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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>

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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>March 26, 2012 (March 20, 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: 37%; border-bottom: black 1.5pt solid; padding-right: 3.2pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center"><B>333-170298</B></TD>
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    <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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        of Principal Executive Offices)</P>
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        including area code: <B>(212) 415-6500</B></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 2.01.&#9;Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of
Assets.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On March 20, 2012, American Realty Capital
Trust III, Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) closed its acquisition of the fee-simple interest in one build-to-suit FedEx Freight
distribution facility located in Commerce City, Colorado. The Company acquired the property though an indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of its operating partnership. The seller of the property was Setzer Properties Commerce City, LLC. The seller does not have a material
relationship with the Company and the acquisition was not an affiliated transaction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The property contains 177,354 rentable square
feet and is 100% leased to FedEx Freight West, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the leases
are guaranteed by FedEx Corp., which has an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The lease
has an original lease term of 15 years that commenced in February 2008 and expires in February 2023. The lease does not contain
rental escalations. The lease contains two renewal options of five years each. The lease is net whereby the tenant is required
to pay substantially all operating expenses, in addition to base rent. The annualized rental income for the initial lease term
is approximately $2.7 million, or $15.26 per rentable square foot.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">The purchase price of the property was approximately
$36.6 million, exclusive of closing costs. The Company funded the acquisition of the property, exclusive of closing costs, with
proceeds from the sale of its common stock. The Company may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there
is no guarantee that it will be able to obtain financing on terms it believes are favorable, or at all.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.01. &#9;Financial Statements and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">(a)&#9;Set forth in this Item 9.01(a) are
summary financial statements of the parent guarantor to the lessee of the FedEx Freight property described under Item 2.01 of this
Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">FedEx Corp. currently files its financial
statements in reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the following summary financial data regarding
FedEx Corp. are taken from such filings:</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Three Months Ended</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="10" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">Year Ended</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(Amounts in Millions)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">February <BR>
29, 2012 <BR> (Unaudited)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">May 31, <BR>
2011 <BR> (Audited)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">May 31, <BR>
2010 <BR> (Audited)</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">May 31, <BR>
2009 <BR>(Audited)</TD><TD STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Statements of Operations Data</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 44%; font-size: 10pt">Revenues</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">10,564</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">39,304</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">34,734</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="width: 2%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">$</TD><TD STYLE="width: 10%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">35,497</TD><TD STYLE="width: 1%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">Operating income</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">813</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">2,378</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1,198</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">747</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">Net income</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">521</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1,452</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">1,184</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: right">98</TD><TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(Amounts in Millions)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">February 29, 2012<BR> (Unaudited)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><B>May 31, 2011</B>&nbsp;<BR>
<B>(Audited)</B></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><B>May 31, 2010</B>&nbsp;<BR>
<B>(Audited)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><B>May 31, 2009<BR>
</B>&nbsp;<B>(Audited)</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-weight: bold">Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 44%">Total assets</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">28,752</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">27,385</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">24,902</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">$</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 10%; text-align: right">24,244</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white">
    <TD>Long-term debt</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,251</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,667</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,668</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">1,930</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Total common stockholders&rsquo; investment</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">16,569</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">15,220</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">13,811</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: right">13,626</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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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>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 2.4pt; padding-left: 9pt">Date: March 26, 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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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):
March 26, 2012 (March 20, 2012)
American Realty Capital Trust III, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Charter)
Maryland
333-170298
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 2.01.	Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of
Assets.
On March 20, 2012, American Realty Capital
Trust III, Inc. (the "Company") closed its acquisition of the fee-simple interest in one build-to-suit FedEx Freight
distribution facility located in Commerce City, Colorado. The Company acquired the property though an indirect wholly owned subsidiary
of its operating partnership. The seller of the property was Setzer Properties Commerce City, LLC. The seller does not have a material
relationship with the Company and the acquisition was not an affiliated transaction.
The property contains 177,354 rentable square
feet and is 100% leased to FedEx Freight West, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the leases
are guaranteed by FedEx Corp., which has an investment grade credit rating as determined by major credit rating agencies. The lease
has an original lease term of 15 years that commenced in February 2008 and expires in February 2023. The lease does not contain
rental escalations. The lease contains two renewal options of five years each. The lease is net whereby the tenant is required
to pay substantially all operating expenses, in addition to base rent. The annualized rental income for the initial lease term
is approximately $2.7 million, or $15.26 per rentable square foot.
The purchase price of the property was approximately
$36.6 million, exclusive of closing costs. The Company funded the acquisition of the property, exclusive of closing costs, with
proceeds from the sale of its common stock. The Company may seek to obtain financing on the property post-closing. However, there
is no guarantee that it will be able to obtain financing on terms it believes are favorable, or at all.
Item 9.01. 	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(a)	Set forth in this Item 9.01(a) are
summary financial statements of the parent guarantor to the lessee of the FedEx Freight property described under Item 2.01 of this
Current Report on Form 8-K.
FedEx Corp. currently files its financial
statements in reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the following summary financial data regarding
FedEx Corp. are taken from such filings:
Three Months Ended
Year Ended
(Amounts in Millions)
February
29, 2012
(Unaudited)
May 31,
2011
(Audited)
May 31,
2010
(Audited)
May 31,
2009
(Audited)
Statements of Operations Data
Revenues
$
10,564
$
39,304
$
34,734
$
35,497
Operating income
813
2,378
1,198
747
Net income
521
1,452
1,184
98
(Amounts in Millions)
February 29, 2012
(Unaudited)
May 31, 2011
(Audited)
May 31, 2010
(Audited)
May 31, 2009
(Audited)
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
Total assets
$
28,752
$
27,385
$
24,902
$
24,244
Long-term debt
1,251
1,667
1,668
1,930
Total common stockholders' investment
16,569
15,220
13,811
13,626
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: March 26, 2012
By:
/s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
Name:
Nicholas S. Schorsch
Title:
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors