acts of terrorism, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, pollution or environmental matters, which are either uninsurable or not economically insurable, or may be insured subject to limitations, such as large deductibles or co-payments. Insurance risks associated with potential terrorism acts could sharply increase the premiums we pay for coverage against property and casualty claims. Additionally, mortgage lenders in some cases have begun to insist that commercial property owners purchase specific coverage against terrorism as a condition for providing mortgage loans. It is uncertain whether such insurance policies will be available, or available at reasonable cost, which could inhibit our ability to finance or refinance our potential properties. In these instances, we may be required to provide other financial support, either through financial assurances or self-insurance, to cover potential losses. We may not have adequate, or any, coverage for such losses. The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 is designed for a sharing of terrorism losses between insurance companies and the federal government, and extends the federal terrorism insurance backstop through 2014. We cannot be certain how this act will impact us or what additional cost to us, if any, could result. If such an event damaged or destroyed one or more of our properties, we could lose both our invested capital and anticipated profits from such property.

Real estate related taxes may increase and if these increases are not passed on to tenants, our income will be reduced, which could adversely affect our ability to make distributions to you.

Some local real property tax assessors may seek to reassess some of our properties as a result of our acquisition of the property. Generally, from time to time our property taxes increase as property values or assessment rates change or for other reasons deemed relevant by the assessors. An increase in the assessed valuation of a property for real estate tax purposes will result in an increase in the related real estate taxes on that property. There is no assurance that renewal leases or future leases will be negotiated on the same basis. Increases not passed through to tenants will adversely affect our income, cash available for distributions, and the amount of distributions to you.

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Covenants, conditions and restrictions may restrict our ability to operate a property, which may adversely affect our operating costs and reduce the amount of funds available to pay distributions to you.

Some of our properties may be contiguous to other parcels of real property, comprising part of the same commercial center. In connection with such properties, there are significant covenants, conditions and restrictions, or CC&Rs, restricting the operation of such properties and any improvements on such properties, and related to granting easements on such properties. Moreover, the operation and management of the contiguous properties may impact such properties. Compliance with CC&Rs may adversely affect our operating costs and reduce the amount of funds that we have available to pay distributions.

Our operating results may be negatively affected by potential development and construction delays and resultant increased costs and risks.

We may use proceeds from this offering to acquire and develop properties upon which we will construct improvements. We will be subject to uncertainties associated with re-zoning for development, environmental concerns of governmental entities and/or community groups, and our builder’s ability to build in conformity with plans, specifications, budgeted costs, and timetables. If a builder fails to perform, we may resort to legal action to rescind the purchase or the construction contract or to compel performance. A builder’s performance also may be affected or delayed by conditions beyond the builder’s control. Delays in completion of construction could also give tenants the right to terminate preconstruction leases. We may incur additional risks when we make periodic progress payments or other advances to builders before they complete construction. These and other factors can result in increased costs of a project or loss of our investment. In addition, we will be subject to normal lease-up risks relating to newly constructed projects. We also must rely on rental income and expense projections and estimates of the fair market value of property upon completion of construction when agreeing upon a price at the time we acquire the property. If our projections are inaccurate, we may pay too much for a property, and our return on our investment could suffer.

We may invest in unimproved real property. For purposes of this paragraph, “unimproved real property” does not include properties acquired for the purpose of producing rental or other operating income, properties under development or construction, and properties under contract for development or in planning for development within one year. Returns from development of unimproved properties are also subject to risks associated with re-zoning the land for development and environmental concerns of governmental entities and/or community groups. If we invest in unimproved property other than property we intend to develop, your investment will be subject to the risks associated with investments in unimproved real property.

Competition with third parties in acquiring properties and other investments may reduce our profitability and the return on your investment.

We compete with many other entities engaged in real estate investment activities, including individuals, corporations, bank and insurance company investment accounts, other REITs, real estate limited partnerships, and other entities engaged in real estate investment activities, many of which have greater resources than we do. Larger REITs may enjoy significant competitive advantages that result from, among other things, a lower cost of capital and enhanced operating efficiencies. In addition, the number of entities and the amount of funds competing for suitable investments may increase. Any such increase would result in increased demand for these assets and therefore increased prices paid for them. If we pay higher prices for properties and other investments, our profitability will be reduced and you may experience a lower return on your investment.

Our properties face competition that may affect tenants’ ability to pay rent and the amount of rent paid to us may affect the cash available for distributions and the amount of distributions.

Our properties face competition for tenants. The number of competitive properties could have a material effect on our ability to rent space at our properties and the amount of rents charged. We could be adversely affected if additional competitive properties are built in locations competitive with our properties, causing increased competition for customer traffic and creditworthy tenants. This could result in decreased cash flow from tenants and may require us to make capital improvements to properties that we would not have otherwise made, thus affecting cash available for distributions, and the amount available for distributions to you.

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Costs of complying with governmental laws and regulations, including those relating to environmental matters, may adversely affect our income and the cash available for any distributions.

All real property and the operations conducted on real property are subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and human health and safety. These laws and regulations generally govern wastewater discharges, air emissions, the operation and removal of underground and above-ground storage tanks, the use, storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of solid and hazardous materials, and the remediation of contamination associated with disposals. Environmental laws and regulations may impose joint and several liability on tenants, owners or operators for the costs to investigate or remediate contaminated properties, regardless of fault or whether the acts causing the contamination were legal. This liability could be substantial. In addition, the presence of hazardous substances, or the failure to properly remediate these substances, may adversely affect our ability to sell, rent or pledge such property as collateral for future borrowings.

Some of these laws and regulations have been amended so as to require compliance with new or more stringent standards as of future dates. Compliance with new or more stringent laws or regulations or stricter interpretation of existing laws may require material expenditures by us. Future laws, ordinances or regulations may impose material environmental liability. Additionally, our tenants’ operations, the existing condition of land when we buy it, operations in the vicinity of our properties, such as the presence of underground storage tanks, or activities of unrelated third parties may affect our properties. In addition, there are various local, state and federal fire, health, life-safety and similar regulations with which we may be required to comply, and that may subject us to liability in the form of fines or damages for noncompliance. Any material expenditures, fines, or damages we must pay will reduce our ability to make distributions and may reduce the value of your investment.

State and federal laws in this area are constantly evolving, and we may be affected by such changes and be required to comply with new laws, including obtaining environmental assessments of most properties that we acquire; however, we will not obtain an independent third-party environmental assessment for every property we acquire. In addition, any such assessment that we do obtain may not reveal all environmental liabilities or that a prior owner of a property did not create a material environmental condition not known to us. The cost of defending against claims of liability, of compliance with environmental regulatory requirements, of remediating any contaminated property, or of paying personal injury claims would materially adversely affect our business, assets or results of operations and, consequently, amounts available for distribution to you. See the section entitled “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Acquisition and Investment Policies — Investing in Real Property” in this prospectus.

If we sell properties by providing financing to purchasers, defaults by the purchasers would adversely affect our cash flows and our ability to make distributions to you.

If we decide to sell any of our properties, in some instances we may sell our properties by providing financing to purchasers. When we provide financing to purchasers, we will bear the risk that the purchaser may default, which could negatively impact our cash distributions to stockholders. Even in the absence of a purchaser default, the distribution of the proceeds of sales to our stockholders, or their reinvestment in other assets, will be delayed until the promissory notes or other property we may accept upon the sale are actually paid, sold, refinanced or otherwise disposed of. In some cases, we may receive initial down payments in cash and other property in the year of sale in an amount less than the selling price and subsequent payments will be spread over a number of years. If any purchaser defaults under a financing arrangement with us, it could negatively impact our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders.

Our recovery of an investment in a mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loan that has defaulted may be limited, resulting in losses to us and reducing the amount of funds available to pay distributions to you.

There is no guarantee that the mortgage, loan or deed of trust securing an investment will, following a default, permit us to recover the original investment and interest that would have been received absent a default. The security provided by a mortgage, deed of trust or loan is directly related to the difference between the amount owed and the appraised market value of the property. Although we intend to rely on a current real estate appraisal when we make the investment, the value of the property is affected by factors outside our

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control, including general fluctuations in the real estate market, rezoning, neighborhood changes, highway relocations and failure by the borrower to maintain the property. In addition, we may incur the costs of litigation in our efforts to enforce our rights under defaulted loans.

Joint venture investments could be adversely affected by our lack of sole decision-making authority, our reliance on the financial condition of co-venturers and disputes between us and our co-venturers.

We may enter into joint ventures, partnerships and other co-ownership arrangements (including preferred equity investments) for the purpose of making investments. In such event, we would not be in a position to exercise sole decision-making authority regarding the joint venture. Investments in joint ventures may, under certain circumstances, involve risks not present were a third party not involved, including the possibility that partners or co-venturers might become bankrupt or fail to fund their required capital contributions. Co-venturers may have economic or other business interests or goals which are inconsistent with our business interests or goals, and may be in a position to take actions contrary to our policies or objectives. Such investments may also have the potential risk of impasses on decisions, such as a sale, because neither we nor the co-venturer would have full control over the joint venture. Disputes between us and co-venturers may result in litigation or arbitration that would increase our expenses and prevent our officers and/or directors from focusing their time and effort on our business. Consequently, actions by or disputes with co-venturers might result in subjecting properties owned by the joint venture to additional risk. In addition, we may in certain circumstances be liable for the actions of our co-venturers.

Our costs associated with complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act may affect cash available for distributions.

Our properties will be subject to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or the Disabilities Act. Under the Disabilities Act, all places of public accommodation are required to comply with federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. The Disabilities Act has separate compliance requirements for “public accommodations” and “commercial facilities” that generally require that buildings and services, including restaurants and retail stores, be made accessible and available to people with disabilities. The Disabilities Act’s requirements could require removal of access barriers and could result in the imposition of injunctive relief, monetary penalties, or, in some cases, an award of damages. However, we cannot assure you that we will be able to acquire properties or allocate responsibilities in this manner. If we cannot, our funds used for Disabilities Act compliance may affect cash available for distributions and the amount of distributions to you.

Economic conditions may adversely affect our income and we could be subject to risks associated with acquiring discounted real estate assets.

U.S. and international markets are currently experiencing increased levels of volatility due to a combination of many factors, including decreasing values of home prices, limited access to credit markets, higher fuel prices, less consumer spending and fears of a national and global recession. The effects of the current market dislocation may persist as financial institutions continue to take the necessary steps to restructure their business and capital structures. As a result, this economic downturn has reduced demand for space and removed support for rents and property values. Since we cannot predict when the real estate markets will recover, the value of our properties may decline if current market conditions persist or worsen.

In addition, we will be subject to the risks generally incident to the ownership of discounted real estate assets. Such assets may be purchased at a discount from historical cost due to, among other things, substantial deferred maintenance, abandonment, undesirable locations or markets, or poorly structured financing of the real estate or debt instruments underlying the assets, which has since lowered their value. Further, the continuing instability in the financial markets has limited the availability of lines of credit and the degree to which people and entities have access to cash to pay rents or debt service on the underlying the assets. Such illiquidity has the effect of increasing vacancies, increasing bankruptcies and weakening interest rates commercial entities can charge consumers, which can all decrease the value of already discounted real estate assets. Should conditions persist or worsen, the continued inability of the underlying real estate assets to produce income may weaken our return on our investments, which, in turn, may weaken your return on investment.

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Further, irrespective of the instability the financial markets may have on the return produced by discounted real estate assets, the evolving efforts to correct the instability make the valuation of these assets highly unpredictable. The fluctuation in market conditions make judging the future performance of these assets difficult. There is a risk that we may not purchase real estate assets at absolute discounted rates and that these assets may continue to decline in value.

Net leases may not result in fair market lease rates over time, which could negatively impact our income and reduce the amount of funds available to make distributions to you.

We expect a large portion of our rental income to come from net leases, which generally provide the tenant greater discretion in using the leased property than ordinary property leases, such as the right to freely sublease the property, to make alterations in the leased premises and to terminate the lease prior to its expiration under specified circumstances. Furthermore, net leases typically have longer lease terms and, thus, there is an increased risk that contractual rental increases in future years will fail to result in fair market rental rates during those years. As a result, our income and distributions to our stockholders could be lower than they would otherwise be if we did not engage in net leases.

Our real estate investments may include special use single tenant properties that may be difficult to sell or re-lease upon tenant defaults or early lease terminations, which could adversely affect the value of your investment.

We focus our investments on commercial and retail properties, including special use single tenant properties. These types of properties are relatively illiquid compared to other types of real estate and financial assets. This illiquidity will limit our ability to quickly change our portfolio in response to changes in economic or other conditions. With these properties, if the current lease is terminated or not renewed or, in the case of a mortgage loan, if we take such property in foreclosure, we may be required to renovate the property or to make rent concessions in order to lease the property to another tenant or sell the property. In addition, in the event we are forced to sell the property, we may have difficulty selling it to a party other than the tenant or borrower due to the special purpose for which the property may have been designed. These and other limitations may affect our ability to sell or re-lease properties and adversely affect returns to you.

Potential changes in U.S. accounting standards regarding operating leases may make the leasing of our properties less attractive to our potential tenants, which could reduce overall demand for our leasing services.

Under current authoritative accounting guidance for leases, a lease is classified by a tenant as a capital lease if the significant risks and rewards of ownership are considered to reside with the tenant. Under capital lease accounting for a tenant, both the leased asset and liability are reflected on their balance sheet. If the lease does not meet any of the criteria for a capital lease, the lease is considered an operating lease by the tenant, and the obligation does not appear on the tenant’s balance sheet; rather, the contractual future minimum payment obligations are only disclosed in the footnotes thereto. Thus, entering into an operating lease can appear to enhance a tenant’s balance sheet in comparison to direct ownership. The Financial Accounting Standards Board, or the FASB, and the International Accounting Standards Board, or the IASB, conducted a joint project to re-evaluate lease accounting. In August 2010, the FASB and the IASB jointly released exposure drafts of a proposed accounting model that would significantly change lease accounting. As of January 30, 2013, the final standards have yet to be issued. Changes to the accounting guidance could affect both our accounting for leases as well as that of our current and potential tenants. These changes may affect how the real estate leasing business is conducted. For example, if the accounting standards regarding the financial statement classification of operating leases are revised, then companies may be less willing to enter into leases in general or desire to enter into leases with shorter terms because the apparent benefits to their balance sheets could be reduced or eliminated. This in turn could cause a delay in investing our offering proceeds and make it more difficult for us to enter into leases on terms we find favorable.

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Retail Industry Risks

The continued economic downturn in the United States has had, and may continue to have, an adverse impact on the retail industry generally. Slow or negative growth in the retail industry could result in defaults by retail tenants which could have an adverse impact on our financial operations.

The current economic downturn in the United States has had an adverse impact on the retail industry generally. As a result, the retail industry is facing reductions in sales revenues and increased bankruptcies throughout the United States. The continuation of adverse economic conditions may result in an increase in distressed or bankrupt retail companies, which in turn would result in an increase in defaults by tenants at our retail properties. Additionally, slow economic growth is likely to hinder new entrants into the retail market which may make it difficult for us to fully lease the real properties that we plan to acquire. Tenant defaults and decreased demand for retail space would have an adverse impact on the value of the retail properties that we plan to acquire and our results of operations.

Continued disruptions in the financial markets and challenging economic conditions could adversely affect our ability to secure debt financing on attractive terms, our ability to service any future indebtedness that we may incur and the values of our investments.

The capital and credit markets have been experiencing extreme volatility and disruption for nearly three years. Liquidity in the global credit market has been severely contracted by these market disruptions, making it costly to obtain new lines of credit. We will rely on debt financing to finance our properties and possibly other real estate-related investments. As a result of the ongoing credit market turmoil, we may not be able to obtain debt financing on attractive terms. As such, we may be forced to use a greater proportion of our offering proceeds to finance our acquisitions, reducing the number of acquisitions we would otherwise make, and/or to dispose of some of our assets. If the current debt market environment persists we may modify our investment strategy in order to optimize our portfolio performance. Our options would include limiting or eliminating the use of debt and focusing on those higher yielding investments that do not require the use of leverage to meet our portfolio goals.

The continued disruptions in the financial markets and challenging economic conditions could adversely affect the values of investments we will acquire. Turmoil in the capital markets has constrained equity and debt capital available for investment in commercial real estate, resulting in fewer buyers seeking to acquire commercial properties and increases in capitalization rates and lower property values. Furthermore, these challenging economic conditions could further negatively impact commercial real estate fundamentals and result in lower occupancy, lower rental rates and declining values of real estate properties and in the collateral securing any loan investments we may make. These could have the following negative effects on us:

the values of our investments in retail properties could decrease below the amounts we will pay for these investments;
the value of collateral securing any loan investment that we may make could decrease below the outstanding principal amounts of these loans;
revenues from properties we acquire could decrease due to fewer tenants and/or lower rental rates, making it more difficult for us to pay dividends or meet our debt service obligations on future debt financings; and/or
revenues on the properties and other assets underlying any loan investments we may make could decrease, making it more difficult for the borrower to meet its payment obligations to us, which could in turn make it more difficult for us to pay dividends or meet our debt service obligations on future debt financings.

All of these factors could impair our ability to make distributions to our investors and decrease the value of an investment in us.

Retail conditions may adversely affect our income and our ability to make distributions to you.

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by retailers or shoppers of the safety, convenience and attractiveness of the retail property. Our properties will be located in public places such as shopping centers and malls, and any incidents of crime or violence would result in a reduction of business traffic to tenant stores in our properties. Any such incidents may also expose us to civil liability. In addition, to the extent that the investing public has a negative perception of the retail sector, the value of our common stock may be negatively impacted.

Some of our leases may provide for base rent plus contractual base rent increases. A number of our retail leases also may include a percentage rent clause for additional rent above the base amount based upon a specified percentage of the sales our tenants generate. Under those leases which contain percentage rent clauses, our revenue from tenants may increase as the sales of our tenants increase. Generally, retailers face declining revenues during downturns in the economy. As a result, the portion of our revenue which we may derive from percentage rent leases could be adversely affected by a general economic downturn.

Competition with other retail channels may reduce our profitability and the return on your investment.

Our retail tenants will face potentially changing consumer preferences and increasing competition from other forms of retailing, such as discount shopping centers, outlet centers, upscale neighborhood strip centers, catalogues and other forms of direct marketing, discount shopping clubs, internet websites and telemarketing. Other retail centers within the market area of our properties will compete with our properties for customers, affecting their tenants’ cash flows and thus affecting their ability to pay rent. In addition, some of our tenants’ rent payments may be based on the amount of sales revenue that they generate. If these tenants experience competition, the amount of their rent may decrease and our cash flow will decrease.

Competition may impede our ability to renew leases or re-let space as leases expire and require us to undertake unbudgeted capital improvements, which could harm our operating results.

We expect that our properties will be located in developed areas. Any competitive properties that are developed close to our existing properties also may impact our ability to lease space to creditworthy tenants. Increased competition for tenants may require us to make capital improvements to properties that we would not have otherwise planned to make. Any unbudgeted capital improvements may negatively impact our financial position. Also, to the extent we are unable to renew leases or re-let space as leases expire, it would result in decreased cash flow from tenants and reduce the income produced by our properties. Excessive vacancies (and related reduced shopper traffic) at one of our properties may hurt sales of other tenants at that property and may discourage them from renewing leases.

A high concentration of our properties in a particular geographic area, or with tenants in a similar industry a large number of tenants that are affiliated with a single company, would magnify the effects of downturns in that geographic area industry, or company and have a disproportionate adverse effect on the value of our investments.

In the event that we have a concentration of properties in any particular geographic area, any adverse situation that disproportionately effects that geographic area would have a magnified adverse effect on our portfolio. Similarly, if tenants of our properties are concentrated in a certain industry or retail category or if we have a large number of tenants that are affiliated with a single company, any adverse effect to that industry, retail category or company generally would have a disproportionately adverse effect on our portfolio.

We anticipate that our properties will consist primarily of retail properties. Our performance, therefore, is linked to the market for retail space generally and a downturn in the retail market could have an adverse effect on the value of your investment.

The market for retail space has been and could be adversely affected by weaknesses in the national, regional and local economies, the adverse financial condition of some large retailing companies, the ongoing consolidation in the retail sector, excess amounts of retail space in a number of markets and competition for tenants with other shopping centers in our markets. Customer traffic to these shopping areas may be adversely affected by the closing of stores in the same shopping center, or by a reduction in traffic to these stores resulting from a regional economic downturn, a general downturn in the local area where our store is located, or a decline in the desirability of the shopping environment of a particular shopping center. A reduction in customer traffic could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

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If we enter into long-term leases with retail tenants, those leases may not result in fair value over time, which could adversely affect our revenues and ability to make distributions.

Long-term leases do not allow for significant changes in rental payments and do not expire in the near term. If we do not accurately judge the potential for increases in market rental rates when negotiating these long-term leases, significant increases in future property operating costs could result in receiving less than fair value from these leases. These circumstances would adversely affect our revenues and funds available for distribution.

Risks Associated with Debt Financing and Investments

We may incur mortgage indebtedness and other borrowings, which may increase our business risks.

We expect that in most instances, we will acquire real properties by using either existing financing or borrowing new funds. In addition, we may incur mortgage debt and pledge all or some of our real properties as security for that debt to obtain funds to acquire additional real properties. We may borrow if we need funds to satisfy the REIT tax qualification requirement that we generally distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding capital gain. We also may borrow if we otherwise deem it necessary or advisable to assure that we maintain our qualification as a REIT.

There is no limitation on the amount we may borrow against any single improved property. Under our charter, our borrowings may not exceed 300% of our total “net assets” (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. In addition, it is our intention to limit our borrowings to 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets, unless excess borrowing is approved by a majority of the independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for such excess borrowing. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. As a result, we expect that our debt levels will be higher until we have invested most of our capital.

If there is a shortfall between the cash flow from a property and the cash flow needed to service mortgage debt on a property, then the amount available for distributions to stockholders may be reduced. In addition, incurring mortgage debt increases the risk of loss since defaults on indebtedness secured by a property may result in lenders initiating foreclosure actions. In that case, we could lose the property securing the loan that is in default, thus reducing the value of your investment. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a foreclosure of any of our properties would be treated as a sale of the property for a purchase price equal to the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage. If the outstanding balance of the debt secured by the mortgage exceeds our tax basis in the property, we would recognize taxable income on foreclosure, but would not receive any cash proceeds. In such event, we may be unable to pay the amount of distributions required in order to maintain our REIT status. We may give full or partial guarantees to lenders of mortgage debt to the entities that own our properties. When we provide a guaranty on behalf of an entity that owns one of our properties, we will be responsible to the lender for satisfaction of the debt if it is not paid by such entity. If any mortgages contain cross-collateralization or cross-default provisions, a default on a single property could affect multiple properties. If any of our properties are foreclosed upon due to a default, our ability to pay cash distributions to our stockholders will be adversely affected which could result in our losing our REIT status and would result in a decrease in the value of your investment.

The current state of debt markets could have a material adverse impact on our earnings and financial condition.

The domestic and international commercial real estate debt markets are currently experiencing volatility as a result of certain factors including the tightening of underwriting standards by lenders and credit rating agencies. This is resulting in lenders increasing the cost for debt financing. Should the overall cost of

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borrowings increase, either by increases in the index rates or by increases in lender spreads, we will need to factor such increases into the economics of future acquisitions. This may result in future acquisitions generating lower overall economic returns and potentially reducing future cash flow available for distribution. If these disruptions in the debt markets persist, our ability to borrow monies to finance the purchase of, or other activities related to, real estate assets will be negatively impacted. If we are unable to borrow monies on terms and conditions that we find acceptable, we likely will have to reduce the number of properties we can purchase, and the return on the properties we do purchase may be lower. In addition, we may find it difficult, costly or impossible to refinance indebtedness which is maturing.

In addition, the state of the debt markets could have an impact on the overall amount of capital investing in real estate which may result in price or value decreases of real estate assets. Although this may benefit us for future acquisitions, it could negatively impact the current value of our existing assets.

High mortgage rates may make it difficult for us to finance or refinance properties, which could reduce the number of properties we can acquire and the amount of cash distributions we can make.

If we place mortgage debt on properties, we run the risk of being unable to refinance the properties when the loans come due, or of being unable to refinance on favorable terms. If interest rates are higher when the properties are refinanced, we may not be able to finance the properties and our income could be reduced. If any of these events occur, our cash flow would be reduced. This, in turn, would reduce cash available for distribution to you and may hinder our ability to raise more capital by issuing more stock or by borrowing more money.

Lenders may require us to enter into restrictive covenants relating to our operations, which could limit our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

In connection with providing us financing, a lender could impose restrictions on us that affect our distribution and operating policies and our ability to incur additional debt. Loan documents we enter into may contain covenants that limit our ability to further mortgage the property, discontinue insurance coverage or replace our advisor. These or other limitations may adversely affect our flexibility and our ability to achieve our investment and operating objectives.

Increases in interest rates could increase the amount of our debt payments and adversely affect our ability to pay distributions to our stockholders.

We expect that we will incur indebtedness in the future. To the extent that we incur variable rate debt, increases in interest rates would increase our interest costs, which could reduce our cash flows and our ability to pay distributions to you. In addition, if we need to repay existing debt during periods of rising interest rates, we could be required to liquidate one or more of our investments in properties at times that may not permit realization of the maximum return on such investments.

We have broad authority to incur debt, and high debt levels could hinder our ability to make distributions and could decrease the value of your investment.

Under our charter, our borrowings may not exceed 300% of our total “net assets” (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. In addition, it is our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to 45% of the fair market value of all of our assets, unless any excess borrowing is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to our stockholders in our next quarterly report, along with a justification for such excess borrowing. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. As a result, we expect that our debt levels will be

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higher until we have invested most of our capital. High debt levels would cause us to incur higher interest charges, would result in higher debt service payments and could be accompanied by restrictive covenants. These factors could limit the amount of cash we have available to distribute and could result in a decline in the value of your investment.

We may invest in collateralized mortgage-backed securities, which may increase our exposure to credit and interest rate risk.

We may invest in collateralized mortgage-backed securities, or CMBS, which may increase our exposure to credit and interest rate risk. We have not adopted, and do not expect to adopt, any formal policies or procedures designed to manage risks associated with our investments in CMBS. In this context, credit risk is the risk that borrowers will default on the mortgages underlying the CMBS. While we may invest in CMBS guaranteed by U.S. government agencies, such as the Government National Mortgage Association, or GNMA, or U.S. government sponsored enterprises, such as the Federal National Mortgage Association, or FNMA, or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or FHLMC, there is no guarantee that such will be available or continue to be guaranteed by the U.S. government. Interest rate risk occurs as prevailing market interest rates change relative to the current yield on the CMBS. For example, when interest rates fall, borrowers are more likely to prepay their existing mortgages to take advantage of the lower cost of financing. As prepayments occur, principal is returned to the holders of the CMBS sooner than expected, thereby lowering the effective yield on the investment. On the other hand, when interest rates rise, borrowers are more likely to maintain their existing mortgages. As a result, prepayments decrease, thereby extending the average maturity of the mortgages underlying the CMBS. If we are unable to manage these risks effectively, our results of operations, financial condition and ability to pay distributions to you will be adversely affected.

Any real estate debt security that we originate or purchase is subject to the risks of delinquency and foreclosure.

We may originate and purchase real estate debt securities, which are subject to risks of delinquency and foreclosure and risks of loss. Typically, we will not have recourse to the personal assets of our borrowers. The ability of a borrower to repay a real estate debt security secured by an income-producing property depends primarily upon the successful operation of the property, rather than upon the existence of independent income or assets of the borrower. If the net operating income of the property is reduced, the borrower’s ability to repay the real estate debt security may be impaired. A property’s net operating income can be affected by, among other things:

increased costs, added costs imposed by franchisors for improvements or operating changes required, from time to time, under the franchise agreements;
property management decisions;
property location and condition;
competition from comparable types of properties;
changes in specific industry segments;
declines in regional or local real estate values, or occupancy rates; and
increases in interest rates, real estate tax rates and other operating expenses.

We bear the risks of loss of principal to the extent of any deficiency between the value of the collateral and the principal and accrued interest of the real estate debt security, which could have a material adverse effect on our cash flow from operations and limit amounts available for distribution to you. In the event of the bankruptcy of a real estate debt security borrower, the real estate debt security to that borrower will be deemed to be collateralized only to the extent of the value of the underlying collateral at the time of bankruptcy (as determined by the bankruptcy court), and the lien securing the real estate debt security will be subject to the avoidance powers of the bankruptcy trustee or debtor-in-possession to the extent the lien is unenforceable under state law. Foreclosure of a real estate debt security can be an expensive and lengthy process that could have a substantial negative effect on our anticipated return on the foreclosed real estate debt

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security. We also may be forced to foreclose on certain properties, be unable to sell these properties and be forced to incur substantial expenses to improve operations at the property.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks

Our failure to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT would subject us to U.S. federal income tax and potentially state and local tax, and would adversely affect our operations and the market price of our common stock.

We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2013 and intend to operate in a manner that would allow us to continue to qualify as a REIT. However, we may terminate our REIT qualification, if our board of directors determines that not qualifying as a REIT is in our best interests, or inadvertently. Our qualification as a REIT depends upon our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. The REIT qualification requirements are extremely complex and interpretation of the U.S. federal income tax laws governing qualification as a REIT is limited. Furthermore, any opinion of our counsel, including tax counsel, as to our eligibility to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT is not binding on the IRS and is not a guarantee that we will qualify, or continue to qualify, as a REIT. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will be successful in operating so we can qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. Our ability to satisfy the asset tests depends on our analysis of the characterization and fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination, and for which we will not obtain independent appraisals. Our compliance with the REIT income or quarterly asset requirements also depends on our ability to successfully manage the composition of our income and assets on an ongoing basis. Accordingly, if certain of our operations were to be recharacterized by the IRS, such recharacterization would jeopardize our ability to satisfy all requirements for qualification as a REIT. Furthermore, future legislative, judicial or administrative changes to the U.S. federal income tax laws could be applied retroactively, which could result in our disqualification as a REIT.

If we fail to qualify as a REIT for any taxable year, and we do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income at corporate rates. In addition, we would generally be disqualified from treatment as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year of losing our REIT qualification. Losing our REIT qualification would reduce our net earnings available for investment or distribution to stockholders because of the additional tax liability. In addition, distributions to stockholders would no longer qualify for the dividends paid deduction, and we would no longer be required to make distributions. If this occurs, we might be required to borrow funds or liquidate some investments in order to pay the applicable tax.

Even if we qualify as a REIT, in certain circumstances, we may incur tax liabilities that would reduce our cash available for distribution to you.

Even if we qualify and maintain our status as a REIT, we may be subject to U.S. federal, state and local income taxes. For example, net income from the sale of properties that are “dealer” properties sold by a REIT (a “prohibited transaction” under the Code) will be subject to a 100% tax. We may not make sufficient distributions to avoid excise taxes applicable to REITs. We also may decide to retain net capital gain we earn from the sale or other disposition of our property and pay U.S. federal income tax directly on such income. In that event, our stockholders would be treated as if they earned that income and paid the tax on it directly. However, stockholders that are tax-exempt, such as charities or qualified pension plans, would have no benefit from their deemed payment of such tax liability unless they file U.S. federal income tax returns and thereon seek a refund of such tax. We also will be subject to corporate tax on any undistributed REIT taxable income. We also may be subject to state and local taxes on our income or property, including franchise, payroll and transfer taxes, either directly or at the level of our operating partnership or at the level of the other companies through which we indirectly own our assets, such as our taxable REIT subsidiaries, which are subject to full U.S. federal, state, local and foreign corporate-level income taxes. Any taxes we pay directly or indirectly will reduce our cash available for distribution to you.

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To qualify as a REIT we must meet annual distribution requirements, which may force us to forgo otherwise attractive opportunities or borrow funds during unfavorable market conditions. This could delay or hinder our ability to meet our investment objectives and reduce your overall return.

In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our undistributed REIT taxable income and net capital gain and to a 4% nondeductible excise tax on any amount by which distributions we pay with respect to any calendar year are less than the sum of (a) 85% of our ordinary income, (b) 95% of our capital gain net income and (c) 100% of our undistributed income from prior years. These requirements could cause us to distribute amounts that otherwise would be spent on investments in real estate assets and it is possible that we might be required to borrow funds, possibly at unfavorable rates, or sell assets to fund these distributions. It is possible that we might not always be able to make distributions sufficient to meet the annual distribution requirements and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings while we qualify as a REIT.

Certain of our business activities are potentially subject to the prohibited transaction tax, which could reduce the return on your investment.

For so long as we qualify as a REIT, our ability to dispose of property during the first few years following acquisition may be restricted to a substantial extent as a result of our REIT qualification. Under applicable provisions of the Code regarding prohibited transactions by REITs, while we qualify as a REIT, we will be subject to a 100% penalty tax on any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of any property (other than foreclosure property) that we own, directly or indirectly through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but generally excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries, that is deemed to be inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business. Whether property is inventory or otherwise held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business depends on the particular facts and circumstances surrounding each property. During such time as we qualify as a REIT, we intend to avoid the 100% prohibited transaction tax by (a) conducting activities that may otherwise be considered prohibited transactions through a taxable REIT subsidiary (but such taxable REIT subsidiary will incur corporate rate income taxes with respect to any income or gain recognized by it), (b) conducting our operations in such a manner so that no sale or other disposition of an asset we own, directly or through any subsidiary, will be treated as a prohibited transaction, or (c) structuring certain dispositions of our properties to comply with the requirements of the prohibited transaction safe harbor available under the Code for properties that, among other requirements, have been held for at least two years. No assurance can be given that any particular property we own, directly or through any subsidiary entity, including our operating partnership, but generally excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries, will not be treated as inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business.

Our taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to corporate-level taxes and our dealings with our taxable REIT subsidiaries may be subject to 100% excise tax.

A REIT may own up to 100% of the stock of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. Both the subsidiary and the REIT must jointly elect to treat the subsidiary as a taxable REIT subsidiary. A corporation of which a taxable REIT subsidiary directly or indirectly owns more than 35% of the voting power or value of the stock will automatically be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Overall, no more than 25% of the gross value of a REIT’s assets may consist of stock or securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. A taxable REIT subsidiary may hold assets and earn income that would not be qualifying assets or income if held or earned directly by a REIT, including gross income from operations pursuant to management contracts. Accordingly, we may use taxable REIT subsidiaries generally to hold properties for sale in the ordinary course of a trade or business or to hold assets or conduct activities that we cannot conduct directly as a REIT. A taxable REIT subsidiary will be subject to applicable U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income tax on its taxable income. In addition, the rules, which are applicable to us as a REIT, also impose a 100% excise tax on certain transactions between a taxable REIT subsidiary and its parent REIT that are not conducted on an arm’s-length basis.

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If our operating partnership failed to qualify as a partnership or is not otherwise disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we would cease to qualify as a REIT.

If the IRS were to successfully challenge the status of our operating partnership as a partnership or disregarded entity for such purposes, it would be taxable as a corporation. In such event, this would reduce the amount of distributions that the operating partnership could make to us. This also would result in our failing to qualify as a REIT, and becoming subject to a corporate level tax on our income. This substantially would reduce our cash available to pay distributions and the yield on your investment. In addition, if any of the partnerships or limited liability companies through which our operating partnership owns its properties, in whole or in part, loses its characterization as a partnership and is otherwise not disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it would be subject to taxation as a corporation, thereby reducing distributions to the operating partnership. Such a recharacterization of an underlying property owner could also threaten our ability to maintain our REIT qualification.

We may choose to make distributions in our own stock, in which case you may be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes in excess of the cash dividends you receive.

In connection with our qualification as a REIT, we are required to distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. In order to satisfy this requirement, we may make distributions that are payable in cash and/or shares of our common stock (which could account for up to 80% of the aggregate amount of such distributions) at the election of each stockholder. Taxable stockholders receiving such distributions will be required to include the full amount of such distributions as ordinary dividend income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, U.S. stockholders may be required to pay U.S. federal income taxes with respect to such distributions in excess of the cash portion of the distribution received. Accordingly, U.S. stockholders receiving a distribution of our shares may be required to sell shares received in such distribution or may be required to sell other stock or assets owned by them, at a time that may be disadvantageous, in order to satisfy any tax imposed on such distribution. If a U.S. stockholder sells the stock that it receives as part of the distribution in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the distribution, depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to certain non-U.S. stockholders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such distribution, including in respect of all or a portion of such distribution that is payable in stock, by withholding or disposing of part of the shares included in such distribution and using the proceeds of such disposition to satisfy the withholding tax imposed. In addition, if a significant number of our stockholders determine to sell shares of our common stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividend income, such sale may put downward pressure on the market price of our common stock.

Various tax aspects of such a taxable cash/stock distribution are uncertain and have not yet been addressed by the IRS. No assurance can be given that the IRS will not impose requirements in the future with respect to taxable cash/stock distributions, including on a retroactive basis, or assert that the requirements for such taxable cash/stock distributions have not been met.

The taxation of distributions to our stockholders can be complex; however, distributions that we make to our stockholders generally will be taxable as ordinary income, which may reduce your anticipated return from an investment in us.

Distributions that we make to our taxable stockholders out of current and accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gain dividends or qualified dividend income) generally will be taxable as ordinary income. However, a portion of our distributions may (1) be designated by us as capital gain dividends generally taxable as long-term capital gain to the extent that they are attributable to net capital gain recognized by us, (2) be designated by us as qualified dividend income generally to the extent they are attributable to dividends we receive from our taxable REIT subsidiaries, or (3) constitute a return of capital generally to the extent that they exceed our accumulated earnings and profits as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes. A return of capital is not taxable, but has the effect of reducing the basis of a stockholder’s investment in our common stock.

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Our stockholders may have tax liability on distributions that they elect to reinvest in common stock, but they would not receive the cash from such distributions to pay such tax liability.

If our stockholders participate in our distribution reinvestment plan, they will be deemed to have received, and for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be taxed on, the amount reinvested in shares of our common stock to the extent the amount reinvested was not a tax-free return of capital. In addition, our stockholders will be treated for tax purposes as having received an additional distribution to the extent the shares are purchased at a discount to fair market value. As a result, unless a stockholder is a tax-exempt entity, it may have to use funds from other sources to pay its tax liability on the value of the shares of common stock received.

Dividends payable by REITs generally do not qualify for the reduced tax rates available for some dividends.

Currently, the maximum tax rate applicable to qualified dividend income payable to U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts and estates is 20%. Dividends payable by REITs, however, generally are not eligible for this reduced rate. Although this does not adversely affect the taxation of REITs or dividends payable by REITs, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate qualified dividends could cause investors who are individuals, trusts and estates to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the shares of REITs, including our common stock. Tax rates could be changed in future legislation.

If we were considered to actually or constructively pay a “preferential dividend” to certain of our stockholders, our status as a REIT could be adversely affected.

In order to qualify as a REIT, we must distribute annually to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distributions must not be “preferential dividends.” A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class, and in accordance with the preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents. Currently, there is uncertainty as to the IRS’s position regarding whether certain arrangements that REITs have with their stockholders could give rise to the inadvertent payment of a preferential dividend (e.g., the pricing methodology for stock purchased under a distribution reinvestment plan inadvertently causing a greater than 5% discount on the price of such stock purchased).

Initially, the per share price for our common stock pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan will be $23.75, which is 95% of the primary offering price of $25.00 (which includes the maximum selling commissions and dealer manager fee). After the NAV pricing date, the per share price for our common stock pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan will be equal to the per share NAV on the date that the distribution is payable, which, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is intended to reflect the fair market value per share and does not include selling commissions or the dealer manager fee. Shares sold pursuant to the direct stock purchase component of the Plan will initially be sold at $25.00 per share. Commencing with the NAV pricing date, shares sold pursuant to the direct purchase component of the Plan will be sold at per share NAV. If the IRS were to take a position contrary to our position that the per share NAV reflect the fair market value per share, it is possible that we may be treated as offering our stock under the Plan at a discount greater than 5% of its fair market value resulting in the payment of a preferential dividend.

There is no de minimis exception with respect to preferential dividends. Therefore, if the IRS were to take the position that we inadvertently paid a preferential dividend, we may be deemed either to (a) have distributed less than 100% of our REIT taxable income and be subject to tax on the undistributed portion, or (b) have distributed less than 90% of our REIT taxable income and our status as a REIT could be terminated for the year in which such determination is made if we were unable to cure such failure.

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Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge our liabilities effectively and may cause us to incur tax liabilities.

The REIT provisions of the Code may limit our ability to hedge our liabilities. Any income from a hedging transaction we enter into to manage risk of interest rate changes, price changes or currency fluctuations with respect to borrowings made or to be made to acquire or carry real estate assets, if properly identified under applicable Treasury Regulations, does not constitute “gross income” for purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income tests. To the extent that we enter into other types of hedging transactions, the income from those transactions will likely be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of both of the gross income tests. As a result of these rules, we may need to limit our use of advantageous hedging techniques or implement those hedges through a taxable REIT subsidiary. This could increase the cost of our hedging activities because our taxable REIT subsidiaries would be subject to tax on gains or expose us to greater risks associated with changes in interest rates than we would otherwise want to bear. In addition, losses in a taxable REIT subsidiary generally will not provide any tax benefit, except for being carried forward against future taxable income of such taxable REIT subsidiary.

Complying with REIT requirements may force us to forgo and/or liquidate otherwise attractive investment opportunities.

To qualify as a REIT, we must ensure that we meet the REIT gross income tests annually and that at the end of each calendar quarter, at least 75% of the value of our assets consists of cash, cash items, government securities and qualified REIT real estate assets, including certain mortgage loans and certain kinds of mortgage-related securities. The remainder of our investment in securities (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets) generally cannot include more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or more than 10% of the total value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer. In addition, in general, no more than 5% of the value of our assets (other than government securities and qualified real estate assets) can consist of the securities of any one issuer, and no more than 25% of the value of our total assets can be represented by securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. If we fail to comply with these requirements at the end of any calendar quarter, we must correct the failure within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter or qualify for certain statutory relief provisions to avoid losing our REIT qualification and suffering adverse tax consequences. As a result, we may be required to liquidate assets from our portfolio or not make otherwise attractive investments in order to maintain our qualification as a REIT. These actions could have the effect of reducing our income and amounts available for distribution to our stockholders.

The ability of our board of directors to revoke our REIT qualification without stockholder approval may subject us to U.S. federal income tax and reduce distributions to our stockholders.

Our charter provides that our board of directors may revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without the approval of our stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT. While we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we may not elect to be treated as a REIT or may terminate our REIT election if we determine that qualifying as a REIT is no longer in our best interests. If we cease to be a REIT, we would become subject to U.S. federal income tax on our taxable income and would no longer be required to distribute most of our taxable income to our stockholders, which may have adverse consequences on our total return to our stockholders and on the market price of our common stock.

We may be subject to adverse legislative or regulatory tax changes that could increase our tax liability, reduce our operating flexibility and reduce the market price of our common stock.

In recent years, numerous legislative, judicial and administrative changes have been made in the provisions of U.S. federal income tax laws applicable to investments similar to an investment in shares of our common stock. Additional changes to the tax laws are likely to continue to occur, and we cannot assure you that any such changes will not adversely affect the taxation of a stockholder. Any such changes could have an adverse effect on an investment in our shares or on the market value or the resale potential of our assets. You are urged to consult with your tax advisor with respect to the impact of recent legislation on your investment in our shares and the status of legislative, regulatory or administrative developments and proposals and their

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potential effect on an investment in our shares. You also should note that our counsel’s tax opinion is based upon existing law, applicable as of the date of its opinion, all of which will be subject to change, either prospectively or retroactively.

Although REITs generally receive better tax treatment than entities taxed as regular corporations, it is possible that future legislation would result in a REIT having fewer tax advantages, and it could become more advantageous for a company that invests in real estate to elect to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a corporation. As a result, our charter provides our board of directors with the power, under certain circumstances, to revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election and cause us to be taxed as a regular corporation, without the vote of our stockholders. Our board of directors has fiduciary duties to us and our stockholders and could only cause such changes in our tax treatment if it determines in good faith that such changes are in the best interest of our stockholders.

The share ownership restrictions of the Code for REITs and the 9.8% share ownership limit in our charter may inhibit market activity in shares of our stock and restrict our business combination opportunities.

In order to qualify as a REIT, five or fewer individuals, as defined in the Code, may not own, actually or constructively, more than 50% in value of our issued and outstanding shares of stock at any time during the last half of each taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. Attribution rules in the Code determine if any individual or entity actually or constructively owns our shares of stock under this requirement. Additionally, at least 100 persons must beneficially own our shares of stock during at least 335 days of a taxable year for each taxable year, other than the first year for which a REIT election is made. To help insure that we meet these tests, among other purposes, our charter restricts the acquisition and ownership of our shares of stock.

Our charter, with certain exceptions, authorizes our directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification as a REIT while we so qualify. Unless exempted (prospectively or retroactively) by our board of directors, for so long as we qualify as a REIT, our charter prohibits, among other limitations on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, any person from beneficially or constructively owning (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock and more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of our shares of stock. Our board of directors may not grant an exemption from these restrictions to any proposed transferee whose ownership in excess of the 9.8% ownership limit would result in the termination of our qualification as a REIT. These restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply, however, if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions is no longer required in order for us to continue to so qualify as a REIT.

These ownership limits could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of the stockholders.

Non-U.S. stockholders will be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax and may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on distributions received from us and upon the disposition of our shares.

Subject to certain exceptions, distributions received from us will be treated as dividends of ordinary income to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such dividends ordinarily will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate, or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, unless the distributions are treated as “effectively connected” with the conduct by the non-U.S. stockholder of a U.S. trade or business. Pursuant to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, or FIRPTA, capital gain distributions attributable to sales or exchanges of “U.S. real property interests,” or USRPIs, generally will be taxed to a non-U.S. stockholder as if such gain were effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. However, a capital gain dividend will not be treated as effectively connected income if (a) the distribution is received with respect to a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market located in the United States and (b) the non-U.S. stockholder does not own more than 5% of the class of our stock at any time during the one-year period ending on the date the distribution is received. We do not anticipate that our shares will be “regularly traded” on an established securities market for the foreseeable future, and therefore, this exception is not expected to apply.

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Gain recognized by a non-U.S. stockholder upon the sale or exchange of our common stock generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation unless such stock constitutes a USRPI under FIRPTA. Our common stock will not constitute a USRPI so long as we are a “domestically-controlled qualified investment entity.” A domestically-controlled qualified investment entity includes a REIT if at all times during a specified testing period, less than 50% in value of such REIT’s stock is held directly or indirectly by non-U.S. stockholders. We believe, but cannot assure you, that we will be a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity.

Even if we do not qualify as a domestically-controlled qualified investment entity at the time a non-U.S. stockholder sells or exchanges our common stock, gain arising from such a sale or exchange would not be subject to U.S. taxation under FIRPTA as a sale of a USRPI if: (a) our common stock is “regularly traded,” as defined by applicable Treasury regulations, on an established securities market, and (b) such non-U.S. stockholder owned, actually and constructively, 5% or less of our common stock at any time during the five-year period ending on the date of the sale. However, it is not anticipated that our common stock will be “regularly traded” on an established market. We encourage you to consult your tax advisor to determine the tax consequences applicable to you if you are a non-U.S. stockholder.

Potential characterization of distributions or gain on sale may be treated as unrelated business taxable income to tax-exempt investors.

If (a) we are a “pension-held REIT,” (b) a tax-exempt stockholder has incurred (or is deemed to have incurred) debt to purchase or hold our common stock, or (c) a holder of common stock is a certain type of tax-exempt stockholder, dividends on, and gains recognized on the sale of, common stock by such tax-exempt stockholder may be subject to U.S. federal income tax as unrelated business taxable income under the Code.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of shares under the Plan for general corporate purposes, including purchasing additional properties, funding operating or capital expenses associated with our existing properties or for funding the share repurchase plan. We have no basis for estimating the number of shares that will be sold. We also intend to use up to 1.5% of such net proceeds from the sale of shares under the Plan for organizational and offering expenses.

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MARKET OVERVIEW

Investment Focus

We have acquired or placed under executed purchase and sale agreement or executed letter of intent a diversified portfolio (which collectively, for the purposes of this “Market Overview” section, we refer to as our portfolio) of freestanding, single tenant retail real estate assets primarily triple-net leased long term to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. The assembled portfolio has been structured to be well-diversified by tenant, industry and geography, comprised primarily of retail, office and industrial properties, including pharmacies, bank branches, freight, home repair, supermarket, healthcare, discounters, fast food and casual dining, auto care centers, gas and convenience stores and other similar uses. From a geographical standpoint, our properties: (i) enjoy and will enjoy a strong location on “Main Street, USA;” or (ii) are or will be situated along high traffic transit corridors at locations carefully selected by the corporate tenant to support operationally essential corporate distribution/warehouse and logistical facilities.

Investment Objectives Achieved

Freestanding, Single Tenant Real Estate — We pursued an investment strategy focused on acquiring a diversified portfolio of newly constructed and existing freestanding, single tenant retail and commercial real estate assets comprised primarily of retail, office and industrial properties, including pharmacies, bank branches, fast food and casual dining, auto care centers, gas and convenience stores and other similar uses, which are located in the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Net Leases — We have and expect to primarily acquire triple-net and double-net leased properties, with contractual rent increases. NNN leases typically require the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property such as maintenance and repair, insurance, taxes, structural repairs and all other operating and capital expenses. NN leases typically provide that the landlord is responsible for maintaining the roof and structure, or other structural aspects of the property, while the tenant is responsible for all remaining expenses associated with the property. Landlord responsibilities are generally mitigated by manufacturer warranties, construction guaranties and insurance.
Investment Grade Tenants — Our board of directors, in consultation with management, has adopted a policy mandating that at least 50% of the net operating income derived by our portfolio must come from investment grade tenants (as determined by a major credit rating agency), as measured at such time as we have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering, which we expect to achieve with our portfolio. Further changes to this policy will require approval by a majority vote of our stockholders.
Industry, Geography and Tenant Diversity — We have assembled a portfolio of real estate that is diversified by industry, geography and tenancy. No single tenant or geographic concentration comprises more than 10% of our portfolio.
Real Estate Related Assets — We may further diversify our portfolio by making first mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans on single tenant net-leased properties.
Discount to Replacement Cost — We have purchased properties valued at a substantial discount to replacement cost using current market rents.
Low Leverage — Our portfolio has been conservatively leveraged at an amount not exceeding our targeted 45% loan-to-value ratio.
Long-Term Leases — Our portfolio is expected to have an average remaining lease term of 12 years.
Monthly Distributions — We currently pay distributions monthly, which we intend to be covered by FFO, as described under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Funds from Operations.”

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Maximize Total Returns — We intend to maximize total returns to our stockholders through a combination of current income and realized appreciation.
Exit Strategy — We intend to maximize stockholder total returns through a highly disciplined acquisitions strategy, with a constant view towards a seamless and profitable exit.

Investment Team

Our real estate team is led by seasoned professionals who have institutional investing experience throughout various real estate cycles. The senior executives have acquired over $10 billion of real estate and real estate related assets. We believe a number of factors differentiate us from other non-traded REITs, including our targeted investment strategy, lack of legacy assets, close relationships with financial institutions and institutional investors that own substantial portfolios of our targeted assets, and our institutional management team.

Off-market Opportunities

Our real estate professionals have expertise in real estate and finance which will enable the REIT to acquire a diversified portfolio of properties providing stockholders with a competitive risk-adjusted return. The management team is capable of purchasing and financing a large number of properties simultaneously, while minimizing risk, creating diversification, protecting yield and achieving the stated investment objectives. The management team has a track-record of having acquired over $8.0 billion of net-leased properties and enjoys a broad network of relationships within most major real estate financial institutions. These relationships provide access to debt capital and the ability to negotiate favorable debt terms on a property by property basis. The ability to achieve favorable debt terms allows us to lever stockholder equity prudently and meet our established investment objectives and returns.

The real estate team is made up of persons with extensive legal, accounting, finance, operations and underwriting experience. We will create value for tenants through specific business-oriented lease structures not offered by other real estate buyers. The experience in structuring operating leases, as well as incorporating specific tenant requests, will provide tenants the opportunity to create flexibility not typically found in traditional sale-leaseback transactions. We expect that this in turn will make us the landlord of choice for many tenants and provide us with opportunities not readily available in the broader market place.

Discount to Replacement Cost

In recent years, rental rates have fallen, resulting in reduced property values and prices. Under current market conditions, we believe we can acquire properties at a significant discount to replacement cost and thus position our investors for asset appreciation.

Investment Considerations

We believe a number of factors differentiate us from other non-traded REITs, including:

Diversified Portfolio — We have pursued an investment strategy focused on acquiring a diversified portfolio of newly constructed and existing freestanding single tenant retail real estate assets primarily triple-net leased long term to investment grade and other credit worthy tenants. We were selective in investing capital, placing such capital in high quality assets in strong locations. We have assembled what we believe to be a portfolio of real estate that is diversified by industry, geography, tenancy, credit, and use. We do not anticipate any single tenant or geographic concentration to comprise more than 10% of our portfolio. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, has adopted a policy mandating that at least 50% of the net operating income derived by our portfolio must come from investment grade tenants (as determined by a major credit rating agency), as measured at such time as we have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering. We believe that our expected portfolio net operating income will be derived from over 65% investment grade tenants. Further changes to this policy will require approval by a majority vote of our stockholders. We expect that the balance of our portfolio will be leased to creditworthy tenants. Since we expect our portfolio to be comprised of long-term leases with minimum, non-cancellable lease terms of 12 or more years, we are less subject to vacancy risk and tenant turnover than our

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competitors who invest in multi-tenant properties. This allows us to better withstand periods of economic uncertainty when compared with properties with a number of short-term leases. Our individual investments also tend to be smaller because we buy freestanding single tenant properties versus multi-tenant properties such as malls, shopping centers and office buildings. This allows us to achieve much greater diversification by geography, tenant mix and property type. By achieving such diversification, we are less likely to be negatively affected by economic downturns in local markets. Although we expect our portfolio will consist primarily of freestanding, single tenant properties, we will not forgo opportunities to invest in other types of real estate investments that meet our overall investment objectives, if any. Additionally, we may further diversify our portfolio by making first mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans on single tenant net-leased properties. We may acquire or invest in properties and loans located only in the United States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Investment-Grade Tenants — Our board of directors, in consultation with management, has adopted a policy mandating that at least 50% of the net operating income derived by our portfolio must come from investment grade tenants (as determined by a major credit rating agency), as measured at such time as we have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering. Further changes to this policy will require approval by a majority vote of our stockholders. We believe that our expected portfolio net operating income will be derived from over 65% investment grade tenants.
Net Leases — The net leases with the types of tenants we intend to have would allow us to pass through all operating and capital expense items directly to such tenants. The tenant would be billed directly for all expense items and capital costs and the tenant would pay such costs, directly to the provider without having to go through us. Multi-tenant retail and commercial properties, unlike net lease properties, are subject to much greater volatility in operating results due to unexpected increases in operating costs or unforeseen capital items and repair expenses. Our leases would allow us to pass through these costs to the tenant.
Unique Buy and Sell Strategy and Timing — We will focus on helping our investors take advantage of the current retail real estate buyers’ market. We intend to acquire high-quality properties at a discount to replacement cost, increase the cash flow of the properties through rent increases and thus improve the value of the properties.
No Legacy Issues — Because we have purchased and will purchase properties at current values and will not be burdened with legacy assets, we are better positioned to deliver stockholder value. Additionally, we are not asking our stockholders to invest in previously acquired real estate that is not performing as originally expected or overvalued in today’s environment. We will build an entirely new portfolio that meets our investment criteria.
Experienced Management Team — The executives of our advisor have acquired over $10.0 billion of net-leased real estate.

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MANAGEMENT

General

We operate under the direction of our board of directors, the members of which are accountable to us and our stockholders as fiduciaries. The board is responsible for the overall management and control of our affairs. The board has retained our advisor to manage our day-to-day affairs and the acquisition and disposition of our investments, subject to the board’s supervision. As described in greater detail under section entitled “— The Advisor” below, our advisor will be responsible for making investment decisions subject to the approval of our board of directors.

Our charter has been reviewed and ratified by our board of directors, including the independent directors. This ratification by our board of directors is required by the NASAA REIT Guidelines.

Our charter and bylaws provide that the number of our directors may be established by a majority of the entire board of directors but may not be fewer than three nor more than ten. We have a total of five directors, including three independent directors. Our charter provides that a majority of the directors must be independent directors except for a period of up to 60 days after the death, resignation or removal of an independent director pending the election of such independent director’s successor. An “independent director” is defined in article IV of our charter in accordance with Section I.B.14 of the NASAA REIT Guidelines. There are no family relationships among any of our directors or officers, or officers of our advisor. Each director must have at least three years of relevant experience demonstrating the knowledge and experience required to successfully acquire and manage the type of assets being acquired by us. Each of our current directors has substantially in excess of three years of relevant real estate experience. At least one of the independent directors must have at least three years of relevant real estate experience and at least one of our independent directors must be a financial expert with at least three years of financial experience.

During the discussion of a proposed transaction, independent directors may offer ideas for ways in which transactions may be structured to offer the greatest value to us, and our management will take these suggestions into consideration when structuring transactions. Each director will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Although the number of directors may be increased or decreased, a decrease will not have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director.

Any director may resign at any time and may be removed with or without cause by the stockholders upon the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. The notice of any special meeting called to remove a director will indicate that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to determine if the director shall be removed. Neither our advisor, any member of our board of directors nor any of their affiliates may vote or consent on matters submitted to the stockholders regarding the removal of our advisor or any director or any of their affiliates or any transaction between us and any of them. In determining the requisite percentage in interest required to approve such a matter, any shares owned by such persons will not be included.

Any vacancy created by an increase in the number of directors or the death, resignation, removal, adjudicated incompetence or other incapacity of a director may be filled only by a vote of a majority of the remaining directors. Any director elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the full term of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred. Independent directors shall nominate replacements for vacancies in the independent director positions. Each director will be bound by the charter and the bylaws.

The directors are not required to devote all of their time to our business and are only required to devote the time to our affairs as their duties require. The directors meet quarterly or more frequently if necessary. Maryland law provides that any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the board of directors may be taken without a meeting by the unanimous written or electronic consent of all directors. Our directors are not required to devote a substantial portion of their time to discharge their duties as our directors. Consequently, in the exercise of their responsibilities, the directors heavily rely on our advisor. Our directors must satisfy their fiduciary duty to us and our stockholders and that same fiduciary duty to supervise the

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relationship between us and our advisor. The board is empowered to fix the compensation of all officers that it selects and approve the payment of compensation to directors for services rendered to us in any other capacity.

Our board of directors has established policies on investments and borrowing, the general terms of which are set forth in this prospectus. The directors may establish further policies on investments and borrowings.

The directors will monitor our and our advisor’s administrative procedures, investment operations and performance to ensure that the policies are fulfilled and are in the best interest of our stockholders.

The independent directors are responsible for reviewing our fees and expenses on at least an annual basis and with sufficient frequency to determine that the expenses incurred are reasonable in light of our investment performance, our net assets, our net income and the fees and expenses of other comparable unaffiliated REITs. In addition, a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, who are not otherwise interested in the transaction must determine that any transaction with our advisor or its affiliates is fair and reasonable to us and on terms no less favorable than those available from unaffiliated third parties. The independent directors also are responsible for reviewing the performance of our advisor and determining that the compensation to be paid to our advisor is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of services to be performed and that the provisions of the advisory agreement are being carried out. Specifically, the independent directors consider factors such as:

the amount of the fees paid to our advisor or its affiliates in relation to the size, composition and performance of our investments;
the success of our advisor in generating appropriate investment opportunities;
rates charged to other REITs, especially REITs of similar structure, and other investors by advisors performing similar services;
additional revenues realized by our advisor and its affiliates through their relationship with us, whether we pay them or they are paid by others with whom we do business;
the quality and extent of service and advice furnished by our advisor and the performance of our investment portfolio; and
the quality of our portfolio relative to the investments generated by our advisor or its affiliates for its other clients.

If the independent directors determine that the compensation to be paid to our advisor is not reasonable, our board of directors may request that our advisor reduce its fees, terminate the advisory agreement, renegotiate the advisory agreement or retain a new advisor. Neither our advisor, any director nor any of their respective affiliates may vote or consent to the voting of shares of our common stock they now own or hereafter acquire on matters submitted to the stockholders regarding either (1) the removal of such director our advisor, or (2) any transaction between us and our advisor, such director or any of their respective affiliates. In determining the requisite percentage in interest of shares necessary to approve a matter on which a director, our advisor or any of their respective affiliates may not vote or consent, any shares owned by such director, our advisor or any of their respective affiliates will not be included.

Lead Independent Director

Our board of directors has appointed a lead independent director to provide an additional measure of balance, ensure the board’s independence, and enhance the board’s ability to fulfill its management oversight responsibilities. David Gong currently serves as our lead independent director. Our lead independent director chairs meetings or executive sessions of the independent directors, reviews and comments on board of directors’ meeting agendas, represents the views of the independent directors to management, facilitates communication among the independent directors and between management and the independent directors, acts as a liaison with service providers, officers, attorneys, and other directors generally between meetings, serves as a representative and speaks on behalf of the company at external seminars, conferences, in the media and otherwise and otherwise assumes such responsibilities as may be assigned to him by the board.

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Our management believes that having a combined chairman and chief executive officer, coupled with a majority of independent, experienced directors, including a lead independent director with specified responsibilities on behalf of the board, provides the right leadership structure for the company and is best for the company and its stockholders at this time.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Our entire board of directors considers all major decisions concerning our business, including property acquisitions. However, our charter and bylaws provide that our board may establish such committees as the board believes appropriate. The board will appoint the members of the committee in the board’s discretion. Our charter and bylaws require that a majority of the members of each committee of our board be independent directors.

Audit Committee

Our board of directors has established an audit committee, which consists of our three independent directors. The audit committee, by approval of at least a majority of the members, selects the independent registered public accounting firm to audit our annual financial statements, reviews with the independent registered public accounting firm the plans and results of the audit engagement, approves the audit and non-audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm, reviews the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm, considers the range of audit and non-audit fees and reviews the adequacy of our internal accounting controls. One of our initial independent directors, Stanley R. Perla, is our audit committee financial expert. Our board of directors has adopted a charter for the audit committee that sets forth its specific functions and responsibilities.

Executive Officers and Directors

We have provided below certain information about our executive officers and directors. The primary function of our executive officer is to oversee the advisor, who will provide the day-to-day services for, and operations of, the Company.

   
Name   Age   Position(s)
Nicholas S. Schorsch   52   Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
Edward M. Weil, Jr.   46   President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director
Peter M. Budko   53   Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Brian S. Block   41   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
David Gong   64   Lead Independent Director
Stanley R. Perla   70   Independent Director
Robert H. Burns   84   Independent Director

Nicholas S. Schorsch has served as the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of our company since our formation in January 2013. Mr. Schorsch served as chairman of the board of directors of ARCT until January 2013 when ARCT closed its merger with Realty Income Corporation and, until March 2012, the chief executive officer, of ARCT, the ARCT advisor and the ARCT property manager since their formation in August 2007. Mr. Schorsch has served as chairman and the chief executive officer of NYRR, the NYRR property manager and the NYRR advisor since their formation in October 2009. Mr. Schorsch has served as the chief executive officer of the PE-ARC advisor since its formation in December 2009. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and the chief executive officer of ARC RCA and the ARC RCA advisor since their formation in July 2010 and May 2010, respectively. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and the chief executive officer of ARC HT, the ARC HT advisor and the ARC HT property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Schorsch has been chairman and the chief executive officer of BDCA since its formation in May 2010. Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARC DNAV, the ARC DNAV advisor and the ARC DNAV property manager since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Schorsch also has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARCP and the ARCP advisor since their formation December 2010 and November 2010, respectively. Mr. Schorsch served as chairman and chief executive officer of ARCT III, the ARCT III advisor and the ARCT III property manager from their formation in October 2010 until the close of ARCT III’s merger with ARCP in February 2013.

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Mr. Schorsch has been the chairman and chief executive officer of ARC Global, the ARC Global advisor and the ARC Global property manager since their formation in July 2011, July 2011 and January 2012, respectively. Mr. Schorsch has served as the chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of ARCT IV since its formation February 2012 and as the chief executive officer of the ARCT IV advisor and the ARCT IV property manager since their formation in February 2012. Mr. Schorsch has served as the chairman of the board of directors of ARC HT II since its formation in October 2012. Mr. Schorsch has served as the chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer of ARC RFT since its formation in November 2012 and as chief executive officer of the ARC RFT advisor since its formation in November 2012. Mr. Schorsch has served as chief executive officer of the PE-ARC II advisor since July 2013. Mr. Schorsch has served as the chairman of the board of directors of ARC HOST since its formation in July 2013. From September 2006 to July 2007, Mr. Schorsch was chief executive officer of an affiliate, American Realty Capital, a real estate investment firm. Mr. Schorsch founded and formerly served as president, chief executive officer and vice chairman of American Financial Realty Trust, or AFRT, from its inception as a REIT in September 2002 until August 2006. AFRT was a publicly traded REIT (which was listed on the NYSE within one year of its inception) that invested exclusively in offices, operation centers, bank branches, and other operating real estate assets that are net leased to tenants in the financial services industry, such as banks and insurance companies. Through American Financial Resource Group, or AFRG, and its successor corporation, AFRT, Mr. Schorsch executed in excess of 1,000 acquisitions, both in acquiring businesses and real estate property with transactional value of approximately $5 billion, while also operating offices in Europe that focused on sale and leaseback and other property transactions in Spain, France, Germany, Finland, Norway and the United Kingdom. In 2003, Mr. Schorsch received an Entrepreneur of the Year award from Ernst & Young. From 1995 to September 2002, Mr. Schorsch served as chief executive officer and president of AFRG, AFRT’s predecessor, a private equity firm founded for the purpose of acquiring operating companies and other assets in a number of industries. Prior to AFRG, Mr. Schorsch served as president of a non-ferrous metal product manufacturing business, Thermal Reduction. He successfully built the business through mergers and acquisitions and ultimately sold his interests to Corrpro (NYSE) in 1994. Mr. Schorsch attended Drexel University. We believe that Mr. Schorsch’s current experience as chairman and chief executive officer of NYRR, ARC RCA, ARC DNAV, ARC HT, ARCP, ARC Global, ARCT IV and ARC RFT, his current experience as chairman of ARC HT II and ARC HOST, his previous experience as president, chief executive officer and vice chairman of AFRT and chairman and chief executive officer of ARCT and ARCT III, and his significant real estate acquisition experience, make him well qualified to serve as our chairman of our board of directors.

Edward M. Weil, Jr. has served as president, chief operating officer, treasurer, secretary and director of our company and as president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of our advisor and our property manager since their formation in January 2013. Mr. Weil served as an executive officer of ARCT, the ARCT advisor and the ARCT property manager from their formation in August 2007 through March 2012. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer of NYRR, the NYRR property manager and the NYRR advisor since their formation in October 2009. He has served as the executive vice president and secretary of the PE-ARC advisor since its formation in December 2009. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer of ARC RCA and the ARC RCA advisor since their formation in July 2010 and May 2010, respectively. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer of ARC HT, the ARC HT advisor and the ARC HT property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Weil has served as a director of ARCT III beginning in February 2012 and as an executive officer of ARCT III, the ARCT III advisor and the ARCT III property manager from their formation in October 2010 until the close of ARCT III’s merger with ARCP in February 2013. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer, and, beginning in March 2012, a director, of ARC DNAV, and has served as an executive officer of the ARC DNAV advisor and the ARC DNAV property manager since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Weil has served as an executive officer, and, beginning in March 2012, a director, of ARCP since its formation in December 2010 and has served as an executive officer of the ARCP advisor since its formation in November 2010. Mr. Weil has been a director and an executive officer of ARC Global, the ARC Global advisor and the ARC Global property manager since their formation in July 2011, July 2011 and January 2012, respectively. Mr. Weil has served as the president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of ARCT IV, the ARCT IV advisor and the ARCT IV property manager since their formation in February 2012. Mr. Weil was appointed as a director of ARCT in January 2013. Mr. Weil has served as the

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president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of ARC HT II, the ARC HT II advisor and the ARC HT II property manager since their formation in October 2012. Mr. Weil served as the president, treasurer and secretary of ARC RFT and the ARC RFT advisor from November 2012 until January 2013. Mr. Weil has served as president, chief operating office, treasurer and secretary of the PE-ARC II advisor since its formation in July 2013. Mr. Weil has served as the executive vice president and secretary of the BDCA advisor since its formation in June 2010. Mr. Weil served as chief executive officer of Realty Capital Securities, LLC from December 2010 until September 2013. At such time, Mr. Weil resigned as chief executive officer but retained a role as chairman of Realty Capital Securities, LLC. Mr. Weil was formerly the senior vice president of sales and leasing for AFRT from April 2004 to October 2006, where he was responsible for the disposition and leasing activity for a 33 million square foot portfolio of properties. Under the direction of Mr. Weil, his department was the sole contributor in the increase of occupancy and portfolio revenue through the sales of over 200 properties and the leasing of over 2.2 million square feet, averaging 325,000 square feet of newly executed leases per quarter. After working at AFRT, from October 2006 to May 2007, Mr. Weil was managing director of Milestone Partners Limited and prior to joining AFRT, from 1987 to April 2004, Mr. Weil was president of Plymouth Pump & Systems Co. Mr. Weil attended George Washington University. Mr. Weil holds FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 licenses. We believe that Mr. Weil’s current experience as an executive officer of NYRR, ARC RCA, ARC DNAV, ARCP, ARC Global, ARCT IV and ARC HT II, his current experience as a director of ARC DNAV, ARCT III, ARCP, ARC Global and ARCT IV, his previous experience as senior vice president at AFRT and his real estate experience, make him well qualified to serve on our board of directors.

Peter M. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of our company, our advisor and our property manager since their formation in January 2013. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCT, the ARCT advisor and the ARCT property manager from their formation in 2007 through March 2012. Mr. Budko has also served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of NYRR, the NYRR property manager and the NYRR advisor since their formation in October 2009. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of the PE-ARC advisor since its formation in December 2009. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC RCA and the ARC RCA advisor since their formation in July 2010 and May 2010, respectively. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC HT, the ARC HT advisor and the ARC HT property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Budko served as an executive officer of ARCT III, the ARCT III advisor and the ARCT III property manager from their formation in October 2010 until the close of ARCT III’s merger with ARCP in February 2013. Mr. Budko has served as an executive officer of BDCA and the BDCA advisor since their formation in May 2010 and June 2010, respectively. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARC DNAV, the ARC DNAV advisor and the ARC DNAV property manager since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Budko also has been executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCP and the ARCP advisor since their formation December 2010 and November 2010, respectively. Mr. Budko also has been an executive officer of ARC Global, the ARC Global advisor and the ARC Global property manager since their formation in July 2011, July 2011 and January 2012, respectively. He has also served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of ARCT IV, the ARCT IV advisor and the ARCT IV property manager since their formation in February 2012. Mr. Budko has served as the executive vice president of ARC HT II, the ARC HT II advisor and the ARC HT II property manager since their formation in October 2012. Mr. Budko has served as an executive officer of ARC RFT and the ARC RFT advisor since their formation in November 2012. Mr. Budko was appointed as a director of ARC RFT in January 2013. Mr. Budko has served as executive vice president and chief investment officer of the PE-ARC II advisor since its formation in July 2013. From January 2007 to July 2007, Mr. Budko was chief operating officer of an affiliated American Realty Capital real estate investment firm. Mr. Budko founded and formerly served as managing director and group head of the Structured Asset Finance Group, a division of Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC from 1997 – 2006. The Structured Asset Finance Group structures and invests in real estate that is net leased to corporate tenants. While at Wachovia, Mr. Budko acquired over $5 billion of net leased real estate assets. From 1987 – 1997, Mr. Budko worked in the Corporate Real Estate Finance Group at NationsBank Capital Market (predecessor to Bank of America Securities), becoming head of the group in 1990. Mr. Budko received a B.A. in physics from the University of North Carolina.

