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 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:

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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

American Realty Capital Properties, 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, Edward M. Weil, Jr., Edward G. Rendell, David Gong and Walter P. Lomax, Jr. 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.

 

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 Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
Nicholas S. Schorsch 2,970,131 430,565 38,059 2,473,920
Edward M. Weil, Jr. 2,968,031 431,665 39,059 2,473,920
Edward G. Rendell 2,978,008 422,940 37,807 2,473,920
David Gong 2,979,536 422,160 37,059 2,473,920
Walter P. Lomax, Jr. 2,968,376 431,819 38,560 2,473,920

 

 

Proposal No. 2 — Ratification of the Appointment of the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm:

 

Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
5,808,159 20,861 83,655 *

 

* No broker non-votes arose in connection with Proposal No. 2, 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 PROPERTIES, INC.
     
June 12, 2012 By: /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
  Name: Nicholas S. Schorsch
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and
    Chairman of the Board of Directors