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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>

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<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>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
<B>September 28, 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>

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Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 31%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 37%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>000-54690</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>27-3715929</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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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Address, including zip code,
        of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 3.2pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 415-6500</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-top: Black 0.5pt solid">Registrant's
        telephone number, including area code:</P></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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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.01. Other Events.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">On
September 28, 2012, American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">announced
the closure of its fund following the successful achievement of its target equity raise of $1.7 billion (including shares reallocated
from the Company&rsquo;s distribution reinvestment plan).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">On that same day, the Company announced
its recent property acquisitions and provided a summary of its overall portfolio.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">From August 21, 2012 through September
21, 2012, the Company has closed the acquisition of 91 single-tenant, freestanding properties with approximately 0.7 million leasable
square feet located in 19 states, at an aggregate purchase price of $111.7 million (exclusive of closing costs). The acquisitions
increased the portfolio&rsquo;s size, at cost, to $846.6 million, comprised of 326 properties. The acquisitions were funded with
cash available from the Company&rsquo;s ongoing public offering. The Company also announced today that its portfolio pipeline includes
approximately $404.0 million worth of acquisitions under contract.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The table below provides a summary of the
91 properties acquired by the Company from August 21, 2012 through September 21, 2012 and, for each tenant, includes the properties&rsquo;
location, average lease term remaining at acquisition, contractual purchase price, rentable square footage, annual GAAP net operating
income, average capitalization rate, and indicates whether the tenant or guarantor is investment grade:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; padding-left: 0">Tenant</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Number of<BR>
Properties</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">States</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Average<BR>
Lease Term<BR>
Remaining<BR>
at<BR>
Acquisition (Years)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Contract <BR> Purchase<BR>
Price<BR>
(millions)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Rentable<BR>
Square</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Footage</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Annual<BR>
GAAP Net Operating<BR>
Income<BR>
(millions)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Average<BR>
Capitaliz-<BR>
ation Rate</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>Investment<BR>
Grade?<BR>
(Y/N)<SUP>(1)</SUP></B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Advance Auto</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 7%; text-align: right">3</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">KY, NJ and TX</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: right">11.9</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: right">6.0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: right">18,779</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 9%; text-align: right">0.4</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; text-align: right">7.5</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">%</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 8%; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Y</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Circle K</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">GA</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">10.6</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">3,745</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">0.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">8.4</TD>
    <TD>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Y</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">CVS</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">NV</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">12.0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">12,941</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">0.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">6.9</TD>
    <TD>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Y</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Dollar General</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">58</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">IA, IL, KS, MI, MO, MS, NM, OK, TN and TX</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">13.8</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">62.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">535,426</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">4.9</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">7.9</TD>
    <TD>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Y</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #92CDDC">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Family Dollar</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">ID, MS, NV and OH</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">10.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">40,673</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">0.5</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">9.0</TD>
    <TD>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Y</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">FedEx</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">WV</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">14.9</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">4.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">13,334</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">0.3</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">7.6</TD>
    <TD>%</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">Y</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #92CDDC">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-left: 0; text-align: justify">Krystal</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: right">22</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">AL, FL, GA, MS and TN</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: right">20.0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: right">27.6</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: right">47,874</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: right">2.5</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: right">9.0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">%</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center">N</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold; text-align: justify">Total</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: right">91</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 5.4pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">19</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: right">15.0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: right">111.7</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: right">672,772</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: right">9.0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; text-align: right">8.2</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">%</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A copy of the press release announcing the closure of the Company&rsquo;s
fund and the Company&rsquo;s portfolio acquisitions from August 21, 2012 through September 21, 2012 is attached to this Current
Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">99.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">Press Release dated September 28, 2012</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0; font-weight: bold"><B>AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST III, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Date: September 28, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Title:</TD>
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        <P STYLE="padding-right: 0; padding-left: 0">Chief Executive Officer and 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):
September 28, 2012
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)
Maryland
000-54690
27-3715929
(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)
(212) 415-6500
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:
¨
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
September 28, 2012, American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc. (the "Company")
announced
the closure of its fund following the successful achievement of its target equity raise of $1.7 billion (including shares reallocated
from the Company's distribution reinvestment plan).
On that same day, the Company announced
its recent property acquisitions and provided a summary of its overall portfolio.
From August 21, 2012 through September
21, 2012, the Company has closed the acquisition of 91 single-tenant, freestanding properties with approximately 0.7 million leasable
square feet located in 19 states, at an aggregate purchase price of $111.7 million (exclusive of closing costs). The acquisitions
increased the portfolio's size, at cost, to $846.6 million, comprised of 326 properties. The acquisitions were funded with
cash available from the Company's ongoing public offering. The Company also announced today that its portfolio pipeline includes
approximately $404.0 million worth of acquisitions under contract.
The table below provides a summary of the
91 properties acquired by the Company from August 21, 2012 through September 21, 2012 and, for each tenant, includes the properties'
location, average lease term remaining at acquisition, contractual purchase price, rentable square footage, annual GAAP net operating
income, average capitalization rate, and indicates whether the tenant or guarantor is investment grade:
Tenant
Number of
Properties
States
Average
Lease Term
Remaining
at
Acquisition (Years)
Contract
Purchase
Price
(millions)
Rentable
Square
Footage
Annual
GAAP Net Operating
Income
(millions)
Average
Capitaliz-
ation Rate
Investment
Grade?
(Y/N)
(1)
Advance Auto
3
KY, NJ and TX
11.9
$
6.0
18,779
$
0.4
7.5
%
Y
Circle K
1
GA
10.6
$
1.3
3,745
$
0.1
8.4
%
Y
CVS
1
NV
12.0
$
5.1
12,941
$
0.3
6.9
%
Y
Dollar General
58
IA, IL, KS, MI, MO, MS, NM, OK, TN and TX
13.8
$
62.3
535,426
$
4.9
7.9
%
Y
Family Dollar
5
ID, MS, NV and OH
10.3
$
5.1
40,673
$
0.5
9.0
%
Y
FedEx
1
WV
14.9
$
4.3
13,334
$
0.3
7.6
%
Y
Krystal
22
AL, FL, GA, MS and TN
20.0
$
27.6
47,874
$
2.5
9.0
%
N
Total
91
19
15.0
$
111.7
672,772
$
9.0
8.2
%
_________________
(1)
As defined by a major credit rating agency.
A copy of the press release announcing the closure of the Company's
fund and the Company's portfolio acquisitions from August 21, 2012 through September 21, 2012 is attached to this Current
Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release dated September 28, 2012
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: September 28, 2012
By:
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Name:
Nicholas S. Schorsch
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors