As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 9, 2012

  

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
SCHEDULE TO
(Rule 13e-4)

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

02917L101

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

William M. Kahane
Chief Executive Officer and President
American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
405 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 415-6500

(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized
to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

With copies to:

Peter M. Fass, Esq.
James P. Gerkis, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Eleven Times Square
New York, New York 10036-8299
Tel: (212) 969-3000
Fax: (212) 969-2900

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

(a)

The transaction valuation is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the filing fee. This amount is based upon the offer to purchase up to $220,000,000 in value of shares of common stock of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. at a price not greater than $11.00 and not less $10.50 per share.

(b)

The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as modified by Fee Rate Advisory No. 3 for fiscal year 2012, equals $114.60 per million dollars of the value of the transaction.

x

Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

o

Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

o

third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-l.

x

issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

o

going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

o

amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. o

If applicable, check the appropriate box below to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon:

o

Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer).

o

Rule 14d-l(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer).

 

 

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SCHEDULE TO

This Amendment No. 1 (this “Amendment”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 1, 2012 (the “Schedule TO”) by American Realty Capital Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation that qualifies as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes (the “Company”) in connection with the Company’s offer to purchase up to $220,000,000 in value of shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”), at a price not greater than $11.00 nor less than $10.50 per Share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. The Company’s offer is being made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated March 1, 2012, and in the related Letter of Transmittal, as amended hereby and as each may be supplemented or further amended from time to time (which together constitute, the “Offer”). This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO is intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 13e-4(c)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

The information contained in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, previously filed with the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(i) and (a)(ii), respectively, are incorporated into this Amendment No. 1 to Schedule TO by reference in response to all of the items of the Schedule TO, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent specifically provided herein.

Item 4. Terms of the Transaction

Item 4 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:

(a)

Material Terms.

The information set forth in the Amendment No. 1 to the Offer to Purchase, filed as Exhibit (a)(xi) hereto, is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. Exhibits

See Exhibit List immediately following the signature page and reproduced below.

 

 

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*

Previously filed.

Item 13. Information Required by Schedule 13E-3.

Not applicable.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this Amendment No. 1 to Schedule TO is true, complete and correct.

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.

By:

/s/ William M. Kahane Name: William M. Kahane Title: Chief Executive Officer and President

Dated: March 9, 2012

 

 

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Exhibit List

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Previously filed.