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<B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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

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reported) October 12, 2012 (October 9, 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, INC.</B></P>

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in its charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: -0.6pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>001-35439</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: -0.6pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>71-1036989</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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        Park Avenue, 14<SUP>th</SUP> 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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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>(646) 937-6900</B></TD></TR>
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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:</P>

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&nbsp;Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) </FONT></P>

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&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>

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&nbsp;Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>

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or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><I>Sponsor Earns and is Paid Subordinated Incentive Listing
Fee</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the terms set forth in the Incentive Listing Fee
Note Agreement, the Subordinated Incentive Listing Fee Note was issued to AR Capital, LLC (the &ldquo;<U>Sponsor</U>&rdquo;) on
October 9, 2012, the end of the calculation period, in the amount of $63,189,091. On October 12, 2012, the outstanding principal
amount, plus $1,201.25 in accrued interest, was paid to the Sponsor in full satisfaction of the Subordinated Incentive Listing
Fee Note.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A description of the Incentive Listing Fee Note Agreement
and the transactions related thereto is set forth in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 12, 2012 by American
Realty Capital Trust, Inc. Such description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Incentive
Listing Fee Note Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in such Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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, thereunto duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: -1.6pt">AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">October 12, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: -0.6pt">/s/ William M. Kahane</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">William M. Kahane</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">Chief Executive Officer and President</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 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) October 12, 2012 (October 9, 2012)
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified
in its charter)
Maryland
001-35439
71-1036989
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(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)
(646) 937-6900
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
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:
o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
Sponsor Earns and is Paid Subordinated Incentive Listing
Fee
Pursuant to the terms set forth in the Incentive Listing Fee
Note Agreement, the Subordinated Incentive Listing Fee Note was issued to AR Capital, LLC (the "
Sponsor
") on
October 9, 2012, the end of the calculation period, in the amount of $63,189,091. On October 12, 2012, the outstanding principal
amount, plus $1,201.25 in accrued interest, was paid to the Sponsor in full satisfaction of the Subordinated Incentive Listing
Fee Note.
A description of the Incentive Listing Fee Note Agreement
and the transactions related thereto is set forth in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 12, 2012 by American
Realty Capital Trust, Inc. Such description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Incentive
Listing Fee Note Agreement, which is incorporated herein by reference. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in such Form 8-K.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
October 12, 2012
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
Name:
William M. Kahane
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and President