UNITED STATES |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
Washington, D.C. 20549 |
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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): July 20, 2015
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. | |||||||||
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | |||||||||
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) | |||||||||
Maryland | 001-35263 | 45-2482685 | |||||||
Delaware | 333-197780 | 45-1255683 | |||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | |||||||
2325 E. Camelback Road, Suite 1100 | |||||||||
Phoenix, AZ 85016 | |||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code) | |||||||||
(800) 606-3610 | |||||||||
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) | |||||||||
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Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.
(d) On July 20, 2015, American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) provided written notice to the NASDAQ Stock Market that it intends to voluntarily delist its common stock (“Common Stock”), par value $0.01 per share, and its 6.70% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (“Series F Preferred Stock”), par value $0.01 per share, from the NASDAQ Global Select Market (the “NASDAQ”) promptly following the close of trading on July 30, 2015 and intends to transfer the listing of each of its Common Stock and Series F Preferred Stock to the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) on July 31, 2015. The Company has been authorized for listing on the NYSE and expects that its Common Stock and Series F Preferred Stock will begin trading on the NYSE on July 31, 2015 under a new, soon-to-be-announced corporate name and ticker symbols.
Until the opening of trading of the Common Stock and Series F Preferred Stock on the NYSE on July 31, 2015, each of the Common Stock and Series F Preferred Stock will continue to trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbols ARCP and ARCPP, respectively.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Sodo | |
Michael J. Sodo | ||
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
ARC PROPERTIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P. | ||
By: American Realty Capital Properties, Inc., its sole general partner | ||
By: | /s/ Michael J. Sodo | |
Michael J. Sodo | ||
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | ||
Dated: July 20, 2015