UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 of 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 12, 2016

American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

405 Park Avenue, 14^th 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:

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

American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc.’s (the “Company”) 2016 annual meeting of stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) was initially called to order on June 30, 2016 and was adjourned for lack of quorum. The Annual Meeting was reconvened on July 1, 2016, July 5, 2016, July 15, 2016, July 29, 2016, August 11, 2016 and August 12, 2016. At the reconvened Annual Meeting held on July 5, 2016, as disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 5, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved Proposals Nos. 1 and 2 and the Company has subsequently adjourned the Annual Meeting with respect to Proposals Nos. 3 – 4 to permit stockholders of record as of April 18, 2016 additional time to consider Proposals Nos. 3 – 4, and to enable the Company’s proxy solicitor, Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc., more time to solicit stockholder votes.

At the reconvened Annual Meeting on August 12, 2016, there were present, in person or by proxy, stockholders holding an aggregate of 21,538,502 shares of the Company’s common stock, out of a total number of 36,726,135 shares of the Company’s common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote at the reconvened Annual Meeting.

Proposal No. 3 – Removal of Section 8.5 from the Company’s Charter

At the reconvened Annual Meeting on August 12, 2016, stockholders were asked to consider and act upon Proposal No. 3 (removal of Section 8.5 from the Company’s charter), which received the requisite number of votes to pass. The full results of the votes for, votes against, abstentions and broker non-votes relating to Proposal No. 3 are set forth below:

Proposal No. 4 – Removal of Article XIV from the Company’s Charter

The reconvened Annual Meeting was subsequently adjourned to August 16, 2016 at 4:00 p.m. (local time) to be held at 405 Park Avenue, New York, New York to permit stockholders of record as of April 18, 2016 additional time to consider Proposal No. 4 (removal of Article XIV from the Company’s charter) as described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016 (the “Proxy Statement”), and to enable the Company’s proxy solicitor, Broadridge Investor Communication Solutions, Inc., more time to solicit stockholder votes on Proposal No. 4. No further solicitation will take place with respect to other proposals included in the Proxy Statement that were previously approved by the Company’s stockholders. Valid proxies submitted prior to the Annual Meeting, as previously reconvened, will continue to be valid for the reconvened Annual Meeting, unless properly changed or revoked prior to votes being taken at the reconvened Annual Meeting.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.