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

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December 6, 2011 (December 1, 2011)</P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 39%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">333-169075</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 28%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">27-3306391</TD></TR>
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        Executive Offices)</P>
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        area code: (212) 415-6500</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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>

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

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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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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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: 0 0 10pt"><B>Item 8.01. &nbsp;&nbsp; Other Events.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On December 1, 2011, American Realty Capital
Healthcare Trust, Inc. (&ldquo;we&rdquo; or &ldquo;ARC Healthcare&rdquo;) submitted an offer to acquire all the outstanding shares
of Grubb &amp; Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. (&ldquo;GEHRII&rdquo;). Under the proposed transaction that was approved by our board
of directors, we would acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock of GEHRII for $9.01 per share, consisting of (i) $6.00
per share payable as cash to GEHRII shareholders and (ii) $3.01 per share as stock in ARC Healthcare (issued at $10 per share).
GEHRII shareholders also would be given the option to elect to receive either 100% ARC Healthcare stock or 100% cash with a cumulative
cap on cash consideration equivalent to $6.00 per share.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On December 6, 2011, the board of directors
of GEHRII advised us that GEHRII is in a capital formation and investment stage and is not for sale.</P>

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<P STYLE="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">A copy of our letter to the board of directors
of GEHRII, dated December 1, 2011 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. A copy of the letter we received
from GEHRII, dated December 6, 2011 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2.</P>

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<P STYLE="margin: 0; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">(d) Exhibits</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 83%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-weight: bold">Description</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Letter to the Board of Directors of Grubb &amp; Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc., dated December 1, 2011</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">99.2</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Letter to American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., dated December 6, 2011</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 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="2" STYLE="padding-right: 1.8pt; line-height: 115%">AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">Date:&nbsp;December 6, 2011</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">/s/&nbsp;Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; line-height: 115%">Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0.8pt 0 0">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):
December 6, 2011 (December 1, 2011)
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust,
Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland
333-169075
27-3306391
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
405 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(Address, 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 8.01.    Other Events.
On December 1, 2011, American Realty Capital
Healthcare Trust, Inc. ("we" or "ARC Healthcare") submitted an offer to acquire all the outstanding shares
of Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc. ("GEHRII"). Under the proposed transaction that was approved by our board
of directors, we would acquire all the outstanding shares of common stock of GEHRII for $9.01 per share, consisting of (i) $6.00
per share payable as cash to GEHRII shareholders and (ii) $3.01 per share as stock in ARC Healthcare (issued at $10 per share).
GEHRII shareholders also would be given the option to elect to receive either 100% ARC Healthcare stock or 100% cash with a cumulative
cap on cash consideration equivalent to $6.00 per share.
On December 6, 2011, the board of directors
of GEHRII advised us that GEHRII is in a capital formation and investment stage and is not for sale.
A copy of our letter to the board of directors
of GEHRII, dated December 1, 2011 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1. A copy of the letter we received
from GEHRII, dated December 6, 2011 is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.2.
Item 9.01.    Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Letter to the Board of Directors of Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II, Inc., dated December 1, 2011
99.2
Letter to American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc., dated December 6, 2011
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC.
Date: December 6, 2011
By:
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Nicholas S. Schorsch
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors