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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">UNITED STATES</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>June 22, 2012</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>000-54690</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>27-3515929</B></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or other jurisdiction</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">of incorporation or organization)</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3.2pt; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 3.2pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>405 Park Avenue, 15th Floor</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>New York, New York 10022</B></P></TD></TR>
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        of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Registrant's telephone number,
        including area code: <B>(212) 415-6500</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#61551; &nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under
the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#61551; &nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#61551; &nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&#61551; &nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.07.&#9;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 6, 2012. At the annual meeting, the stockholders voted on (i) the election
of Nicholas S. Schorsch, Edward M. Weil, Jr., Edward G. Rendell, Scott J. Bowman and David Gong to the Company&rsquo;s Board of
Directors for one-year terms until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor is duly elected
and qualified, and (ii) the approval of certain amendments to the Company&rsquo;s charter.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">At the time of the annual meeting, quorum was not established.
As a result, the board adjourned the meeting to permit additional time to solicit stockholder votes on both proposals and the meeting
reconvened on June 22, 2012 at 3:45 p.m., at the Company&rsquo;s offices at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The full results of the matters voted on at the annual meeting
are set forth below:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Proposal No. 1 &mdash; Election of Directors:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 36%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 27pt">Nominee</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Votes For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 21%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: -9pt">Votes Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Abstentions</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,734,381</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">130,330</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1,006,485</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">Edward M. Weil, Jr.</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,683,753</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">176,462</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1,010,981</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">Edward G. Rendell</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,627,633</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">191,060</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1,052,503</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">David Gong</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,644,991</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">171,027</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1,055,178</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">Scott J. Bowman</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,671,982</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">143,142</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1,056,072</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Proposal No. 2 &mdash; Amendments to the Company&rsquo;s Charter:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Votes For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 32%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: -9pt">Votes Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Abstentions</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">22,437,429</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">255,133</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1,178,634</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">No other proposals were submitted to a vote of the Company&rsquo;s
stockholders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 10.5pt; padding-left: 9pt; font-weight: bold"><B>AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST III, INC.</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 47%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 11%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 34%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.4pt; padding-left: 9pt">Date: June 22, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.4pt; padding-left: 9pt">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 6.5pt; padding-left: 9pt">/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.4pt; padding-left: 9pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.4pt; padding-left: 9pt">Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.4pt; padding-left: 9pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 2.4pt 0pt 9pt">Chief Executive Officer and</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 2.4pt 0pt 9pt">Chairman of the Board of Directors</P></TD></TR>
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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):
June 22, 2012
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)
Maryland
000-54690
27-3515929
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
405 Park Avenue, 15th 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)
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule
13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 5.07.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. (the "Company")
held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders on June 6, 2012. At the annual meeting, the stockholders voted on (i) the election
of Nicholas S. Schorsch, Edward M. Weil, Jr., Edward G. Rendell, Scott J. Bowman and David Gong to the Company's Board of
Directors for one-year terms until the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their respective successor is duly elected
and qualified, and (ii) the approval of certain amendments to the Company's charter.
At the time of the annual meeting, quorum was not established.
As a result, the board adjourned the meeting to permit additional time to solicit stockholder votes on both proposals and the meeting
reconvened on June 22, 2012 at 3:45 p.m., at the Company's offices at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022.
The full results of the matters voted on at the annual meeting
are set forth below:
Proposal No. 1 — Election of Directors:
Nominee
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Nicholas S. Schorsch
22,734,381
130,330
1,006,485
Edward M. Weil, Jr.
22,683,753
176,462
1,010,981
Edward G. Rendell
22,627,633
191,060
1,052,503
David Gong
22,644,991
171,027
1,055,178
Scott J. Bowman
22,671,982
143,142
1,056,072
Proposal No. 2 — Amendments to the Company's Charter:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
22,437,429
255,133
1,178,634
No other proposals were submitted to a vote of the Company's
stockholders.
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 TRUST III, INC.
Date: June 22, 2012
By:
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Name:
Nicholas S. Schorsch
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors