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): April 10, 2013

Global Income Trust, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

450 South Orange Avenue

Orlando, Florida 32801

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (407) 650-1000

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

On April 10, 2013, the Board of Directors of Global Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) approved the termination of the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan (“DRP”), effective as of April 26, 2013. As a consequence of the termination of the DRP, beginning with the April 2013 monthly distributions, which are payable in May 2013, stockholders who are participants in the DRP will receive cash distributions. For IRAs and other qualified accounts, distributions will be remitted to the stockholder’s custodian of record.

Also on April 10, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company approved the suspension of the Company’s stock redemption plan (the “Redemption Plan”) effective as of April 10, 2013. The Company anticipates that on or about April 23, 2013, the last day of the Company’s initial public offering, all outstanding redemption requests that have been properly submitted by eligible stockholders and received by the Company at least 15 business days prior to the last day of the current calendar month, or April 10, 2013, will be redeemed in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Redemption Plan. The Company will not accept or otherwise process under the Redemption Plan any redemption requests received after the close of business on April 10, 2013.

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the notice to be sent to stockholders and their registered representatives or investment advisers regarding the Company’s termination of the DRP and the suspension of the Redemption Plan.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

The information above contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Federal Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, but reflect management’s current understandings, intentions, beliefs, plans, expectations, assumptions and/or predictions regarding the future of the Company’s business and its performance, the economy, and other future conditions and forecasts of future events, and circumstances. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words such as “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “estimates,” “plans,” “continues,” “pro forma,” “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “should” and “could,” and words and terms of similar substance. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, our actual results could differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Some factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to, the following: risks associated with our investment strategy, any worsening of the economic environment in the U.S. or globally, including financial market fluctuations; risks associated with real estate markets, including declining real estate values; risks associated with the limited amount of proceeds raised in our offering and as a result, the limited number of investments made; our failure to obtain, renew or extend necessary financing or to access the debt or equity markets; the use of debt to finance our business activities, including refinancing

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and interest rate risk and our failure to comply with debt covenants; our ability to identify and close on suitable investments; failure to successfully manage growth or integrate acquired properties and operations; our ability to make necessary improvements to properties on a timely or cost-efficient basis; competition for properties and/or tenants; defaults or non-renewal of leases by tenants; failure to lease properties on favorable terms or at all; the impact of current and future environmental, zoning and other governmental regulations affecting our properties; the impact of changes in accounting rules; the impact of regulations requiring periodic valuation of the Company on a per share basis; material adverse actions or omissions by any joint venture partners; consequences of our net operating losses; increases in operating costs and other expenses; uninsured losses or losses in excess of our insurance coverage; the impact of outstanding and/or potential litigation; unknown liabilities of acquired properties or liabilities caused by property managers or operators; inaccuracies of our accounting estimates; risks associated with our tax structuring; failure to maintain our REIT qualification; and our ability to protect our intellectual property and the value of our brand. Given these uncertainties, we caution you not to place undue reliance on such statements. For further information regarding risks and uncertainties associated with our business, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of our documents filed from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and our registration statement on Form S-11 and the sticker supplements and amendments thereto, copies of which may be obtained from our Web site at http://www.incometrust.com.

We undertake no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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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.

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