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Brian S. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of our company, our advisor and our property manager since their formation in January 2013. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCT, the ARCT advisor and the ARCT property manager from their formation in 2007 through March 2012. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of NYRR, the NYRR property manager and the NYRR advisor since their formation in October 2009. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the PE-ARC advisor since its formation in December 2009. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of and the ARC RCA advisor since their formation in July 2010 and May 2010, respectively. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer ARC HT, the ARC HT advisor and the ARC HT property manager since their formation in August 2010. Mr. Block served as an executive officer of ARCT III, the ARCT III advisor and the ARCT III property manager from their formation in October 2010 until the close of ARCT III’s merger with ARCP in February 2013. Mr. Block has served as chief financial officer and treasurer of BDCA since its formation in May 2010, and has served as chief financial officer of the BDCA advisor since its formation in June 2010. Mr. Block has served as chief financial officer of ARC DNAV since its formation in September 2010. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC DNAV, the ARC DNAV advisor and the ARC DNAV property manager since their formation in September 2010. Mr. Block also has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCP and the ARCP advisor since their formation December 2010 and November 2010, respectively. Mr. Block also has been executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC Global, the ARC Global advisor and the ARC Global property manager since their formation in July 2011, July 2011 and January 2012, respectively. Mr. Block has served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARCT IV, the ARCT IV advisor and the ARCT IV property manager since their formation in February 2012. Mr. Block served as the executive vice president and chief financial officer of ARC RFT and the ARC RFT advisor from November 2012 until January 2013. Mr. Block has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of the PE-ARC II advisor since its formation in July 2013. Mr. Block has served as chief financial officer, treasurer and secretary of ARC HOST since August 2013. Mr. Block is responsible for the accounting, finance and reporting functions at the American Realty Capital group of companies. He has extensive experience in SEC reporting requirements, as well as REIT tax compliance matters. Mr. Block has been instrumental in developing the American Realty Capital group of companies’ infrastructure and positioning the organization for growth. Mr. Block began his career in public accounting at Ernst & Young and Arthur Andersen from 1994 to 2000. Subsequently, Mr. Block was the chief financial officer of a venture capital-backed technology company for several years prior to joining AFRT in 2002. While at AFRT, Mr. Block served as senior vice president and chief accounting officer and oversaw the financial, administrative and reporting functions of the organization. Mr. Block discontinued working for AFRT in August 2007. He is a certified public accountant and is a member of the AICPA and PICPA. Mr. Block serves on the REIT Committee of the Investment Program Association. Mr. Block received a B.S. from Albright College and an M.B.A. from La Salle University.

David Gong was appointed as the lead independent director of our company in January 2013. He was appointed as an independent director of ARCT III in January 2011 and served as a director of ARCT III until the close of ARCT III’s merger with ARCP in February 2013. He also has served as a director of ARC RCA since February 2011 and served as a director of ARCP from July 2011 until October 2012. Mr. Gong has over 25 years of experience in global asset management. From August 2004 to February 2005, Mr. Gong served as a consultant to AFRT. During such time, he sourced and structured, from a tax and legal perspective, potential bank branch acquisitions in Asia. From August 2002 to July 2004, Mr. Gong served as the managing director of Ankar Capital Management, a New York based investment advisory firm. While at Ankar, Mr. Gong managed the firm’s private equity group in the Singapore office. From February 1990 to January 2001, Mr. Gong served as a senior partner and international portfolio manager at Ardsley Partners, also New York based investment advisory firm, where he managed several emerging market hedge funds, including the Ardsley Pacific Fund. From September 1981 to January 1990, Mr. Gong served as an equity portfolio manager at T. Rowe Price where he also assisted in the establishment of the firm’s Hong Kong office. Mr. Gong has served as a director of Helios Capital LLC’s Helios Strategic Fund since its inception in January 2005. He previously served as a director of Alliance Capital Management, LLC’s Turkish Growth Fund from October 1993 to December 2000 and India Liberalization Fund from December 1993 to December 2003.

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Mr. Gong received a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, a J.D. from the University of California, Davis where he earned Order of the Coif honors and an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business. We believe that Mr. Gong’s current experience as a director of ARC RCA, his prior experience as a director of ARCP and ARCT III, his extensive experience in global asset management, his experience in sourcing and structuring potential bank branch acquisitions in Asia for AFRT and his educational background, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Robert H. Burns was appointed as an independent director of our companying in January 2013. He was appointed as an independent director of ARC HT in March 2012. Mr. Burns has also served as an independent director of NYRR since October 2009 and ARCT III from January 2011 to March 2012. He also served as an independent director of ARCT from January 2008 until January 2013 when ARCT closed its merger with Realty Income Corporation. Mr. Burns is a hotel industry veteran with an international reputation and over thirty years of hotel, real estate, food and beverage and retail experience. He founded and built the luxurious Regent International Hotels brand, which he sold in 1992. From 1970 to 1992, Mr. Burns served as chairman and chief executive officer of Regent International Hotels, where he was personally involved in all strategic and major operating decisions. Mr. Burns and his team of professionals performed site selection, obtained land use and zoning approvals, performed all property due diligence, financed each project by raising both equity and arranging debt, oversaw planning, design and construction of each hotel property, and managed each asset. Each Regent hotel typically contained a significant food and beverage element and high-end retail component, frequently including luxury goods such as clothing, jewelry, as well as retail shops. Mr. Burns opened the first Regent hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1970. From 1970 to 1979, the company opened and managed a number of prominent hotels, but gained international recognition in 1980 with the opening of The Regent Hong Kong, which had many amenities and great service to hotels in the city and attracted attention throughout the world. In all, Mr. Burns developed over 18 major hotel projects including the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City, the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, the Four Seasons Hotel in Milan, Italy, and the Four Seasons Hotel in Bali, Indonesia. Mr. Burns currently serves as chairman of Barings’ Chrysalis Emerging Markets Fund, a position he has held since 1991, and as a director of Barings’ Asia Pacific Fund, a position he has held since 1986. Additionally, he has been a member of the executive committee of the board of directors of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City since 2000. He also chairs the Robert H. Burns Foundation which he founded in 1992. The Robert H. Burns Foundation funds the education of Asian students at American schools. Mr. Burns frequently lectures at Stanford Business School. Mr. Burns served as a faculty member at the University of Hawaii from 1963 to 1994 and as president of the Hawaii Hotel Association from 1968 to 1970. Mr. Burns began his career in Sheraton’s Executive Training Program in 1958, and advanced within Sheraton and then within Westin Hotels from 1962 to 1963. He later spent eight years with Hilton International Hotels from 1963 to 1970. Mr. Burns graduated from the School of Hotel Management at Michigan State University in 1958 and the University of Michigan’s Graduate School of Business in 1960 after serving three years in the U.S. Army in Korea. For the past five years Mr. Burns has devoted his time to owning and operating Villa Feltrinelli on Lago di Garda, in Northern Italy, a small, luxury hotel, and working on developing hotel projects in Asia, focusing on Vietnam and China. We believe that Mr. Burns’ current experience as a director of ARC HT and NYRR, his prior experience as a director of ARCT III and ARCT and his experience as a real estate developer for over 40 years, during which he developed over 18 major hotel projects, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Stanley R. Perla was appointed as an independent director of our company in April 2013. Mr. Perla served as an independent director of ARC DNAV from March 2012 until April 2013. Mr. Perla, a licensed certified public accountant, was with the firm of Ernst & Young LLP for 35 years, from September 1967 to June 2003, the last 25 of which he was a partner. From July 2003 to May 2008, he was the director of Internal Audit for Vornado Realty Trust and from June 2008 to May 2011, he was the managing partner of Cornerstone Accounting Group, a public accounting firm specializing in the real estate industry and a consultant to them from June 2011 to March 2012. Since May 2012, Mr. Perla has provided consulting services to Friedman LLP, a public accounting firm. His area of expertise for the past 40 years was real estate, and he was also responsible for the auditing of public and private companies. Mr. Perla served as Ernst & Young’s national director of real estate accounting, as well as on Ernst & Young’s national accounting and auditing committee. He is an active member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts and the National Association of Real Estate Companies. In addition, Mr. Perla has been a frequent speaker on real

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estate accounting issues at numerous real estate conferences. He currently serves as a member of the board of directors and the chair of the audit committee of Madison Harbor Balanced Strategies, Inc. since January 2004 and previously for American Mortgage Acceptance Company from January 2004 to April 2010 and Lexington Realty Trust from August 2003 to November 2006. Mr. Perla earned an M.B.A. in Taxation and a B.B.A. in Accounting from Baruch College. We believe that Mr. Perla’s extensive experience as the director of Internal Audit at Vornado Realty Trust, as a managing partner of Cornerstone Accounting Group, his prior experience as an independent director of ARC DNAV and his over 40 years of experience in real estate, make him well qualified to serve as a member of our board of directors.

Compensation of Directors

We pay to each of our independent directors the fees described in the table below. All directors also receive reimbursement of reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at meetings of our board of directors. If a director also is our employee or an employee of our advisor or any of their affiliates, we do not pay compensation for services rendered as a director.

Our board of directors also may approve the acquisition of real property and other related investments valued at $20,000,000 or less, and in which any portfolio of properties is valued in the aggregate of $75,000,000 or less, via electronic board meetings whereby the directors cast their votes in favor or against a proposed acquisition via email.

   
Name   Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)   Restricted Shares
Independent Directors(1)   Additional yearly retainer of $55,000 for the lead independent director and $30,000 for each independent director annually; $2,000 for each meeting personally attended by the directors and $1,500 for each meeting attended via telephone; $750 per transaction reviewed and voted upon via electronic board meeting up to a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per meeting.(2)   Pursuant to our employee and director initiative restricted share plan adopted in March 2013, each independent director will receive an automatic grant of 1,333 restricted shares on the date of each annual stockholders’ meeting. Each independent director is also granted 1,333 restricted shares of common stock on the date of initial election to the board of directors. The restricted shares vest over a five year period following the grant date in increments of 20% per annum.
     We also will pay each independent director for each external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event attended in person and in which the independent director actively participates, solely in his or her capacity as an independent director of the company, in the following amounts:
    

$2,500 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that does not exceed four hours, or

    
    

$5,000 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that exceeds four hours.

 

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Name   Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)   Restricted Shares
     In either of the above cases, we will reimburse, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed, an independent director’s reasonable expenses associated with attendance at such external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other
industry-related event. An independent director cannot be paid or reimbursed for attendance at a single external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other
industry-related event by us and another company for which he or she is a director.
    

(1) An independent director who is also an audit committee chairperson will receive an additional $500 for personal attendance of all audit committee meetings.
(2) If there is a board meeting and one or more committee meetings in one day, the director’s fees shall not exceed $2,500 ($3,000 for the chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee).

Restricted Share Plan

We have adopted an employee and director incentive restricted share plan to:

furnish incentives to individuals and entities chosen to receive restricted shares because they are considered capable of improving our operations and increasing profits;
encourage selected persons to accept or continue employment with our advisor and its affiliates; and
increase the interest of our employees, officers and directors in our welfare through their participation in the growth in the value of shares of our common stock.

Our employee and director incentive restricted share plan will be administered by the board of directors. The board of directors will have the full authority: (1) to administer and interpret the employee and director incentive restricted share plan; (2) to determine the eligibility of directors, officers and employees (if we ever have employees), employees of our advisor and its affiliates, employees of entities that provide services to us, directors of the advisor or of entities that provide services to us, certain of our consultants and certain consultants to the advisor and its affiliates or to entities that provide services to us, to receive an award; (3) to determine the number of shares of common stock to be covered by each award; (4) to determine the terms, provisions and conditions of each award (which may not be inconsistent with the terms of the employee and director incentive restricted share plan); (5) to make determinations of the fair market value of shares; (6) to waive any provision, condition or limitation set forth in an award agreement; (7) to delegate its duties under the employee and director incentive restricted share plan to such agents as it may appoint from time to time; and (8) to make all other determinations, perform all other acts and exercise all other powers and authority necessary or advisable for administering the employee and director incentive restricted share plan, including the delegation of those ministerial acts and responsibilities as the board of directors deems appropriate. The total number of shares of common stock that may be issued under the employee and director incentive restricted share plan will not exceed 5.0% of our outstanding shares on a fully diluted basis at any time, and in any event will not exceed 3,400,000 shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and similar events).

Our restricted share plan provides for the automatic grant of 1,333 restricted shares of common stock to each of our independent directors, without any further action by our board of directors or the stockholders, when he or she joins the board of directors and on the date of each annual stockholder’s meeting thereafter. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum.

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Restricted share awards entitle the recipient to shares of common stock from us under terms that provide for vesting over a specified period of time or upon attainment of pre-established performance objectives. Such awards would typically be forfeited with respect to the unvested shares upon the termination of the recipient’s employment or other relationship with us. Restricted shares may not, in general, be sold or otherwise transferred until restrictions are removed and the shares have vested. Holders of restricted shares may receive cash dividends prior to the time that the restrictions on the restricted shares have lapsed. Any dividends payable in shares of common stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying restricted shares. We have agreed that the aggregate amount of acquisition fees, acquisition expense reimbursements, financing coordination fees, disposition fees, the asset management subordinated participation and subordinated distributions by the operating partnership, in each case as paid to the advisor (and its affiliates and assignees), together with the fair market value of all shares of restricted stock granted under our restricted share plan, shall not exceed an amount equal to the aggregate of (a) 6% percent of all properties’ aggregate gross contract purchase price, (b) as determined annually, the greater, in the aggregate, of 2% of average invested assets and 25% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period, (c) disposition fees, if any, of up to 3% of the contract sales price of all properties that we sell, and (d) 15% of remaining net sales proceeds after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of a 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors.

Compliance with the American Jobs Creation Act

As part of our strategy for compensating our independent directors, we intend to issue restricted share awards under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan, which is described above. Stock options or warrants to purchase shares issued to our advisor, our directors or any of their affiliates will not exceed an amount equal to 10% of the outstanding shares of our company on the date of the grant of the options and warrants. This method of compensating individuals may possibly be considered to be a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” under Code Section 409A.

Under Code Section 409A, “nonqualified deferred compensation plans” must meet certain requirements regarding the timing of distributions or payments and the timing of agreements or elections to defer payments, and must also prohibit any possibility of acceleration of distributions or payments, as well as certain other requirements. The guidance under Code Section 409A provides that there is no deferral of compensation merely because the value of property (received in connection with the performance of services) is not includible in income by reason of the property being substantially nonvested (as defined in Code Section 83). Accordingly, it is intended that the restricted share awards will not be considered “nonqualified deferred compensation.”

If Code Section 409A applies to any of the awards issued under either plan described above, or if Code Section 409A applies to any other arrangement or agreement that we may make, and if such award, arrangement or agreement does not meet the timing and other requirements of Code Section 409A, then (i) all amounts deferred for all taxable years under the award, arrangement or agreement would be currently includible in the gross income of the recipient of such award or of such deferred amount to the extent not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture and not previously included in the gross income of the recipient, (ii) interest at the underpayment rate plus 1% would be imposed on the underpayments that would have occurred had the compensation been includible in income when first deferred (or, if later, when not subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture) would be imposed upon the recipient and (iii) a 20% additional tax would be imposed on the recipient with respect to the amounts required to be included in the recipient’s income. Furthermore, if the affected individual is our employee, we would be required to withhold U.S. federal income taxes on the amount deferred but includible in income due to Code Section 409A, although there may be no funds currently being paid to the individual from which we could withhold such taxes. We would also be required to report on an appropriate form (W-2 or 1099) amounts which are deferred, whether or not they meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, and if we fail to do so, penalties could apply.

We do not intend to issue any award, or enter into any agreement or arrangement that would be considered a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” under Code Section 409A, unless such award, agreement or arrangement complies with the timing and other requirements of Code Section 409A. It is our current belief, based upon the statute, the regulations issued under Code Section 409A and legislative history,

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that the restricted share awards we have granted and that we currently intend to grant will not be subject to taxation under Code Section 409A because such restricted share awards will be considered a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan.” Nonetheless, there can be no assurances that any restricted share awards which we have granted or which hereafter may be granted will not be affected by Code Section 409A, or that restricted share awards will not be subject to income taxation under Code Section 409A.”

Limited Liability and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents

We are permitted to limit the liability of our directors and officers to us and our stockholders for monetary damages and to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors, officers and other agents, to the extent permitted by Maryland law and the NASAA REIT Guidelines.

Maryland law permits us to include in our charter a provision limiting the liability of our directors and officers to our stockholders and us for money damages, except for liability resulting from (i) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (ii) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment and that is material to the cause of action.

The Maryland General Corporation Law, or MGCL, requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL allows directors and officers to be indemnified against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred in a proceeding unless the following can be established:

an act or omission of the director or officer was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
with respect to any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her act or omission was unlawful.

A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by the corporation or in its right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. The MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon receipt of a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

Subject to the limitations of Maryland law and to any additional limitations contained therein, our charter limits directors’ and officers’ liability to us and our stockholders for monetary damages, requires us to indemnify and pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to our directors, our officers, our advisor or any of its affiliates and permits us to provide such indemnification and advance of expenses to our employees and agents. This provision does not reduce the exposure of directors and officers to liability under federal or state securities laws, nor does it limit the stockholders’ ability to obtain injunctive relief or other equitable remedies for a violation of a director’s or an officer’s duties to us, although the equitable remedies may not be an effective remedy in some circumstances.

However, as set forth in the NASAA REIT Guidelines, our charter further limits our ability to indemnify our directors, our advisor and its affiliates for losses or liability suffered by them and to hold them harmless for losses or liability suffered by us by requiring that the following additional conditions are met:

the person seeking indemnification has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct which caused the loss or liability was in our best interests;
the person seeking indemnification was acting on our behalf or performing services for us;

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the liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct on the part of the person seeking indemnification, except that if the person seeking indemnification is or was an independent director, the liability or loss was not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct; and
the indemnification or agreement to indemnify is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from the assets of our stockholders.

In addition, we will not indemnify any director, our advisor or any of its affiliates for losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws unless one or more of the following conditions are met:

there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged material securities law violations;
the claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction; or
a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and the published position of any state securities regulatory authority of a jurisdiction in which our securities were offered and sold as to indemnification for securities law violations.

We have agreed to indemnify and hold harmless our advisor and its affiliates performing services for us from specific claims and liabilities arising out of the performance of their obligations under the advisory agreement. As a result, our stockholders and we may be entitled to a more limited right of action than they and we would otherwise have if these indemnification rights were not included in the advisory agreement.

The general effect to investors of any arrangement under which we agree to insure or indemnify any persons against liability is a potential reduction in distributions resulting from our payment of premiums associated with insurance or indemnification payments in excess of amounts covered by insurance. In addition, indemnification could reduce the legal remedies available to our stockholders and us against the officers and directors.

Finally, our charter provides that we may pay or reimburse reasonable legal expenses and other costs incurred by a director, our advisor or any of its affiliates in advance of final disposition of a proceeding only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

the legal action relates to acts or omissions relating to the performance of duties or services for us or on our behalf by the person seeking indemnification;
the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder or the legal action is initiated by a stockholder acting in his or her capacity as such and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves advancement;
the person seeking indemnification provides us with a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification; and
the person seeking indemnification undertakes in writing to repay us the advanced funds, together with interest at the applicable legal rate of interest, if the person seeking indemnification is found not to have complied with the requisite standard of conduct.

The Advisor

Our officers and two of our directors also are officers, key personnel and/or members of our advisor. Our advisor will have contractual responsibility to us and our stockholders pursuant to the advisory agreement, dated as of April 4, 2013. Our advisor is indirectly majority-owned and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane.

The officers and key personnel of our advisor are as follows:

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Name   Age   Position(s)
Nicholas S. Schorsch   52   Chief Executive Officer
Edward M. Weil, Jr.   46   President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer and Secretary
Peter M. Budko   53   Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer
Brian S. Block   41   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The backgrounds of Messrs. Schorsch, Weil, Budko and Block are described in the “Management —  Executive Officers and Directors” section of this prospectus.

Affiliates of our advisor may sponsor one or more other real estate investment programs in the future, including NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC RCA, ARC HT, ARC DNAV, ARC Global, ARCP, ARCT IV, ARC HT II, ARC RFT, PE-ARC II and ARC HOST. In addition, our directors, officers and certain of our stockholders may engage for their own account in business activities of the types conducted or to be conducted by our subsidiaries and us.

For a description of some of the risks related to these conflicts of interest, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest.”

The officers and key personnel of our advisor may spend a portion of their time on activities unrelated to us. Each of the officers and key personnel, including Mr. Schorsch, is currently expected to spend a significant portion of their time on our behalf but may not always spend a majority of their time on our behalf. In addition to the key personnel listed above, our advisor employs personnel who have extensive experience in selecting and managing commercial properties similar to the properties sought to be acquired by us. As of the date of this prospectus our advisor is the sole limited partner of our operating partnership.

The anticipated amount of reimbursement to our advisor for personnel costs will be evaluated on an ongoing basis. Such reimbursement will be subject to limitation and based on a number of factors, including profitability, funds available and our ability to pay distributions from cash flow generated from operations. The anticipated amount of reimbursement on an annual basis for our executive officers is $0.5 million for all executives, including base salary, bonuses and related benefits.

Our advisor has fiduciary duties to us and our stockholders. Many of the services to be performed by our advisor in managing our day-to-day activities are summarized below. This summary is provided to illustrate the material functions that we expect our advisor will perform for us as our advisor, and it is not intended to include all of the services that may be provided to us by third parties. Under the terms of the advisory agreement, our advisor has undertaken to use its reasonable best efforts to present to us investment opportunities consistent with our investment policies and objectives as adopted by our board of directors. In its performance of this undertaking, our advisor, either directly or indirectly by engaging an affiliate, shall, among other duties and subject to the authority of our board of directors:

find, evaluate, present and recommend to us investment opportunities consistent with our investment policies and objectives;
serve as our investment and financial advisor and provide research and economic and statistical data in connection with our assets and our investment policies;
provide the daily management and perform and supervise the various administrative functions reasonably necessary for our management and operations;
investigate, select, and, on our behalf, engage and conduct business with such third parties as the advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations under the advisory agreement;
consult with our officers and board of directors and assist the board of directors in the formulating and implementing of our financial policies;
structure and negotiate the terms and conditions of our real estate acquisitions, sales or joint ventures;
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acquire properties and make investments on our behalf in compliance with our investment objectives and policies;
arrange, structure and negotiate financing and refinancing of properties;
enter into leases of property and service contracts for assets and, to the extent necessary, perform all other operational functions for the maintenance and administration of such assets, including the servicing of mortgages; and
prepare and review on our behalf, with the participation of one designated principal executive officer and principal financial officer, all reports and returns required by the SEC, IRS and other state or federal governmental agencies.

The advisor may not acquire any property or finance any such acquisition, on our behalf, without the prior approval of a majority of our board of directors.

The advisory agreement has a one-year term ending, June 5, 2014, and may be renewed for an unlimited number of successive one-year periods. Additionally, either party may terminate the advisory agreement without cause or penalty upon 60 day written notice.

A majority of our independent directors may elect to terminate the advisory agreement. In the event of the termination of our advisory agreement, our advisor is required to cooperate with us and take all reasonable steps requested by us to assist our board of directors in making an orderly transition of the advisory function. In addition, upon termination of the agreement, our advisor will be entitled to a subordinated distribution upon termination, as described below.

We will pay our advisor fees and distributions and reimburse it for certain expenses incurred on our behalf. For a detailed description of the fees and expense reimbursements payable to our advisor, see the section in this prospectus entitled “Management Compensation.”

Our advisor and its officers, employees and affiliates engage in other business ventures and, as a result, their resources are not dedicated exclusively to our business. However, pursuant to the advisory agreement, our advisor is required to devote sufficient resources to our administration to discharge its obligations. Our advisor currently has no paid employees; however, as of January 31, 2013, the subsidiaries of our sponsor, AR Capital, LLC, which are affiliated with our advisor, had approximately 108 full-time employees, each of whom may dedicate a portion of his or her time providing services to our advisor. See “Conflicts of Interest” for a description of the entities organized directly under our sponsor and those entities organized directly under RCAP Holdings, LLC. Our advisor is responsible for a pro rata portion of each employee’s compensation based upon the approximate percentage of time the employee dedicates to our advisor. Our advisor may assign the advisory agreement to an affiliate upon approval of a majority of our independent directors. We may assign or transfer the advisory agreement to a successor entity if at least a majority of our independent directors determines that any such successor advisor possesses sufficient qualifications to perform the advisory function and to justify the compensation payable to the advisor. Our independent directors will base their determination on the general facts and circumstances that they deem applicable, including the overall experience and specific industry experience of the successor advisor and its management. Other factors that will be considered are the compensation to be paid to the successor advisor and any potential conflicts of interest that may occur.

Affiliated Companies

Property Manager

Our properties will be managed and leased initially by our property manager, American Realty Capital Properties V, LLC. Our property manager is indirectly wholly-owned and controlled by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. Nicholas S. Schorsch serves as chief executive officer of our property manager. Edward M. Weil, Jr. serves as its president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary. Peter M. Budko serves as executive vice president and chief investment officer of our property manager. Brian S. Block serves as executive vice president and chief financial officer of our property manager. See the section entitled “Conflicts of Interest” in this prospectus.

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Our property manager was organized in January 2013 to lease and manage properties that we or our affiliated entities acquire. We will pay our property manager fees and distributions and reimburse it for certain expenses incurred on our behalf. For a detailed description of the fees and expense reimbursements payable to our property manager or its affiliates, see the section in this prospectus entitled “Management Compensation.”

We renewed our property management and leasing agreement on June 5, 2013, with our operating partnership and our property manager. The property management and leasing agreement now has a one-year term ending, June 5, 2014, and is subject to successive one-year renewals unless any party gives sixty (60) days’ written notice to the other parties of its intention to terminate the agreement. We or our operating partnership may terminate the agreement immediately in the event that our property manager commits an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under the agreement.

Once our portfolio is completed, we expect our portfolio to be comprised almost entirely of real estate with NNN and NN leases. Given the terms of these leases, tenant improvements will almost always be the responsibility of the tenant. There may be limited circumstances where tenant improvements become the landlord’s responsibility, e.g., Governmental Services Administration, or GSA, leases, at which point the property manager will have to seek approval from our advisors on our behalf pursuant to the terms of the advisory agreement prior to providing tenant improvement services. In the event that our property manager assists a tenant with tenant improvements, a separate fee may be charged to, and payable by, us. This fee will not exceed 5% of the cost of the tenant improvements. The property manager will only provide these services if it does not cause any of our income from the applicable property to be treated as other than rents from real property for purposes of the applicable REIT requirements described under “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” below.

The property manager also directs the purchase of equipment and supplies, and supervises all maintenance activity, for our properties. The management fees paid to the property manager cover, without additional expense to us, all of the property manager’s general overhead costs. The principal office of the property manager is located at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022.

Transfer Agent

Our transfer agent is owned by an entity which is under common control with our sponsor. While our transfer agent will not process your subscription agreement or certain forms directly, our transfer agent will provide customer service to you. Additionally, our transfer agent will supervise third party vendors, including DST Systems, Inc., in its efforts to administer certain services. Our transfer agent, through its knowledge and understanding of the direct participation program industry which includes non-traded REITs, is particularly suited to provide us with transfer agency and registrar services. Our transfer agent will conduct transfer agency, registrar and supervisory services for us and other non-traded REITs and direct investment programs, including those sponsored by our sponsor.

Investment Decisions

The primary responsibility for the investment decisions of our advisor and its affiliates, the negotiation for these investments, and the property management and leasing of these investment properties resides with Nicholas S. Schorsch, Edward M. Weil, Jr., Peter M. Budko and Brian S. Block and our advisor seeks to invest in commercial properties on our behalf that satisfy our investment objectives. To the extent we invest in properties, a majority of the directors will approve the consideration paid for such properties based on the fair market value of the properties. If a majority of independent directors so determines, or if an asset is acquired from our advisor, one or more of our directors, our sponsor or any of its affiliates, the fair market value will be determined by a qualified independent real estate appraiser selected by the independent directors.

Appraisals are estimates of value and should not be relied on as measures of true worth or realizable value. We will maintain the appraisal in our records for at least five years, and copies of each appraisal will be available for review by stockholders upon their request.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Advisory Agreement.  We renewed our advisory agreement with our advisor on June 5, 2013, whereby our advisor will manage our day-to-day operations. We will pay our advisor certain fees, distributions and

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expense reimbursements pursuant to the advisory agreement. See the section entitled “Management Compensation” for a description of such fees and expense reimbursements.

Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, also is the chief executive officer of our advisor and Edward M. Weil, Jr., our president, chief operating officer, treasurer, secretary and a director is the president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of our advisor. Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane are indirect owners of our advisor. Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, also is executive vice president and chief investment officer of our advisor. Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, also is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of our advisor. For a further description of this agreement, see the sections entitled “— The Advisor,” “Management Compensation” and “Conflicts of Interest” in this prospectus.

Property Management Agreement.  On June 5, 2013, we renewed our property management and leasing agreement with our property manager. We will pay our property manager certain fees, distributions and expense reimbursements pursuant to the property management and leasing agreement. Nicholas S. Schorsch, our chief executive officer and chairman of our board of directors, also is the chief executive officer of our property manager. Edward M. Weil, Jr., our president, chief operating officer, treasurer, secretary and director, is the president, chief operating officer, treasurer and secretary of our property manager. Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane are indirect owners of our property manager. Peter M. Budko, our executive vice president and chief investment officer, also is the executive vice president and chief investment officer of our property manager. Brian S. Block, our executive vice president and chief financial officer, also is the executive vice president and chief financial officer of our property manager. For a further description of this agreement, see the sections entitled “— Affiliated Companies — Property Manager,” “Management Compensation” and “Conflicts of Interest” in this prospectus.

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MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION

We have no paid employees. Our advisor and its affiliates manage our day-to-day affairs. The following table summarizes all of the fees and other compensation we may pay to our advisor and its affiliates, including amounts to reimburse their costs in providing services to us. Except if a form of payment or distribution is specifically provided for, our advisor may, in its sole discretion, elect to have certain fees and commissions paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. The total amount of acquisition fees, acquisition expense reimbursements, financing coordination fees, disposition fees and subordinated distributions by the operating partnership payable to the advisor (or its assignees), together with the fair market value of any shares of restricted stock granted under our restricted share plan, shall not exceed (a) 6.0% of all properties’ aggregate gross contract purchase price, (b) as determined annually, the greater, in the aggregate, of 2.0% of average invested assets and 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period, (c) disposition fees, if any, of up to 3.0% of the contract sales price of all properties that we sell and (d) 15.0% of remaining net sales proceeds after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors.

 
Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
     Operational Stage
Acquisition Fees   We will pay to our advisor or its assignees 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property acquired (including our pro rata share of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of that investment and exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees) and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of that investment and exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees). This acquisition fee is reflective of services performed by our advisor in connection with selecting properties for acquisition and shall cover such services until such time as our advisor has submitted a letter of intent to the seller to purchase such property and presented a detailed investment memorandum to our board of directors for approval. For purposes of this prospectus, “contract purchase price” or the “amount advanced for a loan or other investment” means the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase, development, construction or improvement of a property or the amount actually paid or allocated in respect of the purchase of loans or other real-estate related assets, in each case inclusive of any indebtedness assumed or incurred in respect of such investment, but exclusive of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees. This acquisition fee does not include any acquisition expenses payable to our advisor, as described in “Acquisition Expenses” below. Once the proceeds from the primary offering have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees (as described below) shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price and the amount advanced for a loan or other investment, as applicable, for all the assets acquired.(1)(2)(11)
Acquisition Expenses   We will reimburse our advisor for expenses actually incurred (including personnel costs) related to selecting, evaluating and acquiring assets on our behalf, regardless of whether we actually acquire the related assets.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Acquisition Expenses   Specifically, we will pay our advisor or its affiliates for any services provided by such entities for which they incur investment-related expenses, or insourced expenses. Such insourced expenses will be fixed initially at 0.50% of the purchase price of each property (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to the property) and 0.50% of the amount advanced for each loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment), paid at each such closing. Insourced expenses include legal advisory expenses, due diligence expenses, acquisition-related administrative and advisory expenses, survey, property, lease and contract review expenses, travel and communications expenses and other closing costs, regardless of whether we acquire the investment. Aggregate insourced expenses in any year shall be fixed initially at 0.50% of the purchase price of our acquisitions (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments) and 0.50% of the amounts advanced for all loans or other investments (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments). By fixing insourced expenses for each acquisition and for any year to 0.50% of the purchase price of our acquisitions for such year, we intend for these expenses to remain at or below the amount of expenses that we would incur if we outsourced the services described above for each such year. In order to ensure that such insourced expenses remain at or below market rates, we will perform annually a comparative analysis of what the amount of expenses will be if we outsource the services provided by the advisor or its affiliates during such year for a substantially similar amount of acquisitions in the subsequent year, or a market check. In light of this market check, we will adjust our future insourced expenses annually, or we may determine to outsource certain services provided by the advisor or its affiliates for any subsequent year in order to remain at or below market rates, if needed. Aggregate insourced expenses in any year will not exceed 0.50% of the purchase price of our acquisitions (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments) and 0.50% of the amounts advanced for all loans or other investments (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments).
     Additionally, we will pay third party acquisition expenses and other acquisition expenses that we incur, including, but not limited to, third party brokerage or finders fees, title insurance premiums and transfer taxes, appraisals, incorporation costs, surveying, zoning and environmental reports, insurance review and third party legal expenses.
     In no event will the total of all acquisition fees and acquisition expenses (including any financing coordination fee) payable with respect to our portfolio of investments or reinvestments exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of our portfolio to be measured at the close of the acquisition phase (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to the portfolio) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for all loans or other investments (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments). We may, from time to time, reimburse our advisor for third party acquisition expenses that it incurs, if any.(11)
Asset Management Subordinated Participation   Within 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter (subject to the approval of the board of directors), we, as the general partner of the operating partnership, will pay an asset management subordinated participation by issuing a number of restricted Class B Units to our advisor equal to: the cost of assets multiplied by 0.1875% (or the lower of the cost of assets and the applicable quarterly NAV multiplied by 0.1875%, once we begin calculating NAV) divided by; (ii) the value of one share of common stock as of the last day of such calendar quarter, which is equal initially to $22.50 (the primary offering price minus selling commissions and dealer manager fees) and, at such time as we calculate NAV, to per share NAV.(12)

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Asset Management Subordinated Participation   Our advisor will be entitled to receive distributions on the vested and unvested Class B units it receives in connection with its asset management subordinated participation at the same rate as distributions received on our common stock; such distributions will be in addition to the incentive fees the advisor and its affiliates may receive from us, including, without limitation, the annual subordinated performance fee and the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution or the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement, as applicable.
     Class B Units are subject to forfeiture until such time as: (a) the value of the operating partnership’s assets plus all distributions made equals or exceeds the total amount of capital contributed by investors plus a 6.0% cumulative, pretax, non-compounded annual return thereon, or the “economic hurdle”; (b) any one of the following events occurs concurrently with or subsequently to the achievement of the economic hurdle described above: (i) a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange; (ii) a transaction to which we or our operating partnership shall be a party, as a result of which OP Units or our common stock shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the holders of such securities shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof; or (iii) the termination of the advisory agreement without cause; and (c) the advisor pursuant to the advisory agreement is providing services to us immediately prior to the occurrence of an event of the type described in clause (b) above, unless the failure to provide such services is attributable to the termination without cause of the advisory agreement by an affirmative vote of a majority of our independent directors after the economic hurdle described above has been met.
     Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated for any reason other than a termination without cause. Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated without cause by an affirmative vote of a majority of our board of directors before the economic hurdle described above has been met.
Operating
Expenses (4)
  We will reimburse our advisor’s costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that we will not reimburse our advisor for any amount by which our operating expenses at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2.0% of average invested assets and (b) 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. For these purposes, “average invested assets” means, for any period, the average of the aggregate book value of our assets (including lease intangibles, invested, directly or indirectly, in financial instruments, debt and equity securities and equity interests in and loans secured by real estate assets (including amounts invested in REITs and other real estate operating companies)) before deducting reserves for depreciation, or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of these values at the end of each month during the period. Additionally, we will not reimburse our advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the advisor receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions. We may, in our discretion, reimburse the advisor for salaries and benefits paid to our executive officers in the amount of up to $0.5 million annually, but we do not expect to do so.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Financing Coordination Fee   If our advisor provides services in connection with the origination or refinancing of any debt that we obtain and use to finance properties or other permitted investments, or that is assumed, directly or indirectly, in connection with the acquisition of properties or other permitted investments, we will pay the advisor or its assignees a financing coordination fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available and/or outstanding under such financing or such assumed debt, subject to certain limitations. The advisor may reallow some of or all of this financing coordination fee to reimburse third parties with whom it may subcontract to procure such financing.
Restricted Stock Awards   We have established an employee and director incentive restricted share plan pursuant to which our directors, officers and employees (if we ever have employees), our advisor and its affiliates and their respective employees, employees of entities that provide services to us, directors of our advisor or of entities that provide services to us and their respective employees, certain of our consultants and certain consultants to our advisor and its affiliates or entities that provide services to us and their respective employees may be granted incentive awards in the form of restricted stock.(5)
Compensation and Restricted Stock Awards to Independent Directors   We pay to our lead independent director a retainer of $55,000 per year in addition to the retainer of $30,000 per year that we pay to all of our independent directors, plus $2,000 for each board or board committee meeting the director attends in person ($2,500 for attendance by the chairperson of the audit committee at each meeting of the audit committee), $750 per transaction reviewed and voted upon via electronic board meeting up to a maximum of $2,250 for three or more transactions reviewed and voted upon per meeting, and $1,500 for each meeting the director attends by telephone. If there is a meeting of the board of directors and one or more committees in a single day, the fees will be limited to $2,500 per day ($3,000 for the chairperson of the audit committee if there is a meeting of such committee). We also will pay each independent director for each external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event attended in person and in which the independent director actively participates, solely in his or her capacity as an independent director of the company, in the following amounts:
    

$2,500 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that does not exceed four hours, or

    

$5,000 for each day of an external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event that exceeds four hours.

     In either of the above cases, the company will reimburse, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed, an independent director’s reasonable expenses associated with attendance at such external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event. An independent director cannot be paid or reimbursed for attendance at a single external seminar, conference, panel, forum or other industry-related event by us and another company for which he or she is a director.
     Each independent director also is entitled to receive an award of 1,333 restricted shares of common stock under our employee and director incentive restricted share plan when he or she joins the board of directors and on the date of each annual stockholder’s meeting thereafter. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20% per annum.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
     Liquidation/Listing Stage
Real Estate Commissions   For substantial assistance in connection with the sale of a property in which our advisor or its affiliate or agent provides a substantial amount of services, we will pay such entity a real estate commission equal to 2.0% of the contract sales price of that property, but in no event will that commission be greater than one-half of the total brokerage commission if a brokerage commission is paid to a third-party broker in addition to the real estate commission paid to our advisor or its affiliate or agent; provided, however, that in no event may the sum of the real estate commissions paid to our advisor and its affiliates and agents and unaffiliated third parties exceed the lesser of 6.0% of the contract sales price and a reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission in light of the size, type and location of the property.(4)
     Substantial assistance in connection with the sale of a property includes the preparation of an investment package for the property (including an investment analysis, a property description and other due diligence information) or certain other substantial services performed by the advisor or its affiliate or agent in connection with a sale.
Annual Subordinated Performance Fee   We will pay our advisor an annual subordinated performance fee calculated on the basis of our total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears, such that for any year in which our total return on stockholders’ capital exceeds 6.0% per annum, our advisor will be entitled to 15.0% of the amount in excess of such 6.0% per annum provided that the amount paid to the advisor does not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate total return for such year. This fee will be payable only from realized appreciation in the company’s assets upon sale, other disposition or refinancing of such assets, which results in our return on stockholders’ capital exceeding 6.0% per annum.(7)
Subordinated Participation in Net Sales Proceeds (payable only if we are not listed on an exchange and
the advisory agreement is not terminated or
non-renewed)(8)(9)(11)
  The special limited partner will receive from time to time, when available, 15.0% of remaining “net sales proceeds” after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. “Net sales proceeds” generally refers to the proceeds of sale transactions less selling expenses incurred by or on our behalf, including legal fees, closing costs or other applicable fees. For the full definition of “net sales proceeds,” you should refer to our charter. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6.0% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisor’s and its affiliates’ incentive compensation.
Subordinated Incentive Listing Distribution (payable only if we are listed on an exchange)(7)(8)(11)   Upon the listing of our shares on a national securities exchange, the special limited partner or its assignees will receive distributions from our operating partnership, equal to 15.0% of the amount by which the sum of our market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6.0% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisor’s and its affiliates’ incentive compensation.

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Type of Compensation   Determination of Amount
Subordinated Distribution upon Termination of the Advisory Agreement(11)   Upon termination or non-renewal of the advisory agreement, with or without cause, the special limited partner will be entitled to receive distributions from our operating partnership, equal to 15.0% of the amount by which the sum of our market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. We cannot assure you that we will provide this 6.0% return, which we have disclosed solely as a measure for our advisor’s and its affiliates’ incentive compensation. In addition, our advisor may elect to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination until either a listing on a national securities exchange or other liquidity event occurs.(10)

Historically, due to the apparent preference of the public markets for self-managed companies, non-traded REITs have engaged in internalization transactions (an acquisition of management functions by the REIT from its advisor) pursuant to which they became self-managed prior to listing their securities on national securities exchanges. These internalization transactions can result in significant payments to affiliates of the advisor irrespective of the returns stockholders have received. Our charter and advisory agreement provide that no compensation or remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any internalization transaction (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future.

Our board of directors, in consultation with management, may determine that it is in our best interests to begin the process of engaging advisors (which may include the investment banking and capital markets division of our dealer manager) to consider certain liquidity alternatives at such time during our offering stage as it can reasonably determine that all of the securities being offered in our initial public offering will be sold within a reasonable period (i.e. three to six months). Should we engage the investment banking and capital markets division of our dealer manager in connection with our review of our liquidity alternatives, we may incur certain strategic advisor fees to a party whose parent is under common ownership with our sponsor.

(1) In the sole discretion of our advisor, our advisor may elect to have these fees paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. For the purposes of the payment of any fees in common stock, prior to the NAV pricing date, each share of common stock shall be valued at the per share offering price of shares in this offering. Thereafter, each share of common stock shall be valued based on NAV.
(2) These acquisition fees will be payable with respect to reinvestment only, if during the period ending two years after this close of the offering, we sell an asset and then reinvest in assets; in this event, we will pay our advisor 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment; provided, however, that in no event shall the aggregate acquisition fees and expenses (including any financing coordination fee) paid in respect of our total reinvestments exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of our portfolio (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to our portfolio) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for all loans or other investments (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments).
(3) For the purposes of the payment of any fees in common stock, prior to the NAV pricing date, each share of common stock shall be valued at the per share offering price of shares in this offering Thereafter, each share of common stock shall be valued based on NAV. For additional information regarding FFO, please see the detailed discussion in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations.”
(4) Operating expenses will include reimbursement of our advisor for personnel costs, including certain salaries and benefits payable to our executive officers who are also executive officers, key personnel and/or members of our advisor. See “Management” in this prospectus. The anticipated amount of reimbursement for compensation, including base salary, bonuses and related benefits, on an annual basis for our executive officers is approximately $500,000.
(5) In the sole discretion of our advisor, our advisor may elect to have these fees paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. See footnote 3 above.
(6) In the sole discretion of our advisor, our advisor may elect to have these fees paid, in whole or in part, in cash or shares of our common stock. See footnote 3 above.

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(7) Neither our advisor nor any of its affiliates (including the special limited partner) can earn both the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds and the subordinated incentive listing distribution. The subordinated incentive listing distribution will be paid in the form of a non-interest bearing promissory note that will be repaid from the net sales proceeds of each sale of a property, loan or other investment after the date of the listing. At the time of such sale, we may, however, at our discretion, pay all or a portion of such promissory note with shares of our common stock or cash or a combination thereof. If shares are used for payment, we do not anticipate that they will be registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will be subject to restrictions on transferability. Any subordinated participation in net sales proceeds becoming due and payable to the special limited partner or its assignees hereunder shall be reduced by the amount of any distribution made to the special limited partner pursuant to the limited partnership agreement of our operating partnership. Any portion of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds that the special limited partner receives prior to our listing will offset the amount otherwise due pursuant to the subordinated incentive listing distribution. In no event will the amount paid to the special limited partner under the promissory note, if any, exceed the amount considered presumptively reasonable by the NASAA REIT Guidelines.
(8) Upon an investment liquidity event, which means a liquidation or the sale of all or substantially all our investments (regardless of the form in which such sale shall occur, including through a merger or sale of stock or other interests in an entity), the special limited partner will be entitled to receive, payable in one or more payments solely out of net sales proceeds, an amount equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (w) the fair market value of the included assets (as defined below), or all issued and outstanding shares of our common stock, in each case as determined in good faith by us, as the general partner of the operating partnership, as of the date the investment liquidity event is consummated, plus (y) total distributions paid through the date the investment liquidity event is consummated on shares issued in all offerings through such date, exceeds (2) the sum of the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the date the investment liquidity event is consummated (less amounts paid on or prior to such date to purchase or redeem any shares of our common stock purchased in an offering pursuant to our share repurchase program) and the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the date the investment liquidity event is consummated, would have provided such stockholders an annual 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded, pre-tax return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the date the investment liquidity event is consummated, measured for the period from inception through the date the investment liquidity event is consummated, less (B) any prior payments to the special limited partner or advisor of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution or the annual subordinated performance fee, as applicable. “Included assets” means the fair market value of the investments owned as of the date of the investment liquidity event or the termination date of the advisory agreement, as applicable, and the investments acquired after such date for which a contract to acquire such investment had been entered into as of such date.
(9) The market value of our outstanding common stock will be calculated based on the average market value of the shares of common stock issued and outstanding at listing over the 30 trading days beginning six months after the shares are first listed or included for quotation. If any previous payments of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds will offset the amounts due pursuant to the subordinated incentive listing distribution, then we will not be required to pay the advisor any further subordinated participation in net sales proceeds.
(10) The subordinated distribution upon termination, if any, will be payable in the form of a non-interest bearing promissory note equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (w) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the termination date) of our investments on the termination date, less (x) any loans secured by such investments, plus (y) total distributions paid through the termination date on shares issued in all offerings through the termination date, less (z) any amounts distributable as of the termination date to limited partners who received OP Units in connection with the acquisition of any investments (including cash used to acquire investments) upon the liquidation or sale of such investments (assuming the liquidation or sale of such investments on the termination date), exceeds (2) the sum of the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the termination date to purchase or redeem any shares of our common stock purchased in an offering pursuant to our share repurchase program) and the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded, pre-tax return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the termination date, less (B) any prior payments to the

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special limited partner or our advisor of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution or the annual subordinated performance fee, as applicable. In addition, at the time of termination, the special limited partner may elect to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination until either a listing or another liquidity event occurs, including a liquidation or the sale of all or substantially all our investments (regardless of the form in which such sale shall occur, including through a merger or sale of stock or other interests in an entity). If the special limited partner elects to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination and there is a subsequent listing of the shares of our common stock on a national securities exchange, then the special limited partner will be entitled to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination, payable in one or more payments solely out of net sales proceeds, in an amount equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (w) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the date of listing) of the included assets, less (x) any loans secured by the included assets, plus (y) total distributions paid through the date of listing on shares of our common stock issued in offerings through the termination date, less (z) any amounts distributable as of the date of listing to limited partners who received OP Units in connection with the acquisition of any included assets (including cash used to acquire the included assets) upon the liquidation or sale of such included assets (assuming the liquidation or sale of such included assets on the date of listing), exceeds (2) the sum of (y) the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the date of listing to purchase or redeem any shares of our common stock purchased in an offering on or prior to the termination date pursuant to our share repurchase program), plus (z) the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded, pre-tax return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the date of listing, less (B) any prior payments to the special limited partner or our advisor of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution or the annual subordinated performance fee, as applicable.

If the special limited partner elects to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination and there is a subsequent investment liquidity event, then the special limited partner will be entitled to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination, payable in one or more payments solely out of net sales proceeds, in an amount equal to (A) 15.0% of the amount, if any, by which (1) the sum of (w) the fair market value (determined by appraisal as of the date of such other liquidity event) of the included assets, less (x) any loans secured by the included assets, plus (y) total distributions paid through the date of the other liquidity event on shares of our common stock issued in offerings through the termination date, less (z) any amounts distributable as of the date of the other liquidity event to limited partners who received OP Units in connection with the acquisition of any included assets (including cash used to acquire included assets) upon the liquidation or sale of such included assets (assuming the liquidation or sale of such included assets on the date of the other liquidity event), exceeds (2) the sum of (y) the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date (less amounts paid on or prior to the date of the other liquidity event to purchase or redeem any shares of our common stock purchased in an offering on or prior to the termination date pursuant to our share repurchase program), plus (z) the total amount of cash that, if distributed to those stockholders who purchased shares of our common stock in an offering on or prior to the termination date, would have provided such stockholders an annual 6.0% cumulative, non-compounded, pre-tax return on the gross proceeds raised in all offerings through the termination date, measured for the period from inception through the date of the other liquidity event, less (B) any prior payments to the special limited partner or our advisor of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution or the annual subordinated performance fee, as applicable.

If the special limited partner receives the subordinated distribution upon termination, neither it nor any of its affiliates would be entitled to receive any more of the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds or the subordinated incentive listing distribution. There are many additional conditions and restrictions on the amount of compensation our advisor and its affiliates may receive.

(11) The aggregate amount of acquisition fees, acquisition expense reimbursements, financing coordination fees, disposition fees, the asset management subordinated participation and subordinated distributions by the operating partnership, in each case as paid to the advisor (and its affiliates and assignees), together with the fair market value of all shares of restricted stock granted under our restricted share plan, shall

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not exceed an amount equal to the aggregate of (a) 6.0% of all properties’ aggregate gross contract purchase price, (b) as determined annually, the greater, in the aggregate, of 2.0% of average invested assets and 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period, (c) disposition fees, if any, of up to 3.0% of the contract sales price of all properties that we sell, and (d) 15.0% of remaining net sales proceeds after return of capital contributions plus payment to investors of a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors.
(12) For example, if the cost of assets (cost will include the purchase price, acquisition expenses, capital expenditures and other customarily capitalized costs, but will exclude acquisition fees) we hold with respect to a quarter equals $50,000,000 and the value of one share of our common stock as of the last day of such quarter equals $22.50, 4,166.67 Class B Units would be issuable to our advisor ((50,000,000 × 0.1875%) ÷ $22.50 = 4,166.67).

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table provides, as of the date of this prospectus, information regarding the number and percentage of shares of our common stock beneficially owned by each director, each executive officer, all directors and executive officers as a group and any person known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5.0% of our outstanding shares. As of August 31, 2013, we had 24,999 stockholders of record and 47.6 million shares of common stock outstanding. Beneficial ownership includes outstanding shares and shares which are not outstanding, but that any person has the right to acquire within 60 days after the date of this prospectus. However, any such shares which are not outstanding are not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding shares beneficially owned by any other person. Except as otherwise provided, the person named in the table has sole voting and investing power with respect to all shares beneficially owned by him.

   
  Common Stock
Beneficially Owned
Name of Beneficial Owner(1)   Number of Shares
of Common Stock(2)
  Percentage
of Class
American Realty Capital Trust V Special Limited Partner, LLC(3)     8,888       *  
Nicholas S. Schorsch, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer           *  
Edward M. Weil, Jr., President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer, Secretary and Director           *  
Peter M. Budko, Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer           *  
Brian S. Block, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer           *  
David Gong, Lead Independent Director(4)     1,333       *  
Robert H. Burns, Independent Director(5)     3,700       *  
Stan Perla, Independent Director(6)     1,778       *  
All directors and executive officers as a group (seven persons)     15,699 (7)      *  

* Less than 1%.
(1) The business address of each individual or entity listed in the table is 405 Park Ave., New York, New York 10022.
(2) Based on 47,579,390 shares of common stock outstanding (including 4,000 shares of unvested restricted stock for this purpose) as of August 31, 2013. In accordance with SEC rules, each listed person’s beneficial ownership includes all shares of ARCT V’s common stock the person actually owns beneficially or of record, all shares of ARCT V’s common stock over which the person has or shares voting or dispositive control and all shares the person has the right to acquire within 60 days (such as shares of restricted common stock which are scheduled to vest within 60 days).
(3) American Realty Capital Trust V Special Limited Partner, LLC is 100% owned by ARC. ARC is directly or indirectly owned by Nicholas S. Schorsch, William M. Kahane, Peter M. Budko, Brian S. Block and Edward M. Weil, Jr. and controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane.
(4) Shares owned by Mr. Gong include 1,333 unvested restricted shares which vest annually over a five-year period in equal installments beginning with the anniversary of the date of grant.
(5) Shares owned by Mr. Burns include 1,333 unvested restricted shares which vest annually over a five-year period in equal installments beginning with the anniversary of the date of grant and 2,367 shares of common stock issued.
(6) Shares owned by Mr. Perla include 1,334 unvested restricted shares which vest annually over a five-year period in equal installments beginning with the anniversary of the date of grant and 444 shares of common stock issued.
(7) Includes 8,888 shares held by AR Capital, LLC. See footnote 3.

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CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

We are subject to various conflicts of interest arising out of our relationship with our advisor and its affiliates, including conflicts related to the arrangements pursuant to which our advisor and its affiliates will be compensated by us. Our agreements and compensation arrangements with our advisor and its affiliates were not determined by arm’s-length negotiations. See the section entitled “Management Compensation” in this prospectus. Some of the conflicts of interest in our transactions with our advisor and its affiliates, and the limitations on our advisor and its affiliates adopted to address these conflicts, are described below.

Affiliates of our advisor have sponsored and may sponsor one or more other real estate investment programs in the future, including NYRR, a Maryland corporation organized on October 6, 2009, PE-ARC, a Maryland corporation organized on October 13, 2009, ARC RCA, a Maryland corporation organized on July 29, 2010, ARC HT, a Maryland corporation organized on August 23, 2010, ARC DNAV, a Maryland corporation organized on September 10, 2010, ARC Global, a Maryland corporation organized on July 13, 2011, ARCP, a Maryland corporation, organized on December 2, 2010, ARCT IV, a Maryland corporation organization on February 14, 2012, ARC HT II, a Maryland corporation organized on October 15, 2012, ARC RFT, a Maryland corporation organized on November 15, 2012, PE-ARC II, a Maryland corporation organized on June 5, 2013 and ARC HOST, a Maryland corporation organized on July 25, 2013. BDCA is a publicly offered specialty finance company which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

ARCT filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on September 9, 2007 which became effective on January 25, 2008. As of December 31, 2011, ARCT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $1.7 billion from the sale of 171.9 million shares in its initial public offering. On March 1, 2012, ARCT internalized the management services previously provided by its advisor and ARCT’s common stock was listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ARCT.” As of December 31, 2012, ARCT had acquired 515 properties, primarily comprised of freestanding, single tenant retail and commercial properties that are net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. On September 6, 2012, ARCT entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation and its subsidiary, which was subsequently amended on January 6, 2013. The merger was approved by the independent members of both companies’ boards of directors and was subsequently approved by both companies’ stockholders on January 16, 2013. The merger closed on January 22, 2013, pursuant to which ARCT merged with and into a subsidiary of Realty Income Corporation, and trading of ARCT’s shares was suspended at market close on that date. NYRR filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on November 12, 2009, which became effective on September 2, 2010. To date, NYRR had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $17.0 million from the sale of 2.0 million shares from a private offering to “accredited investors” (as defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act). As of August 31, 2013, NYRR had received aggregate gross proceeds of $905.7 million, which includes the sale of 89.0 million shares in its public offering and $10.7 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, NYRR had acquired 19 properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $773.8 million. PE-ARC filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on January 13, 2010 and commenced its initial offering of 180.0 million shares of stock on August 12, 2010. As of August 31, 2013, PE-ARC had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $894.1 million from the sale of 90.3 million shares of common stock in its public offering and $10.0 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, PE-ARC had acquired 53 properties, 20 of which are held through a 54% owned joint venture, and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $771.5 million. ARC HT filed its registration statement with the SEC on August 27, 2010 and became effective on February 18, 2011. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $1.8 billion from the sale of 174.5 million shares in its public offering and $35.6 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT had acquired 84 properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $1.1 billion. ARC RCA filed its registration statement with the SEC on September 14, 2010 and became effective on March 17, 2011. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RCA had received aggregate gross proceeds of $40.3 million from the sale of 4.1 million shares in its public offering and $0.3 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RCA had acquired two properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $54.2 million. ARC DNAV filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 8, 2010 and became effective on August 15, 2011. As of August 31, 2013, ARC DNAV had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $17.5 million, from the sale of 1.8 million

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shares in its public offering and $0.2 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC DNAV had acquired ten properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $29.5 million. ARCT III filed its registration statement with the SEC on November 3, 2010 and became effective on March 31, 2011. As of February 28, 2013, ARCT III had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $1.8 billion, which includes the sale of 174.0 million shares in its public offering and $31.9 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of February 28, 2013, immediately prior to the closing of the merger described below, ARCT III had acquired 533 properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $1.7 billion. ARCP closed its initial public offering on September 6, 2011. ARCP’s common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ARCP.” As of August 31, 2013, ARCP has received $1,056.4 million of proceeds from the sale of common stock and convertible preferred stock. On December 17, 2012, ARCT III entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with ARCP. The merger was approved by both companies’ boards of directors and subsequently by both companies’ stockholders on February 26, 2013. The merger closed on February 28, 2013 and ARCT III stockholders received their respective cash or stock consideration from ARCP pursuant to terms of the Agreement and Plans of Merger on or around March 1, 2013. As of August 31, 2013, ARCP had acquired 1,211 properties, including the properties originally purchased by ARCT III, and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $3.0 billion. ARC Global filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 27, 2011 and became effective on April 20, 2012. As of August 31, 2013, ARC Global had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $75.8 million, from the sale of 7.7 million shares in its public offering and $0.4 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC Global had acquired eight properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $70.0 million. ARCT IV filed its registration statement with the SEC on March 22, 2012 and became effective on June 8, 2012. As of August 31, 2013, ARCT IV had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $1.8 billion, from the sale of 70.2 million shares of common stock in its public offering and $21.0 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARCT IV had acquired 1,191 properties, and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $2.1 billion. On July 1, 2013, ARCT IV and ARCP entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which ARCP will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ARCT IV. The merger has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors but is subject to stockholder approval. ARC HT II filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 31, 2012 and became effective on February 14, 2013. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT II had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $74.0 million from the sale of 3.0 million shares in its public offering and $0.2 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT II had acquired six properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $41.9 million. ARC RFT filed its registration statement publicly with the SEC on January 22, 2013 and became effective on February 12, 2013. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RFT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $9.7 million from the sale of 0.4 shares in its public offering and approximately $21,000 from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RFT had investments, at original cost, of $3.9 million. PE-ARC II filed its registration statement publicly with the SEC on August 13, 2013, which has not yet been declared effective by the SEC. As of August 31, 2013, PE-ARC II had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $0.2 million from the sale of 8,888 shares in a private placement. As of August 31, 2013, PE-ARC II had not acquired any properties. ARC HOST filed its registration statement publicly with the SEC on August 16, 2013, which has not yet been declared effective by the SEC. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HOST had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $0.2 million from the sale of 8,888 shares in a private placement. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HOST had not acquired any properties.

The officers and key personnel of our advisor may spend a portion of their time on activities unrelated to us, which may significantly reduce the amount of time to be spent by such officers and key personnel on activities related to us. Each of the officers and key personnel, including Messrs. Schorsch and Weil, is currently expected to spend a significant portion of their time on our behalf but may not always spend a majority of their time on our behalf. In addition to the key personnel listed above, our advisor employs personnel who have extensive experience in selecting and managing commercial properties similar to the properties sought to be acquired by us. Based on our sponsor’s experience in sponsoring NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC RCA, ARC DNAV, ARC Global, ARCT IV, ARC HT, ARC HT II and ARC RFT, all of which are non-traded REITs that are in their operational stage, and PE-ARC II and ARC HOST, both of which are non-traded REITs that are in the development stage, a significantly greater time commitment is required of senior management during the development stage when the REIT is being organized, funds are initially being raised

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and funds are initially being invested, and less time is required as additional funds are raised and the offering matures. We refer to the “development stage” of a REIT as the time period from the inception of the REIT until it raises a sufficient amount of funds to break escrow under its registration statement.

In addition, certain of our executive officers, Messrs. Schorsch and Weil, also are officers of our advisor, our property manager, our dealer manager and other affiliated entities, including the advisor and property manager of other REITs sponsored by American Realty Capital, many of which are in the development stage.

Additionally, our transfer agent is owned by an entity which is under common control with our sponsor. Our transfer agent will conduct transfer agency, registrar and supervisory services for us and other non-traded REITs and direct investment programs, including those sponsored by our sponsor.

AR Capital, LLC, our sponsor, recently entered into a series of reorganization transactions, or the reorganization, in which certain lines of business were reorganized under two parent companies, RCAP Holdings, LLC, which was formerly AR Capital, LLC, and a new AR Capital, LLC. Following the reorganization, RCAP Holdings, LLC became the parent of our dealer manager, our transfer agent and RCS Advisory Services, LLC. The new AR Capital, LLC was formed to continue to sponsor the remaining programs previously sponsored by RCAP Holdings, LLC (formerly, AR Capital, LLC), including us. The new AR Capital, LLC has assumed the role of RCAP Holdings, LLC as our sponsor and the direct or indirect sponsor of the remaining investment programs previously sponsored by RCAP Holdings, LLC. Our dealer manager and transfer agent are subsidiaries of RCAP Holdings, LLC, which is under common ownership with the new AR Capital, LLC. Each of the new AR Capital, LLC and RCAP Holdings, LLC is controlled directly or indirectly by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane.

Concurrently with the reorganization, each of our dealer manager, our transfer agent and RCS Advisory Services, LLC became a subsidiary of RCS Capital Corporation, a publicly traded holding company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “RCAP.” RCAP Holdings, LLC maintains a majority economic interest in each of our dealer manager, our transfer agent and RCS Advisory Services, LLC. RCS Capital Corporation maintains voting control of each of these three entities. RCS Capital Corporation is a controlled company because the substantial majority of the voting power is held by RCAP Holdings, LLC. Because it is a controlled company, RCS Capital Corporation is not required to maintain a board with a majority of its board of directors being independent. Thus, the members of RCAP Holdings, LLC maintain control over the management of each of our dealer manager, our transfer agent and RCS Advisory Services, LLC.

Additionally, in connection with the reorganization, the new AR Capital, LLC entered into a services agreement with RCS Advisory Services, LLC. Pursuant to the services agreement, RCS Advisory Services, LLC will provide us and other programs sponsored directly or indirectly by the new AR Capital, LLC with transaction management (including, without limitation, transaction management, due diligence, event coordination and marketing services) and other services. The services agreement is a related party transaction which was not negotiated at arms-length. The agreement provides for an initial ten year term, with automatic renewals for successive five-year periods, in each case, unless either party provides written notice of non-renewal to the other party at least 90 days prior the expiration of the term. In addition, the agreement will terminate upon the earlier to occur of: (i) AR Capital, LLC’s delivery to RCS Advisory Services, LLC of a notice of non-compliance with its obligations under the agreement and the failure of the parties to resolve the matters referred to in the non-compliance notice; and (ii) the impact of a force majeure-related delay upon either party, if the force majeure results in performance being delayed by greater than 60 days.

RCAP Holdings, LLC recently entered into an agreement and plan of merger with First Allied Holdings Inc., or First Allied, and other parties to acquire First Allied and its retail broker dealer business. First Allied’s broker dealer was a soliciting dealer for our initial public offering and acts as a soliciting dealer for other offerings sponsored directly or indirectly by AR Capital, LLC. There is no guarantee that the acquisition of First Allied will be consummated; however, should it be consummated, our dealer manager and First Allied, a soliciting dealer for our initial public offering, will be owned by RCAP Holdings, LLC. However, First Allied will maintain the management of all of its business and strategic decisions and RCAP Holdings, LLC will not require First Allied to sell the securities of any offering sponsored by AR Capital, LLC. The individual broker dealers and financial advisors employed by First Allied will determine the suitability of each investment for each client independently based upon the facts and circumstances of each proposed sale.

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The management of multiple REITs, especially REITs in the development stage, may significantly reduce the amount of time our executive officers are able to spend on activities related to us. Additionally, four of the American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs, including ARC Global, ARCT IV, ARC HT II and ARC RFT have registration statements that became effective in the past 12 months and currently are offering securities and none of the American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs are more than five years old. As a result, such REITs will have concurrent and/or overlapping fundraising, acquisition, operational and disposition and liquidation phases, and conflicts of interest related to these REITs will arise throughout the life of our company with respect to, among other things, finding investors, locating and acquiring properties, entering into leases and disposing of properties. The conflicts of interest each of our executive officers and each officer of our advisor will face may delay our fund raising and investment of our proceeds due to the competing time demands.

Although certain of our executive officers face conflicts of interest as a result of the foregoing, the following factors tend to ameliorate the effect of the resulting potential conflicts of interest. Our fundraising, including finding investors, will be handled principally by our dealer manager, with our executive officers’ participation limited to participation in sales seminars. As described below, our dealer manager and the other subsidiaries of RCAP Holdings, LLC, which is under common ownership with our sponsor, have a team of 198 professionals, including a wholesaling team for each offering dedicated to that offering, which it believes is adequate and structured in a manner to handle sales for all of the offerings for which it is the dealer manager. Some of the American Realty Capital-sponsored REITs have sub-advisors or dedicated management teams who have primary responsibility for investment activities of the REIT, which may mitigate some of these conflicts of interest. Five senior members, four of whom are our executive officers, collectively indirectly own interests in the dealer manager and the sponsors or co-sponsors of American Realty Capital-sponsored investment programs. Controlling interests in the dealer manager and the sponsors or co-sponsors of the American Realty Capital-sponsored investment programs are owned by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane. See the organizational chart in this section below. These members share responsibility for overseeing key management functions, including general management, investing, asset management, financial reporting, legal and accounting activities, marketing strategy and investor relations. This “bench” of senior members provides depth of management and is designed with succession planning in mind. Nonetheless, the competing time commitments resulting from managing multiple development stage REITs may impact our investment activities and our executive officers’ ability to oversee these activities.

These individuals also owe fiduciary duties to these other entities and their stockholders and limited partners, which fiduciary duties may conflict with the duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. Their loyalties to these other entities could result in actions or inactions that are detrimental to our business, which could harm the implementation of our business strategy and our investment and leasing opportunities. Conflicts with our business and interests are most likely to arise from involvement in activities related to (a) allocation of new investments and management time and services between us and the other entities, (b) our purchase of properties from, or sale of properties to, affiliated entities, (c) the timing and terms of the investment in or sale of an asset, (d) development of our properties by affiliates, (e) investments with affiliates of our advisor, (f) compensation to our advisor, and (g) our relationship with our dealer manager and property manager. If we do not successfully implement our business strategy, we may be unable to generate cash needed to make distributions to you and to maintain or increase the value of our assets. If these individuals act or fail to act in a manner that is detrimental to our business or favor one entity over another, they may be subject to liability for breach of fiduciary duty.

We will compete for investors with other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs, which offerings will be ongoing during a significant portion of our offering period.

We may buy properties at the same time as one or more of the other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs managed by officers and key personnel of our advisor. As a result, they owe duties to each of these entities, their members and limited partners and these investors, which duties may from time to time conflict with the fiduciary duties that they owe to us and our stockholders. However, to the extent that our advisor or its affiliates take actions that are more favorable to other entities than to us, these actions could have a negative impact on our financial performance and, consequently, on distributions to you and the value of our stock. In addition, our directors, our officers and certain of our stockholders may engage for their own account in business activities of the types conducted or to be conducted by our subsidiaries and us. For a discussion of

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the restrictions included in our charter relating to limits placed upon our directors and officers and certain of our stockholders, see the section of this prospectus captioned “— Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures.” In addition, for a description of some of the risks related to these conflicts of interest, see the section of this prospectus captioned “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Conflicts of Interest.”

Our independent directors have an obligation to function on our behalf in all situations in which a conflict of interest may arise, and all of our directors have a fiduciary obligation to act on behalf of our stockholders.

Interests in Other Real Estate Programs

Affiliates of our officers and entities owned or managed by such affiliates may acquire or develop real estate for their own accounts, and have done so in the past. Furthermore, affiliates of our officers and entities owned or managed by such affiliates may form additional real estate investment entities in the future, whether public or private, which can be expected to have the same investment objectives and policies as we do and which may be involved in the same geographic area, and such persons may be engaged in sponsoring one or more of such entities at approximately the same time as our shares of common stock are being offered. Our advisor, its affiliates and affiliates of our officers are not obligated to present to us any particular investment opportunity that comes to their attention, unless such opportunity is of a character that might be suitable for investment by us. Our advisor and its affiliates likely will experience conflicts of interest as they simultaneously perform services for us and other affiliated real estate programs.

Any affiliated entity, whether or not currently existing, could compete with us in the sale or operation of the properties. We will seek to achieve any operating efficiency or similar savings that may result from affiliated management of competitive properties. However, to the extent that affiliates own or acquire property that is adjacent, or in close proximity, to a property we own, our property may compete with the affiliate’s property for tenants or purchasers.

Every transaction that we enter into with our advisor or its affiliates is subject to an inherent conflict of interest. Our board of directors may encounter conflicts of interest in enforcing our rights against any affiliate in the event of a default by or disagreement with an affiliate or in invoking powers, rights or options pursuant to any agreement between us and our advisor or any of its affiliates.

We do not believe that any of our other affiliated programs other than ARC DNAV, ARCT IV and ARCP, are in direct competition with this program. We have entered into an investment opportunity allocation agreement which governs our ability to make investments in our target assets. ARC DNAV, ARCP and ARCT IV are parties to such agreement. ARCP is a party to such agreement solely with respect to long-duration NNN leases. See “— Investment Rights and Obligations.”

Other Activities of Our Advisor and Its Affiliates

We will rely on our advisor for the day-to-day operation of our business. As a result of the interests of members of its management in other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs and the fact that they also are engaged, and will continue to engage, in other business activities, our advisor and its affiliates have conflicts of interest in allocating their time between us and other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs and other activities in which they are involved. However, our advisor believes that it and its affiliates have sufficient personnel to discharge fully their responsibilities to all of the American Realty Capital-sponsored programs and other ventures in which they are involved.

In addition, each of our executive officers also serves as an officer of our advisor, our property manager, our dealer manager and/or other affiliated entities. As a result, these individuals owe fiduciary duties to these other entities, which may conflict with the fiduciary duties that they owe to us and our stockholders.

We may purchase properties or interests in properties from affiliates of our advisor. The prices we pay to affiliates of our advisor for these properties will not be the subject of arm’s-length negotiations, which could mean that the acquisitions may be on terms less favorable to us than those negotiated with unaffiliated parties. However, our charter provides that the purchase price of any property acquired from an affiliate of our advisor may not exceed its fair market value as determined by a competent independent appraiser, that is, a person with no current or prior business or personal relationship with our advisor or directors and who is a qualified

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appraiser of real estate of the type held by us or of other assets determined by our board of directors. In addition, the price must be approved by a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, who have no interest in the transaction. If the price paid by us exceeds the cost paid by the affiliate of our advisor, our board of directors must determine that there is substantial justification for the excess cost. For example, substantial justification for paying a higher price to acquire a property from an affiliate than the price paid by the affiliate for such property could result from improvements to a property or increases in market value of the property during the period of time the property is owned by the affiliate as evidenced by an appraisal of the property by a competent independent appraiser, as described above.

Affiliated Transactions Best Practices Policy

In March 2011, our dealer manager adopted best practices guidelines related to affiliated transactions applicable to all the issuers whose securities are traded on its platform (which includes us) that requires that each such issuer adopt guidelines that, except under limited circumstances, (i) restrict such issuer from entering into co-investment or other business transactions with another investment program sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies, and (ii) restrict sponsors of investment programs from entering into co-investment or other business transactions with their sponsored issuers.

On January 28, 2013, all of the members of the board of directors voted affirmatively to approve our affiliated transactions best practices policy, which provides that we may not enter into any co-investments or any other business transaction with, or make loans or provide other funding to, directly or indirectly, any investment program or other entity sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies or otherwise controlled or sponsored, or in which ownership (other than certain minority interests) is held, directly or indirectly, by Nicholas Schorsch and/or William Kahane, that is a non-traded REIT or private investment vehicle in which ownership interests are offered through securities broker-dealers in a public or private offering. We may, however, enter into a joint investment with a Delaware statutory trust, or a DST, or a group of unaffiliated tenant in common owners, or TICs, in connection with a private retail securities offering by a DST or to TICs, provided that such investments are in the form of pari passu equity investments, are fully and promptly disclosed to our stockholders and are fully documented among the parties with all the rights, duties and obligations assumed by the parties as are normally attendant to such an equity investment. We must also retain a controlling interest in the underlying investment and the transaction must be approved by the independent directors of the board of directors after due and documented deliberation, including deliberation of any conflicts of interest. The board of directors must determine that the co-investment is fair, both financially and otherwise. In the case of such co-investment, our advisor will be permitted to charge fees at no more than the rate corresponding to our percentage co-investment and in line with the fees ordinarily attendant to such transaction. At any one time, our investment in such co-investments will not exceed 10% of the value of our portfolio.

Competition in Acquiring, Leasing and Operating of Properties

Conflicts of interest will exist to the extent that we may acquire, or seek to acquire, properties in the same geographic areas where properties owned by other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs are located. In such a case, a conflict could arise in the acquisition or leasing of properties if we and another American Realty Capital-sponsored program were to compete for the same properties or tenants in negotiating leases, or a conflict could arise in connection with the resale of properties if we and another American Realty Capital-sponsored program were to attempt to sell similar properties at the same time. Conflicts of interest also may exist at such time as we or our affiliates managing property on our behalf seek to employ developers, contractors or building managers, as well as under other circumstances. Our advisor will seek to reduce conflicts relating to the employment of developers, contractors or building managers by making prospective employees aware of all such properties seeking to employ such persons. In addition, our advisor will seek to reduce conflicts that may arise with respect to properties available for sale or rent by making prospective purchasers or tenants aware of all such properties. However, these conflicts cannot be fully avoided in that there may be established differing compensation arrangements for employees at different properties or differing terms for resales or leasing of the various properties.

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Affiliated Property Manager

We expect that all of our properties will be managed and leased by our affiliated property manager, pursuant to a property management and leasing agreement. Our agreement with our property manager has a one-year term and is subject to successive one-year renewals unless any party gives sixty (60) days’ written notice to the other parties of its intention to terminate the agreement. It is the duty of our board of directors to evaluate the performance of the property manager annually before renewing the agreement. We or our operating partnership may terminate the agreement immediately in the event that our property manager commits an act of gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its duties under the agreement.

Valuation Conflicts

Commencing with the NAV pricing date, the asset management subordinated participation incurred to our advisor will be based on NAV, which the advisor is responsible for calculating. Appraisals and valuations of our properties and investments in real estate related assets, which are used to calculate NAV, are estimates and may not correspond to the amount that may be realized by the company upon a sale of such. Our advisor may be motivated to establish NAV at higher amounts that amounts that could actually be realized upon a sale because higher NAV will result in higher compensation to the advisor.

We will also compensate our independent valuer for providing appraisals of our properties as described in “Valuation Policies — Valuation of Our Properties.” The compensation we will pay to our independent valuer has been approved by our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, and is based on standard market terms. Such compensation is a fixed fee based upon the complexity of the appraisal and time scale for completion, plus any out-of-pocket expenses. The compensation is not based on the value of the real property contained in the appraisal.

Lack of Separate Representation

Proskauer Rose LLP acts, and may in the future act, as counsel to us, our advisor, our dealer manager and their affiliates in connection with this offering or otherwise. There is a possibility that in the future the interests of the various parties may become adverse, and under the Code of Professional Responsibility of the legal profession, Proskauer Rose LLP may be precluded from representing any one or all of such parties. If a dispute were to arise between us, our advisor, our dealer manager or any of their affiliates, separate counsel for such matters will be retained as and when appropriate.

Joint Ventures with Affiliates of Our Advisor

We may enter into joint ventures with other American Realty Capital-sponsored programs (as well as other parties) for the acquisition, development or improvement of properties. See the section entitled “Investment Strategy, Objectives and Policies — Joint Venture Investments” in this prospectus. Our advisor and its affiliates may have conflicts of interest in determining that American Realty Capital-sponsored program should enter into any particular joint venture agreement. The co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals which are or which may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. In addition, should any such joint venture be consummated, our advisor may face a conflict in structuring the terms of the relationship between our interests and the interest of the co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Since our advisor and its affiliates will control both us and any affiliated co-venturer, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any such joint venture will not have the benefit of arm’s-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers.

Receipt of Fees and Other Compensation by Our Advisor and Its Affiliates

A transaction involving the purchase and sale of properties may result in the receipt of commissions, fees and other compensation by our advisor and its affiliates, including acquisition and advisory fees, the dealer manager fee, real estate brokerage commissions and participation in non-liquidating net sales proceeds. However, the fees and compensation payable to our advisor and its affiliates relating to the sale of properties will only be payable after the return to the stockholders of their capital contributions plus cumulative returns on such capital (other than any sales commissions, which are based on and deducted from the contract sales price of the property sold). Subject to oversight by our board of directors, our advisor will have considerable discretion with respect to all decisions relating to the terms and timing of all transactions. Therefore, our

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advisor may have conflicts of interest concerning certain actions taken on our behalf, particularly due to the fact that such fees generally will be payable to our advisor and its affiliates regardless of the quality of the properties acquired or the services provided to us. Fees payable to our advisor are based on the purchase price of the properties acquired and may create an incentive for our advisor to accept a higher purchase price that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders. See the section entitled “Management Compensation” in this prospectus.

We may also pay significant fees during our listing/liquidation stage. Although most of the fees payable during our listing/liquidation stage are contingent on our investors first receiving agreed-upon investment returns, affiliates of our advisor could also receive significant payments even without our reaching the investment return thresholds should we seek to become self-managed. Due to the apparent preference of the public markets for self-managed companies, a decision to list our shares on a national securities exchange might well be preceded by a decision to become self-managed. Given our advisor’s familiarity with our assets and operations, we might prefer to become self-managed by acquiring entities affiliated with our advisor. However, our advisor may have conflicts of interest concerning our listing/liquidation stage, particularly due to the fact the advisor may receive more value from a listing rather than a liquidation. For example, the advisor will receive its incentive fee in the form of shares of common stock upon a listing, which may be worth more than such fees paid in cash upon liquidation. Furthermore, the advisor will defer its tax liability in a listing situation which may be beneficial. Our advisory agreement provides that no compensation or remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any internalization (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future.

Investment Rights and Obligations

On April 4, 2013, we entered into an investment opportunity allocation agreement with ARCP, ARCT IV and ARC DNAV (along with our company, the “ARC Funds”), among other things, places a priority on allocating each potential freestanding, single-tenant real estate assets net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants with a lease duration of 10 or more years, or a proposed property acquisition, to ARCT IV until such time as ARCT IV has substantially completed its acquisitions. This priority would not apply should any acquisitions overly concentrate ARCT IV in a particular industry, geographical region or tenant. On June 3, 2013, ARCT IV announced that it anticipated fully deploying its capital within the following 60 days, having substantially completed the identification of all of its acquisitions. Thus, such priority of allocation to ARCT IV was no longer necessary as of that date.

The investment opportunity allocation agreement also provides that, after such time as ARCT IV’s priority is lifted and except as may otherwise be agreed upon between the board of directors of the ARC Funds, if the advisor of an ARC Fund determines that one or more proposed property acquisition is appropriate for its ARC Fund, and assuming each ARC Fund has sufficient capital to support such proposed property acquisition, such proposed property acquisition will be submitted to the board of directors of each ARC Fund for a vote on whether to pursue such proposed property acquisition. If the board of directors of more than one ARC Fund approves to pursue such proposed property acquisition, then the acquisitions of such properties will be subject to rotation among the ARC Funds, depending on whether the ARC Funds have sufficient capital to acquire all or some of the proposed property acquisition and which ARC Fund most recently made a property acquisition.

ARC and its affiliates provide seasoned institutional investment, management, advisory, fund raising, acquisitions and other services to the ARC Funds and in the future will continue to provide certain of these services for which they were or will be, as applicable, paid fees and reimbursed for certain expenses from the ARC Funds, as applicable. Certain executive officers and executive directors of the ARC Funds are principals of ARC. Additionally, certain executive positions at the ARC Funds are occupied by the same individuals. Consistent with ARC’s industry best practices, none of the ARC Funds will share any independent directors.

Certain Conflict Resolution Procedures

Every transaction that we enter into with our advisor or its affiliates will be subject to an inherent conflict of interest. Our board of directors may encounter conflicts of interest in enforcing our rights against any affiliate in the event of a default by or disagreement with such affiliate or in invoking powers, rights or options pursuant to any agreement between us and our advisor or any of its affiliates.

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In order to reduce or eliminate certain potential conflicts of interest, our charter contains a number of restrictions or we have adopted policies relating to: (1) transactions we enter into with our sponsor, our directors, our officers, our advisor and its affiliates; (2) certain future offerings; and (3) allocation of investment opportunities among affiliated entities. These restrictions and policies include, among others, the following:

We will not purchase or lease properties in which our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates has an interest without a determination by a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in such transaction that such transaction is fair and reasonable to us and at a price to us no greater than the cost of the property to the seller or lessor unless there is substantial justification for any amount that exceeds such cost and such excess amount is determined to be reasonable. In no event will we acquire any such property at an amount in excess of its appraised value as determined by an appraiser which has no material current or prior business or personal relationship with our directors or our advisor. We will not sell or lease properties to our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates unless a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction determines that the transaction is fair and reasonable to us. If a related party transaction is approved by our board, our advisor and its affiliates will be entitled to receive fees and expense reimbursements in connection with the transaction on the same basis as if the transaction were with a third party.
We will not make any loans to our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates, other than loans to wholly owned subsidiaries and except that we may make or invest in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans involving our sponsor, our advisor, our directors, our officers or their respective affiliates if an appraisal of the underlying property is obtained from an independent appraiser and the transaction is approved as fair and reasonable to us and on terms no less favorable to us than those available from third parties. In addition, our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates will not make loans to us or to joint ventures in which we are a joint venture partner unless approved by a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction as fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, and no less favorable to us than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties. For these purposes, amounts owed but not yet paid by us under the business management agreement, or any property management agreements, shall not constitute amounts advanced pursuant to a loan. We may not invest in joint ventures with our sponsor, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates unless a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair and reasonable to us and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those received by the other joint venturers. We also may not invest in equity securities unless a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, other than equity securities of a REIT or other real estate operating company.
Our advisor and its affiliates will be entitled to reimbursement, at cost, for actual expenses incurred by them on behalf of us or joint ventures in which we are a joint venture partner; provided, however, our advisor must reimburse us for the amount, if any, by which our total operating expenses paid during the previous fiscal year exceeded the greater of: (i) 2% of our average invested assets for that fiscal year, or (ii) 25% of our net income, before any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves and before any gain from the sale of our assets, for that fiscal year. For these purposes, items such as organization and offering expenses, property expenses, interest payments, taxes, non-cash expenditures, any incentive fees payable to our advisor, and acquisition fees and expenses are excluded from the definition of total operating expenses. Our independent directors will have a fiduciary responsibility to ensure that we do not exceed these limits. Our independent directors may, however, permit us to exceed these limits if they determine that doing so is justified because of unusual and non-recurring expenses, including, but not limited to, the occurrence of natural disasters, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, special tax

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assessments or acts of terrorism. Any finding by our independent directors and the reasons supporting it must be recorded in the minutes of meetings of our directors. If at the end of any fiscal quarter, our total operating expenses for the twelve months then ended exceed these limits, we will disclose this in writing to the stockholders within sixty days of the end of the fiscal quarter and explain the justification for exceeding the limit. If our independent directors do not believe that exceeding the limit was justified, our advisor must reimburse us the amount by which the aggregate expenses exceed the limit.
If an investment opportunity becomes available that is suitable, under all of the factors considered by our advisor, for both us and one or more other entities affiliated with our advisor and for which more than one of such entities has sufficient uninvested funds, then the entity that has had the longest period of time elapse since it was offered an investment opportunity will first be offered such investment opportunity. It will be the duty of our board of directors, including the independent directors, to insure that this method is applied fairly to us. In determining whether or not an investment opportunity is suitable for more than one program, our advisor, subject to approval by our board of directors, shall examine, among others, the following factors:
the anticipated cash flow of the property to be acquired and the cash requirements of each program;
the effect of the acquisition both on diversification of each program’s investments by type of property, geographic area and tenant concentration;
the policy of each program relating to leverage of properties;
the income tax effects of the purchase to each program;
the size of the investment; and
the amount of funds available to each program and the length of time such funds have been available for investment.
If a subsequent development, such as a delay in the closing of a property or a delay in the construction of a property, causes any such investment, in the opinion of our advisor, to be more appropriate for a program other than the program that committed to make the investment, our advisor may determine that another program affiliated with our advisor or its affiliates will make the investment. Our board of directors has a duty to ensure that the method used by our advisor for the allocation of the acquisition of properties by two or more affiliated programs seeking to acquire similar types of properties is applied fairly to us.
We will not accept goods or services from our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates or enter into any other transaction with our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates unless a majority of our directors, including a majority of the independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approve such transaction as fair and reasonable to us and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties.
We will not enter into co-investments or any other business transaction with, or provide funding or make loans to, directly or indirectly, any other ARC Program (as defined below), except as provided below. We may, from time to time, enter into a joint investment with a Delaware Statutory Trust, or a DST, or a group of unaffiliated tenant in common owners, or TICs, in connection with a private retail securities offering by a DST or to TICs, provided such investments are fully and promptly disclosed to our stockholders and we retain a controlling interest in the underlying investment, the transaction is approved by our independent directors after due and documented deliberation, including deliberation of any conflicts of interest, and such co-investment is deemed fair, both financially and otherwise. These investments must take the form of pari passu equity investments, and will be fully documented among the parties with all the rights, duties and obligations assumed by the parties as are normally attendant to such an equity investment. In the case of such co-investment, our advisor will be permitted to charge fees at no more than the rate corresponding

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to our percentage co-investment and in line with the fees ordinarily attendant to such transaction. At any one time, our investment in such co-investments will not exceed 10% of the value of our portfolio. Our board of directors will review this policy on an annual basis.
Our sponsor will not enter into co-investments or other business transactions with any ARC Program (as defined below) except for (i) transactions specifically contemplated by the prospectus of such ARC Program and exhibits thereto, as filed with the SEC upon initial effectiveness of such program’s current offering of securities, and (ii) funding, including loans, from the ARC Program’s advisor to the ARC Program in compliance with applicable law and in accordance with the terms of any operative agreements and other documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, our sponsor will not, directly or indirectly, (i) purchase any asset from, or sell any asset to, any ARC Program or (ii) otherwise co-invest in any asset with any ARC Program, provided that the formation transactions in connection with the organization of ARCP are excluded from the foregoing restrictions and are permissible transactions under this policy. Our board of directors will review this policy on an annual basis.

All other transactions between us and our sponsor, any of our officers or any of their respective affiliates require approval by a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, as being fair and reasonable and on terms and conditions not less favorable to us than those available from unaffiliated third parties.

For purposes of this prospectus, an “affiliate” of any natural person, partnership, corporation, association, trust, limited liability company or other legal entity (a “person”) includes any of the following:

any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other person;
any person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held, with power to vote, by such other person;
any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, such other person;
any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other person; and
any legal entity for which such person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner.

As used above, (i) an “ARC Entity”, which includes us, is an investment program or other entity sponsored by the American Realty Capital group of companies or otherwise controlled or sponsored, or in which ownership (other than certain minority interests describe below) is held, directly or indirectly, by Nicholas S. Schorsch and/or William M. Kahane, (ii) an “ARC Program”, which includes us, is any ARC Entity that is a non-traded REIT or private investment vehicle in which ownership interests are offered through securities broker-dealers in a public or private offering and (iii) a publicly-traded REIT will not be deemed an ARC Entity or ARC Program solely as a result of ownership of shares by Nicholas S. Schorsch and/or William M. Kahane provided that (A) the total ownership by such individuals is less than 10% of the outstanding equity of the publicly-traded REIT, (B) neither Nicholas S. Schorsch nor William M. Kahane, nor any other officer or director of any other ARC Program, is an officer or director of such publicly-traded REIT or its external advisor (if any), and (C) such publicly-traded REIT is not controlled directly by Nicholas S. Schorsch and/or William M. Kahane.

Independent Directors

In order to reduce the risks created by conflicts of interest, our charter requires our board to be comprised of a majority of persons who are independent directors. Our charter also empowers the independent directors to retain their own legal and financial advisors. A majority of the independent directors must approve matters relating to or act upon:

the requirement that a majority of directors and of independent directors review and ratify the charter at or before the first meeting of the board;

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the duty of the board to establish written policies on investments and borrowing and to monitor the administrative procedures, our and our advisor’s investment operations and performance to assure that such policies are carried out;
our minimum capitalization;
the advisory agreement;
liability and indemnification;
the reasonableness of our fees and expenses;
limitations on organization and offering expenses;
limitations on acquisition fees and acquisition expenses;
limitations on total operating expenses;
limitations on real estate commissions on resale of property;
limitations on incentive fees;
advisor compensation;
the independent directors’ periodic duty to review our investment policies;
the authority to select an independent appraiser to determine the fair market value that we pay for real estate that we acquire both (x) when a majority of the independent directors determine to appoint an independent appraiser to determine fair market value in connection with any acquisition by us and (y) whenever we acquire property from the advisor, the directors, the sponsor or their affiliates;
the restrictions and procedures relating to meetings of stockholders;
the authority of a majority of stockholders present in person or by proxy at an annual meeting at which a quorum is present, without the necessity for concurrence by the board, to vote to elect the directors;
the requirements of any reinvestment plan that the board establishes, relating to periodic distribution of certain material information to stockholders and opportunity for participating stockholders to withdraw;
the adoption of an extension amendment or a plan of liquidation; and
the requirement that a majority of independent directors approve matters relating to modifications to their duties and restrictions.

The following chart shows the ownership structure of the various American Realty Capital entities that are affiliated with us and our advisor.

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* At inception of the offering.
(1) The investors in this offering will own registered shares of common stock in us.
(2) Our sponsor is directly or indirectly controlled by Nicholas S. Schorsch and William M. Kahane.
(3) Each property to be held in a special purpose entity.
(4) Through its controlling interest in the advisor, the special limited partner is entitled to receive the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution and the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement pursuant to its special limited partnership interest in the operating partnership.
(5) The special limited partner is 100% owned by our sponsor.
(6) Realty Capital Securities, LLC is owned by an entity which is under common control with our sponsor.

We will present our financial statements in accordance with GAAP, on a consolidated basis with our operating partnership.

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INVESTMENT STRATEGY, OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES

Overview

Our investment goals are as follows:

Freestanding, Single Tenant Properties — Buy primarily freestanding single tenant retail properties, net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants;
Long-Term Leases — Acquire long term leases with minimum, non-cancelable lease terms of ten or more years;
Low Leverage — Finance our portfolio opportunistically at a target leverage level of not more than 45% loan-to-value;
Diversified Portfolio — We expect to assemble a well-diversified portfolio based on geography, tenant diversity, lease expirations, and other factors;
Monthly Distributions — Pay distributions monthly, covered by funds from operations;
Exit Strategy — We expect to sell our assets, sell or merge our company, or list our company within three to six years after the end of our initial public offering. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, may determine that it is in our best interests to begin the process of engaging advisors (which may include the investment banking and capital markets division of our dealer manager) to consider such exit alternatives at such time during our offering stage as it can reasonably determine that all of the securities being offered in our initial public offering will be sold within a reasonable period, which has occurred to date, allowing us to commence engaging such advisors at this time; and
Maximize Total Returns — Maximize total returns to our stockholders through a combination of current income and realized appreciation.

Our real estate team is led by seasoned professionals who have institutional experience investing through various real estate cycles. Each of the senior executives of our advisor has more than 20 years of real estate experience. We believe a number of factors differentiate us from other non-traded REITs, including our property type focus, our lack of legacy issues, our opportunistic buy and sell strategy, and our institutional management team.

Acquisition and Investment Policies

Primary Investment Focus

We intend to focus our investment activities on acquiring freestanding, single tenant retail properties net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. The real estate debt we originate or acquire is expected to be primarily first mortgage debt but also may include bridge loans, mezzanine loans or preferred equity. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, has adopted a policy mandating that at least 50% of the net operating income derived by our portfolio must come from investment grade tenants (as determined by a major credit rating agency), as measured at such time as we have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering. Further changes to this policy will require approval by a majority vote of our stockholders.

We shall seek to build a diversified portfolio comprised primarily of free-standing single-tenant bank branch, convenience store, retail, office and industrial properties that are double-net and triple-net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. A tenant will be considered “investment grade” when the tenant has a debt rating by Moody’s of Baa3 or better or a credit rating by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch of BBB- or better, a credit rating by Bloomberg of B3L or better or its payments are guaranteed by a company with such rating. In cases where a tenant does not have a Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s, Fitch or Bloomberg rating, we will consider a tenant to be “investment grade” if it has received a rating of 1 or 2 by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or NAIC, on a debt private placement or is a wholly owned subsidiary of a parent company, constituting a majority of the parent company’s assets, and the parent company has a debt rating by Moody’s of Baa3 or better or a credit rating by Standard & Poor’s or Fitch of

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BBB- or better or a credit rating by Bloomberg of B3L or better. NAIC 1 is assigned to obligations exhibiting the highest quality. Credit risk is at its lowest and the issuer’s credit profile is stable. NAIC 2 is assigned to obligations of high quality. Credit risk is low but may increase in the intermediate future and the issuer’s credit profile is reasonably stable. Changes in tenant credit ratings, coupled with future acquisition and disposition activity, may increase or decrease our concentration of investment grade tenants in the future.

NNN leases typically require the tenant to pay substantially all of the costs associated with operating and maintaining the property such as maintenance, insurance, taxes, structural repairs and all other operating and capital expenses. NN leases typically provide that the landlord is responsible for maintaining the roof and structure, or other structural aspects of the property, while the tenant is responsible for all remaining expenses associated with the property. While most of our investment will be directly in such properties, we may also invest in entities that own or invest in such properties. We shall strive to assemble a portfolio of real estate that is diversified by industry, geography, tenants, credits, and use. After substantially all of the net proceeds are invested, we do not anticipate any single tenant or geographic concentration to comprise more than 10% of our portfolio. We anticipate that our portfolio will consist primarily of freestanding, single tenant properties net leased for retail use. Although we expect our portfolio will consist primarily of freestanding, single tenant properties, we will not forgo opportunities to invest in other types of real estate investments that meet our overall investment objectives.

Our advisor will primarily target retail tenants with established track records.

Our advisor believes that a REIT focusing on the acquisition of single tenant freestanding retail properties double-net and triple-net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants for periods of 10 to 25 years or greater presents an optimal risk-adjusted return and will help us achieve our investment objectives (a) to provide current income for you through the payment of cash distributions and (b) to preserve and return your capital and to maximize risk-adjusted returns. Unlike funds that invest solely in multi-tenant properties, or in properties that are predominantly occupied by non-investment grade tenants and subject to short-term leases, we have acquired a diversified portfolio comprised primarily of investment grade and creditworthy single-tenant properties that are net leased for minimum periods of 10 to 25 years. See “Description of Real Estate Investments” beginning on page 134 of this prospectus. By primarily acquiring long-term single-tenant double-net and triple-net properties, we can create an investment vehicle that produces stable and predictable revenue that is supported by long-term leases guaranteed by investment-grade and creditworthy corporations. In addition, single tenant freestanding net-leased properties leased long-term, as compared to shopping centers, malls, office buildings, apartments and other traditional multi-tenant complexes, typically are insulated from operating expense increases and vacancy risk.

We will seek to build a diversified portfolio. There is no limit to the number of properties we acquire that may be leased to a particular tenant that we may acquire, however, we will seek to have no more than 10% of the portfolio concentrated in any one tenant or regional geography. The board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors, will review our properties and potential investments in terms of diversification. Our profitability and our ability to diversify our investments, geographically, by industry, by tenant and by credit will be limited by the amount of funds at our disposal. If our assets become geographically concentrated, an economic downturn in one or more of the markets in which we have invested could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and our ability to make distributions.

We will generally target properties that have remaining lease terms in excess of ten years. We may acquire properties with shorter terms if the property is in an attractive location, if the property is difficult to replace, or if the property has other significant favorable attributes. We currently expect all of our acquisitions will be in the United States and Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

There is no limitation on the number, size or type of properties that we may acquire or on the percentage of proceeds of this offering that may be invested in a single property. The number and mix of properties will depend upon real estate market conditions and other circumstances existing at the time of acquisition of properties and the amount of proceeds raised in this offering.

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Investing in Real Property

We shall invest in primarily freestanding, single tenant retail properties net-leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants.

When evaluating prospective investments in real property, our management and our advisor will consider relevant real estate and financial factors, including the location of the property, the leases and other agreements affecting the property, the creditworthiness of major tenants, its income-producing capacity, its physical condition, its prospects for appreciation, its prospects for liquidity, tax considerations and other factors. In this regard, our advisor will have substantial discretion with respect to the selection of specific investments, subject to board approval. In determining whether to purchase a particular property, we may obtain an option on such property. The amount paid for an option, if any, is normally surrendered if the property is not purchased within a certain time period and may not be credited against the purchase price if the property is purchased.

Our obligation to close on the purchase of any investment generally will be conditioned upon the delivery and verification of certain documents from the seller, including, where available and appropriate:

plans and specifications;
surveys;
environmental reports and environmental matters relating to federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to environmental protection and human health and safety;
physical condition reports;
evidence of marketable title, subject to such liens and encumbrances as are acceptable to our advisor;
title and liability insurance policies; and
financial information relating to the property, including the recent operating history of properties for which there is a recent operating history.

In most circumstances, we will not purchase any property unless and until we also obtain what is generally referred to as a “Phase I” environmental site assessment and are generally satisfied with the environmental status of the property. However, in certain circumstances, we may purchase a property without obtaining such assessment if our advisor determines it is not warranted, specifically in circumstances where the advisor determines that it is in our best interest not to seek a new Phase I environmental assessment and rely upon one certified by, sought and secured by the seller of the property. A Phase I environmental site assessment basically consists of a visual survey of the building and the property in an attempt to identify areas of potential environmental concerns. In addition, a visual survey of neighboring properties is conducted to assess surface conditions or activities that may have an adverse environmental impact on the property. Furthermore, local governmental agency personnel are contacted who perform a regulatory agency file search in an attempt to determine any known environmental concerns in the immediate vicinity of the property. A Phase I environmental site assessment does not generally include any sampling or testing of soil, ground water or building materials from the property, and may not reveal all environmental hazards on a property.

Investing In and Originating Loans

We may originate or acquire real estate loans. Although we do not have a formal policy, our criteria for investing in loans will be substantially the same as those involved in our investment in properties. We may originate or invest in real estate loans (including, but not limited to, investments in first, second and third mortgage loans, wraparound mortgage loans, construction mortgage loans on real property, and loans on leasehold interest mortgages). We also may invest in participations in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans. Further, we may invest in unsecured loans; however, we will not make unsecured loans or loans not secured by mortgages unless such loans are approved by a majority of our independent directors. We currently do not intend to invest in or originate real estate loans (excluding publicly traded real estate debt) in excess of 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our offering period and thereafter.

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Our underwriting process typically will involve comprehensive financial, structural, operational and legal due diligence. We will not require an appraisal of the underlying property from a certified independent appraiser for an investment in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans, except for investments in transactions with our sponsor, advisor or directors or their respective affiliates. For each such appraisal obtained, we will maintain a copy of such appraisal in our records for at least five years and will make it available during normal business hours for inspection and duplication by any stockholder at such stockholder’s expense. In addition, we will seek to obtain a customary lender’s title insurance policy or commitment as to the priority of the mortgage or condition of the title.

We will not make or invest in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans on any one property if the aggregate amount of all mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans outstanding on the property, including our borrowings, would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the appraised value of the property, as determined by our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, unless substantial justification exists, as determined by our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors. Our board of directors may find such justification in connection with the purchase of mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans in cases in which we believe there is a high probability of our foreclosure upon the property in order to acquire the underlying assets and, in respect of transactions with our affiliates, in which the cost of the mortgage loan investment does not exceed the appraised value of the underlying property. Our board of directors may find such justification in connection with the purchase of mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans that are in default where we intend to foreclose upon the property in order to acquire the underlying assets and, in respect of transactions with our affiliates, where the cost of the mortgage loan investment does not exceed the appraised value of the underlying property.

When evaluating prospective investments in and originations of real estate loans, our management and our advisor will consider factors such as the following:

the ratio of the total amount of debt secured by property to the value of the property by which it is secured;
the amount of existing debt on the property and the priority of that debt relative to our proposed investment;
the property’s potential for capital appreciation;
expected levels of rental and occupancy rates;
current and projected cash flow of the property;
the degree of liquidity of the investment;
the geographic location of the property;
the condition and use of the property;
the quality, experience and creditworthiness of the borrower;
general economic conditions in the area where the property is located; and
any other factors that the advisor believes are relevant.

We may originate loans from mortgage brokers or personal solicitations of suitable borrowers, or may purchase existing loans that were originated by other lenders. Our advisor will evaluate all potential loan investments to determine if the term of the loan, the security for the loan and the loan-to-value ratio meets our investment criteria and objectives. An officer, director, agent or employee of our advisor will inspect the property securing the loan, if any, during the loan approval process. We do not expect to make or invest in mortgage or mezzanine loans with a maturity of more than ten years from the date of our investment, and anticipate that most loans will have a term of five years. We do not expect to make or invest in bridge loans with a maturity of more than one year (with the right to extend the term for an additional one year) from the date of our investment. Most loans which we will consider for investment would provide for monthly payments of interest and some also may provide for principal amortization, although many loans of the nature

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which we will consider provide for payments of interest only and a payment of principal in full at the end of the loan term. We will not originate loans with negative amortization provisions.

Our charter does not limit the amount of gross offering proceeds that we may apply to loan originations or investments. Our charter also does not place any limit or restriction on:

the percentage of our assets that may be invested in any type or any single loan; or
the types of properties subject to the mortgages or other loans in which we invest.

Our loan investments may be subject to regulation by federal, state and local authorities and subject to various laws and judicial and administrative decisions imposing various requirements and restrictions, including among other things, regulating credit granting activities, establishing maximum interest rates and finance charges, requiring disclosures to customers, governing secured transactions and setting collection, repossession and claims handling procedures and other trade practices. In addition, certain states have enacted legislation requiring the licensing of mortgage bankers or other lenders and these requirements may affect our ability to effectuate our proposed investments in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans. Commencement of operations in these or other jurisdictions may be dependent upon a finding of our financial responsibility, character and fitness. We may determine not to make mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans in any jurisdiction in which the regulatory authority believes that we have not complied in all material respects with applicable requirements.

Investing in Real Estate Securities

We may invest in securities of non-majority owned publicly traded and private companies primarily engaged in real estate businesses, including REITs and other real estate operating companies, and securities issued by pass-through entities of which substantially all the assets consist of qualifying assets or real estate-related assets. We may purchase the common stock, preferred stock, debt, or other securities of these entities or options to acquire such securities. It is our intention that we be limited to investing no more than 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our initial public offering and thereafter in publicly traded real estate equity or debt securities, including, but not limited to, CMBS. However, any investment in equity securities (including any preferred equity securities) that are not traded on a national securities exchange or included for quotation on an inter-dealer quotation system, other than equity securities of a REIT or other real estate operating company, must be approved by a majority of directors, including a majority of independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction as fair, competitive and commercially reasonable.

Acquisition Structure

We anticipate acquiring fee interests in properties (a “fee interest” is the absolute, legal possession and ownership of land, property, or rights), although other methods of acquiring a property, including acquiring leasehold interests (a “leasehold interest” a right to enjoy the exclusive possession and use of an asset or property for a stated definite period as created by a written lease), may be utilized if we deem it to be advantageous. For example, we may acquire properties through a joint venture or the acquisition of substantially all of the interests of an entity which in turn owns the real property. We also may make preferred equity investments in an entity that owns real property. Our focus will be on acquiring retail properties but we also may acquire multifamily, industrial, hotel and other types of real property.

Our advisor and its affiliates may purchase properties in their own name, assume loans in connection with the purchase or loan and temporarily hold title to the properties for the purpose of facilitating acquisition or financing by us or any other purpose related to our business.

Description of Leases

Net Leases.  We currently expect that a substantial portion of our property acquisitions will be of long-term, freestanding net leased assets. We expect many of our long-term net leased asset acquisitions will be through sale-leaseback transactions, in which we acquire properties directly from companies that simultaneously lease the properties back from us. These sale-leaseback transactions provide the lessee company with a source of capital that is an alternative to other financing sources such as corporate borrowing, real property mortgages, or sales of shares of common stock.

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We typically purchase single tenant properties with existing “net” leases, and when spaces become vacant or existing leases expire we anticipate entering into “net” leases. “Net” leases means leases that typically require that tenants pay all or a majority of the property’s operating expenses, including real estate taxes, special assessments and sales and use taxes, utilities, insurance and building repairs related to the property, in addition to the lease payments. There are various forms of net leases, typically classified as triple net or double net. NNN leases typically require the tenant to pay all costs associated with a property in addition to the base rent and percentage rent, if any. NN leases typically have the landlord responsible for the roof and structure, or other aspects of the property, while the tenant is responsible for all remaining expenses associated with the property. In the event that we acquire multi-tenant properties, we expect to have a variety of lease arrangements with the tenants of such properties. Since each lease is an individually negotiated contract between two or more parties, each contract will have different obligations of both the landlord and tenant. Many large national retail tenants have standard lease forms that generally do not vary from property to property, and we will have limited ability to revise the terms of leases to those tenants. At this time, the various obligations of the landlord and tenant under the leases to be associated with our properties have not been determined.

In general, leases may not be assigned or subleased without our prior written consent. If we do consent to an assignment or sublease, the original tenant generally will remain fully liable under the lease unless we release that tenant from its obligations under the lease.

Terms of Leases.  We anticipate that a majority of our acquisitions will have minimum, non-cancellable lease terms of ten to twenty-five years or greater at the time of the acquisition. We may acquire properties under which the lease term has partially expired. We also may acquire properties with shorter lease terms if the property is in an attractive location, if the property is difficult to replace, or if the property has other significant favorable real estate attributes. Under most commercial leases, tenants are obligated to pay a predetermined annual base rent. Some of the leases also will contain provisions that increase the amount of base rent payable at points during the lease term and/or percentage rent that can be calculated by a number of factors. Under triple- and double-net leases, the tenants are generally required to pay the real estate taxes, insurance, utilities and common area maintenance charges associated with the properties. Generally, the leases will require each tenant to procure, at its own expense, commercial general liability insurance, as well as property insurance covering the building for the full replacement value and naming the ownership entity and the lender, if applicable, as the additional insured on the policy. As a precautionary measure, our advisor may obtain, to the extent available, secondary liability insurance, as well as loss of rents insurance that covers one year of annual rent in the event of a rental loss. The secondary insurance coverage names the ownership entity as the named insured on the policy. The insurance coverage will insure us and any entity formed under us. Some leases may require that we procure the insurance for both commercial general liability and property damage insurance; however, the premiums are fully reimbursable from the tenant. In the event that we procure such insurance, the policy will list us as the named insured on the policy and the tenant as the additional insured. Tenants will be required to provide proof of insurance by furnishing a certificate of insurance to our advisor on an annual basis. The insurance certificates will be carefully tracked and reviewed for compliance by our advisor’s property management department.

Tenant Creditworthiness.  In evaluating potential property acquisitions consistent with our investment objectives, we will apply credit underwriting criteria to the tenants of existing properties. Similarly, we will apply credit underwriting criteria to possible new tenants when we are re-leasing properties in our portfolio. Tenants of our retail properties will typically be national or super-regional retail chains that are investment grade or otherwise creditworthy entities having significant net worth and operating income. Generally, these tenants must be experienced multi-unit operators with a proven track record in order to meet the credit tests applied by our advisor. We will apply the same rigorous underwriting standards to all of our potential tenants in other industries. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, has adopted a policy mandating that at least 50% of the net operating income derived by our portfolio must come from investment grade tenants (as determined by a major credit rating agency), as measured at such time as we have fully invested the proceeds from our initial public offering. Further changes to this policy will require approval by a majority vote of our stockholders.

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In analyzing potential net lease investment opportunities, the advisor will review all aspects of a transaction, including the credit worthiness of the tenant or borrower and the underlying real estate fundamentals to determine whether a potential acquisition satisfies our acquisition criteria. The advisor may consider the following aspects of each transaction:

Tenant/Borrower Evaluation.  The advisor evaluates each potential tenant or borrower for its creditworthiness, typically considering factors such as financial condition, management experience; industry health; industry position and fundamentals; operating history; and capital structure, as well as other factors that may be relevant to a particular investment. In evaluating a possible investment, the creditworthiness of the tenant or borrower often will be a more significant factor than the value of the underlying real estate, particularly if the underlying property is specifically suited to the needs of the tenant; however, in certain circumstances where the real estate is attractively valued, the creditworthiness of the tenant may be a secondary consideration.

Properties Important to Tenant/Borrower Operations.  Our advisor will focus on properties that it believes are essential or highly important to the ongoing operations of the tenant, since it is anticipated that these properties provide better protection in the event of a bankruptcy, as the tenant/borrower is less likely to risk the loss of a mission critical lease or property in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Diversification.  The advisor will attempt to diversify our portfolio to avoid dependence on any one particular tenant, borrower, collateral type, geographic location or tenant/borrower industry. By diversifying our portfolio, our advisor reduces the adverse effect of a single under-performing investment or a downturn in any particular industry or geographic region.

Lease Terms.  Generally, the net leased properties in which we invest will be leased on a full recourse basis to our tenants or their affiliates. In addition, our advisor will seek to include a clause in each lease that provides for increases in rent over the term of the lease. These rent increases are fixed or tied generally to increases in indices such as the CPI, and paid on specific dates. In the case of retail stores, the lease may provide for participation in gross revenues above stated sales levels.

Collateral Evaluation.  Our advisor reviews the physical condition of each property, and conducts a market evaluation to determine the likelihood of replacing the rental stream if the tenant defaults, or of a sale of the property in such circumstances. Our advisor also generally will conduct, or require the seller to conduct, Phase I or similar environmental site assessments in an attempt to identify potential environmental liabilities associated with a property prior to its acquisition. If potential environmental liabilities are identified, we generally require that identified environmental issues be resolved by the seller prior to property acquisition or, where such issues cannot be resolved prior to acquisition, require tenants contractually to assume responsibility for resolving identified environmental issues post-closing and indemnify us against any potential claims, losses or expenses arising from such matters. Although our advisor generally relies on its own analysis in determining whether to make an investment, each real property purchased by us will be appraised by an independent appraiser that is independent of our advisor, prior to acquisition. All independent appraisers must be approved by our independent directors. The contractual purchase price (plus direct acquisition costs, which may not exceed fair market value, but excluding acquisition fees, payable to our Advisor) for a property we acquire will not exceed its appraised value. The appraisals may take into consideration, among other things, market rents, the terms and conditions of the particular lease transaction, the quality of the lessee’s credit, the conditions of the credit markets at the time the lease transaction is negotiated, and comparable sales and replacement cost. The appraised value may be greater than the construction cost or the replacement cost of a property, and the actual sale price of a property if sold by us may be greater or less than the appraised value. In cases of special purpose real estate, a property is examined in light of the prospects for the tenant/borrower’s enterprise and the financial strength and the role of that asset in the context of the tenant/borrower’s overall viability. Operating results of properties and other collateral may be examined to determine whether or not projected income levels are likely to be met.

International Investments

We do not intend to invest in real estate outside of the United States or Puerto Rico or make other real estate investments related to assets located outside of the United States.

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Development and Construction of Properties

We do not intend to acquire undeveloped land, develop new properties, or substantially redevelop existing properties.

Joint Ventures

We may enter into joint ventures, partnerships and other co-ownership arrangements (including preferred equity investments) for the purpose of making investments. Some of the potential reasons to enter into a joint venture would be to acquire assets we could not otherwise acquire, to reduce our capital commitment to a particular asset, or to benefit from certain expertise that a partner might have. In determining whether to invest in a particular joint venture we will evaluate the assets of the joint venture under the same criteria described elsewhere in this prospectus for the selection of our investments. In the case of a joint venture, we also will evaluate the terms of the joint venture as well as the financial condition, operating capabilities and integrity of our partner or partners. We may enter into joint ventures with our sponsor, our directors, our advisor or its affiliates only if a majority of our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair and reasonable to us and on substantially the same terms and conditions as those received by the other joint venturers.

Our general policy is to invest in joint ventures only when we will have a right of first refusal to purchase the co-venturer’s interest in the joint venture if the co-venturer elects to sell such interest. If the co-venturer elects to sell property held in any such joint venture, however, we may not have sufficient funds to exercise our right of first refusal to buy the other co-venturer’s interest in the property held by the joint venture. If any joint venture with an affiliated entity holds interests in more than one property, the interest in each such property may be specially allocated based upon the respective proportion of funds invested by each co-venturer in each such property.

Our advisor may have conflicts of interest in determining which American Realty Capital-sponsored program should enter into any particular joint venture agreement. The co-venturer may have economic or business interests or goals that are or may become inconsistent with our business interests or goals. In addition, our advisor may face a conflict in structuring the terms of the relationship between our interests and the interest of the affiliated co-venturer and in managing the joint venture. Since our advisor and its affiliates will control both the affiliated co-venturer and, to a certain extent, us, agreements and transactions between the co-venturers with respect to any such joint venture will not have the benefit of arm’s-length negotiation of the type normally conducted between unrelated co-venturers, which may result in the co-venturer receiving benefits greater than the benefits that we receive. In addition, we may have liabilities that exceed the percentage of our investment in the joint venture.

Exit Strategy — Liquidity Event

We do not intend to hold our acquired assets for an extended period of time past three to six years after the termination of our initial public offering. Our board of directors, in consultation with management, may determine that it is in our best interests to begin the process of engaging advisors (which may include the investment banking and capital markets division of our dealer manager) to consider alternatives with respect to a liquidity event at such time during our offering stage that it can reasonably determine that all of the securities being offered in our initial public offering will be sold within a reasonable period, which has occurred to date, allowing us to commence engaging such advisors at this time. A “Liquidity Event” could include a sale of our assets, a sale or merger of our company, a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange (provided we meet the then applicable listing requirements), or other similar transaction.

If we do not begin the process of achieving a Liquidity Event by the sixth anniversary of the termination of the primary offering, our charter requires, unless extended by a majority of the board of directors and a majority of the independent directors, our board of directors to adopt a resolution declaring that a plan of liquidation of our company is advisable and direct that the plan of liquidation be submitted for consideration at either an annual or special meeting of stockholders. If the adoption of a plan of liquidation is postponed, our board of directors will reconsider whether liquidation is in the best interests of our stockholders at least annually. Further postponement of the adoption of a plan of liquidation will only be permitted if a majority of the directors, including a majority of the independent directors, determine that liquidation would not be in the

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best interests of our stockholders. If our stockholders do not approve the proposal, we will resubmit the proposal by proxy statement to our stockholders up to once every two years upon the written request of stockholders owning in the aggregate at least 10% of our then outstanding common stock.

Market conditions and other factors could cause us to delay our Liquidity Event beyond the sixth anniversary of the termination of this primary offering. Even after we decide to pursue a Liquidity Event, we are under no obligation to conclude our Liquidity Event within a set time frame because the timing of our Liquidity Event will depend on real estate market conditions, U.S. financial market conditions, federal income tax effects on stockholders, and other conditions that may prevail in the future. We also cannot assure you that we will be able to achieve a Liquidity Event.

Many REITs that are listed on a national stock exchange are considered “self-managed,” since the employees of such a REIT perform all significant management functions. In contrast, REITs that are not self-managed, like us, typically engage a third party, such as our advisor and property managers, to perform management functions on its behalf. If for any reason our independent directors determine that we should become self-managed, the advisory agreement permits us to acquire the business conducted by the advisor (including all of its assets). Our advisory agreement provides that no compensation or remuneration will be payable by us or our operating partnership to our advisor or any of its affiliates in connection with any internalization (an acquisition of management functions by us from our advisor) in the future. See the section entitled “Conflicts of Interest” in this prospectus.

Investment Limitations

Our charter and investment policies place numerous limitations on us with respect to the manner in which we may invest our funds or issue securities. Until such time as our shares of common stock are listed, we will not:

borrow in excess of 300% of our total “net assets” (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments;
borrow in excess of 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets, unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report along with justification for the excess. This policy limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments and will only apply once we have ceased raising capital under our initial public offering and have invested substantially all of our capital;
make investments in assets located outside of the United States;
acquire undeveloped land, develop new real estate, or substantially re-develop existing real estate with an aggregate value in excess of 10% of the value of our total assets;
invest in or make mortgage loans unless an appraisal is obtained (from an independent appraiser in a transaction in which a majority of the independent directors so determine and in any transaction with our sponsor, our advisor, any director or any affiliate thereof) concerning the underlying property, except for those mortgage loans insured or guaranteed by a government or government agency;
make or invest in mortgage loans, including construction loans, on any one property if the aggregate amount of all mortgage loans on such property would exceed an amount equal to 85% of the appraised value of such property as determined by our board of directors, including a majority of the independent directors, unless substantial justification exists for exceeding such limit because of the presence of other underwriting criteria;
make or invest in indebtedness secured by a mortgage on real property which is subordinated to liens or other indebtedness of our advisor, our sponsor, any of our directors or any other affiliate;

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make investments that would cause the related acquisition fees and acquisition expenses to be unreasonable or exceed 4.5% of the purchase price of our portfolio or, in the case of all of our mortgage loans, 4.5% of the funds advanced; provided that the portfolio of investments may be assembled if a majority of our independent directors determines that such transactions are commercially competitive, fair and reasonable to us;
invest in equity securities (including any preferred equity securities) unless a majority of directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves such investment as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable, other than equity securities of a REIT or other real estate operating company;
invest in publicly traded real estate equity or debt securities, including, but not limited to, CMBS, in excess of 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our offering period and thereafter;
invest in or originate real estate loans (excluding publicly traded real estate debt) in excess of 20% of the aggregate value of our assets as of the close of our offering period and thereafter;
invest in real estate contracts of sale, otherwise known as land sale contracts, unless the contract is in recordable form and is appropriately recorded in the chain of title;
invest in commodities or commodity futures contracts, except for futures contracts when used solely for the purpose of hedging in connection with our ordinary business of investing in real estate assets and mortgages;
issue equity securities on a deferred payment basis or other similar arrangement;
issue debt securities in the absence of adequate cash flow to cover debt service;
issue equity securities that are assessable after we have received the consideration for which our board of directors authorized their issuance;
issue equity securities redeemable solely at the option of the holder, which restriction has no effect on our share repurchase program or the ability of our operating partnership to issue redeemable partnership interests;
issue options or warrants to purchase shares to our advisor, our directors, our sponsor or any of their affiliates except on the same terms as such options or warrants, if any, are sold to the general public. Further, the amount of the options or warrants issued to our advisor, our directors or any of their affiliates cannot exceed an amount equal to 10% of our outstanding shares on the date of grant of the warrants and options;
make any investment that we believe will be inconsistent with our objectives of qualifying and remaining qualified as a REIT unless and until our board of directors determines, in its sole discretion, that REIT qualification is not in our best interests;
engage in any short sale;
invest in debt secured by a mortgage on real property that is subordinate to the lien of other debt in excess of 25% of our tangible assets;
engage in trading, as opposed to investment activities;
engage in underwriting activities or distribute, as agent, securities issued by others;
invest in foreign currency or bullion; or
acquire securities in any entity holding investments or engaging in activities prohibited by the foregoing restrictions on investments.

Our charter also includes restrictions on roll-up transactions, which are described under “Description of Securities — Restrictions on Roll-up Transactions” below.

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Financing Strategies and Policies

Financing for acquisitions and investments may be obtained at the time an asset is acquired or an investment is made or at a later time. In addition, debt financing may be used from time to time for property improvements, tenant improvements, leasing commissions and other working capital needs. The form of our indebtedness will vary and could be long-term or short-term, secured or unsecured, or fixed-rate or floating rate. We will not enter into interest rate swaps or caps, or similar hedging transactions or derivative arrangements for speculative purposes but may do so in order to manage or mitigate our interest rate risks on variable rate debt.

Under our charter, the maximum amount of our total indebtedness shall not exceed 300% of our total “net assets” (as defined by the NASAA REIT Guidelines) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments.

In addition, it is currently our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets, unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for borrowing such a greater amount. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits.

We will not borrow from our sponsor, our advisor, any of our directors or any of their respective affiliates unless a majority of our directors, including a majority of our independent directors, not otherwise interested in the transaction approves the transaction as being fair, competitive and commercially reasonable and no less favorable to us than comparable loans between unaffiliated parties.

Except with respect to the investment limitations contained in our charter, we may reevaluate and change our financing policies without a stockholder vote. Factors that we would consider when reevaluating or changing our debt policy include: then-current economic conditions, the relative cost and availability of debt and equity capital, our expected investment opportunities, the ability of our investments to generate sufficient cash flow to cover debt service requirements and other similar factors.

Insurance Policies

We typically purchase comprehensive liability, rental loss and all-risk property casualty insurance covering our real property investments provided by reputable companies, with commercially reasonable deductibles, limits and policy specifications customarily carried for similar properties. There are, however, certain types of losses that may be either uninsurable or not economically insurable, such as losses due to floods, riots, terrorism or acts of war. If an uninsured loss occurs, we could lose our “invested capital” in, and anticipated profits from, the property. For these purposes, “invested capital” means the original issue price paid for the shares of our common stock reduced by prior distributions from the sale or financing of our properties. See the section entitled “Risk Factors — General Risks Related to Investments in Real Estate” in this prospectus for additional discussion regarding insurance.

Disposition Policies

We intend to hold each asset we acquire for an extended period of time, generally three to six years. However, circumstances may arise that could result in the earlier sale of some assets. The determination of whether an asset will be sold or otherwise disposed of will be made after consideration of relevant factors, including prevailing economic conditions, specific real estate market conditions, tax implications for our stockholders, and other factors. The requirements for qualification as a REIT also will put some limits on our ability to sell assets after short holding periods. See the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in this prospectus.

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The determination of whether a particular property should be sold or otherwise disposed of will be made after consideration of relevant factors, including prevailing economic conditions, specific real estate market circumstances, and current tenant creditworthiness, with a view to achieving maximum capital appreciation. We cannot assure you that this objective will be realized. The selling price of a property that is net leased will be determined in large part by the amount of rent payable under the lease and the “sales multiple” applied to that rent. If a tenant has a repurchase option at a formula price, we may be limited in realizing any appreciation. In connection with our sales of properties we may lend the purchaser all or a portion of the purchase price. In these instances, our taxable income may exceed the cash received in the sale. The terms of payment will be affected by custom in the area in which the property being sold is located and the then-prevailing economic conditions.

In addition, if during the period ending two years after the close of our initial public offering, we sell assets and then reinvest in assets, we will pay our advisor 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each property acquired (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such property) and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investment); provided, however, that in no event shall the total of all acquisition fees and acquisition expenses (including any financing coordination fees) payable in respect of our total reinvestments exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price of our portfolio (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to our portfolio) or 4.5% of the amount advanced for all loans or other investments (including our pro rata share of debt attributable to such investments).

Other Policies

Subject to applicable law, our board of directors has the authority, without further stockholder approval, to issue additional authorized common stock and/or preferred stock or otherwise raise capital in any manner and on terms and for the consideration it deems appropriate, including in exchange for property and/or as consideration for acquisitions. Existing stockholders will have no preemptive right to additional shares issued in any future offering or other issuance of our capital stock, and any offering or issuance may cause dilution of your investment. In addition, preferred stock could have distribution, voting, liquidation and other rights and preferences that are senior to those of our common stock. See the section entitled “Description of Securities” elsewhere in this prospectus. We may in the future issue common stock or preferred stock in connection with acquisitions, including issuing common stock or preferred stock in exchange for property, other assets, or entities. We also may issue units of partnership interests in our operating partnership in connection with acquisitions of property or other assets or entities.

Money Market Investments

Pending the purchase of other permitted investments, or to provide the reserve described below, we will temporarily invest in one or more unaffiliated money market mutual funds or directly in certificates of deposit, commercial paper, interest-bearing government securities and other short-term instruments. We intend to hold substantially all funds, pending our investment in real estate or real estate-related assets, in assets which will allow us to continue to qualify as a REIT. These investments will be highly liquid and provide for appropriate safety of principal, such as cash, cash items and government securities. Cash items include cash on hand, cash deposited in time and demand accounts with financial institutions, receivables which arise in our ordinary course of operation, commercial paper and certificates of deposit. Generally, government securities are any securities issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States federal government. See the section entitled “Certain Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation — REIT Qualification Tests” in this prospectus.

Appraisals

To the extent we make mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans or invest in mortgage, bridge or mezzanine loans in transactions with our sponsor, advisor or directors or their respective affiliates, an appraisal will be conducted by an independent qualified real estate appraiser, and then a majority of the directors will approve the consideration paid for such properties based on the appraisal. If a majority of independent directors so determines, the fair market value will be determined by a qualified independent real estate appraiser selected by the independent directors.

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Appraisals are estimates of value and should not be relied on as measures of true worth or realizable value. We will maintain the appraisal in our records for at least five years, and copies of each appraisal will be available for review by stockholders upon their request.

Investment Company Act Considerations

We intend to conduct our operations so that the company and each of its subsidiaries is not an investment company under the Investment Company Act. Under the Investment Company Act, in relevant part, a company is an “investment company” if:

pursuant to Section 3(a)(1)(A), it is, or holds itself out as being, engaged primarily, or proposes to engage primarily, in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities; or
pursuant to Section 3(a)(1)(C), it is engaged, or proposes to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities and owns or proposes to acquire “investment securities” having a value exceeding 40% of the value of its total assets (exclusive of government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. “Investment securities” excludes U.S. Government securities and securities of majority-owned subsidiaries that are not themselves investment companies and are not relying on the exception from the definition of investment company under Section 3(c)(1) or Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act.

We intend to acquire real estate and real-estate related assets directly, for example, by acquiring fee interests in real property, or by purchasing interests, including controlling interests, in REITs or other “real estate operating companies,” such as real estate management companies and real estate development companies, that own real property. We also may acquire real estate assets through joint venture entities, including joint venture entities in which we may not own a controlling interest. We anticipate that our assets generally will be held in wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries of the company, each formed to hold a particular asset.

We intend to conduct our operations so that the company and most, if not all, of its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries will comply with the 40% test. We will continuously monitor our holdings on an ongoing basis to determine the compliance of the company and each wholly and majority-owned subsidiary with this test. We expect that most, if not all, of the company’s wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries will not be relying on exemptions under either Section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the Investment Company Act. Consequently, interests in these subsidiaries (which are expected to constitute most, if not all, of our assets) generally will not constitute “investment securities.” Accordingly, we believe that the company and most, if not all, of its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries will not be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(C) of the Investment Company Act.

In addition, we believe that neither the company nor any of its wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries will be considered investment companies under Section 3(a)(1)(A) of the Investment Company Act because they will not engage primarily or hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities. Rather, the company and its subsidiaries will be primarily engaged in non-investment company businesses related to real estate. Consequently, the company and its subsidiaries expect to be able to conduct their respective operations such that none of them will be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

The determination of whether an entity is a majority-owned subsidiary of our company is made by us. The Investment Company Act defines a majority-owned subsidiary of a person as a company 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned by such person, or by another company which is a majority-owned subsidiary of such person. The Investment Company Act further defines voting securities as any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote for the election of directors of a company. We treat entities in which we own at least a majority of the outstanding voting securities as majority-owned subsidiaries for purposes of the 40% test. We have not requested that the SEC staff approve our treatment of any entity as a majority-owned subsidiary and the SEC staff has not done so. If the SEC staff were to disagree with our treatment of one or more subsidiary entities as majority-owned subsidiaries, we would need to adjust our strategy and our assets in order to continue to comply with the 40% test. Any such adjustment in our strategy could have a material adverse effect on us.

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We intend to conduct our operations so that neither we nor any of our wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries fall within the definition of “investment company” under the Investment Company Act. If the company or any of its wholly or majority-owned subsidiaries inadvertently falls within one of the definitions of “investment company,” we intend to rely on the exclusion provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act, which is available for entities primarily engaged in the business of “purchasing or otherwise acquiring mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate.” In addition to prohibiting the issuance of certain types of securities, this exclusion generally requires that at least 55% of an entity’s assets must be comprised of mortgages and other liens on and interests in real estate, also known as “qualifying assets,” and at least 80% of the entity’s assets must be comprised of qualifying assets and a broader category of assets that we refer to as “real estate-related assets” under the Investment Company Act. Additionally, no more than 20% of the entity’s assets may be comprised of miscellaneous assets.

We will classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act, including our 3(c)(5)(C) exclusion, in large measure upon no-action positions taken by the SEC staff in the past. These no-action positions were issued in accordance with factual situations that may be substantially different from the factual situations we may face, and a number of these no-action positions were issued more than ten years ago. No assurance can be given that the SEC staff will concur with our classification of our assets. In addition, the SEC staff may, in the future, issue further guidance that may require us to re-classify our assets for purposes of the Investment Company Act. If we are required to re-classify our assets, we may no longer be in compliance with the exclusion from the definition of an investment company provided by Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act.

For purposes of determining whether we satisfy the 55%/80% tests, we will classify the assets in which we invest as follows:

Real Property.  Based on the no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, we will classify our fee interests in real properties as qualifying assets. In addition, based on no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, we will treat our investments in joint ventures, which in turn invest in qualifying assets such as real property, as qualifying assets only if we have the right to approve major decisions affecting the joint venture; otherwise, such investments will be classified as real estate-related assets. We expect that no less than 55% of our assets will consist of investments in real property, including any joint ventures that we control.
Securities.  We intend to treat as real estate-related assets debt and equity securities of both non-majority owned publicly traded and private companies primarily engaged in real estate businesses, including REITs and other real estate operating companies, and securities issued by pass-through entities of which substantially all the assets consist of qualifying assets or real estate-related assets.
Loans.  Based on the no-action letters issued by the SEC staff, we will classify our investments in various types of whole loans as qualifying assets, as long as the loans are “fully secured” by an interest in real estate at the time we originate or acquire the loan. However, we will consider loans with loan-to-value ratios in excess of 100% to be real estate-related assets. We will treat our mezzanine loan investments as qualifying assets so long as they are structured as “Tier 1” mezzanine loans in accordance with the guidance published by the SEC staff in a no-action letter that discusses the classifications of Tier 1 mezzanine loans under Section 3(c)(5)(C) of the Investment Company Act.

We will classify our investments in construction loans as qualifying assets, as long as the loans are “fully secured” by an interest in real estate at the time we originate or acquire the loan. With respect to construction loans that are funded over time, we will consider the outstanding balance (i.e., the amount of the loan actually drawn) as a qualifying asset. The SEC staff has not issued no-action letters specifically addressing construction loans. If the SEC staff takes a position in the future that is contrary to our classification, we will modify our classification accordingly.

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interest in a mortgage loan that is fully secured by real property; (2) we have the right to receive our proportionate share of the interest and the principal payments made on the loan by the borrower, and our returns on the loan are based on such payments; (3) we invest only after performing the same type of due diligence and credit underwriting procedures that we would perform if we were underwriting the underlying mortgage loan; (4) we have approval rights in connection with any material decisions pertaining to the administration and servicing of the loan and with respect to any material modification to the loan agreements; and (5) if the loan becomes non-performing, we have effective control over the remedies relating to the enforcement of the mortgage loan, including ultimate control of the foreclosure process, by having the right to: (a) appoint the special servicer to manage the resolution of the loan; (b) advise, direct or approve the actions of the special servicer; (c) terminate the special servicer at any time with or without cause; (d) cure the default so that the mortgage loan is no longer non-performing; and (e) purchase the senior loan at par plus accrued interest, thereby acquiring the entire mortgage loan.

We will base our treatment of any other investments as qualifying assets and real estate-related assets on the characteristics of the underlying collateral and the particular type of loan (including whether we have foreclosure rights with respect to those securities or loans that have underlying real estate collateral) and we will make these determinations in a manner consistent with guidance issued by the SEC staff.

Qualification for exemption from registration under the Investment Company Act will limit our ability to make certain investments. For example, these restrictions may limit the ability of the company and its subsidiaries to invest directly in mortgage-related securities that represent less than the entire ownership in a pool of mortgage loans, debt and equity tranches of securitizations and certain asset-backed securities and real estate companies or in assets not related to real estate. Although we intend to monitor our portfolio, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain this exemption from registration for our company or each of our subsidiaries.

A change in the value of any of our assets could negatively affect our ability to maintain our exemption from regulation under the Investment Company Act. To maintain compliance with the Section 3(c)(5)(C) exclusion, we may be unable to sell assets we would otherwise want to sell and may need to sell assets we would otherwise wish to retain. In addition, we may have to acquire additional assets that we might not otherwise have acquired or may have to forego opportunities to acquire assets that we would otherwise want to acquire and would be important to our investment strategy.

To the extent that the SEC staff provides more specific guidance regarding any of the matters bearing upon the definition of investment company and the exceptions to that definition, we may be required to adjust our investment strategy accordingly. Additional guidance from the SEC staff could provide additional flexibility to us, or it could further inhibit our ability to pursue the investment strategy we have chosen.

If we are required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act, we would become subject to substantial regulation with respect to our capital structure (including our ability to use borrowings), management, operations, transactions with affiliated persons (as defined in the Investment Company Act), and portfolio composition, including restrictions with respect to diversification and industry concentration and other matters. Compliance with the Investment Company Act would, accordingly, limit our ability to make certain investments and require us to significantly restructure our business plan.

Change in Investment Objectives, Policies and Limitations

Our charter requires that our independent directors review our investment policies at least annually to determine that the policies we are following are in the best interests of our stockholders. Each determination and the basis therefor shall be set forth in the minutes of the meetings of our board of directors. Our investment policies and objectives and the methods of implementing our investment objectives and policies, except to the extent set forth in our charter, may be altered by a majority of our independent directors, including a majority of the independent directors, without approval of our stockholders. Our charter provides that the board may not amend provisions of the charter relating to investment policies or investment restrictions without the approval of the majority of the shares entitled to vote on such matter.

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VALUATION POLICIES

Valuation Guidelines; Calculation of NAV

Our board of directors has adopted valuation guidelines to be used in connection with valuing our properties and other real estate related assets and liabilities and calculating NAV. Our advisor will administer our valuation guidelines. Our advisor will calculate the NAV taking into consideration the appraisals of our properties performed by the independent valuer and in accordance with the valuation guidelines established by our board of directors. Our advisor will review each valuation established by the independent valuer for consistency with our valuation guidelines and the reasonableness of the independent valuer’s conclusions. Along with any information available to the independent valuer based on its own contacts and experience, the independent valuer will have access to all information about our investment portfolio that the independent valuer deems relevant. Our advisor will also determine the valuation of our properties and will compare each appraisal by the independent valuer to its own determinations. If in our advisor’s opinion the appraisals are materially higher or lower than our advisor’s determinations of value, our advisor will discuss the appraisals with the independent valuer. If our advisor determines that the appraisals are still materially higher or lower than its valuations, a valuation committee, comprised of our independent directors, will review the appraisals and valuations, and make a final determination of value.

As a public company, we will be required to issue financial statements based on historical cost in accordance with GAAP. The calculation of our NAV involves an adjustment of the value of our assets from historical cost to an attempt to value our assets to fair value in accordance with the GAAP principles set forth in FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The fair value of our assets will be estimated in accordance with our valuation guidelines. However, because such fair value calculations involve significant subjective judgments concerning factors such as comparable sales, rental and operating expense data, capitalization or discount rate, and projections of future rent and expenses, valuations will be only estimates, and ultimate realization depends on conditions beyond our, our advisor’s, or the independent valuer’s control. Additionally, the NAV of our assets do not necessarily represent the price at which we would be able to sell such assets. As there is no SEC, FINRA, or state regulatory authority rule or regulation that requires us to use a particular methodology in calculating our NAV and there is no standardized practice established among public REITs for NAV calculations, other public REITs may use different methodologies to calculate NAV.

The board of directors will oversee our advisor’s NAV calculation and will review and approve the valuations. While the board of directors will rely on the advisor’s valuation and the independent valuer’s determination of the value of the real property assets, the board of directors will, in its discretion and as appropriate, consider other factors. At least one time per calendar year, our independent valuer will review our valuation guidelines and methodologies with the advisor and our board of directors and the board of directors will make a determination as to whether or not it will make modifications to such guidelines and methodologies. The board of directors will also have the right to replace the independent valuer at any time by majority vote, and the board of directors will also be required to approve any changes to our valuation guidelines.

At least quarterly, the board of directors will meet with representatives of our advisor and the independent valuer to receive their recommendations and to evaluate whether the valuation complies with our valuation guidelines. In the exercise of its business judgment, our board of directors will have sole discretion to accept or revise the valuation, and the board of directors will be ultimately and solely responsible for the determination of value. The board of directors may elect to engage additional valuation firms to review the valuation.

Independent Valuer

The valuation of our properties will be managed by our independent valuer, Duff & Phelps, LLC, a valuation firm selected by our advisor and approved by our board of directors, including a majority of our independent directors. Duff & Phelps, LLC is engaged in the business of providing valuation services and has offices in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Duff & Phelps, LLC is not affiliated with us or with our advisor or any of its or our affiliates, other than by virtue of it providing valuation and other services to affiliates of our sponsor. The valuation services agreement with Duff & Phelps, LLC is for an initial term of

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one year, and such agreement will be automatically renewed unless either party provides 90 days’ notice prior to the end of the initial one-year term or any of the subsequent automatic one-year renewal terms. Each of our properties will be appraised at least annually and appraisals will be scheduled over the course of a year so that approximately 25% of all properties are appraised each quarter.

Valuation of Our Properties

The original cost of the properties purchased by us are recorded at fair value at the date of purchase and we perform due diligence to determine a purchase price that represents a value that would be received for such asset in an orderly transaction between market participants at the date of purchase. In determining the value of our property portfolio, our advisor will consider an estimate of the market value of our property portfolio which will be provided by the independent valuer on a regular basis. In calculating its estimate, the independent valuer will use all reasonably available material information that it deems relevant, including information from our advisor, the independent valuer’s own sources or data, or market information. The independent valuer may also review information such as trends in capitalization rates, discount rates, interest rates, leasing rates and other economic factors.

The independent valuer will analyze the cash flow from and characteristics of each property in our portfolio and will use this information to estimate projected cash flows for the portfolio as a whole. In order to calculate an estimate of the portfolio’s market value, the independent valuer will analyze the portfolio’s projected cash flows using a discounted cash flow approach. Alternatively, the independent valuer will consider other valuation methodologies in addition to the discounted cash flow approach, as necessary; provided, that all additional valuation methodologies, opinions and judgments used by the independent valuer will be consistent with our valuation guidelines and the recommendations set forth in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and the requirements of the Code of Professional Ethics and Standards of Professional Ethics and Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice of the Appraisal Institute.

All properties will initially be valued at cost (purchase price plus all related acquisition costs and expenses cost, which we expect to represent fair value). Acquisition costs and expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio containing multiple properties that cannot be attributed to any single property will be allocated among the applicable properties pro rata based on the independent valuer determinations of each property’s relative value. Beginning with the first valuation after we have owned a property for a full quarter, the property will be valued as part of our overall real estate portfolio.

To the extent that our board of directors or our advisor becomes aware of facts or circumstances at a specific property that may result in a material change in value, our advisor or board of directors will order a new appraisal of the property. The independent valuer also can require additional appraisals if the independent valuer believes that a property’s value may have changed materially since the last valuation.

Valuation of Our Real Estate Liabilities

Our advisor will also estimate the market value of our real estate related liabilities by using industry accepted methodologies. For example, mortgage loans collateralized by our real estate will usually be valued by comparing the differences between the contractual loan terms and current market loan terms, which usually involves the present value of any outstanding payments and maturity amount at a market based interest rate. The interest rate will reflect associated risks, including loan-to-value ratio, remaining term, the quality of the collateral and credit risk. Our advisor may consider input from the independent valuer or other independent valuers in making this determination.

Operating Income

We will receive operating income from our investments intermittently. Therefore, we will estimate our net operating income rather than applying it when we actually receive it, and assume that we have earned (accrued) a proportionate amount on a quarterly basis. We will adjust the estimates based on our receipt of items of income and incurrence of expenses, but stockholders bear the risk that, until such adjustment, our net assets could be under- or over-valued.

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Calculation of Per Share NAV by Our Advisor

To calculate our quarterly per share NAV, our advisor will follow the guidelines established in IPA 2013-01. IPA 2013-01 outlines the following in NAV methodology to calculate NAV:

Step 1: Determination of Gross Asset Value: We will establish the fair value of wholly owned individual real properties and real estate-related assets (taking into consideration an estimate provided by an independent valuer as described above) consistent with ASC 820. We will then add the fair value of assets and liabilities related to our investment interests in joint ventures and non-wholly owned subsidiaries based on the net fair value of such entities’ assets less liabilities and the provisions of the joint venture/subsidiary agreements relating to the allocation of economic interests between the parties to such agreements. We will establish the fair value of any other tangible assets. For this purpose, cash, receivables, and certain prepaid expenses and other current assets which have a defined and quantifiable future value should be included. Assets with a future value may include, but are not necessarily limited to, prepaid expenses and taxes, acquisition deposits and prepaid rental income where not otherwise accounted for in the determination of the fair values of real estate and real estate-related assets. Intangible assets to be excluded include, but are not limited to, deferred financing costs, and all assets/liabilities required by ASC 805. Private non-listed securities and business interests will be valued at estimated fair value.

Step 2: Determination of Liabilities: Current liabilities will be valued at GAAP book value when it approximates fair value. Debt maturing in one year or more will be valued at fair value, or mark to market. The value of minority interests will be based on allocation of fair value of assets less liabilities of each joint venture based on each applicable provision of the joint venture agreement relating to the allocation of economic interests between the parties.

Step 3: Preferred Securities, Special Interests & Incentive Fee Adjustments: We will calculate and deduct: (i) any net asset value allocable to preferred securities; and (ii) any estimated incentive fees, participations, or special interests held by or allocable to the sponsor, advisor or its affiliates, based on our aggregate NAV and payable in a hypothetical liquidation of the company as of the valuation date in accordance with the provisions of the operating partnership and advisory agreements and the terms of the preferred securities.

Step 4: Determination of Per Share Amount: We will divide the resulting NAV allocable to stockholders by the number of common shares outstanding on the valuation date (fully diluted).

Our advisor will estimate these amounts based on factors such as (1) quarterly operating budgets for the assets; (2) estimated management fees payable to our advisor; (3) quarterly budgets for all other expenses; and (4) year-to-date actual performance data. Our advisor will update our budgets and adjust our accruals to reflect actual operating results and to reflect outstanding receivable, payable and other account balances at least one time per month. Our advisor will then add any assets held directly by the REIT, including cash and cash equivalents, and subtract any estimated accrued liabilities that the operating partnership will not reimburse. The result of this calculation will be our NAV as of the end of such business day. Our quarterly per share NAV will be determined by dividing our NAV by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock, prior to giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases on such day.

Our advisor is responsible for the ultimate calculation of the quarterly NAV, but its determinations are subject to the review of our board of directors, which will oversee our advisor’s NAV calculation and review the process used by our advisor to estimate accrued liabilities and calculate NAV at least once per quarter. The independent directors are responsible for reviewing the compensation to our advisor and determining that such compensation is reasonable in relation to the nature and quality of the services performed by our advisor, including the calculations of NAV, and our board of directors will evaluate our advisor’s performance annually. If the independent directors or our board of directors determines that our advisor’s fees are not appropriate in light of its performance and the services to be performed by our advisor, including the calculations of NAV, our board of directors may request that our advisor reduces its fees, terminate the advisory agreement with our advisor or retain a new advisor.

Though NAV is presented to provide a valuation at which our shares may be purchased or repurchased, no liquidity discounts will be made to the NAV to represent the limited nature in which a stockholder may request the repurchase of their shares under the current or any amended share repurchase program.

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The below table contains a hypothetical calculation illustrating our NAV calculation. The below tables assume that we have 82,525,000 shares issued and outstanding, with real estate assets at fair value of $2.2 billion. The amounts shown in the table below are for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of our current or projected financial condition or performance:

 
  NAV
Fair value of real-estate related assets   $ 2,245,000,000  
Other assets, cost approximates fair value     500,500,000  
Less:         
Fair value of real-estate related debt     (522,500,000  
Other liabilities, cost approximates fair value     (30,000,000  
Estimated incentive fees     (10,000,000 ) 
Net asset value   $ 2,183,000,000  
Shares of common stock on a fully-diluted basis     82,525,000  
NAV per share   $ 26.45  

Limits on the Calculation of Our Per Share NAV

Although our primary goal in establishing our valuation guidelines is to produce a valuation that represents a reasonable estimate of the market value of our investments, or the price that would be received upon the sale of our investments in market transactions, our independent valuer will use methodologies based on judgments, assumptions and opinions about future events that may or may not prove to be correct, and if different judgments, assumptions or opinions were used, a different estimate would likely result. Furthermore, our published per share NAV may not fully reflect certain extraordinary events, including, without limitation, the unexpected renewal or termination of a material lease, or unanticipated structural or environmental events affecting the value of a property, because we may not be able to quantify the financial impact of such events on our portfolio right away. Our advisor will monitor our portfolio between valuations to determine whether there have been any extraordinary events that may have materially changed the estimated market value of the portfolio. We will announce any such extraordinary events and our advisor will analyze the impact of such extraordinary event on our portfolio and determine, in coordination with the independent valuer, the appropriate adjustment to be made to our NAV. We will not, however, retroactively adjust NAV. To the extent that the extraordinary events may result in a material change in value of a specific property, our advisor or board of directors will order a new appraisal of such property, which will be prepared by the independent valuer. It is not known whether any resulting disparity will benefit selling or non-selling stockholders or purchasers of our common stock.

NAV does not represent the fair value of our assets less liabilities under GAAP. NAV is not a representation, warranty or guarantee of the following: (a) a stockholder would ultimately realize distributions per share equal to per share NAV upon a liquidation of our assets and settlement of our liabilities or upon any other liquidity event, (b) shares of our common stock would trade at NAV on a national securities exchange, (c) any third party in an arms-length transaction would offer to purchase all or substantially all of our shares of common stock at NAV, and (d) NAV would equate to a market price for an open-end real estate fund.

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COMPETITION

The retail market is highly competitive. We compete in all of our markets with other owners and operators of retail properties. The continued development of new retail properties has intensified the competition among owners and operators of these types of real estate in many market areas in which we currently operate and intend to operate in the future. We compete based on a number of factors that include location, rental rates, security, suitability of the property’s design to prospective tenants’ needs and the manner in which the property is operated and marketed. The number of competing properties in a particular market could have a material effect on our occupancy levels, rental rates and on the operating expenses of certain of our properties.

In addition, we will compete with other entities engaged in real estate investment activities to locate suitable properties to acquire and to locate tenants and purchasers for our properties. These competitors will include other REITs, specialty finance companies, savings and loan associations, banks, mortgage bankers, insurance companies, mutual funds, institutional investors, investment banking firms, lenders, governmental bodies and other entities. There are also other REITs with asset acquisition objectives similar to ours and others may be organized in the future. Some of these competitors, including larger REITs, have substantially greater marketing and financial resources than we will have and generally may be able to accept more risk than we can prudently manage, including risks with respect to the creditworthiness of tenants. In addition, these same entities seek financing through similar channels to our company. Therefore, we will compete for institutional investors in a market where funds for real estate investment may decrease.

Competition from these and other third party real estate investors may limit the number of suitable investment opportunities available to us. It also may result in higher prices, lower yields and a narrower spread of yields over our borrowing costs, making it more difficult for us to acquire new investments on attractive terms. In addition, competition for desirable investments could delay the investment of proceeds from this offering in desirable assets, which may in turn reduce our earnings per share and negatively affect our ability to commence or maintain distributions to stockholders.

We believe that our senior management’s experience, coupled with our financing, professionalism, diversity of properties and reputation in the industry will enable us to compete with the other real estate investment companies.

Because we are organized as an UPREIT, we are well-positioned within the industries in which we operate currently, as well as industries in which we intend to operate, to offer existing owners the opportunity to contribute those properties to our company in tax-deferred transactions using our operating partnership units as transactional currency.

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DESCRIPTION OF REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS

We have acquired the following real estate investments through August 31, 2013:

Discount Retail

1 freestanding Dollar General store located in Mission, Texas purchased on April 29, 2013 and 1 freestanding Dollar General store located in Sullivan, Missouri purchased on May 3, 2013, or Dollar General I;
2 freestanding Dollar General stores located in Louisiana (Bogalusa and Donaldsonville) purchased on July 12, 2013, or Dollar General II;
5 freestanding Dollar General stores located in Michigan (Athens, Fowler, Hudson, Muskegon and Reese) purchased on July 16, 2013, or Dollar General III;
2 freestanding Dollar General stores located in Bainbridge, Georgia and Vanleer, Tennessee purchased on July 29, 2013, or Dollar General IV;
1 freestanding Dollar General store located in Meraux, Louisiana purchased on August 2, 2013, or Dollar General V;
1 freestanding Dollar General store located in Natalbany, Louisiana purchased on August 23, 2013, or Dollar General VI;
1 freestanding Dollar General store located in Gasburg, Virginia purchased on August 23, 2013, or Dollar General VII;
1 freestanding Family Dollar store located in Butler, Kentucky purchased on August 12, 2013, or Family Dollar I;
1 freestanding Family Dollar store located in Danville, Arkansas purchased on August 21, 2013, or Family Dollar II; and
1 freestanding Family Dollar store located in Challis, Idaho purchased on August 27, 2013, or Family Dollar III.

Pharmacy

1 Walgreens pharmacy located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas purchased on July 8, 2013, or Walgreens I;
1 Walgreens pharmacy located in Tucker, Georgia purchased on August 23, 2013, or Walgreens II; and
1 CVS pharmacy located in Anniston, Alabama purchased on August 30, 2013, or CVS I.

Auto Retail

1 AutoZone store located in Cut Off, Louisiana purchased on July 16, 2013, or AutoZone I; and
1 O’Reilly Auto Parts store located in Maintowoc, Wisconsin purchased on August 19, 2013, or O’Reilly Auto Parts I.

Auto Services

1 freestanding Bridgestone/Firestone (“BSFS”) service center located in Fort Myers, Florida purchased on July 18, 2013, or BSFS I.

Specialty Retail

1 Tractor Supply store located in Vernon, Connecticut purchased on August 1, 2013, or Tractor Supply I; and
1 Mattress Firm store located in Tallahassee, Florida purchased on August 7, 2013, or Mattress Firm I.

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Home Maintenance

2 ground leasehold interests in Lowe’s stores located in Macon, Georgia and Fayetteville, North Carolina and 2 Lowe’s stores located in North Carolina (New Bern and Rocky Mount) purchased on August 19, 2013 and 1 ground leasehold interest in a Lowe’s store located in Aiken, South Carolina purchased on August 21, 2013, or Lowe’s I.

Supermarket

1 Food Lion supermarket located in Charlotte, North Carolina purchased on August 19, 2013, or Food Lion I.

Restaurant

2 Chili’s restaurants located in Texas (Lake Jackson and Victoria) purchased on August 30, 2013, or Chili’s I; and
2 Joe’s Crab Shack restaurants located in Westminster, Colorado and Houston, Texas purchased on August 30, 2013, or Joe’s Crab Shack I.

Dollar General Portfolio

Each of the properties is 100% leased to a subsidiary of Dollar General Corporation (NYSE: “DG”) and the leases are guaranteed by Dollar General Corporation, which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The leases are net whereby the tenant is to pay substantially all operating expenses, including all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the buildings, and the cost of all capital expenditures, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the properties with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on these properties post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Dollar General Corporation is the largest small-box discount retailer in the United States. Dollar General Corporation’s stores offer convenience and value to customers, by offering consumable basic items that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids and cleaning supplies, as well as a selection of basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices.

The following table provides information relating to the sellers, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number
of
Properties
  Seller(s)   Purchase
Price
  Lease Term
Remaining At
Acquisition(1)
  Rental
Escalations
  Renewal
Options
  Rentable
Square
Feet
  Annualized
Rental
Income(2)
Dollar General I     2       RSBR Investments, LLC
    $ 2.2 million       15.0       None       Three five-year
options
      18,126     $ 0.2 million  
Dollar General II     2       Sullivan DG, LLC
and Plank DG, LLC
    $ 2.3 million       14.9       None       Three five-year
options
      18,052     $ 0.2 million  
Dollar General III     5       Midwest V, LLC     $ 5.8 million       14.9       Varies       Five five-year
options
      45,989     $ 0.4 million  
Dollar General IV     2       Lucinda Rae Marino,
Surviving Co-Trustee of
the Beil Family Trust
Dated September 22,
1975 – Martial Trust and
the Beil Family Trust
Dated September 22,
1975 – Survivor’s Trust
    $ 2.0 million       12.6       3% increase
in the 11th
lease year
      Three to Four
five-year
options
      18,126     $ 0.2 million  
Dollar General V     1       Meraux DG, LLC     $ 2.3 million       14.5       3% increase
in the 11th
lease year
      Four five-year
options
      12,480     $ 0.2 million  
Dollar General VI     1       D’Argent Properties, LLC     $ 1.4 million       9.6       None       Three five-year
options
      9,014     $ 0.1 million  
Dollar General VII     1       KeBay Capital Corp. and
Par 5 Development
Group, LLC
    $ 1.2 million       14.6       3% increase
in the 11th
lease year
      Five five-year
options
      9,100     $ 0.1 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

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We believe each property is suitable and adequate for its uses.

We intend to adequately insure each property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the properties will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Family Dollar Portfolio

Each of the properties are 100% leased to a wholly owned subsidiary of Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: “FDO”), and all of the leases are guaranteed by Family Dollar Stores, Inc., which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The leases are net whereby the tenant is to pay substantially all operating expenses, excluding all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building and the costs of all capital expenditures, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the properties with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on these properties post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. is a regional chain of variety stores in the United States that opened its first location in 1959. Family Dollar Stores, Inc. currently operates a chain of general merchandise retail discount stores, providing consumers with a selection of low-priced merchandise in neighborhood stores.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase
Price
  Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square
Feet
  Annualized Rental Income(2)
Family Dollar I     1       Red River Development, LLC     $ 1.0 million       7.9       None       Four five-year
options
      8,050     $ 0.1 million  
Family Dollar II     1       FD Danville, LLC     $ 1.0 million       9.9       None       Five five-year
options
      8,028     $ 0.1 million  
Family Dollar III     1       Ninth Avenue, LLC     $ 1.0 million       9.1       None       Six five-year
options
      8,000     $ 0.1 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe each property is suitable and adequate for its uses.

We intend to adequately insure each property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the properties will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Walgreens Portfolio

Each of the properties are 100% leased to Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) or a subsidiary of Walgreen Co., and all of the leases are guaranteed by Walgreen Co., which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The tenant leases are net whereby the tenant is to pay substantially all operating expenses, including all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, and the cost of all capital expenditures, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the properties with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on these properties post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Walgreen Co., together with its subsidiaries, operates the largest drugstore chain in the United States. Walgreens provides its customers with convenient, multichannel access to consumer goods and services, pharmacy, and health and wellness services in communities across America. Walgreens offer its products and services through drugstores, as well as through mail, by telephone and online.

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The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase
Price
  Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
Walgreens I     1       STAMJA-DT AR
Properties, LLC
    $ 3.6 million       24.3       None       Lease term is
75 years; however,
the tenant has the
option to terminate
the lease after
300 months
(25 years)
      10,500     $ 0.2 million  
Walgreens II     1       LAVISTA 29, LLC     $ 3.2 million       19.6       None       Lease term is
75 years; however,
the tenant has the
option to terminate
the lease after
300 months
(25 years)
      14,490     $ 0.2 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe each property is suitable and adequate for its uses.

We intend to adequately insure each property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the properties will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

CVS Caremark Portfolio

The property is 100% leased to CVS Caremark Corporation (NYSE: CVS) and the lease is guaranteed by CVS Caremark Corp., which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The lease is double net whereby we, as the landlord, are responsible for maintaining the roof and structure of the building and the tenant is required to pay substantially all other operating expenses, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the property with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

CVS Caremark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is the largest integrated pharmacy health care provider in the United States.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase
Price
  Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal
Options
  Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
CVS I     1       LEE Vic, Inc.     $ 2.6 million       12.4       16% decrease in the
11th lease year and
14% increase in the
21st lease year
      Four five-year
options
      10,055     $ 0.2 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe the property is suitable and adequate for its use.

We intend to adequately insure the property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the property will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

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AutoZone Portfolio

The property is 100% leased to a subsidiary of AutoZone, Inc. (NYSE: “AZO”), which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The lease is net whereby the tenant is required to pay substantially all operating expenses, including all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the property with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

AutoZone, Inc. is the nation’s leading retailer, and a leading distributor, of automotive replacement parts and accessories in the United States.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
AutoZone I     1       AZO Cut Off, LLC     $ 1.5 million       14.1       5% increase in the
11th lease year
      Four five-year
options
      7,370     $ 0.1 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe the property is suitable and adequate for its use.

We intend to adequately insure the property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the property will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

O’Reilly Auto Parts Portfolio

The property is 100% leased to O’Reilly Automotive Inc. (NASDAQ: “ORLY”), which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The lease is net whereby the tenant is required to pay substantially all operating expenses, excluding all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the property with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is one of the largest specialty retailers of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories in the United States, selling its products to both do-it-yourself and professional service provider customers.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
O’Reilly Auto
Parts I
    1       Rex Radio and
Television, Inc.
    $ 1.0 million       16.9       8% increase in the
6th, 11th and
16th lease years
      Four five-year
options
      10,692     $ 0.1 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe the property is suitable and adequate for its use.

We intend to adequately insure the property.

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The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the property will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Bridgestone/Firestone Portfolio

The property is 100% leased to a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation (TYO: 5108), which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The lease is net whereby the tenant is required to pay substantially all operating expenses, excluding all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the property with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Bridgestone Corporation is the world’s largest tire and rubber company.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
BSFS I     1       First City
South, LLC
    $ 3.0 million       10.6       10% increase in the
6th and 11th lease
years
      Four five-year
options
      8,934     $ 0.3 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe the property is suitable and adequate for its use.

We intend to adequately insure the property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the property will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Tractor Supply Portfolio

The property is 100% leased to Tractor Supply Company (NASDAQ: “TSCO”). The lease is net whereby the tenant is required to pay substantially all operating expenses, excluding all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the property with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Tractor Supply Company is the largest operator of retail farm and ranch stores in the United States and is focused on supplying the lifestyle needs of recreational farmers and ranchers and those who enjoy the rural lifestyle, as well as tradesmen and small businesses.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
Tractor Supply I     1       Amigos 3, LLC     $ 4.1 million       14.3       10% increase in the 6th and 11th lease years       Four five-year
options
      19,097     $ 0.3 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

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We believe the property is suitable and adequate for its use.

We intend to adequately insure the property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the property will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Mattress Firm Portfolio

The property is 100% leased to Mattress Firm, Inc. which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mattress Firm Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: “MFRM”) and the lease is guaranteed by Mattress Holding Corp., which is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Mattress Firm Holding Corp. The lease is net whereby the tenant is required to pay substantially all operating expenses, excluding costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the property with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Mattress Firm Holding Corp. is a leading specialty retailer of mattresses and related products and accessories in the United States.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square
Feet
  Annualized Rental Income(2)
Mattress Firm I     1       MF Tallahassee,
LLC
    $ 2.5 million       11.8       10% increase in the 6th and 11th lease years       Two five-year
options
      5,000     $ 0.2 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe the property is suitable and adequate for its use.

We intend to adequately insure the property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the property will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Lowe’s Portfolio

The properties are 100% leased to Lowe’s Home Centers, Inc. and the leases are guaranteed by Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: “LOW”), which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The leases are net whereby the tenants are required to pay substantially all operating expenses, excluding all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. The ground leases are net whereby we, as the ground lessee, are required to pay substantially all operating expenses, including all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, and the cost of all capital expenditures, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the properties with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on these properties post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Lowe’s Companies, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, is a Fortune® 100 company and the world’s second largest home improvement retailer.

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The following table provides information relating to the sellers, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller(s)   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal
Options
  Rentable Square
Feet
  Annualized Rental Income(2)
Lowe’s I     5       Various     $ 58.7 million       15.9       Varies       Six five-year
options
      671,313     $ 4.7 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe each property is suitable and adequate for its uses.

We intend to adequately insure each property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the properties will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Food Lion Portfolio

The property is 100% leased to Food Lion, LLC and the lease is guaranteed by Delhaize America, Inc. The lease is net whereby the tenant is required to pay substantially all operating expenses, excluding all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the property with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
Food Lion I     1       Lilly Claire Company, LLC     $ 8.9 million       16.2       None       Six five-year
options
      44,549     $ 0.6 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe the property is suitable and adequate for its use.

We intend to adequately insure the property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the property will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Chili’s Portfolio

The properties are 100% leased to Brinker Texas, L.P., and the leases are guaranteed by Brinker International, Inc., which carries an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The leases are net whereby the tenants are required to pay substantially all operating expenses, including all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the properties with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on these properties post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Brinker International, Inc. is one of the world’s leading casual dining restaurant companies.

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The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal
Options
  Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
Chili’s I     2       Jose G. Diaz Trust     $ 5.8 million       12.3       None       Two five-year
options
      12,700     $ 0.4 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe each property is suitable and adequate for its uses.

We intend to adequately insure each property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the properties will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

Joe’s Crab Shack Portfolio

The properties are 100% leased to Crab Addison, Inc. as successor in interest by way of merger to Joe’s Crab Shack — Texas, Inc., and the leases are guaranteed by Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: “IRG”) The leases are net whereby the tenants are required to pay substantially all operating expenses, including all costs to maintain and repair the roof and structure of the building, in addition to base rent. We funded the acquisition of the properties with proceeds from the sale of our common stock. We may seek to obtain financing on these properties post-closing. However, there is no assurance that we will be able to obtain additional financing on terms we believe are favorable, or at all.

Founded in 1991, Joe’s Crab Shack is an established, national chain of casual seafood restaurants. The menu offers a variety of unique, high quality seafood items, with an emphasis on crab and Southern flavors.

The following table provides information relating to the seller, purchase price, amount of lease term remaining at the time of acquisition, rental escalations, renewal options, rentable square feet and annualized rental income.

               
               
Portfolio   Number of Properties   Seller   Purchase Price   Lease Term Remaining At Acquisition(1)   Rental Escalations   Renewal Options   Rentable Square Feet   Annualized Rental Income(2)
Joe’s Crab Shack I     2       Rose Development,
LLC and Blum Rose
Houston, LLC
    $ 8.0 million       13.6       10% increase
in the 6th,
11th and 16th
lease years
      None       16,012     $ 0.7 million  

(1) Remaining lease term in years at acquisition, calculated on a weighted-average basis.
(2) Annualized rental income at acquisition date on a straight-line basis.

We believe each property is suitable and adequate for its uses.

We intend to adequately insure each property.

The Federal tax basis and the rate of depreciation for the properties will be determined based upon the completion of cost allocation studies in connection with finalizing our 2013 Federal tax return.

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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following selected financial data is as of June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013:

 
Balance sheet data (in thousands)   June 30, 2013
Total real estate investments, at cost   $ 2,243  
Total assets     360,662  
Total liabilities     4,077  
Total stockholders’ equity     356,585  

 
Operating data (in thousands, except share and per share data)   For the Period from
January 22, 2013
(date of inception) to
June 30, 2013
Total revenues   $ 35  
Expenses:
        
Property operating     6  
Acquisition and transaction related     112  
General and administrative     142  
Depreciation and amortization     19  
Total expenses     279  
Net loss   $ (244 ) 
Other data:
        
Cash flows used in operating activities   $ (112 ) 
Cash flows used in investing activities     (4,414 ) 
Cash flows provided by financing activities     350,561  
Per share data:
        
Basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding     3,100,904  
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (0.08 ) 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements of American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. and the notes thereto. As used herein, the terms “Company,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc., a Maryland corporation, including, as required by context, American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, which we refer to as the “OP,” and its subsidiaries. The Company is externally managed by American Realty Capital Advisors V, LLC (our “Advisor”), a Delaware limited liability company.

Overview

We were incorporated on January 22, 2013 as a Maryland corporation that intends to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. On April 4, 2013, we commenced our IPO on a "reasonable best efforts" basis of up to 68.0 million shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, subject to certain volume and other discounts, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11, as amended (File No. 333-187092) (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registration Statement also covers up to 14.7 million shares of common stock available pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan (the "DRIP") under which our common stockholders may elect to have their distributions reinvested in additional shares of our common stock.

On April 25, 2013, we received and accepted aggregate subscriptions equal to the minimum of $2.0 million in shares of common stock, broke escrow and issued shares to our initial investors who were admitted as stockholders. As of June 30, 2013, we had 16.4 million shares of common stock outstanding, including unvested restricted shares and shares issued pursuant to the DRIP, and had received total proceeds of $405.8 million, including proceeds from shares issued pursuant to the DRIP. As of June 30, 2013, the aggregate value of all share issuances and subscriptions of common stock outstanding was $410.7 million, based on a per share value of $25.00 (or $23.75 for shares issued pursuant to the DRIP). Until the filing of the second quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or Annual Report on Form 10-K should such filing constitute the second quarterly financial filing) following the earlier of (i) our acquisition of at least $1.4 billion in total portfolio assets and (ii) April 4, 2015, which is two years from the effective date of our primary offering, shares in the direct stock purchase plan component of the Plan will be sold at up to $25.00 per share (including the maximum allowed to be charged for commissions and fees) and shares issued pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of our Plan will initially be equal to $23.75 per share. Thereafter, the per share purchase price will vary quarterly and will be equal to our NAV divided by the number of shares outstanding as of the end of business on the first day of each fiscal quarter after giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases effected in the prior quarter or per share NAV. Applicable commissions and fees will be added to the per share price for shares offered in the IPO but not for shares pursuant to the DRIP. We reserve the right to reallocate shares in our offering between the IPO and DRIP.

We were formed to primarily acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, comprised primarily of freestanding single-tenant retail properties that are net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. All such properties may be acquired and operated by us alone or jointly with another party. We may also originate or acquire first mortgage loans secured by real estate. We purchased our first property and commenced active operations on April 29, 2013. As of June 30, 2013, we owned two properties with an aggregate purchase price of $2.2 million, comprised of 18,126 rentable square feet which were 100.0% leased with a weighted-average remaining lease term of 14.8 years.

Substantially all of our business is conducted through the OP. We have no employees. We have retained the Advisor to manage our affairs on a day-to-day basis. American Realty Capital Properties V, LLC (the “Property Manager”) serves as our property manager. The Dealer Manager serves as the dealer manager of the IPO. The Advisor and the Property Manager are wholly owned subsidiaries of, and the Dealer Manager is under common ownership with our sponsor, AR Capital, LLC (the “Sponsor”), as a result of which they are related parties and each of which has received and may receive compensation, fees and other expense reimbursements for services related to the IPO and the investment and management of our assets. The Advisor, Property Manager and Dealer Manager may receive fees during the offering, acquisition, operational and liquidation stages.

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Significant Accounting Estimates and Critical Accounting Policies

Set forth below is a summary of the significant accounting estimates and critical accounting policies that management believes are important to the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Certain of our accounting estimates are particularly important for an understanding of our financial position and results of operations and require the application of significant judgment by our management. As a result, these estimates are subject to a degree of uncertainty. These significant accounting estimates and critical accounting policies include:

Offering and Related Costs

Offering and related costs include all expenses incurred in connection with our IPO. Offering costs (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fees) include costs that may be paid by the Advisor, the Dealer Manager or their affiliates on our behalf. These costs include but are not limited to (i) legal, accounting, printing, mailing, and filing fees; (ii) escrow service related fees; (iii) reimbursement of the Dealer Manager for amounts it may pay to reimburse the bona fide diligence expenses of broker-dealers; and (iv) reimbursement to the Advisor for a portion of the costs of its employees and other costs in connection with preparing supplemental sales materials and related offering activities. We are obligated to reimburse the Advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs paid by them on our behalf, provided that the Advisor is obligated to reimburse us to the extent organization and offering costs (excluding selling commissions and dealer manager fees) incurred by us in our offering exceed 2.0% of gross offering proceeds in the IPO. As a result, these costs are only our liability to the extent aggregate selling commissions, the dealer manager fee and other organization and offering costs do not exceed 12.0% of the gross proceeds determined at the end of our IPO.

Revenue Recognition

Our revenues, which are derived primarily from rental income, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. Since many of our leases provide for rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires us to record a receivable, and include in revenues, unbilled rent receivables that we will only receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease. We defer the revenue related to lease payments received from tenants in advance of their due dates.

We continually review receivables related to rent and unbilled rent receivables and determine collectability by taking into consideration the tenant's payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectability of a receivable is in doubt, we record an increase in our allowance for uncollectible accounts or record a direct write-off of the receivable in our consolidated statements of operations.

Investments in Real Estate

Investments in real estate are recorded at cost. Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life of the asset. Costs of repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of up to 40 years for buildings, 15 years for land improvements, five years for fixtures and improvements and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements and leasehold interests.

We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to record on an annual basis with respect to our investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income because if we were to shorten the expected useful lives of our investments in real estate, we would depreciate these investments over fewer years, resulting in more depreciation expense and lower net income on an annual basis. We are required to present the operations related to properties that have been sold or properties that are intended to be sold as discontinued operations in the statement of operations at fair value for all periods presented. Properties that are intended to be sold are to be designated as “held for sale” on the balance sheet.

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of real estate is considered a “critical accounting estimate” because the evaluation of impairment and the determination of fair values involve a number of management assumptions relating to future economic events that could materially affect the determination of the ultimate value, and therefore, the carrying amounts of our real estate. Additionally, decisions regarding when a property should be classified as held for sale are also highly subjective and require significant management judgment.

Events or changes in circumstances that could cause an evaluation for impairment include the following:

a significant decrease in the market price of a long-lived asset;
a significant adverse change in the extent or manner in which a long-lived asset is being used or in its physical condition;
a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of a long-lived asset, including an adverse action or assessment by a regulator;
an accumulation of costs significantly in excess of the amount originally expected for the acquisition or construction of a long-lived asset; and
a current-period operating or cash flow loss combined with a history of operating or cash flow losses or a projection or forecast that demonstrates continuing losses associated with the use of a long-lived asset.

We review our portfolio on an ongoing basis to evaluate the existence of any of the aforementioned events or changes in circumstances that would require us to test for recoverability. In general, our review of recoverability is based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the property's use and eventual disposition. These estimates consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value expected, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property. We are required to make subjective assessments as to whether there are impairments in the values of our investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.

Purchase Price Allocation

We allocate the purchase price of acquired properties to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their respective fair values. Tangible assets include land, land improvements, buildings, fixtures and tenant improvements on an as-if vacant basis. We utilize various estimates, processes and information to determine the as-if vacant property value. Estimates of value are made using customary methods, including data from appraisals, comparable sales, discounted cash flow analysis and other methods. Amounts allocated to land, land improvements, buildings and fixtures are based on cost segregation studies performed by independent third-parties or on our analysis of comparable properties in our portfolio. Identifiable intangible assets and liabilities, as applicable, include amounts allocated to acquire leases for above- and below-market lease rates, the value of in-place leases, and the value of customer relationships, as applicable.

The aggregate value of intangible assets and liabilities, as applicable, related to in-place leases is primarily the difference between the property valued with existing in-place leases adjusted to market rental rates and the property valued as if vacant. Factors considered by us in our analysis of the in-place lease intangibles include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up period for each property, taking into account current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, we include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at contract rates during the expected lease-up period, which typically ranges from six to 12 months. We also estimate costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses.

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estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease intangibles are amortized as a decrease to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. The capitalized below-market lease values are amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining term and any fixed rate renewal periods provided within the respective leases. In determining the amortization period for below-market lease intangibles, we initially will consider, and periodically evaluate on a quarterly basis, the likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option. The likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option is determined by taking into consideration the tenant's payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located.

The aggregate value of intangible assets related to customer relationships is measured based on our evaluation of the specific characteristics of each tenant's lease and our overall relationship with the tenant. Characteristics considered by us in determining these values include the nature and extent of our existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant's credit quality and expectations of lease renewals, among other factors.

The value of in-place leases is amortized to expense over the initial term of the respective leases, which is approximately 15 years. The value of customer relationship intangibles is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. If a tenant terminates its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles is charged to expense.

In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, we utilize a number of sources, including independent appraisals that may be obtained in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective property and other market data. We also consider information obtained about each property as a result of our pre-acquisition due diligence, as well as subsequent marketing and leasing activities, in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and intangible liabilities assumed.

Derivative Instruments

We may use derivative financial instruments to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with our borrowings. The principal objective of such agreements is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with our operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions.

We record all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether we have elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. We may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or we elect not to apply hedge accounting.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued guidance regarding disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities, which requires entities to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 with retrospective application for all comparative periods presented. The adoption of this guidance, which is related to disclosure only, did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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In July 2012, the FASB issued revised guidance intended to simplify how an entity tests indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. The amendments will allow an entity first to assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. An entity will no longer be required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset and perform the quantitative test unless the entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amendments are effective for annual and interim indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance which requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2012 with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this guidance, which is related to disclosure only, did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance clarifying the accounting and disclosure requirements for obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount under the arrangement is fixed at the reporting date. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2013. We do not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Results of Operations

We were incorporated on January 22, 2013 and purchased our first property and commenced active operations on April 29, 2013.

Rental Income

Rental income was approximately $29,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013. Rental income was driven by our acquisition and operation of two properties with an aggregate base purchase price of $2.2 million, comprising 18,126 rentable square feet which were 100.0% leased on a weighted-average basis as of June 30, 2013.

Operating Expense Reimbursements

Operating expense reimbursement revenue was approximately $6,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013. Pursuant to certain of our lease agreements, tenants are required to reimburse us for certain property operating expenses, in addition to base rent, whereas under certain other lease agreements, the tenants are directly responsible for all operating costs of the respective properties.

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013, were approximately $6,000. These costs primarily related to real estate taxes on our properties.

Acquisition and Transaction Related Costs

Acquisition and transaction related costs for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 were $0.1 million. These expenses related to acquisition fees, legal fees and other closing costs associated with our purchase of two properties with an aggregate purchase price of $2.2 million.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses of $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 primarily included board member compensation, insurance expense and professional fees. General and administrative expense includes costs absorbed by our Advisor of $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013.

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Depreciation and Amortization Expense

Depreciation and amortization expense of approximately $19,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 related to the properties acquired since we commenced active operations on April 29, 2013. The purchase price of acquired properties is allocated to tangible and identifiable intangible assets and depreciated or amortized over their estimated useful lives.

Cash Flows for the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013

During the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013, we had cash flows used in operating activities of $0.1 million. The level of cash flows used in or provided by operating activities is affected by the amount of acquisition and transaction related costs incurred, as well as the receipt of scheduled rent payments. Cash flows used in operating activities during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 include $0.1 million of acquisition and transaction related costs. Cash outflows during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 included a net loss adjusted for non-cash items of approximately $0.2 million (net loss of approximately $0.2 million adjusted for non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization of tangible and intangible real estate assets and share based compensation, of approximately $0.1 million) and an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of approximately $0.1 million due to rent receivables, prepaid insurance and accrued income for real estate tax reimbursements. These cash outflows were partially offset by an increase of $0.1 million in accounts payable and accrued expenses related to accrued professional fees.

During the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013, net cash used in investing activities of $4.4 million related to the acquisition of two properties with an aggregate purchase price of $2.2 million and deposits of $2.2 million for potential real estate acquisitions.

During the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013, net cash provided by financing activities of $350.6 million consisted primarily of proceeds from issuances of common stock of $395.4 million, net of receivables, and $0.4 million of net advances from affiliates. These cash inflows were partially offset by $45.1 million of payments related to offering costs and $0.2 million in distributions paid to stockholders.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We are offering up to 14.7 million shares of our common stock to be issued pursuant to our Plan. Following the filing of the second quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or Annual Report on Form 10-K should such filing constitute the second quarterly financial filing) following the earlier of (i) our acquisition of at least $1.4 billion in total portfolio assets and (ii) April 4, 2015, which is two years from the effective date of our primary offering, the per share purchase price for all shares issued pursuant to our Plan will vary quarterly and will be equal to NAV divided by the number of shares outstanding as of the end of business on the business day immediately preceding the day on which we make our quarterly financial filing.

On April 25, 2013, we received and accepted aggregate subscriptions equal to the minimum of $2.0 million in shares of common stock, broke escrow and issued shares of common stock to our initial investors who were admitted as stockholders. We expect to continue to raise capital through the sale of our common stock and to utilize the net proceeds from the sale of our common stock and proceeds from secured financings to complete future property acquisitions. We purchased our first property and commenced active operations on April 29, 2013. As of June 30, 2013, we owned two properties with an aggregate purchase price of $2.2 million. As of June 30, 2013, we had 16.4 million shares of common stock outstanding, including unvested restricted shares and shares issued pursuant to the DRIP, and had received total gross proceeds of $405.8 million, including proceeds from shares issued pursuant to the DRIP.

As of June 30, 2013, we had cash of $346.0 million. Our principal demands for funds will continue to be for property acquisitions, including the purchase price of any properties, loans and securities we acquire, improvement costs, the payment of our operating and administrative expenses, debt service obligations and distributions to our stockholders. Generally, we will fund our acquisitions from the net proceeds of our IPO.

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We intend to acquire our assets with cash and mortgage or other debt, but we also may acquire assets free and clear of permanent mortgage or other indebtedness by paying the entire purchase price for the asset in cash or in OP Units.

We expect to meet our future short-term operating liquidity requirements through a combination of net cash provided by our current property operations and the operations of properties to be acquired in the future, proceeds from the sale of common stock and proceeds from secured mortgage debt or unsecured financings. Management expects that in the future, as our portfolio matures, our properties will generate sufficient cash flow to cover operating expenses and the payment of our monthly distributions. Other potential future sources of capital include proceeds from secured or unsecured financings from banks or other lenders, proceeds from private offerings and undistributed funds from operations.

We expect to use debt financing as a source of capital. Under our charter, the maximum amount of our total indebtedness shall not exceed 300% of our total “net assets” (as defined by the North American Securities Administrators Association Statement of Policy Regarding Real Estate Investment Trusts, (the “NASAA REIT Guidelines”)) as of the date of any borrowing, which is generally expected to be approximately 75% of the cost of our investments; however, we may exceed that limit if approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for exceeding such limit. This charter limitation, however, does not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. In addition, it is currently our intention to limit our aggregate borrowings to 45% of the aggregate fair market value of our assets (calculated after the close of the IPO and once we have invested substantially all the proceeds from our IPO), unless borrowing a greater amount is approved by a majority of our independent directors and disclosed to stockholders in our next quarterly report following such borrowing along with justification for borrowing such a greater amount. This limitation, however, will not apply to individual real estate assets or investments. At the date of acquisition of each asset, we anticipate that the cost of investment for such asset will be substantially similar to its fair market value, which will enable us to satisfy our requirements under the NASAA REIT Guidelines. However, subsequent events, including changes in the fair market value of our assets, could result in our exceeding these limits. As of June 30, 2013, we did not have any debt outstanding.

We intend to maintain the following percentage of the overall value of our portfolio in liquid assets that can be liquidated more readily than properties: 5% of our NAV in excess of $1.0 billion. However, our stockholders should not expect that we will maintain liquid assets at or above these levels. To the extent that we maintain borrowing capacity under a line of credit, such available amount will be included in calculating our liquid assets. Our Advisor will consider various factors in determining the amount of liquid assets we should maintain, including but not limited to, our receipt of proceeds from sales of additional shares, our cash flow from operations, available borrowing capacity under a line of credit, if any, our receipt of proceeds from any asset sale, and the use of cash to fund redemptions. Our board of directors will review the amount and sources of liquid assets on a quarterly basis.

Our board of directors has adopted a share repurchase plan that enables our stockholders to sell their shares to us under limited circumstances. At the time a stockholder requests a repurchase, we may, subject to certain conditions, repurchase the shares presented for repurchase for cash to the extent we have sufficient funds available to fund such purchase. As of June 30, 2013, no shares of common stock have been repurchased or requested to be repurchased.

Acquisitions

Our Advisor evaluates potential acquisitions of real estate and real estate related assets and engages in negotiations with sellers and borrowers on our behalf. Investors should be aware that after a purchase contract is executed that contains specific terms, the property will not be purchased until the successful completion of due diligence and negotiation of final binding agreements. During this period, we may decide to temporarily invest any unused proceeds from common stock offerings in certain investments that could yield lower returns than the properties. These lower returns may affect our ability to make distributions.

On August 6, 2013, our board of directors approved the acquisition of a portfolio of 247 properties for a substantial purchase price. On August 8, 2013, our Sponsor entered into a purchase and sale agreement for various portfolios with Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., including the portfolio that is being acquired

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by the Company. Assuming the closing of this potential acquisition (the “Potential Acquisition”) and other acquisitions which are under executed purchase and sale agreements and executed letters of intent, we will have substantially completed our acquisition phase. Pursuant to the terms of the purchase and sale agreement dated August 8, 2013, our obligation to close upon the Potential Acquisition is subject to certain conditions customary to closing. Although we believe that the acquisition of the 247 properties is probable, there can be no assurance that the Potential Acquisition will be consummated.

Funds from Operations and Modified Funds from Operations

Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), an industry trade group, has promulgated a measure known as funds from operations (“FFO”), which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a REIT. The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental performance measure. FFO is not equivalent to net income or loss as determined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”).

We define FFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as revised in February 2004 (the “White Paper”). The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property and asset impairment writedowns, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO. Our FFO calculation complies with NAREIT's policy described above.

The historical accounting convention used for real estate assets requires straight-line depreciation of buildings and improvements, which implies that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time, especially if such assets are not adequately maintained or repaired and renovated as required by relevant circumstances and/or is requested or required by lessees for operational purposes in order to maintain the value disclosed. We believe that, since real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, including inflation, interest rates, the business cycle, unemployment and consumer spending, presentations of operating results for a REIT using historical accounting for depreciation may be less informative. Additionally, we believe it is appropriate to disregard impairment charges, as this is a fair value adjustment that is largely based on market fluctuations and assessments regarding general market conditions which can change over time. An asset will only be evaluated for impairment if certain impairment indications exist and if the carrying, or book value, exceeds the total estimated undiscounted future cash flows (including net rental and lease revenues, net proceeds on the sale of the property, and any other ancillary cash flows at a property or group level under GAAP) from such asset. Investors should note, however, that determinations of whether impairment charges have been incurred are based partly on anticipated operating performance, because estimated undiscounted future cash flows from a property, including estimated future net rental and lease revenues, net proceeds on the sale of the property, and certain other ancillary cash flows, are taken into account in determining whether an impairment charge has been incurred. While impairment charges are excluded from the calculation of FFO as described above, investors are cautioned that due to the fact that impairments are based on estimated undiscounted future cash flows and the relatively limited term of our operations, it could be difficult to recover any impairment charges.

Historical accounting for real estate involves the use of GAAP. Any other method of accounting for real estate such as the fair value method cannot be construed to be any more accurate or relevant than the comparable methodologies of real estate valuation found in GAAP. Nevertheless, we believe that the use of FFO, which excludes the impact of real estate related depreciation and amortization and impairments, provides a more complete understanding of our performance to investors and to management, and when compared year over year, reflects the impact on our operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, general and administrative expenses, and interest costs, which may not be immediately apparent from net income. However, FFO and modified funds from operations (“MFFO”), as described below, should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than the current GAAP methodology in calculating net income or in its applicability in evaluating our operating performance. The method utilized to evaluate the value and performance of real estate under GAAP should be construed as a more relevant measure of operational

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performance and considered more prominently than the non-GAAP FFO and MFFO measures and the adjustments to GAAP in calculating FFO and MFFO.

Changes in the accounting and reporting promulgations under GAAP (for acquisition fees and expenses from a capitalization/depreciation model to an expensed-as-incurred model) that were put into effect in 2009 and other changes to GAAP accounting for real estate subsequent to the establishment of NAREIT's definition of FFO have prompted an increase in cash-settled expenses, specifically acquisition fees and expenses for all industries as items that are expensed under GAAP, that are typically accounted for as operating expenses. Management believes these fees and expenses do not affect our overall long-term operating performance. Publicly registered, non-listed REITs typically have a significant amount of acquisition activity and are substantially more dynamic during their initial years of investment and operation. While other start up entities also may experience significant acquisition activity during their initial years, we believe that non-listed REITs are unique in that they have a limited life with targeted exit strategies within a relatively limited time frame after the acquisition activity ceases. As disclosed in the prospectus for our offering (the "Prospectus"), we will use the proceeds raised in the offering to acquire properties, and intend to begin the process of achieving a liquidity event (i.e., listing of our common stock on a national exchange, a merger or sale or another similar transaction) within three to five years of the completion of the offering. Thus, we will not continuously purchase assets and will have a limited life. Due to the above factors and other unique features of publicly registered, non-listed REITs, the Investment Program Association (“IPA”), an industry trade group, has standardized a measure known as MFFO, which the IPA has recommended as a supplemental measure for publicly registered non-listed REITs and which we believe to be another appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a non-listed REIT having the characteristics described above. MFFO is not equivalent to our net income or loss as determined under GAAP, and MFFO may not be a useful measure of the impact of long-term operating performance on value if we do not continue to operate with a limited life and targeted exit strategy, as currently intended. We believe that, because MFFO excludes costs that we consider more reflective of investing activities and other non-operating items included in FFO and also excludes acquisition fees and expenses that affect our operations only in periods in which properties are acquired, MFFO can provide, on a going forward basis, an indication of the sustainability (that is, the capacity to continue to be maintained) of our operating performance after the period in which we are acquiring our properties and once our portfolio is in place. By providing MFFO, we believe it is presenting useful information that assists investors and analysts to better assess the sustainability of our operating performance after our IPO has been completed and our properties have been acquired. We also believe that MFFO is a recognized measure of sustainable operating performance by the non-listed REIT industry. Further, we believe MFFO is useful in comparing the sustainability of our operating performance after our IPO and acquisitions are completed with the sustainability of the operating performance of other real estate companies that are not as involved in acquisition activities. Investors are cautioned that MFFO should only be used to assess the sustainability of our operating performance after our offering has been completed and properties have been acquired, as it excludes acquisition costs that have a negative effect on our operating performance during the periods in which properties are acquired.

We define MFFO, a non-GAAP measure, consistent with the IPA's Guideline 2010-01, Supplemental Performance Measure for Publicly Registered, Non-Listed REITs: Modified Funds from Operations, (the “Practice Guideline”), issued by the IPA in November 2010. The Practice Guideline defines MFFO as FFO further adjusted for the following items, as applicable, included in the determination of GAAP net income: acquisition fees and expenses; amounts relating to deferred rent receivables and amortization of above and below market leases and liabilities (which are adjusted in order to reflect such payments from a GAAP accrual basis to a cash basis of disclosing the rent and lease payments); accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on debt investments; mark-to-market adjustments included in net income; gains or losses included in net income from the extinguishment or sale of debt, hedges, foreign exchange, derivatives or securities holdings where trading of such holdings is not a fundamental attribute of the business plan, unrealized gains or losses resulting from consolidation from, or deconsolidation to, equity accounting, and after adjustments for consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, with such adjustments calculated to reflect MFFO on the same basis. The accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums on debt investments, unrealized gains and losses on hedges, foreign exchange, derivatives or securities holdings, unrealized gains and losses resulting from consolidations, as well as other listed cash flow adjustments are adjustments made to

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net income in calculating the cash flows provided by operating activities and, in some cases, reflect gains or losses which are unrealized and may not ultimately be realized. While we are responsible for managing interest rate, hedge and foreign exchange risk, we do retain an outside consultant to review all our hedging agreements. Inasmuch as interest rate hedges are not a fundamental part of our operations, we believe it is appropriate to exclude such gains and losses in calculating MFFO, as such gains and losses are not reflective of ongoing operations.

Our MFFO calculation complies with the IPA's Practice Guideline described above. In calculating MFFO, we exclude acquisition related expenses, amortization of above and below market leases, fair value adjustments of derivative financial instruments, deferred rent receivables and the adjustments of such items related to noncontrolling interests. Under GAAP, acquisition fees and expenses are characterized as operating expenses in determining operating net income. These expenses are paid in cash by us, and therefore such funds will not be available to distribute to investors. All paid and accrued acquisition fees and expenses negatively impact our operating performance during the period in which properties are acquired and will have negative effects on returns to investors, the potential for future distributions, and cash flows generated by us, unless earnings from operations or net sales proceeds from the disposition of other properties are generated to cover the purchase price of the property, these fees and expenses and other costs related to such property. Therefore, MFFO may not be an accurate indicator of our operating performance, especially during periods in which properties are being acquired. MFFO that excludes such costs and expenses would only be comparable to that of non-listed REITs that have completed their acquisition activities and have similar operating characteristics as us. Further, under GAAP, certain contemplated non-cash fair value and other non-cash adjustments are considered operating non-cash adjustments to net income in determining cash flow from operating activities. In addition, we view fair value adjustments of derivatives as items which are unrealized and may not ultimately be realized. We view both gains and losses from dispositions of assets and fair value adjustments of derivatives as items which are not reflective of ongoing operations and are therefore typically adjusted for when assessing operating performance. As disclosed elsewhere in the Prospectus, the purchase of properties, and the corresponding expenses associated with that process, is a key operational feature of our business plan to generate operational income and cash flows in order to make distributions to investors. Acquisition fees and expenses will not be reimbursed by our Advisor if there are no further proceeds from the sale of shares in our offering, and therefore such fees and expenses will need to be paid from either additional debt, operational earnings or cash flows, net proceeds from the sale of properties or from ancillary cash flows.

Our management uses MFFO and the adjustments used to calculate it in order to evaluate our performance against other non-listed REITs which have limited lives with short and defined acquisition periods and targeted exit strategies shortly thereafter. As noted above, MFFO may not be a useful measure of the impact of long-term operating performance on value if we do not continue to operate in this manner. We believe that our use of MFFO and the adjustments used to calculate it allow us to present our performance in a manner that reflects certain characteristics that are unique to non-listed REITs, such as their limited life, limited and defined acquisition period and targeted exit strategy, and hence that the use of such measures is useful to investors. For example, acquisitions costs are funded from the proceeds of our IPO and other financing sources and not from operations. By excluding expensed acquisition costs, the use of MFFO provides information consistent with management's analysis of the operating performance of the properties. Additionally, fair value adjustments, which are based on the impact of current market fluctuations and underlying assessments of general market conditions, but can also result from operational factors such as rental and occupancy rates, may not be directly related or attributable to our current operating performance. By excluding such changes that may reflect anticipated and unrealized gains or losses, we believe MFFO provides useful supplemental information.

Presentation of this information is intended to provide useful information to investors as they compare the operating performance of different REITs, although it should be noted that not all REITs calculate FFO and MFFO the same way. Accordingly, comparisons with other REITs may not be meaningful. Furthermore, FFO and MFFO are not necessarily indicative of cash flow available to fund cash needs and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) or income (loss) from continuing operations as an indication of our performance, as an alternative to cash flows from operations as an indication of our liquidity, or indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs including our ability to make distributions to our

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stockholders. FFO and MFFO should be reviewed in conjunction with GAAP measurements as an indication of our performance. MFFO has limitations as a performance measure in an offering such as ours where the price of a share of common stock is a stated value and there is no net asset value determination during the offering stage and for a period thereafter. MFFO is useful in assisting management and investors in assessing the sustainability of operating performance in future operating periods, and in particular, after the offering and acquisition stages are complete and net asset value is disclosed. FFO and MFFO are not useful measures in evaluating net asset value because impairments are taken into account in determining net asset value but not in determining FFO or MFFO.

Neither the SEC, NAREIT nor any other regulatory body has passed judgment on the acceptability of the adjustments that we use to calculate FFO or MFFO. In the future, the SEC, NAREIT or another regulatory body may decide to standardize the allowable adjustments across the non-listed REIT industry and we would have to adjust our calculation and characterization of FFO or MFFO.

The below table reflects the items deducted or added to net loss in our calculation of FFO and MFFO for the period presented. We did not have FFO and MFFO prior to the quarter ended June 30, 2013, as we did not purchase our first property and commence active operations until April 29, 2013.

 
(In thousands)   Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
Net loss (in accordance with GAAP)   $ (215 ) 
Depreciation and amortization     19  
FFO     (196 ) 
Acquisition fees and expenses(1)     112  
MFFO   $ (84 ) 

(1) In evaluating investments in real estate, management differentiates the costs to acquire the investment from the operations derived from the investment. Such information would be comparable only for non-listed REITs that have completed their acquisition activity and have other similar operating characteristics. By excluding expensed acquisition costs, management believes MFFO provides useful supplemental information that is comparable for each type of real estate investment and is consistent with management's analysis of the investing and operating performance of our properties. Acquisition fees and expenses include payments to our Advisor or third parties. Acquisition fees and expenses under GAAP are considered operating expenses and as expenses included in the determination of net income and income from continuing operations, both of which are performance measures under GAAP. All paid and accrued acquisition fees and expenses will have negative effects on returns to investors, the potential for future distributions, and cash flows generated by us, unless earnings from operations or net sales proceeds from the disposition of properties are generated to cover the purchase price of the property, these fees and expenses and other costs related to the property.

Distributions

On April 9, 2013, our board of directors authorized, and we declared, a distribution rate, which is calculated based on stockholders of record each day during the applicable period at a rate of $0.004520548 per day, based on $25.00 price per share of common stock. Distributions are payable by the 5th day following each month end to stockholders of record at the close of business each day during the prior month.

The amount of distributions payable to our stockholders is determined by our board of directors and is dependent on a number of factors, including funds available for distribution, our financial condition, capital expenditure requirements, as applicable, requirements of Maryland law and annual distribution requirements needed to qualify and maintain our status as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”). Distribution payments are dependent on the availability of funds. Our board of directors may reduce the amount of distributions paid or suspend distribution payments at any time and therefore distribution payments are not assured.

Distributions began to accrue on May 13, 2013, 15 days following the Company's initial property acquisition. The first distribution was paid in June 2013. During the three months ended June 30, 2013, distributions paid to common stockholders totaled $0.4 million, inclusive of $0.2 million of distributions for

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shares of common stock issued pursuant the DRIP. During the three months ended June 30, 2013, cash used to pay distributions was generated from proceeds from our IPO and shares issued pursuant to the DRIP.

The following table shows the sources for the payment of distributions to common stockholders for the period presented:

   
  Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
(In thousands)  
 
  Percentage of
Distributions
Distributions:
                 
Distributions paid in cash   $ 173           
Distributions reinvested     226        
Total distributions   $ 399        
Source of distribution coverage:
                 
Cash flows used in operations(1)   $       % 
Proceeds from issuances of common stock     173       43.4 % 
Common stock issued pursuant to the DRIP / offering proceeds     226       56.6 % 
Proceeds from financings           % 
Total source of distribution coverage   $ 399       100.0 % 
Cash flows used in operations (GAAP basis) (1)   $ (112 )       
Net loss (in accordance with GAAP)   $ (215 )       

(1) Cash flows used in operations for the three months ended June 30, 2013 include acquisition and transaction related expenses of $0.1 million.

The following table compares cumulative distributions paid to cumulative net loss (in accordance with GAAP) for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013:

 
(In thousands)   Period from January 22,
2013 (date of inception)
to June 30, 2013
Distributions paid:
        
Common stockholders in cash   $ 173  
Common stockholders pursuant to DRIP/offering proceeds     226  
Total distributions paid   $ 399  
Reconciliation of net loss:
        
Revenues   $ 35  
Acquisition and transaction related     (112 ) 
Depreciation and amortization     (19 ) 
Other operating expenses     (148 ) 
Net loss (in accordance with GAAP) (1)   $ (244 ) 

(1) Net loss as defined by GAAP includes the non-cash impact of depreciation and amortization expense as well as costs incurred relating to acquisitions and related transactions.

Election as a REIT

We intend to elect to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, effective for our taxable year ending December 31, 2013. We believe that, commencing with such taxable year, we are organized and operate in such a manner as to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code. We intend to continue to operate in such a manner to qualify for taxation as a REIT, but no assurance can be given that we will operate in a manner so as to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. If we qualify, and continue to qualify, for taxation as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to federal corporate income tax so long as we

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distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income. REITs are subject to a number of other organizational and operational requirements. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain state and local taxes on our income and properties as well as federal income and excise taxes on our undistributed income.

Inflation

Some of our leases may contain provisions designed to mitigate the adverse impact of inflation. These provisions generally increase rental rates during the term of the leases either at fixed rates or indexed escalations (based on the Consumer Price Index or other measures). We may be adversely impacted by inflation on any leases that do not contain indexed escalation provisions. In addition, we may be required to pay costs for maintenance and operation of properties which may adversely impact our results of operations due to potential increases in costs and operating expenses resulting from inflation.

Related-Party Transactions and Agreements

We have entered into agreements with affiliates of our Sponsor, whereby we have paid or may pay certain fees or reimbursements to our Advisor or its affiliates in connection with acquisition and financing activities, sales of common stock under our offering, asset management services and reimbursement of operating and offering related costs. See Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements to our consolidated financial statements included in this report for a discussion of the various related party transactions, agreements and fees.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that are material to investors.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The market risk associated with financial instruments and derivative financial instruments is the risk of loss from adverse changes in market prices or rates. As of June 30, 2013, we do not have any long-term debt, but anticipate incurring long-term debt in the future. Our interest rate risk management objectives with respect to our long-term debt will be to limit the impact of interest rate changes in earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, from time to time, we may enter into interest rate hedge contracts such as swaps and collars in order to mitigate our interest rate risk with respect to various debt instruments. We would not hold or issue these derivative contracts for trading or speculative purposes. We do not anticipate having any foreign operations and we do not expect to be exposed to foreign currency fluctuations.

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PRIOR PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

Prior Investment Programs

The information presented in this section represents the historical experience of the real estate programs managed or sponsored over the last ten years by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane. In connection with ARCT’s internalization and listing on The NASDAQ Global Select Market in March 2012, Mr. Kahane has resigned from the various officer positions he held with the sponsor and its affiliates. Investors should not assume that they will experience returns, if any, comparable to those experienced by investors in such prior real estate programs. The prior performance of real estate investment programs sponsored by affiliates of Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane and our advisor may not be indicative of our future results. For an additional description of this risk, see “Risk Factors — Risks Related to an Investment in American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. — We are a company with a limited operating history, which makes our future performance difficult to predict.” The information summarized below is current as of December 31, 2012 (unless specifically stated otherwise) and is set forth in greater detail in the Prior Performance Tables included in this prospectus. In addition, we will provide upon request to us and without charge, a copy of the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC by any public program within the last 24 months, and for a reasonable fee, a copy of the exhibits filed with such report.

We intend to conduct this offering in conjunction with future offerings by one or more public and private real estate entities sponsored by American Realty Capital and its affiliates. To the extent that such entities have the same or similar investment strategies or objectives as ours, such entities may be in competition with us for the investments we make. See the section entitled “Conflicts of Interest” in this prospectus for additional information.

Summary Information

During the period from August 2007 (inception of the first program) to December 31, 2012, affiliates of our advisor have sponsored ten public programs, all of which had raised funds as of December 31, 2012 and five non-public programs. From August 2007 (inception of the first public program) to December 31, 2012, our public programs, which include ARCT, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC RCA, ARC DNAV, ARCT III, ARCP, ARC Global and ARCT IV and the programs consolidated into ARCT, which were ARC Income Properties II and all of the Section 1031 Exchange Programs described below, had raised $4.7 billion from 70,663 investors in public offerings and an additional $37.5 million from 205 investors in a private offering by ARC Income Properties II and 45 investors in private offerings by the Section 1031 Exchange Programs. The public programs purchased 1,321 properties with an aggregate purchase price of $5.5 billion, including acquisition fees, in 49 states and U.S. territories and one property in the United Kingdom. The investment objectives of each of these public programs are substantially identical to our investment objectives of (1) paying attractive and stable cash distributions, (2) preserving and returning stockholders’ capital contributions and (3) realizing appreciation in the value of our investments.

The following table details the percentage of properties located in the following U.S. states as well as the United Kingdom. The investment objectives of each of these public programs are substantially identical to our investment objectives of (1) paying attractive and stable cash distributions, (2) preserving and returning stockholders’ capital contributions and (3) realizing appreciation in the value of our investments. Based on purchase price:

 
State/Possession   Purchase Price
Alabama     1.7 % 
Arizona     2.0 % 
Arkansas     1.2 % 
California     4.2 % 
Colorado     1.2 % 
Connecticut     0.4 % 
Delaware     0.1 % 
Florida     2.9 % 
Georgia     4.5%  

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State/Possession   Purchase Price
Idaho     0.2 % 
Illinois     9.2 % 
Indiana     2.8 % 
Iowa     1.4 % 
Kansas     1.9 % 
Kentucky     2.1 % 
Louisiana     1.2 % 
Maine     0.2 % 
Maryland     1.2 % 
Massachusetts     1.2 % 
Michigan     3.7 % 
Minnesota     1.0 % 
Mississippi     1.9 % 
Missouri     4.2 % 
Montana     0.2 % 
Nebraska     0.6 % 
Nevada     1.6 % 
New Hampshire     0.5 % 
New Jersey     1.4 % 
New Mexico     0.1 % 
New York     13.7 % 
North Carolina     2.9 % 
North Dakota     0.2 % 
Ohio     5.1 % 
Oklahoma     0.7 % 
Oregon     0.2 % 
Pennsylvania     4.6 % 
Puerto Rico     0.2 % 
Rhode Island     0.3 % 
South Carolina     2.3 % 
South Dakota     0.1 % 
Tennessee     1.1 % 
Texas     8.8 % 
United Kingdom     0.0 % 
Utah     0.6 % 
Vermont     0.3 % 
Virginia     1.0 % 
Washington     0.8 % 
West Virginia     0.6 % 
Wisconsin     1.9 % 
Wyoming     0.1 % 
       100.0 % 

The properties are used by our tenants in the following industries based on purchase price:

 
Industry   Purchase Price
Aerospace     0.9 % 
Auto Retail     1.5 % 
Auto Services     1.6 % 
Consumer Goods     0.7 % 
Consumer Products     6.7 % 
Discount Retail     7.4 % 
Financial Services     0.5 % 
Freight     10.6 % 
Gas/Convenience     2.4%  

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Industry   Purchase Price
Government Services     2.7 % 
Healthcare     16.7 % 
Home Maintenance     1.5 % 
Insurance     2.7 % 
Manufacturing     2.2 % 
Office     2.1 % 
Parking     0.1 % 
Pharmacy     10.9 % 
Residential     0.6 % 
Restaurant     2.8 % 
Retail     11.2 % 
Retail Banking     7.7 % 
Specialty Retail     4.5 % 
Storage Facility     0.1 % 
Supermarket     1.1 % 
Technology     0.6 % 
Telecommunications     0.2 % 
       100.0 % 

The purchased properties were 26.7% new and 73.3% used, based on purchase price. None of the purchased properties were construction properties. As of December 31, 2012, two properties had been sold. The acquired properties were purchased with a combination of proceeds from the issuance of common stock, the issuance of convertible preferred stock, mortgage notes payable, short-term notes payable, revolving lines of credit, long-term notes payable issued in private placements and joint venture arrangements.

During the period from June 2008 (inception of the first non-public program) to December 31, 2012, our non-public programs, which were ARC Income Properties, ARC Income Properties II, ARC Income Properties III, ARC Income Properties IV and ARC Growth Fund, LLC, had raised $54.4 million from 694 investors. The non-public programs purchased 171 properties with an aggregate purchase price of $247.9 million including acquisition fees, in 18 states.

The following table details the percentage of properties by state based on purchase price:

 
State location   Purchase Price %
Alabama     0.1 % 
Connecticut     0.6 % 
Delaware     4.8 % 
Florida     11.0 % 
Georgia     3.5 % 
Illinois     6.6 % 
Louisiana     2.3 % 
Michigan     11.5 % 
North Carolina     0.1 % 
New Hampshire     0.5 % 
New Jersey     13.0 % 
New York     9.7 % 
Ohio     10.3 % 
Pennsylvania     9.5 % 
South Carolina     8.4 % 
Texas     5.0 % 
Virginia     1.2 % 
Vermont     2.2 % 
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The properties are all commercial single tenant facilities with 81.0% retail banking and 10.5% retail distribution facilities and 8.6% specialty retail. The purchased properties were 11.0% new and 89.0% used, based on purchase price. None of the purchased properties were construction properties. As of December 31, 2012, 53 properties had been sold. The acquired properties were purchased with a combination of equity investments, mortgage notes payable and long-term notes payable issued in private placements.

The investment objectives of these programs are similar to our investment objectives, which aim to acquire primarily net leased single tenant facilities.

For a more detailed description, please see Table VI in Part II of the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. In addition, we will provide upon request to us and without charge, the more detailed information in Part II.

Programs of Our Sponsor

American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.

American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., or ARCT, incorporated on August 17, 2007, was a Maryland corporation that qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. ARCT was formed to acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial real estate, primarily freestanding single-tenant properties net leased to credit worthy tenants on a long-term basis. In January 2008, ARCT commenced an initial public offering on a “best efforts” basis to sell up to 150.0 million shares of common stock, excluding 25.0 million shares issuable pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan, offered at a price of $10.00 per share, subject to certain volume and other discounts. In March 2008, ARCT commenced real estate operations. ARCT’s initial public offering closed in July 2011 having raised $1.7 billion in gross proceeds from the sale of 179.4 million shares of common stock and having incurred, cumulatively to that date, $198.0 million in offering costs, commissions and dealer manager fees for the sale of its common stock. ARCT operated as a non-traded REIT through February 29, 2012. Effective as of March 1, 2012, ARCT internalized the management services previously provided by American Realty Capital Advisors, LLC and its affiliates, as a result of which the Company became a self-administered REIT managed full-time by its own management team, or the Internalization. Concurrent with the Internalization, ARCT listed its common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ARCT”, or the Listing. In connection with the Listing, ARCT offered to purchase up to $220.0 million in shares of common stock from its stockholders, pursuant to a modified “Dutch Auction” cash tender offer, or the Tender Offer. As a result of the Tender Offer, in April 2012, ARCT had purchased 21.0 million shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $10.50 per share, for an aggregate cost of $220.0 million, excluding fees and expenses relating to the Tender Offer. On September 6, 2012, ARCT entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Realty Income Corporation, a Maryland corporation and its subsidiary, which was subsequently amended on January 6, 2013. The merger was approved by both companies’ boards of directors and was subsequently approved by both companies’ stockholders on January 16, 2013. The merger closed on January 22, 2013, pursuant to which ARCT merged with and into a subsidiary of Realty Income Corporation and trading of ARCT’s shares was suspended at market close on that date. As of December 31, 2012, ARCT had total real estate investments, at cost, of $2.2 billion, comprised of 515 properties.

American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc.

American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc., or NYRR, a Maryland corporation, is the second publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. NYRR was incorporated on October 6, 2009 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. NYRR filed its initial registration statement with the SEC on November 12, 2009 and became effective on September 2, 2010. NYRR had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $17.0 million from the sale of 2.0 million shares from a private offering to “accredited investors” (as defined in Regulation D as promulgated under the Securities Act). On December 15, 2011, NYRR exercised its option to convert all its outstanding preferred shares into 2.0 million shares of common stock on a one-to-one basis. As of August 31, 2013, NYRR had received aggregate gross proceeds of $905.7 million which includes the sale of 89.0 million shares in its public offering, $17.0 million from its private offering and $10.7 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, there were 92.2 million shares of NYRR common stock outstanding, including restricted stock, converted preferred shares, and shares issued under its distribution reinvestment plan. As of

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August 31, 2013, NYRR had total real estate investments, at cost, of $773.8 million, comprised of 19 properties. As of June 30, 2013, NYRR had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $65.7 million in selling commissions, dealer manager fees and offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $9.4 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.

Phillips Edison — ARC Shopping Center REIT, Inc.

Phillips Edison — ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc., or PE-ARC, a Maryland corporation, is the third publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. PE-ARC was incorporated on October 13, 2009 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. PE-ARC filed its registration statement with the SEC on January 13, 2010 and became effective on August 12, 2010. PE-ARC invests primarily in necessity-based neighborhood and community shopping centers throughout the United States with a focus on well-located grocery-anchored shopping centers that are well occupied at the time of purchase and typically cost less than $20.0 million per property. As of August 31, 2013, PE-ARC had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $894.1 million which includes the sale of 90.3 million shares of common stock in its public offering and $10.0 million from its distribution reinvestment program. As of August 31, 2013 PE-ARC had acquired 53 properties, 20 of which are held through a 54% owned joint venture, and had total real estate investments at cost of $771.5 million. As of June 30, 2013, PE-ARC had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $69.7 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $11.9 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc.

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., or ARC HT, a Maryland corporation, is the fourth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC HT was organized on August 23, 2010 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2011. ARC HT filed its registration statement with the SEC on August 27, 2010 and became effective on February 18, 2011. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT had received aggregate gross offering proceeds of $1.8 billion which includes the sale of 174.5 million shares in its public offering and $35.6 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT had acquired 84 commercial properties, for a purchase price of $1.1 billion. As of June 30, 2013, ARC HT had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $197.6 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $17.6 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.

American Realty Capital — Retail Centers of America, Inc.

American Realty Capital — Retail Centers of America, Inc., or ARC RCA, a Maryland corporation, is the fifth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC RCA was organized on July 29, 2010 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2012. ARC RCA filed its registration statement with the SEC on September 14, 2010 and became effective on March 17, 2011. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RCA had received aggregate gross proceeds of $40.3 million which includes the sale of 4.1 million shares in its public offering and $0.3 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RCA had acquired two properties for a purchase price of $54.2 million. As of June 30, 2013, ARC RCA has incurred, cumulatively to that date, $10.2 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $1.0 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.

American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc.

American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. (formerly known as American Realty Capital Trust II, Inc.), or ARC DNAV, a Maryland corporation, is the sixth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC DNAV was incorporated on September 10, 2010 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013, ARC DNAV filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 8, 2010 and became effective on August 15, 2011. As of August 31, 2013, ARC DNAV had received aggregate gross proceeds of $17.5 million which includes the sale of 1.8 million shares in its public offering and $0.2 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC DNAV had acquired ten properties with total real estate investments, at cost, of $29.5 million. As of June 30, 2013, ARC DNAV had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $5.2 million in offering costs from the sale of its common stock and $0.7 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.

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American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.

American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc., or ARCT III, a Maryland corporation, was the seventh publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARCT III was incorporated on October 15, 2010 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2011. ARCT III filed its registration statement with the SEC on November 2, 2010 and became effective on March 31, 2011. As of February 28, 2013, ARCT III had received aggregate gross proceeds of $1.8 billion which includes the sale of 174.0 million shares in its public offering and $31.9 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of February 28, 2013, ARCT III owned 533 single-tenant, freestanding properties and had total real estate investments, at cost, of $1.7 billion. As of December 31, 2012, ARCT III had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $196.5 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $40.8 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties. On December 17, 2012, ARCT III and ARCP entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which ARCP acquired all of the outstanding shares of ARCT III. The merger was approved by the independent members of both companies’ boards of directors and was subsequently approved by both companies’ stockholders on February 26, 2013. On February 26, 2013, ARCP stockholders approved the issuance of common stock in connection with the merger and ARCT III stockholders approved the merger. The merger closed on February 28, 2013, pursuant to which ARCT III merged with and into a subsidiary of ARCP. On March 1, 2013, in connection with the merger, ARCT III stockholders received their respective cash or stock consideration from ARCP, as elected, pursuant to terms of the Agreement and Plans of Merger on March 1, 2013.

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., or ARCP, a Maryland corporation, is the eighth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARCP was incorporated on December 2, 2010 and qualified as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ended December 31, 2011. On September 6, 2011, ARCP completed its initial public offering of 5.6 million shares of common stock. ARCP’s common stock is traded on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ARCP.” On November 2, 2011, ARCP completed an underwritten follow-on offering of 1.5 million shares of common stock. In addition, on November 7, 2011, ARCP closed on the underwriters’ overallotment option of an additional 0.1 million shares of common stock. On June 18, 2012, ARCP closed its secondary offering of 3.3 million shares of common stock. In addition, on July 9, 2012, ARCP closed on the underwriters’ overallotment option of an additional 0.5 million shares of common stock. On January 29, 2013, ARCP completed an underwritten public follow-on offering of 1.8 million shares of common stock and an additional 270,000 shares of common stock for the overallotment option of the underwriters. In January 2013, ARCP commenced its “at the market” equity offering under which ARCP has issued 553,300 shares of common stock. On February 28, 2013, ARCT III merged with and into a subsidiary of ARCP, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into on December 17, 2012, under which ARCP acquired all of the outstanding shares of ARCT III. On March 1, 2013, in connection with the merger, ARCT III stockholders received, pursuant to terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, their respective cash or stock consideration from ARCP, as elected. On June 7, 2013, ARCP completed two private placement transactions through which it issued approximately 29.4 million shares of common stock and approximately 28.4 million shares of Series C convertible preferred stock. In aggregate, through August 31, 2013, ARCP has received $1,056.4 million of proceeds from the sale of common and convertible preferred stock. As of August 31, 2013, ARCP owned 1,211 properties, including the properties originally purchased by ARCT III, and had real estate investments, at cost, of $3.0 billion. On July 1, 2013, ARCT IV and ARCP entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which ARCP will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ARCT IV. The merger has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors but is subject to stockholder approval. On September 18, 2013, the closing price per share of common stock of ARCP was $12.80.

American Realty Capital Global Trust, Inc.

American Realty Capital Global Trust, Inc., or ARC Global, a Maryland corporation, is the ninth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC Global was incorporated on July 13, 2011 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. ARC Global filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 27, 2011, which was declared effective by the SEC on April 20, 2012. As of August 31, 2013, ARC Global received aggregate gross proceeds of $75.8 million which includes the sale of 7.7 million shares in its public offering and $0.4 million from its distribution reinvestment

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plan. As of September 4, 2013, ARC Global had acquired eight properties with an aggregate base purchase price of $70.0 million. As of June 30, 2013, ARC Global had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $8.2 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $1.5 million for acquisition costs related to its property acquisitions.

American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc.

American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc., or ARCT IV, a Maryland corporation, is the tenth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARCT IV was incorporated on February 14, 2012 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2012. ARCT IV filed its registration statement with the SEC on March 22, 2012, which was declared effective by the SEC on June 8, 2012. As of August 31, 2013, ARCT IV received aggregate gross proceeds of $1.8 billion which includes the sale of 70.2 million shares in its public offering and $21.0 million under its distribution reinvestment plan. On July 1, 2013, ARCT IV and ARCP entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger under which ARCP will acquire all of the outstanding shares of ARCT IV. The merger has been approved by both companies’ boards of directors but is subject to stockholder approval. As of August 31, 2013, ARCT IV owned 1,191 freestanding properties at an aggregate purchase price of $2.1 billion. As of June 30, 2013, ARCT IV had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $197.3 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $29.2 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust II, Inc.

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust II, Inc., or ARC HT II, a Maryland corporation, is the eleventh publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC HT II was incorporated on October 15, 2012 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013.

ARC HT II filed its registration statement with the SEC on October 31, 2012, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 14, 2013. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT II received aggregate gross proceeds of $74.0 million from the sale of 3.0 million shares in its public offering and $0.2 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HT II had acquired six properties with a purchase price of $41.9 million. As of June 30, 2013, ARC HT II had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $5.0 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock and $0.1 million for acquisition costs related to its portfolio of properties.

ARC Realty Finance Trust, Inc.

ARC Realty Finance Trust, Inc., or ARC RFT, a Maryland corporation, is the twelfth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC RFT was incorporated on November 15, 2012 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. ARC RFT filed its registration statement publicly with the SEC on January 22, 2013, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 12, 2013. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RFT received aggregate gross proceeds of $9.7 million from the sale of 0.4 million shares in its public offering. As of August 31, 2013, ARC RFT’s investments, at original cost, were $3.9 million. As of June 30, 2013, ARC RFT had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $2.3 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock.

Phillips Edison — ARC Grocery Center REIT II, Inc.

Phillips Edison — ARC Grocery Center REIT II, Inc., or PE-ARC II, a Maryland corporation, is the fourteenth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. PE-ARC II was incorporated on June 5, 2013 and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. PE-ARC II filed its registration statement with the SEC on August 13, 2013, which has not yet been declared effective by the SEC. As of July 1, 2013, PE-ARC II received aggregate gross proceeds of $0.2 million from the sale of 8,888 shares in a private placement. As of August 31, 2013, PE-ARC II had not acquired any properties. As of July 1, 2013, PE-ARC II had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $0.01 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock.

American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc.

American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc., or ARC HOST, a Maryland corporation, is the fifteenth publicly offered REIT sponsored by American Realty Capital. ARC HOST was incorporated on July 25, 2013

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and intends to qualify as a REIT beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. ARC HOST filed its registration statement with the SEC on August 16, 2013, which has not yet been declared effective by the SEC. As of August 7, 2013, ARC HOST received aggregate gross proceeds of $0.2 million from the sale of 8,888 shares in a private placement. As of August 31, 2013, ARC HOST had not acquired any properties. As of August 7, 2013, ARC HOST had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $0.6 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock.

Business Development Corporation of America

The American Realty Capital group of companies also has sponsored Business Development Corporation of America, or BDCA, a Maryland corporation. BDCA was organized on May 5, 2010 and is a publicly offered specialty finance company which has elected to be treated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act. As of August 31, 2013, BDCA had raised gross proceeds of $456.3 million which includes the sale of 42.4 million shares in its public offering and $6.9 million from its distribution reinvestment plan. As of August 31, 2013, BDCA’s investments, at original cost, were $576.5 million. As of June 30, 2013, BDCA had incurred, cumulatively to that date, $6.9 million in offering costs for the sale of its common stock.

Liquidity of Public Programs

FINRA Rule 2310(b)(3)(D) requires that we disclose the liquidity of prior public programs sponsored by American Realty Capital, our sponsor, which for this purpose excludes ARCP, a REIT that is and always has been listed on a national securities exchange, commencing with the NASDAQ Capital Market and, subsequently, the NASDAQ Global Select Market. American Realty Capital has sponsored the following other public programs (excluding ARCP): ARCT, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC RCA, ARC HT, ARC DNAV, ARCT III, ARC Global, ARCT IV, ARC HT II and BDCA. ARCT was a non-traded REIT until March 1, 2012, when it listed its shares of common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market. ARCT’s prospectus for its initial public offering provided that it would seek to consummate a listing of shares of its common stock on a national securities exchange by the tenth anniversary of the commencement of its initial public offering. By listing its common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market, ARCT achieved a listing on a national securities exchange within the time it contemplated to do so.

The prospectus for each of these other public programs states a date or time period by which it may be liquidated or engage in another liquidity event. Further, NYRR, PE-ARC, ARC RCA, ARC HT, ARC DNAV, ARC Global, ARCT IV, ARC RFT, ARC HT II and BDCA are in their offering and acquisition stages. Other than ARCT and ARCT III, none of these public programs have reached the stated date or time period by which they may be liquidated or engage in another liquidity event.

Private Note Programs

ARC Income Properties, LLC implemented a note program that raised aggregate gross proceeds of $19.5 million. The net proceeds were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with, a portfolio of 65 bank branch properties triple-net leased to RBS Citizens, N.A. and Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania. The purchase price for those bank branch properties also was funded with proceeds received from mortgage loans, as well as equity capital invested by AR Capital, LLC. Such properties contain approximately 323,000 square feet with a purchase price of approximately $98.8 million. The properties are triple-net leased for a primary term of five years and include extension provisions. The notes issued under this note program by ARC Income Properties, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers. On September 7, 2011, the note holders were repaid, the properties were contributed to ARCP as part of its formation transaction, and the mortgage loans were repaid.

ARC Income Properties II, LLC implemented a note program that raised aggregate gross proceeds of $13.0 million. The net proceeds were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with, a portfolio of 50 bank branch properties triple-net leased to PNC Bank. The purchase price for those bank branch properties also was funded with proceeds received from a mortgage loan, as well as equity capital raised by ARCT in connection with its public offering of equity securities. The properties are triple-net leased with a primary term of ten years with a 10% rent increase after five years. The notes issued under this note program by ARC Income Properties II, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers. In May 2011, the notes were repaid in full including accrued interest and the program was closed.

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ARC Income Properties III, LLC implemented a note program that raised aggregate gross proceeds of $11.2 million. The net proceeds were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with the acquisition of a distribution facility triple-net leased to Home Depot. The purchase price for the property was also funded with proceeds received from a mortgage loan. The property has a primary lease term of twenty years which commenced on January 30, 2010 with a 2% escalation each year. The notes issued under this note program by ARC Income Properties III, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers. On September 7, 2011, the note holders were repaid and the property was contributed to ARCP as part of its formation transaction.

ARC Income Properties IV, LLC implemented a note program that raised gross proceeds of $5.4 million. The proceeds were used to acquire and pay related expenses in connection with the acquisition of six retail stores triple net leased to Tractor Supply stores for $21.2 million. An existing mortgage loan of $16.5 million was assumed in connection with the acquisition. The properties had a remaining average lease term of 11.8 years with a 6.25% rental escalation every 5 years. The notes issued under this program by ARC Income Properties IV, LLC were sold by our dealer manager through participating broker-dealers.

ARC Growth Fund, LLC

ARC Growth Fund, LLC is a non-public real estate program formed to acquire vacant bank branch properties and opportunistically sell such properties, either vacant or subsequent to leasing the bank branch to a financial institution or other third-party tenant. Total gross proceeds of approximately $7.9 million were used to acquire, and pay related expenses in connection with, a portfolio of vacant bank branches. The purchase price of the properties also was funded with proceeds received from a one-year revolving warehouse facility. The purchase price for each bank branch is derived from a formulated price contract entered into with a financial institution. During the period from July 2008 to January 2009, ARC Growth Fund, LLC acquired 54 vacant bank branches from Wachovia Bank, N.A., under nine separate transactions. Such properties contain approximately 230,000 square feet with a gross purchase price of approximately $63.6 million. As of December 31, 2010, all properties were sold, 28 of which were acquired and simultaneously sold, resulting in an aggregate gain of approximately $4.8 million.

Section 1031 Exchange Programs

American Realty Capital Exchange, LLC, or ARCX, an affiliate of American Realty Capital, developed a program pursuant to which persons selling real estate held for investment can reinvest the proceeds of that sale in another real estate investment in an effort to obtain favorable tax treatment under Section 1031 of the Code, or a Section 1031 Exchange Program. ARCX acquires real estate to be owned in co-tenancy arrangements with persons desiring to engage in such like-kind exchanges. ARCX acquires the subject property or portfolio of properties and, either concurrently with or following such acquisition, prepares and markets a private placement memorandum for the sale of co-tenancy interests in that property. ARCX has engaged in four Section 1031 Exchange Programs raising aggregate gross proceeds of $10.1 million.

American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. purchased a Walgreens property in Sealy, TX under a tenant in common structure with an unaffiliated third party, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. The third party’s investment of $1.1 million represented a 44.0% ownership interest in the property. The remaining interest of 56% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, $1.1 million has been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program. In November 2012, the third party’s interest was purchased by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P.

American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P., an affiliate of American Realty Capital, previously had transferred 49% of its ownership interest in a Federal Express distribution facility, located in Snowshoe, Pennsylvania, and a PNC Bank branch, located in Palm Coast, Florida, to American Realty Capital DST I, or ARC DST I, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of up to 49%, or $2.6 million, in ARC DST I to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 51% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $2.6 million have been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program. In October through November 2012, the third party’s interests in the properties were purchased by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P.

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American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. also has transferred 35.2% of its ownership interest in a PNC Bank branch location, located in Pompano Beach, Florida, to American Realty Capital DST II, or ARC DST II, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of 35.2%, or $0.5 million, in ARC DST II to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 64.8% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $0.5 million have been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P pursuant to this program. In October 2012, the third party’s interest in the properties was purchase by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P.

American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. also has transferred 49% of its ownership interest in three CVS properties, located in Smyrna, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois and Visalia, California, to American Realty Capital DST III, or ARC DST III, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of up to 49%, or $3.1 million, in ARC DST III to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 51% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $3.1 million have been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program. In October 2012, the third party’s interests in the properties were purchase by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P.

American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. has transferred 49% of its ownership interest in six Bridgestone Firestone properties, located in Texas and New Mexico, to American Realty Capital DST IV, or ARC DST IV, a Section 1031 Exchange Program. Realty Capital Securities, LLC, our dealer manager, has offered membership interests of up to 49%, or $7.3 million, in ARC DST IV to investors in a private offering. The remaining interests of no less than 51% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date, cash payments of $7.3 million had been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program. American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. also has sold 24.9% of its ownership interest in a Jared Jewelry property located in Lake Grove, NY, under a tenant-in-common structure with an affiliated third party. The remaining interest of 75.1% will be retained by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. To date cash payments of $0.6 million has been accepted by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P. pursuant to this program. In October 2012, the third party’s interests in the properties were purchase by American Realty Capital Operating Partnership, L.P.

Adverse Business Developments and Conditions

The net losses incurred by public and non-public programs are primarily attributable to non-cash items and acquisition expenses incurred for the purchases of properties which are not ongoing expenses for the operation of the properties and not the impairment of the programs’ real estate assets. With respect to ARCT, our sponsor’s largest program to date, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009, the entire net loss was attributable to depreciation and amortization expenses incurred on the properties during the ownership period; and for the year ended December 31, 2008, 71% of the net losses were attributable to depreciation and amortization, and the remaining 29% of the net losses was attributable to the fair market valuation of certain derivative investments held.

Additionally, each of ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC and ARC Income Properties IV, LLC is an offering of debt securities. Despite incurring net losses during certain periods, all anticipated distributions to investors have been paid on these programs through interest payments on the debt securities. The equity interests in each of these entities are owned by Nicholas Schorsch and William Kahane and their respective families. Any losses pursuant to a reduction in value of the equity in any of these entities (which did not occur), will be borne by Messrs. Schorsch and Kahane and their respective families. On September 7, 2011, the note-holders in ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC were repaid and the properties were contributed to ARCP as part of its formation transaction. Additionally, the mortgage loans in ARC Income Properties, LLC were repaid.

ARC Growth Fund, LLC was different from our other programs in that all of the properties were vacant when the portfolio was purchased and the properties were purchased with the intention of reselling them. Losses from operations represent carrying costs on the properties as well as acquisition and disposition costs in addition to non-cash depreciation and amortization costs. Upon final distribution in 2010, all investors

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received their entire investment plus an incremental return based on a percentage of their initial investment and the sponsor retained the remaining available funds and four properties which were unsold at the end of the program.

From 2008 to 2012, our sponsor’s programs referenced above have experienced a non-renewal of eight leases, five units of which have been leased to new tenants. Further, none of these programs have been subject to mortgage foreclosure or significant losses on the sales of properties during the same period of time.

Other than as disclosed above, there have been no major adverse business developments or conditions experienced by any program or non-program property that would be material to investors, including as a result of recent general economic conditions.

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MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following summary discusses the material U.S. federal income tax considerations associated with our qualification and taxation as a REIT and the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our shares of common stock. This summary is based upon the laws, regulations, and reported judicial and administrative rulings and decisions in effect as of the date of this prospectus, all of which are subject to change, retroactively or prospectively, and to possibly differing interpretations. This summary does not purport to deal with the U.S. federal income and other tax consequences applicable to all investors in light of their particular investment or other circumstances, or to all categories of investors, some of whom may be subject to special rules (for example, insurance companies, entities treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes and investors therein, trusts, financial institutions and broker-dealers and, except to the extent discussed below, tax-exempt organizations and Non-U.S. Stockholders, as defined below). No ruling on the U.S. federal, state, or local tax considerations relevant to our operation or to the purchase, ownership or disposition of our shares, has been requested from the IRS or other tax authority. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the tax consequences described below.

This summary is also based upon the assumption that the operation of the company, and of its subsidiaries and other lower-tier and affiliated entities, will in each case be in accordance with its applicable organizational documents or partnership agreements. This summary does not discuss the impact that U.S. state and local taxes and taxes imposed by non U.S. jurisdictions could have on the matters discussed in this summary. In addition, this summary assumes that security holders hold our common stock as a capital asset, which generally means as property held for investment.

Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors in order to determine the U.S. federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to them of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our shares, the tax treatment of a REIT and the effect of potential changes in the applicable tax laws.

We intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT under the applicable provisions of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2013. Furthermore, we intend to continue operating as a REIT so long as our board of directors determines that REIT qualification remains in our best interest. However, we cannot assure you that we will meet the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws, which are highly technical and complex.

In brief, a corporation that complies with the provisions in Code Sections 856 through 860, and qualifies as a REIT generally is not taxed on its net taxable income to the extent such income is currently distributed to stockholders, thereby completely or substantially eliminating the “double taxation” that a corporation and its stockholders generally bear together. However, as discussed in greater detail below, a corporation could be subject to U.S. federal income tax in some circumstances even if it qualifies as a REIT and would likely suffer adverse consequences, including reduced cash available for distribution to its stockholders, if it failed to qualify as a REIT.

Proskauer Rose LLP has acted as our tax counsel in connection with this registration statement. Proskauer Rose LLP is of the opinion that (i) commencing with our taxable year ending December 31, 2013, we have been organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code, and our proposed method of operation will enable us to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and (ii) our operating partnership will be taxed as a partnership or a disregarded entity and not an association or publicly traded partnership (within the meaning of Code Section 7704) subject to tax as a corporation, for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with its first taxable year. This opinion is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part, and is based and conditioned, in part, on various assumptions and representations as to factual matters and covenants made to Proskauer Rose LLP by us and based upon certain terms and conditions set forth in the opinion. Our qualification as a REIT depends upon our ability to meet, through operation of the properties we acquire and our investment in other assets, the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws. Proskauer Rose LLP has not reviewed these operating results for compliance with the applicable requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws.

Therefore, we cannot assure you that our actual operating results allow us to satisfy the applicable requirements to qualify as a REIT under U.S. federal income tax laws in any taxable year.

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General

The term “REIT taxable income” means the taxable income as computed for a corporation which is not a REIT:

without the deductions allowed by Code Sections 241 through 247, and 249 (relating generally to the deduction for dividends received);
excluding amounts equal to: the net income from foreclosure property and the net income derived from prohibited transactions;
deducting amounts equal to: the net loss from foreclosure property, the net loss derived from prohibited transactions, the tax imposed by Code Section 857(b)(5) upon a failure to meet the 95% or the 75% gross income tests, the tax imposed by Code Section 856(c)(7)(C) upon a failure to meet the quarterly asset tests, the tax imposed by Code Section 856(g)(5) for otherwise avoiding REIT disqualification, and the tax imposed by Code Section 857(b)(7) on redetermined rents, redetermined deductions and excess interest;
deducting the amount of dividends paid under Code Section 561, computed without regard to the amount of the net income from foreclosure property (which is excluded from REIT taxable income); and
without regard to any change of annual accounting period pursuant to Code Section 443(b).

In any year in which we qualify as a REIT and have a valid election in place, we will claim deductions for the dividends we pay to the stockholders, and therefore will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on that portion of our taxable income or capital gain which is distributed to our stockholders.

Although we can eliminate or substantially reduce our U.S. federal income tax liability by maintaining our REIT qualification and paying sufficient dividends, we will be subject to U.S. federal tax in the following circumstances:

We will be taxed at normal corporate rates on any undistributed REIT taxable income or net capital gain.
If we fail to satisfy either the 95% Gross Income Test or the 75% Gross Income Test (each of which is described below), but our failure is due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect, and we therefore maintain our REIT qualification, we will be subject to a tax equal to the product of (a) the amount by which we failed the 75% or 95% Gross Income Test (whichever amount is greater) multiplied by (b) a fraction intended to reflect our profitability.
We will be subject to an excise tax if we fail to currently distribute sufficient income. In order to make the “required distribution” with respect to a calendar year, we must distribute the sum of (1) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for the calendar year, and (3) the excess, if any, of the grossed up required distribution (as defined in the Code) for the preceding calendar year over the distributed amount for that preceding calendar year. Any excise tax liability would be equal to 4% of the difference between the amount required to be distributed under this formula and the amount actually distributed and would not be deductible by us.
We may be subject to the corporate “alternative minimum tax” on our items of tax preference, including any deductions of net operating losses.
If we have net income from prohibited transactions such income would be subject to a 100% tax. See “— REIT Qualification Tests — Prohibited Transactions.”
We will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the highest corporate rate on any non-qualifying income from foreclosure property, although we will not own any foreclosure property unless we make loans or accept purchase money notes secured by interests in real property and foreclose on the property following a default on the loan, or foreclose on property pursuant to a default on a lease.

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If we fail to satisfy any other provision of the Code that would result in our failure to qualify as a REIT (other than a gross income or asset test requirement) and that violation is due to reasonable cause, we may retain our REIT qualification, but we will be required to pay a penalty of $50,000 for each such failure.
We may be required to pay monetary penalties to the IRS in certain circumstances, including if we fail to meet record-keeping requirements intended to monitor our compliance with rules relating to the composition of our stockholders. Such penalties generally would not be deductible by us.
If we acquire any asset from a corporation that is subject to full corporate-level U.S. federal income tax in a transaction in which our basis in the asset is determined by reference to the transferor corporation’s basis in the asset, and we recognize gain on the disposition of such an asset for up to a 10-year period beginning on the date we acquired such asset, then the excess of the fair market value as of the beginning of the applicable recognition period over our adjusted basis in such asset at the beginning of such recognition period will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the highest regular corporate U.S. federal income tax rate. The results described in this paragraph assume that the non REIT corporation will not elect, in lieu of this treatment, to be subject to an immediate tax when the asset is acquired by us.
A 100% tax may be imposed on transactions between us and a taxable REIT subsidiary that do not reflect arm’s-length terms.
The earnings of our subsidiaries that are C corporations, including any subsidiary we may elect to treat as a taxable REIT subsidiary will generally be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax.
We may elect to retain and pay income tax on our net capital gain. In that case, a stockholder would include his, her or its proportionate share of our undistributed net capital gain (to the extent we make a timely designation of such gain to the stockholder) in his, her or its income as long-term capital gain, would be deemed to have paid the tax that we paid on such gain, and would be allowed a credit for his, her or its proportionate share of the tax deemed to have been paid, and an adjustment would be made to increase the stockholder’s basis in our common stock. Stockholders that are U.S. corporations will also appropriately adjust their earnings and profits for the retained capital gain in accordance with Treasury Regulations to be promulgated.

In addition, notwithstanding our qualification as a REIT, we and our subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of taxes, including state and local and foreign income, property, payroll and other taxes on our assets and operations. We could also be subject to tax in situations and on transactions not presently contemplated.

REIT Qualification Tests

Organizational Requirements.  The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association:

(1) that is managed by one or more trustees or directors;
(2) the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest;
(3) that would be taxable as a domestic corporation but for its qualification as a REIT;
(4) that is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company;
(5) that meets the gross income, asset and annual distribution requirements;
(6) the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons on at least 335 days in each full taxable year, proportionately adjusted for a short taxable year;
(7) generally in which, at any time during the last half of each taxable year, no more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include specified entities);

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(8) that makes an election to be taxable as a REIT for the current taxable year, or has made this election for a previous taxable year, which election has not been revoked or terminated, and satisfies all relevant filing and other administrative requirements established by the IRS that must be met to maintain qualification as a REIT; and
(9) that uses a calendar year for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Organizational requirements (2) through (5) must be met during each taxable year for which REIT qualification is sought, while conditions (6) and (7) do not have to be met until after the first taxable year for which a REIT election is made. We intend to adopt December 31 as our year end, thereby satisfying condition (9).

Ownership of Interests in Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Qualified REIT Subsidiaries.  A REIT that is a partner in a partnership or a member in a limited liability company treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, will be deemed to own its proportionate share of the assets of the partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, based on its interest in partnership capital, and will be deemed to be entitled to its proportionate share of the income of that entity. The assets and gross income of the partnership or limited liability company retain the same character in the hands of the REIT. Thus, our pro rata share of the assets and items of income of any partnership or limited liability company treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which we own an interest is treated as our assets and items of income for purposes of Asset Tests and Gross Income Tests (each as defined below).

We expect to control our subsidiary partnerships and limited liability companies and intend to operate them in a manner consistent with the requirements for our qualification as a REIT. If we become a limited partner or non-managing member in any partnership or limited liability company and such entity takes or expects to take actions that could jeopardize our qualification as a REIT or require us to pay tax, we may be forced to dispose of our interest in such entity. In addition, it is possible that a partnership or limited liability company could take an action which could cause us to fail a Gross Income Test or Asset Test (each as defined below), and that we would not become aware of such action in time to dispose of our interest in the partnership or limited liability company or take other corrective action on a timely basis. In that case, we could fail to qualify as a REIT unless we were entitled to relief, as described below.

We may from time to time own certain assets through subsidiaries that we intend to be treated as “qualified REIT subsidiaries.” A corporation will qualify as our qualified REIT subsidiary if we own 100% of the corporation’s outstanding stock and do not elect with the subsidiary to treat it as a taxable REIT subsidiary, as described below. A qualified REIT subsidiary is not treated as a separate corporation, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of a qualified REIT subsidiary are treated as assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the parent REIT for purposes of the Asset Tests and Gross Income Tests (each as defined below). A qualified REIT subsidiary is not subject to U.S. federal income tax, but may be subject to state or local tax, and our ownership of the stock of a qualified REIT subsidiary will not violate the restrictions on ownership of securities, as described below under “— Asset Tests.” While we intend to hold all of our investments through the operating partnership, we also may hold investments separately, through qualified REIT subsidiaries. Because a qualified REIT subsidiary must be wholly owned by a REIT, any such subsidiary utilized by us would have to be owned by us, or another qualified REIT subsidiary, and could not be owned by the operating partnership unless we own 100% of the equity interest in the operating partnership.

If a disregarded subsidiary ceases to be wholly owned by us (for example, if any equity interest in the subsidiary is acquired by a person other than us or another one of our disregarded subsidiaries), the subsidiary’s separate existence would no longer be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Instead, it would have multiple owners and would be treated as either a partnership or a taxable corporation. Such an event could, depending on the circumstances, adversely affect our ability to satisfy the Asset and Gross Income Tests, including the requirement that REITs generally may not own, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the value or voting power of the outstanding securities of another corporation. See “— Asset Tests” and “— Income Tests.”

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Ownership of Interests in Taxable REIT Subsidiaries.  We expect to own an interest in one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries or may acquire securities in additional taxable REIT subsidiaries in the future. A taxable REIT subsidiary is a corporation other than a REIT in which a REIT directly or indirectly holds stock, and that has made a joint election with such REIT to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. If a taxable REIT subsidiary owns more than 35% of the total voting power or value of the outstanding securities of another corporation, such other corporation will also be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Other than some activities relating to lodging and health care facilities, a taxable REIT subsidiary generally may engage in any business, including investing in assets and engaging in activities that could not be held or conducted directly by us without jeopardizing our qualification as a REIT.

A taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to U.S. federal income tax as a regular C corporation. In addition, if certain tests regarding the taxable REIT subsidiary’s debt-to-equity ratio are not satisfied, a taxable REIT subsidiary generally may not deduct interest payments made in any year to an affiliated REIT to the extent that such payments exceed 50% of the taxable REIT subsidiary’s adjusted taxable income for that year (although the taxable REIT subsidiary may carry forward to, and deduct in, a succeeding year the disallowed interest amount if the 50% test is satisfied in that year). A REIT’s ownership of securities of a taxable REIT subsidiary is not subject to the 5% or 10% asset tests described below. However, no more than 25% of the gross value of a REIT’s assets may be comprised of securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiary. See “— Asset Tests.”

Share Ownership Requirements

The common stock and any other stock we issue must be held by a minimum of 100 persons (determined without attribution to the owners of any entity owning our stock) for at least 335 days in each full taxable year, proportionately adjusted for partial taxable years. In addition, we cannot be “closely held”, which means that at all times during the second half of each taxable year, no more than 50% in value of our stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (determined by applying certain attribution rules under the Code to the owners of any entity owning our stock) as specifically defined for this purpose. However, these two requirements do not apply until after the first taxable year an entity elects REIT status.

Our charter contains certain provisions intended, among other purposes, to enable us to meet requirement (6) and (7) above. First, subject to certain exceptions, our charter provides that no person may beneficially or constructively own (applying certain attribution rules under the Code) more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock, as well as in certain other circumstances. See the section entitled “Description of Securities — Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer” in this prospectus. Additionally, our charter contains provisions requiring each holder of our shares to disclose, upon demand, constructive or beneficial ownership of shares as deemed necessary to comply with the requirements of the Code. Furthermore, stockholders failing or refusing to comply with our disclosure request will be required, under Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, to submit a statement of such information to the IRS at the time of filing their annual income tax returns for the year in which the request was made.

Asset Tests

At the close of each calendar quarter of the taxable year, we must satisfy four tests based on the composition of our assets, or the Asset Tests. After initially meeting the Asset Tests at the close of any quarter, we will not lose our qualification as a REIT for failure to satisfy the Asset Tests at the end of a later quarter solely due to changes in value of our assets. In addition, if the failure to satisfy the Asset Tests results from an acquisition during a quarter, the failure generally can be cured by disposing of non-qualifying assets within 30 days after the close of that quarter. We intend to maintain adequate records of the value of our assets to ensure compliance with these tests and will act within 30 days after the close of any quarter as may be required to cure any noncompliance.

75% Asset Test.  At least 75% of the value of our assets must be represented by “real estate assets,” cash, cash items (including receivables) and government securities, which we refer to as the 75% Asset Test. Real estate assets include (1) real property (including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property), (2) shares in other qualifying REITs and (3) any property (not otherwise a real estate asset) attributable to the temporary investment of “new capital” in stock or a debt instrument, but only for the

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one-year period beginning on the date we received the new capital. Property will qualify as being attributable to the temporary investment of new capital if the money used to purchase the stock or debt instrument is received by us in exchange for our stock (other than amounts received pursuant to the Plan) or in a public offering of debt obligations that have a maturity of at least five years. Assets that do not qualify for purposes of the 75% test are subject to the additional asset tests described below under “— 25% Asset Test.”

We do not currently own interests in real properties but we intend to own such interests in the future. In addition, we intend to invest funds not used to acquire properties in cash sources, “new capital” investments or other liquid investments which allow us to continue to qualify under the 75% Asset Test. Therefore, our investment in real properties should constitute “real estate assets” and should allow us to meet the 75% Asset Test.

25% Asset Test.  Except as described below, the remaining 25% of our assets generally may be invested without restriction, which we refer to as the 25% Asset Test. However, if we invest in any securities that do not qualify under the 75% Asset Test, such securities may not exceed either (1) 5% of the value of our assets as to any one issuer; or (2) 10% of the outstanding securities by vote or value of any one issuer. The 10% value test does not apply to certain “straight debt” and other excluded securities, as described in the Code, including but not limited to any loan to an individual or estate, any obligation to pay rents from real property and any security issued by a REIT. In addition, a partnership interest held by a REIT is not considered a “security” for purposes of the 10% value test; instead, the REIT is treated as owning directly its proportionate share of the partnership’s assets, which is based on the REIT’s proportionate interest in any securities issued by the partnership (disregarding for this purpose the general rule that a partnership interest is not a security), but excluding certain securities described in the Code.

For purposes of the 10% value test, “straight debt” means a written unconditional promise to pay on demand or on a specified date a sum certain in money if (i) the debt is not convertible, directly or indirectly, into stock, (ii) the interest rate and interest payment dates are not contingent on profits, the borrower’s discretion, or similar factors other than certain contingencies relating to the timing and amount of principal and interest payments, as described in the Code and (iii) in the case of an issuer which is a corporation or a partnership, securities that otherwise would be considered straight debt will not be so considered if we, and any of our “controlled taxable REIT subsidiaries” as defined in the Code, hold any securities of the corporate or partnership issuer which (a) are not straight debt or other excluded securities (prior to the application of this rule), and (b) have an aggregate value greater than 1% of the issuer’s outstanding securities (including, for the purposes of a partnership issuer, our interest as a partner in the partnership).

We believe that our holdings of real estate assets and other securities will comply with the foregoing REIT asset requirements, and we intend to monitor compliance on an ongoing basis. We may make real estate related debt investments, provided, that the underlying real estate meets our criteria for direct investment. A real estate mortgage loan that we own generally will be treated as a real estate asset for purposes of the 75% Asset Test if, on the date that we acquire or originate the mortgage loan, the value of the real property securing the loan is equal to or greater than the principal amount of the loan. Certain mezzanine loans we make or acquire may qualify for the safe harbor in Revenue Procedure 2003-65, 2003-2 C.B. 336, pursuant to which certain loans secured by a first priority security interest in ownership interests in a partnership or limited liability company will be treated as qualifying assets for purposes of the 75% Asset Test and the 10% vote or value test. We may hold some mezzanine loans that do not qualify for that safe harbor. Furthermore, we may acquire distressed debt investments that require subsequent modification by agreement with the borrower. If the outstanding principal balance of a mortgage loan exceeds the fair market value of the real property securing the loan at the time we commit to acquire the loan, or agree to modify the loan in a manner that is treated as an acquisition of a new loan for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then a portion of such loan may not be a qualifying real estate asset. Under current law it is not clear how to determine what portion of such a loan will be treated as a qualifying real estate asset. Under recently issued guidance, the IRS has stated that it will not challenge a REIT’s treatment of a loan as being in part a real estate asset if the REIT treats the loan as being a real estate asset in an amount that is equal to the lesser of the fair market value of the real property securing the loan, as of the date we committed to acquire or modify the loan, and the fair market value of the loan. However, uncertainties exist regarding the application of this guidance, particularly with respect to the proper treatment under the Asset Tests of mortgage loans acquired at a discount that

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increase in value following their acquisition, and no assurance can be given that the IRS would not challenge our treatment of such assets. While we intend to make such investments in such a manner as not to fail the asset tests described above, no assurance can be given that any such investments would not disqualify us as a REIT.

A REIT is able to cure certain asset test violations. As noted above, a REIT cannot own securities of any one issuer representing more than 5% of the total value of the REIT’s assets or more than 10% of the outstanding securities, by vote or value, of any one issuer. However, a REIT would not lose its REIT qualification for failing to satisfy these 5% or 10% asset tests in a quarter if the failure is due to the ownership of assets the total value of which does not exceed the lesser of (1) 1% of the total value of the REIT’s assets at the end of the quarter for which the measurement is done, or (2) $10 million; provided, however, that in either case the REIT either disposes of the assets within six months after the last day of the quarter in which the REIT identifies the failure (or such other time period prescribed by the Treasury), or otherwise meets the requirements of those rules by the end of that period.

If a REIT fails to meet any of the asset test requirements for a quarter and the failure exceeds the de minimis threshold described above, then the REIT still would be deemed to have satisfied the requirements if (1) following the REIT’s identification of the failure, the REIT files a schedule with a description of each asset that caused the failure, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Treasury; (2) the failure was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect; (3) the REIT disposes of the assets within six months after the last day of the quarter in which the identification occurred or such other time period as is prescribed by the Treasury (or the requirements of the rules are otherwise met within that period); and (4) the REIT pays a tax on the failure equal to the greater of (1) $50,000, or (2) an amount determined (under regulations) by multiplying (x) the highest rate of tax for corporations under Code Section 11, by (y) the net income generated by the assets that caused the failure for the period beginning on the first date of the failure and ending on the date the REIT has disposed of the assets (or otherwise satisfies the requirements).

Income Tests

For each calendar year, we must satisfy two separate tests based on the composition of our gross income, as defined under our method of accounting, or the Gross Income Tests.

75% Gross Income Test.  At least 75% of our gross income for the taxable year (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) must result from (1) rents from real property, (2) interest on obligations secured by mortgages on real property or on interests in real property, (3) gains from the sale or other disposition of real property (including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property) other than property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our trade or business, (4) dividends from other qualifying REITs and gain (other than gain from prohibited transactions) from the sale of shares of other qualifying REITs, (5) other specified investments relating to real property or mortgages thereon, and (6) for a limited time, temporary investment income (as described under the 75% Asset Test above). We refer to this requirement as the 75% Gross Income Test. We intend to invest funds not otherwise invested in real properties in cash sources or other liquid investments which will allow us to qualify under the 75% Gross Income Test.

95% Gross Income Test.  At least 95% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions) for the taxable year must be derived from (1) sources which satisfy the 75% Gross Income Test, (2) dividends, (3) interest, or (4) gain from the sale or disposition of stock or other securities that are not assets held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our trade or business. We refer to this requirement as the 95% Gross Income Test. It is important to note that dividends and interest on obligations not collateralized by an interest in real property qualify under the 95% Gross Income Test, but not under the 75% Gross Income Test. We intend to invest funds not otherwise invested in properties in cash sources or other liquid investments which will allow us to qualify under the 95% Gross Income Test.

Rents from Real Property.  Income attributable to a lease of real property generally will qualify as “rents from real property” under the 75% Gross Income Test and the 95% Gross Income Test if such lease is respected as a true lease for U.S. federal income tax purposes (see “— Characterization of Property Leases”) and subject to the rules discussed below. Rent from a particular tenant will not qualify if we, or an owner of 10% or more of our stock, directly or indirectly, owns 10% or more of the voting stock or the total number of

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shares of all classes of stock in, or 10% or more of the assets or net profits of, the tenant (subject to certain exceptions). As described below, we expect that amounts received from taxable REIT subsidiaries we may form to facilitate our acquisition of “qualified health care properties” will satisfy the conditions of the exception for rents received from a taxable REIT subsidiary with the result that such amounts will be considered rents from real property. The portion of rent attributable to personal property rented in connection with real property will not qualify, unless the portion attributable to personal property is 15% or less of the total rent received under, or in connection with, the lease.

Generally, rent will not qualify if it is based in whole, or in part, on the income or profits of any person from the underlying property. However, rent will not fail to qualify if it is based on a fixed percentage (or designated varying percentages) of receipts or sales, including amounts above a base amount so long as the base amount is fixed at the time the lease is entered into, the provisions are in accordance with normal business practice and the arrangement is not an indirect method for basing rent on income or profits.

If a REIT operates or manages a property or furnishes or renders certain “impermissible services” to the tenants at the property, and the income derived from the services exceeds 1% of the total amount received by that REIT with respect to the property, then no amount received by the REIT with respect to the property will qualify as “rents from real property.” Impermissible services are services other than services “usually or customarily rendered” in connection with the rental of real property and not otherwise considered “rendered to the occupant.” For these purposes, the income that a REIT is considered to receive from the provision of “impermissible services” will not be less than 150% of the cost of providing the service. If the amount so received is 1% or less of the total amount received by us with respect to the property, then only the income from the impermissible services will not qualify as “rents from real property.” However, this rule generally will not apply if such services are provided to tenants through an independent contractor from whom we derive no revenue, or though a taxable REIT subsidiary. With respect to this rule, tenants will receive some services in connection with their leases of the real properties. Our intention is that the services to be provided are those usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of space, and therefore, providing these services will not cause the rents received with respect to the properties to fail to qualify as rents from real property for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test (and the 95% Gross Income Test described below). The board of directors intends to hire qualifying independent contractors or to utilize our taxable REIT subsidiaries to render services which it believes, after consultation with our tax advisors, are not usually or customarily rendered in connection with the rental of space.

In addition, we have represented that, with respect to our leasing activities, we will not (1) charge rent for any property that is based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person (excluding rent based on a percentage of receipts or sales, as described above), (2) charge rent that will be attributable to personal property in an amount greater than 15% of the total rent received under the applicable lease, or (3) enter into any lease with a related party tenant.

Amounts received as rent from a taxable REIT subsidiary are not excluded from rents from real property by reason of the related party rules described above, if the activities of the taxable REIT subsidiary and the nature of the properties it leases meet certain requirements. Generally, amounts received by us from taxable REIT subsidiaries with respect to any “qualified health care properties” we own will be considered rents from real property only if the following conditions are met:

Each “qualified health care property” must not be managed or operated by us or the taxable REIT subsidiary to which it is leased, but rather must be managed or operated by an eligible independent contractor that qualifies for U.S. federal tax purposes as an independent contractor that is actively
A “qualified health care property” includes any real property, and any personal property incident to such real property, which is, or is necessary or incidental to the use of, a hospital, nursing facility, assisted living facility, congregate care facility, qualified continuing care facility, or other licensed facility which extends medical or nursing or ancillary services to patients and which is operated by a provider of such services which is eligible for participation in the Medicare program with respect to such facility; and

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The taxable REIT subsidiary may not directly or indirectly provide to any person, under a franchise, license or otherwise, rights to any brand name under which any “qualified health care property” is operated, except with respect to an independent contractor in relation to facilities it manages for or leases from us.

We expect that all “qualified health care properties” we acquire and lease to a taxable REIT subsidiary will be operated in accordance with these requirements with the result that amounts received from a taxable REIT subsidiary will be considered rents from real property. The taxable REIT subsidiaries will pay regular corporate tax rates on any income they earn from the lease of our “qualified health care properties,” as well as any other income they earn. In addition, the taxable REIT subsidiary rules limit the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by a taxable REIT subsidiary to its parent REIT to assure that the taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to an appropriate level of corporate taxation. Further, the rules impose a 100% excise tax on transactions between a taxable REIT subsidiary and its parent REIT or the REIT’s tenants whose terms are not on an arm’s-length basis.

Interest Income.  It is possible that we will be paid interest on loans secured by real property. All interest income qualifies under the 95% Gross Income Test, and interest on loans secured by real property qualifies under the 75% Gross Income Test, provided, that in both cases, the interest does not depend, in whole or in part, on the income or profits of any person (excluding amounts based on a fixed percentage of receipts or sales). If a loan is secured by both real property and other property, the interest on it may nevertheless qualify under the 75% Gross Income Test. If we receive interest income with respect to a mortgage loan that is secured by both real property and other property, and the highest principal amount of the loan outstanding during a taxable year exceeds the fair market value of the real property on the date that we committed to acquire the loan, or agreed to modify the loan in a manner that is treated as an acquisition of a new loan for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then the interest income will be apportioned between the real property and the other collateral, and our income from the loan will qualify for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test only to the extent that the interest is allocable to the real property. For purposes of the preceding sentence, however, pursuant IRS guidance we do not need to re-determine the fair market value of real property in connection with a loan modification that is occasioned by a default or made at a time when we reasonably believe the modification to the loan will substantially reduce a significant risk of default on the original loan, and any such modification will not be treated as a prohibited transaction. All of our loans secured by real property will be structured so that the amount of the loan does not exceed the fair market value of the real property at the time of the loan commitment. Therefore, income generated through any investments in loans secured by real property should be treated as qualifying income under the 75% Gross Income Test.

Dividend Income.  We may receive distributions from taxable REIT subsidiaries or other corporations that are not REITs or qualified REIT subsidiaries. These distributions are generally classified as dividends to the extent of the earnings and profits of the distributing corporation. Such distributions generally constitute qualifying income for purposes of the 95% Gross Income Test, but not the 75% Gross Income Test. Any dividends received by us from a REIT will be qualifying income for purposes of both the 95% and 75% Gross Income Tests.

We will monitor the amount of the dividend and other income from our taxable REIT subsidiaries and will take actions intended to keep this income, and any other nonqualifying income, within the limitations of the Gross Income Tests. Although we intend to take these actions to prevent a violation of the Gross Income Tests, we cannot guarantee that such actions will in all cases prevent such a violation.

Foreclosure Property.  Foreclosure property is real property and any personal property incident to such real property (1) that is acquired by a REIT as a result of the REIT having bid on the property at foreclosure or having otherwise reduced the property to ownership or possession by agreement or process of law after there was a default (or default was imminent) on a lease of the property or a mortgage loan held by the REIT and secured by the property, (2) for which the related loan or lease was acquired by the REIT at a time when default was not imminent or anticipated and (3) for which such REIT makes a proper election to treat the property as foreclosure property. REITs generally are subject to tax at the maximum U.S. federal corporate tax rate (currently 35%) on any net income from foreclosure property, including any gain from the disposition of

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the foreclosure property, other than income that would otherwise be qualifying income for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test. Any gain from the sale of property for which a foreclosure property election has been made will not be subject to the 100% tax on gains from prohibited transactions described above, even if the property would otherwise constitute inventory or dealer property in the hands of the selling REIT. If we believe we will receive any income from foreclosure property that is not qualifying income for purposes of the 75% Gross Income Test, we intend to elect to treat the related property as foreclosure property.

Satisfaction of the Gross Income Tests.  Our share of income from the properties primarily will give rise to rental income and gains on sales of the properties, substantially all of which generally will qualify under the 75% Gross Income and 95% Gross Income Tests. Our anticipated operations indicate that it is likely that we will have little or no non-qualifying income to cause adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences. As described above, we may establish one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries with which we could enter into leases for any properties in which we may invest. The gross income generated by our taxable REIT subsidiaries would not be included in our gross income. However, we would realize gross income from these subsidiaries in the form of rents. In addition, any dividends from our taxable REIT subsidiary to us would be included in our gross income and qualify for the 95% Gross Income Test, but not the 75% Gross Income Test.

If we fail to satisfy either the 75% Gross Income or 95% Gross Income Tests for any taxable year, we may retain our qualification as a REIT for such year if we satisfy the IRS that (1) the failure was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, (2) we attach to our return a schedule describing the nature and amount of each item of our gross income, and (3) any incorrect information on such schedule was not due to fraud with intent to evade U.S. federal income tax. If this relief provision is available, we would remain subject to tax equal to the greater of the amount by which we failed the 75% Gross Income Test or the 95% Gross Income Test, as applicable, multiplied by a fraction meant to reflect our profitability.

Annual Distribution Requirements

In addition to the other tests described above, we are required to distribute dividends (other than capital gain dividends) to our stockholders each year in an amount at least equal to the excess of: (1) the sum of: (a) 90% of our REIT taxable income (determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and by excluding net capital gain); and (b) 90% of the net income (after tax) from foreclosure property; less (2) the sum of some types of items of non-cash income. Whether sufficient amounts have been distributed is based on amounts paid in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if we: (1) declared a dividend before the due date of our tax return (including extensions); (2) distribute the dividend within the 12-month period following the close of the taxable year (and not later than the date of the first regular dividend payment made after such declaration); and (3) file an election with our tax return. Additionally, dividends that we declare in October, November or December in a given year payable to stockholders of record in any such month will be treated as having been paid on December 31st of that year so long as the dividends are actually paid during January of the following year. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distributions must not be “preferential dividends.” A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is (1) pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class, and (2) in accordance with the preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents. If we fail to meet the annual distribution requirements as a result of an adjustment to our U.S. federal income tax return by the IRS, or under certain other circumstances, we may cure the failure by paying a “deficiency dividend” (plus penalties and interest to the IRS) within a specified period.

If we do not distribute 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the undistributed portion. We also will be subject to an excise tax if we fail to currently distribute sufficient income. In order to make the “required distribution” with respect to a calendar year and avoid the excise tax, we must distribute the sum of (1) 85% of our REIT ordinary income for the calendar year, (2) 95% of our REIT capital gain net income for the calendar year, and (3) the excess, if any, of the grossed up required distribution (as defined in the Code) for the preceding calendar year over the distributed amount for that preceding calendar year. Any excise tax liability would be equal to 4% of the difference between the amount required to be distributed and the amount actually distributed and would not be deductible by us.

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We intend to pay sufficient dividends each year to satisfy the annual distribution requirements and avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings; however, it may not always be possible to do so. It is possible that we may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the annual distribution requirements due to tax accounting rules and other timing differences. Other potential sources of non-cash taxable income include:

“residual interests” in REMICs or taxable mortgage pools;
loans or mortgage-backed securities held as assets that are issued at a discount and require the accrual of taxable economic interest in advance of receipt in cash; and
loans on which the borrower is permitted to defer cash payments of interest, distressed loans on which we may be required to accrue taxable interest income even though the borrower is unable to make current servicing payments in cash, and debt securities purchased at a discount.

We will closely monitor the relationship between our REIT taxable income and cash flow, and if necessary to comply with the annual distribution requirements, will attempt to borrow funds to fully provide the necessary cash flow or to pay dividends in the form of taxable in-kind distributions of property, including taxable stock dividends.

Failure to Qualify

If we fail to qualify, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a REIT in any taxable year, we may be eligible for relief provisions if the failures are due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. If the applicable relief provisions are not available or cannot be met, or to the extent we fail to distribute 100% of our REIT taxable income, we will not be able to deduct our dividends and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) on our taxable income at regular corporate rates, thereby reducing cash available for distributions. In such event, all distributions to stockholders (to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits) will be taxable as ordinary dividend income. This “double taxation” results from our failure to qualify as a REIT. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, we will not be eligible to elect REIT qualification for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was lost.

Recordkeeping Requirements

We are required to maintain records and request on an annual basis information from specified stockholders. These requirements are designed to assist us in determining the actual ownership of our outstanding stock and maintaining our qualification as a REIT.

Prohibited Transactions

As discussed above, we will be subject to a 100% U.S. federal income tax on any net income derived from “prohibited transactions.” Net income derived from prohibited transactions arises from the sale or exchange of property held for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business which is not foreclosure property. There is an exception to this rule for the sale of property that:

is a real estate asset under the 75% Asset Test;
generally has been held for at least two years;
has aggregate expenditures which are includable in the basis of the property not in excess of 30% of the net selling price;
in some cases, was held for production of rental income for at least two years;
in some cases, substantially all of the marketing and development expenditures were made through an independent contractor; and
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connection with an involuntary conversion) or occurs in a year when the REIT disposes of less than 10% of its assets (measured by U.S. federal income tax basis or fair market value, and ignoring involuntary dispositions and sales of foreclosure property).

Although we may eventually sell each of the properties, our primary intention in acquiring and operating the properties is the production of rental income and we do not expect to hold any property for sale to customers in the ordinary course of our business. The 100% tax will not apply to gains from the sale of property that is held through a taxable REIT subsidiary or other taxable corporation, although such income will be subject to tax in the hands of the corporation at regular corporate income tax rates. As a general matter, any condominium conversions we might undertake must satisfy these restrictions to avoid being “prohibited transactions,” which will limit the annual number of transactions. See “— Ownership of Interests in Taxable REIT Subsidiaries.”

Characterization of Property Leases

We have acquired and intend to acquire and own commercial properties subject to net leases. We have and currently intend to structure our leases so that they qualify as true leases for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For example, with respect to each lease, we generally expect that:

our operating partnership and the lessee will intend for their relationship to be that of a lessor and lessee, and such relationship will be documented by a lease agreement;
the lessee will have the right to exclusive possession and use and quiet enjoyment of the properties covered by the lease during the term of the lease;
the lessee will bear the cost of, and will be responsible for, day-to-day maintenance and repair of the properties other than the cost of certain capital expenditures, and will dictate through the property managers, who will work for the lessee during the terms of the leases, and how the properties will be operated and maintained;
the lessee will bear all of the costs and expenses of operating the properties, including the cost of any inventory used in their operation, during the term of the lease, other than the cost of certain furniture, fixtures and equipment, and certain capital expenditures;
the lessee will benefit from any savings and will bear the burdens of any increases in the costs of operating the properties during the term of the lease;
in the event of damage or destruction to a property, the lessee will be at economic risk because it will bear the economic burden of the loss in income from operation of the properties subject to the right, in certain circumstances, to terminate the lease if the lessor does not restore the property to its prior condition;
the lessee will indemnify the lessor against all liabilities imposed on the lessor during the term of the lease by reason of (A) injury to persons or damage to property occurring at the properties or (B) the lessee’s use, management, maintenance or repair of the properties;
the lessee will be obligated to pay, at a minimum, substantial base rent for the period of use of the properties under the lease;
the lessee will stand to incur substantial losses or reap substantial gains depending on how successfully it, through the property managers, who work for the lessees during the terms of the leases, operates the properties;
we expect that each lease that we enter into, at the time we enter into it (or at any time that any such lease is subsequently renewed or extended) will enable the tenant to derive a meaningful profit, after expenses and taking into account the risks associated with the lease, from the operation of the properties during the term of its leases; and
upon termination of each lease, the applicable property will be expected to have a remaining useful life equal to at least 20% of its expected useful life on the date the lease is entered into, and a fair market value equal to at least 20% of its fair market value on the date the lease was entered into.

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If, however, the IRS were to recharacterize our leases as service contracts, partnership agreements or otherwise, rather than true leases, or disregard the leases altogether for tax purposes, all or part of the payments that we receive from the lessees would not be considered rent and might not otherwise satisfy the various requirements for qualification as “rents from real property.” In that case, we would not be able to satisfy either the 75% or 95% Gross Income Tests and, as a result, could lose our REIT qualification.

Tax Aspects of Investments in Partnerships

General.  We anticipate holding direct or indirect interests in one or more partnerships, including the operating partnership. We intend to operate as an UPREIT, which is a structure whereby we would own a direct interest in the operating partnership, and the operating partnership would, in turn, own the properties and may possibly own interests in other non-corporate entities that own properties. Such non-corporate entities would generally be organized as limited liability companies, partnerships or trusts and would either be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes (if the operating partnership were the sole owner) or treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The following is a summary of the U.S. federal income tax consequences of our investment in the operating partnership if the operating partnership is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This discussion should also generally apply to any investment by us in other entities taxable as partnerships for such purposes.

A partnership (that is not a publicly traded partnership taxed as a corporation) is not subject to tax as an entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Rather, partners are allocated their allocable share of the items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the partnership, and are potentially subject to tax thereon, without regard to whether the partners receive any distributions from the partnership. We will be required to take into account our allocable share of the foregoing items for purposes of the various REIT gross income and asset tests, and in the computation of our REIT taxable income and U.S. federal income tax liability. Further, there can be no assurance that distributions from the operating partnership will be sufficient to pay the tax liabilities resulting from an investment in the operating partnership.

Generally, an entity with two or more members formed as a partnership or limited liability company under state law will be taxed as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes unless it specifically elects otherwise. Because the operating partnership was formed as a partnership under state law, for U.S. federal income tax purposes the operating partnership will be treated as a partnership, if it has two or more partners, or a disregarded entity, if it is treated as having one partner. We intend that interests in the operating partnership (and any partnership invested in by the operating partnership) will fall within one of the “safe harbors” for the partnership to avoid being classified as a publicly traded partnership. However, our ability to satisfy the requirements of some of these safe harbors depends on the results of actual operations and accordingly no assurance can be given that any such partnership will at all times satisfy one of such safe harbors. We reserve the right to not satisfy any safe harbor. Even if a partnership is a publicly traded partnership, it generally will not be treated as a corporation if at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year is from certain sources, which generally include rents from real property and other types of passive income. We believe that our operating partnership will have sufficient qualifying income so that it would be taxed as a partnership, even if it were treated as a publicly traded partnership.

If for any reason the operating partnership (or any partnership invested in by the operating partnership) is taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the character of our assets and items of gross income would change, and as a result, we would most likely be unable to satisfy the applicable REIT requirements under U.S. federal income tax laws discussed above. In addition, any change in the status of any partnership may be treated as a taxable event, in which case we could incur a tax liability without a related cash distribution. Further, if any partnership was treated as a corporation, items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of such partnership would be subject to corporate income tax, and the partners of any such partnership would be treated as stockholders, with distributions to such partners being treated as dividends.

Anti-abuse Treasury Regulations have been issued under the partnership provisions of the Code that authorize the IRS, in some abusive transactions involving partnerships, to disregard the form of a transaction and recast it as it deems appropriate. The anti-abuse regulations apply where a partnership is utilized in

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connection with a transaction (or series of related transactions) with a principal purpose of substantially reducing the present value of the partners’ aggregate U.S. federal tax liability in a manner inconsistent with the intent of the partnership provisions. The anti-abuse regulations contain an example in which a REIT contributes the proceeds of a public offering to a partnership in exchange for a general partnership interest. The limited partners contribute real property assets to the partnership, subject to liabilities that exceed their respective aggregate bases in such property. The example concludes that the use of the partnership is not inconsistent with the intent of the partnership provisions, and thus, cannot be recast by the IRS. However, the anti-abuse regulations are extraordinarily broad in scope and are applied based on an analysis of all the facts and circumstances. As a result, we cannot assure you that the IRS will not attempt to apply the anti-abuse regulations to us. Any such action could potentially jeopardize our qualification as a REIT and materially affect the tax consequences and economic return resulting from an investment in us.

Income Taxation of Partnerships and their Partners.  Although a partnership agreement generally will determine the allocation of a partnership’s income and losses among the partners, such allocations may be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. If any allocation is not recognized for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the item subject to the allocation will be reallocated in accordance with the partners’ economic interests in the partnership. We believe that the allocations of taxable income and loss in the partnership agreement comply with the requirements of Code Section 704(b) and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. For a description of allocations by the operating partnership to the partners, see the section entitled “Summary of Our Operating Partnership Agreement” in this prospectus.

In some cases, special allocations of net profits or net losses will be required to comply with the U.S. federal income tax principles governing partnership tax allocations. Additionally, pursuant to Code Section 704(c), income, gain, loss and deduction attributable to property contributed to the operating partnership in exchange for units must be allocated in a manner so that the contributing partner is charged with, or benefits from, the unrealized gain or loss attributable to the property at the time of contribution. The amount of such unrealized gain or loss is generally equal to the difference between the fair market value and the adjusted basis of the property at the time of contribution. These allocations are designed to eliminate book-tax differences by allocating to contributing partners lower amounts of depreciation deductions and increased taxable income and gain attributable to the contributed property than would ordinarily be the case for economic or book purposes. With respect to any property purchased by the operating partnership, such property generally will have an initial tax basis equal to its fair market value, and accordingly, Code Section 704(c) will not apply, except as described further below in this paragraph. The application of the principles of Code Section 704(c) in tiered partnership arrangements is not entirely clear. Accordingly, the IRS may assert a different allocation method than the one selected by the operating partnership to cure any book-tax differences. In certain circumstances, we create book-tax differences by adjusting the values of properties for economic or book purposes and generally the rules of Code Section 704(c) would apply to such differences as well.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, our depreciation deductions generally will be computed using the straight-line method. Commercial buildings, structural components and improvements are generally depreciated over 40 years. Shorter depreciation periods apply to other properties. Some improvements to land are depreciated over 15 years. With respect to such improvements, however, taxpayers may elect to depreciate these improvements over 20 years using the straight-line method. For properties contributed to the operating partnership, depreciation deductions are calculated based on the transferor’s basis and depreciation method. Because depreciation deductions are based on the transferor’s basis in the contributed property, the operating partnership generally would be entitled to less depreciation than if the properties were purchased in a taxable transaction. The burden of lower depreciation generally will fall first on the contributing partner, but also may reduce the depreciation allocated to other partners.

Gain on the sale or other disposition of depreciable property is characterized as ordinary income (rather than capital gain) to the extent of any depreciation recapture. Buildings and improvements depreciated under the straight-line method of depreciation are generally not subject to depreciation recapture unless the property was held for less than one year. However, individuals, trusts and estates that hold shares either directly or through a pass-through entity may be subject to tax on the disposition on such assets at a rate of 25% rather than at the normal capital gains rate, to the extent that such assets have been depreciated.

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Some expenses incurred in the conduct of the operating partnership’s activities may not be deducted in the year they were paid. To the extent this occurs, the taxable income of the operating partnership may exceed its cash receipts for the year in which the expense is paid. As discussed above, the costs of acquiring properties must generally be recovered through depreciation deductions over a number of years. Prepaid interest and loan fees, and prepaid management fees are other examples of expenses that may not be deducted in the year they were paid.

Taxation of U.S. Stockholders

Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders.  As long as we qualify as a REIT, distributions paid to our U.S. stockholders out of current or accumulated earnings and profits (and not designated as capital gain dividends, or qualified dividend income) will be ordinary income. Generally, for purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Stockholder” is a person (other than a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

an individual citizen or resident of the United States for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
a trust if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (2) the trust has a valid election in effect under current Treasury Regulations to be treated as a U. S. person.

If a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds our common stock, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner generally will depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partner of a partnership holding our common stock should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences to the partner of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our stock by the partnership.

Distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and profits are treated first as a tax-deferred return of capital to the U.S. Stockholder, reducing the U.S. Stockholder’s tax basis in his, her or its common stock by the amount of such distribution, and then as capital gain. Because our earnings and profits are reduced for depreciation and other non-cash items, it is possible that a portion of each distribution will constitute a tax-deferred return of capital. Additionally, because distributions in excess of earnings and profits reduce the U.S. Stockholder’s basis in our stock, this will increase the U.S. Stockholder’s gain, or reduce the U.S. Stockholder’s loss, on any subsequent sale of the stock.

Distributions that are designated as capital gain dividends will be taxed as long-term capital gain to the extent they do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year, without regard to the period for which the U.S. Stockholder that receives such distribution has held its stock. However, corporate stockholders may be required to treat up to 20% of some types of capital gain dividends as ordinary income. We also may decide to retain, rather than distribute, our net capital gain and pay any tax thereon. In such instances, U.S. Stockholders would include their proportionate shares of such gain in income as long-term capital gain, receive a credit on their returns for their proportionate share of our tax payments, and increase the tax basis of their shares of stock by the after-tax amount of such gain.

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With respect to U.S. Stockholders who are taxed at the rates applicable to individuals, we may elect to designate a portion of our distributions paid to such U.S. Stockholders as “qualified dividend income.” A portion of a distribution that is properly designated as qualified dividend income is taxable to non-corporate U.S. Stockholders as capital gain, provided that the U.S. Stockholder has held the common stock with respect to which the distribution is made for more than 60 days during the 121 day period beginning on the date that is 60 days before the date on which such common stock became ex-dividend with respect to the relevant distribution. The maximum amount of our distributions eligible to be designated as qualified dividend income for a taxable year is equal to the sum of:

(1) the qualified dividend income received by us during such taxable year from C corporations (including any taxable REIT subsidiaries);
(2) the excess of any “undistributed” REIT taxable income recognized during the immediately preceding year over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such undistributed REIT taxable income; and
(3) the excess of any income recognized during the immediately preceding year attributable to the sale of a built-in-gain asset that was acquired in a carry-over basis transaction from a non-REIT corporation or had appreciated at the time our REIT election became effective over the U.S. federal income tax paid by us with respect to such built in gain.

Generally, dividends that we receive will be treated as qualified dividend income for purposes of (1) above if the dividends are received from a regular, domestic C corporation, such as any taxable REIT subsidiaries, and specified holding period and other requirements are met.

Dividend income is characterized as “portfolio” income under the passive loss rules and cannot be offset by a stockholder’s current or suspended passive losses. Corporate stockholders cannot claim the dividends-received deduction for such dividends unless we lose our REIT qualification. Although U.S. Stockholders generally will recognize taxable income in the year that a distribution is received, any distribution we declare in October, November or December of any year and is payable to a U.S. Stockholder of record on a specific date in any such month will be treated as both paid by us and received by the U.S. Stockholder on December 31st of the year it was declared even if paid by us during January of the following calendar year. Because we are not a pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, U.S. Stockholders may not use any of our operating or capital losses to reduce their tax liabilities.

We have the ability to declare a large portion of a dividend in shares of our stock. As long as a portion of such dividend is paid in cash (which portion can be as low as 20%) and certain requirements are met, the entire distribution will be treated as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a result, U.S. Stockholders will be taxed on 100% of the dividend in the same manner as a cash dividend, even though most of the dividend was paid in shares of our stock. In general, any dividend on shares of our preferred stock will be taxable as a dividend, regardless of whether any portion is paid in stock.

In general, the sale of our common stock held for more than 12 months will produce long-term capital gain or loss. All other sales will produce short-term gain or loss. In each case, the gain or loss is equal to the difference between the amount of cash and fair market value of any property received from the sale and the U.S. Stockholder’s basis in the common stock sold. However, any loss from a sale or exchange of common stock by a U.S. Stockholder who has held such stock for six months or less generally will be treated as a long-term capital loss, to the extent that the U.S. Stockholder treated our distributions as long-term capital gain. The use of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Currently, the maximum tax rate applicable to individuals and certain other noncorporate taxpayers on net capital gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of shares is 20%, and the maximum marginal tax rate payable by them on dividends received from corporations that are subject to a corporate level of tax has been reduced. Except in limited circumstances, as discussed above with respect to “qualified dividend income,” this reduced tax rate will not apply to dividends paid by us.

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reported to the IRS and to you. Generally these rules apply to all shares purchased including those purchased through the Plan. For “cost basis” reporting purposes, you may identify by lot the shares that you transfer or that are redeemed, but if you do not timely notify us of your election, we will identify the shares that are transferred or redeemed on a “first in/first out” basis. The shares in the Plan are also eligible for the “average cost” basis method, should you so elect. Information reporting (transfer statements) on other transactions may also be required under these new rules. Generally, these reports are made for certain transactions. Transfer statements are issued between “brokers” and are not issued to the IRS or to you.

Stockholders should consult their tax advisors regarding the consequences of these new rules.

Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders.  U.S. tax-exempt entities, including qualified employee pension and profit sharing trusts and individual retirement accounts, generally are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation. However, they are subject to taxation on their unrelated business taxable income, or UBTI. While many investments in real estate may generate UBTI, the IRS has ruled that dividend distributions from a REIT to a tax-exempt entity do not constitute UBTI. Based on that ruling, our distributions to a U.S. Stockholder that is a domestic tax-exempt entity should not constitute UBTI unless such U.S. Stockholder borrows funds (or otherwise incurs acquisition indebtedness within the meaning of the Code) to acquire its shares of common stock, or the shares of common stock are otherwise used in an unrelated trade or business of the tax-exempt entity. Furthermore, part or all of the income or gain recognized with respect to our stock held by certain domestic tax-exempt entities including social clubs, voluntary employee benefit associations, supplemental unemployment benefit trusts and qualified group legal service plans (all of which are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation under Code Sections 501(c)(7), (9), (17) or (20)), may be treated as UBTI.

Special rules apply to the ownership of REIT shares by some tax-exempt pension trusts. If we would be “closely-held” (discussed above with respect to the share ownership tests) because the stock held by tax-exempt pension trusts was viewed as being held by the trusts rather than by their respective beneficiaries, tax-exempt pension trusts owning more than 10% by value of our stock may be required to treat a percentage of our dividends as UBTI. This rule applies if: (1) at least one tax-exempt pension trust owns more than 25% by value of our shares, or (2) one or more tax-exempt pension trusts (each owning more than 10% by value of our shares) hold in the aggregate more than 50% by value of our shares. The percentage treated as UBTI is our gross income (less direct expenses) derived from an unrelated trade or business (determined as if we were a tax-exempt pension trust) divided by our gross income from all sources (less direct expenses). If this percentage is less than 5%, however, none of the dividends will be treated as UBTI. Because of the restrictions in our charter regarding the ownership, concentration of our common stock, we believe that a tax-exempt pension trust should not become subject to these rules. However, because our shares of common stock may become publicly traded, we can give no assurance of this.

Prospective tax-exempt purchasers should consult their own tax advisors and financial planners as to the applicability of these rules and consequences to their particular circumstances.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting.  We will report to our U.S. Stockholders and the IRS the amount of dividends paid during each calendar year and the amount of any tax withheld. Under the backup withholding rules, a U.S. Stockholder may be subject to backup withholding at the current rate of 28% with respect to dividends paid, unless the U.S. Stockholder (1) is a corporation or comes within other exempt categories and, when required, demonstrates this fact or (2) provides a taxpayer identification number or social security number, certifies under penalties of perjury that such number is correct and that such U.S. Stockholder is not subject to backup withholding and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. A U.S. Stockholder that does not provide his, her or its correct taxpayer identification number or social security number may also be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS. In addition, we may be required to withhold a portion of capital gain distribution to any U.S. Stockholder who fails to certify its non-foreign status.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit against such U.S. Stockholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is furnished to the IRS.

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Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders

General.  The rules governing the U.S. federal income taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders are complex, and as such, only a summary of such rules is provided in this prospectus. Non-U.S. investors should consult with their own tax advisors and financial planners to determine the impact that U.S. federal, state and local income tax or similar laws will have on such investors as a result of an investment in our REIT. A “Non-U.S. Stockholder” means a person (other than a partnership or entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is not a U.S. Stockholder.

Distributions — In General.  Distributions paid by us that are not attributable to gain from our sales or exchanges of USRPIs and not designated by us as capital gain dividends will be treated as dividends of ordinary income to the extent that they are made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such dividends to Non-U.S. Stockholders ordinarily will be subject to a withholding tax equal to 30% of the gross amount of the dividend unless an applicable tax treaty reduces or eliminates that tax. Under some treaties, however, lower rates generally applicable to dividends do not apply to dividends from REITs. If income from the investment in the shares of common stock is treated as effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Stockholder’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business, the Non-U.S. Stockholder generally will be subject to a tax at the graduated rates applicable to ordinary income, in the same manner as U.S. stockholders are taxed with respect to such dividends (and also may be subject to the 30% branch profits tax in the case of a stockholder that is a foreign corporation that is not entitled to any treaty exemption). In general, Non-U.S. Stockholders will not be considered to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business solely as a result of their ownership of our stock. Dividends in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to a stockholder to the extent they do not exceed the adjusted basis of the stockholder’s shares. Instead, they will reduce the adjusted basis of such shares. To the extent that such dividends exceed the adjusted basis of a Non-U.S. Stockholder’s shares, they will give rise to tax liability if the Non-U.S. Stockholder would otherwise be subject to tax on any gain from the sale or disposition of his shares, as described in the “Sales of Shares” portion of this Section below.

Distributions Attributable to Sale or Exchange of Real Property.  Pursuant to FIRPTA, distributions that are attributable to gain from our sales or exchanges of USRPIs will be taxed to a Non-U.S. Stockholder as if such gain were effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. Non-U.S. Stockholders would thus be taxed at the normal capital gain rates applicable to U.S. Stockholders, and would be subject to applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident alien individuals. Also, such dividends may be subject to a 30% branch profits tax in the hands of a corporate Non-U.S. Stockholder not entitled to any treaty exemption. However, generally a capital gain dividend from a REIT is not treated as effectively connected income for a Non-U.S. Stockholder if (1) the distribution is received with respect to a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market located in the U.S.; and (2) the Non-U.S. Stockholder does not own more than 5% of the class of stock at any time during the one year period ending on the date of such distribution. However, it is not anticipated that our shares will be “regularly traded” on an established securities market for the foreseeable future, and therefore, this exception is not expected to apply.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Withholding on Distributions.  For U.S. federal income tax withholding purposes, we generally will withhold tax at the rate of 30% on the amount of any distribution (other than distributions designated as capital gain dividends) made to a Non-U.S. Stockholder, unless the Non-U.S. Stockholder provides us with appropriate documentation (1) evidencing that such Non-U.S. Stockholder is eligible for an exemption or reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty, generally an IRS Form W-8BEN (in which case we will withhold at the lower treaty rate) or (2) claiming that the dividend is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Stockholder’s conduct of a trade or business within the U.S., generally an IRS Form W-8ECI (in which case we will not withhold tax). We are also generally required to withhold tax at the rate of 35% on the portion of any dividend to a Non-U.S. Stockholder that is or could be designated by us as a capital gain dividend, to the extent attributable to gain on a sale or exchange of an interest in U.S. real property. Such withheld amounts of tax do not represent actual tax liabilities, but rather, represent payments in respect of those tax liabilities described in the preceding two paragraphs. Therefore, such withheld amounts are creditable by the Non-U.S. Stockholder against its actual U.S. federal income tax liabilities, including those described in the preceding two paragraphs. The Non-U.S. Stockholder would be

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entitled to a refund of any amounts withheld in excess of such Non-U.S. Stockholder’s actual U.S. federal income tax liabilities, provided that the Non-U.S. Stockholder files applicable returns or refund claims with the IRS.

Sales of Shares.  Gain recognized by a Non-U.S. Stockholder upon a sale of shares generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation; provided, that: (1) such gain is not effectively connected with the conduct by such Non-U.S. Stockholder of a trade or business within the U.S.; (2) the Non-U.S. Stockholder is an individual and is not present in the U.S. for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain other conditions apply; and (3) (A) our REIT is “domestically controlled,” which generally means that less than 50% in value of our shares continues to be held directly or indirectly by foreign persons during a continuous five year period ending on the date of disposition or, if shorter, during the entire period of our existence, or (B) our shares of common stock are “regularly traded” on an established securities market and the selling Non-U.S. Stockholder has not held more than 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock at any time during the five-year period ending on the date of the sale.

We believe, but cannot assure you that we will qualify as “domestically controlled”. However, if we were not domestically controlled, a Non-U.S. Stockholder’s sale of shares of common stock would be subject to tax, unless the shares of common stock were regularly traded on an established securities market and the selling Non-U.S. Stockholder has not directly, or indirectly, owned during the five-year period ending on the date of sale more than 5% in value of our shares of common stock. However, it is not anticipated that our shares of common stock will be “regularly traded” on an established securities market. If the gain on the sale of shares were to be subject to taxation, the Non-U.S. Stockholder would be subject to the same treatment as U.S. Stockholders with respect to such gain, and the purchaser of such shares of common stock may be required to withhold 10% of the gross purchase price.

If the proceeds of a disposition of common stock are paid by or through a U.S. office of a broker-dealer, the payment is generally subject to information reporting and to backup withholding unless the disposing Non-U.S. Stockholder certifies as to its name, address and non-U.S. status or otherwise establishes an exemption. Generally, U.S. information reporting and backup withholding will not apply to a payment of disposition proceeds if the payment is made outside the U.S. through a foreign office of a foreign broker-dealer. Under Treasury Regulations, if the proceeds from a disposition of common stock paid to or through a foreign office of a U.S. broker-dealer or a non-U.S. office of a foreign broker-dealer that is (1) a “controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (2) a person 50% or more of whose gross income from all sources for a three-year period was effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, (3) a foreign partnership with one or more partners who are U.S. persons and who, in the aggregate, hold more than 50% of the income or capital interest in the partnership, or (4) a foreign partnership engaged in the conduct of a trade or business in the U.S., then (A) backup withholding will not apply unless the broker-dealer has actual knowledge that the owner is not a Non-U.S. Stockholder, and (B) information reporting will not apply if the Non-U.S. Stockholder certifies its non-U.S. status and further certifies that it has not been, and at the time the certificate is furnished reasonably expects not to be, present in the U.S. for a period aggregating 183 days or more during each calendar year to which the certification pertains. Prospective foreign purchasers should consult their tax advisors and financial planners concerning these rules.

Medicare Tax

Certain net investment income earned by U.S. citizens and resident aliens and certain estates and trusts is subject to a 3.8% Medicare tax. Net investment income includes, among other things, dividends on and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of shares of stock. Holders of shares of our common stock should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of this tax on their ownership and disposition of such shares.

Foreign Accounts

Withholding taxes may apply to certain types of payments made to “foreign financial institutions” (as specially defined in the Code) and certain other non-U.S. entities. A withholding tax of 30% generally will be imposed on dividends on, and gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of, our common stock paid to (a) a foreign financial institution unless such foreign financial institution agrees to verify, report and disclose its U.S. accountholders and meets certain other specified requirements or (b) a non-financial foreign entity that

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is the beneficial owner of the payment unless such entity certifies that it does not have any substantial U.S. owners or furnishes identifying information regarding each substantial U.S. owner and such entity meets certain other specified requirements. Applicable Treasury Regulations and other IRS guidance provide that these rules generally will apply to payments of dividends on our common stock made after June 30, 2014 and generally will apply to payments of gross proceeds from a sale or other disposition of our common stock after December 31, 2016. We will not pay any additional amounts in respect of any amounts withheld. U.S. Stockholders and Non-U.S. Stockholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the particular consequences to them of this legislation and guidance.

Other Tax Considerations

Distribution Reinvestment Plan.  Stockholders who participate in the Plan will recognize taxable dividend income in the amount they would have received had they elected not to participate, even though they receive no cash. These deemed dividends will be treated as actual dividends from us to the participating stockholders and will retain the character and U.S. federal income tax effects applicable to all dividends. See the section entitled “— Taxation of U.S. Stockholders” above. Stock received under the plan will have a holding period beginning with the day after purchase, and a U.S. federal income tax basis equal to its cost, which is the gross amount of the deemed distribution.

Share Repurchase Program.  A repurchase of our shares will be treated under Code Section 302 as a taxable dividend (to the extent of our current or accumulated earnings and profits), unless the repurchase satisfies certain tests set forth in Code Section 302(b) enabling the repurchase to be treated as a sale or exchange of our shares. The repurchase will satisfy such test if it (i) is “substantially disproportionate” with respect to the stockholder, (ii) results in a “complete termination” of the stockholder’s stock interest in us, or (iii) is “not essentially equivalent to a dividend” with respect to the stockholder, all within the meaning of Code Section 302(b). In determining whether any of these tests have been met, shares considered to be owned by the stockholder by reason of certain constructive ownership rules set forth in the Code, as well as shares actually owned, must generally be taken into account. Because the determination as to whether any of the alternative tests of Code Section 302(b) are satisfied with respect to any particular stockholder of our shares will depend upon the facts and circumstances existing at the time the determination is made, prospective investors are advised to consult their own tax advisors to determine such tax treatment. If a repurchase of our shares is treated as a distribution that is taxable as dividend, the amount of the distribution would be measured by the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received by the stockholders. The stockholder’s adjusted tax basis in such redeemed shares would be transferred to the stockholder’s remaining stockholdings in us. If, however, the stockholder has no remaining stockholdings in us, such basis may, under certain circumstances, be transferred to a related person or it may be lost entirely.

State, Local and Foreign Taxes.  We and you may be subject to state, local or foreign taxation in various jurisdictions, including those in which we transact business or reside. Our and your state, local and foreign tax treatment may not conform to the U.S. federal income tax consequences discussed above. Any foreign taxes incurred by us would not pass through to stockholders as a credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability. You should consult your own tax advisors and financial planners regarding the effect of state, local and foreign tax laws on an investment in shares of our common stock.

Legislative Proposals.  You should recognize that our and your present U.S. federal income tax treatment may be modified by legislative, judicial or administrative actions at any time, which may be retroactive in effect. The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by Congress, the IRS and the Treasury Department, and statutory changes as well as promulgation of new regulations, revisions to existing statutes, and revised interpretations of established concepts occur frequently. We are not aware of any pending legislation that would materially affect our or your taxation as described in this prospectus. You should, however, consult your advisors concerning the status of legislative proposals that may pertain to a purchase of shares of our common stock.

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INVESTMENT BY TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES AND ERISA CONSIDERATIONS

General

The following is a summary of certain additional considerations associated with an investment in our shares by tax-qualified pension, stock bonus or profit-sharing plans, employee benefit plans described in Section 3(3) and subject to Title I of ERISA, annuities described in Code Section 403(a) or (b), an individual retirement account or annuity described in Code Sections 408 or 408A, an Archer MSA described in Code Section 220(d), a health savings account described in Code Section 223(d), or a Coverdell education savings account described in Code Section 530, which are referred to in this section as Plans and IRAs, as applicable. This summary is based on provisions of ERISA and the Code, including amendments thereto through the date of this prospectus, and relevant regulations and opinions issued by the Department of Labor and the IRS through the date of this prospectus and is designed only to provide a general conceptual understanding of certain basic issues relevant to a Plan or IRA investor. We cannot assure you that adverse tax decisions or legislative, regulatory or administrative changes that would significantly modify the statements expressed herein will not occur. Any such changes may or may not apply to transactions entered into prior to the date of their enactment.

Our management has attempted to structure us in such a manner that we will be an attractive investment vehicle for Plans and IRAs. However, in considering an investment in our shares, those involved with making such an investment decision should consider applicable provisions of the Code and ERISA. While each of the ERISA and Code issues discussed below may not apply to all Plans and IRAs, individuals involved with making investment decisions with respect to Plans and IRAs should carefully review the rules and exceptions described below, and determine their applicability to their situation. This discussion should not be considered legal advice and prospective investors are required to consult their own legal advisors on these matters.

In general, individuals making investment decisions with respect to Plans and IRAs should, at a minimum, consider:

whether the investment is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing such Plan or IRA;
whether the investment satisfies the prudence and diversification and other fiduciary requirements of ERISA, if applicable;
whether the investment will result in UBTI to the Plan or IRA (see the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Taxation of U.S. Stockholders — Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders” in this prospectus);
whether there is sufficient liquidity for the Plan or IRA, considering the minimum and other distribution requirements under the Code and the liquidity needs of such Plan or IRA, after taking this investment into account;
the need to value the assets of the Plan or IRA annually or more frequently; and
whether the investment would constitute or give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code, if applicable.

Additionally, individuals making investment decisions with respect to Plans and IRAs must remember that ERISA requires that the assets of an employee benefit plan must generally be held in trust.

Minimum and Other Distribution Requirements — Plan Liquidity

Potential Plan or IRA investors who intend to purchase our shares should consider the limited liquidity of an investment in our shares as it relates to the minimum distribution requirements under the Code, if applicable, and as it relates to other distributions (such as, for example, cash out distributions) that may be required under the terms of the Plan or IRA from time to time. If the shares are held in an IRA or Plan and, before we sell our properties, mandatory or other distributions are required to be made to the participant or beneficiary of such IRA or Plan, pursuant to the Code, then this could require that a distribution of the shares be made in kind to such participant or beneficiary or that a rollover of such shares be made to an IRA or other plan, which may not be permissible under the terms and provisions of the IRA or Plan. Even if

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permissible, a distribution of shares in kind to a participant or beneficiary of an IRA or Plan must be included in the taxable income of the recipient for the year in which the shares are received at the then current fair market value of the shares, even though there would be no corresponding cash distribution with which to pay the income tax liability arising because of the distribution of shares. See the section entitled “Risk Factors —  Federal Income Tax Risks” in this prospectus. The fair market value of any such distribution-in-kind can be only an estimated value per share because no public market for our shares exists or is likely to develop. See the section entitled “Annual or More Frequent Valuation Requirement” below. Further, there can be no assurance that such estimated value could actually be realized by a stockholder because estimates do not necessarily indicate the price at which our shares could be sold. Also, for distributions subject to mandatory income tax withholding under Section 3405 or other tax withholding provisions of the Code, the trustee of a Plan may have an obligation, even in situations involving in-kind distributions of shares, to liquidate a portion of the in-kind shares distributed in order to satisfy such withholding obligations, although there might be no market for such shares. There also may be similar state and/or local tax withholding or other tax obligations that should be considered.

Annual or More Frequent Valuation Requirement

Fiduciaries of Plans may be required to determine the fair market value of the assets of such Plans on at least an annual basis and, sometimes, as frequently as quarterly. If the fair market value of any particular asset is not readily available, the fiduciary is required to make a good faith determination of that asset’s value. Also, a trustee or custodian of an IRA must provide an IRA participant and the IRS with a statement of the value of the IRA each year. However, currently, neither the IRS nor the Department of Labor has promulgated regulations specifying how “fair market value” should be determined.

Unless and until our shares are listed on a national securities exchange, it is not expected that a public market for our shares will develop. To assist fiduciaries of Plans subject to the annual reporting requirements of ERISA and IRA trustees or custodians to prepare reports relating to an investment in our shares, we intend to provide reports of our quarterly and annual determinations of the current estimated share value to those fiduciaries (including IRA trustees and custodians) who identify themselves to us and request the reports. Commencing with our NAV pricing date, our advisor will be responsible for calculating our quarterly NAV on each business day on which we make a quarterly financial filing. The board of directors will review the NAV calculation quarterly. To calculate our quarterly per share NAV, the advisor will start with the net value of our operating partnership’s real estate and real estate-related assets, which will be determined taking into consideration the estimate of market value by the independent valuer, and our real estate-related liabilities, and subtract any other operating partnership liabilities, including accrued fees and expenses and accrued distributions. The advisor will estimate these amounts based on factors such as (1) quarterly operating budgets for the assets; (2) estimated management fees payable to our advisor; (3) quarterly budgets for all other expenses; and (4) year-to-date actual performance data. We anticipate that we will provide annual reports of our determination of value (1) to IRA trustees and custodians not later than January 15 of each year, and (2) to other Plan fiduciaries within 75 days after the end of each calendar year. Each determination may be based upon valuation information available as of October 31 of the preceding year, updated, however, for any material changes occurring between October 31 and December 31.

There can be no assurance, however, with respect to any estimate of value that we prepare, that:

the estimated value per share would actually be realized by our stockholders upon liquidation, because these estimates do not necessarily indicate the price at which properties can be sold;
our stockholders would be able to realize estimated net asset values if they were to attempt to sell their shares, because no public market for our shares exists or is likely to develop; or
that the value, or method used to establish value, would comply with ERISA or Code requirements described above.

Fiduciary Obligations — Prohibited Transactions

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many transactions between a Plan or an IRA and a “party-in-interest” or a “disqualified person” with respect to such Plan or IRA are prohibited by ERISA and/or the Code. ERISA also requires generally that the assets of Plans be held in trust.

If our properties and other assets were deemed to be assets of a Plan or IRA, referred to herein as “plan assets,” our directors would, and employees of our affiliates might be deemed fiduciaries of any Plans or IRAs investing as stockholders. If this were to occur, certain contemplated transactions between us and our directors and employees of our affiliates could be deemed to be “prohibited transactions.” Additionally, ERISA’s fiduciary standards applicable to investments by Plans would extend to our directors and possibly employees of our affiliates as Plan fiduciaries with respect to investments made by us.

Plan Assets — Definition

Prior to the passage of the Pension Protection Act of 2006, or the PPA, neither ERISA nor the Code contained a definition of “plan assets.” After the passage of the PPA, new Section 3(42) of ERISA now defines “plan assets” in accordance with Department of Labor regulations with certain express exceptions. A Department of Labor regulation, referred to in this discussion as the Plan Asset Regulation, as modified or deemed to be modified by the express provisions included in the PPA, provides guidelines as to whether, and under what circumstances, the underlying assets of an entity will be deemed to constitute “plan assets.” Under the Plan Asset Regulation, the assets of an entity in which a Plan or IRA makes an equity investment generally will be deemed to be assets of such Plan or IRA unless the entity satisfies one of the exceptions to this general rule. Generally, the exceptions require that the investment in the entity be one of the following:

in securities issued by an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act;
in “publicly offered securities,” defined generally as interests that are “freely transferable,” “widely held” and registered with the SEC;
in an “operating company,” which includes “venture capital operating companies” and “real estate operating companies;” or
in which equity participation by “benefit plan investors” is not significant.

Plan Assets — Registered Investment Company Exception

The shares we are offering will not be issued by a registered investment company. Therefore we do not anticipate that we will qualify for the exception for investments issued by a registered investment company.

Publicly Offered Securities Exemption

As noted above, if a Plan acquires “publicly offered securities,” the assets of the issuer of the securities will not be deemed to be “plan assets” under the Plan Asset Regulation. The definition of publicly offered securities requires that such securities be “widely held,” “freely transferable” and satisfy registration requirements under federal securities laws.

Under the Plan Asset Regulation, a class of securities will meet the registration requirements under federal securities laws if they are (i) part of a class of securities registered under section 12(b) or 12(g) of the the Exchange Act, or (ii) part of an offering of securities to the public pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the class of securities of which such security is a part is registered under the Exchange Act within 120 days (or such later time as may be allowed by the SEC) after the end of the fiscal year of the issuer during which the offering of such securities to the public occurred. We anticipate that we will meet the registration requirements under the Plan Asset Regulation. Also under the Plan Asset Regulation, a class of securities will be “widely held” if it is held by 100 or more persons independent of the issuer. We anticipate that this requirement will be easily met.

Although our shares are intended to satisfy the registration requirements under this definition, and we expect that our securities will be “widely-held”, the “freely transferable” requirement must also be satisfied in order for us to qualify for the “publicly offered securities” exception.

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restrictions on transferability typically found in REITs, and are intended to ensure that we continue to qualify as a REIT. The Plan Asset Regulation provides, however, that where the minimum investment in a public offering of securities is $10,000 or less, the presence of a restriction on transferability intended to prohibit transfers that would result in a termination or reclassification of the entity for U.S. federal or state tax purposes will not ordinarily affect a determination that such securities are “freely transferable.” The minimum investment in our shares is less than $10,000. Thus, the restrictions imposed in order to maintain our status as a REIT should not prevent the shares from being deemed “freely transferable.” Therefore, we anticipate that we will meet the “publicly offered securities” exception, although there are no assurances that we will qualify for this exception.

Plan Assets — Operating Company Exception

If we are deemed not to qualify for the “publicly offered securities” exemption, the Plan Asset Regulation also provides an exception with respect to securities issued by an “operating company,” which includes “venture capital operating companies” and “real estate operating companies.” To constitute a venture capital operating company, 50% of more of the assets of the entity must be invested in “venture capital investments.” A venture capital investment is an investment in an operating company (other than a venture capital operating company but including a real estate operating company) as to which the entity has or obtains direct management rights. To constitute a real estate operating company, 50% or more of the assets of an entity must be invested in real estate which is managed or developed and with respect to which such entity has the right to substantially participate directly in the management or development activities.

While the Plan Asset Regulation and relevant opinions issued by the Department of Labor regarding real estate operating companies are not entirely clear as to whether an investment in real estate must be “direct”, it is common practice to insure that an investment is made either (i) “directly” into real estate, (ii) through wholly-owned subsidiaries, or (iii) through entities in which all but a de minimis interest is separately held by an affiliate solely to comply with the minimum safe harbor requirements established by the IRS for classification as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We have structured ourselves in a manner that may enable us to meet the venture capital operating company exception and our operating partnership to meet the real estate operating company exception.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, 50% of our operating partnership’s investments must be in real estate over which it maintains the right to substantially participate in the management and development activities. An example in the Plan Asset Regulation indicates that if 50% or more of an entity’s properties are subject to long-term leases under which substantially all management and maintenance activities with respect to the properties are the responsibility of the lessee, such that the entity merely assumes the risk of ownership of income-producing real property, then the entity may not be eligible for the “real estate operating company” exception. By contrast, a second example in the Plan Asset Regulation indicates that if 50% or more of an entity’s investments are in shopping centers in which individual stores are leased for relatively short periods to various merchants, as opposed to long-term leases where substantially all management and maintenance activities are the responsibility of the lessee, then the entity will likely qualify as a real estate operating company. The second example further provides that the entity may retain contractors, including affiliates, to conduct the management of the properties so long as the entity has the responsibility to supervise and the authority to terminate the contractors. We intend to use contractors over which we have the right to supervise and the authority to terminate. Due to the uncertainty of the application of the standards set forth in the Plan Asset Regulation, there can be no assurance as to our ability to structure our operations, or the operations of our operating partnership, as the case may be, to qualify for the “venture capital operating company” and “real estate operating company” exceptions.

Plan Assets — Not Significant Investment Exception

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adequate number of shares or otherwise, and we cannot ultimately establish that we are an operating company, we intend to restrict ownership of each class of equity interests held by benefit plan investors to an aggregate value of less than 25% and thus qualify for the exception for investments in which equity participation by benefit plan investors is not significant.

Consequences of Holding Plan Assets

If our underlying assets were treated by the Department of Labor as “plan assets,” our management would be treated as fiduciaries with respect to each Plan or IRA stockholder, and an investment in our shares might expose the fiduciaries of the Plan or IRA to co-fiduciary liability under ERISA for any breach by our management of the fiduciary duties mandated under ERISA. Further, if our assets are deemed to be “plan assets,” an investment by a Plan or IRA in our shares might be deemed to result in an impermissible commingling of “plan assets” with other property.

If our management or affiliates were treated as fiduciaries with respect to Plan or IRA stockholders, the prohibited transaction restrictions of ERISA and/or the Code would apply to any transaction involving our assets. These restrictions could, for example, require that we avoid transactions with entities that are affiliated with our affiliates or us or restructure our activities in order to obtain an administrative exemption from the prohibited transaction restrictions. Alternatively, we might have to provide Plan or IRA stockholders with the opportunity to sell their shares to us or we might dissolve or terminate.

Prohibited Transactions

Generally, both ERISA and the Code prohibit Plans and IRAs from engaging in certain transactions involving “plan assets” with specified parties, such as sales or exchanges or leasing of property, loans or other extensions of credit, furnishing goods or services, or transfers to, or use of, “plan assets.” The specified parties are referred to as “parties-in-interest” under ERISA and as “disqualified persons” under the Code. These definitions generally include “persons providing services” to the Plan or IRA, as well as employer sponsors of the Plan or IRA, fiduciaries and certain other individuals or entities affiliated with the foregoing.

A person generally is a fiduciary with respect to a Plan or IRA for these purposes if, among other things, the person has discretionary authority or control with respect to “plan assets” or provides investment advice for a fee with respect to “plan assets.” Under Department of Labor regulations, a person will be deemed to be providing investment advice if that person renders advice as to the advisability of investing in our shares, and that person regularly provides investment advice to the Plan or IRA pursuant to a mutual agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as the primary basis for investment decisions, and that the advice will be individualized for the Plan or IRA based on its particular needs. Thus, if we are deemed to hold “plan assets,” our management could be characterized as fiduciaries with respect to such assets, and each would be deemed to be a party-in-interest under ERISA and a disqualified person under the Code with respect to investing Plans and IRAs. Whether or not we are deemed to hold “plan assets,” if we or our affiliates are affiliated with a Plan or IRA investor, we might be a disqualified person or party-in-interest with respect to such Plan or IRA investor, potentially resulting in a prohibited transaction merely upon investment by such Plan or IRA in our shares.

Prohibited Transactions — Consequences

ERISA forbids Plans from engaging in non-exempt prohibited transactions. Fiduciaries of a Plan that allow a non-exempt prohibited transaction to occur will breach their fiduciary responsibilities under ERISA, and may be liable for any damage sustained by the Plan, as well as civil (and criminal, if the violation was willful) penalties. If it is determined by the Department of Labor or the IRS that a non-exempt prohibited transaction has occurred, any disqualified person or party-in-interest involved with the prohibited transaction would be required to reverse or unwind the transaction and, for a Plan, compensate the Plan for any loss resulting therefrom. Additionally, the Code requires that a disqualified person involved with a non-exempt prohibited transaction must pay an excise tax equal to a percentage of the “amount involved” in the transaction for each year in which the transaction remains uncorrected. The percentage is generally 15%, but is increased to 100% if the non-exempt prohibited transaction is not corrected promptly. For IRAs, if an IRA engages in a non-exempt prohibited transaction, the tax-exempt status of the IRA may be lost.

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Reporting

Based on certain revisions to the Form 5500 Annual Return, or Form 5500, that generally became effective on January 1, 2009, benefit plan investors may be required to report certain compensation paid by us (or by third parties) to our service providers as “reportable indirect compensation” on Schedule C to Form 5500. To the extent any compensation arrangements described herein constitute reportable indirect compensation, any such descriptions (other than compensation for which there is no formula used to calculate or determine compensation or an actual amount stated) are intended to satisfy the disclosure requirements for the alternative reporting option for “eligible indirect compensation,” as defined for purposes of Schedule C to the Form 5500.

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

We were formed under the laws of the state of Maryland. The rights of our stockholders are governed by Maryland law as well as our charter and bylaws. The following summary of the terms of our stock is only a summary, and you should refer to the MGCL and our charter and bylaws for a full description. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information contained in our charter and bylaws. Copies of our charter and bylaws are available upon request.

Our charter authorizes us to issue up to 350,000,000 shares of stock, of which 300,000,000 shares are classified as common stock at $0.01 par value per share and 50,000,000 shares are classified as preferred stock at $0.01 par value per share. As of August 31, 2013, 47.6 million shares of our common stock were issued and outstanding, held by 24,999 stockholders, and no shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding. Our board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board and without any action taken by our stockholders, may amend our charter from time to time to increase or decrease the aggregate number of our authorized shares or the number of shares of any class or series that we have authority to issue.

Our charter also contains a provision permitting our board of directors, by resolution, to classify or reclassify any unissued shares of common stock or preferred stock into one or more classes or series by setting or changing the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications, or terms or conditions of redemption of any new class or series of stock, subject to certain restrictions, including the express terms of any class or series of stock outstanding at the time. Our charter requires that the voting rights per share (other than any publicly held share) sold in any private offering will not exceed the voting rights which bear the same relationship to the voting rights of a publicly held share as the consideration paid to us for each privately offered share bears to the book value of each outstanding publicly held share. We believe that the power to classify or reclassify unissued shares of stock and thereafter issue the classified or reclassified shares provides us with increased flexibility in structuring possible future financings and acquisitions and in meeting other needs that might arise.

Our charter and bylaws contain certain provisions that could make it more difficult to acquire control of our company by means of a tender offer, a proxy contest or otherwise. These provisions are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and to encourage persons seeking to acquire control of our company to negotiate first with our board of directors. We believe that these provisions increase the likelihood that proposals initially will be on more attractive terms than would be the case in their absence and facilitate negotiations that may result in improvement of the terms of an initial offer that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders. See the section entitled “Risk Factors — Risks Related to an Investment in American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.” in this prospectus.

Common Stock

Subject to any preferential rights of any other class or series of stock and to the provisions of our charter regarding the restriction on the transfer of stock, the holders of shares of common stock are entitled to such distributions as may be authorized from time to time by our board of directors out of legally available funds and declared by us and, upon our liquidation, are entitled to receive all assets available for distribution to our stockholders. Upon issuance for full payment in accordance with the terms of this offering, all common stock issued in the offering will be fully paid and non-assessable. Holders of shares of common stock will not have preemptive rights, which means that they will not have an automatic option to purchase any new shares that we issue, or preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund or redemption rights. Holders of shares of common stock will not have appraisal rights unless our board of directors determines that appraisal rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which holders would otherwise be entitled to exercise appraisal rights. Shares of our common stock have equal distribution, liquidation and other rights.

Preferred Stock

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conditions of redemption of each class of shares so issued. Because our board of directors has the power to establish the preferences and rights of each class or series of preferred stock, it may afford the holders of any series or class of preferred stock preferences, powers, and rights senior to the rights of holders of common stock. If we ever create and issue preferred stock with a distribution preference over common stock, payment of any distribution preferences of outstanding preferred stock would reduce the amount of funds available for the payment of distributions on the common stock. Further, holders of preferred stock are normally entitled to receive a preference payment if we liquidate, dissolve, or wind up before any payment is made to the common stockholders, likely reducing the amount common stockholders would otherwise receive upon such an occurrence. In addition, under certain circumstances, the issuance of preferred stock may delay, prevent, render more difficult or tend to discourage the following:

a merger, tender offer, or proxy contest;
the assumption of control by a holder of a large block of our securities; or
the removal of incumbent management.

Also, our board of directors, without stockholder approval, may issue preferred stock with voting and conversion rights that could adversely affect the holders of common stock. However, the issuance of preferred stock must be approved by a majority of independent directors not otherwise interested in the transaction, who will have access at our expense to our legal counsel or to independent legal counsel.

Meetings and Special Voting Requirements

Subject to our charter restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock and except as may otherwise be specified in our charter, each holder of common stock is entitled at each meeting of stockholders to one vote per share owned by such stockholder on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors. There is no cumulative voting in the election of our board of directors, which means that the holders of a majority of shares of our outstanding stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors can elect all of the directors then standing for election and the holders of the remaining shares of common stock will not be able to elect any directors.

Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, sell all or substantially all of its assets, engage in a share exchange or engage in similar transactions outside the ordinary course of business, unless declared advisable by the board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. However, a Maryland corporation may provide in its charter for approval of these matters by a lesser percentage, but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our charter provides for approval of these matters by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast.

An annual meeting of our stockholders will be held each year, upon reasonable notice on a date that is within a reasonable period of time following the distribution of our annual report to stockholders, at least 30 days after delivery of our annual report to our stockholders. The directors, including the independent directors, shall take reasonable steps to ensure that such notice is provided. The purpose of each annual meeting will be to elect directors and transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. Special meetings of stockholders may be called upon the request of a majority of our directors, a majority of the independent directors, the chairman of the board of directors, the president or the chief executive officer and must be called by our secretary to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than 10% of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at the meeting. Within 10 days of the receipt of a written request from such stockholders stating the purpose of the special meeting, our secretary will provide all of our stockholders written notice of the meeting. Simultaneously with the receipt of the request, we shall inform the stockholders requesting the special meeting of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing a notice of the proposed meeting and request payment accordingly. The meeting must be held at the time and place specified in the notice not less than 15 nor more than 60 days after the distribution of the notice. The presence of stockholders entitled to cast at least 50% of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter, either in person or by proxy, will constitute a quorum.

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Our stockholders are entitled to receive a copy of our stockholder list upon request. The list provided by us will include each stockholder’s name, address and telephone number, and the number of shares owned by each stockholder and will be sent within ten days of the receipt by us of the request. The purposes for which a stockholder may request a copy of the stockholders list include matters relating to stockholders’ voting rights and the exercise of stockholders’ rights under federal proxy laws. A stockholder requesting a list will be required to pay reasonable costs of postage and duplication. Stockholders and their representatives shall also be given access to our corporate records at reasonable times. We have the right to request that a requesting stockholder represent to us that the list and records will not be used to pursue commercial interests.

If our advisor or our directors neglect or refuse to produce or mail a copy of the stockholder list requested by a stockholder, then in accordance with applicable law and our charter, our advisor and our directors will be liable to the stockholder for the costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred by the stockholder in compelling production of the list and actual damages suffered by the stockholder because of the refusal or neglect. The remedies provided hereunder to stockholders requesting copies of the stockholder list are in addition to, and will not in any way limit, other remedies available to stockholders under federal law, or the laws of any state.

Our books and records are open for inspection by state securities administrators upon reasonable notice and during normal business hours.

If we do not begin the process of achieving a Liquidity Event by the sixth anniversary of the termination of our initial public offering, our charter requires our board of directors to adopt a resolution declaring that a plan of liquidation of our company is advisable and direct that the plan of liquidation be submitted for consideration at either an annual or special meeting of stockholders, unless extended by a majority of the board of directors and a majority of the independent directors. If the adoption of a plan of liquidation is postponed, our board of directors will reconsider whether liquidation is in the best interests of our stockholders at least annually. Further postponement of the adoption of a plan of liquidation will only be permitted if a majority of the directors, including a majority of independent directors, determine that liquidation would not be in the best interests of our stockholders. If our stockholders do not approve the proposal, we will resubmit the proposal by proxy statement to our stockholders up to once every two years upon the written request of stockholders owning in the aggregate at least 10% of our then outstanding common stock.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

In order for us to qualify as a REIT under the Code, we must meet the following criteria regarding our stockholders’ ownership of our shares:

five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include specified private foundations, employee benefit plans and trusts and charitable trusts) may not own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% in value of our outstanding shares during the last half of a taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year; and
100 or more persons must beneficially own our shares during at least 335 days of a taxable year of twelve months or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year, other than our first REIT taxable year.

See the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations” in this prospectus for further discussion of this topic. We may prohibit certain acquisitions and transfers of shares so as to ensure our initial and continued qualification as a REIT under the Code. However, there can be no assurance that this prohibition will be effective. Because we believe it is essential for us to qualify as a REIT, and, once qualified, to continue to qualify, among other purposes, our charter provides (subject to certain exceptions) that no person may own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the attribution provisions of the Code, more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of shares of our stock.

Our board of directors, in its sole discretion, may (prospectively or retroactively) waive this ownership limit if evidence satisfactory to our directors, including certain representations and undertakings required by our charter is presented that such ownership will not then or in the future jeopardize our status as a REIT.

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Also, these restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply if our directors determine that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance is no longer necessary for REIT qualification.

Additionally, our charter prohibits the transfer or ownership of our stock if such transfer or ownership would:

with respect to transfers only, result in our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons, determined without reference to any rules of attribution;
result in our being “closely held” within the meaning of Code Section 856(h) (regardless of whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year);
result in our owning, directly or indirectly, more than 9.8% of the ownership interests in any tenant or subtenant; or
otherwise result in our disqualification as a REIT.

Any attempted transfer of our stock which, if effective, would result in our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons will be null and void and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in such stock. In the event of any attempted transfer of our stock which, if effective, would result in (i) violation of the ownership limit discussed above, (ii) in our being “closely held” under Code Section 856(h), (iii) our owning (directly or indirectly) more than 9.8% of the ownership interests in any tenant or subtenant or (iv) our otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT, then the number of shares causing the violation (rounded to the nearest whole share) will be automatically transferred to a trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more charitable beneficiaries, and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in the shares. To avoid confusion, these shares so transferred to a beneficial trust will be referred to in this prospectus as “Excess Securities.” If the transfer of Excess Securities to a beneficial trust would not be effective for any reason to prevent any of the above violations, then the transfer of that number of shares that would otherwise cause the violation will be null and void and the proposed transferee will not acquire any rights in the shares. Excess Securities will remain issued and outstanding shares and will be entitled to the same rights and privileges as all other shares of the same class or series. The trustee of the beneficial trust, as holder of the Excess Securities, will be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions authorized by the board of directors and declared by us on such securities for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. Our charter further entitles the trustee of the beneficial trust to exercise all voting rights of the Excess Securities. Subject to Maryland law, the trustee will also have the authority (i) to rescind as void any vote cast by the intended transferee prior to our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the trust and (ii) to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. However, if we have already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee will not have the authority to rescind and recast the vote.

The trustee of the beneficial trust will select a transferee to whom the Excess Securities may be sold as long as such sale does not violate the 9.8% ownership limit or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer. Upon sale of the Excess Securities, the intended transferee (the transferee of the Excess Securities whose ownership would have violated the 9.8% ownership limit or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer) will receive from the trustee of the beneficial trust the lesser of such sale proceeds, or the price per share the intended transferee paid for the Excess Securities (or, in the case of a gift or devise to the intended transferee, the price per share equal to the market value per share on the date of the transfer to the intended transferee). The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the intended transferee by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the intended transferee and are owed by the intended transferee to the trustee. The trustee of the beneficial trust will distribute to the charitable beneficiary any amount the trustee receives in excess of the amount to be paid to the intended transferee.

In addition, we have the right to purchase any Excess Securities at the lesser of (i) the price per share paid in the transfer that created the Excess Securities (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the market price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the market price on the date we, or our designee, exercise such right. We may reduce the amount payable to the intended transferee by the amount of dividends and other distributions which have been paid to the intended transferee and are owed by the intended transferee to the

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trustee. We will have the right to purchase the Excess Securities until the trustee has sold the shares. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold will terminate and the trustee will distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the intended transferee.

Any person who (i) acquires or attempts or intends to acquire shares in violation of the foregoing ownership limitations, or (ii) would have owned shares that resulted in a transfer to a charitable trust, is required to give us immediate written notice or, in the case of a proposed or intended transaction, 15 days’ written notice. In both cases, such persons must provide to us such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such transfer on our status as a REIT. The foregoing restrictions will continue to apply until our board of directors determines it is no longer in our best interest to continue to qualify as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required for REIT qualification.

The ownership limit does not apply to the underwriter in a public offering of shares or to a person or persons so exempted (prospectively or retroactively) from the ownership limit by our board of directors based upon appropriate assurances, including certain representations and undertakings required by our charter, that our qualification as a REIT is not jeopardized. Any person who owns more than 5% of the outstanding shares during any taxable year will be asked to deliver written notice stating forth the name and address of such owner, the number of shares beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, and a description of the manner in which such shares are held.

Distribution Policy and Distributions

When we have sufficient cash flow available to pay distributions, we intend to pay regular distributions to our stockholders. As of the date of this prospectus, we have no real estate investments. We currently own no properties and have not identified any properties to acquire. We will not make any real estate investments until we identify investment opportunities and raise sufficient capital pursuant to this offering to do so. We cannot predict when we will begin to generate sufficient cash flow from these investments to pay distributions as a result of such investments; however, we expect that these will begin no later than the first calendar month after the calendar month in which we make our first real estate investment. Because all of our operations will be performed indirectly through our operating partnership, our ability to pay distributions depends on our operating partnership’s ability to pay distributions to its partners, including to us. If we do not have enough cash from operations to fund the distributions, we may borrow, issue additional securities or sell assets in order to fund the distributions or make the distributions out of proceeds from this offering. We have not established any limit on the amount of proceeds from this offering that may be used to fund distributions, except that, in accordance with our organizational documents and Maryland law, we may not make distributions that would: (1) cause us to be unable to pay our debts as they become due in the usual course of business; or (2) cause our total assets to be less than the sum of our total liabilities plus senior liquidation preferences, if any.

In addition, the fees, distributions and reimbursements payable to our advisor depend on various factors, including the assets we acquire, indebtedness incurred, and sales prices of investments sold, and therefore cannot be quantified or reserved for until such fees have been earned. See “Management Compensation” in this prospectus. We are required to pay these amounts to our advisor regardless of the amount of cash we distribute to our stockholders and therefore our ability to make distributions from cash flow, as well as cash flow available for investment, to our stockholders may be negatively impacted.

Distributions will be paid to our stockholders when and if authorized by our board of directors and declared by us out of legally available funds. We expect to declare and pay distributions on a regular basis as of daily record dates beginning no later than the first calendar month after the calendar month in which we make our initial real estate investment unless our results of operations, our general financial condition, general economic conditions or other factors make it imprudent to do so. Distributions will be authorized at the discretion of our board of directors, which will be influenced in part by its intention to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. We intend to make distributions sufficient to meet the annual distribution requirement and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings; however, it may not always be possible to do so. Each distribution will be accompanied by a notice which sets forth: (a) the record date; (b) the amount per share that will be distributed; (c) the equivalent annualized yield; (d) the amount and percentage of the distributions paid from operations, offering proceeds and other sources; and (e) for those

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investors participating in the distribution reinvestment plan, a statement that a distribution statement will be provided in lieu of a check. The funds we receive from operations that are available for distribution may be affected by a number of factors, including the following:

the amount of time required for us to invest the funds received in the offering;
our operating and interest expenses;
the ability of tenants to meet their obligations under the leases associated with our properties;
the amount of distributions or dividends received by us from our indirect real estate investments;
our ability to keep our properties occupied;
our ability to maintain or increase rental rates when renewing or replacing current leases;
capital expenditures and reserves for such expenditures;
the issuance of additional shares; and
financings and refinancings.

We must annually distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income (which does not equal net income as calculated in accordance with GAAP), determined without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gain, in order to meet the requirements for being treated as a REIT under the Code. This requirement is described in greater detail in the “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — REIT Qualification Tests — Annual Distribution Requirements” section of this prospectus. Our board of directors may authorize distributions in excess of this percentage as they deem appropriate. Because we may receive income from interest or rents at various times during our fiscal year, distributions may not reflect our income earned in that particular distribution period, but may be made in anticipation of cash flow that we expect to receive during a later period and may be made in advance of actual receipt of funds in an attempt to make distributions relatively uniform. To allow for such differences in timing between the receipt of income and the payment of expenses, and the effect of required debt payments, among other things, we could be required to borrow funds from third parties on a short-term basis, issue new securities, or sell assets to meet the distribution requirements that are necessary to achieve the tax benefits associated with qualifying as a REIT. These methods of obtaining funding could affect future distributions by increasing operating costs and decreasing available cash. In addition, such distributions may constitute a return of capital. See the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — REIT Qualification Tests” in this prospectus.

Stockholder Liability

The MGCL provides that our stockholders:

are not liable personally or individually in any manner whatsoever for any debt, act, omission or obligation incurred by us or our board of directors; and
are under no obligation to us or our creditors with respect to their shares other than the obligation to pay to us the full amount of the consideration for which their shares were issued.

Business Combinations

Under Maryland law, “business combinations” between a Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business combinations include a merger, consolidation, share exchange, or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An interested stockholder is defined as:

any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock; or
an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding stock of the corporation.

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A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which he otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board.

After the five-year prohibition, any business combination between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:

80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and
two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.

These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price, as defined under Maryland law, for their shares in the form of cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares.

The statute permits various exemptions from its provisions, including business combinations that are exempted by the board of directors before the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Pursuant to the statute, our board of directors has adopted a resolution exempting any business combination with our advisor or any affiliate of our advisor. Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the super-majority vote requirements will not apply to business combinations between us and our advisor or any affiliate of our advisor. As a result, our advisor or any affiliate of our advisor may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interest of our stockholders, without compliance with the super-majority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute.

The business combination statute may discourage others from trying to acquire control of us and increase the difficulty of consummating any offer.

Control Share Acquisitions

Maryland law provides that control shares of a Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition have no voting rights except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding “control shares”:

owned by the acquiring person;
owned by our officers; and
owned by our employees who are also directors.

“Control shares” mean voting shares of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned by the acquirer in respect of which the acquirer can exercise or direct the exercise of voting power, would entitle the acquiring person to exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges of voting power:

one-tenth or more, but less than one-third of all voting power;
one-third or more, but less than a majority of all voting power; or
a majority or more of all voting power.

Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval. A control share acquisition occurs when, subject to some exceptions, a person directly or indirectly acquires ownership or the power to direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy) of issued and outstanding control shares. A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, upon satisfaction of some specific conditions, including an undertaking to pay expenses, may compel our board of directors to call a special meeting of our

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stockholders to be held within 50 days of a request to consider the voting rights of the control shares. If no request for a meeting is made, we may present the question at any stockholders’ meeting.

If voting rights are not approved at the meeting or if the acquiring person does not deliver an acquiring person statement on or before the 10th day after the control share acquisition as required by the statute, then, subject to some conditions and limitations, we may acquire any or all of the control shares (except those for which voting rights have been previously approved) for fair value determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquiror or of any meeting of stockholders at which the voting rights of such shares are considered and not approved. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders meeting and the acquiror becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of such appraisal rights may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the acquiror in the control share acquisition. The control share acquisition statute does not apply to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation, or share exchange if we are a party to the transaction or to acquisitions approved or exempted by our charter or bylaws.

As permitted by MGCL, our bylaws contain a provision exempting from the control share acquisition statute any and all acquisitions of our stock by any person. There can be no assurance that this provision will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future.

Subtitle 8

Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of five provisions:

a classified board,
a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director,
a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the directors,
a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office and for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, and
a majority requirement for the calling of a special meeting of stockholders.

We have elected that, except as may be provided by our board of directors in setting the terms of any class or series of preferred stock, any and all vacancies on the board may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors in office, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, and any director elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the directorship in which the vacancy occurred. Through provisions in our charter and bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we already vest in the board the exclusive power to fix the number of directorships, provided that the number is not fewer than three.

Restrictions on Roll-up Transactions

A Roll-up Transaction is a transaction involving the acquisition, merger, conversion or consolidation, directly or indirectly, of us and the issuance of securities of an entity, or Roll-up Entity that is created or would survive after the successful completion of a Roll-up Transaction. This term does not include:

a transaction involving securities of a company that have been listed on a national securities exchange for at least 12 months; or
a transaction involving our conversion to corporate, trust or association form if, as a consequence of the transaction, there will be no significant adverse change in stockholder voting rights, the term of our existence, compensation to our advisor or our investment objectives.

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appraised on a consistent basis, and the appraisal will be based on the evaluation of all relevant information and will indicate the value of the assets as of a date immediately prior to the announcement of the proposed Roll-up Transaction. The appraisal shall assume an orderly liquidation of assets over a 12-month period. If the appraisal will be included in a prospectus used to offer the securities of a Roll-Up Entity, the appraisal shall be filed with the SEC and the states as an exhibit to the registration statement for the offering. Accordingly, an issuer using the appraisal shall be subject to liability for violation of Section 11 of the Securities Act, and comparable provisions under state laws for any material misrepresentations or omissions in the appraisal. The terms of the engagement of the independent appraiser shall clearly state that the engagement is for the benefit of us and our stockholders. A summary of the appraisal, indicating all material assumptions underlying the appraisal, shall be included in a report to stockholders in connection with any proposed Roll-up Transaction.

In connection with a proposed Roll-up Transaction, the sponsor of the Roll-up Transaction must offer to common stockholders who vote “no” on the proposal the choice of:

(1) accepting the securities of the Roll-up Entity offered in the proposed Roll-up Transaction; or
(2) one of the following:
(a) remaining as holders of our stock and preserving their interests therein on the same terms and conditions as existed previously, or
(b) receiving cash in an amount equal to the stockholder’s pro rata share of the appraised value of our net assets.

We are prohibited from participating in any Roll-up Transaction:

that would result in the common stockholders having voting rights in a Roll-up Entity that are less than those provided in our charter and bylaws and described elsewhere in this prospectus, including rights with respect to the election and removal of directors, annual and special meetings, amendment of our charter and our dissolution;
that includes provisions that would operate to materially impede or frustrate the accumulation of shares by any purchaser of the securities of the Roll-up Entity, except to the minimum extent necessary to preserve the tax status of the Roll-up Entity, or which would limit the ability of an investor to exercise the voting rights of its securities of the Roll-up Entity on the basis of the number of shares held by that investor;
in which investor’s rights to access of records of the Roll-up Entity will be less than those provided in the section of this prospectus entitled “— Meetings and Special Voting Requirements” above; or
in which any of the costs of the Roll-up Transaction would be borne by us if the Roll-up Transaction is rejected by the common stockholders.

Tender Offers

Our charter provides that any tender offer made by any person, including any “mini-tender” offer, must comply with most of the provisions of Regulation 14D of the Exchange Act. If the offeror does not comply with the provisions set forth above, such non-complying offeror will be responsible for all of our expenses in connection with that offeror’s noncompliance and no stockholder may transfer any shares to such non-complying offeror without first offering such shares to us at the greater of the (i) non-compliant tender offer price and (ii) following price, as applicable: (A) if we have an effective share repurchase program at the time of such non-compliant tender offer, at the price at which such shares would be able to be repurchased pursuant to the share repurchase program, (B) if we do not have an effective share repurchase program at the time of such non-compliant tender offer and it has not yet determined a net asset value per share, at the price at which such shares would have been able to be repurchased pursuant to the share repurchase program immediately prior to the suspension or termination of the share repurchase program, or (C) if we do not have an effective share repurchase program at the time of such non-compliant tender offer and it has determined a net asset value per share, at a price equal to net asset value per share at such time as determined by our board of directors.

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Rights of Objecting Stockholders

Under Maryland law, dissenting stockholders may have, subject to satisfying certain procedures, the right to receive a cash payment representing the fair value of their shares of stock under certain circumstances. As permitted by the MGCL, however, our charter includes a provision opting out of the appraisal rights statute, thereby precluding stockholders from exercising the rights of an “objecting stockholder” unless our board of directors determines that appraisal rights apply, with respect to all or any classes or series of stock, to one or more transactions occurring after the date of such determination in connection with which stockholders would otherwise be entitled to exercise appraisal rights. As a result of this provision, our stockholders will not have the right to dissent from extraordinary transactions, such as the merger of our company into another company or the sale of all or substantially all of our assets for securities.

Amendment of the Organizational Documents

Except for those amendments permitted to be made without stockholder approval, our charter may be amended, after approval by our board, by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our bylaws may be amended in any manner not inconsistent with the charter by a majority vote of our directors present at the board meeting.

Dissolution or Termination of the Company

As a Maryland corporation, we may be dissolved at any time after a determination by a majority of the entire board that dissolution is advisable and the approval of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our board will determine when, and if, to:

have our shares of common stock listed for trading on a national securities exchange, subject to satisfying existing listing requirements; and
commence subsequent offerings of common stock after completing this offering.

Our board of directors, in consultation with management, may determine that it is in our best interests to begin the process of engaging advisors to consider alternatives with respect to a liquidity event at such time during our offering stage that it can reasonably determine that all of the securities in our initial public offering will be sold within a reasonable period (i.e., three to six months) after the termination of the offering. Our board may decide, among other things, to:

list our shares of common stock on a national securities exchange;
sell our assets individually including seeking stockholder approval if the action would constitute the sale of all or substantially all of our assets;
continue our business and evaluate a listing of our shares of common stock at a future date; or
adopt a plan of liquidation.

Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business

Proposals to elect directors or conduct other business at an annual or special meeting must be brought in accordance with our bylaws. The bylaws provide that any business may be transacted at the annual meeting without being specifically designated in the notice of meeting. However, with respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in the notice of the special meeting may be brought at that meeting.

Our bylaws also provide that nominations of individuals for election to the board and the proposal of other business may be made at an annual meeting, but only:

in accordance with the notice of the meeting;
by or at the direction of our board; or
by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of notice and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on any such other business and who has complied with the advance notice procedures set forth in our bylaws.

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A notice of a director nomination or stockholder proposal to be considered at an annual meeting must be delivered to our secretary at our principal executive offices:

not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120th day nor earlier than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of release of the proxy statement for the previous year’s annual meeting; or
if the date of the meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the anniversary date or if an annual meeting has not yet been held, not earlier than 150 days prior to the annual meeting or not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120th day prior to the annual meeting or the tenth day following our first public announcement of the date of such meeting.

Nominations of individuals for election to the board may be made at a special meeting, but only:

by or at the direction of our board; or
if the meeting has been called for the purpose of electing directors, by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record at the time of the giving of notice and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied with the advance notice procedures set forth in our bylaws.

A notice of a director nomination to be considered at a special meeting must be delivered to our secretary at our principal executive offices:

not earlier than 120 days prior to the special meeting; and
not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of either:
º ninety days prior to the special meeting; or
º ten days following the day of our first public announcement of the date of the special meeting and the nominees proposed by our board to be elected at the meeting.

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DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN

We have adopted the Plan. The following is a summary of the Plan. A complete copy of Plan is included in this prospectus as Appendix B.

Investment of Distributions

We have adopted the Plan pursuant to which our stockholders, and, subject to certain conditions set forth in the plan, any stockholder or partner of any other publicly offered limited partnership, real estate investment trust or other real estate program sponsored by our advisor or its affiliates, may elect to purchase shares of our common stock with our distributions or distributions from such other programs. Any shares issued pursuant to the Plan are subject to registration and renewal in any state in which such shares are offered. Until the NAV pricing date, we will offer shares under the distribution reinvestment plan component of the Plan at the greater of $23.75 per share and 95% of the public offering price. Thereafter, we will offer shares under the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan at per share NAV. Until the NAV pricing date, we will offer shares under the direct stock purchase component of the Plan at $25.00 per share. Thereafter, we will offer shares under the direct stock purchase component of the Plan at per share NAV.

No dealer manager fees or selling commissions will be paid with respect to shares purchased pursuant to the Plan; therefore, we will retain all of the proceeds from the reinvestment of distributions.

Pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the reinvestment agent, which currently is us, will act on behalf of participants to reinvest the cash distributions they receive from us. Stockholders participating in the Plan may purchase fractional shares. If sufficient shares are not available for issuance under the Plan, the reinvestment agent will remit excess cash distributions to the participants. Participants purchasing shares pursuant to the Plan will have the same rights as stockholders with respect to shares purchased under the Plan and will be treated in the same manner as if such shares were issued pursuant to the offering.

After the termination of the offering of our shares registered for sale pursuant to the Plan under this prospectus, we may determine to allow participants to reinvest cash distributions from us in shares issued by another American Realty Capital-sponsored program only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

prior to the time of such reinvestment, the participant has received the final prospectus and any supplements thereto offering interests in the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program and such prospectus allows investments pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan;
a registration statement covering the interests in the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program has been declared effective under the Securities Act;
the offer and sale of such interests are qualified for sale under applicable state securities laws;
the participant executes the subscription agreement included with the prospectus for the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program; and
the participant qualifies under applicable investor suitability standards as contained in the prospectus for the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program.

Stockholders who invest in subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored programs pursuant to the Plan will become investors in such subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program and, as such, will receive the same reports as other investors in the subsequent American Realty Capital-sponsored program.

Election to Participate or Terminate Participation

A stockholder may become a participant in the Plan by making a written election to participate on his or her subscription agreement at the time he or she subscribes for shares. Any stockholder who has not previously elected to participate in the Plan may so elect at any time by delivering to the reinvestment agent a completed enrollment form or other written authorization required by the reinvestment agent. Participation in the Plan will commence with the next distribution payable after receipt of the participant’s notice, provided it is received at least ten days prior to the last day of the fiscal quarter, month or other period to which the distribution relates.

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We reserve the right to prohibit qualified retirement plans and other “benefit plan investors” (as defined in ERISA) from participating in the Plan if such participation would cause our underlying assets to constitute “plan assets” of qualified retirement plans. See the section entitled “Investment by Tax-Exempt Entities and ERISA Considerations” in this prospectus. A material change shall include any anticipated or actual decrease in net worth or annual gross income or any other change in circumstances that would cause the stockholder to fail to meet the suitability standards set forth in this prospectus for the stockholders initial purchase of shares of common stock.

We request that each stockholder electing to participate in the Plan notify the reinvestment agent if any time during his or her participation in the Plan, there is any material change in the stockholder’s financial condition or inaccuracy of any representation under the subscription agreement for such stockholder’s initial purchase of our shares.

Subscribers should note that affirmative action in the form of written notice to the reinvestment agent must be taken to withdraw from participation in the Plan. A withdrawal from participation in the Plan will be effective with respect to distributions for a distribution period only if written notice of termination is received at least ten days prior to the end of such distribution period. In addition, a transfer of shares prior to the date our shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, which we have no intent to do at this time and which may never occur, will terminate participation in the Plan with respect to such transferred shares as of the first day of the distribution period in which the transfer is effective, unless the transferee demonstrates to the reinvestment agent that the transferee meets the requirements for participation in the plan and affirmatively elects to participate in the Plan by providing to the reinvestment agent an executed enrollment form or other written authorization required by the reinvestment agent.

Offers and sales of shares pursuant to the Plan must be registered in every state in which such offers and sales are made or must be made pursuant to a proper state exemption.

Reports to Participants

Within 90 days after the end of each calendar year, the reinvestment agent will mail to each participant a statement of account describing, as to such participant, the distributions received, the number of shares purchased, the purchase price for such shares and the total shares purchased on behalf of the participant during the prior year pursuant to the Plan.

Excluded Distributions

Our board of directors may designate that certain cash or other distributions attributable to net sales proceeds will be excluded from distributions that may be reinvested in shares under the Plan, or Excluded Distributions. Accordingly, if proceeds attributable to the potential sale transaction described above are distributed to stockholders as an Excluded Distribution, such amounts may not be reinvested in our shares pursuant to the Plan. The determination of whether all or part of a distribution will be deemed to be an Excluded Distribution is separate and unrelated to our requirement to distribute 90% of our REIT taxable income. In its initial determination of whether to make a distribution and the amount of the distribution, our board of directors will consider, among other factors, our cash position and our distribution requirements as a REIT. Once our board of directors determines to make the distribution, it will then consider whether all or part of the distribution will be deemed to be an Excluded Distribution. In most instances, we expect that our board of directors would not deem any of the distribution an Excluded Distribution. In that event, the amount distributed to participants in the Plan will be reinvested in additional shares of our common stock. If all or a portion of the distribution is deemed an Excluded Distribution, the distribution will be made to all stockholders, however, the excluded portion will not be reinvested. As a result, we would not be able to use any of the Excluded Distribution to assist in meeting future distributions and the stockholders would not be able to use the distribution to purchase additional shares of our common stock through the Plan. We currently do not have any planned Excluded Distributions, which will only be made, if at all, in addition to, not in lieu of, regular distributions.

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Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

Taxable participants will incur tax liability even though they have elected not to receive their distributions in cash but rather to have their distributions reinvested under the Plan. See the section entitled “Risk Factors — U.S. Federal Income Tax Risks” in this prospectus. In addition, to the extent you purchase shares through the Plan at a discount to their fair market value, you will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as receiving an additional distribution equal to the amount of the discount. Until such time as we calculate NAV, we will sell shares pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan at $23.75 per share and expect our board of directors to estimate the fair value of a share of our common stock to be $25.00, the offering price in the primary offering. Additionally, at least until our offering stage is complete, we expect that no secondary trading market for our shares will develop. Therefore, at least until we calculate NAV, participants in the Plan will be treated as having received a distribution of $25.00 for each $23.75 reinvested by them under the Plan. You will be taxed on the amount of such distribution (including the discount from fair market value) as a dividend to the extent such distribution is from current or accumulated earnings and profits, unless we have designated all or a portion of the dividend as a capital gain dividend. Tax information regarding each participant’s participation in the Plan will be provided to each participant at least annually.

The IRS has provided guidance that a discount on the price of stock purchased under a distribution reinvestment program will not result in the payment of a preferential dividend if such discount does not exceed 5% of the fair market value of the stock. However, the fair market value of our share of common stock for U.S. federal income tax purposes is unclear. Initially, the per share price for our common stock pursuant to the Plan will be the greater of 95% of the fair market value per share as determined by our board of directors and $23.75, which is 95% of the primary offering price of $25.00 (which includes the maximum selling commissions and dealer manager fee). It is unclear whether the fair market value of a share of our common stock for U.S. federal income tax purposes is equal to the $25.00 offering price or some lesser amount. It is our intention that the per share price of $23.75 pursuant to the Plan does not result in a discount of more than 5% from the fair market value of a share of our common stock. In fact, it is possible that a participant in the Plan who pays $23.75 per share could be paying more than fair market value for a share. Further, after the NAV pricing date, the per share price for our common stock pursuant to the Plan will be equal to the per share NAV (and does not include selling commissions or the dealer manager fee). It is our position that the per share NAV is intended to reflect the fair market value per share for U.S. federal income tax purposes. However, shares offered in this offering following such time as we calculate NAV will be offered at the per share NAV. If the IRS were to take a position contrary to our position that the per share NAV reflects the fair market value per share, it is possible that we may be treated as offering our stock under the Plan at a discount greater than 5% of its fair market value resulting in the payment of a preferential dividend. See “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — REIT Qualification Tests — Annual Distribution Requirements” for a discussion of preferential dividends.

Amendment, Suspension and Termination

We reserve the right to amend any aspect of, suspend, or terminate the Plan for any reason at any time upon ten days’ written notice to participants. The reinvestment agent also reserves the right to terminate a participant’s individual participation in the Plan (without terminating the Plan generally), by sending ten days’ prior written notice of termination to the terminated participant. Notices to a Plan participant may be given by letter addressed to the participant at the participant’s last address of record with the reinvestment agent or by providing the relevant information in a press release or a report filed by the company with the SEC.

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SHARE REPURCHASE PROGRAM

Our share repurchase program, as described below, may provide eligible stockholders with limited, interim liquidity by enabling them to sell shares back to us, subject to restrictions and applicable law, if such repurchases do not impair the capital or operations of the REIT. Specifically, state securities regulators impose investor suitability standards that establish specific financial thresholds that must be met by any investor in certain illiquid, long-term investments, including REIT shares.

Until the NAV pricing date and except as set forth below, a stockholder must have beneficially held the shares for at least one year prior to offering them for sale to us through our share repurchase program, although if a stockholder sells back all of its shares, our board of directors has the discretion to exempt shares purchased pursuant to the Plan from this one year requirement. In addition, upon the death or disability of a stockholder, upon request, we will waive the one-year holding requirement as discussed below. Once we begin calculating NAV, no holding period would be required. The purchase price for shares repurchased under our share repurchase program will be as set forth below, including with respect to any shares of our common stock repurchased in connection with a stockholder’s death or disability. We do not currently anticipate obtaining appraisals for our investments (other than in connection with our NAV calculation or investments in transactions with our sponsor, advisor, directors or their respective affiliates). The NAV of our investments will not represent the amount of net proceeds that would result from an immediate sale of our assets. Beginning with the filing of the second quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or Annual Report on Form 10-K should such filing constitute the second quarterly financial filing) following the earlier of (i) our acquisition of at least $1.4 billion in total portfolio assets and (ii) April 4, 2015, which is two years from the effective date of this offering, our advisor will calculate NAV, upon which the purchase price for shares under our share repurchase program will be based. In connection with the NAV calculation, our independent valuer will perform appraisals of our properties. Only those stockholders who purchased their shares from us or received their shares from us (directly or indirectly) through one or more non-cash transactions may be able to participate in the share repurchase program. In other words, once our shares are transferred for value by a stockholder, the transferee and all subsequent holders of the shares are not eligible to participate in the share repurchase program.

We will repurchase shares on the last business day prior to the filing of each quarterly financial filing (and in all events on a date other than a dividend payment date).

Share Repurchase Program Prior to our Calculation of NAV

Prior to our calculation of NAV, the price per share that we will pay to repurchase shares of our common stock, in each case, as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock, will be as follows:

the lower of $23.13 and 92.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us for stockholders who have continuously held their shares for at least one year;
the lower of $23.75 and 95.0% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us for stockholders who have continuously held their shares for at least two years;
the lower of $24.38 and 97.5% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us for stockholders who have continuously held their shares for at least three years; and
the lower of $25.00 and 100% of the price paid to acquire the shares from us for stockholders who have continuously held their shares for at least four years.

Pursuant to the terms of our share repurchase program, we intend to make repurchases, if requested, at least once quarterly. Each stockholder whose repurchase request is granted will receive the repurchase amount within 30 days after the fiscal quarter in which we grant its repurchase request. Subject to the limitations described in this prospectus, we also will repurchase shares upon the request of the estate, heir or beneficiary, as applicable, of a deceased stockholder. We will limit the number of shares repurchased pursuant to our share repurchase program in any calendar year to 5% of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the prior calendar year. In addition, funds available for our share repurchase program are

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limited or described below and may not be sufficient to accommodate all requests. Due to these limitations, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to accommodate all repurchase requests.

Funding for the share repurchase program will be derived from proceeds we maintain from the sale of shares under the Plan and other operating funds, if any, as our board of directors, in its sole discretion, may reserve for this purpose. We cannot guarantee that the funds set aside for the share repurchase program will be sufficient to accommodate all requests made each year. However, a stockholder may withdraw its request at any time or ask that we honor the request when funds are available. Pending repurchase requests will be honored on a pro rata basis.

Share Repurchase Program Following our Calculation of NAV

Commencing with the NAV pricing date, our advisor will be responsible for calculating our quarterly NAV at the end of each day on which we make a quarterly financial filing. The board of directors will review the NAV calculation quarterly. To calculate our quarterly per share NAV, our advisor will start with the fair value of real estate and real estate-related assets, which will be determined taking into consideration the appraisal by the independent valuer, and the fair value of our other assets and liabilities, including accrued fees and expenses and accrued distributions. The advisor will estimate these amounts based on factors such as (1) quarterly operating budgets for the assets; (2) estimated management fees payable to our advisor; (3) quarterly budgets for all other expenses; and (4) year-to-date actual performance data.

Once our advisor begins calculating NAV, the terms of the share repurchase program will be as described below.

Generally, we will pay repurchase proceeds, less any applicable short-term trading fees and any applicable tax or other withholding required by law, by the third business day following the end of the quarter. The repurchase price per share will be our then-current per share NAV. Subject to limited exceptions, stockholders whose shares of our common stock are repurchased within the first four months from the date of purchase will be subject to a short-term trading fee of 2% of the aggregate per share NAV of the shares of common stock received.

If a stockholder’s repurchase request is received after 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last business day prior to a quarterly financial filing, such shares will be redeemed on the last business day prior to the next quarterly financial filing at a price equal to the next quarterly per share NAV, calculated after the close of business on each day on which we make our quarterly financial filing. Although such stockholder may not know at the time he or she requests the repurchase of shares the exact price at which such repurchase request will be processed, the stockholder may cancel the repurchase request before it has been processed by notifying a customer service representative available on our toll-free, automated telephone line, 1-866-532-4743. The line is open on each business day between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Eastern time. Repurchase requests submitted before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last business day prior to a quarterly financial filing must be cancelled before 4:00 p.m. on the same day. Repurchase requests received after 4:00 p.m. on the last business day prior to a quarterly financial filing, must be cancelled before 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the second to last business day prior to the next quarterly financial filing. If the repurchase request is not cancelled before the applicable time described above, the stockholder will be contractually bound to the repurchase of the shares and will not be permitted to cancel the request prior to the payment of repurchase proceeds.

We will limit the number of shares repurchased pursuant to our share repurchase program in any calendar year to 5% of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the prior calendar year. Furthermore, we may not have sufficient liquidity to honor all repurchase requests. We intend to maintain the following percentage of the overall value of our portfolio in liquid assets that can be liquidated more readily than properties: 5% of our NAV in excess of $1 billion. However, our stockholders should not expect that we will maintain liquid assets at or above this level. To the extent that we maintain borrowing capacity under a line of credit, such available amount will be included in calculating our liquid assets. Our advisor will consider various factors in determining the amount of liquid assets we should maintain, including but not limited to our receipt of proceeds from sales of additional shares, our cash flow from operations,

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available borrowing capacity under a line of credit, if any, our receipt of proceeds from any asset sale, and the use of cash to fund repurchases. The board of directors will review the amount and sources of liquid assets on a quarterly basis.

Our advisor will continuously monitor our capital needs and the amount of available liquid assets relative to our current business, as well as the volume of repurchase requests relative to the sales of new shares. If our board of directors believes, in its business judgment, that repurchases may unnecessarily burden our short-term or long-term liquidity, adversely affect our operations or have a material adverse impact on non-selling stockholders, then prior to the beginning of any quarter, our board of directors may set a limit on the number of shares that may be repurchased in such quarter; provided that we will limit the number of shares repurchased during any calendar year to 5% of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the prior calendar year.

Once we begin calculating NAV, there is no minimum holding period for shares of our common stock and stockholders can submit their shares for repurchase at any time; however, because most of our assets will consist of real estate properties that cannot generally be readily liquidated without impacting our ability to realize full value upon their disposition, investment in the company should be considered a long-term investment. In order to offset any incremental costs in holding liquid investments, keeping borrowing capacity available, drawing funds under a line of credit and selling assets we would not otherwise have sold and to protect the interests of long-term stockholders and to reduce the possible impact of short-term trading on our performance, stockholders whose shares are repurchased within four months of purchasing them will be subject to a short-term trading fee of 2% of the aggregate NAV of the shares of common stock repurchased. For purposes of determining whether the short-term trading fee applies, we will repurchase the shares that were held the longest first. The short-term trading fee will not apply in circumstances involving a stockholder’s death, post-purchase disability or divorce decree, repurchases made as part of a systematic withdrawal plan, repurchases in connection with periodic portfolio rebalancings of certain wrap or fee-based accounts, repurchases of shares acquired through the Plan and the cancellation of a purchase of shares within the five-day period after the investor executes a subscription agreement and in other circumstances at our discretion.

Death and Disability of a Stockholder

Prior to the time that we begin calculating NAV, upon the death or disability of a stockholder, upon request, we will waive the one-year holding requirement. Once our advisor begins calculating NAV, no holding period would be required. Shares repurchased in connection with the death or disability of a stockholder will be repurchased at a purchase price equal to the price actually paid for the shares during the offering, or if not engaged in the offering, the per share purchase price will be based on the greater of the price paid for such shares or the then-current NAV of the shares as determined by our board of directors (as adjusted for any stock dividends, combinations, splits, recapitalizations and the like with respect to our common stock). In addition, we may waive the holding period in the event of a stockholder’s bankruptcy or other exigent circumstances.

Share Repurchase Program Generally

Regardless of whether we are calculating NAV or not, our share repurchase program is subject to the terms and conditions described below.

Our board of directors may amend the terms of our share repurchase program without stockholder approval. Our board of directors may also amend, suspend or terminate the program upon 30 days’ notice or reject any request for repurchase if it determines that the funds allocated to the share repurchase program are needed for other purposes, such as the acquisition, maintenance or repair of properties, or for use in making a declared distribution.

Our sponsor, advisor, directors and affiliates are prohibited from receiving a fee on any share repurchases, including selling commissions and dealer manager fees.

Our board of directors reserves the right, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, to:

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waive the one year holding period requirement before the NAV pricing date in the event of the death or disability of a stockholder, other involuntary exigent circumstances such as bankruptcy, or a mandatory distribution requirement under a stockholder’s IRA;
reject any request for repurchase;
change the purchase price for repurchases; or
otherwise amend, suspend or terminate the terms of our share repurchase program.

If funds available for our share repurchase program are not sufficient to accommodate all requests, shares will be repurchased as follows: (i) first, pro rata as to repurchases upon the death of a stockholder; (ii) next, pro rata as to repurchases to stockholders who demonstrate, in the discretion of our board of directors, another involuntary exigent circumstance, such as bankruptcy; (iii) next, pro rata as to repurchases to stockholders subject to a mandatory distribution requirement under such stockholder’s IRA; and (iv) finally, pro rata as to all other repurchase requests.

In general, a stockholder or his or her estate, heir or beneficiary may present to us fewer than all of the shares then-owned for repurchase, except that the minimum number of shares that must be presented for repurchase shall be at least 25% of the holder’s shares. However, if the repurchase request is made within six months of the event giving rise to the special circumstances described in this sentence, where repurchase is being requested (i) on behalf of the estate, heirs or beneficiaries, as applicable, of a deceased stockholder; (ii) by a stockholder due to another involuntary exigent circumstance, such as bankruptcy; or (iii) by a stockholder due to a mandatory distribution under such stockholder’s IRA, a minimum of 10% of the stockholder’s shares may be presented for repurchase; provided, however, that any future repurchase request by such stockholder must present for repurchase at least 25% of such stockholder’s remaining shares.

A stockholder who wishes to have shares repurchased must mail or deliver to us a written request on a form provided by us and executed by the stockholder, its trustee or authorized agent. An estate, heir or beneficiary that wishes to have shares repurchased following the death of a stockholder must mail or deliver to us a written request on a form provided by us, including evidence acceptable to our board of directors of the death of the stockholder, and executed by the executor or executrix of the estate, the heir or beneficiary, or their trustee or authorized agent. Unrepurchased shares may be passed to an estate, heir or beneficiary following the death of a stockholder. If the shares are to be repurchased under any conditions outlined herein, we will forward the documents necessary to effect the repurchase, including any signature guaranty we may require.

The share repurchase program immediately will terminate if our shares are listed on any national securities exchange. Any material modifications, suspension or termination of our share repurchase program by our board of directors or our advisor will be disclosed to stockholders promptly in reports we file with the SEC, a press release and/or via our website.

Stockholders are not required to sell their shares to us. The share repurchase program is only intended to provide interim liquidity for stockholders until a liquidity event occurs, such as the listing of the shares on a national stock exchange or our merger with a listed company. We cannot guarantee that a liquidity event will occur.

Shares we purchase under our share repurchase program will have the status of authorized but unissued shares. Shares we acquire through the share repurchase program will not be reissued unless they are first registered with the SEC under the Securities Act and under appropriate state securities laws or otherwise issued in compliance with such laws.

Neither our sponsor nor any of its affiliates, including the special limited partner, may request that we may submit any of its shares for repurchase until we have raised $20,000,000 in offering proceeds in our primary offering. Furthermore, such parties’ repurchase requests will only be accepted (1) on the last business day of a calendar quarter, (2) after all other stockholders’ repurchase requests for such quarter have been accepted and (3) if such repurchases do not cause total repurchases for a calendar year to exceed 5% of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the previous calendar year.

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SUMMARY OF OUR OPERATING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

The following is a summary of the material terms of the agreement of limited partnership of our operating partnership. This summary and the descriptions of the operating partnership agreement provisions elsewhere in this prospectus are qualified by such agreement itself, which is filed as an exhibit to our registration statement, of which this prospectus is a part. See the section entitled “Where You Can Find Additional Information” in this prospectus.

Conducting our operations through the operating partnership allows the sellers of properties to contribute their property interests to the operating partnership in exchange for OP Units rather than for cash or our common stock. This enables the seller to defer some or all of the potential taxable gain on the transfer. From the seller’s perspective, there are also differences between the ownership of common stock and partnership units, some of which may be material because they impact the business organization form, distribution rights, voting rights, transferability of equity interests received and U.S. federal income taxation.

Description of Partnership Units

Partnership interests in the operating partnership, other than the special limited partner interest, are divided into “units.” The operating partnership has three classes of units: (a) GP Units; (b) OP Units and (c) Class B Units.

GP Units

GP Units represent an interest as a general partner in the operating partnership and we, as general partner, will hold all such units. In return for the initial capital contribution of $200,000 we made, the operating partnership issued to us 8,888 general partnership units that were subsequently redesignated as 8,888 GP Units.

In our capacity as general partner, we manage the operating partnership and are liable for certain unpaid debts and liabilities of the operating partnership.

Limited Partnership Units Generally

Limited partnership units represent an interest as a limited partner in the operating partnership. The operating partnership may issue additional partnership units and classes of partnership units with rights different from, and superior to, those of limited partnership units of any class, without the consent of the limited partners. Holders of limited partnership units do not have any preemptive rights with respect to the issuance of additional units.

Limited partners of any class do not have the right to participate in the management of the operating partnership. Limited partners of any class who do not participate in the management of the operating partnership, by virtue of their status as limited partners, generally are not liable for the debts and liabilities of the operating partnership beyond the amount of their capital contributions. The voting rights of the limited partners of any class are generally limited to approval of specific types of amendments to the operating partnership agreement. With respect to such amendments, each OP Unit has one vote. See the section entitled “— Management of the Operating Partnership” below for a more detailed discussion of this subject.

In general, each OP Unit and Class B Unit (and GP Unit) will share equally in distributions from the operating partnership when such distributions are declared by us, the general partner, which decision will be made in our sole discretion. Upon the operating partnership’s liquidation, OP Units and Class B Units (and GP Units) also will share equally on a unit-by-unit basis in the assets of the operating partnership that are available for distribution, after payment of all liabilities, establishment of reserves and after payment of any preferred return owed to holders of any limited partnership preferred units and payment of the portion distributable to the special limited partner. In addition, a portion of the items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the operating partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be allocated to each limited partnership common unit, regardless of whether any distributions are made by the operating partnership. See the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Tax Aspects of Investments in Partnerships” in this prospectus for a description of the manner in which income, gain, loss and deductions are allocated under the operating partnership agreement. As general partner, we may amend the allocation and

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distribution sections of the operating partnership agreement to reflect the issuance of additional units and classes of units without the consent of the limited partners.

Under certain circumstances, holders of limited partnership units of any class may be restricted from transferring their interests without the consent of the general partner. See the section entitled “— Transferability of Interests” below for a discussion of certain restrictions imposed by the operating partnership agreement on such transfers.

OP Units

For each OP Unit received, investors generally will be required to contribute money or property, with a net equity value determined by the general partner. Holders of OP Units will not be obligated to make additional capital contributions to the operating partnership. Further, such holders will not have the right to make additional capital contributions to the operating partnership or to purchase additional OP Units without our consent as general partner. For further information on capital contributions, see the section entitled “— Capital Contributions” below.

After owning an OP Unit for one year, OP Unit holders generally may, subject to certain restrictions, exchange OP Units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of our common stock or, at the option of the operating partnership, a corresponding number of shares of our common stock. See the section entitled “— Limited Partner Exchange Rights” below for a description of these rights and the amount and types of consideration a limited partner is entitled to receive upon exercise of such rights. These exchange rights are accelerated in the case of some extraordinary transactions. See the section entitled “— Extraordinary Transactions” below for an explanation of the exchange rights under such circumstances.

Class B Units

Subject to the approval of the board of directors, asset management fees to the advisor are paid in the form of Class B Units. Class B Units represent limited partnership interests in the operating partnership intended to be profits interests. We, as the general partner, shall cause the operating partnership to issue Class B Units to the advisor in connection with the services provided by the advisor under the advisory agreement to manage the assets of the operating partnership. The Class B Units shall be issuable quarterly in arrears subject to the approval of the general partner’s board of directors. The number of Class B Units issuable to the advisor quarterly is determined by dividing 0.1875% of the cost of our assets (or the lower of the cost of assets and the applicable quarterly NAV multiplied by 0.1875%, once we begin calculating NAV) by the value of one share of common stock as of the end of such quarter (which will be based on NAV once we begin calculating NAV).

Class B Units are subject to forfeiture until such time as: (a) the value of the operating partnership’s assets plus all distributions made equals or exceeds the total amount of capital contributed by investors plus a 6.0% cumulative, pretax, non-compounded annual return thereon, or the “economic hurdle”; (b) any one of the following events occurs concurrently with or subsequently to the achievement of the economic hurdle described above: (i) a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange; (ii) a transaction to which we or our operating partnership shall be a party, as a result of which OP Units or our common stock shall be exchanged for or converted into the right, or the holders of such securities shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof; or (iii) the termination of the advisory agreement without cause; and (c) the advisor pursuant to the advisory agreement is providing services to us immediately prior to the occurrence of an event of the type described in clause (b) above, unless the failure to provide such services is attributable to the termination without cause of the advisory agreement by an affirmative vote of a majority of our independent directors after the economic hurdle described above has been met. Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated for any reason other than a termination without cause. Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated without cause by an affirmative vote of a majority of our board of directors before the economic hurdle described above has been met.

After a Class B Unit is no longer subject to forfeiture as described in the previous paragraph, if the capital account attributable to such Class B Unit has been sufficiently adjusted pursuant to the special allocations described below in “— Allocations”, the Class B Unit will automatically convert into an OP Unit.

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The holder of Class B Units has the right to make capital contributions to the operating partnership in exchange for OP Units, subject to the approval of the general partner, in order to trigger a revaluation of the operating partnership’s assets and a corresponding allocation of any unrealized gain in the event of a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, other liquidity events and the termination of the advisory agreement.

Management of the Operating Partnership

The operating partnership is organized as a Delaware limited partnership pursuant to the terms of the operating partnership agreement. We are the general partner of the operating partnership and conduct substantially all of our business through it. Pursuant to the operating partnership agreement, we, as the general partner, have full, exclusive and complete responsibility and discretion in the management and control of the partnership, including the ability to enter into major transactions, such as acquisitions, dispositions and refinancings, and to cause changes in the operating partnership’s business and distribution policies. Further, we may, without the consent of the limited partners:

file a voluntary petition seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement or readjustment, in any form, of the partnership’s debts under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, or any other federal or state insolvency law, or corresponding provisions of future laws, or file an answer consenting to or acquiescing in any such petition; or
cause the operating partnership to make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature.

The limited partners, in their capacities as such, will have no authority to transact business for, or participate in the management or decisions of, the operating partnership, except as provided in the operating partnership agreement and as required by applicable law. Further, the limited partners have no right to remove us as the general partner.

As general partner, we also may amend the operating partnership agreement without the consent of the limited partners. However, the following amendments will require the unanimous written consent of the affected limited partners or the consent of limited partners holding more than 50% of the voting power in the operating partnership:

any amendment that alters or changes the distribution rights of limited partners, subject to the exceptions discussed below under the “Distributions” portion of this section;
any amendment that alters or changes the limited partner’s exchange rights;
any amendment that imposes on limited partners any obligation to make additional capital contributions; or
any amendment that alters the terms of the operating partnership agreement regarding the rights of the limited partners with respect to extraordinary transactions.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, the operating partnership agreement provides for indemnification of us when acting in our capacity as general partner. It also provides for indemnification of directors, officers and other persons that we may designate under the same conditions, and subject to the same restrictions, applicable to the indemnification of officers, directors, employees and stockholders under our charter. See the section entitled “Management — Limited Liability and Indemnification of Directors, Officers, Employees and Other Agents” in this prospectus.

Transferability of Interests

Under the operating partnership agreement, we may not withdraw from the partnership or transfer or assign all of our general partnership interest without the consent of holders of two-thirds of the limited partnership units, except in connection with the sale of all or substantially all of our assets. Under certain circumstances and with the prior written consent of the general partner and satisfaction of other conditions set forth in the operating partnership agreement, holders of limited partnership units may withdraw from the partnership and transfer and/or encumber all or any part of their units.

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In addition, limited partnership units will not be registered under the federal or state securities laws. As a result, the ability of a holder to transfer its units may be restricted under such laws.

Extraordinary Transactions

The operating partnership agreement generally permits us and/or the operating partnership to engage in any authorized business combination without the consent of the limited partners. A business combination is any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another entity, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of any entity, or any liquidation, reclassification, recapitalization or change in the terms of the equity stock into which a unit may be converted. We are required to send to each limited partner notice of a proposed business combination at least 15 days prior to the record date for the stockholder vote on the combination, if any.

Any limited partners who timely exchange their units prior to the record date for the stockholder vote on a business combination shall be entitled to vote their shares in any stockholder vote on the business combination. Limited partners who exchange their units after the record date may not vote their shares in any stockholder vote on the proposed business combination.

We cannot consummate a business combination (other than one in which we are the surviving entity) unless all limited partners receive, or have the right to election to receive, for each OP Unit or Class B Unit they own, an amount of cash, securities or other property equal to the amount of cash, securities or other property or value paid in the combination to a holder of a share of common stock. If, in connection with a business combination, a tender or similar offer has been accepted by holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common stock, then each limited partner will have the option to exchange its OP Units or Class B Units for the amount of cash, securities or other property which the limited partner would have received had it exercised its exchange rights under the operating partnership agreement, and tendered the shares of common stock received upon exercise of the exchange rights immediately prior to the expiration of the offer.

However, we may merge into or consolidate with another entity without adhering to these limitations if, immediately after the merger or consolidation, substantially all the assets of the surviving entity, other than the partnership units held by us, are contributed to the operating partnership as a capital contribution in exchange for partnership units with a fair market value equal to the value of the assets contributed as determined by the surviving entity’s general partner in good faith and the surviving entity’s general partner expressly agrees to assume all of our obligations as general partner under the operating partnership agreement.

Issuance of Additional Units

As general partner of the operating partnership, we will be able to cause, without the consent of the limited partners, the operating partnership to issue additional units representing general and/or limited partnership interests. A new issuance may include preferred units, which may have rights which are different than, and/or superior to, those of GP Units, OP Units and Class B Units. Furthermore, the operating partnership agreement requires the issuance of additional units to us corresponding with any issuance of stock by us pursuant to the distribution reinvestment program or as a result of our distributing stock in order to meet our annual distribution requirement to maintain our status as a REIT.

Capital Contributions

The operating partnership agreement provides that, if the operating partnership requires additional funds at any time, or from time to time, in excess of funds available to it from prior borrowings or capital contributions, we, as general partner, have the right to raise additional funds required by the operating partnership by causing it to borrow the necessary funds from third parties on such terms and conditions as we deem appropriate. As an alternative to borrowing funds required by the operating partnership, we may contribute the amount of such required funds as an additional capital contribution. The operating partnership agreement also provides that we must contribute cash or other property received in exchange for the issuance of equity stock to the operating partnership in exchange for units. Upon the contribution of cash or other property received in exchange for the issuance of common shares, we will receive one OP Unit for each share issued by us. Upon the contribution of the cash or other property received in exchange for the issuance of each share of equity stock other than shares of common stock, we will receive one unit with rights and

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preferences respecting distributions corresponding to the rights and preferences of the equity stock that we issued. If we contribute additional capital to the operating partnership, our partnership interest will be increased on a proportionate basis. Conversely, the partnership interests of the limited partners will be decreased on a proportionate basis if we contribute any additional capital.

Distributions

The operating partnership agreement sets forth the manner in which distributions from the partnership will be made to partners. Distributions from the partnership are made at the times and in the amounts determined by us, as the general partner. Under the operating partnership agreement, preferred units, if any, may entitle their holders to distributions prior to the payment of distributions for the other units.

The operating partnership agreement provides that cash available for distribution, excluding net proceeds from any sale or other disposition of properties of the operating partnership, or net sales proceeds, will be distributed to the partners holding GP Units, OP Units and/or Class B Units based on their percentage interests. Net sales proceeds will be distributed to partners as follows:

first, 100% to us as holder of GP Units and OP Units (which we will distribute to the holders of our common stock) and any other holder of OP Units entitled to such distributions in proportion to each such partner’s percentage interests, until our stockholders’ and such OP Unit holders’ “net investment” balance is zero;
second, 100% to us as holder of GP Units and OP Units (which we will distribute to the holders of our common stock) and any other holder of OP Units entitled to such distributions in proportion to each such partner’s percentage interests, until our stockholders and such OP Unit holders have received a cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return of 6% per year on their average “net investment” balance; and
thereafter, 15% to the special limited partner, and 85% to us as holder of GP Units and OP Units (which we will distribute to the holders of our common stock) and any other holder of OP Units and/or Class B Units entitled to such distributions in accordance with each such partner’s percentage interests.

The return calculation described above applies to all distributions received and not just distributions of net sales proceeds. Achievement of a particular threshold, therefore, is determined with reference to all prior distributions made by our operating partnership to any limited partners, and to us, which we will then distribute to our stockholders. As it relates to our stockholders, “net investment” means the excess of gross proceeds raised in all offerings over all prior distributions of net sales proceeds and any amounts paid by us to repurchase shares of our stock pursuant to our share repurchase program or otherwise. As it relates to the limited partners, “net investment” means the excess of capital contributions made by limited partners over all prior distributions to the limited partners of net sales proceeds (other than distributions on limited partner interests held directly or indirectly by us as the general partner) and any proceeds or property used to redeem limited partner interests (except those held directly or indirectly by us as the general partner).

The special limited partner also will be entitled to defer distributions under some circumstances and to receive subordinated distributions from the operating partnership upon a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, other liquidity events and the termination of the advisory agreement. For a more detailed discussion of such distributions, see the section entitled “Management Compensation” in this prospectus.

The operating partnership agreement also provides that, as general partner, we have the right to amend the distribution provisions of the operating partnership agreement to reflect the issuance of additional classes of units. The operating partnership agreement further provides that, as general partner, we shall use our best efforts to ensure sufficient distributions are made to meet the annual REIT distribution requirements and to avoid U.S. federal income and excise taxes on our earnings.

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Liquidation

Upon the liquidation of the operating partnership, after payment of debts and obligations, any remaining assets of the partnership will be distributed to partners pro rata in accordance with their positive capital accounts.

Allocations

The operating partnership agreement provides that net income, net loss and any other individual items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the operating partnership (other than net gain or net loss from the sale of property of the operating partnership) will be allocated among the partners in accordance with their percentage interests. Net gain, net loss and items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the operating partnership from the sale of property of the operating partnership shall be allocated among the partners in such a manner that (after giving effect to the allocation pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph) the capital accounts of each partner, immediately after making such allocation, is, as nearly as possible, proportionately equal to the distributions of net sales proceeds that would be made to such partner if the operating partnership were dissolved, its affairs wound up and its assets were sold for cash. Such calculation shall also assume that all operating partnership liabilities were satisfied and the net sales proceeds of the operating partnership were distributed to the partners immediately after making such allocation.

Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, the operating partnership agreement provides that the following special allocations shall be made prior to the allocations in the prior paragraph. Net gain and items of income and gain of the operating partnership from the sale of property of the operating partnership, and unrealized gain from the revaluation of the operating partnership’s assets, shall be allocated to the holders of Class B Units until their capital account balances attributable to their holdings of Class B Units are equal to the average capital account balance of holders of OP Units attributable to such OP Units, and such allocations shall be made on a unit-by-unit basis in order to allow for the greatest number of Class B Units to convert into OP Units at any one time. Furthermore, after the allocations made in the previous sentence, net gain and items of income and gain of the operating partnership from the sale of assets of the operating partnership, and unrealized gain from the revaluation of the operating partnership’s assets, shall be allocated to the special limited partner until the special limited partner has received aggregate allocations of income for all fiscal years equal to the aggregate amount of distributions the special limited partner is entitled to receive or has received for such fiscal year and all prior fiscal years. If the special limited partner is entitled to received distributions pursuant to a promissory note issued to it in connection with the listing of our common stock or the termination of the advisory agreement, unrealized gain from the revaluation of the operating partnership’s assets shall be allocated to the special limited partner until the special limited partner has received aggregate allocations equal to the amount of distributions the special limited partner is entitled to receive pursuant to such promissory note.

Operations

The operating partnership agreement requires that the partnership be operated in a manner that will:

satisfy the requirements for our classification as a REIT;
avoid any U.S. federal income or excise tax liability, unless we otherwise cease to qualify as a REIT; and
ensure that the operating partnership will not be classified as a publicly traded partnership under the Code.

Pursuant to the operating partnership agreement, the operating partnership will assume and pay when due, or reimburse us for, payment of all administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the operating partnership and the administrative costs and expenses that we incur on behalf, or for the benefit, of the operating partnership.

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Limited Partner Exchange Rights

Pursuant to the operating partnership agreement, each holder of an OP Unit has the right, but not the obligation, to exchange all or a portion of their OP Units for cash or, at the operating partnership’s option, for shares of our common stock on such terms and subject to such conditions and restriction as will be contained in one or more exchange rights agreements among us, as the general partner, the operating partnership and one or more limited partner, provided, that such OP Units shall have been outstanding for at least one year (or such lesser time as determined by us in our sole and absolute discretion). The form of the exchange rights agreement shall be provided by the general partner.

Exercise of exchange rights will be a taxable transaction in which gain or loss will be recognized by the limited partner exercising its right to exchange its units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of our common stock or, at the option of the operating partnership, a corresponding number of shares of our common stock, to the extent that the amount realized exceeds the limited partner’s adjusted basis in the units exchanged.

Special Limited Partner

The special limited partner, the parent of our advisor, is a Delaware limited liability company formed on January 18, 2013 and is the special limited partner of our operating partnership. Except as described below, the special limited partner does not hold any general partnership interests or limited partnership interests and does not have any voting rights, approval rights, rights to distributions or any other rights under the partnership agreement. The special limited partner is entitled to receive subordinated distributions of net proceeds in connection with the sale of the assets of our operating partnership, upon a listing of our common stock on a national securities exchange, other liquidity events and the termination of the advisory agreement. Any such subordinated distribution to the special limited partner is related to our successful performance. Such distribution is calculated as 15% of the excess of (a) an amount equal to the value of our stock or assets determined as of the listing of our common stock, termination of the advisory agreement or other liquidity event, as applicable, plus the amount of all distributions made to investors prior to such time over (b) the amount the investors would receive as a return of their net capital contributions plus payment to investors of an annual 6% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. If the special limited partner is entitled to receive a subordinated distribution, other than pursuant to a promissory note issued to it in connection with the listing of our common stock or the termination of the advisory agreement, the special limited partner shall be entitled to contribute the right to receive such subordinated distribution to the operating partnership in exchange for OP Units in an amount equal to the value of such subordinated distribution right. If the special limited partner obtains OP Units in this manner, the special limited partner shall have all the rights of any holder of OP Units, including the limited partner exchange right described herein. For a more detailed discussion of such distributions, see the section entitled “Management Compensation” in this prospectus.

Tax Matters

Pursuant to the operating partnership agreement, we will be the tax matters partner of the operating partnership, and as such, will have authority to make tax decisions under the Code on behalf of the operating partnership. Tax income and loss generally will be allocated in a manner that reflects the entitlement of the general partner, limited partners and the special limited partner to receive distributions from the operating partnership. We will file a U.S. federal income tax return annually on behalf of the operating partnership on IRS Form 1065 (or such other successor form) or on any other IRS form as may be required. To the extent that any special purpose entity is not wholly owned by the operating partnership or is a taxable REIT subsidiary, we will arrange for the preparation and filing of the appropriate tax returns for such special purpose entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For a description of other tax consequences stemming from our investment in the operating partnership, see the section entitled “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations — Tax Aspects of Investments in Partnerships” in this prospectus.

Duties and Conflicts

Except as otherwise set forth under the sections entitled “Conflicts of Interest” and “Management” in this prospectus, any limited partner may engage in other business activities outside the operating partnership, including business activities that directly compete with the operating partnership.

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Term

The operating partnership will continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2099 or until sooner dissolved and terminated (i) upon our dissolution, bankruptcy, insolvency or termination, (ii) an election made by us, as the general partner, with the consent of the limited partners holding at least a majority of the percentage interest of the limited partners (including limited partner interests held by the general partner), (iii) an event of withdrawal by us, as the general partner (as defined in the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act), other than an event of bankruptcy, unless, within ninety days after such event of withdrawal, a majority in interest of the remaining limited partners consent to continuing the business of the operating partnership and to the appointment of a successor general partner, (iv) upon the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the operating partnership unless we, as general partner, elect to continue the business of the operating partnership to collect the indebtedness or other consideration to be received in exchange for the assets of the operating partnership, or (v) by operation of law.

If redemption requests reach the quarterly limitation, if our share repurchase program is suspended, or if funds available for our share repurchase program are not sufficient to accommodate all requests, shares will be repurchased from stockholders (other than our sponsor) as follows: (i) first, pro rata as to repurchases upon the death of a stockholder; (ii) next, pro rata as to repurchases to stockholders who demonstrate, in the discretion of our board of directors, another involuntary exigent circumstance, such as bankruptcy; (iii) next, pro rata as to repurchases to stockholders subject to a mandatory distribution requirement under such stockholder’s IRA; and (iv) finally, pro rata as to all other repurchase requests. As of the date our share repurchase program is suspended, the date the quarterly limitation is reached, or the date that funds available for our share repurchase program are not sufficient to accommodate all redemption requests, only those shares that were already presented for repurchase will be eligible for repurchase, subject to the foregoing order of priority.

In general, a stockholder or his or her estate, heir or beneficiary may present to us fewer than all of the shares then-owned for repurchase, except that the minimum number of shares that must be presented for repurchase shall be at least 25% of the holder’s shares. However, if the repurchase request is made within 180 days of the event giving rise to the special circumstances described in this sentence, where repurchase is being requested (i) on behalf of the estate, heirs or beneficiaries, as applicable, of a deceased stockholder; (ii) by a stockholder due to another involuntary exigent circumstance, such as bankruptcy; or (iii) by a stockholder due to a mandatory distribution under such stockholder’s IRA, a minimum of 10% of the stockholder’s shares may be presented for repurchase; provided, however, that any future repurchase request by such stockholder must present for repurchase at least 25% of such stockholder’s remaining shares.

A stockholder who wishes to have shares repurchased must mail or deliver to us a written request on a form provided by us and executed by the stockholder, its trustee or authorized agent. An estate, heir or beneficiary that wishes to have shares repurchased following the death of a stockholder must mail or deliver to us a written request on a form provided by us, including evidence acceptable to our board of directors of the death of the stockholder, and executed by the executor or executrix of the estate, the heir or beneficiary, or their trustee or authorized agent. Unrepurchased shares may be passed to an estate, heir or beneficiary following the death of a stockholder. If the shares are to be repurchased under any conditions outlined herein, we will forward the documents necessary to effect the repurchase, including any signature guaranty we may require. Commitments by us to repurchase shares will be communicated to each stockholder who submitted a redemption request on or promptly after the fifth business day following the end of each quarter. We will repurchase the shares subject to these commitments, and pay the repurchase price associated therewith, within three business days following the delivery of such commitments.

On the first business day during any quarter in which the quarterly repurchase limitation is reached, we will disclose such fact through a filing with the SEC and a posting on our website to notify stockholders that no additional redemption requests will be accepted for such quarter. In such event, unless our board of directors determines to suspend the share repurchase program for any of the reasons described above, the share repurchase program will automatically and without stockholder notification resume on the first day of the subsequent quarter. The share repurchase program immediately will terminate if our shares are listed on any national securities exchange. Any material modifications, suspension or termination of our share repurchase plan by our board of directors or our advisor will be disclosed to stockholders promptly in a

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prospectus supplement or special or periodic reports we file with the SEC, a press release and/or via our website. In the event of a suspension or material modification of our redemption plan, our board may also modify or suspend our offering of shares for sale; provided, that we will provide written notice to all stockholders at least 30 days prior to any planned termination or suspension of, or amendment to, the share repurchase program.

Stockholders are not required to sell their shares to us. The share repurchase program is only intended to provide interim liquidity for stockholders until a liquidity event occurs, such as the listing of the shares on a national stock exchange or our merger with a listed company. We cannot guarantee that a liquidity event will occur.

Shares we purchase under our share repurchase program will have the status of authorized but unissued shares. Shares we acquire through the share repurchase program will not be reissued unless they are first registered with the SEC under the Securities Act and under appropriate state securities laws or otherwise issued in compliance with such laws.

Our sponsor may not redeem any of its shares until we have raised $20,000,000 in offering proceeds in our initial public offering. Furthermore, our sponsor’s repurchase requests will only be accepted (1) after all other stockholders’ repurchase requests for such quarter have been accepted and (2) if such repurchases do not cause total repurchases to exceed 1.25% of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the previous quarter, or 1.25% of our total NAV as of the end of the immediately preceding quarter, as applicable.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

We are offering a maximum of 14,736,842 shares to our current stockholders through the Plan. As of September 19, 2013, no shares of common stock have been issued under the Plan (excluding 0.3 million shares issued of the 14.7 million distribution reinvestment plan shares from the Registration Statement on Form S-11 for our initial public offering, the balance of which were reallocated to our initial public offering under such Registration Statement). We have no basis for estimating the number of shares that will be sold. We will not pay any selling commissions or dealer manager fees in connection with the sale of shares pursuant to the Plan.

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REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS

Our advisor will keep, or cause to be kept, full and true books of account on an accrual basis of accounting, in accordance with GAAP. All of these books of account, together with a copy of our charter, will at all times be maintained at our principal office, and will be open to inspection, examination and duplication at reasonable times by the stockholders or their agents.

The advisor will submit to each stockholder our audited annual reports within 120 days following the close of each fiscal year. The annual reports will contain the following:

audited financial statements prepared in accordance with SEC rules and regulations governing the preparation of financial statements;
the ratio of the costs of raising capital during the period to the capital raised;
the aggregate amount of advisory fees and the aggregate amount of fees paid to the advisor and any affiliate of the advisor, including fees or charges paid to our advisor and to any affiliate of our advisor by third parties doing business with us;
our total operating expenses, stated as a percentage of the average invested assets and as a percentage of net income for the most recently completed fiscal year;
a report from the independent directors that the policies, objectives and strategies we follow are in the best interests of our stockholders and the basis for such determination; and
separately stated, full disclosure of all material terms, factors and circumstances surrounding any and all transactions involving us, our directors, our advisor, our sponsor and any of their affiliates occurring in the year for which the annual report is made. Independent directors are specifically charged with the duty to examine and comment in the report on the fairness of such transactions.

In connection with our distributions, we will disclose in our quarterly and annual reports filed with the SEC the sources of the funds distributed. If the information is not available at such time, we will provide a statement setting forth the reasons for why the information is not available. We will include in our stockholders’ account statements an estimated value of our shares that will comply with the requirements of NASD Rule 2340 (or any successor rule).

After the completion of the last acquisition, our advisor will, upon request, send a schedule of acquisitions to the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California. The schedule, verified under the penalty of perjury, will reflect each acquisition made, the purchase price paid, the aggregate of all acquisition expenses paid on each transaction, and a computation showing compliance with our charter. We will, upon request, submit to the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of California or to any state securities administrators, any report or statement required to be distributed to stockholders pursuant to our charter or any applicable law or regulation.

We anticipate that we will provide annual reports of our determination of value (1) to IRA trustees and custodians not later than January 15 of each year, and (2) to other Plan fiduciaries within 75 days after the end of each calendar year. Each determination may be based upon valuation information available as of October 31 of the preceding year, updated, however, for any material changes occurring between October 31 and December 31. For any period during which we are making a public offering of shares, the statement will report an estimated value of each share at the then public offering price per share and commencing at such time as we calculate NAV, the per share NAV. See the section entitled “Valuation Policies — Calculation of Per Share NAV by our Advisor,” for a description of how the per share NAV is calculated. We may elect to deliver such reports to all stockholders. Stockholders will not be forwarded copies of appraisals or updates. In providing such reports to stockholders, neither we nor our affiliates thereby make any warranty, guarantee or representation that (i) we or our stockholders, upon liquidation, will actually realize the estimated value per share or (ii) our stockholders will realize the estimated net asset value if they attempt to sell their shares.

The accountants we regularly retain will prepare our U.S. federal tax return and any applicable state income tax returns. We will submit appropriate tax information to the stockholders within 30 days following the end of each of our fiscal years. We will not provide a specific reconciliation between GAAP and our

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income tax information to the stockholders. However, the reconciling information will be available in our office for inspection and review by any interested stockholder. Annually, at the same time as the dissemination of appropriate tax information (including an IRS Form 1099) to stockholders, we will provide each stockholder with an individualized report on his or her investment, including the purchase date(s), purchase price(s), and number of shares owned, as well as the dates and amounts of distributions received during the prior fiscal year. The individualized statement to stockholders will include any purchases of shares under the Plan. Stockholders requiring individualized reports on a more frequent basis may request these reports. We will make every reasonable effort to supply more frequent reports, as requested, but we may, at our sole discretion, require payment of an administrative charge either directly by the stockholder, or through pre-authorized deductions from distributions payable to the stockholder making the request.

We may deliver to the stockholders each of the reports discussed in this section, as well as any other communications that we may provide them with, by e-mail or by any other means.

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LITIGATION

We are not subject to any material pending legal proceedings.

PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE

To help you understand how we protect your personal information, we have included our Privacy Policy Notice as Appendix G to this prospectus. This notice describes our current privacy policy and practices. Should you decide to establish or continue a stockholder relationship with us, we will advise you of our policy and practices at least once annually, as required by law.

LEGAL MATTERS

Venable LLP, Baltimore, Maryland, will pass upon the legality of the common stock and Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York, will pass upon the legal matters in connection with our status as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Proskauer Rose LLP will rely on the opinion of Venable LLP as to all matters of Maryland law. Neither Venable LLP nor Proskauer Rose LLP purports to represent our stockholders or potential investors, who should consult their own counsel. Proskauer Rose LLP also provides legal services to our advisor and its affiliates.

EXPERTS

The audited financial statements included in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement have been so included in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent registered public accountants, upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing in giving said report.

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS

Subject to availability, you may authorize us to provide prospectuses, prospectus supplements, annual, quarterly and other reports, proxy statements, distribution notices and other information, or documents, electronically by so indicating on the subscription agreement, or by sending us instructions in writing in a form acceptable to us to receive such documents electronically. Unless otherwise provided in this prospectus or you elect in writing to receive documents electronically, all documents will be provided in paper form by mail. You must have internet access to use electronic delivery. While we impose no additional charge for this service, there may be potential costs associated with electronic delivery, such as on-line charges. Documents will be available on our Internet web site. You may access and print all documents provided through this service. As documents become available, we will notify you of this by sending you an e-mail message that will include instructions on how to retrieve the document. If our e-mail notification is returned to us as “undeliverable,” we will contact you to obtain your updated e-mail address. If we are unable to obtain a valid e-mail address for you, we will resume sending a paper copy by regular U.S. mail to your address of record. You may revoke your consent for electronic delivery at any time and we will resume sending you a paper copy of all required documents. However, in order for us to be properly notified, your revocation must be given to us a reasonable time before electronic delivery has commenced. We will provide you with paper copies at any time upon request. Such request will not constitute revocation of your consent to receive required documents electronically.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

We have filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the SEC in connection with this offering. We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC.

You may request and obtain a copy of these filings, at no cost to you, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.
405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 415-6500
Attn: Investor Services

One of our affiliates maintains an Internet site at www.americanrealtycap.com, at which there is additional information about us. The contents of the site are not incorporated by reference in, or otherwise a part of, this prospectus.

This prospectus is part of the registration statement and does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement and all of its exhibits, certificates and schedules. Whenever a reference is made in this prospectus to any contract or other document of ours, the reference may not be complete and you should refer to the exhibits that are a part of the registration statement for a copy of the contract or document.

You may read and copy our registration statement and all of its exhibits and schedules which we have filed with the SEC, any of which may be inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room at 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. This material, as well as copies of all other documents filed with the SEC, may be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the SEC, 100 F. Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549 upon payment of the fee prescribed by the SEC. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or e-mail at publicinfo@sec.gov. The SEC maintains a web site that contains reports, proxies, information statements and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the SEC, including us. The address of this website is http://www.sec.gov.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)

INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     F-2  
Audited Financial Statements:
        
Consolidated Balance Sheet     F-3  
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity     F-4  
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows     F-5  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     F-6  
Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2013 (Unaudited)     F-18  
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and for the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 (Unaudited)     F-19  
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 (Unaudited)     F-20  
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 (Unaudited)     F-21  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)     F-22  

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholder
American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage) and subsidiary (the “Company”) as of January 31, 2013, and the related consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. and subsidiary as of January 31, 2013 and their cash flows for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 4, 2013

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
January 31, 2013

 
ASSETS
        
Cash   $ 200,000  
Deferred costs     24,640  
Total assets   $ 224,640  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
Accrued expenses   $ 24,640  
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none outstanding      
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 300,000,000 shares authorized, 8,888 issued and outstanding     89  
Additional paid-in capital     199,911  
Total stockholders’ equity     200,000  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $ 224,640  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
For the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013

       
  Common stock   Additional
Paid-in
Capital
  Total
     Number
of Shares
   
Par Value
Balance, January 22, 2013         $     $     $  
Issuance of common stock     8,888       89       199,911       200,000  
Balance, January 31, 2013     8,888     $ 89     $ 199,911     $ 200,000  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
For the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013

 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock   $ 200,000  
Net cash provided by financing activities     200,000  
Net change in cash     200,000  
Cash, beginning of period      
Cash, end of period   $ 200,000  

 
 
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 1 — Organization and Proposed Business Operations

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on January 22, 2013, as a Maryland corporation and intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. The Company intends to offer for sale a maximum of $1.7 billion of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $25.00 per share (including the maximum allowed to be charged for commissions and fees), on a “reasonable best efforts” basis, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11 (the “Offering”) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Offering also covers up to 14.7 million shares of common stock pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”) under which common stock holders may elect to have their distributions reinvested in additional shares of common stock.

Until the first quarter following the Company’s acquisition of at least $1.4 billion in total portfolio assets, the per share price in the Offering will be up to $25.00 per share (including the maximum allowed to be charged for commissions and fees) and shares issued under the DRIP will be $23.75 per share, which is 95.0% of the primary Offering price. Thereafter, the per share purchase price in the Company’s primary Offering and pursuant to our DRIP will vary quarterly and will be equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) divided by the number of shares outstanding as of the end of business on the first day of each fiscal quarter after giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases effected in the prior quarter or per share NAV. Applicable commissions and fees will be added to the per share price for shares in our primary offering but not in our DRIP.

The Company was formed to primarily acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, comprised primarily of free-standing single-tenant properties that are net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. All such properties may be acquired and operated by the Company alone or jointly with another party. The Company may also originate or acquire first mortgage loans secured by real estate. As of January 31, 2013, the Company has not acquired any real estate investments.

The Company sold 8,888 shares of common stock to American Realty Capital Trust V Special Limited Partner, LLC (the “Special Limited Partner”), an entity wholly owned by AR Capital, LLC (the “Sponsor”) on January 30, 2013, at $22.50 per share for $0.2 million. Substantially all of the Company’s business will be conducted through American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P. (the “OP”), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company is the sole general partner and holds substantially all of the units of limited partner interests in the OP (“OP Units”). Additionally, the Special Limited Partner expects to contribute $2,020 to the OP in exchange for 90 units of limited partner interest in the aggregate OP ownership, which will represent a nominal percentage of the aggregate OP ownership. The limited partner interests have the right to convert OP units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of common stock or, at the option of the OP, a corresponding number of shares of common stock, as allowed by the limited partnership agreement of the OP. The remaining rights of the limited partner interests are limited, however, and do not include the ability to replace the general partner or to approve the sale, purchase or refinancing of the OP’s assets.

The Company has no paid employees. The Company has retained American Realty Capital Advisors V, LLC (the “Advisor”), to manage its affairs on a day-to-day basis. American Realty Capital Properties V, LLC (the “Property Manager”) will serve as the Company’s property manager. Realty Capital Securities, LLC (the “Dealer Manager”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, serves as the dealer manager of the Offering. The Advisor, Special Limited Partner, Property Manager and Dealer Manager are related parties and will receive fees, distributions and other compensation for services related to the Offering and the investment and management of the Company’s assets. The Advisor, Special Limited Partner, Property Manager and Dealer Manager will receive fees, distributions and other compensation during the offering, acquisition, operational and liquidation stages.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

Development Stage Company

The Company complies with the reporting requirements of development stage enterprises. Pursuant to the terms of the Offering, the Company must receive proceeds of $2.0 million in connection with the sale of common stock in order to break escrow and commence operations. As of January 31, 2013, the Company had not reached such threshold, purchased any properties or earned any income. Accordingly, a statement of operations is not presented and earnings per share has not been completed and is not deemed meaningful.

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, and the OP. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In determining whether the Company has a controlling financial interest in a joint venture and the requirement to consolidate the accounts of that entity, management considers factors such as ownership interest, authority to make decisions and contractual and substantive participating rights of the other partners or members as well as whether the entity is a variable interest entity for which the Company is the primary beneficiary.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. When the Company commences active real estate operations, management may make significant estimates regarding revenue recognition, purchase price allocations to record investments in real estate, and derivative financial instruments and hedging activities, as applicable.

Organizational Costs

Organizational costs include accounting, legal and regulatory fees incurred related to the formation of the Company. Organizational costs are expensed as incurred.

Real Estate Investments

Investments in real estate are recorded at cost. Improvements and replacements are capitalized when they extend the useful life of the asset. Costs of repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of up to 40 years for buildings, 15 years for land improvements, five years for fixtures and the shorter of the useful life or the remaining lease term for tenant improvements and leasehold interests.

The Company is required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of the Company’s properties for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to record on an annual basis with respect to the Company’s investments in real estate. These assessments have a direct impact on the Company’s net income because if the Company were to shorten the expected useful lives of the Company’s investments in real estate, the Company would depreciate these investments over fewer years, resulting in more depreciation expense and lower net income on an annual basis.

The Company is required to present the operations related to properties that have been sold or properties that are intended to be sold as discontinued operations in the statement of operations for all periods presented. Properties that are intended to be sold are to be designated as “held for sale”on the balance sheet.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

Impairment of Long Lived Assets

When circumstances indicate the carrying value of a property may not be recoverable, the Company reviews the asset for impairment. This review is based on an estimate of the future undiscounted cash flows, excluding interest charges, expected to result from the property’s use and eventual disposition. These estimates consider factors such as expected future operating income, market and other applicable trends and residual value, as well as the effects of leasing demand, competition and other factors. If impairment exists, due to the inability to recover the carrying value of a property, an impairment loss is recorded to the extent that the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the property for properties to be held and used. For properties held for sale, the impairment loss is the adjustment to fair value less estimated cost to dispose of the asset. These assessments can have a direct impact on net income because recording an impairment loss results in an immediate negative adjustment to net income.

Purchase Price Allocation

The Company allocates the purchase price of acquired properties to tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired based on their respective fair values. Tangible assets include land, land improvements, buildings, fixtures and tenant improvements on an as-if vacant basis. The Company utilizes various estimates, processes and information to determine the as-if vacant property value. Estimates of value are made using customary methods, including data from appraisals, comparable sales, discounted cash flow analysis and other methods. Amounts allocated to land, land improvements, buildings and fixtures are based on cost segregation studies performed by independent third parties or on the Company’s analysis of comparable properties in the Company’s portfolio. Identifiable intangible assets and liabilities, as applicable, include amounts allocated to acquire leases for above- and below-market lease rates, the value of in-place leases, and the value of customer relationships, as applicable.

The aggregate value of intangible assets and liabilities, as applicable, related to in-place leases is primarily the difference between the property valued with existing in-place leases adjusted to market rental rates and the property valued as if vacant. Factors considered by the Company in its analysis of the in-place lease intangibles include an estimate of carrying costs during the expected lease-up period for each property, taking into account current market conditions and costs to execute similar leases. In estimating carrying costs, the Company will include real estate taxes, insurance and other operating expenses and estimates of lost rentals at market rates during the expected lease-up period. Estimates of costs to execute similar leases including leasing commissions, legal and other related expenses are also utilized.

Above-market and below-market in-place lease values for owned properties are recorded based on the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between the contractual amounts to be paid pursuant to the in-place leases and management’s estimate of fair market lease rates for the corresponding in-place leases, measured over a period equal to the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease. The capitalized above-market lease intangibles are amortized as a decrease to rental income over the remaining term of the lease. The capitalized below-market lease values will be amortized as an increase to rental income over the remaining term and any fixed rate renewal periods provided within the respective leases. In determining the amortization period for below-market lease intangibles, the Company initially will consider, and periodically evaluate on a quarterly basis, the likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option. The likelihood that a lessee will execute the renewal option is determined by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

relationship with the tenant. Characteristics considered by the Company in determining these values include the nature and extent of its existing business relationships with the tenant, growth prospects for developing new business with the tenant, the tenant’s credit quality and expectations of lease renewals, among other factors.

The value of in-place leases is amortized to expense over the initial term of the respective leases. The value of customer relationship intangibles is amortized to expense over the initial term and any renewal periods in the respective leases, but in no event does the amortization period for intangible assets exceed the remaining depreciable life of the building. If a tenant terminates its lease, the unamortized portion of the in-place lease value and customer relationship intangibles is charged to expense.

In making estimates of fair values for purposes of allocating purchase price, the Company will utilize a number of sources, including independent appraisals that may be obtained in connection with the acquisition or financing of the respective property and other market data. The Company will also consider information obtained about each property as a result of the Company’s pre-acquisition due diligence, as well as subsequent marketing and leasing activities, in estimating the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and intangible liabilities assumed.

Cash

Cash includes cash in bank accounts. The Company deposits cash with high quality financial institutions. These deposits are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company up to an insurance limit.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash may primarily consist of reserves related to lease expirations as well as maintenance, structural, and debt service reserves.

Deferred Costs

Deferred costs may consist of deferred financing costs, deferred offering costs and deferred leasing costs. Deferred financing costs represent commitment fees, legal fees, and other costs associated with obtaining commitments for financing. These costs are amortized over the terms of the respective financing agreements using the effective interest method. Unamortized deferred financing costs are expensed when the associated debt is refinanced or repaid before maturity. Costs incurred in seeking financial transactions that do not close are expensed in the period in which it is determined that the financing will not close.

Deferred offering costs represent professional fees incurred in connection with registering to sell shares of the Company’s common stock. As of January 31, 2013, such costs totaled $24,640. On the day the Company commences its Offering, deferred offering costs will be reclassified to stockholders’ equity.

Deferred leasing costs, consisting primarily of lease commissions and payments made to assume existing leases, are deferred and amortized over the term of the lease, as such costs arise during operations.

Share Repurchase Program

The Company will have a Share Repurchase Program (“SRP”) that enables stockholders to sell their shares to the Company. Under the SRP, stockholders may request that the Company redeem all or any portion, subject to certain minimum conditions described below, if such repurchase does not impair the Company’s capital or operations.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

time investors have held such shares as follows: after one year from the purchase date — the lower of $23.13 or 92.5% of the amount they actually paid for each share; after two years from the purchase date —the lower of $23.75 or 95.0% of the amount they actually paid for each share; after three years from the purchase date — the lower of $24.38 or 97.5% of the amount they actually paid for each share; and after four years from the purchase date — the lower of $25.00 or 100% of the amount they actually paid for each share (in each case, as adjusted for any stock distributions, combinations, splits and recapitalizations).

Once the Company begins to calculate its NAV, the price per share that the Company will pay to repurchase the Company’s shares of common stock on the last day of each quarter, will be the Company’s per share NAV per share of common stock for the quarter, calculated after the close of business on the first business day of each quarter. Subject to limited exceptions, stockholders whose shares of the Company’s common stock are repurchased within the first four months from the date of purchase will be subject to a short-term trading fee of 2.0% of the aggregate per share NAV of the shares of common stock repurchased.

Until the Company begins to calculate its NAV, the Company is only authorized to repurchase shares pursuant to the SRP using the proceeds received from the DRIP and will limit the amount spent to repurchase shares in a given quarter to the amount of proceeds received from the DRIP in that same quarter. In addition, the board of directors may reject a request for repurchase, at any time. Due to these limitations, the Company cannot guarantee that it will be able to accommodate all repurchase requests. Purchases under the SRP by the Company will be limited in any calendar year to 5.0% of the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the prior year.

After the Company begins to calculate its NAV, purchases under the SRP will be limited in any calendar year to 1.25% of Company’s NAV as of the last day of the previous calendar quarter, or approximately 5.0% of the Company’s NAV in any 12 month period.

When a stockholder requests a repurchase and the repurchase is approved, the Company will reclassify such obligation from equity to a liability based on the settlement value of the obligation. Shares purchased under the SRP will have the status of authorized but unissued shares. At January 31, 2013, no shares had been repurchased.

Distribution Reinvestment Plan

Pursuant to the DRIP, stockholders may elect to reinvest distributions by purchasing shares of common stock in lieu of receiving cash. No dealer manager fees or selling commissions are paid with respect to shares purchased pursuant to the DRIP. Participants purchasing shares pursuant to the DRIP have the same rights and are treated in the same manner as if such shares were issued pursuant to the primary Offering. The board of directors may designate that certain cash or other distributions be excluded from the DRIP. The Company has the right to amend or suspend any aspect of the DRIP or terminate the DRIP with ten days’ notice to participants. Shares issued under the DRIP are recorded to equity in the accompanying balance sheets in the period distributions are declared. There have been no shares issued under the DRIP as of January 31, 2013.

Derivative Instruments

The Company may use derivative financial instruments to hedge all or a portion of the interest rate risk associated with its borrowings. Certain of the techniques used to hedge exposure to interest rate fluctuations may also be used to protect against declines in the market value of assets that result from general trends in debt markets. The principal objective of such agreements is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with the Company’s operating and financial structure as well as to hedge specific anticipated transactions.

The Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for changes in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether the Company has elected to designate a derivative in a hedging relationship and apply hedge accounting and whether the hedging

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(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset, liability, or firm commitment attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in expected future cash flows, or other types of forecasted transactions, are considered cash flow hedges. Derivatives may also be designated as hedges of the foreign currency exposure of a net investment in a foreign operation. Hedge accounting generally provides for the matching of the timing of gain or loss recognition on the hedging instrument with the recognition of the changes in the fair value of the hedged asset or liability that are attributable to the hedged risk in a fair value hedge or the earnings effect of the hedged forecasted transactions in a cash flow hedge. The Company may enter into derivative contracts that are intended to economically hedge certain of its risk, even though hedge accounting does not apply or the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting.

The accounting for subsequent changes in the fair value of these derivatives depends on whether each has been designed and qualifies for hedge accounting treatment. If the Company elects not to apply hedge accounting treatment, any changes in the fair value of these derivative instruments is recognized immediately in gains (losses) on derivative instruments in the consolidated statement of operations. If the derivative is designated and qualifies for hedge accounting treatment the change in the estimated fair value of the derivative is recorded in other comprehensive income (loss) to the extent that it is effective. Any ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value will be immediately recognized in earnings. The Company has not entered into any derivative instruments as of January 31, 2013.

Revenue Recognition

The Company’s revenues, which will be derived primarily from rental income, include rents that each tenant pays in accordance with the terms of each lease reported on a straight-line basis over the initial term of the lease. Since many of the Company’s leases will provide for rental increases at specified intervals, straight-line basis accounting requires the Company to record a receivable, and include in revenues, unbilled rent receivables that the Company will only receive if the tenant makes all rent payments required through the expiration of the initial term of the lease.

The Company will continually review receivables related to rent and unbilled rent receivables and determine collectability by taking into consideration the tenant’s payment history, the financial condition of the tenant, business conditions in the industry in which the tenant operates and economic conditions in the area in which the property is located. In the event that the collectability of a receivable is in doubt, the Company will record an increase in the Company’s allowance for uncollectible accounts or record a direct write-off of the receivable in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.

Offering and Related Costs

Offering and related costs include all expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s Offering. Offering costs (other than selling commissions and the dealer manager fee) of the Company may be paid by the Advisor, the Dealer Manager or their affiliates on behalf of the Company.

Offering costs will be reclassified from deferred costs to stockholders’ equity when the Company commences its Offering, and will include all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with its Offering as of such date. These costs include but are not limited to (i) legal, accounting, printing, mailing, and filing fees; (ii) escrow service related fees; (iii) reimbursement of the Dealer Manager for amounts it may pay to reimburse the bona fide diligence expenses of broker-dealers; and (iv) reimbursement to the Advisor for a portion of the costs of its employees and other costs in connection with preparing supplemental sales materials and related offering activities. The Company is obligated to reimburse the Advisor or its affiliates, as applicable, for organization and offering costs paid by them on behalf of the Company, provided that the Advisor is obligated to reimburse the Company to the extent organization and offering costs (excluding selling

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(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  – (continued)

commissions and the dealer manager fee) incurred by the Company in its offering exceed 1.75% of gross offering proceeds. As a result, these costs are only a liability of the Company to the extent aggregate selling commissions, the dealer manager fees and other organization and offering costs do not exceed 11.75% of the gross proceeds determined at the end of offering (See Note 4 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements).

Share-Based Compensation

The Company expects to have a stock-based incentive award plan, which is accounted for under the guidance for share based payments. The expense for such awards will be included in general and administrative expenses and recognized over the vesting period or when the requirements for exercise of the award have been met (See Note 6 — Share-Based Compensation).

Income Taxes

The Company intends to make an election to be taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. If the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it generally will not be subject to federal corporate income tax as long as it distributes at least 90% of its REIT taxable income to its stockholders. REITs are subject to a number of other organizational and operational requirements. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property, and federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed income.

Per Share Data

The Company will calculate basic income per share by dividing net income for the period by weighted-average shares of its common stock outstanding for a respective period. Diluted income per share takes into account the effect of dilutive instruments, such as stock options and unvested restricted stock, but uses the average share price for the period in determining the number of incremental shares that are to be added to the weighted-average number of shares outstanding. For the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013, the calculation of net income per share is not presented because it is not a meaningful measure of the Company’s performance as the Company has not commenced operations.

Reportable Segments

The Company has determined that it has one reportable segment, with activities related to investing in real estate. The Company’s investments in real estate generate rental revenue and other income through the leasing of properties, which will comprise 100% of total consolidated revenues. Management evaluates the operating performance of the Company’s investments in real estate on an individual property level.

Note 3 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation or claims. There are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. The Company does not own any properties, has not been notified by any governmental authority of any non-compliance, liability or other claim, and is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on its financial position.

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(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 4 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

As of January 31, 2013, an entity wholly owned by the Sponsor owned 8,888 shares of the Company’s outstanding common stock. The Advisor and its affiliates may incur and pay costs and fees on behalf of the Company. As of January 31, 2013, no amounts were owed by the Company to affiliated entities.

Fees Paid in Connection with the Offering

The Dealer Manager will receive fees and compensation in connection with the sale of the Company’s common stock. The Dealer Manager will receive a selling commission of up to 7.0% of the per share purchase price of the Company’s offering proceeds before reallowance of commissions earned by participating broker-dealers. In addition, it’s expected that the Dealer Manager will receive up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares, before reallowance to participating broker-dealers, as a dealer-manager fee. The Dealer Manager may reallow its dealer-manager fee to such participating broker-dealers. A participating broker dealer may elect to receive a fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees) by such participating broker dealer, with 2.5% thereof paid at the time of such sale and 1.0% thereof paid on each anniversary of the closing of such sale up to and including the fifth anniversary of the closing of such sale. If this option is elected, it’s expected that the dealer manager fee will be reduced to 2.5% of gross proceeds (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees). No such fees have been incurred from the Dealer Manager during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

The Advisor and its affiliates may receive compensation and reimbursement for services relating to the Offering. All offering costs incurred by the Company or its affiliated entities on behalf of the Company are charged to additional paid-in capital on the accompanying balance sheet. During the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013, the Company has not incurred any offering costs reimbursements from the Advisor and Dealer Manager. The Company is responsible for offering and related costs from the ongoing offering, excluding commissions and dealer manager fees, up to a maximum of 1.75% of gross proceeds from its ongoing offering of common stock, measured at the end of the Offering. Offering costs in excess of the 1.75% cap as of the end of the Offering are the Advisor’s responsibility. As of January 31, 2013, offering and related costs exceeded 1.75% of gross proceeds received from the Offering by $21,140 due to the on-going nature of the offering process and that the offering has not yet commenced.

The Company had no accrued expenses payable to the Advisor or the Dealer Manager at January 31, 2013 for services performed related to the Offering or other cost reimbursements.

Fees Paid in Connection With the Operations of the Company

The Advisor will receive an acquisition fee of 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each acquired property and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment. The Advisor may also be reimbursed for acquisition costs incurred in the process of acquiring properties, which is expected to be approximately 0.5% of the contract purchase price. In no event will the total of all acquisition fees, acquisition expenses and any financing coordination fees (as described below) payable with respect to a particular investment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price or 4.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment. Once the proceeds from the Offering have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price for all the assets acquired. No acquisition fees were incurred or forgiven during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

If the Advisor provides services in connection with the origination or refinancing of any debt that the Company obtains and uses to acquire properties or to make other permitted investments, or that is assumed, directly or indirectly, in connection with the acquisition of properties, the Company will pay the Advisor a financing coordination fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available and/or outstanding under such financing,

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 4 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements  – (continued)

subject to certain limitations. No financing coordination fees were incurred during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

For its asset management services, the Company will issue (subject to periodic approval by the board of directors) restricted Class B units in the OP (“Class B Units”) to the Advisor on a quarterly basis in an amount equal to the excess of the cost of the Company’s assets multiplied by 0.1875% less any amounts payable as an oversight fee divided by the value of one share of common stock as of the last day of such calendar quarter, which is equal initially to $22.50 (the primary offering price minus selling commissions and dealer manager fees) and, at such time as we calculate NAV, to per share NAV. However, if the amounts payable as an oversight fee for such quarter exceed the amount of the cost of the Company’s assets multiplied by 0.1875% for such quarter (an excess oversight fee), no Class B Units shall be issued for such quarter and the excess oversight fee shall be carried forward to the next succeeding calendar quarter and included with and treated as amounts payable as an oversight fee for such quarter for purposes of determining the amount of restricted Class B Units issuable for that quarter. In addition, the sum of the cost of the Company’s assets multiplied by 0.1875% for a calendar year plus the amounts payable as an oversight fee for such calendar year, shall not be less than 0.75% of the cost of assets for such calendar year. The Advisor will be entitled to receive distributions on the vested and unvested Class B units it receives in connection with its asset management subordinated participation at the same rate as distributions received on the Company’s common stock; such distributions will be in addition to the incentive fees the Advisor and its affiliates may receive from the Company, including, without limitation, the annual subordinated performance fee and the subordinated participation in net sales proceeds, the subordinated incentive listing distribution or the subordinated distribution upon termination of the advisory agreement, as applicable. The restricted Class B Units shall not be convertible into unrestricted Class B Units until such time as the adjusted market value of the OP’s assets plus applicable distributions equals the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors and only at such time as the capital account associated with a restricted Class B Unit equals the capital account of an unrestricted Class B Unit. No such asset management services were performed by the Advisor during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013 and no Class B Units were issued.

Unless the Company contracts with a third party, the Company will pay the Property Manager a property management fee of 1.5% of gross revenues from the Company’s stand-alone single-tenant net leased properties and 2.5% of gross revenues from all other types of properties, respectively. The Company will also reimburse the affiliate for property level expenses. If the Company contracts directly with third parties for such services, the Company will pay them customary market fees and will pay the Property Manager an oversight fee of up to 1.0% of the gross revenues of the property managed. In no event will the Company pay the Property Manager or any affiliate both a property management fee and an oversight fee with respect to any particular property. No property management fees were incurred during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

The Company will reimburse the Advisor’s costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that the Company will not reimburse the Advisor for any amount by which the Company’s operating expenses at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2.0% of average invested assets and (b) 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. Additionally, the Company will reimburse the Advisor for personnel costs in connection with other services during the operational stage; however, the Company may not reimburse the Advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the Advisor receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions. No reimbursement was incurred from the Advisor for providing services during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 4 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements  – (continued)

In order to improve operating cash flows and the ability to pay distributions from operating cash flows, the Advisor and Property Manager may elect to waive certain fees. Because the Advisor and Property Manager may waive certain fees, cash flow from operations that would have been paid to the Advisor and Property Manager may be available to pay distributions to stockholders. The fees that may be forgiven are not deferrals and accordingly, will not be paid to the Advisor or Property Manager in cash or otherwise. In certain instances, to improve the Company’s working capital, the Advisor may elect to absorb a portion of the Company’s general and administrative costs. No expenses were absorbed by the Advisor during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

The Advisor at its election may also contribute capital to enhance the Company’s cash position for working capital and distribution purposes. Any contributed capital amounts are not reimbursable to the Advisor. Further, any capital contributions are made without any corresponding issuance of common or preferred shares. There were no contributions from the Advisor during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

Fees Paid in Connection with the Liquidation or Listing of the Company’s Real Estate Assets

The Company may pay the Advisor an annual subordinated performance fee calculated on the basis of the Company’s total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears, such that for any year in which the Company’s total return on stockholders’ capital exceeds 6.0% per annum, the Advisor will be entitled to 15.0% of the excess total return, provided that the amount paid to the Advisor does not to exceed 10.0% of the aggregate total return for such year. This fee will be payable only upon the sale of assets, distributions or other event which results in the return on stockholders’ capital exceeding 6.0% per annum. No subordinated performance fees were incurred during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

The Company will pay a brokerage commission on the sale of property, not to exceed the lesser of 2.0% of the contract sale price of the property and one-half of the total brokerage commission paid if a third party broker is also involved; provided, however, that in no event may the real estate commissions paid to the Advisor, its affiliates and unaffiliated third parties exceed the lesser of 4.5% of the contract sales price and a reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission, in each case, payable to the Advisor if the Advisor or its affiliates, as determined by a majority of the independent directors, provided a substantial amount of services in connection with the sale. No such fees were incurred during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

If the Company is not simultaneously listed on an exchange, the Company intends to pay a subordinated participation in the net sales proceeds of the sale of real estate assets of 15.0% of remaining net sale proceeds after return of capital contributions to investors plus payment to investors of a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6.0% return but the Special Limited Partner will not be entitled to the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds unless the Company’s investors have received a 6.0% cumulative non-compounded return on their capital contributions. No such fees were incurred during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

If the common stock of the Company is listed on a national exchange, the Company expects to pay a subordinated incentive listing distribution of 15.0% of the amount by which the Company’s market value plus distributions exceeds the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax non-compounded annual return to investors. The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6.0% return but the Special Limited Partner will not be entitled to the subordinated incentive listing fee unless investors have received a 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax non-compounded return on their capital contributions. No such distributions were incurred during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception)

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 4 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements  – (continued)

to January 31, 2013. Neither the Advisor nor any of its affiliates can earn both the subordination participation in the net proceeds and the subordinated listing distribution.

Upon termination or non-renewal of the advisory agreement with or without cause, the Special Limited Partner will be entitled to receive distributions from the OP equal to 15.0% of the amount by which the sum of the Company’s market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. The Advisor may elect to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination until either a listing on a national securities exchange or other liquidity event occurs.

Note 5 — Economic Dependency

Under various agreements, the Company has engaged or will engage the Advisor and its affiliates to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including asset management services, supervision of the management and leasing of properties owned by the Company, asset acquisition and disposition decisions, the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock available for issue, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services and investor relations.

As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon the Advisor and its affiliates. In the event that these companies are unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company will be required to find alternative providers of these services.

Note 6 — Share-Based Compensation

Restricted Share Plan

The Company expects to have an employee and director incentive restricted share plan (the “RSP”), which provides for the automatic grant of 1,333 restricted shares of common stock to each of the independent directors, without any further action by the Company’s board of directors or the stockholders, on the date of initial election to the board of directors and on the date of each annual stockholder’s meeting. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the first anniversary of the date of grant in increments of 20.0% per annum. The RSP will provide the Company with the ability to grant awards of restricted shares to the Company’s directors, officers and employees (if the Company ever has employees), employees of the Advisor and its affiliates, employees of entities that provide services to the Company, directors of the Advisor or of entities that provide services to the Company, certain consultants to the Company and the Advisor and its affiliates or to entities that provide services to the Company. The total number of common shares granted under the RSP shall not exceed 5.0% of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock on a fully diluted basis at any time and in any event will not exceed 3.4 million shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and similar events).

Restricted share awards will entitle the recipient to receive shares of common stock from the Company under terms that provide for vesting over a specified period of time or upon attainment of pre-established performance objectives. Such awards would typically be forfeited with respect to the unvested shares upon the termination of the recipient’s employment or other relationship with the Company. Restricted shares may not, in general, be sold or otherwise transferred until restrictions are removed and the shares have vested. Holders of restricted shares may receive cash distributions prior to the time that the restrictions on the restricted shares have lapsed. Any distributions payable in shares of common stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying restricted shares. The fair value of the shares will be expensed over the vesting period of five years. There have been no restricted shares granted for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013 and therefore, no restricted stock expense has been recorded in the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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(A Maryland Corporation in the Development Stage)
  
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
January 31, 2013

Note 6 — Share-Based Compensation  – (continued)

Other Share-Based Compensation

The Company may issue common stock in lieu of cash to pay fees earned by the Company's directors. There are no restrictions on the shares issued since these payments in lieu of cash relate to fees earned for services performed. There were no such shares of common stock issued in lieu of cash during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013.

Note 7 — Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through February 4, 2013, the date which these consolidated financial statements were available to be issued, and has determined that there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to our disclosures in the consolidated financial statements.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
  
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

 
  June 30, 2013
ASSETS
        
Real estate investments, at cost:
        
Land   $ 288  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     1,632  
Acquired intangible lease assets     323  
Total real estate investments, at cost     2,243  
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization     (19 ) 
Total real estate investments, net     2,224  
Cash     346,035  
Prepaid expenses and other assets     2,221  
Receivable for issuances of common stock     10,182  
Total assets   $ 360,662  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
        
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 2,346  
Distributions payable     1,731  
Total liabilities     4,077  
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding      
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 300,000,000 shares authorized, 16,433,691 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2013     164  
Additional paid-in capital     358,795  
Accumulated deficit     (2,374 ) 
Total stockholders' equity     356,585  
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 360,662  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)

   
  Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
  For the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013
Revenues:
                 
Rental income   $ 29     $ 29  
Operating expense reimbursements     6       6  
Total revenues     35       35  
Operating expenses:
                 
Property operating     6       6  
Acquisition and transaction related     112       112  
General and administrative     113       142  
Depreciation and amortization     19       19  
Total operating expenses     250       279  
Net loss   $ (215 )    $ (244 ) 
Comprehensive loss   $ (215 )    $ (244 ) 
Basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding     5,173,574       3,100,904  
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (0.04 )    $ (0.08 ) 

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of this statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
For the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013
(In thousands, except share data)
(Unaudited)

         
  Common Stock   Additional Paid-in Capital   Accumulated Deficit   Total Stockholders' Equity
  Number of Shares   Par Value
Balance, January 22, 2013         $     $     $     $  
Issuances of common stock     16,418,463       164       405,441             405,605  
Common stock offering costs, commissions and dealer
manager fees
                (46,914 )            (46,914 ) 
Common stock issued through distribution reinvestment plan     9,539             226             226  
Share-based compensation     5,689             42             42  
Distributions declared                       (2,130 )      (2,130 ) 
Net loss                       (244 )      (244 ) 
Balance, June 30, 2013     16,433,691     $ 164     $ 358,795     $ (2,374 )    $ 356,585  

 
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statement.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
  
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

 
  For the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013
Cash flows from operating activities:
        
Net loss   $ (244 ) 
Adjustment to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
        
Depreciation     15  
Amortization of intangible lease assets     4  
Share-based compensation     42  
Changes in assets and liabilities:
        
Prepaid expenses and other assets     (50 ) 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     121  
Net cash used in operating activities     (112 ) 
Cash flows from investing activities:
        
Investment in real estate and other assets     (2,243 ) 
Deposits for real estate acquisitions     (2,171 ) 
Net cash used in investing activities     (4,414 ) 
Cash flows from financing activities:
        
Proceeds from issuances of common stock     395,423  
Payments of offering costs and fees related to stock issuances     (45,132 ) 
Distributions paid     (173 ) 
Advances from affiliate, net     443  
Net cash provided by financing activities     350,561  
Net change in cash     346,035  
Cash, beginning of period      
Cash, end of period   $ 346,035  
Non-Cash Financing Activities:
        
Common stock issued through distribution reinvestment plan   $ 226  

 
 
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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2013
(Unaudited)

Note 1 — Organization

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on January 22, 2013 as a Maryland corporation that intends to qualify as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes beginning with the taxable year ending December 31, 2013. On April 4, 2013, the Company commenced its ongoing initial public offering (the “IPO”) on a “reasonable best efforts” basis of up to 68.0 million shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, at a price of $25.00 per share, subject to certain volume and other discounts, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-11, as amended (File No. 333-187092) (the “Registration Statement”), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Registration Statement also covers up to 14.7 million shares of common stock available pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan (the “DRIP”) under which the Company's common stockholders may elect to have their distributions reinvested in additional shares of the Company's common stock.

On April 25, 2013, the Company received and accepted aggregate subscriptions in excess of the minimum of $2.0 million in shares of common stock, broke escrow and issued shares of common stock to its initial investors who were admitted as stockholders. As of June 30, 2013, the Company had 16.4 million shares of common stock outstanding, including unvested restricted shares and shares issued pursuant to the DRIP, and had received total gross proceeds from the IPO of $405.8 million, including proceeds from shares issued pursuant to the DRIP. As of June 30, 2013, the aggregate value of all share issuances and subscriptions of common stock outstanding was $410.7 million, based on a per share value of $25.00 (or $23.75 for shares issued pursuant to the DRIP). Until the earlier of the end of the first quarter following the quarter of the Company's acquisition of at least $1.4 billion in total portfolio assets and April 4, 2015, the per share purchase price in the IPO will be up to $25.00 per share (including the maximum allowed to be charged for commissions and fees), and shares issued pursuant to the DRIP will initially be equal to $23.75 per share, or 95.0% of the estimated value of a share of common stock. Thereafter, the per share purchase price will vary quarterly and will be equal to the Company's net asset value (“NAV”) divided by the number of shares outstanding as of the end of business on the first day of each fiscal quarter after giving effect to any share purchases or repurchases effected in the prior quarter or per share NAV. Applicable commissions and fees will be added to the per share price for shares offered in the IPO but not for shares pursuant to the DRIP. The Company reserves the right to reallocate shares in its offering between the IPO and DRIP.

The Company was formed to primarily acquire a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, comprised primarily of freestanding single-tenant retail properties that are net leased to investment grade and other creditworthy tenants. All such properties may be acquired and operated by the Company alone or jointly with another party. The Company may also originate or acquire first mortgage loans secured by real estate. The Company purchased its first property and commenced active operations on April 29, 2013. As of June 30, 2013, the Company owned two properties with an aggregate purchase price of $2.2 million, comprised of 18,126 rentable square feet which were 100.0% leased with a weighted-average remaining lease term of 14.8 years.

Substantially all of the Company's business is conducted through American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P. (the “OP”), a Delaware limited partnership. The Company is the sole general partner and holds substantially all of the units of limited partner interests in the OP (“OP Units”). In July 2013, American Realty Capital Trust V Special Limited Partner, LLC (the “Special Limited Partner”), an entity wholly owned by AR Capital, LLC (the “Sponsor”), contributed $2,020 to the OP in exchange for 90 OP Units, which represents a nominal percentage of the aggregate OP ownership. The holders of OP Units have the right to convert OP Units for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of the Company's common stock or, at the option of the OP, a corresponding number of shares of common stock, in accordance with the limited

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partnership agreement of the OP. The remaining rights of the limited partner interests are limited, however, and do not include the ability to replace the general partner or to approve the sale, purchase or refinancing of the OP's assets.

The Company has no employees. The Company has retained American Realty Capital Advisors V, LLC (the “Advisor”) to manage its affairs on a day-to-day basis. American Realty Capital Properties V, LLC (the “Property Manager”) serves as the Company's property manager. Realty Capital Securities, LLC (the “Dealer Manager”) serves as the dealer manager of the IPO. The Advisor and the Property Manager are wholly owned subsidiaries of, and the Dealer Manager is under common ownership with, the Sponsor, as a result of which they are related parties and each of which has received and may receive compensation, fees and other expense reimbursements for services related to the IPO and the investment and management of the Company's assets. Such entities may receive fees during the offering, acquisition, operational and liquidation stages.

Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company included herein were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. The information furnished includes all adjustments and accruals of a normal recurring nature, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of results for the interim periods. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year or any subsequent interim period.

These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto as of January 31, 2013, and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013, which are included in the Registration Statement. There have been no significant changes to the Company's significant accounting policies during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 other than the updates described below.

Development Stage Company

On April 25, 2013, the Company raised proceeds sufficient to break escrow in connection with its IPO on a reasonable best efforts basis. The Company received and accepted aggregate subscriptions in excess of the minimum $2.0 million, broke escrow and issued shares of common stock to its initial investors who were admitted as stockholders. The Company purchased its first property and commenced active operations on April 29, 2013, and as of such date was no longer considered to be a development stage company.

Deferred Costs

Deferred costs consist of deferred offering costs. Deferred offering costs represent professional fees, fees paid to various regulatory agencies, and other costs incurred in connection with registering to sell shares of the Company's common stock. On April 4, 2013, the day the Company commenced the IPO, deferred offering costs were reclassified to stockholders' equity.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance regarding disclosures about offsetting assets and liabilities, which requires entities to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The guidance is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning

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on or after January 1, 2013 with retrospective application for all comparative periods presented. The adoption of this guidance, which is related to disclosure only, did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In July 2012, the FASB issued revised guidance intended to simplify how an entity tests indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment. The amendments will allow an entity first to assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. An entity will no longer be required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset and perform the quantitative test unless the entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amendments are effective for annual and interim indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2012. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance which requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. The guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2012 with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this guidance, which is related to disclosure only, did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance clarifying the accounting and disclosure requirements for obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount under the arrangement is fixed at the reporting date. The new guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2013. The Company does not expect the adoption of this guidance to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Note 3 — Real Estate Investments

The following table presents the allocation of assets acquired during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013:

 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013
Real estate investments, at cost:
        
Land   $ 288  
Buildings, fixtures and improvements     1,632  
Total tangible assets     1,920  
Acquired intangibles:
        
In-place leases     323  
Cash paid for acquired real estate investments, at cost   $ 2,243  
Number of properties purchased     2  

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Note 3 — Real Estate Investments  – (continued)

The following table presents unaudited pro forma information as if the acquisitions during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 had been consummated on January 22, 2013 (date of inception):

 
(In thousands)   Period from January 22, 2013 (date of
inception) to June 30, 2013
Pro forma revenues   $ 91  
Pro forma net loss   $ (228 ) 

The following table presents future minimum base rent payments on a cash basis due to the Company over the next five years and thereafter. These amounts exclude contingent rent payments, as applicable, that may be collected from certain tenants based on provisions related to sales thresholds and increases in annual rent based on exceeding certain economic indexes among other items.

 
(In thousands)   Future Minimum Base Rent Payments
July 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013   $ 86  
2014     172  
2015     172  
2016     172  
2017     172  
Thereafter     1,773  
     $ 2,547  

The following table lists the tenant whose annualized rental income on a straight-line basis represented greater than 10% of total annualized rental income on a straight-line basis for all portfolio properties as of June 30, 2013:

 
Tenant   June 30, 2013
Dollar General Corporation     100.0 % 

The termination, delinquency or non-renewal of leases by the above tenant may have a material adverse effect on revenues.

The following table lists the states where the Company has concentrations of properties where annualized rental income on a straight-line basis represented greater than 10% of consolidated annualized rental income on a straight-line basis as of June 30, 2013:

 
State   June 30, 2013
Missouri     50.6 % 
Texas     49.4 % 

Note 4 — Common Stock

As of June 30, 2013, the Company had 16.4 million shares of common stock outstanding, including unvested restricted shares and shares issued pursuant to the DRIP, and had received total proceeds of $405.8 million, including proceeds from shares issued pursuant to the DRIP.

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On April 9, 2013, the Company's board of directors authorized, and the Company declared, a distribution rate, which is calculated based on stockholders of record each day during the applicable period at a rate of $0.004520548 per day, based on $25.00 price per share of common stock. Distributions began to accrue on May 13, 2013, 15 days following the Company's initial property acquisition. Distributions are payable by the 5th day following each month end to stockholders of record at the close of business each day during the prior month. Distribution payments are dependent on the availability of funds. The board of directors may reduce the amount of distributions paid or suspend distribution payments at any time and therefore distributions payments are not assured.

The Company has a Share Repurchase Program (“SRP”) that enables stockholders to sell their shares to the Company under limited circumstances. Under the SRP, stockholders may request that the Company repurchase all or any portion, subject to certain minimum conditions, of their shares on any business day, if such repurchase does not impair the Company's capital or operations. As of June 30, 2013, no shares of common stock have been repurchased or requested to be repurchased. The Company will fund repurchases with proceeds from the sale of common stock pursuant to the DRIP.

Note 5 — Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may become subject to litigation or claims. There are no material legal proceedings pending or known to be contemplated against the Company.

Environmental Matters

In connection with the ownership and operation of real estate, the Company may potentially be liable for costs and damages related to environmental matters. As of June 30, 2013, the Company has not been notified by any governmental authority of any non-compliance, liability or other claim, and is not aware of any other environmental condition that it believes will have a material adverse effect on its financial position or the results of operations.

Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements

As of June 30, 2013, the Special Limited Partner, an entity wholly owned by the Sponsor, owned 8,888 shares of the Company's outstanding common stock. In July 2013, the Special Limited Partner contributed $2,020 to the OP in exchange for 90 OP Units. The Advisor and its affiliates may incur and pay costs and fees on behalf of the Company. As of June 30, 2013, the Company had $0.4 million payable to affiliated entities, primarily related to funding the payment of third party professional fees and offering costs, net of expenses absorbed by the Advisor.

Fees Paid in Connection with the IPO

The Dealer Manager receives fees and compensation in connection with the sale of the Company's common stock in the IPO. The Dealer Manager receives selling commissions of up to 7.0% of the per share purchase price of the Company's offering proceeds before reallowance of commissions earned by participating broker-dealers. In addition, the Dealer Manager receives up to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares, before reallowance to participating broker-dealers, as a dealer-manager fee. The Dealer Manager may reallow its dealer-manager fee to such participating broker-dealers. A participating broker dealer may elect to receive a fee equal to 7.5% of the gross proceeds from the sale of shares (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees) by such participating broker dealer, with 2.5% thereof paid at the time of such sale and 1.0% thereof paid on each anniversary of the closing of such sale up to and including the fifth anniversary of the closing of such sale. If this option is elected, the dealer manager fee will be reduced to

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2.5% of gross proceeds (not including selling commissions and dealer manager fees). The following table details total selling commissions and dealer manager fees incurred from and due to the Dealer Manager as of, and for the periods presented:

   
(In thousands)   Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013   Payable as of June 30, 2013
Total commissions and fees from the Dealer Manager   $ 39,676     $ 760  

The Advisor and its affiliates receive compensation and reimbursement for services relating to the IPO, including transfer agent services provided by an affiliate of the Dealer Manager. All offering costs incurred by the Company or its affiliated entities on behalf of the Company are charged to additional paid-in capital on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2013. The following table details offering costs and reimbursements incurred from and due to the Advisor and Dealer Manager as of, and for the periods presented:

   
(In thousands)   Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013   Payable as of June 30, 2013
Fees and expense reimbursements from the Advisor and Dealer Manager   $ 5,325     $ 359  

The Company is responsible for offering and related costs from the IPO, excluding commissions and dealer manager fees, up to a maximum of 2.0% of gross proceeds received from the IPO, measured at the end of the IPO. Offering costs, excluding commissions and dealer manager fees, in excess of the 2.0% cap as of the end of the IPO are the Advisor's responsibility. As of June 30, 2013, cumulative offering and related costs, excluding commissions and dealer manager fees, were less than the 2.0% threshold.

The Advisor has elected to cap cumulative offering costs incurred by the Company, net of unpaid amounts, to 15.0% of gross common stock proceeds during the offering period. As of June 30, 2013, cumulative offering costs were $46.9 million. Cumulative offering costs, net of unpaid amounts, were less than the 15.0% threshold as of June 30, 2013.

