8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 24, 2015

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland	333-196302	38-3930747
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

405 Park Avenue, 14^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

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

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

Notice of Amendment and Suspension of Distribution Reinvestment Plan

On December 24, 2015, American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”) provided a notice to stockholders, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, advising participants of the suspension of the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan, effective immediately.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No. Description

Exhibit 99.1 Notice to Participants dated December 24, 2015

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST III, INC.
Date: December 24, 2015	By:	/s/ Katie P. Kurtz
		Katie P. Kurtz Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary

EX-99.1

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc.

405 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022

T: (212) 415-6500 F: (212) 230-1847

December 24, 2015

Notice to Participants:

American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby notifies you, as a participant in the Company’s Distribution Reinvestment Plan (the “DRIP”), that, pursuant to the terms of the DRIP, the Company has temporarily suspended the DRIP. As a result, the distribution payable on January 5, 2016 will be paid to you in cash and no DRIP shares will be issued. The Company expects to resume the DRIP for the February 5, 2016 distribution payment date, at which time, DRIP shares will be issued in accordance with your original distribution election.