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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): March 31, 2009

American Realty Capital Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
 
Maryland
  
333-145949
  
71-1036989
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
106 York Road
Jenkintown, PA 19046
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (215) 887-2189

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:

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o  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 
 
 
 
Other Events.
 
Effective March 31, 2009, the Board of Directors of American Realty Capital Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), approved the recommendation of the officers of the Company that the Company not pursue any opportunities to acquire real property from an entity affiliated with its advisor, American Realty Capital Advisor, LLC.  The foregoing recommendation shall be reviewed annually by the Board of Directors.

 
 
 

 
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.

     
 
AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL TRUST, INC.
     
Date: April 1, 2009
By:  
 /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch
 
Nicholas S. Schorsch
 
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors