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): January 18, 2017

American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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Webinar Presentation and Script

On January 18, 2017, representatives of American Realty Capital Hospitality Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) hosted a webinar to discuss the Company’s pending transactions, which were announced January 13, 2017, pursuant to a Securities Purchase, Voting and Standstill Agreement (the “SPA”) with Brookfield Strategic Real Estate Partners II Hospitality REIT II LLC and a Framework Agreement (the “Framework Agreement”) with the Company’s advisor, American Realty Capital Hospitality Advisors, LLC, and certain of its affiliates. The related webinar presentation and script are hereby furnished as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Such webinar presentation and script shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01, as well as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

The statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements the Company makes. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding stockholder liquidity and investment value and returns. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “estimates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to: the Company’s ability to complete the transactions contemplated by the SPA and the Framework Agreement, which are subject to conditions, on their current terms, or at all; the Company’s ability to complete its pending acquisitions of hotels on the current terms, or at all; the Company’s ability to obtain additional debt or equity financing to meet its capital needs, pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the SPA or otherwise; risks associated with the Company’s proposed transition to self-management pursuant to the Framework Agreement; changes in interest rates; the effect of general market, real estate market, economic and political conditions, including global credit market conditions; the effect of market conditions that affect all hotel properties and risks common to the hotel industry; the Company’s ability to make scheduled payments on its debt and preferred equity obligations; the degree and nature of the Company’s competition; the availability of qualified personnel to the Company and its property managers, including Crestline Hotels & Resorts, LLC; the Company’s ability to qualify and maintain qualification as a REIT; and other factors, many of which are beyond Company’s control, including other factors included in the Company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), particularly in the “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, filed with the SEC on March 28, 2016, as such Risk Factors may be updated from time to time in subsequent reports. The Company does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

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 hereunto duly authorized.