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) May 8, 2012

 

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland 001-35263 45-2482685

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) filed a definitive proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 4, 2012. In the proxy statement, the Company stated that stockholder proposals for the Company’s 2013 annual stockholder's meeting (the “Meeting”) would only be accepted after 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 4, 2012 and before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 3, 2013. These dates were off by one day due to an inadvertent miscalculation and the Company announces herein that stockholder proposals for the Meeting may only be accepted after 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 5, 2012 and before 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2013.

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

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 PROPERTIES, INC.
     
May 8, 2012 By: /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
  Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and
    Chairman of the Board of Directors