Fees Paid in Connection With the Operations of the Company

The Advisor receives an acquisition fee of 1.0% of the contract purchase price of each acquired property and 1.0% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment. The Advisor is also paid for services provided for which they incur investment-related expenses, or insourced expenses. Such insourced expenses will be fixed initially at, and may not exceed, 0.5% of the contract purchase price and 0.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment. Additionally, the Company pays third party acquisition expenses. Once the proceeds from the IPO have been fully invested, the aggregate amount of acquisition fees and financing coordination fees (as described below) shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract purchase price and the amount advanced for a loan or other investment for all the assets acquired. In no event will the total of all acquisition fees, acquisition expenses and any financing coordination fees payable with respect to a particular investment or reinvestment exceed 4.5% of the contract purchase price to be measured at the close of the acquisition phase or 4.5% of the amount advanced for a loan or other investment.

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Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements  – (continued)

If the Advisor provides services in connection with the origination or refinancing of any debt that the Company obtains and uses to acquire properties or to make other permitted investments, or that is assumed, directly or indirectly, in connection with the acquisition of properties, the Company will pay the Advisor a financing coordination fee equal to 0.75% of the amount available and/or outstanding under such financing, subject to certain limitations.

In connection with the Advisor's asset management services, the Company expects to issue (subject to periodic approval by the board of directors) performance-based restricted Class B units in the OP (“Class B Units”) to the Advisor on a quarterly basis. The Class B Units are subject to forfeiture until such time as: (a) the value of the operating partnership's assets plus all distributions made equals or exceeds the total amount of capital contributed by investors plus a 6.0% cumulative, pretax, non-compounded annual return thereon (the “economic hurdle”); (b) any one of the following events occurs concurrently with or subsequently to the achievement of the economic hurdle described above: (i) a listing; (ii) a transaction to which the Company, or the OP, shall be a party, as a result of which OP Units or the Company's common stock shall be exchanged for, or converted into, the right, or the holders of such securities shall otherwise be entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property or any combination thereof; or (iii) the termination of the advisory agreement without cause; and (c) the Advisor pursuant to the advisory agreement is providing services to the Company immediately prior to the occurrence of an event of the type described in clause (b) above, unless the failure to provide such services is attributable to the termination without cause of the advisory agreement by an affirmative vote of a majority of the Company's independent directors after the economic hurdle described above has been met. Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated for any reason other than a termination without cause. Any outstanding Class B Units will be forfeited immediately if the advisory agreement is terminated without cause by an affirmative vote of a majority of our board of directors before the economic hurdle described above has been met.

The Class B Units will be issued in an amount equal to the cost of the Company's assets multiplied by 0.1875%, divided by the value of one share of common stock as of the last day of such calendar quarter, which is equal initially to $22.50 (the initial offering price in the IPO minus selling commissions and dealer manager fees) and, at such time as the Company calculates NAV, to per share NAV. When and if approved by the board of directors, the Class B units are expected to be issued to the Advisor quarterly in arrears pursuant to the terms of the limited partnership agreement of the OP. As of June 30, 2013, the Company cannot determine the probability of achieving the performance condition. The value of issued Class B units will be determined and expensed when the Company deems the achievement of the performance condition to be probable. The Advisor will receive distributions on the vested and unvested Class B Units it receives in connection with its asset management subordinated participation at the same rate as distributions received on the Company's common stock. Such distributions on issued Class B units will be included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss until the performance condition is considered probable to occur. In August 2013, the board of directors approved the issuance of 192 Class B Units in connection with this arrangement for asset management services performed during the quarter ended June 30, 2013.

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Note 6 — Related Party Transactions and Arrangements  – (continued)

The following table details amounts incurred, forgiven and payable as of, and for the periods presented:

     
(In thousands)   Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013   Payable as of June 30, 2013
  Incurred   Forgiven
One-time fees and reimbursements:
                          
Acquisition fees and related cost reimbursements   $ 48     $     $  
Financing coordination fees                  
Other expense reimbursements                  
Total related party operation fees and reimbursements   $ 48     $     $  

The Company reimburses the Advisor's costs of providing administrative services, subject to the limitation that the Company will not reimburse the Advisor for any amount by which the Company's operating expenses at the end of the four preceding fiscal quarters exceeds the greater of (a) 2.0% of average invested assets and (b) 25.0% of net income other than any additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debt or other similar non-cash reserves and excluding any gain from the sale of assets for that period. The Company may not reimburse the Advisor for personnel costs in connection with services for which the Advisor receives acquisition fees or real estate commissions. No reimbursements were incurred from the Advisor for providing services during the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013.

In order to improve operating cash flows and the ability to pay distributions from operating cash flows, the Advisor may elect to waive certain fees. Because the Advisor may waive certain fees, cash flows from operations that would have been paid to the Advisor may be available to pay distributions to stockholders. The fees that are forgiven are not deferrals and, accordingly, will not be paid to the Advisor. In certain instances, to improve the Company's working capital, the Advisor may elect to absorb a portion of the Company's general and administrative costs and/or property operating costs. The Advisor absorbed $0.1 million of general and administrative costs during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013. General and administrative expenses are presented net of costs absorbed by the Advisor on the consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss. The Company had a receivable from affiliates of $0.1 million related to absorbed general and administrative costs which is included in prepaid and other assets on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2013.

Fees Paid in Connection with the Liquidation or Listing of the Company's Real Estate Assets

The Company may pay the Advisor a subordinated performance fee calculated on the basis of the Company's total return to stockholders, payable annually in arrears, such that for any year in which the Company's total return on stockholders' capital exceeds 6.0% per annum, the Advisor will be entitled to 15.0% of the excess total return, provided that the annual subordinated performance fee paid to the Advisor does not exceed 10.0% of the aggregate total return for such year. This fee will be payable only upon the sale of assets, distributions or other event which results in the return on stockholders' capital exceeding 6.0% per annum. No subordinated performance fees were incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013.

The Company will pay a brokerage commission on the sale of property, not to exceed the lesser of 2.0% of the contract sale price of the property and one-half of the total brokerage commission paid, if a third party broker is also involved; provided, however, that in no event may the real estate commissions paid to the Advisor, its affiliates and unaffiliated third parties exceed the lesser of 6.0% of the contract sales price and a reasonable, customary and competitive real estate commission, in each case, payable to the Advisor if the

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Advisor or its affiliates, as determined by a majority of the independent directors, provided a substantial amount of services in connection with the sale. No such fees were incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013.

If the Company is not simultaneously listed on an exchange, the Company intends to pay a subordinated participation in the net sales proceeds of the sale of real estate assets of 15.0% of remaining net sales proceeds after return of capital contributions to investors plus payment to investors of an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on the capital contributed by investors. The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6.0% return but the Special Limited Partner will not be entitled to the subordinated participation in net sale proceeds unless the Company's investors have received an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on their capital contributions. No such fees were incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013.

If the common stock of the Company is listed on a national exchange, the Company expects to pay a subordinated incentive listing distribution from the OP of 15.0% of the amount by which the Company's market value plus distributions exceeds the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded annual return to investors. The Company cannot assure that it will provide this 6.0% return but the Special Limited Partner will not be entitled to the subordinated incentive listing fee unless investors have received an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return on their capital contributions. No such fees were incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2013 and the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013. Neither the Advisor nor any of its affiliates can earn both the subordination participation in the net proceeds and the subordinated incentive listing distribution.

Upon termination or non-renewal of the advisory agreement with or without cause, the Special Limited Partner will be entitled to receive distributions from the OP equal to 15.0% of the amount by which the sum of the Company's market value plus distributions exceeds the sum of the aggregate capital contributed by investors plus an amount equal to an annual 6.0% cumulative, pre-tax, non-compounded return to investors. The Advisor may elect to defer its right to receive a subordinated distribution upon termination until either a listing on a national securities exchange or other liquidity event occurs.

Note 7 — Economic Dependency

Under various agreements, the Company has engaged or will engage the Advisor and its affiliates to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including asset management services, supervision of the management and leasing of properties owned by the Company, asset acquisition and disposition decisions, the sale of shares of the Company's common stock available for issue, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services, transaction management services and investor relations.

As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon the Advisor and its affiliates. In the event that these companies are unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company will be required to find alternative providers of these services.

Note 8 — Share-Based Compensation

Restricted Share Plan

The Company has an employee and director incentive restricted share plan (the “RSP”), which provides for the automatic grant of 1,333 restricted shares of common stock to each of the independent directors, without any further action by the Company's board of directors or the stockholders, on the date of initial

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election to the board of directors and on the date of each annual stockholders' meeting. Restricted stock issued to independent directors will vest over a five-year period following the date of grant in increments of 20.0% per annum. The RSP provides the Company with the ability to grant awards of restricted shares to the Company's directors, officers and employees (if the Company ever has employees), employees of the Advisor and its affiliates, employees of entities that provide services to the Company, directors of the Advisor or of entities that provide services to the Company, certain consultants to the Company and the Advisor and its affiliates or to entities that provide services to the Company. The total number of shares of common stock granted under the RSP shall not exceed 5.0% of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock on a fully diluted basis at any time and in any event will not exceed 3.4 million shares (as such number may be adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, combinations and similar events).

Restricted share awards entitle the recipient to receive shares of common stock from the Company under terms that provide for vesting over a specified period of time or upon attainment of pre-established performance objectives. Such awards would typically be forfeited with respect to the unvested shares upon the termination of the recipient's employment or other relationship with the Company. Restricted shares may not, in general, be sold or otherwise transferred until restrictions are removed and the shares have vested. Holders of restricted shares may receive cash distributions prior to the time that the restrictions on the restricted shares have lapsed. Any distributions payable in shares of common stock shall be subject to the same restrictions as the underlying restricted shares.

The following table reflects restricted share award activity for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013:

   
  Number of Shares of Common Stock   Weighted-Average Issue Price
Unvested, January 22, 2013         $  
Granted     5,333       22.50  
Vested     (1,333 )      22.50  
Unvested, June 30, 2013     4,000     $ 22.50  

The fair value of the restricted shares is being expensed over the vesting period of five years. Compensation expense related to restricted stock was approximately $34,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013.

Other Share-Based Compensation

The Company may issue common stock in lieu of cash to pay fees earned by the Company's directors at each director's election. There are no restrictions on the shares issued since these payments in lieu of cash relate to fees earned for services performed. The following table reflects the shares of common stock issued to directors in lieu of cash compensation:

 
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Three Months Ended June 30, 2013 and the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013
Value of shares issued in lieu of cash   $ 8  
Share issued in lieu of cash     356  

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(Unaudited)

Note 9 — Net Loss Per Share

The following is a summary of the basic and diluted net loss per share computation for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013:

   
  Three Months Ended
June 30, 2013
  Period from January 22, 2013 (date of
inception) to June 30, 2013
Net loss (in thousands)   $ (215 )    $ (244 ) 
Basic and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding     5,173,574       3,100,904  
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (0.04 )    $ (0.08 ) 

The following common stock equivalents as of June 30, 2013 were excluded from diluted net loss per share computations as their effect would have been antidilutive:

 
  June 30, 2013
Unvested restricted stock     4,000  

Note 10 — Subsequent Events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and determined that there have not been any events that have occurred that would require adjustments to disclosures in the consolidated financial statements except for the following:

Sales of Common Stock

As of July 31, 2013, the Company had 29.7 million shares of common stock outstanding, including unvested restricted shares and share issued pursuant to the DRIP, from total proceeds from the IPO of $734.0 million. As of July 31, 2013, the aggregate value of all share issuances was $742.9 million, based on a per share value of $25.00 (or $23.75 for shares issued pursuant to the DRIP).

Total capital raised to date, including proceeds from shares issued pursuant to the DRIP, is as follows:

     
Source of Capital (In thousands)   Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013   July 1 to July 31, 2013   Total
Common stock   $ 405,831     $ 328,151     $ 733,982  

Acquisitions

The following table presents certain information about the properties that the Company acquired from July 1, 2013 to August 12, 2013:

     
(Dollar amounts in thousands)   Number of Properties   Base Purchase Price(1)   Rentable Square Feet
Total portfolio – June 30, 2013     2     $ 2,243       18,126  
Acquisitions     16       28,171       153,598  
Total portfolio – August 12, 2013     18     $ 30,414       171,724  

(1) Contract purchase price, excluding acquisition related costs.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.
 
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June 30, 2013
(Unaudited)

Note 10 — Subsequent Events  – (continued)

Acquisitions

During July 2013, the Company purchased investment securities with an aggregate purchase price of $65.9 million.

Email Relating to IPO Close

On August 7, 2013, the Dealer Manager sent an email to broker dealers and financial advisors affiliated with members of the Company’s selling group in which it reaffirmed that the Company’s IPO would close to new investments upon the earlier to occur of: an equity raise of $1.7 billion; and September 18, 2013.

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APPENDIX A

PRIOR PERFORMANCE TABLES

The tables below provide summarized information concerning programs sponsored directly or indirectly by our sponsor. The information contained herein is included solely to provide prospective investors with background to be used to evaluate the real estate experience of our sponsors and their affiliates. We do not believe that our affiliated programs currently in existence are in direct competition with our investment objectives, except for ARCT IV, ARC DNAV and ARCP and the private note programs implemented by ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties II, LLC, which are net lease programs focused on providing current income through the payment of cash distributions, while ARC Growth Fund, LLC was formed to acquire vacant bank branch properties and opportunistically sell such properties. For additional information see the section entitled “Prior Performance Summary.”

THE INFORMATION IN THIS SECTION AND THE TABLES REFERENCED HEREIN SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS INDICATIVE OF HOW WE WILL PERFORM. THIS DISCUSSION REFERS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF PRIOR PROGRAMS AND PROPERTIES SPONSORED BY OUR SPONSOR OR ITS AFFILIATES OVER THE PERIODS LISTED THEREIN. IN ADDITION, THE TABLES INCLUDED WITH THIS PROSPECTUS (WHICH REFLECT RESULTS OVER THE PERIODS SPECIFIED IN EACH TABLE) DO NOT MEAN THAT WE WILL MAKE INVESTMENTS COMPARABLE TO THOSE REFLECTED IN SUCH TABLES. IF YOU PURCHASE SHARES IN AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC., YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN ANY OF THE REAL ESTATE PROGRAMS DESCRIBED IN THE TABLES (UNLESS YOU ARE ALSO AN INVESTOR IN THOSE REAL ESTATE PROGRAMS).

YOU SHOULD NOT CONSTRUE INCLUSION OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS IMPLYING IN ANY MANNER THAT WE WILL HAVE RESULTS COMPARABLE TO THOSE REFLECTED IN THE INFORMATION BELOW BECAUSE THE YIELD AND CASH AVAILABLE AND OTHER FACTORS COULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT IN OUR PROPERTIES.

The following tables are included herein:

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TABLE I
 
EXPERIENCE IN RAISING AND INVESTING FUNDS FOR PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

Table I provides a summary of the experience of our sponsor and its affiliates in raising and investing funds for American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 17, 2007 to December 31, 2011, and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2012, its last year before termination. Information is provided as to the manner in which the proceeds of the offering have been applied, the timing and length of this offering and the time period over which the proceeds have been reinvested.

       
  American Realty
Capital Trust, Inc.
  American Realty
Capital Trust III, Inc.
       Percentage
of total
Dollar
Amount
Raised
    Percentage
of total
Dollar
Amount
Raised
     (dollars in thousands)        (dollars in thousands)
Dollar amount offered   $ 1,500,000              $ 1,500,000           
Dollar amount raised     1,695,813                1,750,291           
Dollar amount raised from non-public program and private investments     37,460 (1)                         
Total dollar amount raised   $ 1,733,273       100.00 %    $ 1,750,291 (5)      100.00 % 
Less offering expenses:
                                   
Selling commissions and discounts retained by affiliates   $ 168,269       9.71 %      170,433       9.74 % 
Organizational expenses     29,692 (2)      1.71 %      26,052       1.49 % 
Other           0.00 %            0.00 % 
Reserves           0.00 %            0.00 % 
Available for investment   $ 1,535,512       88.58 %    $ 1,553,806       88.77 % 
Acquisition costs:
                                   
Prepaid items related to purchase of property   $       0.00 %            0.00 % 
Cash down payment     2,157,713 (3)      124.49 %      1,529,812       87.40 % 
Acquisition fees     41,320       2.38 %      38,646       2.21 % 
Other           0.00 %            0.00 % 
Total acquisition costs   $ 2,199,033       126.87 %    $ 1,568,458       89.61 % 
Percentage leverage (mortgage financing divided by total acquisition costs)     32.8                14.6 %(11)          
Date offering began     3/18/2008                3/31/2011           
Number of offerings in the year     1                1  
Length of offerings (in months)     39 (4)               18 (5)          
Months to invest 90% of amount available for investment (from beginning of the offering)     39                18           

(1) American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. sold non-controlling interests in certain properties in nine separate arrangements. The total amount contributed in these arrangements was $24.5 million. In addition, $13.0 million was raised in a private offering of debt securities through ARC Income Properties II, Inc. The structure of these arrangements and program is such that they are required to be consolidated with the results of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. and therefore are included with this program. ARC Income Properties II, Inc is also included as a stand-alone program and is included separately in information about private programs.
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(3) Includes $12.0 million investment made in joint venture with American Realty Capital New York Recovery REIT, Inc. for the purchase of real estate and $17.3 million of other investments in common stock.
(4) American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. completed its offering in July 2011. The data above includes uses of offering proceeds through December 31, 2011.
(5) American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. completed its offering in September 2012. The data above includes uses of offering proceeds through December 31, 2012.

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TABLE I
 
EXPERIENCE IN RAISING AND INVESTING FUNDS FOR NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

Table I provides a summary of the experience of our sponsor and its affiliates as a sponsor in raising and investing funds in ARC Income Properties, LLC from its inception on June 5, 2008 to its termination on September 6, 2011, ARC Income Properties II, LLC from its inception on August 12, 2008 to its termination on May 16, 2011, ARC Income Properties III, LLC from its inception on September 29, 2009 to its termination on September 6, 2011, ARC Income Properties IV, LLC from its inception on June 23, 2010 to December 31, 2011 and ARC Growth Fund, LLC from its inception on July 24, 2008 to its termination on December 31, 2010. Information is provided as to the manner in which the proceeds of the offerings have been applied, the timing and length of this offering and the time period over which the proceeds have been invested.

                   
                   
  ARC Income
Properties, LLC
  ARC Income
Properties II, LLC
  ARC Income Properties, III, LLC   ARC Income Properties, IV, LLC   ARC Growth
Fund, LLC
(dollars in thousands)     Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised     Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised     Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised     Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised     Percentage of Total Dollar Amount Raised
Dollar amount offered   $ 19,537              $ 13,000              $ 11,243              $ 5,350              $ 7,850           
Dollar amount raised     19,537                13,000                11,243                5,215                5,275           
Dollar amount contributed from sponsor and affiliates(1)     1,975                                                 2,575        
Total dollar amount raised   $ 21,512       100.00 %    $ 13,000       100.00 %    $ 11,243       100.00 %    $ 5,215       100.00 %    $ 7,850       100.00 % 
Less offering expenses:
                                                                                         
Selling commissions and discounts retained by affiliates   $ 1,196       5.56 %    $ 323       2.48 %    $ 666       5.92 %    $ 397       7.61 %    $       0.00 % 
Organizational expenses           0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 % 
Other           0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 % 
Reserves           0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 % 
Available for investment   $ 20,316       94.44 %    $ 12,677       97.52 %    $ 10,577       94.08 %    $ 4,818       92.39 %    $ 7,850       100.00 % 
Acquisition costs:
                                                                                         
Prepaid items and fees related to purchased property   $       0.00 %    $       0.00 %    $       0.00 %    $       0.00 %    $       0.00 % 
Cash down payment     11,302       52.54 %      9,086       69.89 %      9,895       88.01 %      4,780       91.66 %      5,440       69.30 % 
Acquisition fees     7,693       35.76 %      2,328       17.91 %      682       6.07 %            0.00 %      2,410       30.70 % 
Other           0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 %            0.00 % 
Total acquisition costs   $ 18,995 (2)       88.30 %    $ 11,414 (3)       87.80 %    $ 10,577 (4)      94.08 %    $ 4,780 (5)       91.66 %    $ 7,850 (6)       100.00 % 
Percentage leverage (mortgage financing divided by total acquisition costs)     434.97 %               292.61 %               141.19 %               344.35 %               253.20 %          
Date offering began     6/09/2008                9/17/2008                9/29/2009                6/23/2011                7/24/2008           
Number of offerings in the year     1                1                1                1                1           
Length of offerings (in months)     7                4                3                4                1           
Months to invest 90% of amount available for investment (from the beginning of the offering)     7                4                3                4                1           

(1) Includes separate investment contributed by sponsor and affiliates for purchase of portfolio properties and related expenses.
(2) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude $82.6 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $101.6 million. The leverage ratio was 83.6% at December 31, 2010. This program ended when it contributed its real estate assets and certain liabilities to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. on September 6, 2011.

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(3) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude $33.4 million purchased with mortgage financing. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $101.6 million. The leverage ratio was 60.1% at December 31, 2010. This program ended when the notes were repaid on May 16, 2011. The related properties were owned by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. on December 31, 2012.
(4) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude $14.9 million purchased with mortgage financing and $3.5 million related to a final purchase price adjustment which was initially held in escrow until conditions for its release were satisfied in 2010. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $25.9 million. The leverage ratio was 59.2% at December 31, 2010. This program ended when it contributed its real estate assets and certain liabilities to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. on September 6, 2011.
(5) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude a $16.5 million purchased with assumed mortgage financing. Including borrowings, the total acquisition purchase price was $21.2 million. The leverage ratio was 77.5% at December 31, 2011.
(6) Total acquisition costs of properties exclude a $20.0 million purchased with assumed mortgage financing. Including borrowings and $36.3 million purchased with proceeds from the sale of properties, the total acquisition purchase price was $63.6 million. The program was concluded at December 31, 2010.

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TABLE II
 
COMPENSATION TO SPONSOR FROM PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

Table II summarizes the amount and type of compensation paid to our sponsor and its affiliates for American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 17, 2007 to December 31, 2011, its last year before termination, and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2012, its last year before termination.

   
(dollars in thousands)   American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.   American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.
Date offering commenced     3/18/2008       3/31/2011  
Dollar amount raised   $ 1,733,273     $ 1,750,291  
Amount paid to sponsor from proceeds of offering
                 
Underwriting fees   $ 168,269     $ 170,433  
Acquisition fees:
                 
Real estate commissions   $     $  
Advisory fees – acquisition fees   $ 21,281     $ 15,298  
Other – organizational and offering costs   $ 15,944     $ 20,464  
Other – financing coordination fees   $ 9,257     $ 3,029  
Other – acquisition expense reimbursements   $ 11,921     $ 10,779  
Dollar amount of cash generated from operations before deducting payments to sponsor   $ 60,876     $ 4,365  
Actual amount paid to sponsor from operations:
                 
Property management fees   $     $  
Partnership management fees            
Reimbursements            
Leasing commissions            
Other (asset management fees)   $ 7,071       212  
Total amount paid to sponser from operations   $ 7,071     $ 212  
Dollar amount of property sales and refinancing before deducting payment to sponsor
                 
Cash   $ 1,485     $  
Notes   $           
Amount paid to sponsor from property sale and refinancing:
                 
Real estate commissions   $ 45     $  
Incentive fees   $     $  
Other – Financing coordination fees   $     $  

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TABLE II
 
COMPENSATION TO SPONSOR FROM NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

Table II summarizes the amount and type of compensation paid to our sponsor and its affiliates for ARC Income Properties, LLC from its inception on June 5, 2008 to its termination on September 6, 2011, ARC Income Properties II, LLC from its inception on August 12, 2008 to its termination on May 16, 2011, ARC Income Properties III, LLC from its inception on September 29, 2009 to its termination on September 6, 2011. ARC Income Properties IV, LLC from its inception on June 23, 2010 to December 31, 2010 and ARC Growth Fund, LLC. from its inception on July 24, 2008 to its termination on December 31, 2010.

         
(dollars in thousands)   ARC Income Properties, LLC   ARC Income Properties II, LLC   ARC Income Properties III, LLC   ARC Income Properties IV, LLC   ARC Growth Fund, LLC
Date offering commenced     6/05/2008       8/12/2008       9/29/2009       6/23/2011       7/24/2008  
Dollar amount raised   $ 21,512 (1)    $ 13,000 (2)    $ 11,243 (2)    $ 5,215 (2)    $ 7,850 (3) 
Amount paid to sponsor from proceeds of offering
                                            
Underwriting fees   $ 785     $ 323     $ 666     $ 397     $  
Acquisition fees
                                            
Real estate commissions   $     $     $     $     $  
Advisory fees – acquisition fees   $ 2,959     $ 423     $ 662     $     $ 1,316  
Other – organizational and offering costs   $     $     $     $     $  
Other – financing coordination fees   $ 939     $ 333     $ 149     $     $ 45  
Dollar amount of cash generated from operations before deducting payments to sponsor   $ (3,091 )    $ 2,291     $ (724 )    $ (691 )    $ (5,325 ) 
Actual amount paid to sponsor from operations:
                                            
Property management fees   $     $     $     $     $  
Partnership management fees                              
Reimbursements                              
Leasing commissions                              
Other (explain)                              
Total amount paid to sponsor from operations   $     $     $     $     $  
Dollar amount of property sales and refinancing before deducting payment to sponsor
                                            
Cash   $     $     $     $     $ 13,560  
Notes                           $ 18,281  
Amount paid to sponsor from property sale and refinancing:
                                            
Real estate commissions                              
Incentive fees                              
Other (disposition fees)                           $ 1,169  
Other (refinancing fees)                           $ 39  

(1) Includes $19.5 million raised from investors and $2.0 million raised from sponsor and affiliates.
(2) Amounts raised from investors.
(3) Includes $5.2 million raised from investors and $2.6 million raised from the sponsor and affiliates.

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TABLE III
OPERATING RESULTS OF PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

Table III summarizes the operating results of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. from its inception on August 17, 2007 to December 31, 2011, its last year before termination, and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2012, its last year before termination. Information is provided as to the manner in which the proceeds of the offering have been applied, the timing and length of this offering and the time period over which the proceeds have been reinvested.

             
  American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.   American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.
(dollars in thousands)   Year Ended December 31, 2011   Year Ended December 31, 2010   Year Ended December 31, 2009   Year Ended December 31, 2008   Year Ended December 31, 2012   Year Ended December 31, 2011   Period From
October 15,
2010 (Date of Inception) to December 31, 2010
Gross revenues   $ 129,982     $ 45,233     $ 15,511     $ 5,549     $ 49,971     $ 795     $  
Profit (loss) on sales of properties     (44 )      143                                
Less:
                                                              
Operating expenses     45,041       15,265       1,158       2,002       44,202       2,385        
Interest expense     39,912       18,109       10,352       4,774       6,542       35        
Depreciation     54,764       17,280       6,581       2,534       25,524       414        
Amortization     14,176       4,374       1,735       522       5,854       85        
Net income (loss) before noncontrolling interests – GAAP Basis     (23,955 )      (9,652 )      (4,315 )      (4,283 )      (32,151 )      (2,124 )       
Loss from discontinued operations                                          
Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests – GAAP Basis     (1,121 )      (181 )      49             30              
Net income (loss) GAAP basis   $ (25,076 )    $ (9,833 )    $ (4,266 )    $ (4,283 )    $ (32,121 )    $ (2,124 )    $  
Taxable income (loss)
                                                     
From operations   $ (25,032 )    $ (9,976 )    $ (4,266 )    $ (4,283 )    $ (32,121 )    $ (2,124 )    $  
From gain (loss) on sale     (44 )      143                                
Cash generated from (used by) operations(1)     49,525       9,864     $ (2,526 )    $ 4,013       5,542       (1,177 )       
Cash generated from sales     581       900                                
Cash generated from refinancing                             224,300       5,060        
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing   $ 50,106     $ 10,764     $ (2,526 )    $ 4,013     $ 229,842     $ 3,883     $  
Less: Cash distribution to investors
                                            
From operating cash flow   $ 47,524     $ 9,864     $ 1,818     $ 296     $ 5,542     $     $  
From sales and refinancing           900                   23,285       294        
From other(2)           647       70             26,784       271        
Cash generated after cash distributions   $ 2,582     $ (647 )    $ (4,414 )    $ 3,717     $ 174,231     $ 3,318     $  
Less: Special items                                                               
Cash generated after cash distributions and special items   $ 2,582     $ (647 )    $ (4,414 )    $ 3,717     $ 174,231     $ 3,318     $  
Tax and distribution data per $1,000 invested
                                                              
Federal income tax results:(3)(4)
                                                              
Ordinary income (loss)                                                               
from operations   $ (19.00 )    $ (23.55 )    $ (22.75 )    $ (0.33 )    $ (13.96 )    $ (4.04 )    $  
from recapture                                          
Capital gain (loss)                                          
Cash distributions to investors
                                                     
Source (on GAAP Basis)
                                                              
Investment income   $     $ 1.44     $     $     $     $     $  
Return of capital     43.51       16.78       (13.06 )      1.22       31.77       5.52        
Source (on GAAP basis)
                                                              
Sales   $       1.44     $     $     $     $     $  
Refinancing                             13.30       2.87        
Operations     43.51       15.75       12.57       1.22       3.17              
Other                             15.30       2.65        

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(1) Includes cash paid for interest and acquisition costs
(2) Distributions paid from proceeds from the sale of common stock and through distribution reinvestment plans
(3) Based on amounts raised as of the end of each period.
(4) Federal tax results for the year ended December 31, 2012 are not available as of the date of this filing. Extensions of time to file tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2012 have been filed for each program, and estimated information is provided for all programs based on preliminary tax returns by outside accountants.

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TABLE III
 
OPERATING RESULTS OF NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

Table III summarizes the consolidated operating results of ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC, ARC Income Properties IV, LLC, and ARC Growth Fund, LLC as of the dates indicated.

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  ARC Income Properties, LLC   ARC Income Properties II, LLC   ARC Income Properties III, LLC   ARC Income Properties IV, LLC   ARC Growth Fund, LLC    
(dollars in thousands)   Period
from
January
1, 2011 to
September
6, 2011(1)
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2009
  Period
from
June
5, 2008
(Date of
Inception)
to
December
31, 2008
  Period from January 1, 2011 to May 16,
2011(2)
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2009
  Period
from
August
12, 2008
to December
31, 2008
  Period
from
January
1, 2011
to September
6, 2011(1)
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Period
from
September
29, 2009
to
December
31, 2009
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2011
  Period from June 24,
2010
(Date of
Inception) to
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2011
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2009
  Period
from
July
25, 2008
to
December
31, 2008
Gross revenues   $ 4,652     $ 7,008     $ 5,347     $ 1,341     $ 1,383     $ 3,507     $ 3,423     $ 337     $ 1,548     $ 2,237     $ 341     $ 1,549     $ 94     $     $ 95     $ 185     $ 8  
Profit (loss) on sales of properties                                      (44 )      143                                                                      (251 )      (4,682 )      9,746  
Less:
                                                                                                                                               
Operating expenses     122       320       2,847       5       45       113       7             51       36       918       86       489             234       528       2,004  
Interest expense     4,504       6,525       4,993       688       1,690       2,151       2,161       162       1,434       1,359       186       1,134       100                   1,494       597  
Interest expense – investors notes     1,323       1,935       1,583       381       430       1,167       1,024       11       671       986       201       446       90                          
Depreciation     2,346       3,519       2,676       909       710       1,748       1,758       200       495       642       127       642       54             195       592       344  
Amortization     527       976       886             268       663       670             187       249       42       218       18                          
Net income – GAAP Basis   $ (4,170 )    $ (6,267 )    $ (7,638 )    $ (642 )    $ (1,804 )    $ (2,192 )    $ (2,197 )    $ (36 )    $ (1,290 )    $ (1,035 )    $ (1,133 )    $ (977 )    $ (657 )    $     $ (585 )    $ (7,111 )    $ 6,809  
Taxable income (loss)
                                                                                                                                                        
From operations   $ (4,170 )    $ (6,267 )    $ (7,638 )    $ (642 )    $ (1,760 )    $ (2,335 )    $ (2,197 )    $ (36 )    $ (1,290 )    $ (1,035 )    $ (1,133 )    $ (977 )    $ (443 )    $     $ (334 )    $ (2,429 )    $ (2,937 ) 
From gain (loss) on sale   $     $     $     $     $ (44 )    $ 143     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ (251 )    $ (4,682 )    $ 9,746  
Cash generated from (used by) operations(3)   $ (1,297 )    $ (1,896 )    $ (2,349 )    $ 1,154     $ (782 )    $ 560     $ (2,282 )    $ 4,013     $ (608 )    $ (33 )    $ (691 )    $ (117 )    $ (691 )    $     $ (330 )    $ (1,769 )    $ (3,226 ) 
Cash generated from sales                                   246                                                             (447 )      11,158  
Cash generated from refinancing                                                                                                      
Cash generated from operations, sales and refinancing   $ (1,297 )    $ (1,896 )    $ (2,349 )    $ 1,154     $ (782 )    $ 806     $ (2,282 )    $ 4,013     $ (608 )    $ (33 )    $ (691 )    $ (117 )    $ (691 )    $     $ (330 )    $ (2,216 )    $ 7,932  

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  ARC Income Properties, LLC   ARC Income Properties II, LLC   ARC Income Properties III, LLC   ARC Income Properties IV, LLC   ARC Growth Fund, LLC    
(dollars in thousands)   Period
from
January
1, 2011 to
September
6, 2011(1)
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2009
  Period
from
June
5, 2008
(Date of
Inception)
to
December
31, 2008
  Period from January 1, 2011 to May 16,
2011(2)
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2009
  Period
from
August
12, 2008
to December
31, 2008
  Period
from
January
1, 2011
to September
6, 2011(1)
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Period
from
September
29, 2009
to
December
31, 2009
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2011
  Period from June 24,
2010
(Date of
Inception) to
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2011
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2010
  Year
Ended
December
31, 2009
  Period
from
July
25, 2008
to
December
31, 2008
Less: Cash interest payments made to investors
                                                                                                                                                        
From operating cash flow   $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
From sales and refinancing   $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
From other   $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $  
Cash generated after cash distributions   $ (1,297 )    $ (1,896 )    $ (2,349 )    $ 1,154     $ (782 )    $ 806     $ (2,282 )    $ 4,013     $ (608 )    $ (33 )    $ (691 )    $ (117 )    $     $ (691 )    $ (330 )    $ (2,216 )    $ 7,932  
Less: Special
items
                                                                                                                                                        
Cash generated after cash distributions and special items   $ (1,297 )    $ (1,896 )    $ (2,349 )    $ 1,154     $ (782 )    $ 806     $ (2,282 )    $ 4,013     $ (608 )    $ (33 )    $ (691 )    $ (117 )    $     $ (691 )    $ (330 )    $ (2,216 )    $ 7,932  

(1) On September 6, 2011, the real estate assets and certain liabilities of ARC Income Properties, LLC and ARC Income Properties III, LLC were contributed in the formation transaction of American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.
(2) The program ended on May 16, 2011, when the notes were repaid. These properties were owned by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
(3) Includes cash paid for interest including interest payments to investors.

Non-public programs are combined with other entities for U.S. federal income tax reporting purposes, therefore, U.S. Federal income tax results for these programs are not presented.

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TABLE IV
 
RESULTS OF COMPLETED PUBLIC PROGRAMS OF THE SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES

Table IV includes the operations of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., which completed its operations On March 1, 2012 when it listed its common stock on The NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 
Program name   American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
Dollar amount raised   $ 1,733,273  
Number of properties purchased     487  
Date of closing of offering     7/18/2011  
Date of first sale of property     3/1/2012  
Date of final sale of property     3/1/2012  
Tax and distribution data per $1,000 invested through
        
Federal income tax results:
        
Ordinary income (loss)
        
– from operations   $ (46.96 ) 
– from recapture      
Capital gain (loss)     0.02  
Deferred gain      
Capital      
Ordinary      
Cash distributions to investors
        
Source (on GAAP Basis)
        
– Investment income   $ 1.44  
– Return of capital     47.74  
Source (on cash basis)
        
– Sales   $ 1.44  
– Refinancing      
– Operations     47.74  
– Other(1)     10.49  
Receivable on net purchase money financing      

(1) American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.'s price per share was $10.49 on March 1, 2012, at the end of its first day of trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

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TABLE IV
 
RESULTS OF COMPLETED NON-PUBLIC PROGRAMS OF THE SPONSOR AND ITS AFFILIATES

Table IV summarizes the results of ARC Income Properties, LLC, ARC Income Properties II, LLC, ARC Income Properties III, LLC and ARC Growth Fund, LLC, each a completed program of affiliates of our sponsor as of December 31, 2011.

       
(dollars in thousands)
Program name
  ARC Income
Properties, LLC
  ARC Income Properties II, LLC   ARC Income
Properties III, LLC
  ARC Growth
Fund, LLC
Dollar amount raised   $ 21,512     $ 13,000     $ 11,243     $ 7,850  
Number of properties purchased     62       50       1       52  
Date of closing of offering     June 2008       September 2008       September 2009       July 2008  
Date of first sale of property     September 2011(2)
      May 2011(3)
      September 2011(2)
      July 2008  
Date of final sale of property     September 2011(2)
      May 2011(3)
      September 2011(2)
      December 2010  
Tax and distribution data per $1,000 investment through 12/31/2010(1)
                                   
Federal income tax results:
                                   
Ordinary income (loss)
                                   
- From operations   $     $     $     $  
- From recapture   $     $     $     $  
Capital gain (loss)   $     $     $     $  
Deferred gain   $     $     $     $  
Capital   $     $     $     $  
Ordinary   $     $     $     $  
Cash distributions to investors
                                   
Source (on GAAP basis)
                                   
- Investment income                        
- Return of capital   $ 19,537     $ 13,000     $ 11,243     $ 7,226  
Source (on cash basis)
                                   
- Sales   $ 19,537     $ 13,000     $ 11,243     $ 7,226  
- Refinancing   $     $     $     $  
- Operations   $     $     $     $  
- Other                                    
Receivable on net purchase money financing   $     $     $     $  

(1) Programs are combined with other entities for U.S. federal income tax reporting purposes, therefore, U.S. Federal income tax results for this program is not presented.
(2) The real estate assets and certain liabilities of these programs were contributed to American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. as part of its formation transaction.
(3) The notes used to purchase these properties were paid off in May 2011, these properties are still owned by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. on December 31, 2012.

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TABLE V
 
SALES OR DISPOSALS OF PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

The following table summarizes the sales or disposals of properties by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., from its inception on August 17, 2007 to December 31, 2011, its last year before termination, and American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. from its inception on October 15, 2010 to December 31, 2012, its last year before termination. Information is provided as to the manner in which the proceeds of the offering have been applied, the timing and length of this offering and the time period over which the proceeds have been reinvested.

                     
                     
      Selling Price, Net of Closing costs and
GAAP Adjustments (dollars in thousands)
  Cost of Properties Including Closing and Soft Costs (dollars in thousands)   Excess
(deficiency)
of Property
Operating
Cash Receipts
Over Cash
Expenditures(5)
Property   Date
Acquired
  Date of Sale   Cash
received
net of
closing costs
  Mortgage
balance at
time of sale
  Purchase
money
mortgage
taken
back by
program(1)
  Adjustments
resulting
from
application of GAAP(2)
  Total(3)   Original
Mortgage
Financing
  Total
acquisition
cost, capital
improvement,
closing and
soft costs(4)
  Total
American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.:
                                                                                
PNC Bank Branch – 
                                                                                                  
New Jersey     November – 08       September 2010     $ 388     $ 512     $     $     $ 900     $ 512     $ 187     $ 699     $ 1,035  
PNC Bank Branch – 
                                                                                                  
New Jersey     November – 08       January 2011     $ 79     $ 502     $     $     $ 581     $ 502     $ 178     $ 680     $ 1,305  
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.: Not applicable
                                                              

1) No purchase money mortgages were taken back by program.
2) Financial information for programs was prepared in accordance with GAAP, therefore GAAP adjustments are not applicable.
3) All taxable gains were categorized as capital gains. None of these sales were reported on the installment basis.
4) Amounts shown do not include a prorata share of the offering costs. There were no carried interests received in lieu of commissions in connection with the acquisition of property.
5) Amounts exclude the amounts included under “Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments” or “Costs of Properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs” and exclude costs incurred in administration of the program not related to the operations of the property.

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TABLE V
 
SALES OR DISPOSALS OF NON-PUBLIC PROGRAM PROPERTIES

Table V provides summary information on the results of sales or disposals of properties by non-public prior programs. All figures below are through December 31, 2012.

                     
                     
(dollars in thousands)       Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments   Costs of properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs   Excess
(Deficit)
of Property
Operating
Cash
Receipts
Over Cash
Expenditures(6)
Property   Date
Acquired
  Date of Sale   Cash
Received
(cash
deficit)
Net of
Closing
Costs
  Mortgage
Balance at
Time of
Sale
  Purchase
Money
Mortgage
Taken
Back by
Program(2)
  Adjustments
Resulting
From
Application
of GAAP(3)
  Total(4)   Original
Mortgage
Financing
  Total
Acquisition
Costs,
Capital
Improvement
Costs,
Closing
and
Soft Costs(5)
  Total
ARC Income Properties, LLC:
                                                                                
Citizens Bank branches(1)     July to
August-09
      September-11     $ 23,300     $ 82,622     $     $     $ 105,922     $ 96,883     $ 4,734     $ 101,617     $ 6,815  
ARC Income Properties II, LLC:
                                                                                
PNC Bank Branch –  New Jersey     November-08       September-10     $ 388     $ 512     $     $     $ 900     $ 512     $ 187     $ 699     $ 1,035  
PNC Bank Branch –  New Jersey     November-08       January 2011       79       502                   581       502       178       680       1,305  
                 $ 467     $ 1,014     $     $     $ 1,481     $ 1,014     $ 365     $ 1,379     $ 2,340  
ARC Income Properties III, LLC:
                                                                                
Home Depot(1)     November-09       September-11     $ 11,325     $ 13,850     $     $     $ 25,175     $ 25,925     $ 20     $ 25,945     $ 2,288  
ARC Growth Fund, LLC:
                                                                                         
Bayonet Point, FL     July-08       July-08     $ 628     $     $     $     $ 628     $     $ 642     $ 642     $  
Boca Raton, FL     July-08       July-08       2,434                         2,434             2,000       2,000        
Bonita Springs, FL     July-08       May-09       (459 )      1,207                   748       1,207       543       1,750       (29 ) 
Clearwater, FL     July-08       September-08       253       539                   792       539       371       910       (3 ) 
Clearwater, FL     July-08       October-08       (223 )      582                   359       582       400       982       (3 ) 
Destin, FL     July-08       July-08       1,358                         1,358             1,183       1,183        
Englewood, FL     July-08       November-08       138       929                   1,067       929       632       1,561       (13 ) 
Fort Myers, FL     July-08       July-08       2,434                         2,434             1,566       1,566        
Naples, FL     July-08       July-08       2,727                         2,727             1,566       1,566        
Palm Coast, FL     July-08       September-08       891       1,770                   2,661       1,770       -530       1,240       (8 ) 
Pompano Beach, FL     July-08       October-08       1,206       2,162                   3,368       2,162       -411       1,751       (8 ) 
Port St. Lucie, FL     July-08       August-09       (60 )      654                   594       654       648       1,302       (40 ) 
Punta Gorda, FL     July-08       July-08       2,337                         2,337             2,143       2,143        
Vero Beach, FL     July-08       February-09       87       830                   917       830       565       1,395       (13 ) 
Cherry Hill, NJ     July-08       July-08       1,946                         1,946             2,225       2,225        
Cranford, NJ     July-08       July-08       1,453                         1,453             725       725        
Warren, NJ     July-08       July-08       1,375                         1,375             1,556       1,556        
Westfield, NJ     July-08       July-08       2,539                         2,539             2,230       2,230        
Lehigh Acres, FL     July-08       August-09       (207 )      758                   551       758       752       1,510       (28 ) 
Alpharetta, GA     July-08       December-08       98       914                   1,012       914       617       1,531       (9 ) 
Atlanta, GA     July-08       September-08       825       1,282                   2,107       1,282       862       2,144       (27 ) 
Columbus, GA     July-08       December-08       (43 )      111                   68       111       85       196       (3 ) 
Duluth, GA     July-08       July-08       1,851                         1,851             1,457       1,457        
Oakwood, GA     July-08       September-08       49       898                   947       898       607       1,505       (1 ) 
Riverdale, GA     July-08       August-09       (104 )      471                   367       471       286       757       (12 ) 
Laurinburg, NC     July-08       July-08       188                         188             197       197        
Haworth, NJ     July-08       July-08       1,781                         1,781             1,834       1,834        
Fredericksburg, VA     August-08       August-08       2,432                         2,432             2,568       2,568        
Dallas, PA     August-08       August-08       1,539                         1,539             366       366        
Virginia Beach, VA     August-08       August-08       1,210                         1,210             930       930        
Baytown, TX     August-08       August-08       3,205                         3,205             1,355       1,355        
Bradenton, FL     November-08       November-08       778                         778             748       748        
Sarasota, FL     November-08       November-08       1,688                         1,688             867       867        
Tuscaloosa, AL     November-08       November-08       580                         580             242       242        
Palm Harbor, FL     November-08       November-08       1,064                         1,064             790       790        
Reading, PA     November-08       November-08       137                         137             248       248        
St. Augustine, FL     November-08       November-08       1,936                         1,936             1,428       1,428        
Cumming, GA     December-08       December-08       1,227                         1,227             810       810        
Suffolk, VA     December-08       February-09       115       172                   287       172       129       301       (1 ) 
Titusville, FL     December-08       December-08       321                         321             260       260        
West Caldwell, NJ(1)     December-08       September-09       333       898                   1,231       357       358       715       15  

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(dollars in thousands)       Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments   Costs of properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs   Excess
(Deficit)
of Property
Operating
Cash
Receipts
Over Cash
Expenditures(6)
Property   Date
Acquired
  Date of Sale   Cash
Received
(cash
deficit)
Net of
Closing
Costs
  Mortgage
Balance at
Time of
Sale
  Purchase
Money
Mortgage
Taken
Back by
Program(2)
  Adjustments
Resulting
From
Application
of GAAP(3)
  Total(4)   Original
Mortgage
Financing
  Total
Acquisition
Costs,
Capital
Improvement
Costs,
Closing
and
Soft Costs(5)
  Total
Palm Coast, FL     December-08       December-08       507                         507             599       599        
Mableton, GA     December-08       December-08       676                         676             696       696        
Warner Robins, GA     January-09       January-09       149                         149             257       257        
Philadelphia(1)     January-09       October-09       291       1,474                   1,765       552       1,105       1,657       3  
Stockholm, NJ     December-08       November-09       (29 )      240                   211       240       438       678       (46 ) 
Sebastian, FL     July-08       December-09       (104 )      654                   550       654       1,302       1,956       (102 ) 
Fort Myers, FL     July-08       December-09       (314 )      795                   481       795       1,582       2,377       (113 ) 
Seminole, FL     July-08       March-10             1,098                         1,098       1,098       1,061       2,159       (48 ) 
Port Richey, FL(1)     July-08       December-10             544                   544       544       1,086       1,630       (71 ) 
Punta Gorda, FL(1)     July-08       December-10             690                   690       690       1,550       2,240       (72 ) 
Lawrenceville, GA(1)     July-08       December-10             695                   695       695       1,381       2,076       (73 ) 
Norristown, PA(1)     July-08       December-10             471                   471       471       943       1,414       (83 ) 
                 $ 43,243     $ 20,838     $     $     $ 64,081     $ 19,375     $ 47,850     $ 67,225     $ (788 ) 

(1) Sale of property was to related party.
(2) No purchase money mortgages were taken back by program.
(3) Financial information for programs was prepared in accordance with GAAP, therefore GAAP adjustments are not applicable.
(4) All taxable gains were categorized as capital gains. None of these sales were reported on the installment basis.
(5) Amounts shown do not include a pro rata share of the offering costs. There were no carried interests received in lieu of commissions in connection with the acquisition of property.
(6) Amounts exclude the amounts included under “Selling Price Net of Closing Costs and GAAP Adjustments” or “Costs of Properties Including Closing Costs and Soft Costs” and exclude costs incurred in administration of the program not related to the operations of the property.

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APPENDIX B
 
AMENDED AND RESTATED DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT AND
DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
 
American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc.
EFFECTIVE AS OF            , 2013

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), has adopted this Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”), to be administered by the Company, or a third party (the “Administrator”) as agent for participants in the Plan (“Participants”), on the terms and conditions set forth below.

1. Election to Participate.  Any purchaser of shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), may become a Participant by making a written election to participate on such purchaser’s subscription agreement at the time of subscription for Shares or by delivering a completed and executed authorization form to the Administrator, which can be obtained from the Administrator. Any stockholder who has not previously elected to participate in the Plan, and subject to Section 8(b) herein, any participant in any previous or subsequent publicly offered limited partnership, real estate investment trust or other real estate program sponsored by the Company or its affiliates (an “Affiliated Program”), may so elect at any time by completing and executing an authorization form obtained from the Administrator or any other appropriate documentation as may be acceptable to the Administrator.

2. Distribution Reinvestment.  This Section 2 applies only to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan. The Administrator will receive all cash distributions (other than Excluded Distributions (as defined below)) paid by the Company or an Affiliated Program with respect to Securities (as defined below) of Participants (collectively, the “Distributions”). Participation will commence with the next Distribution payable after receipt of the Participant’s election pursuant to Section 1 hereof, provided it is received at least ten (10) days prior to the last day of the period to which such Distribution relates. Subject to the preceding sentence, regardless of the date of such election, a holder of Securities will become a Participant in the Plan effective on the first day of the period following such election, and the election will apply to all Distributions attributable to such period and to all periods thereafter. Participants in the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan generally are required to have the full amount of their cash distributions (other than Excluded Distributions) with respect to all Shares or shares of stock or units of limited partnership interest of an Affiliated Program (collectively “Securities”) owned by them reinvested pursuant to the Plan. However, the Administrator shall have the sole discretion, upon the request of a Participant, to accommodate a Participant’s request for less than all of the Participant’s Securities to be subject to participation in the Plan. As used in this Plan, the term “Excluded Distributions” shall mean those cash or other distributions designated as Excluded Distributions by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”), or the board of directors or general partner of an Affiliated Program, as applicable.

3. Direct Stock Purchases.  A Participant may make optional cash purchases by delivering to the Administrator a completed and executed authorization form and the Participant’s investment funds, provided such authorization form and investment funds are received at least two (2) business days before the date such funds are to be invested for a particular month.

4. General Terms of Plan Investments.

(a) The Company intends to offer Shares pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan initially at $23.75 per Share, which is 95% of the initial offering price in the Company’s initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”). Beginning with the date on which the Company begins calculating its net asset value (“NAV”), as set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-11 for the Initial Public Offering (File No. 333-187092) (the “NAV pricing date”), the per share purchase price under the Plan will vary quarterly and will be equal to the Company’s NAV per Share. The price per Share pursuant to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan shall be as set forth in this paragraph (a) regardless of the price per Security paid by the Participant for the Securities in respect of which the Distributions are paid. A stockholder may not participate in the

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Plan through distribution channels that would be eligible to purchase Shares in the Initial Public Offering outside of the Plan at prices below $23.75 per Share or NAV per Shares, as applicable.
(b) The Company intends to offer Shares pursuant to the direct stock purchase component of the Plan initially at $25.00 per Share, and the price per Share will remain as such until such time as the NAV pricing date. The direct stock purchase option will be limited to 1,473,684 Shares, subject to the Company’s right to reallocate all or any portion of such Shares to the distribution reinvestment component of the Plan. Beginning with the NAV pricing date and thereafter, the NAV per Share will be the price per Share for direct stock purchases.
(c) Selling commissions will not be paid for the Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan.
(d) Dealer manager fees will not be paid for the Shares purchased pursuant to the Plan.
(e) For each Participant, the Administrator will maintain an account which shall reflect for each period in which Distributions are paid (a “Distribution Period”) the Distributions, if any, received by the Administrator on behalf of such Participant and the amount of optional cash payments made, if applicable. A Participant’s account shall be reduced as purchases of Shares are made on behalf of such Participant.
(f) Distributions and optional cash payments, as applicable, shall be invested in Shares by the Administrator promptly following the payment date with respect to such Distributions or optional cash payments, as applicable, to the extent Shares are available for purchase under the Plan. If sufficient Shares are not available, any such funds that have not been invested in Shares within 30 days after receipt by the Administrator and, in any event, by the end of the fiscal quarter in which they are received, will be distributed to Participants. Any interest earned on such accounts will be paid to the Company and will become property of the Company.
(g) Participants may acquire fractional Shares, computed to four decimal places, so that 100% of the Distributions or optional cash payments, as applicable, will be used to acquire Shares. The ownership of the Shares shall be reflected on the books of Company or its transfer agent.
(h) A Participant will not be able to acquire Shares under the Plan to the extent such purchase would cause it to exceed the Ownership Limit or other Share ownership restrictions imposed by the Company’s Charter. For purposes of this Plan, “Ownership Limit” shall mean the prohibition on beneficial ownership of more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of stock of the Company and more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of any class or series of the shares of stock of the Company.

5. Absence of Liability.  The Company and the Administrator shall not have any responsibility or liability as to the value of the Shares or any change in the value of the Shares acquired for the Participant’s account. The Company and the Administrator shall not be liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act hereunder.

6. Suitability.  Each Participant shall notify the Administrator if, at any time during his participation in the Plan, there is any material change in the Participant’s financial condition or inaccuracy of any representation under the subscription agreement for the Participant’s initial purchase of Shares. A material change shall include any anticipated or actual decrease in net worth or annual gross income or any other change in circumstances that would cause the Participant to fail to meet the suitability standards set forth in the Company’s prospectus for the Participant’s initial purchase of Shares.

7. Reports to Participants.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each calendar year, the Administrator will mail to each Participant a statement of account describing, as to such Participant, the Distributions received, the number of Shares purchased and the per Share purchase price for such Shares pursuant to the Plan during the prior year. Each statement also shall advise the Participant that, in accordance with Section 6 hereof, the Participant is required to notify the Administrator if there is any material change in the Participant’s financial condition or if any representation made by the Participant under the subscription

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agreement for the Participant’s initial purchase of Shares becomes inaccurate. Tax information regarding a Participant’s participation in the Plan will be sent to each Participant by the Company or the Administrator at least annually.

8. Taxes.  Taxable Participants may incur a tax liability for Distributions even though they have elected not to receive their Distributions in cash but rather to have their Distributions reinvested in Shares under the Plan.

9. Reinvestment in Subsequent Programs.

(a) After the termination of the Initial Public Offering pursuant to the Company’s prospectus dated April 4, 2014, the Company may determine, in its sole discretion, to cause the Administrator to provide to each Participant notice of the opportunity to have some or all of such Participant’s Distributions (at the discretion of the Administrator and, if applicable, the Participant) invested through the Plan in any publicly offered limited partnership, real estate investment trust or other real estate program sponsored by the Company or an Affiliated Program (a “Subsequent Program”). If the Company makes such an election, Participants may invest Distributions in equity securities issued by such Subsequent Program through the Plan only if the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) prior to the time of such reinvestment, the Participant has received the final prospectus and any supplements thereto offering interests in the Subsequent Program and such prospectus allows investment pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan;
(ii) a registration statement covering the interests in the Subsequent Program has been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”);
(iii) the offering and sale of such interests are qualified for sale under the applicable state securities laws;
(iv) the Participant executes the subscription agreement included with the prospectus for the Subsequent Program;
(v) the Participant qualifies under applicable investor suitability standards as contained in the prospectus for the Subsequent Program; and
(vi) the Subsequent Program has accepted an aggregate amount of subscriptions in excess of its minimum offering amount.
(b) The Company may determine, in its sole discretion, to cause the Administrator to allow one or more participants of an Affiliated Program to become a “Participant.” If the Company makes such an election, such Participants may invest distributions received from the Affiliated Program in Shares through this Plan, if the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) prior to the time of such reinvestment, the Participant has received the final prospectus and any supplements thereto offering interests in the Subsequent Program and such prospectus allows investment pursuant to a distribution reinvestment plan;
(ii) a registration statement covering the interests in the Subsequent Program has been declared effective under the Securities Act;
(iii) the offering and sale of such interests are qualified for sale under the applicable state securities laws;
(iv) the Participant executes the subscription agreement included with the prospectus for the Subsequent Program; and
(v) the Participant qualifies under applicable investor suitability standards as contained in the prospectus for the Subsequent Program.

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10. Termination.

(a) A Participant may terminate or modify his participation in the Plan at any time by written notice to the Administrator. To be effective (i) with respect to any Distribution, such notice must be received by the Administrator at least ten (10) days prior to the last day of the Distribution Period to which it relates and (ii) with respect to any optional cash purchase, such notice must be received by the Administrator at least two (2) business days before the purchase date to which it relates.
(b) Prior to the listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange, a Participant’s transfer of Shares will terminate participation in the Plan with respect to such transferred Shares as of the first day of the Distribution Period in which such transfer is effective, unless the transferee of such Shares in connection with such transfer demonstrates to the Administrator that such transferee meets the requirements for participation hereunder and affirmatively elects participation by delivering an executed authorization form or other instrument required by the Administrator.

11. State Regulatory Restrictions.  The Administrator is authorized to deny participation in the Plan to residents of any state or foreign jurisdiction that imposes restrictions on participation in the Plan that conflict with the general terms and provisions of this Plan, including, without limitation, any general prohibition on the payment of broker-dealer commissions for purchases under the Plan.

12. Amendment to; Suspension or Termination of the Plan.

(a) Except for Section 9(a) of this Plan, which shall not be amended prior to a listing of the Shares on a national securities exchange, the terms and conditions of this Plan may be amended by the Company at any time, including but not limited to an amendment to the Plan to substitute a new Administrator to act as agent for the Participants, by providing notice at least ten (10) days prior to the effective date thereof to each Participant.
(b) The Administrator may terminate a Participant’s individual participation in the Plan and the Company may terminate or suspend the Plan itself, at any time by providing ten (10) days’ prior written notice to a Participant, or to all Participants, as the case may be.
(c) After termination of the Plan or termination of a Participant’s participation in the Plan, the Administrator will send to each Participant a check for the amount of any Distributions and other amounts in the Participant’s account that have not been invested in Shares. Any future Distributions with respect to such former Participant’s Shares made after the effective date of the termination of the Participant’s participation will be sent directly to the former Participant.

13. Participation by Limited Partners of American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P.  For purposes of this Plan, “stockholders” shall be deemed to include limited partners of American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P. (the “Partnership”), “Participants” shall be deemed to include limited partners of the Partnership that elect to participate in the Plan, and “Distribution,” when used with respect to a limited partner of the Partnership, shall mean cash distributions on limited partnership interests held by such limited partner.

14. Governing Law.  This Plan and the Participants’ election to participate in the Plan shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.

15. Notice.  Any notice or other communication required or permitted to be given by any provision of this Plan shall be in writing and, if to the Administrator, addressed to: Plan? Registrar, c/o DST Systems, Inc., 430 W. 7th St. Kansas City, MO 64105-1407, or such other address as may be specified by the Administrator by written notice to all Participants. Notices to a Participant may be given by letter addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s last address of record with the Administrator. Each Participant shall notify the Administrator promptly in writing of any changes of address.

16. Certificates.  The ownership of the Shares will be in book-entry form prior to the issuance of certificates. The Company will not issue share certificates except to stockholders who make a written request to the Administrator.

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AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.

 
 
 
 

14,736,842 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

PURSUANT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT AND
DIRECT STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

 
 
 
 
 


PROSPECTUS

 

 
 
  
  
 
 

           , 2013



 

We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson or other individual to give any information or to make any representations that are not contained in this prospectus. If any such information or statements are given or made, you should not rely upon such information or representation. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell any securities other than those to which this prospectus relates, or an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, to any person in any jurisdiction where such an offer or solicitation would be unlawful. Neither the delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that the information contained or incorporated by reference herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date of such information.

 

 


 
 

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 31. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution (assuming sale of maximum offering).

The following table sets forth the estimated fees and expenses payable by us in connection with the issuance and distribution of the Shares registered hereby:

 
Securities and Exchange Commission Registration fee   $ 47,991  
Blue Sky Fees and Expenses   $ 100,000  
Legal Fees and Expenses   $ 200,000  
Accounting Fees and Expenses   $ 100,000  
Transfer Agent Fees   $ 1,500,000  
Printing, Mailing Expenses   $ 1,495,184  
Total   $ 3,443,175  

Item 32. Sales to Special Parties.

The special limited partner received a special limited partner interest in our operating partnership. Stockholders will be allowed to purchase shares pursuant to the Plan.

Item 33. Recent Sale of Unregistered Securities

In connection with our organization, the special limited partner purchased from us 8,888 shares of common stock for $22.50 per share, reflecting no selling commission or dealer manager fees paid in connection with such sale, for an aggregate purchase price of $200,000 on January 30, 2013. We made a capital contribution to our operating partnership in the amount of $200,000 in exchange for 8,888 general partner units of the operating partnership. Our advisor made a capital contribution to our operating partnership in the amount of $2,020 in exchange for 90 limited partner units of the operating partnership. The 90 limited partner units that were issued to our advisor may be exchanged for the cash value of a corresponding number of shares of our common stock or, at our option, a corresponding number of shares of our common stock. No sales commission or other consideration was paid in connection with such sales, which were consummated without registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon the exemption from registration in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act as transactions not involving any public offering.

Item 34. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

We are permitted to limit the liability of our directors and officers to us and our stockholders for monetary damages and to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors, officers and other agents, to the extent permitted by Maryland law and the NASAA REIT Guidelines. Maryland law permits us to include in our charter a provision limiting the liability of our directors and officers to our stockholders and us for money damages, except for liability resulting from (i) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (ii) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment and that is material to the cause of action.

The MGCL requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL allows directors and officers to be indemnified against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred in a proceeding unless the following can be established: (i) an act or omission of the director or officer was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (iii) with respect to any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe his or her act or omission was unlawful.

A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by the corporation or in its right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis

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that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. The MGCL permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon receipt of a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed if it is ultimately determined that the standard of conduct was not met.

Subject to the limitations of Maryland law and to any additional limitations contained therein, our charter limits directors’ and officers’ liability to us and our stockholders for monetary damages, requires us to indemnify and pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to our directors, our officers, our advisor or any of its affiliates and permits us to provide such indemnification and advance of expenses to our employees and agents. This provision does not reduce the exposure of directors and officers to liability under federal or state securities laws, nor does it limit the stockholders’ ability to obtain injunctive relief or other equitable remedies for a violation of a director’s or an officer’s duties to us, although the equitable remedies may not be an effective remedy in some circumstances.

However, as set forth in the NASAA REIT Guidelines, our charter further limits our ability to indemnify our directors, our advisor and its affiliates for losses or liability suffered by them and to hold them harmless for losses or liability suffered by us by requiring that the following additional conditions are met: (i) the person seeking indemnification has determined, in good faith, that the course of conduct which caused the loss or liability was in our best interests; (ii) the person seeking indemnification was acting on our behalf or performing services for us; (iii) the liability or loss was not the result of negligence or misconduct on the part of the person seeking indemnification, except that if the person seeking indemnification is or was an independent director, the liability or loss was not the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct; and (iv) the indemnification or agreement to indemnify is recoverable only out of our net assets and not from the assets of our stockholders.

In addition, we will not indemnify any director, our advisor or any of its affiliates for losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws unless one or more of the following conditions are met: (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged material securities law violations; (ii) the claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against the indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made, and the court considering the request for indemnification has been advised of the position of the SEC and the published position of any state securities regulatory authority of a jurisdiction in which our securities were offered and sold as to indemnification for securities law violations.

We have agreed to indemnify and hold harmless our advisor and its affiliates performing services for us from specific claims and liabilities arising out of the performance of their obligations under the advisory agreement. As a result, our stockholders and we may be entitled to a more limited right of action than they and we would otherwise have if these indemnification rights were not included in the advisory agreement.

The general effect to investors of any arrangement under which we agree to insure or indemnify any persons against liability is a potential reduction in distributions resulting from our payment of premiums associated with insurance or indemnification payments in excess of amounts covered by insurance. In addition, indemnification could reduce the legal remedies available to our stockholders and us against the officers and directors.

Finally, our charter provides that we may pay or reimburse reasonable legal expenses and other costs incurred by a director, our advisor or any of its affiliates in advance of final disposition of a proceeding only if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) the legal action relates to acts or omissions relating to the performance of duties or services for us or on our behalf by the person seeking indemnification; (ii) the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a stockholder or the legal action is initiated by a stockholder acting in his or her capacity as such and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves advancement; (iii) the person seeking indemnification provides us with a written affirmation of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification; and (iv) the person seeking

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indemnification undertakes in writing to repay us the advanced funds, together with interest at the applicable legal rate of interest, if the person seeking indemnification is found not to have complied with the requisite standard of conduct.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, we have been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.

Item 35. Treatment of Proceeds from Stock Being Registered.

Not applicable.

Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) Financial Statements:

The following documents are filed as part of this registration statement:

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheet as of January 31, 2013 and the related Consolidated Statement of Stockholder’s Equity and Statement of Cash Flows for the period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to January 31, 2013, and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, dated as of January 31, 2013.

American Realty Capital Trust V, Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2013 (unaudited) and the related Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and for the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 (unaudited), Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 (unaudited), Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the Period from January 22, 2013 (date of inception) to June 30, 2013 (unaudited) and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) dated June 30, 2013.

(b) Exhibits:

The list of exhibits filed with or incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement is set forth in the Exhibit Index following the signature page herein.

Item 37. Undertakings

(A) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof, (3) that all post-effective amendments will comply with the applicable forms, rules and regulations of the SEC in effect at the time such post-effective amendments are filed; and (4) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(B) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: (1) each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement, and (2) each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on

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Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.
(C) The undersigned registrant undertakes to send to each stockholder, at least on an annual basis, a detailed statement of any transactions with the advisor or its affiliates, and of fees, commissions, compensation and other benefits paid, or accrued to the advisor or its affiliates, for the fiscal year completed, showing the amount paid or accrued to each recipient and the services performed.
(D) The undersigned registrant undertakes to provide to the stockholders the financial statements required by Form 10-K for the first year of operations of the registrant.
(E) The undersigned registrant undertakes to file a sticker supplement pursuant to Rule 424(c) under the Securities Act during the distribution period describing each property not identified in the prospectus at such time as there arises a reasonable probability that such property will be acquired and to consolidate all such stickers into a post-effective amendment filed at least once every three months, with the information contained in such amendment provided simultaneously to the existing stockholders. Each sticker supplement should disclose all compensation and fees received by the advisor and its affiliates in connection with any such acquisition. The post-effective amendment shall include audited financial statements meeting the requirements of Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X only for properties acquired during the distribution period.
(F) The undersigned registrant undertakes to file, after the end of the distribution period, a current report on Form 8-K containing the financial statements and any additional information required by Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X, to reflect each commitment (i.e., the signing of a binding purchase agreement) made after the end of the distribution period involving the use of 10% or more (on a cumulative basis) of the net proceeds of the offering and to provide the information contained in such report to the stockholders at least once each quarter after the distribution period of the offering has ended.
(G) For the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: (i) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; (ii) any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.

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(H) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in New York, State of New York, on the 19th day of September, 2013.

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST V, INC.

By: /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch

NICHOLAS S. SCHORSCH
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

   
NAME   CAPACITY   DATE
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch

Nicholas S. Schorsch
  Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the
Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer)
  September 19, 2013
/s/ Edward M. Weil, Jr.

Edward M. Weil, Jr.
  President, Chief Operating Officer, Treasurer,
Secretary and Director
  September 19, 2013
/s/ Brian S. Block

Brian S. Block
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)   September 19, 2013
*

David Gong
  Lead Independent Director   September 19, 2013
*

Robert H. Burns
  Independent Director   September 19, 2013
*

Robin A. Ferracone
  Independent Director   September 19, 2013
/s/ Nicholas. S. Schorsch

Nicholas S. Schorsch Attorney-in-fact
         

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EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are included, or incorporated by reference, in this registration statement on Form S-11 (and are numbered in accordance with Item 601 of Regulation S-K).

 
Exhibit No.   Description
  1.1(2)   Amended and Restated Exclusive Dealer Manager Agreement, dated April 9, 2013, among the Company, American Realty Capital Advisors V, LLC and Realty Capital Securities, LLC
  1.2(3)   Form of Soliciting Dealer Agreement between Realty Capital Securities, LLC and the Soliciting Dealers.
  3.1(2)   Articles of Amendment and Restatement for the Company
  3.2(2)   Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company
  3.3(2)   Articles of Amendment, dated April 10, 2013
  3.4(2)   Articles of Amendment, dated April 14, 2013
  4.1(2)   Agreement of Limited Partnership of American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P., dated as of April 4, 2013
  5.1(1)   Opinion of Venable LLP
  8.1(4)   Opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP as to tax matters.
 10.1(2)   Amended and Restated Subscription Escrow Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2013, among Realty Capital Securities, LLC, the Company and UMB Bank, N.A.
 10.2(5)   Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement, dated as of June 5, 2013, by and among the Company, American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P. and American Realty Advisors V, LLC
 10.3(2)   Property Management and Leasing Agreement, dated as of April 4, 2013, by and among the Company, American Realty Capital Operating Partnership V, L.P. and American Realty Capital Properties V, LLC
 10.4(2)   Employee and Director Incentive Restricted Share Plan of the Company
 10.5(2)   Valuation Services Agreement between the Company and Duff & Phelps, LLC, dated April 4, 2013
 10.6(2)   Form of Restricted Share Award Agreement Pursuant to the Employee and Director Incentive Restricted Share Plan of the Company
 10.7(2)   Amended and Restated Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property, dated July 2, 2012, by and between Ladder Capital Finance LLC and RSBR Investments, LLC, RBA Investments, LLC and Overland Properties, LLC
 10.8(2)   Assignment and Assumption of Amended and Restated Agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated July 19, 2012, by and between Ladder Capital Finance LLC and AR Capital, LLC
 10.9(2)   First Amendment to Assignment and Assumption of Amended and Restated Agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated July 26, 2012, by and between Ladder Capital Finance LLC,
AR Capital, LLC and Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Corporation
  10.10(2)   First Amendment to Amended and Restated Agreement for Purchase and Sale, dated August 21, 2012, by and among, RSBR Investments, LLC, RBA Investments, LLC and Overland Properties, LLC and AR Capital, LLC
  10.11(2)   Fourth Amended and Restated Investment Opportunity Allocation Agreement, dated April 4, 2013, by and among the Company, American Realty Capital Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc., American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. and American Realty Capital Trust IV, Inc.
  10.12(6)   Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property by and between AR Capital, LLC and First City South, LLC
  10.13(6)   Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Immovable Property by and between AR Capital, LLC and AZO Cut Off, LLC

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Exhibit No.   Description
10.14(6)   Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property by and between AR Capital, LLC, Sullivan DG, L.L.C. and Plank DG, L.L.C.
10.15(6)   Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property by and between AR Capital, LLC and AMIGOS 3, LLC
10.16(6)   Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property by and between AR Capital, LLC and Lucinda Rae Marino, 1975-Survivors Trust (Van Leer) and 1975-Marital Trust (Bainbridge)
10.17(6)   Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property by and between AR Capital, LLC and Midwest V
 10.18(6)   Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property by and between AR Capital, LLC and The Overland Group
14(2)     Code of Ethics
21(2)     List of Subsidiaries
23.1(1)    Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2(1)    Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.3(4)    Consent of Proskauer Rose LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
24(1)     Power of Attorney
101(2)    XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended June 30, 2013, formatted in XBRL: (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheet, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, (iii) the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (v) the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information in furnished and not filed for purpose of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(1) Filed herewith.
(2) Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on May 13, 2013.
(3) Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC on March 6, 2013.
(4) Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Amended Registration Statement on Form S-11/A filed with the SEC on March 22, 2013.
(5) Filed as an exhibit to Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-11 filed with the SEC on July 17, 2013.
(6) Filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 filed with the SEC on August 13, 2013.

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