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): May 2, 2014 (April 28, 2014)

INLAND REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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:

On April 28, 2014, the board of directors of Inland Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (referred to herein as “us,” “we,” “our” or the “Company”) elected Mitchell A. Sabshon and Catherine L. Lynch to the positions of chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company, respectively.

Mitchell A. Sabshon, 61, has served as our chief executive officer since April 2014 and as a director of our Business Manager since November 2013. Mr. Sabshon is also currently the chief executive officer, president and a director of IREIC, positions he has held since late 2013. Mr. Sabshon has also served as a director of IPCC since September 2013. Prior to joining IREIC in August 2013, Mr. Sabshon served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of Cole Real Estate Investments, Inc. from November 2010 to June 2013. In this role, he was responsible for finance, asset management, property management, leasing and high yield portfolio management. He also worked on a broad range of initiatives across the Cole Real Estate Investments organization, including issues pertaining to corporate and portfolio strategy, product development and systems. Prior to joining Cole Real Estate Investments in November 2010, Mr. Sabshon served as managing partner and chief investment officer of EndPoint Financial LLC, an advisory firm providing acquisition and finance advisory services to equityinvestors, from 2008 to 2010. Mr. Sabshon was a licensed person with The OBEX Group from April 2009 through November 2009. Mr. Sabshon served as chief investment officer and executive vice president of GFI Capital Resources Group, Inc., a national owner-operator of multifamily properties, from 2007 to 2008. Prior to joining GFI, Mr. Sabshon served with Goldman Sachs & Company from 2004 to 2007 and from 1997 to 2002 in several key strategic roles, including president and chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs Commercial Mortgage Capital and head of the Insurance Client Development Group. From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Sabshon was executive director of the U.S. Institutional Sales Group at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Sabshon held various positions at Lehman Brothers Inc. from 1991 to 1997, including as senior vice president in the Real Estate Investment Banking Group. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Mr. Sabshon was an attorney in the Corporate Finance and Real Estate Structured Finance groups of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Mr. Sabshon received his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law and a B.A. from George Washington University.

Catherine L. Lynch, 55, has served as our chief financial officer since April 2014. Ms. Lynch joined Inland in 1989 and has been a director of The Inland Group since June 2012. She serves as the treasurer and secretary (since January 1995), the chief financial officer (since January 2011) and a director (since April 2011) of IREIC and as a director (since July 2000) and chief financial officer and secretary (since June 1995) of Inland Securities. She has served as a director of the IREIT business manager since August 2011. Ms. Lynch also has served as a director and treasurer of Inland Investment Advisors, Inc. since June 1995, as a director and treasurer of Inland Institutional Capital Partners, Inc. since May 2006, as treasurer of Inland Capital Markets Group, Inc. since January 2008 and as a director of Inland Private Capital Corporation since May 2012. Ms. Lynch worked for KPMG Peat Marwick LLP from 1980 to 1989. Ms. Lynch received her bachelor degree in accounting from Illinois State University in Normal. Ms. Lynch is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois CPA Society. Ms. Lynch also is registered with FINRA as a financial operations principal.

The elections were not made pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person.  We do not separately compensate our executive officers for their service as officers, nor do we reimburse either our business manager or our real estate managers for any compensation paid to individuals who serve as our executive officers or as executive officers of our business manager, our real estate managers or their affiliates. Neither, Mr. Sabshon nor Ms. Lynch have any direct or indirect material interests in any transaction with us or in any currently proposed transaction to which we are a participant.

SIGNATURE

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.

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