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EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE - AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL HEALTHCARE TRUST INC | v314341_ex99-1.htm |
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): May 23, 2012 (May 18, 2012)
American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland | 000-54688 | 27-3306391 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
405 Park Avenue 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:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On May 18, 2012, the board of directors of American Realty Capital Healthcare Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) approved a resolution providing for a modification of the Company’s share repurchase program.
For as long as the Company remains a non-traded REIT, the Company will honor repurchase requests in connection with the death or disability of a stockholder. The Company will continue to limit the purchases that it may make pursuant to its share repurchase program in any calendar year to 5.0% of the weighted average number of shares outstanding on December 31st of the prior year, ratably by calendar quarter. Any changes to these policies will require a majority vote of the Company’s stockholders.
On May 23, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the modification of the Company’s share repurchase program. A copy of the press release, which is hereby incorporated into this filing in its entirety, is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1. Press Release dated May 23, 2012
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 HEALTHCARE TRUST, INC. | ||
Date: May 23, 2012 | By: | /s/ Nicholas S. Schorsch |
Nicholas S. Schorsch | ||
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |