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

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

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported) June 12, 2012 (June 6, 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>

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

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>001-35439</B></P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.5pt solid"><B>71-1036989</B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Commission File Number)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>405 Park Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10022</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>(212) 415-6500</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code:&nbsp;</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>

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&nbsp;Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.07.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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, 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, William M. Kahane, William G. Stanley, Leslie D. Michelson and Robert H. Burns 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) a proposal to ratify of
the audit committee&rsquo;s appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent auditor for 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The stockholders elected all five nominees for director and
ratified the audit committee&rsquo;s appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company&rsquo;s independent auditor for 2012.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Additionally,
on the agenda for the annual meeting was a proposal to approve certain amendments to the Company&rsquo;s charter. This
proposal requires approval by the affirmative vote of a majority of shares outstanding on the record date for the
annual meeting.</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Based upon the percentage of the total shares
of the Company voted with respect to the approval of the amendments to the Company&rsquo;s charter, the requisite vote was
not established at the annual meeting. Since the requisite vote was not established, the board adjourned the meeting to
permit additional time to solicit stockholder votes on this proposal and the meeting shall reconvene on June 19, 2012 at
12:30 p.m., at the Company&rsquo;s offices at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, solely with respect to the proposal
to amend the Company&rsquo;s charter as described in the Company&rsquo;s definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2012.</FONT></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: 31%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-indent: 27pt; text-align: left"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><B>Nominee</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 16%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Votes For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 17%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: -9pt">Votes Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Votes Withheld</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 18%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">Nicholas S. Schorsch</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">50,450,129</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5,872,337</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">*</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">William M. Kahane</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">50,477,671</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5,844,795</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">William G. Stanley</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">55,906,280</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">416,186</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">Leslie D. Michelson</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">55,908,722</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">413,744</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-indent: 0.25in">Robert H. Burns</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">55,813,328</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">0</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">509,138</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">*There were a total of 69,950,376 broker non-votes in connection
with Proposal No. 1.</P>

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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>

<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">Based upon the percentage of the Company&rsquo;s total
shares outstanding voted with respect to Proposal No. 2, the requisite vote was not established at the annual meeting.
Since the requisite vote was not established, the board adjourned and will reconvene the meeting as described above solely
with respect to Proposal No. 2.</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. 3 &mdash; Ratification of the Appointment of the
Company&rsquo;s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:</P>

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

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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Votes For</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; text-indent: -9pt">Votes Against</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Abstentions</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 26%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Broker Non-Votes</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">124,986,894</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">393,096</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">892,852</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">*</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">* No broker non-votes arose in connection with Proposal No.
3, due to the fact that the matter was considered &ldquo;routine&rdquo; under NYSE rules.</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">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>

<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">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>

<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">&nbsp;</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="padding-right: -1.6pt">AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 52%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">June 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>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">William M. Kahane</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: -0.6pt">Title:</TD>
    <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) June 12, 2012 (June 6, 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
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:
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 5.07.      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders
American Realty Capital Trust, 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, William M. Kahane, William G. Stanley, Leslie D. Michelson and Robert H. Burns 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) a proposal to ratify of
the audit committee's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2012.
The stockholders elected all five nominees for director and
ratified the audit committee's appointment of Grant Thornton LLP as the Company's independent auditor for 2012.
Additionally,
on the agenda for the annual meeting was a proposal to approve certain amendments to the Company's charter. This
proposal requires approval by the affirmative vote of a majority of shares outstanding on the record date for the
annual meeting.
Based upon the percentage of the total shares
of the Company voted with respect to the approval of the amendments to the Company's charter, the requisite vote was
not established at the annual meeting. Since the requisite vote was not established, the board adjourned the meeting to
permit additional time to solicit stockholder votes on this proposal and the meeting shall reconvene on June 19, 2012 at
12:30 p.m., at the Company's offices at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10022, solely with respect to the proposal
to amend the Company's charter as described in the Company's definitive proxy statement for the annual meeting as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 21, 2012.
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
Votes Withheld
Broker Non-Votes
Nicholas S. Schorsch
50,450,129
0
5,872,337
*
William M. Kahane
50,477,671
0
5,844,795
William G. Stanley
55,906,280
0
416,186
Leslie D. Michelson
55,908,722
0
413,744
Robert H. Burns
55,813,328
0
509,138
*There were a total of 69,950,376 broker non-votes in connection
with Proposal No. 1.
Proposal No. 2 — Amendments to the Company's Charter:
Based upon the percentage of the Company's total
shares outstanding voted with respect to Proposal No. 2, the requisite vote was not established at the annual meeting.
Since the requisite vote was not established, the board adjourned and will reconvene the meeting as described above solely
with respect to Proposal No. 2.
Proposal No. 3 — Ratification of the Appointment of the
Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:
Votes For
Votes Against
Abstentions
Broker Non-Votes
124,986,894
393,096
892,852
*
* No broker non-votes arose in connection with Proposal No.
3, due to the fact that the matter was considered "routine" under NYSE rules.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
June 12, 2012
By:
/s/ William M. Kahane
Name:
William M. Kahane
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and President